Chapter 21

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Arizona's P.O.V

I drive off from Callie's house and I am so nervous. I know that she was trying to put me at ease by saying she doesn't regret us, but Mr. Torres is a pretty intimidating guy.

She lives with him though; she should be able to handle it.

Wait, she is Daddy's little girl. What if she would do anything to please him?

No, she wouldn't leave me like that. As much as I feel for her she has got to feel the same way.

I need to go drive around; I can't just go home, not with my mind racing like this. I know, I can go to the park. No, I can't go to the park. If I go to the park, all I'm going to do is be reminded of her and our many nights there. I'll go driving, that is what I'll do.

Wait, I am suppose to text her to let her know I got home safe, but I know she left her phone upstairs and I doubt she went to get it before going into the study.

'I'm going 4 a drive, I'm not going straight home, but I'm ok. I'll text 2 let u know when I get home.' That should be good enough. I can text her when I decide to go home.

I put my iPod on shuffle and hook it up to the radio. I drive along the roads in town and then start to drive the back roads. I love the feeling of driving. It is so calming. If you concentrate on what you are doing in the car everything else can fade out.

I'm driving and then instead of concentrating on the driving, I start concentrating on the music. For some reason every song that comes on has at least a lyric that reminds me of her. She is everything.

She is slowly influencing every part of my life, and for some reason I think I like it.

"Shit!"

I hit the brakes.

I skid to a stop; luckily I wasn't on a gravel road. A deer ran out in front of me luckily I didn't hit it. 'Ok I think it's time for me to go home.' I think to myself. I turn the music down a little and drive toward the house.

I get home and quickly pull out my phone. It has been an hour since I left her place. I quickly type a text. 'Hey Baby, I just made it home. I hope everything is going well 4 u. Text me when u get done.'

I decide to jump in the shower. That should give Callie enough time to work things out with her dad, and text me back.

I pull out my clothes and my favorite Tinkerbell pjs, what can I say I'm a kid at heart, and head toward the bathroom. I start the water, get undressed, and step in. I let the water run over me it feels so good and relaxing. I shower and when I finish I still just stand under the water. I feel so tense. I am stressing so much about what Callie is going through with her Dad.

They have a special bond and I don't want to get in the middle of that. I love her, and I can't let something happen with her family just because of me. Her family means too much to her. I can't get in between them.

Callie's P.O.V

"What do you girls think about father daughter night, just like old times?"

"Yes!" Aria and I all but yell. Since we moved we haven't had father daughter nights like we use to.

"So, a round of tennis and homerun tournament it is?"

"Well yeah, what else would it be Daddy." Aria teases. We love our sports, but getting to play them with our Dad makes it so much better.

"Ok, my equipment is in the shed, what about you girls?"

"Mine is in the shed, Mark and I were playing yesterday." I say and look at Aria.

"Mine is as well, Mark and I played while waiting on you to get back from your girlfriend's house." Aria says and immediately tries to correct herself. " I mean your Ari. . . your friend that is a girl."

We walk out the back door and start out to the shed while she is tripping over her own 'mistake'. I laugh at her trying to cover her slip up in front of Dad. I haven't had a chance to tell her he knows.

"Oh you mean that girl she was kissing about an hour ago?" Dad says seriously.

Aria stops walking, her jaw would be touching the floor right now if that was possible. I stop laughing.

"Yeah Dad, that girl." I say seriously. We are leaving Aria standing there. Dad cuts me a side glance. Aria finally runs to catch up.

"Oh by the way Aria, Dad knows." I say laughing and Dad cracks a smile.

Aria gives me a look.

"Yeah, he kind of walked in."

"Walked in on what Cal?"

"Arizona kissing me?" I say shrugging it off. Aria looks at Dad incredulously.

"You're ok with this?" She asks him.

"I wasn't at first, but you two are my baby girls and I want whatever makes you happy, and obviously Arizona makes your sister happy."

We get out our equipment and start playing. The game of tennis was over fairly quickly, but our homerun tournament got serious. Torres's don't lose, and if we do, we don't take it well. It started out first to 5 homeruns and the moved to seven and then ten. I won of course, because as my dad always told me I'm bad-ass. We go in the house two hours later and I then remember I left my phone in the attic. I run up the stairs to retrieve it.

5 New Text Messages Two are from Mark, one is from Bianca, and two are from Arizona. I open them up and read them. I could tell by the way Arizona text she was freaking out. I should have thought to text her to let her know everything was ok. I look at the time: 9:30. Her parents are out of town tonight anyways. I really want to tell her the good news. I run back downstairs after I change clothes, keys in hand.

"Papa?"

"Yes Mija."

"Is it ok if I skip out on the rest of the night? I need to go talk to Arizona."

"Mija, it is a little late for that don't you think?"

"It's important, please?" I beg and give him my puppy dog look.

He sighs. "Ok, I guess, but if you are going to be too long text me and let me know."

"Of course, thanks." I say giving him a kiss on the cheek and running out the door.

I pull out the drive way and drive over to Arizona's house. I look up and see the light to her room on, and I see her shadow in the window. I walk up onto the porch and knock on the door. I wait for a minute and receive no answer. I check the door handle and it's unlocked. I walk in and lock the door behind me. I walk up to her room and see the door cracked open.

I can't help myself from peeking through the door and watching her. She is so adorable. I notice her pacing, back and forth, back and forth. Every once in a while, she stops to check her phone, which is lying on the bed. She looks increasingly more frustrated. I wonder if she is waiting on my text. I open the door and it creaks. She jumps and screams.

I laugh at her. "You know, you should really lock your door. It's not safe for you to be here alone and the door is unlocked. Anyone could come in here in take you."

"Well, it looks like the only one just walking in here to take me is you."

"Are you complaining?" I say raising my eyebrow at her and crossing my arms in front of my chest.

She closes the distance between us and pulls my arms out from their position and wrapping them around her waist. "I can't say I am." She says and kisses me lightly.

"I would hope not." I say returning her kiss.

She pulls back and looks at me. " So, how did it go with your dad."

This is really my chance to play with her. "Well, I didn't get to text you back because he took my phone away, and kicked me out of the house. The only reason I still have the car is because I hid the keys. He kicked me out." I say looking past her. I see her expression change and she releases me looking down. She turns to walk away from me and I pull her back.

"AZ, I'm kidding. Don't pull away from me." She makes eye contact with me.

"Cal, don't do that. You don't know what I have been thinking about."

"Baby, I'm sorry. I was just joking and will you tell me what you were thinking about, so I will know."

"I wasn't going to let myself come between you and your family. If it came down to a choice, I was going to have to let you choose them Cal."

"Arizona, you couldn't have made that decision for me. It wouldn't have been up to you. I love you and I wasn't going to lose you to my family's stupidity." I see a dimpled smile light up her face. "That is what I like to see." I say using my finger to tilt back her head and placing a light kiss on her lips.

"So, how did it really go then?"

"Well, at first he flipped out, but I just talked to him. I told him that you made me happy and it was that simple for me."

"He just accepted that?"

"He really didn't have a choice. He knew I wasn't going to back down."

"Well you are stubborn" she says laughing " but, I wouldn't have it any other way."

I look her in her eyes and make her hold my eye contact.

"I love you Arizona Robbins."

"I love you too Calliope Torres, always"

She pulls me by the arm over to her bed and I slip my shoes off before crawling in her bed beside her. She turns out her bedside lamp which is the only light on in the room and we lay in the dark.

I pull her closer to me and we cuddle for about thirty minutes, nothing but loving the feeling of lying in one another's arms. She moves her head over and kisses my cheek, and then scoots over until she is kissing my lips. We lay there sharing little soft kisses for a while. I put my hair into her hair and pull her closer deepening the kiss. She leans up on her arm to gain the upper hand and hover over me. We keep kissing and soon I feel her hand playing with the hem of my shirt. She moves it from the hem of my shirt to tracing light patterns on my hip. I shiver under her touch. I move my hand to her hip and pull her body closer to mine.

Our kisses start getting even more passionate and Arizona's hands are starting to wander even more. Soon we are both sitting up and my shirt is being raised over my head. I let it happen and pull her in tighter. This is so easy and comfortable with her. I pull off her shirt and she moves to straddle my lap. We keep kissing and hands keep moving all over the place. Her hands reach my jeans and she starts to undo the button. Then she stops and pulls back.

"I can't do this?"

"Can't do what?"

"This. Not yet. I want to take things slow. I want to make sure everything is perfect for you."

"Arizona, I'm fine."

"You can say that, but I'm still not doing this."

"Do you want me to leave?"

"No Calliope of course not, will you stay with me tonight? I want to hold you."

I reach across her to the night stand and pull out my phone. 'Dad, I'm just going to stay the night with Arizona tonight.' A few minutes later I get a text back.

'I'm not sure I approve of that because it's just like you having a boyfriend, but you have stayed there before. I don't guess I can stop you now. As long as you remember I do need to officially meet this young woman.' I send a quick reply back.

'Of course Daddy, I'll see you tomorrow. Good night.' I close my phone and sit it back on the night stand.

"Ok, I'm staying, but just so you know, sometime soon, you will have to officially meet my dad as his daughter's girlfriend." I hear Arizona gulp as she curls up into a ball on my side.

"Calliope, I hate to inform you, but I think I may be sick on that day." She says sounding so tiny and I can't help but to laugh at her.