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"Ready to go home, big guy?" Arizona asked as she wheeled into the room. Jamie had been through a lot in the last three weeks of his chemo treatment. The treatment knocked him on his ass. He spent most of his days too sick to get out of bed and even play with his toys. Arizona was expecting an excited 'Yay' or even just a 'Yes' when she asked Jamie if he wanted to go home but she was greeted with a shrug of the shoulders. "You've been here for three weeks, Jamie. Are you telling me you want to stay here longer? I am your doctor, I can arrange that." She teased him, hoping to extract a better response.
"Home is better than here," Jamie replied as he rolled his eyes.
"Okay, I know you don't feel so good but I promise you will feel better soon once you get home in your own bed with Spot. And if you're really good, I might convince your mom to let you watch the Harry Potter movie – even though it is PG and you're only 4."
Jamie's eyes lit up. He had been begging his mom to let him watch the movie since he finished the book. "Really?"
"I'll try."
Jamie moved to get out of his hospital bed and held out his arms for Arizona to lift him into the wheelchair, "Okay, let's go."
When they got home, Callie adamantly refused to let Jamie watch Harry Potter claiming the little boy would get nightmares from it. Arizona watched Jamie scowl at her and point his finger. He blamed her for Callie saying no. She had told him she would try to get his mom to let him watch it but she failed him. He stomped his feet and went to his room to pout.
"Baby, what is so wrong with Harry Potter?" Arizona asked after Jamie was out of earshot.
Callie put up her hands and turned to grab bags of Jamie's things from the hospital, "Don't start, Arizona. He's too young for that movie. It's too dark for him. It scares you so why should he watch it?"
"You can't hold that against Jamie, Cal. You know I scare easily! And the first one isn't that scary. It's not like it's Azkaban or anything."
Callie started to get mad that Arizona was still fighting her on the issue, "I said no."
Arizona huffed, "Fine then. See how long you can last without sex."
Callie stopped in her tracks, "You wouldn't."
Arizona smirked.
"That's low."
Arizona walked behind Callie and nipped at her ear, "You know I fight dirty."
Five days later and both Arizona and Callie were cranky. Arizona and Callie both refused to cave on the issue. Arizona had taken every opportunity to turn Callie on and then leave her hanging. Callie retaliated by making sure that Jamie was around at all times and would serve as a buffer to keep Arizona from getting too close.
After seven days, Callie couldn't take it any longer and conceded defeat by surprising Arizona in the shower one morning while the blonde was getting ready for work.
Arizona felt a breeze when Callie opened the glass shower door and immediately felt strong hands around her waist.
"Does this mean we are watching Harry Potter tonight?" Arizona asked as she turned to look at Callie.
Callie captured Arizona's lips and teased her tongue while her hands found their way down Arizona's body. Her hands found their way between Arizona's thighs when she felt a firm hand grasp her own.
"Tell me that we are watching Harry Potter tonight?" Arizona smiled, refusing to let the Latina proceed until she had her affirmative answer.
"Fine. Yes. You win. You always win." Callie answered as she began to kiss her way down Arizona's body.
Arizona threw her head back against the wall of the shower, "Just as long as you always remember that."
Jamie was very excited for his movie night. He even invited Mark and Addison to join them and being the good godparents that they are they did not refuse his invitation. Once everyone had arrived they ordered pizza and after Arizona burned the first bag, Callie made them popcorn. Everyone settled in on the couches in the living room. Mark and Addison sat together on the loveseat while Callie stretched out on the other couch. Arizona and Jamie made a fort of pillows on the floor and were curled up together under a blanket.
Callie loved seeing her son's expressions as the movie showed Diagon Alley and Hogwarts. The movie was way better than anything he could imagine. He couldn't tear his eyes off of the screen. Callie was watching Jamie and Arizona more than the movie.
They were like two peas in a pod together on the floor. Jamie was so comfortable with Arizona. He leaned on her during the slow parts of the movie and they both sat up with wide eyes at the exciting parts. And when the troll entered the castle they both jumped and each grabbed onto one of Callie's legs for protection from the troll. They dragged Callie onto the floor so that Arizona could lay with her head in Callie's lap and Jamie lay across Arizona using her stomach as a pillow.
Mark and Addison noticed the family moment and quietly slipped out of the house unnoticed by the others. Callie peacefully watched her two favorite people watch one of their favorite movies.
"I think he really liked it," Arizona said after they put Jamie to bed and headed to Arizona's room.
"I think you really liked it too," Callie replied while pulling Arizona on top of her in the bed.
"You know I have a soft spot for Harry Potter."
Arizona moved so that she was resting on Callie's shoulder.
"I really enjoyed tonight too, Ari." Callie spoke into Arizona's hair.
"Oh really? I know that's not your favorite movie in the world. The movies don't get really good until book 3."
"It's not but watching you and Jamie enjoy it was worth the pain." Callie said as she toyed with Arizona's hand that rested on her stomach.
"I'm glad I could be of service at least."
Callie leaned down to kiss Arizona before asking "Did tonight feel different to you?"
Arizona looked up with a puzzled look on her face so Callie continued, "Tonight… it just felt like we were a real family. I know you love Jamie and I know he loves you but it's never felt as comfortable as it did tonight." Callie laughed, "I'm not sure I'm a fan. He chose to lay with you and not me."
Arizona joked, "Can't help it if he finally figured out that I'm the cool one." Arizona paused and kissed Callie passionately, "But in all seriousness, Calliope. I've known for awhile now that you and Jamie are my family. And nights like this just reinforce that."
Callie was enjoying having Arizona in her arms when the blonde suddenly shot up out of the bed and went rummaging through her drawers. She grabbed a sock and returned to the bed with it.
"Um, Ari. Are your feet cold?" Callie looked at her questioningly.
"Uh.. no… no. Not cold," the blonde stumbled over her words, "I planned on doing some type of grand gesture for this and much, much later on but this just seemed like the right time. I know we've only been back together a short time but I know that you are it for me. You and Jamie, you are my family."
Arizona reached into the sock and pulled out a small ring box. Callie's eyes widened when she saw the box in Arizona's hand. Her mouth fell open in shock. A proposal certainly wasn't what Callie expected to happen.
Arizona continued, "I've had this for over five years. When I first saw it, I knew it was meant for you. So I bought it even though we weren't ready for that step yet. Then everything happened. But I couldn't get rid of the ring. I knew it belonged to you so I held out hope that one day I'd see you again and I could give it to you – even in a nonromantic way. And fate brought you back to me and we found our way back together. And I love you and I love Jamie. I didn't think it was possible to love someone so much but I do, both of you. I want you two, to legally be my family. And thanks to recent law changes, we can make that happen. Because I don't want to live another day without you. So, after all of this rambling, what I am asking Calliope, is… will you marry me?"
Callie's mouth hung in shock throughout Arizona's entire speech. She was speechless. Callie Torres was rarely speechless. It wasn't that she didn't know what she wanted, it was just the last thing she expected to happen to her.
After minutes of silence, Arizona stood up muttering under her breath about it being too soon and a really bad idea and started to walk out of the room.
Callie could see the hurt in Arizona's eyes and raced off the bed after her. "Wait!" Arizona turned at the sound of Callie's voice and immediately felt Callie's lips crush hers. Callie broke off the kiss and whispered quietly, "yes."
Arizona pulled back, "Yes?"
Callie picked Arizona up and spun her around. "Yes. Yes! A million times yes." Callie gently placed Arizona back on the ground and leaned down to kiss her again but not before whispering, "I love you."
After spinning Arizona around one more time, Callie dropped her back on the bed and ran into her own bedroom. Granted, Callie's bedroom was mainly just used to store clothes, it also had one item that Callie needed most at that moment.
"Callie?" Arizona called out to her lover.
Callie yelled back, "Be right there."
After a minute of throwing things around the room Callie found what she wanted.
"Close your eyes," Callie demanded as she walked back toward the room.
Arizona leaned back against the pillows, "Calliope in hot, sexy lingerie – I can't wait."
Callie climbed back on the bed and placed a small box in front of the blonde. "Okay open them," Callie instructed.
Arizona opened her eyes and did not see her hot fiancée wearing lingerie. To her dismay, Callie was still fully clothed. Arizona frowned and didn't even notice the box sitting in front of her.
Callie nodded her head downward, willing her lover to look down at the box. Arizona finally looked down and saw the box.
Callie picked up the box and opened it. "Now you already stole my thunder with your incredible speech. But I've also been carrying this around for quite a few years. When I had to come back to Seattle I dreaded seeing you." Arizona rolled her eyes at Callie's speech. "Wait, it gets better, Ari. I bet you didn't know that after I ran into you at the coffee cart that first day back that I promptly ran inside to the nearest bathroom and threw up because of the way seeing you again made me feel."
Arizona interrupted, "You never told me that."
Callie shot Arizona a look, "Let me continue, please. Like I was saying, I really didn't want to see you but I had to – for Jamie. I had no idea that coming back to Seattle would not only give me my son back but also myself. For years I was just going through the motions. I wasn't taking care of myself. I wasn't living. You made me and Jamie live again, Arizona. And I don't want to live without you. I can't. Jamie and I have discussed it and we both want you to be our family. He's going to be very upset that I did this without him but here it goes. So, Arizona Robbins – will you marry us?"
Arizona smiled, "Of course I will, Calliope." Arizona leaned her forehead against Callie's, "I love you."
Callie pulled Arizona closer and kissed her. "I love you too. I'd really like to show you just how much, but we need to go wake up Jamie because he'll be really upset if we didn't."
Callie sat on her son's bed and tried to gently wake him up. Unfortunately, one of the traits he gained from his mother was the ability to sleep through anything. Callie gave up on gently waking him up and instead turned straight to tickling. Jamie was awake and alert within a minute.
"Mama? I'm tired. What?" Jamie mumbled as he tried to cover his eyes with his comforter.
"Jamie. Wake up. Arizona and I need to talk to you."
Jamie slowly lowered the comforter back down and looked at the two women.
"Jamie, remember the other day when I talked to you about our family? And we talked about Arizona and how much we love her? Remember when I asked you if it was okay if we lived with Arizona forever and she was always around?"
Jamie shook his head in agreement with his mother. Acknowledging that he remembered the conversation they had.
"Okay, Jamie. So tonight Arizona and I decided that we want to get married and be a family. All three of us."
Jamie stared at his mother and Arizona. "So it'd be like my friends who have a mom and a dad? Except I have two moms?"
Callie nodded at her son.
"Cool!" Jamie exclaimed as he jumped into Arizona's arms and kissed her.
Arizona pulled Jamie closer to her body and nuzzled his head, "I love you, Jamie."
"I love you too." Jamie pushed himself out of Arizona's arms and looked toward Callie and back to Arizona, "Does this mean I can call you mom?"
Arizona's eyes widened in shock. She didn't expect that question from the little boy. She glanced at Callie who just smiled. "You can call me whatever you want, Jamie."
Jamie climbed back toward Arizona and wrapped his arms around her neck, "I like mom."
Arizona and Callie both had tears in their eyes, "I like it too. But it's late so now you have to go back to bed. And since we woke you up, I guess you can get another chapter of Harry Potter."
Callie and Arizona tucked Jamie back into bed and read him another chapter before going to their bedroom and celebrating their night.
For the first time since moving in with Arizona, Callie woke up in Arizona's bed. Normally, they set an alarm and Callie will leave Arizona's room and go back to her room before Jamie woke up.
Arizona rolled over so that she was laying on top of Callie. "Did last night really happen?"
Callie pushed blonde hair out of her mouth, "Mmm. I think it did."
"So we're really engaged?"
Callie picked up her left hand and glanced at her ring finger, "Yep. I have a ring on my finger and you…" Callie grabbed Arizona's left hand and investigated her finger, "yep, you have a ring on yours too. So I hope we got engaged to each other and there aren't some other random girls in the house. That would be awkward."
Arizona and Callie lay together in bed taking in the moment.
"Hey Cal?" Arizona questioned wanting to get her lover's attention as she linked their hands together.
"Ari?"
"I don't want to wait. I could care less about planning some huge wedding. I just want to be married to you. Like yesterday."
Callie grabbed onto Arizona and rolled them over so that Callie was now hovering on top of the petite blonde. "I couldn't have said it better myself."
Arizona leaned forward to kiss her fiancée. She dug her nails into Callie's back as she pulled her closer.
Callie smiled against her lover. "How about we just plan something small? We could do it here at the house or in the backyard. Just you and me, the kid and whoever isn't working at the hospital that day. If we do it next weekend that gives your parents enough time to fly up here."
"What about your parents? They said they wanted to visit you."
Callie rolled off of Arizona and rested her head on her shoulder. "I'm not sure attending their gay daughter's wedding was what they meant. I'd feel better inviting them up after we're married. Plus, I'm going to want some quality alone time with you after we get married. Not having to worry about entertaining my parents."
Before Arizona could reply, Jamie can running into the room and jumped on the bed.
"Someone is feeling better today," Callie commented on the boy's increased energy level.
"Mama, it's sunny out. Can we go to the park today? Pleaaaase?" The little boy pleaded while giving her his best sad eyes.
"We can, but not until you've eaten breakfast."
Jamie quickly scurried off the bed and headed for the door, "Okay, come on Mom, you're making pancakes."
Callie slowly got out of the bed, "Give me a minute, I'm coming."
Jamie turned around from the door, "Not you. You're Mama. She's Mom." Jamie said as he pointed toward Arizona.
Jamie ran downstairs waiting for his breakfast.
Arizona sat in the bed in shock over hearing Jamie call her mom. Callie noticed her expression and the tear coming down her cheek. "You sure you're okay with this Arizona? He can call you Ari. I'll talk to him."
Arizona quickly shook her head, "No, no. I like it." Callie reached her hand to wipe the tear away. "Happy tears, Calliope, happy tears."