Hello all I just wanted to say thanks for reading and this will be the last post in the Learning to live line. The Next will pick up after the wedding because I cant write weddings.
Soooooooo Im going to work on the next story while this one holds ya'll over to the next one.
LETS TRY AGAIN
CALLIE
I have done a lot of things in my life and gone a lot of places but never have I consorted with a 8 year old child to plan anything.
"She doesn't feel hot or anything but she says her head hurts really bad and I cant call out, Do you think April can watch her?" Arizona asked.
"I don't see why not there isnt anything on my agenda for me today." I say winking at April.
"Oh god I love you you know that."
"Yes and I love you too, April will be there in the next 15 minutes. " I say.
I could hear her moving around as I sent April out the office.
"I know that you haven't had the time but how does dinner for your birthday this weekend sound, in Kentucky?" I say
The movements stopped.
"You want to have dinner in Kentucky for my birthday with my family?" Arizona asked
"Yes I do, we haven't done much together and I want to let everyone know that I the most powerful woman in the world am hoplessly in love with you. That means putting up with your family. " I say
"I would love to do that."
I couldn't hear the smile in her voice.
"We would have to leave right after I get off work tomorrow if we are going to make it by 10:30." Arizona says.
"You don't want to fly?" I ask
"No I want to be as normal as I can be with the President and her ninjas."
I laughed Arizona had long stoped calling them secret service since everytime we are together one of then seems to sneak up on her. Jackson got hit once for spooking her.
"Oh hey April, Calliope April is here I have to go. Iove you."
"I love you too." I say before the line went dead.
A hour after Arizona left for work April brung Kayla back to The White House to help me pick out her moms gift.
"So does this mean your going to be my new mommy?" She asked as she sat on to the desk next to me as we looked at rings.
"If she says yes then I guess so, will that be ok?" I ask
" Yes that ok." She said befor going back to pick up one of the rings to looked at it closely.
I didn't notice that her actions mimiced my own until the click of a camera made me look up quickly before going back to my work.
Reed was taking photos to go with my biography, I didnt mind her so much she was a tiny thing didn't talk too much and was one of the first to give me my space when I asked. Leah on the other hand was a pain in my ass, she seemed needy and never knew what the hell she was doing. Arizona couldn't stand her and at first I thought she was just being over dramatic but one day I noticed that Leah had taken to following too closely to Arizona, I had to tell Reed to get her writing partner under control.
"I like this one."I say holding up a ring with a nice sized diamond on it.
Kayla took tye ring in her small hands and looked at it before smiling.
"Its perfect...I think you should givenit to her tomorrow before we leave." She says as I help her off the desk.
"Why's that, wouldn't on her birthday be better?" I ask putting the ring in a box.
Kayla watched the jeweler take the other rings away alonge with a check I handed over.
"So she can have it on when Uncle Tim and Veronica sees her. Mom says they wont be getting in until really early Saturday Morning. And you like to sleep late on the weekend so when they see they will be pissed then you will be the icing onnhe cake. " she says as we walk down the hall.
"You are to smart for your own good." I say.
I didn't get to perpose to Arizona the way we had planned,the timing just wasn't on our side. But when we reached the farm it turned out we were the only ones there. Barbra had called to let Arizona know that they would be in around with Tim and Veronica and the baby by 2 or 3. Arizona lead us to a Smaller house that was converted from a small barn.
"The kids are in the smaller room, the other 4 rooms are empty and Calliope will take the room up stairs." Arizona says
She made her way up stairs pulling me by the hand.
" I so tired, and yet I can imagine how tired you are with all the work you have been doing." Arizona says with her back to me.
She was taking things out her pocket and plugging I her phone. I took that time to pull out the ring and get down on one knee opening it and waiting for her to turn around.
"I really want you to have a relaxing weekend."
She turned around and the words died on her lips.
"You are the most amazing woman in the world and I can't think about my life without you. When I'm away all I want is you next to me, when I go to sleep I wish you are there for me to hold. Having to hide how I feel about you, talking to you through April, even everything I had to go through to get out of Washington for this weekend.I dont want to have to be without you I don't want to lie about being with you...I want you to marry me so every single night I can sleep next to you. And every morning I can wake up next to you. Please put me out of my misery and say you will marry me."
She looked at me for a long moment and I was afraid she was goi g to say no. But she walked over and cupped my face before kissing me.
"You are lucky I can't stand to see a beautiful beast like you suffer...I couldn't ask for anything more then to be your wife." Arizona said with a big smile.
ARIZONA
When I opened my eye the first thing they fell on was my fingers intertwined with Callie's and the diamond. It was large but then again I have girl hands as Calliope said last hands aren't much bigger then mine but they are strong, like if she wasn't the Presandent she would a rancher or someone who breaks bones like an Orthopedic Surgeon...Or a hitwoman.
The Diamond is beautiful and something you can't miss. Lifting her hand I kissed it before slipping out of bed I dressed and made my way down stairs to see Brooks and Harris talking with New guy Hunt and Jackson. I almost asked where Lexie was but somehow I knew she and April was off sneaking kisses.
"Hey I'm going to the main house if the kids or Callie wakes up." I say
"Yes Ma'am. " Hunt says making everyone laugh.
I just smiled and make my way across the yard to the house. When I opened the back door the smell of baccon eggs and pancakes filled my nose.
"Morning mom!" I called
I was wrapped up in my dads arms
"Happy birthday princess. " he says
"Daddy its not until Sunday." I say moving ove to th island to sit and watch mom cook.
"Where are the kids?" She asked
"Still sleepin they was up most the drive here and didn't zonk out until about 1 thinking they would see you"I say
"Well Tim is in the living room Im sure hes about to put Little Danny down." She says
"Danny as in Daniel?" I ask
"Yep isn't it a wonderful name!" Mom says with her back to me
Dad put his arms around me and pulled me into a hug knowing how I felt about the name and now the betrale I was feeling. Tor had a little twin brother who I hand named after Daddy before he was even born. He was quiet fire like daddy and when I did or ate some thing he didn't like he would let me know just like daddy. Torres was the my little klingong always active and moving around until the day they were born, he was quiet and didn't move. It scared me because I just felt some thing was wrong.
Daniel wasn't as strong as he let on he just couldn't breathe on his own or with the aid of the o2 machine. And an hour after he was born he passed away.
"I'll be right back daddy." I say hopping down and walking out the back door.
I could feel his eyes on me as I moved across the yard.
I walked right past Owen at the door and right up the stairs. When I closed the room door behind me I noticed Callie sitting up I bed reading something on her phone.
"Hey what's wrong?" She asked putting her phone down.
I ran over to her and climbed in her arms crying my eyes out as once again my tear filled sleard speech told her about Tor's bother, And what Tim had did.
"He promised Calliope he promised that out of respect for me and my son he would never use that name if he should ever have a son." I say
"Tim has proven himself to be a lier Arizona, and I know thay you hopped that there was some kind of decent man in your brother after what he did."
"Yea I did." I sniffed
"Well don't worry we will have kids and they will have great names like there older sister and brother." She says.
I start to laugh after a moment.
"Whats so funny?"
" Tor doesn't have a middle name it was Always Torres Robbins Vandergrift. Now it will be Torres Rrobbins Torres." I say after calming down.
"Vandergrift what kind of fucking name is that?"
"Its Veronica'." I say
"Vandergrift... in my experience anyone with the name Vander anything is full of shit self serving selfish self centered bitches that uses there money to push there weight around. " Callie says
"Thats Veronica, at first I thought the gifts and romantic dinners was amazing but once Kayla was born that changed, and I'm not one to give up because of a little bump I the road. Then Tor well he was my Last effort to fix everything she wanted a son I just wanted kids. Things changed after that and now im here with you glad that it all happened." I say curling up with Callie behind me."
"Mmmmmm you have a country twang in your voice here." Callie mumbles as we fall back to sleep.
We woke an hour later to the sound of little hands knocking on the door.
"Yes?" Callie called
Torres and Kayla ran in and jumped on the bed.
"Did you do it, did you ask?" Kayla asked
"Yes I did, and sadly I'm not going to be your friend anymore. " Callie said
"But why?" Tor asked
"Well because I'm going to be your mommy. " she said
They jumped into her arms and she started to hug and kiss on her.
"Ok ok let me up so we can go find some food, I'm starving" callie says.
We got dressed and made our way to the house where mom was just finished making the settings.
" I am so glad that I made enough to feed an Army, come in come in." She said to Owen.
Callie entered be for me making my dad stand quickly.
"No no here I'm just Callie, no President just Callie. " she said moving over and hugging him.
We all sat down at the large table and started to eat and for the first time in my life I saw my father nervous.
"Wow mom you cooked up a feast." Tim said
Calliope looked over at him before going back to her meal, I've seen that look before and it was one of dismissal.
"Well hello did you come alone with the kids." Veronica says walking in
"No shes at the table." I say without looking up from making my plate.
"Come on Arizona you dont have to pretend that you are dating one of your work mates. Your starting to look desperate. "She said.
"You're the one looking desperate Veronica now please back the fuck off." I hiss at her
"Arizona are you ok?" Callie asked walking over
The way she moved made her look taller then she was.
"I'm fine Calliope can you grab my drink please. " I ask turning and making my way to the table.
I have no clue what Callie may have said to her but she followed after me geunting when she sat down.
"Shes is really short." Callie grumbled
"I know..."
"Shorter than you."
"Yea never will I date a short woman again..."
"Have you gotten the pictures of Danny that I emailed you?" Tim cut in.
I didnt like the cocky look on his face, Veronica smiled and I had to contain myself. So I finally just let the mamouth size rock that there was no way I could afford on my own do the talking for me...I can play dirty too.
"You know what I think it got lost in my spam box." I say tucking hair behind Callie's ear with my left hand befor grabing the Pepper from the middle of the table.
Lexie and her group watched from the island where they was eating, waiting to pounce like lions in wait.
I couldn't understand why no one but daddy knows who this woman is. I MEAN mom really should know being married to a Marine such as daddy.
April looked around the kids at me her eyes wide in fear of what might be said next.
"Ok you two thats enough." Daddy says
No doubt catching the shift in wind fromming for the middle of the large kitchen.
I went back to eatting not bothering to think what was going to happen next.
"She doesn't have time to look at her nephews photos?" He asked
"No she dosen't I through them away, I would rather mom not get upset over the fact that my uncle is in some weard and crazy way my step dad, and my cousin is my brother." Kayla says before dropping her fork and leaving the room.
I had no idea that she would have seen that let alone gone against my wishes about opening emails no matter if she know who sent them.
"I'll get her." April said jumping up to follow her.
"You know I'd guess you would do some thing like that Arizona, but to have our daughter do it..."
I cut Veronica off as we all got up from the table.
"There is no our in this conversation unless your talking about Callie and I. You Veronica gave up your rights years ago when you stopped caring and months ago when you had the papers drawn up signed and personally brung to my door. You didn't want them you didn't want me, you wanted something to pass time until something came along. That something being my brother."
"Thats my blood!" She yelled
"Only when tax season comes around hun."
She reached out and slapped me and Callie lunged forward only to be stopped by my dad.
"Veronica I never liKed you but you are a part of my family no matter what way, but you will not hit my child do you understand."
It wasn't a question.
"Oh so we are suppose to be ok with the fact that she has some immigrant most likely illegal taking care of The kids?" Tim said
"Ok what?" Callie said
"You probably came over on your floating door or climbed the fence before the Presandent beefed up security...Go back to your shot up coke house." Tim said
"Timothy!" Mom yelled
"No no I'm ok." Callie said then walked up to Tim
"One I was born in Miami, and two maybe you should pay attention to who is around you...I mean really look at who you talk shit about."
She was staring him down he was lock in place. His eyes widened and he backed up.
"Now lets just calm the fuck down." Callie said.
She looked around before looking back at Tim.
"Now I'm going to check om my future daughter. " she says before walking out the room. Lexie and Jackson followed her while Owen and Brooks stayed with me.
"You are sleeping with the President?" Tim asked
" so what when did you become such a racist?" I asked
"Arizona how long has this been going on?" Mom asked
"For a while, Calliope and I feel head over heals for each other when I took my class on the trip to DC. We talked over the phone and video...My point is she wants me she loves the kids and maybe if you wasnt so wrapped up in Tim blanket of lies you would have known. Daddy knew he even talked to me about it but that doesn't matter right now, I have to find my fence and my child."I say grabing Tor's hand
CALLIE
The last time I climbed a tree for fun was when I was 9 and her I am al most 31 climbing a tree. Kayla was just inside the tree house door and I wasn't going to chance trying to fit my body in there.
"I hate here, she doesn't love me or Torres."
"My mom always told me that you should never hate someone, ni matter what they do to you, you should never hate them. You could dislike them not want to be around then you dont have to love them but don't hate." I say.
"Why not?" Kayla asked
"Because there is enough hate in the world that we don't need to add too it." I say looking out over the farm.
"Well I dislike her." She says
We sit in the quite for a moment before I spoke again.
"You know I'm adopted."
"You are?"
She slipped a little closere to the door.
"Yep its public knowledge, My mom and dad found me in one of there trashcans. After tyey ran all the test they could think of and looked all over the United States the realized I must be the un wanted child of illegal immigrants."
"Why didn't they send you to where your parents came from?" Kayla asked.
"Well when you are born in a different country then where your parents are from then you become a citizen of that country. That is one of the reasons immigrants get into trouble in this country. "
"I don't understand. " she says
"You have to do a lot of work to be come a citizen of any country in the world, people just like America a lot and you will learn why one day... But immigrants find there way here without doing the right paperwork or letting the right people know that, so if they get busted they get in trouble. Then there are the ones that get away and they find out that if you have a child in this country its much harder to get sent back, if they send you back at all." I say playing with a leaf.
"Anchor baby." She says
I trun and look a her.
"Where did you learn that?"
"I heard uncle Tim talking about it one day whem he came to pick us up from school, befor mom and Veronica split up, he was talking about Tony a boy in my class his family is new to America and uncle Tim said they must move alot because he was an anchor baby and thats why they are here. But his father works for a big company that hired him from Italy."
"Well Tim was wromg to say that of Tony and dont you ever call anyone that, its mean and it hurts people's feelings."
"Do I get to meet your mom and dad?"
That was a quick change in subject.
"Yes soon maybe...my birthday is at the end of the month and they want to come see." I say
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I was sitting on the bed looking out the window facing the rich open filds. Not really thinking about anything Barbra had taken the kids and Brooks and Lexie to town. Jackson and Owen was having a whos gun is bigger moment, April was off enjoying being on a farm again and Daniel had taken Arizona Tim and Veronica into his office.
So I was feeling isolated and happy to be alone without people breathing down my neck, well i wanted Arizona. But the rest could leave me be just fine.
I let out a grunt and laid down, I was hard and dripping wet for her and she wasn't here and I really needed to behave.
"A nap a nap will help. " I grumble before pulling of my tank top off leaving me in a bra and shorts.
"Fucking Kentucky heat, no water to cool it down." I say
I tossed the shirt to the foot off the bed and fell to sleep. I dont know how long I was asleep but I heard a soft thump of the door closeing then Arizona's sent filled my nose befor the quick click of the lock.
"You are the only person to get this close to me before I notice."I say without opening my eyes
As a Marine no matter how short it was you are conditioned to be aware of everything around you at all times. Its almost like I know where everyone is and how close they are at all times. But Arizona or the kids they could get right up on me before I would ever notice, and if they wanted to they would get the drop on me and kill me.
"Oh really is that a bad thing?" She asks kissing my ear
"Well it could be, I was a Marine. " I say
She straddles my hips
"Once a Marine always a Marine Calliope. "
Arizona starts to rub at my shoulders and arms.
"Ok so why have you locked us in here...not that I mind" I ask
"I thought that maybe we could have som very much needed alone time."
Arizona startsd to run her nailsaround the waistband of my leaned in she kissed me before moving over to my ear.
"I miss you Calliope, I miss your smell and how wet you get. I want to taste you. The way you feel inside of me the way you make me squeeze you."
She started to rub her self on me never once moving her lips from my ear. She reached down and expertly took off her shorts before working on mine.
"I hate birth control but I don't really trust tye condom companies. " she said
"Ogha fuuuck." I moan when silk heat elopes me pulling me deep in to her.
She sat up and slipped two fingers into me while using the other to brace herself on my shoulder.
"You are so fucking hot." I grunted
The double sensation of me deep in her and her in me was something I wasn't use to and it did some thing to me.
"Whats that?"
"Gspot...oh god."
I sat up and wrapped my arms around her and put my face in her chest. Arizona had moves with her hips that would make any salsa dancer cry.
"You..."
"Arizona you people are looking for you."
"Really what the fuck." She growled before getting off me slowly.
She made her way over to the door and opening it enough to peep out.
"Who is looking for me?" She asked
"Your cousins."Owen says.
Arizona let out a sigh.
"Tell...OHMYGOD!"
Owen jumped back when Arizona yelps.
"She will be down when she can." I say popping up behind her.
Well that's what Owen though, when She stood to find out what was going on I followed. When it was clear that the kids was ok I moved up behind her and slipped right into her making her yelp.
I push the door close and start thrusting into her.
"Fuck Calliope." She moaned reaching back a grabing a fist full of my hair.
"Im sorry I can't..."
"Don't shhh its ok." Arizona says rching her back.
ARIZONA
Calliope is a little messy when it comes to sex I dont like the word but she perdues a lot of sperm, and I mean a lot. There will not be any quickies with us and its not just that she gets just a wet as I do, something Veronica had hated. Callie loves it and she spent a good 20 minutes between my legs showing me how much.
I wasn't quite ready or sure how to deal with the foing down aspect of her but she assured me that she understood. While thinking about that and when would be a good time to talk about weddings and baby making I ran right in to my Aunt Lynn.
"Well I was wondering when you was going to come out and see us, thought you was sleeping the day away. Some handsome man told us you was taking a nap." She said
Thank god for Owens quick thinking.
"Yes it going aunt Lynn?" I asked
"Its going great the boys are out in the field watching some hot young Latina play with Torres and Kayla...I knew you could do better than that slut inside."
"Aunt Lynn!"
I was shocked at her words, Aunt Lynn never said a bad word about anyone all my life. I'm sure she thought it but never said it out loud.
"Its the truth, and I hear shes the new President...I better be getting a invite to the wedding when she pops the question and she will if how she interacts with the kids has any say."
I held out my hand for her to look at the ring and she gave a deep belly laugh before pulling it closer to look at it.
"President or not by the smile on your face and the size of that rock you got yourself a keeper.
Lynn has always been the aunt out of the lot of them. Funny smart hard to get to shut up at times but she will always be up front and kind to you. If she doesn't like you she will tell you she doesn't but if you're a good person she's not going to cast judgment on you for anything.
And that's how the rest of the weekend went, full of family and food and I couldn't be happier until Callie had to leave Sunday afternoon.
"I'm going to quit." She said as we packed up her bag.
"And deprive this country of one of the best Presidents since Clinton...I dont think so." I say smiling.
"Fucking dicks in Washington, why is it so hard to not want to kill people?" She says zipping the bag closed.
"I don't know,but know its not the public Calliope. From what I hear at work and down at the hardware store where all the old military men hang out in this town . Everyone is happy that you put an end to that 20 od year unwanted vacation in the desert. There are so many jobs now, Daddy can retire now with the benefits he worked so many years to get. You have done such a great job so far, Make it so when you leave the public will see what they have and wont let it go so easy." I say cupping her face in my hands.
"You still go to the hardware store with your dad?"She asked
"Everytime we are here...I have since I was a baby. " I say smiling.
She kissed me and we headed down stairs.
"Ok so this is how its going to go, Heather Owen and Jackson you are now assigned to Arizona and the kids. You follow but don't make them feel smothered. When we get back to Washington Lexie will get me more detail and your assignment will officially be changed..."
"Calliope we don't need a detail. " I say
She looked past me to Tim who was sitting on the back porch looking at us.
"Arizona just as soon as I leave its going to slip that the President was in town and you're the reason why I was here. I can't stop Tim from doing that I can't walk around with a folder full of confidential wavers. I wont do that with you not anymore." She says kissing me after I gave her an ok.
I knew she was talking about the trip to the doctor and the hospital in Boston.
She got in the SUV with Lexie Harris and April and left as quickly as she could. She didn't say goodbye to the kids or she wouldn't have gotten out of there. But I watched as they got a mile down the road before cutting into a field where the Presidential helicopter was waiting.
"I don't even see that damn thing." I say
And just like she said Tim having not see the helicopter, he stood and pulled out his phone to make a call to someone of the news variety I'm sure.
"Heather is it ok if we leave after dinner?"I ask watching Tim disappear.
"Anything you want." She says following me into the house.
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"I don't want to go to school ."Kayla mumbles as I help her into bed. It was early Monday morning and we just got home.
"You don't have too school is closed." I say pulling the cover up over her.
I kissed her head and made my way to my room Heather bunked down in the room with Kayla and the boys took the guess room. I fell face first into my bed and fell right back to sleep.
I woke again around 10 when my cell phone started to ring.
"Hello?"
"Hey how was the birthday dinner?" Callie asked.
"I don't know we didn't get to stay, just like you said Tim called the local News just as soon as you stayed as long as we could but we didn't make it to dinner." I say.
"I guessed as much, you have yet to watch tv?" Callie asked
"No why?" I ask sitting up.
"I have 6 million calls about what I was doing in Kentucky." Callie says
I sit up and grabbed the tv remote and turned on the tv.
'Again the President was spotted in Kentucky with the same blue-eyed blonde that was at the 4th of July celebration. A source that was close to the two says his sister was sporting an engagement ring, and at some point there was an argument about the President's citizenship between the two.'
"What the hell?!"
'President Torres has never hid any part of her life from the public, and it is well know that she is adopted after being found abandoned at two days old. And since she was born in Miami she is an American citizen. My opinion is that this source is looking for an attention or compensation from the President to keep quiet. But as I see it President Torres has been open and honest about what the public should know about her and as for the rest that's her business.'
"Calliope..."
"Arizona I don't care what your brother says you are the one I will marry. You don't have to talk to anyone if you don't want but you are allowed to do and say what you want. " She says.
I hear the sound of people outside my house, standing I went to the window and looked out. I let out a grunt as I saw a line of news vans out on the street.
CALLIE
Arizona begged me to do something about the news crews outside her house. Since there wasn't any thing I could do about that Papa came up from Miami and moved her into one of the larger apartments in one of his luxury Apartments.
It had a large gated park behind it as part as its private property that was off-limits to non residents, so Rufus had a yard to play in. 24 hour in round the clock security for the building and the underground parking.
Arizona was happy to take the Apartment due to the fact that she didn't like having people knocking on her door.
I legally can't do anything to protect them until I marry Arizona. But I was so happy that I was able to get to her without having to sneak around.
"What are you doing?" Arizona asked when her face popped up on my computer.
"Nothing its late here and aren't you at work?" I ask
"I'm between classes, I was thinking that maybe I could stop the birth control."
If I could I would have fell out of bed.
"Now?" I ask
Her face fell and she sighed.
"You don't want me too do you?" She asked.
"Oh my god Yes I want you too, but do you think now is the right time? We have fittings and dresses and all that. It really wouldn't be the best time I want to enjoy you growing and making love to you slowly in the early hours of the morning because you wanted some crazy snack. I want to be close by the bigger you get and put off meetings because you are close to your due date. I don't get to do that if I have to hear my mother yelling about dresses and flowers and all that." I say smiling at her.
Arizona smiled and her eyes light up, the bell rung and we said our goodbyes before ending the video call.
Trying again was the best thing I could have ever done and I can't wait for all this to be over so I could start life with my new family.
Later ya'll See you next post.