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Chapter Eleven
Arizona's POV
Thanksgiving came and went and now I'm officially on winter break. One of the many great things about being a teacher is that you get long winter and spring breaks. I have three weeks off and I can't wait to take full advantage of them. Usually for Christmas I would go home to Maryland to spend time with my parents, but this year I'm waiting to see what my girlfriend wants to do. I would invite her and Sofia home with me, I know my parents would love that, but I doubt she will want to do that. It's Sofia's first Christmas and I'm sure Mark wants to spend it together, and as much as Mark and me get along I don't want him coming home with me. That would just be weird, and I know my parents wouldn't understand. Callie runs a lot of decision about Sofia through Mark, which I totally understand but sometimes I feel that it slows us down. Either way I need to talk to Calliope about our holiday plans. I really want to spend it with her, so we will need to work something out; at least we have a week or so before Christmas.
"Arizonaaa"
"Oh, sorry Teddy. I was just thinking about something while you were at the bar getting our drinks." I say to my friend and accepting the glass of wine she got me. We decided to come to Joe's and celebrate the beginning of winter break.
"Okay, well let's make a toast to the first half of the school year being over!" She says raising her glass and bringing it to mine for a toast.
"That really went fast. I can't believe Christmas is already around the corner." I say taking a sip of wine.
"I know, I'm almost done with my shopping. I just got something for Henry, my parents a few friends, and yes that includes you, and I always get myself a gift."
"Ohhh really? What did you get yourself?" I ask intrigued.
"A new flat screen television, fifty inches" She says with a proud grin.
"That's nice! I'm done with all my shopping except for Callie. I'm still debating on what to get her."
"Well what do you have in mind?" Asks Teddy.
"I was thinking about getting her a heart necklace and have it inscribed with 'I love you – AR". I say smiling to myself.
"Wow, Ms. Arizona Robbins is in love." Teddy says while putting her hands over her heart and batting her eyes at me playfully.
"Yeah, yeah. I haven't told her yet, but I think the necklace will say it all. Plus I tend to ramble a lot when I'm trying to say something important. I really do love her, Teddy. I love Sofia too. Sometimes when the three of us our out together, it feels like a little family. I find myself always wanting to spend time with them. Just last week Callie and Sof were heading out to the grocery store and I just volunteered to go with them. Like who voluntarily goes to the grocery store? Ya know, just little stuff like that." I say with a huge smile. My mind goes back to the grocery store with my twos girls and I feel myself instantly warm at the thought. I never thought I would fall this hard for anyone, especially this quick but I have and there is no use in denying it. I just hope Calliope feels the same way.
"Yeah, you're totally in love. I think the necklace is a great idea."
"Thanks, Teddy. I think I'm going to order it soon and have it engraved to make sure it gets here in time." I say taking another sip of my drink and taking a mental note to purchase the necklace sooner rather then later.
"So are you thinking about marriage?" Teddy asks nervously.
"Honestly, I've thought about her being my wife, but I know we're not there yet. It was an odd feeling though. I was happy to picture her as my wife, but the thought of me being married is a little weird. I just always thought I'd be in a long relationship, not really needing a title to define us, but I know that Calliope is a marriage girl and most definitely marriage material."
"You sound so grown up, I'm slightly jealous." Teddy says with a laugh.
"Ha. I know, it's strange to me, but good strange. Don't be jealous though, you have Henry. How are you guys?"
"We're good. He's done with baseball so now he's around a lot more and we are spending more quality time together. I don't think we are headed down the aisle anytime soon, but we are in a good place with right." Teddy says with a twinkle in her eye.
"I'm happy for you. It's great that we can be in strong, healthy relationships, but also have time to hang out, catch up, and have a drink." I say happily.
"Yeah, we need to make this a more regular thing." Teddy says taking a sip of her beer. We talk and drink for about forty-five more minutes before we call it time. On my way back to my place I get a text from Callie saying that she just got off her shift and is at home with Sofia.
"Hey you" Callie says opening the door for me. I can tell immediately that she's tired from a long day of work, and she's holding Sofia who is crying. I give her a quick kiss and make my way into the apartment.
"Hey back. What's wrong with Sofia" I say walking up next to Callie and taking the crying little girl from her.
"I think she's teething. She won't go down for bed. I just gave her some medicine I got the from the hospital about five minutes ago so hopefully that will calm her down." Callie says with letting out a huge breath. She goes to her refrigerator and takes out a bottle of water and sits on the stool taking a long sip. I can see in her eyes that she's defeated, so I take it upon myself to try and get the little girl down.
"Hey, how about you go take a bath and relax, and I'll hang with Sof until she goes down."
"You sure, I'm sure she will be tired in a few I can just wait." Callie says after taking another sip of water.
"Seriously, go take a bath. Me and Sof need some quality time anyway." I say directly to Callie and then turning my attention to the baby girl and rocking her back and forth hoping to calm her down some.
"Okay, thanks babe." Callie says getting up and giving me a kiss before heading into her bedroom.
"Okay, little miss thing. Let's change you into some pajamas. That always gets me ready for bed." I say to Sofia. Twenty minutes later Sof is down and I'm sitting on the couch waiting for Callie to come out of her room. Her door opens and she looks calm and relaxed. She comes to sit next to me on the couch and I put my arm around her shoulder.
"Mmmm, thank you for getting her down. I really needed a bath." She says playing with my shirt.
"You're welcome. So what's your holiday schedule like?" I ask before bringing up the topic of traveling plans and what not.
"Right now I have about six days off, with two of them having me on call for any major emergencies." She says getting the remote off the coffee table in front of us, and turning on the television.
"Oh okay, so are you staying here in Seattle, or…". I think she can sense my hesitation so she sits up and faces me.
"Arizona is there something you want to say?"
"I was just thinking about what we were going to do for Christmas. It's our first Christmas together and I want to spend it with you. I usually go home to my parents, but I wanted to see what you had planned." I say looking away from her.
"Well I spoke to Mark today and we just thought about having dinner together here at my place and open gifts. I don't go home because of my family situation, and Mark and Sofia are my family now." She says and I instantly feel left out and small.
"Oh..."
"I was going to invite you, Arizona. We just discussed it today, and like you said yourself it's out first Christmas together and I didn't want to assume we'd spend it together. I would love for us to be together, but I just didn't want to assume anything." She says lifting my head to look straight into her eyes.
"Well maybe I'll go home a few days after Christmas and come back in time for New Year's. That way I'll still get to see my family over the holiday break, and I'll have Christmas with my two favorite girls." I say happily and satisfied.
"And Mark…"
"Right, and Mark." I say slightly annoyed, but I don't think she picked up on it.
"Mark and I did talk about something else important today at work." She says excited.
"Oh really, and what was that." I respond.
"Um, well, you see, I was thinking and…" Callie starts out. I know it must be important because she's gazing around the room instead of making direct eye contact with me.
"Calliope…"
"Okay, sorry. Well today I, well we added you to Sofia's list." She says confidently.
"Uh, what list?" I ask confused.
"Her daycare list. Basically anyone who tries to pick up Sofia from daycare needs to be on a contact list, Mark and I are of course down but we also put you down." She says half excited.
"Really…" I say processing this new information.
"Yeah, I mean I probably should've talked to you about it first, but I asked him if it would be okay and he said yeah. Basically if we can't get to her or if you want to pick her up and take her so she's not in daycare all the time you can. You don't have to, but the option is there." She says looking for a reaction out of me.
"Thank you, Calliope. That means a lot that you trust me that much with Sofia, you and Mark. If I ever need to get Sofia from there I'm sure I'll at least be in contact with one of you first, but still." Just when I was getting a little annoyed with her and Mark, they do something like this and it just makes me delighted. I don't take this lightly. The fact that they trust me with their daughter is something very sincere. I love Sofia and would do anything for her.
"I just thought it was time. I trust you, Arizona." Callie says putting her hand on my cheek. "We both do, and this doesn't mean we want you to start picking up Sof every time you get off work and we're still at the hospital, but you can if you would like. I would just check with one of us to make sure it's my time with Sofia and not Mark's. I don't want to take away from any of his daddy-daughter time" Callie says letting out a small laugh.
"Of course, I totally understand." I say leaning in and kissing her. She traces my bottom lip with her tongue and slowly pushes me to lay flat on the couch. She gets on top of my with our bodies flush with one another. I take her tongue into my mouth and I feel her reach under my shirt and start massaging by breasts. I grab her ass and pull her closer to me. She starts kissing my neck and puts one of her thighs right up against my core. I moan at the contact and feel a slight wetness between my legs.
"Normally I would be upset if you gave me a hickey because I would have to put on cover up for work, but since I'm on break now…" I say to Callie who is stilling working on my boobs and my neck.
"Mhhmm…well good thing you don't work for three more weeks." She says lustfully, releasing her lips from my neck and looking down into my blue eyes.
"Hey, that doesn't mean stop!" I say playfully and then giving her a light smack on the ass. She gives me a passionate kiss before repositioning at my neck. We go at this for about five more minutes before we hear a cell phone ring.
"Noooo…" I plead.
"Hang on, let me just go check. I'll be right back." She says giving me a peck on the lips then retreating to her room to reach her phone. I lay on the couch for about five minutes waiting for Calliope to come back, but then I hear her start speaking in Spanish. She rarely speaks in Spanish and only does so when she doesn't want me to understand something. Fifteen minutes go by and now I'm sitting up on the couch playing with my fingers. Ten more minutes go by and she's still in her room on the phone. I'm slightly worried now, so I turn up the television and try to distract myself.
"Sorry about that." She says coming back into the living area seeming slightly flustered.
"Are you okay?" I ask sincerely.
"Yeah, yeah I'm good. What are we watching?" She says trying to change the topic.
"Callie, come on…"I say not letting her up that easy.
"It's really nothing." She says still staring at the television.
"You were gone for almost half an hour talking in Spanish. What's up? You Can tell me." I say almost pleading to her.
"Seriously, Arizona please drop it. Look if it was something important I would tell you, you know that, but it wasn't so let's just go back to watching television. I'll make some popcorn." She says getting up from the couch. I stop trying to get anything else out of her and just go about my business. I just have to trust that she will tell me when the time is right. Maybe it really is nothing, but I have a gut feeling it's not. She comes back from the kitchen with some popcorn and wine and we continue watching some weird movie. I can't help but notice that she's checking her phone more often and texting someone every couple of minutes. I would be lying if I said I don't care, but I decide to not say anything…yet.
