ACT NINE: NEW YEAR'S DAY AND THEN HEADING HOME
Our journey began some five hours ago when we left the New Year's party scene at the Torres home in Miami and the warm cool seventy degree weather and flew to the frigid northeast wintry weather of New York City. With a couple of naps in between I sit at the small table in our cabin on the train that will eventually take my girlfriend and her daughter and me to my parent's home in The Hamptons. I watch the sun begin to rise across the Atlantic Ocean and over the snow filled landscape on the outskirts of one of the most populated major cities in America. I smile at the sounds making there way into our little train cabin area when I hear the metal wheels of the train squealing on the tracks but then I hear the soft snores coming from the bed area where Callie and Sofia have fallen asleep.
When the train comes to its final stop at the end of its East Hampton run I wake my two sleeping beauties when I softly say while leaving a trail of kisses in my wake upon both of their cheeks "Wake up pretty ladies…we are home". With both Callie and Sofia slowly opening their eyes to gauge their surroundings as they both begin to stretch out their tired and aching muscles I exit the bed and begin to gather up our luggage. Stepping off the train I see a young man holding up a sign that states "Robbins/Torres" and I tell the young man who the three of us are and ask "Why do you hold up a sign our names on it my boy"? The teenage boy says back to me "Dr. Robbins…it's me…Jacob…Jacob Taylor…Timmy's friend". I suddenly see his face in the faded light of the street lamp and the rising sun when I say to the young man "I'm sorry Jacob, I didn't see you very well at first. But what are you doing up at this hour and why are you here"? Jacob takes our luggage out of our hands as he says "My father received a phone call from a prominent businessman in Miami that asked the two of us to be here when the train arrives with our horse and carriage". Then Callie and I see a man jump down from the top of the horse drawn carriage and say to me "Arizona, long time…no see". I am caught off guard when I say to Jacob's father "Caleb, what a pleasure it is to see you. How are Rachael and Margaret"? Caleb says with the biggest smile on his face "They are both well…and Margaret…I mean Maggie…is doing beautifully…thanks again for what you did for her…with her operation and all".
Jacob and Caleb help my girlfriend and Sofia and I into the carriage part of the sleigh while they both take their places at the reins and the five of us make our way to my parent's home. The very curious Sofia fills our conversation on the sleigh ride with a question to me
"Arizona, what did that man mean when he said thank you to you for what you did for his daughter Maggie"? I proceed to gingerly tell my girlfriend and her daughter about the live saving surgery I performed on Margaret when she was just a tiny human…around six months old. Sofia was wrapped up in the blanket that Jacob handed her along with her mami while I sat on the opposite side and in front of them in my own blanket and told them about the surgery when I notice how wide eyed and awake Sofia was during my storytelling. Sofia was hanging on my every word and after I finished my story I asked her nonchalantly "Sofia, do you ever think about following in your mami or your daddy's footsteps and becoming a surgeon"? Callie seemed to be taken aback by my question but then we both listened to her daughter answer my question in amazement.
"I think about becoming a surgeon quite a bit Arizona…thanks for asking" Sofia begins the open dialogue. Callie inhales a deep breath of the cold morning east coast air when I hear her say "Mija, you've never told me this before…when…and how long have you been thinking about being a surgeon"? Sofia snuggles closer into her mother's embrace when she begins again "Well one night about a year ago when Aunt Miranda was watching me because you had a late night surgery, we talked about the different surgeons and what their specialties are…and then we talked about daddy. Did you know that daddy was Aunt Miranda's pick mami"? I watch Callie kiss the forehead of her daughter and softly say "Yes mija…I did…he was her number one pick from the start".
Arizona and I listen to my daughter talk about a discussion she had over a year ago with my dear friend Dr. Miranda Bailey…and about her father. When Sofia finishes talking about all of the doctors and their different medical backgrounds and which medical specialty she may be interested in someday…trauma surgery…just like her father…Arizona looks at the two of us when she asks "Bailey's pick…George…Dr. O'Malley was Bailey's pick…what does that even mean"? I look down at my daughter and smile with pride when I say "A year or so before I came to Seattle Grace Hospital there were a group of interns…five of them exactly…George, Meredith, Alex, Christina and Izzie…that became Bailey's interns. Dr. Miranda Bailey was a resident and the five of them were assigned to her service…she became their teacher…their boss…their nazi…and their mentor. When George died…the day that George died…Bailey announced to everyone in the OR including the other four interns…that now became residents of their own accord...that George was her favorite".
My wife and I are starting our very traditional New Year's Day breakfast when I look out the small kitchen window and see Caleb and Jacob guiding their horse and carriage sleigh into our snow covered front yard. I kiss my wife on her temple and say "Be right back honey, I will go and see what Caleb and Jacob need". On my way out the front door I ask my son "Tim, Caleb and Jacob are out front…come and go with me to see what they need". Tim grabs his heavy military winter coat while I grab my parka and we both venture out into the cold morning air. Little Miss Sofia is the first to bolt out of her seat in the horse drawn sleigh and make a mad dash though the six inches of snow that has fallen here recently in my direction as I bend down a bit and scoop her up in my arms. This little angel of my daughter's girlfriend kisses my somewhat chilly cheek when she yells "Surprise". I return the kiss with a kiss of my own across Sofia's very cold forehead when I say "Yes it is Sofia, a very warm and welcoming surprise. Barbara and Amanda and the children will be so happy to see the three of you. But what brings you three here in the first place…I thought you all were celebrating the New Year in Miami"?
I watch Sofia take my father's hand in hers as they both drudge through the ankle high snow that is on the ground while I introduce my brother to my girlfriend. Tim takes his gloved covered hand and extends it out to shake the equally gloved covered hand of Callie's along with a hug when he says "It's a pleasure to finally meet you Callie…and Arizona…mama and Amanda and the kids are going to be so surprised. We didn't think you were going to make it this year". I hug my brother and say "Well you can thank Callie's father because he seems to love family traditions as much as we do". My brother and my girlfriend and I take our luggage into my parent's home just as we all hear my father say out loud "Happy New Year everyone…and look who Tim and I found outside…just in time".
The next three days were filled with so much fun. Tim taught all of us, except for our parents, how to snowboard while we all enjoyed some of the most fun activities outside in the snow. Mama and daddy even instructed Tim and Amanda along with Callie and I to take our final night together here in The Hampton's and take the train into the city for the four of us to enjoy a dinner and a show while she and daddy watched the children for the night. With the four of us craving for some quality adult time together we all instantly said "Yes". After a very nice dinner at Café Un Deux Trois and seeing "Wicked" on Broadway the four of us went out for drinks. Sharing a taxi together Tim asks the cab driver to take us to the best night club in New York that has Latin music. He looks at the three women he is occupying the same taxi with and says "Amanda and I have taken dance lessons lately and I want to salsa tonight". The taxicab driver pulls up in front of a dance club and we all read the name of the club when my brother and sister-in-law and I hear Callie say playfully "How appropriate" as the name of the dance club flashes its blue neon sign to say "Sofia".
I wake up to find my girlfriend's stamped left hand on my right breast while the side of her face uses my left breast as a pillow. The annoying buzzing of Arizona's cell phone is vibrating on the nightstand next to my head when I pick it up and I see that there is a message from Tim that simply says "Train leaves at noon…see you both at the train station then…love you". I close the message and see that the time now is eight seventeen in the morning. I place the phone back in its place and take my girlfriend's bare left hand as I trace my fingertip over the black marked stamp "Sofia" and my mind wanders back to the night of dancing at the night club. Tim and Amanda were so cute showing Arizona and I their dance moves but were shocked to say the least when I took Arizona in my arms and showed them both the proper way to dance the salsa…with all the passion…and the sexy moves…our two bodies could muster…I even think I shocked Arizona…just a little bit.
Kissing the palm of Arizona's left hand I all of a sudden feel her face stir and her lips inhale my left breast and I moan to her touch. With Arizona's palm now trailing along my jaw line and neck I arch my back upwards to give her mouth a much better advantage while my girlfriend slides her body onto mine. Arizona's palm now journeys down my neck to as it ends its travel back where it started this morning…back on my right breast. Both of Arizona's hands have made their way on each of my breasts and her mouth has now moved over mine and our tongues begin to dance together. I open my legs wider for my girlfriend so she may begin to build up some friction while her hands and her mouth begin to devour me. I place my hands on both of Arizona's hips to help with her motion of getting us both wet and all hot and bothered. Arizona releases her very passionate kiss that she is giving me to whisper to me "I love you Callie". Then she makes her way down my body leaving trails of kisses in her wake.
Callie has stirred my sexual juices again this morning just as she did last night…all night long. I place my face deep inside of her while our hotel room we are sharing fills with the sounds of her moaning my name over and over. Bringing my girlfriend to a much needed orgasm first thing in the morning is the best feeling…ever. Moving slowly back up Callie's body while watching and listening to her catch her breath I place a kiss on her lips. Resting my head and face in the crook of her neck while watching her come down from her orgasm all the while kissing her neck and holding her close to me. Callie whispers to me with bated breath "I love you too and…Tim left you a text message…he wanted us to know that the train leaves for The Hamptons at noon and he and Amanda will see us then". I kiss my girlfriend's lips again and notice the time on the clock on the wall when I say and ask "Well that only gives us a couple of hours…What shall we do in the meantime"?
After spending the last two hours having sex in our hotel room bed Callie and I are now taking a shower together…and having sex again. Then we leave our hotel room full of a lust filled night and morning to stop and have breakfast together before we take a taxi to the train station and head back to my parent's home in The Hamptons. Callie and I discuss my moving in with her and Sofia at the end of the month. Since Teddy and I have rented a completely furnished house when we picked up our lives and moved to Seattle from Baltimore several months ago…we both do not have to worry about moving any type of furniture. All we both have are our clothes and some personal items so we should be able to move out of our cute little cottage down by the stream quickly and easily.
Arizona's father and brother insist upon taking my girlfriend and my daughter and I directly to the airport so we do not have to endure the two hour train ride into the city at such a late hour. When Arizona and her brother and sister-in-law and I arrive back at her parent's home this afternoon we share the rest of our last day together here in The Hamptons with everyone as we even partake in a good old fashioned Barbara Robbins infamous pot roast dinner…so I am told…and it is true. With the dinner conversation flowing beautifully as the promise of more visits here and in Seattle in the future, Amanda states shyly "Seattle sounds like fun. I have never been west of the Mississippi River…so Seattle sounds like an adventure". I am finding out quite a lot about my girlfriend's family as the evening goes on. Then before the three of us leave Barbara and Amanda and the children sight and head home I encourage Arizona's sister-in-law to make plans to come to Seattle when I say "Tim and Amanda please think about coming out for a visit…I know that Arizona and Sofia and I would enjoy your company and we all would love to show you our home….in Seattle.
On the four hour flight back to Seattle Callie, Sofia and I get some much needed sleep. Once we exit the airplane and make our way to baggage claim a very groggy Sofia is snuggled in her mami's arms as I gather up all of our luggage and place each item on the luggage cart supplied by Sea-Tac airport. With the four hour flight landing the three of us in Seattle a little after one in the morning Sofia falls into a deep sleep in my Jeep on the drive to her home. Callie takes this somewhat quiet and alone opportunity to take my hand in hers as she intertwines our fingers and holds on tight. Once we arrive at Callie and Sofia's home I hear Callie say to me "Please stay here for the rest of the night baby…I don't want you driving back across town at this hour". I smile at my girlfriend's gesture that I don't even think she has even realized yet that she has said when I say softly "Baby…huh". Callie smiles back at me as she draws my face into her and we share a kiss that begins to turn very passionate. But before that happens we both hear my girlfriend's daughter sleepy say "Yes baby, please stay the night because I don't want you driving this late at night either". Both Callie and I chuckle a bit when I say to the two of them "Alright I'll stay".
Teddy and I have both taken the 30th of January off to finish packing our vehicles with our belongings and cleaning of the cottage that we have rented for the last few months. When we have finished our tasks we both say that we will see each other later because Henry and Teddy are coming over to my new home to have dinner with Callie and Sofia and me. Teddy asks before we both pull out of the driveway "Hey Arizona, do you need us to bring anything tonight"? I answer my best friend when I say "Just a bottle of red wine because Callie is planning on preparing her infamous lasagna". I arrive to an empty home when I pull into the two car garage and begin to unload my belongings. Callie is still at work and Sofia is visiting her Grandma Louise today. I have my ear buds in listening to my music when I unexpectedly feel two very strong hands encase my waist and a very familiar perfume scent invade my nostrils. I keep swaying my hips to the music in my ears and so does the body that has snuck up on me as I begin to feel two soft lips kissing my neck.
I have come home early from work to surprise my girlfriend before I make my way to my daughter's grandmother's house. Watching Arizona dancing to the music in her head while I lean for a moment against the door frame I begin to get horny while watching my girlfriend moving about…She is just so fucking sexy in just her t-shirt and sweat pants. I quietly walk up behind her and take her in my arms all the while kissing her neck. Arizona feels my arms wrap her up when she tilts her head to rest on my shoulder to give me better access to her neck. The palms of my hands begin to travel underneath her sexy t-shirt as now I am grinding my hips along with hers and we sway to the music that I can barely hear together. My palms reach the very naked boobs of my girlfriend when I moan my approval and whisper in Arizona's ear "Hmm no bra…and no panties either"? I ask cooingly when Arizona whispers back to me "Keep searching and find out baby". And I do…I so do…and find out that underneath that sexy t-shirt and sweat pants that Arizona is going commando.
After a mid afternoon rendezvous of some passionate lovemaking with my girlfriend on her first official day in her new home…our home…I receive a text from Louise asking me to call her as soon as I can. Always thinking the worst when it comes to messages like that I quickly push Louise's number in my phone. My former mother-in-law picks up on the first ring when I frantically ask "Louise, its Callie…is Sofia alright…are you alright"? My daughter's grandmother says quickly to ease my discomfort that she knows that she has probably caused by leaving me a message the way she did when she says "I'm sorry Callie, I should not have left you such a cryptic message but I wanted to talk to you first before Sofia talks to you. I was telling my granddaughter that I should just bring her home today because I want to go and see my friend Evelyn. You see Evelyn's at Seattle Grace and I want to go and visit her before her surgery tomorrow. Well when I told Sofia that I should just call you and tell you that she invited me to dinner tonight at your home. Sofia said that Arizona was moving in today and that you and she along with Arizona have invited Dr. Altman and her boyfriend Henry to dinner tonight. So even though I do not want to intrude in any way at your dinner party tonight I just wanted to know if it is alright that I bring Sofia home later this afternoon"?
I breath a sigh of relief when I hear Louise ask me what she needed to ask me about what Sofia had done inviting her to dinner tonight that I reply without even asking Arizona or even thinking when I say "Yes Louise, please bring Sofia home and yes Arizona and I would love for you to stay for dinner too. So…we will see you both later then"? I ask as I hear Louise say "Yes Callie that would be wonderful" and I end the call. Arizona has come back into our bedroom from the bathroom when I tell her "Sofia invited Louise to dinner tonight…Louise is bringing her home later…then after dinner she is going to visit a friend at the hospital…before her friend's surgery tomorrow". Arizona looks at me from across the room as she smiles and says "Sounds great Callie" and I think to myself how wonderful my girlfriend is right now with the changing of plans on a moments notice as I smirk at myself and think not all girlfriends are always going to be like Erica Hahn...especially not Arizona. I climb off our bed and kiss my girlfriend passionately again and say "Want to help me make dinner"? Arizona smiles and says "I'm not very good in the kitchen Callie" to which I say proudly "Well then…you just stand their and look as gorgeous as ever while I cook".
