A/N - Such a short chapter - chronic pain and fatigue is kissing my ass and struggling with finding inspiration
After a long week the weekend finally came, Arizona being the one to wake up first decided to just lay beside her wife until she woke and picked up her tablet so she could read the news to occupy herself.
Maria came to slowly, to see her wife sitting up in bed reading the news. "Morning Ari." She greeted happily.
"Morning sleepyhead." Arizona said. The one good thing about her recent sleep issues was that she was now having was being able to wake up before Maria and watch her sleep.
"How are you feeling today Ari?" She asked.
"Better. I actually didn't sleep too badly last night." She answered. "Can we take the girls for their first swim today?" She asked.
"Sure. They'd enjoy that." Maria answered. "Do you want any breakfast?" She asked.
"Yeah, I can eat later in the day. It's just when it's first thing before work." She answered. "Come make French toast with me." Arizona offered, that being what she was craving for breakfast.
"Okay sweetheart." Maria answered before they both got out of bed, Maria deciding to help Arizona with putting her prosthetic on. "That comfortable?" She asked.
"Yeah, very." Arizona answered. "I really love it when you do my prosthetic for me." She said.
"Good." Maria said happily. "I love you." She said simply, before hearing the twins cry and going to sort them out whilst Arizona went downstairs to start on breakfast.
Maria came down and put the twins down to play in the living room before going into the Kitchen to help Arizona. "How's it going?" She asked, wrapping her arms around Arizona's waist.
"It's going well Ri." Arizona said, smiling at how affectionate Maria was being that morning. "You okay? Your being more affectionate than usual."
"I'm great Ari." Maria replied.
"Good." Arizona responded happily. "Can you get me the plate with the rest of the French toast on?"
"Sure my love." Maria responded, removing her arms from her wife's waist so she could be of help in the kitchen.
"Thankyou Ri." Arizona replied.
Soon after breakfast was ready and they both ate it in the living room so they could keep an eye on the twins. "They're both crawling now." Arizona noticed happily, watching both Hazel and Josephine crawl.
"They are." Maria said happily. "I can't believe how much they've grown." She answered. "It feels like they were born only yesterday."
Arizona laughed. "Oh Ria." She said "It has gone quick." She answered. "Our girls will be one before we know it." She said.
"They will." Maria replied, and smiled, leaning herself into Arizona.
After sitting with eachother for while and appreciating the time to relax with eachother in the mornings, they decided to both get up and get themselves and the twins ready to go swimming. "Do you want me to drive?" Arizona asked, knowing Maria had been working Extra hours so she could keep up with Arizona's cases aswell as her own and as a result she was likely tired.
"Yeah." Maria replied, strapping both the twins into their carseats. "Your great Ari."
"Well it's the least I could do for you after a long week." She replied. "I'm really happy we can finally have some time together. "
"Well until I get called in." Maria answered, knowing that they would be very lucky if they managed to get through the weekend without Maria being called in on an emergency.
"True. We better make the most of it." Arizona said, starting to drive them to the swimming pool.
They arrived at the swimming pool around ten minutes later and took a twin each to get changed. "They both look so cute." Maria said, once they were ready to go into the pool, admiring how cute both Josephine and Hazel looked together in their matching pastel pink frilly swimsuits.
"They do." Arizona said as they walked into the baby section of the pool. They spent around an hour playing in the pool with the twins, who both seemed really happy to be in the water. After getting out and the twins changed again they sat and had coffee whilst Maria was feeding them before going to a shop on the way home to buy something for dinner as neither of them wanted to cook properly.
Once getting home they put the twins down to have a nap and went downstairs to snuggle with eachother on the Sofa, whilst putting a chick flick on for them to watch whilst they had the time together.
Around half way through the movie Arizona saw Maria had fallen asleep. Arizona gently stroked her hair whilst continuing to watch the movie. Maria must be exhausted from working the extra hours in the past week as it was very rare that she would fall asleep in the middle of the day.
Once the movie had finished she left Maria to sleep on the Sofa and got the twins up from their nap, deciding to play with them for a while. Soon after she heard Maria come up the stairs. "Come play with us." Arizona called.
Maria came in and sat beside Arizona, playing with the twins. "Sorry I fell asleep."
"It's fine. Your tired Ri, I understand." Arizona said.
"Thankyou Ari." Maria said, just as her phone went off.
"Gotta go and save a life?" Arizona asked.
"Yeah." Maria answered and sighed. "I'll see you tonight."
"Okay Ri." Arizona answered and gave her wife a hug before she left.