A/N: This Chapter will have our girls waking the next day wondering 'Where Do We Go from Here?"
Callie's POV
I wake up and stretch out and WOW, am I ever sore. I haven't been this sore in so long but oh god it's in all the right places and feels so good at the same time. I lay on my back and watch Arizona sleep and think about last night. I am more than ready to move on with her. I think it was more a fear than anything else. I hope she doesn't wake up today and regret last night. I loved every second of it. Should we have done it? Probably not, think it might've been a little fast but I certainly don't regret any of it.
I reach over and draw random patterns on her bare back that is exposed due to the blanket slipping down through the night. I love every inch of her flawless skin. Oh God could she be any more beautiful? If I wasn't 100% sure before last night, I certainly am this morning. I'm still gently drawing patterns on her back. She starts moving a little and I can hear her moaning. I have to say; waking up naked next to her after a long night of love making is in the top 5 of my favorite moments to share with her. I'm not sure where we go from here but I know we need to discuss last night and see how we are both feeling. I would like to take things slower than we did last night I think I will ask her to go on a date with me.
She rolls over and looks up to me and god, she's so damn adorable first thing in the morning. I lean down and place a gentle kiss on her lips.
"Good morning" I tell her
"Oh, it certainly is a very good morning!" she replies and smiles that dimpled smile
"What do you want to do today?"
"Well I was thinking if you got no plans we could go get the munchkin and lounge around the house for the day, just the three of us. Maybe watch some movies or play in the pool"
"That sounds really good Arizona, I got to call into work, because I believe I'm on-call today and tomorrow but I'll call to double check. I would love to spend the day with both you and Sof"
"Why don't you go to the bathroom first and I'll call in and see what the plan is for today"
"That sounds good to me. I won't be too long. I just have to shower and clean up, I smell like sex"
"Yes you do, but it's such a GREAT smell on you" I wink at her.
She giggles and gets up, grabs her crutches that I have at the house for her and makes her way to the bathroom. I grab my phone and call Bailey to see what her plans are for me today. I talk to her for a little bit and I am on-call. I'm not needed there yet, so I will spend as much time as I can with the girls today.
I make my way into the kitchen to make coffee. I think we are going to need it for this conversation that needs to take place here today before the munchkin gets here. I give Mer a quick call and she has to go to work for noon so will drop off the munchkin around 11:30am. I look to the clock, okay it's about 9:30am, so gives us about 2 hours or so to get this over with.
"Hey, please tell me there's coffee"
"Of course there is. I just called Mer, she works for noon so she will drop Sofia here around 11:30"
"Okay. So I know we need to talk, do you want to do it in the great room or outside?"
"Let's go outside and get some fresh air"
We top off our coffee and I offer to carry them outside so she can get out there. She is still using the crutches. Once we get outside we get seated and I pass her coffee back to her. We sit there for a few minutes just enjoying the morning breeze blowing through.
"Callie"
"Arizona" we both start at the same time. I nod my head to let her know to go ahead.
"Callie, I don't even know where to begin. I first have to say however that I do NOT regret anything about last night. I know we might have moved a little fast there and for that I'm sorry for my part of it. I mean I know we're both to blame per say, neither stopped the other. I don't know how you feel about what transpired here last night Callie but I for one am happy it did and do not regret it at all."
"Arizona, I want you to know I also do NOT regret any of it either. I loved every second of it. I missed being intimate with you. You feel so good, taste so good, and look so good. I can't even begin to describe how I feel. I feel we may have rushed a tad bit yes, but there are no regrets. I would really like to spend some time just you and I to get to know each other again and see if we can move on. I would like to take you on a date and go from there. We did nothing wrong last night, we are both single and consenting adults Arizona so there's no blame to place on either of us."
"I would love to go on a date with you Callie. So we are on the same page where last night stands right? Neither of us regret it, one wanted it as much as the other, yes we moved a little fast but we're talking about it and we are on the same page"
"I'm with you there yes. We will go slower from this point forward. I also want you to know that I think I've always been ready for a relationship with you Arizona, I think I was more scared then anything. I was scared that one of us would fuck it up somehow."
"I was ready as well, I was scared too. I was scared you would run again if I let you in again. I was scared that one of us would mess it up again. I know neither of us or even Sofia could handle that again. I want both of us to be nothing but 100% sure this time around though Callie, I'm tired of hurting, tired of you hurting and most of all I'm very tired of Sofia hurting and getting put in the middle of the two of us."
"We are in agreement there Arizona. No matter what happens between us we have to put Sofia first above everything between us. We need to put her at the top of our priorities list no matter what that means for you and I. When all is said and done Sofia must be happy firstly; above our happiness. I will always love you and be here for you no matter what happens and we will always be good friends, but we really need to think of what our decisions will do to Sofia. I'm sure she will be happy with us all living together again down the road but we need to talk to her as we go and make sure we include her in our decisions"
"Yes we do. I do love you, will always love you but you're right, we need to put her first above all else. She's getting older and we need to take her feelings into consideration in all this as well"
"Okay, so I'm on-call today so I will spend as much time as I can with you both doing whatever it is you both want to do. I'm really glad we talked about this Arizona. I feel much better about it all. And for the record I would not do anything differently last night, I enjoyed every minute of it. And I will plan a date for us this week sometime. We'll work it out for a night we both have off"
"Okay Callie, that sounds good. I'm really glad we talked about it as well. We really are growing up aren't we? In the past if this would've happened, we wouldn't have talked about it and one of us would've run out the door and then ignored each other for weeks"
"Yes, that's so true. We are growing up and I'd like to hope growing together. We would only think of ourselves in the past and not each other's feelings. We've been talking more the last few weeks than we ever have when we were together. We have grown together, we've grown as individuals and most importantly I think we have grown as mothers"
"I couldn't agree more Callie. I don't think I've been this excited at any point in my life about a relationship. When we first met, yes I was excited but I think this time around it's going to last longer and going to be a stronger relationship. Any time in the past that we've broke up, got back together; we would just jump into bed for sex and be back together. Even though the sex with you has always been earth shattering, whether it was slow and gentle or rough and fast; it's always been amazing. And I feel like last night even though there was both fast and rough and then the soft and gentle it was completely different from any time in the past we've had sex"
"I agree with you. Last night felt different for many reasons. We have a stronger connection, it was certainly more than just getting that release, and although that certainly played a part I think. When I look at you I can't believe that you seem to get more beautiful every time I see you. Fully dressed, naked, just waking up, middle of the day, end of the day just before bed. No matter when, I find you miraculous.
At this I can see the blush spread across her cheeks. "Thank you Callie, I also find you amazing"
"Okay, so we got about 20 mins or so before little miss shows up. What do you say we move into the kitchen and start on something for lunch?"
"I'd say that sounds amazing, I'm starving. I certainly worked up an appetite from last night."
"Let's go. Why don't you sit at the stool by the breakfast bar and I will rummage around and see what we can find"
Once we get back into the house we make our way to the kitchen. We are just figuring out what to eat when the door opens and in comes Sofia running straight to her Mama.
Arizona's POV
We are in the kitchen and Callie is looking for something to cook for lunch when we hear the door open and in comes Sofia, running straight for me. I bend over and pick her up and sit her on the breakfast bar in front of me.
"Good morning munchkin how was your sleepover with Zola?"
"Oh Mama, we had a blast. Aunt Amy let us eat all kinds of chocolate and cookies last night"
At this I roll me eyes at Mer and Callie, Mer just shrugs her shoulders "Oh really? She did huh?"
"Yeah, and then we watched a movie, and ran around the house with her chasing us. Mama it was so much fun."
I wrap my little angel into a big hug and I can hear Callie and Meredith at the door. Callie is thanking Meredith and telling her to thank Amelia for us both.
"Mama, where's your leg. How come you're in your pajamas?"
"Well baby, Mommy and I went out last night and I had a little too much to drink so Mommy let me stay here so I could see you first thing this morning"
"She did? That's awesome. I like being able to see you both here together"
"Are you hungry? Do you want some lunch?" I hear Callie ask her
"No sanks Mommy, I had something earlier with Zola. Can I go play now?"
"You can go play for a little bit while Mama and I eat but then we would like to sit down and talk with you okay?"
"Okay Mommy" Sofia turns around on the cupboard and leans into Callie for her morning hugs. Callie lifts her up and peppers her little face with kisses and then sets her on her feet and off she goes to play. Callie then turns to me
"Are you okay with talking to her for a little bit? I would like to talk first before the damn pager goes off today, cause as we experienced the other day, that things LOVES to interrupt us at the worst possible times"
At this she winks at me. I know she is referring to that on-call room incident when my pager stopped us. I have to giggle because even if it stopped us then, we more than made up for it last night! God, I still can't get over last night, it's like we've never been apart. We still know each other's bodies; where to go and when, what to do and where. We know each other inside and out.
I let my wander back to Joe's last night. That song she sang last night was perfect for us at this point in our lives. It certainly 'hit a nerve' in me that's for sure. I was surprised when she stepped up on that stage, I know she doesn't do well up in front of big crowds so to say it left me speechless was an understatement. And she did that for me! I can't believe we have never been this 'close' to each other in all the years we've been together. I really think this time around together will be it. I know we have to talk to Sofia and get her thoughts on all this and I know we need to take our time going forward but last night? WOW is all I can say. God I have missed her so much.
"Hey, Arizona … Where did you go there?" She gently places her hand on my arm
"Wh-What? Oh sorry, I got lost in my thoughts there"
"Care to share?"
"I was just thinking about last night. At Joe's then once we got back here"
"Are you starting to regret it?"
"Oh god! No Callie. I was just thinking how with all the years we've been together we've never been this close. How even with that time we've been apart we still know each other so well and each other's bodies. How we can still react to each other. I need you to know Callie that no matter what happens between us I will never have regrets of last night. I wanted it as much as I think you did. "
"Arizona, no matter what happens I will not regret last night either. I know we have to have a conversation with Sofia and see what she thinks and feels and we will this afternoon; I just hope this stupid pager doesn't go off before we can get it done"
"Okay, why don't we clean up here and get the munchkin and sit down in the great room and see what we can come up with?"
"Okay, that sounds good to me. Let's go"
Okay y'all know what to do from here. Next Chapter will be the ladies talking to their daughter and get her input on them getting together as a family!