CHAPTER 9

In the early afternoon they all said their goodbyes, and Callie and Arizona drove to the airport. The trip back to New York was uneventful and didn't feel too long. It was pretty dark when Tim picked them up at the airport though, and they were both tired.

When they stepped into their apartment in The Mazatlán Callie seemed happy – almost giddy.

"Good to be home?" Arizona smiled at the latina.

"Yeah. Good to be home" Callie said and nodded slowly.

She studied the blonde for a few seconds.

"Arizona?"

"Yeah"

"Your Christmas present is waiting for you in the bedroom"

"My present? But you already gave me a present" the blonde argued.

"You didn't think ice cream was your real Christmas present, did you?" Callie asked in disbelief.

"Well, yeah" Arizona said in all honesty.

"It really doesn't take a lot to keep you happy" Callie said and shook her head with a smile.

Arizona chuckled.

"Now go see what it is" Callie said and pointed to the bedroom.

Arizona walked to the bedroom door and slowly opened it.

On the bed were three boxes. A very small one, and two larger ones the size of shoe boxes.

The blonde looked back at Callie.

"All for me?" she asked.

Callie nodded.

"Which one do I open first?" she asked.

"Whichever" the latina responded.

Arizona approached the bed and sat down. She looked at the boxes and bit her lower lip. Then she picked up the one that was closest to her and opened it.

She pulled out the content at put it on the bed in front of her.

It was lingerie. Sexy, sexy lingerie.

She looked up at Callie who wiggled an eye brow at her, and then she looked back at the laces in her hand, letting her fingers run over intricate hand stitched patterns.

She knew very well what her wearing this lingerie would do for Callie. And she knew very well what Callie would do to her while she was wearing this lingerie. The thought made her heart skip a beat.

"So, this is actually a present for you?" Arizona jokingly said.

"You could say that" Callie smiled.

Arizona grabbed the next box, leaving the smallest one for last.

The box was very light, and when she opened it, it was full of black silk paper. She took the paper out, and let her shoulders fall when she saw what was at the bottom of the box.

"Callie…"

Callie rushed over to her.

"It's not…I…I just…I want you to have it in case you get in trouble…okay? For emergencies, I mean"

Arizona lifted a black credit card out of the box. It had her name on it.

"Callie…I have my own money for emergencies. Please…I can't take this…"

"Arizona…"

"I mean it, Callie, I…I can't…" The blonde looked at the latina with dark eyes. She could not walk around with Callie's fortune in her pocket like that. She didn't need it. She could hold her own.

Callie clenched her jaw.

She wanted Arizona to know. To know that there was nothing she didn't trust her with. Nothing she wouldn't share with her. But she couldn't say the words. It was too soon.

"Okay" the brunette said and nodded.

Arizona handed her the card, and she put it in her pocket thinking that there would come a day when everything that was hers would also have Arizona's name on it.

"Open the last one" Callie said.

Arizona studied her for a moment. She knew that Callie was good at hiding the processing that was going on in her head.

Then the blonde opened the smallest of the boxes. When she saw what was in it she smiled which made Callie breathe out a sigh of relief.

It was a white gold necklace with a small diamond-encrusted heart pendant.

"I love it" the blonde whispered. She looked up at Callie "Thank you, Callie. Thank you!"

Callie stepped over, took the necklace, and placed it around Arizona's neck.

She leaned down and kissed the blonde below the ear, and Arizona leaned back into her embrace, the credit card no longer on any of their minds.