Callie's POV
"Please?
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"Oh come on!"
"Nope."
"You're seriously not going to come with me?"
"Torro, I love you. You are my favorite person on the planet. I will help you move the mountains if you asked, but I am absolutely, without a doubt, not going ring shopping with you."
"Whyyyy?"
"If it isn't me throwin' a rock on someones finger, I have no business helping pick one out. Besides, don't you have chick friends that can help you out?"
"Yes, but you are my best friend. Come on Marky... pleasssssseeee?"
"Those puppy dog eyes may work on Arizona, but they don't do nothing for me. Call Teddy or Cristina. You and Yang have been getting closer, or whatever that relationship is. Actually, tell me about that... she's all doom and gloom and scalpel hungry, but get you two together, it's like a slumber party with tequila."
"She's cool and fun. Also, she's sarcastic. Takes no shit. I like that about a person."
"Cool and fun are two words I would have never associated with Cristina Yang. Sarcastic, I get."
"You've just never spent time with anyone that wouldn't put out."
"Hey hey hey, that's not true. You and I are best friends, and we've never slept together."
"Yes, only because I am a lesbian and have no desire to sleep with the opposite sex. Case in point, I am engaged to a woman. A hot, sexy, gorgeous woman."
"Yeah yeah, that's besides the point."
"Actually, I think that IS the point."
"Shut up."
"You shut up."
"No, you."
"Seriously, are we in 3rd grade?"
"A little past it."
"Come on Mark. Please, come with me? I'll buy you something pretty!"
"No thanks."
"Ugh, fine. What are you doing when you leave here?"
"I have to get ready for work in about half an hour. Lives to save and all."
"You mean faces and boobs to lift?"
"Watch it... I'm more than just a face lift, boob job kinda guy."
"I know. Just giving you shit. Go... leave my house. You've been absolutely no help."
"You love me."
"Yeah, whatever."
As soon as Mark shuts the front door, I grab my cell to call someone to help pick out a ring.
"Yang."
"Torres."
"Yo, what's up?"
"You busy?"
"Nope."
"Want to do me a favor and go ring shopping with me for Arizona?"
"Do any of these rings come with a side of tequila?"
"Possibly... if I were going ring shopping in Mexico."
"Too bad."
"Come on, I have tequila at my house. We can go ring shopping, grab some food and then you can have all the tequila your small body can handle."
"Fine. Give me 20 minutes."
Finally. I could always go ring shopping by myself, but I also want someone elses opinion. Can't exactly ask Arizona to come with me, even though she has an idea that I am ring shopping, she hasn't asked outright. Luckily, I have time to go now because she is at the hospital and in surgery as we speak. We survived Christmas with my family and we survived New Years with our hospital family. That's when Cristina and I got closer. She said something about having respect for someone who can drink her under the table. I've always been one to hold my liquor quite well and not make a complete fool of myself.
45 minutes later, Cristina is pulling up to my house.
"20 minutes my ass."
"Shut up."
"Why is everyone telling me that today?"
"Probably because they want you to do it?"
"Whatever. Ready to go find my girl a ring?"
"You know, I may not be too much help considering I've never had to go engagement ring shopping."
"Haven't you ever pictured your perfect engagement ring?"
"No, but I have pictured a shiny scalpel."
"Of course you have."
We leave my house, in search of a beautiful ring for my love. The ring she got me is absolutely gorgeous and it looks perfect on my finger. That feeling is more about the fact that I'm going to marry her and less of the feeling of the actual ring on my finger. We pull up to Cartier and get out.
"I may not know anything about engagement rings, but I do know an expensive place when I see it."
"Do you even know what I do? I can afford a Cartier ring, Cristina."
"Then you should also be able to afford to always have tequila when I come over."
"Is everything about tequila with you?"
"Tequila and surgery. You forgot surgery."
With an eye roll, we walk into the store and start to look around. I head straight to the engagement rings and look at each one.
"Ms. Torres, it's an honor to have you in our establishment. How can I help you today?" A sales person says as he makes his way over to me.
"I'm in the market for an engagement ring. Money is no object. I want your best."
"Of course. Let me show you a few selections."
He opens up a few cases, compiling a line up of rings for me to view. When he comes back over to me, he has 6 rings lined up in a row. Cristina comes up beside me and looks intently at each one, but only one catches my eye.
"This one... tell me about this one." I say as I point to the 3rd ring in the line.
"Yes ma'am. This is a Solitaire 3 Carat square diamond, set in platinum, with another 2 Carats of diamonds around the band."
"What do you think Cristina? Think she'll like it?"
"I think she'd be panty droppin' for the rest of her life with no question if you gave her that ring."
"Oh nice." I say sarcastically... but she does have a point. This ring is perfect.
"I'll take it!"
Quickly dropping off Cristina at my house so she could get her car, I go to the store to get some stuff for tonight. I know we already engaged, but it's my turn to ask her to marry me. She deserves a proposal, and I plan on giving her a good one.
Arizona's POV
"Hey, how'd your surgery go?" Teddy asks as she walks up to me at the nurses station.
"I rocked it, of course."
"Of course. You got plans tonight?"
"Not sure. Calliope text me and asked what time I got off. So she may have something planned."
"How's it feel with her being back for good?"
"Amazing. Going to sleep with her everynight, waking up to her every morning... it's like a dream. With a lot of sex."
"Ok, didn't want to know all of that, but I'm glad things are going amazingly well for you."
"Yup, they are. If you'll excuse me, I have a certain Latina Goddess waiting for me at home." Throwing a wink at my best friend, I head to the Attendings locker room to change clothes and get my ass home to my incredible fiancee. Ahh fiancee. I will never get tired of hearing or saying that. That is until she becomes my wife.
Pulling up in our driveway, I notice Callie's car isn't there. A little disappointed, I reach the front porch to find a note taped to the front door.
Meet me at our spot in the park.
I love you
Your Calliope.
What is she up to? Not one to waste time, I quickly get back in my car and drive to the park we like to walk through a lot. It has this overlook of Seattle that's amazing and we both love it, so I know exactly where to go. It only takes 10 minutes to get there and when I walk to our spot, I stop dead in my tracks. Candles are lit everywhere, red roses are spaced out and the most beautiful woman I have ever seen in my life is standing in the middle of it all. I feel a lump form in my throat as I slowly walk towards Callie.
"Wh-what's all of this Calliope?" I manage to choke out.
"Well, I know you said you didn't need a proposal since you technically proposed first, but you deserve one of your very own, Arizona..."
She gets down on one knee and pulls out a small box, opens it and I see the most gorgeous, huge diamond I have ever seen in my life.
"Arizona, when I met you, I had already achieved so much in my professional life, that I overlooked things in my personal life. If I were being honest with myself, I was miserable. I had nobody to go home to, to talk about my day, or ask how their day went. Basically, I had Mark for all of that, but it wasn't the same. It wasn't what I was looking for. When I saw you in that cafe, I couldn't breathe. Your beauty took my breath away, and it has everyday since. From the first words we spoke to each other, I knew you could be someone I could love. I just never imagined that I would love you this much. You, Arizona Robbins, are my light. You are my happiness. You are my life. I would love nothing more than to spend the rest of my life with you by my side. You and I, we make a great team. You fill my heart with more love and passion than I have ever experienced in my entire life. When we met, I really didn't have a sense of family because mine had abandoned me so long ago, but when you entered my life, I found a family. You have quite literally brought me my family back, just by being the most supportive person I have ever known, and I will love you forever and beyond for that. I know the question has already been asked and accepted, but... Arizona Elizabeth Robbins, will you marry me?"
By the time she's done, we both have tears flowing down our face. I don't think I took a breath the entire time. Callie stands up, slips the ring on my finger and smiles the biggest smile I think I have ever seen from her.
"Yes! I would love nothing more than to marry you!"
I wrap my arms around her neck and crash my lips to hers. I still can't believe that I will be marrying this woman. This perfect woman is mine, and I cannot wait to start our lives together.
A/N Ok, so I got several requests to write a chapter with Callie proposing to Arizona, even though Arizona already proposed... so, here it is. It's short, but I like it. Next chapter will be all kinds of sexy times and Arizona's parents make another appearance.
A/N2 It's almost 1am in Nashville, so Merry Christmas Eve!