Disclaimer: I own none of these characters; all belong to Shonda Rhimes. Any resemblance to the show is simply borrowed.
A/N: Thank you to Cris for posting the interview with JCap! I greatly appreciate it. Alright, enjoy, people!
Callie picked up the kids the next morning before work to take them to the daycare. She'd be wanting to tell Owen about Arizona for the last couple days, so she figured now was her chance.
"Owen? Can I talk to you for a minute before I head to the hospital?"
He sat down on the couch across from her. "Yeah, what's up?"
"Okay. Um..." Callie tried to find the right words, "It's just...well. I'm dating again."
He nodded his head with a slight smile and said, "Good. That's good."
"It is," Callie said earnestly.
"Do I know him?" he asked raising an eyebrow.
"Well...that's the thing..." Callie said fidgeting slightly.
"Oh, come on Cal, just tell me," he said chuckling.
"I'm dating Arizona. Arizona Robbins," she said with an unconscious smile on her face at the mere mention of her name.
Owen looked confused for a moment before realization hit him. "Oh...OH. Arizona. Oh."
"Yep."
"Well, she's..." Owen tried to find the words and let out a light laugh, "When did you know that you...that you're-"
"That I'm attracted to girls too? Yeah, well pretty much around the time I started working with Arizona," Callie said letting out a sigh.
"Well," Owen said pausing, "I think that's great."
"Really?" Callie asked incredulously.
"Yes, I do. As long as your happy...it doesn't matter. Are you happy?"
A smile spread across Callie's face before she answered, "Yeah. Really happy. You?"
A smile similar to Callie's grazed his features. "Yeah, I'm happy too."
Callie rushes through the hospital doors with the large stroller and the twins in one hand, Allegra walking attached to her hip, and a bouquet of flowers in her other hand, making it very difficult to navigate. She mumbles to herself as Allegra tugged on her scrub pants.
"Mommy, I don't wanna go," Allegra pouts.
"I know, sweetie, but mommy has to work today and so does daddy," Callie says out of breath.
She can barely see where she was walking over the large bouquet and nearly runs straight into someone. "Oh, Jesus, I'm so sorry I-"
Her sentence is cut short, for the person she almost ran into was the very person the flowers were for. Arizona smirks slightly, still showing teeth and dimples. "Well, hello Calliope..."
Callie's mouth had gone dry, so she closes it tight in hopes of regaining some words. She vaguely wondered if the feeling would ever go away when she was around Arizona. "Hey," she breathes out.
"Who knew flowers could be so dangerous?" Arizona comments with a smile.
"Huh?" It was taking Callie a minute to catch up. "Oh!" she says realizing the very item in her hand, "Well, these are for you..." Her voice trails off as she looks at the now smashed flowers, not nearly as pretty as earlier that morning. She had no idea when that happened.
Arizona giggles and takes the bouquet out of her hand anyway saying, "Thank you."
"I promise they weren't like this earlier," Callie says shaking her head.
"They're beautiful, Calliope. I love them," Arizona says sniffing one and glancing back up at Callie in adoration.
The smile on Callie's face grows as well as they just looked at each other. Their trance was broken as Allegra tugs on Callie again.
"Hey, baby girl, sorry," she glances back up at Arizona then back at Allegra and says, "Allegra this is Arizona. She works with mommy."
Allegra hides slightly behind Callie's leg as Arizona bends down to be more at her level. "Hi, Allegra," she says smiling, "You have a very pretty name. Just like your mommy."
Allegra moves out from behind Callie slightly and just nods.
"Are you here to be a doctor today too?" she asks causing a giggle to fall from Allegra's lips.
"No, silly," she responds with an eye roll looking up at her mother slightly.
Callie smiles down at the pair, and can't help how overwhelmed she feels at the sight of Arizona interacting so well with Allegra. She liked it. She liked it a lot. She found herself in even more awe of the woman than she thought possible.
"Well," Arizona says standing again, "you should get to daycare then so people around here don't think you're the doctor!"
Allegra's eyes go wide, "Mommy, let's go!" She tugs at her mom's legs again.
"Okay, baby, hang on," she says as she allows herself to be tugged slightly. She turns her head back towards Arizona who was slowly getting farther and farther from her. "Just, stay right there," Callie whispers.
Arizona nods slightly biting her lower lip.
She turns around and continues to work on her charts. A few minutes later a set of warm hands gently covers her eyes. She drops her pen and her previous smile immediately grew.
"Guess who?" Callie whispers lightly against her ear.
Arizona shivers at the contact, but manages to formulate a response. "Hmm...I don't know..."
"Let me give you a hint," Callie whispers stepping closer so that her body presses up against Arizona's.
Arizona gasps at the contact. "Mm...sounds like someone...unbelievably sexy."
"Getting warmer," Callie murmurs using one hand to wipe the hair away from a now very exposed neck, while the other still covers her eyes. Callie places gentle kisses along Arizona's neck, who leans farther to give Callie more access.
Arizona's breathing is shallow as she husks jokingly, "Addison?"
Callie immediately covers Arizona's lips with her own, still standing behind her and releases her hold on her to pull her face closer as Arizona's body slowly turns into her embrace. As they slowly release, Arizona smiles and opens her eyes. "Oh, Calliope..."
"Took you long enough," Callie replies wrapping her arms around Arizona's waist.
Arizona glances around at the area very filled with doctors and looks back at Callie with confusion. They hadn't exactly told everyone yet, mostly for Callie's benefit.
"What?" Callie asks seeing the confused look on Arizona's face.
"Nothing, just..." Arizona smiles slightly, "You're kissing me at the hospital now."
Callie hums and replies, "I am. I told Owen about us last night."
"Already?" Arizona asks in shock.
Callie nods. "Now that he knows, the world can know. I'm dating Arizonan Robbins," her voice gets slightly louder as Arizona giggles, "And I want everyone to know it." Her voice grew quieter at the end.
Arizona looks Callie lovingly and cups her cheeks as she scans her face. This woman continuously amazed her. So she told her. "You're amazing..."
"We're amazing," Callie replies immediately.
"C'm here," Arizona murmurs stepping back from Callie only to grab her hand gently and leading her to yet again another on-call room.
As soon as the door is shut behind them, their lips instantaneously find each others in a dance they'd learned to perfect already.
Callie releases her lips, her breathing ragged and nuzzles Arizona's nose with her own. "I don't think I've ever used an on-call room so much my entire time at the hospital," she says chuckling slightly.
"Mmm, well you better get used to it," Arizona murmurs reclaiming Callie's lips with her own.
Neither know who starts it, but slowly they find themselves drawing closer and closer to the bed. Arizona gently slides the white coat off Callie's shoulders and tosses the offending white item on the floor, needing more contact with the woman. Callie quickly follows suit. The back of Callie's knees hit the bed as she gently falls into a sitting position. Arizona assumes the natural position of standing between Callie's legs as she leans down to kiss Callie while cupping her cheeks. Callie runs her hands up and down Arizona's thighs as they kiss and gently around to cup a shapely ass, pulling her slightly closer. The gentle tug causes Arizona to push farther into Callie until they are lying in a horizontal position on the bed. Both gasp at the contact of their bodies melding together, even with the articles of clothing separating them. They've been in a similar position before. Only this time, there's no barriers. There's no husband, no uncertainty of what the other wants...it's just them.
Arizona is lying on top of Callie with one leg resting between Callie's as they move together as one. Their kisses grow frantic and passionate as they both try to get impossibly closer to the other. Arizona is cupping one cheek whilst her other hand works its way to Callie's hip, lightly caressing and squeezing it from time to time. She loves how Callie feels beneath her. Callie can't get over how wonderful it feels to have Arizona's body covering her own. It's better than she imagined. She wraps her arms securely around Arizona as their lips continue their dance. Breathing is ragged and they only separate when air becomes a necessity, but lips find lips moments later, never apart for more than an instant.
They get lost in the feel of each other, feeling drunk off the other's touch. Callie's hand on Arizona's hip slowly makes its way to her front in between the two of them. When a light hand grazes the bottom of Arizona's breast, she whimpers slightly into a welcoming mouth. When that hand rises even more, rubbing her whole breast through the clothing, she gasps at the contact with unexpected delight.
After a moment she feels Callie still beneath her, so she pulls back looking into her eyes. "What? What is it?" she whispers.
Callie swallows while looking at Arizona's chest, then glances back up to meet her eyes. She lets out a raspy, "Nothing. Nothing, it's just...I have to go."
Callie immediately slips out from under Arizona, leaving a very confused blonde on the bed. "What?" Arizona asks.
"Yeah, I'll uh-I'll see you later," Callie says swiftly moving toward the door.
"Calliope!" Arizona calls, but gets no response as the door shuts. What the hell was that? Arizona starts muttering nonsense as she marches toward the door. She opens it to find Callie turning the corner down the hall. She rushes after her, not willing to let Callie just walk away from her.
"Callie!" she calls again. No response. She caught up to her and grips her by the shoulders, pulling her into the next closest on-call room.
"What the hell was that?" Arizona asks blocking the door so she wouldn't escape.
Callie says nothing, averting her eyes to the floor.
"Are we in middle school? You can't talk to me and ignore me when I'm running after you?" Arizona asks crossing her arms.
"Sorry," Callie mumbles.
"I'm not going to let you avoid me again," Arizona states.
Callie's head snaps up, "Again?"
"Yes, again. You avoided me for that one week before we together and I'm not letting that happen again. We're going to talk about whatever happened."
"That week was because-"
"I know, I know. You were figuring out your feelings for me. And that's fine. But now we're together and you're going to talk to me," she says with a nod.
Callie nods as they both move to sit on the bed. Arizona waits patiently as Callie lets out a breath, facing forward.
"Calliope..." Arizona says more gently, "You can talk to me. Did I do something?"
Callie's head snaps up to look at Arizona at that. "God no. You didn't do anything," she says gently grabbing Arizona's hands into her lap and putting her head down, "You're perfect. You've been so good to me."
Arizona smiles gently and lifts Callie's chin. "Then...what is it?" she asks softly.
"It's just..." Callie starts, "3 days. We've been dating 3 days, and I already...Well, I wanted to..."
Arizona raises her eyebrow slightly.
"I grabbed your boob," Callie blurts.
Arizona barks with laughter.
"Anddd now you're laughing at me."
"No, I'm sorry," Arizona says calming down and squeezing Callie's hands, "It's just...that's it? You're freaking out about...grabbing my boob? Because I was certainly not complaining."
"Well...yeah! Arizona, I don't know what I'm doing. I've never done this before. And I'm already more physically attracted to you than I've ever been to anyone in my life, which scares the crap out of me."
Arizona cups Callie's cheek and rubs it gently, but let her continue.
"And I just...I'm worried that...when we get there, when we're ready...it won't be good for you. That-that I won't be good for you," Callie exasperates putting her head down.
"Calliope, how could you ever think that?" Arizona asks grabbing Callie's face with both hands now.
"Because! I feel like I'm a high school girl who gets all giddy and nervous and scared to lose her virginity again," Callie says chuckling a little, "And...have you seen you? Talk about making a girl feel inadequate..."
"Calliope, listen to me," Arizona says gently rubbing Callie's cheeks with her thumbs, "Inadequate...is the farthest thing you'll ever be...you don't have to worry, but I understand. You think I don't have similar insecurities? That you won't...you won't like it? And suddenly change your mind?"
"Arizona, that's not going to happen," Callie says earnestly, "I already know...I've told you, I'm so sure. I think we've established that..."
Arizona chuckles lightly and pecked Callie's lips. "I do know," Arizona says, "But you have to know...you could never be anything less than beautiful to me. And wonderful, and caring, and amazing...everything. So, when we get there, we will be ready. Both of us. And it will be...oh, it will be good. It will be sensational."
Callie smirks and says, "Sensational, huh?"
"Hell yes," Arizona says with a smile.
"And there's no doubt in your mind about me?"
"No doubt whatsoever," Arizona emphasizes, "And...I like that I'm going to be your first. Makes me feel special."
"You are," Callie says lovingly.
"Okay, then. See? Nothing to worry about. Plus, have you seen you?" Arizona asks, repeating Callie's earlier question.
Callie chuckles and replies, "I hate how vulnerable and crazy I get around you..."
"Really?" Arizona asks, "Because I kind of love that about you."
"Just keeping you on your toes, baby," Callie answers with a smile, "but seriously...I'm glad you're so sure about me."
"Yeah, definitely. Besides...whatever you aren't comfortable with...I'll teach you," Arizona says with a smirk.
Callie gulps. "Teach me, huh?" Callie replies lightly pressing into Arizona so that they are both in a horizontal position, Callie on top.
"Mhm," Arizona says nodding as she stretched her arms above her head, causing her shirt to ride up slightly. Callie glances down in between their bodies and aches to touch the exposed skin she finds there, so she does. "But let's face it Calliope, you'll be a natural, because you're definitely not straight."
"Thank God for that," Callie murmurs before gently leaning in and capturing Arizona's lips with her own, picking up right where they left off.
Callie chuckles slightly mid kiss, causing Arizona to pull back with a smile, "What?"
"Nothing, just...last time I had you in this position, we were in very different circumstances," Callie says lowering her voice slightly.
Arizona blushes at the memory. "Oh, yeah, you had me pinned to the bed so I couldn't get up."
"Hey!" Callie says pretending to be offended, "If you wanted to get up, you would've."
"True," Arizona murmurs lightly pecking Callie's lips and rubbing her hands up and down her arms, "the way you were looking at me..."
Callie bites her lip slightly in embarrassment, "I really wanted to kiss you."
Arizona wipes the hair from her face and replies, "Well, the feeling was mutual."
"Yeah, I had some very...very naughty thoughts the rest of that day," Callie smirks.
Arizona bites her lip and grips the nape of Callie's neck to pull her down into another kiss. The kiss is just as magical as all their previous kisses.
Arizona gently pulls away and asks, "Soo, what's a girl got to do to get asked out on another date? Startin to make me feel cheap."
Callie chuckles and replies, "I was getting to that, but I just like kissing you too much." She finished this with another kiss. "But would you like to go on a date with me?"
"Maybe..." Arizona says with a smirk.
"Maybe? That better become a different answer real fast," Callie says kissing Arizona again.
"Yes," Arizona murmurs, "Yes I would love to go on another date with you."
Sorry if the tenses are a little off throughout. I realized after that I was typing in present and past tense, so I went back and changed it for after she talks to Owen...may still have some slip ups. I think I'm doing present tense from here on out. It seems to work better.
Hope you all enjoyed! I'll probably get another chapter out at the end of this weekend.