A/N: Their trip continues, and we see just what Arizona has up her sleeve.
Chapter 27
Arizona was the first one to wake one morning as she snuggled deeper into her girlfriend's side, sighing in contentment. It likely wouldn't be long before Amelia was awake and ready for the day, so she wanted to enjoy the moment of quiet with both of her girls in the room.
They'd been in Utah for a few days now and so far they'd had a lot of fun. The trip to Salt Lake resulted in a trip to The Gateway Mall where Arizona insisted on getting a cute little bunny from the Build-A-Bear workshop for Amelia. Of course the blonde fell in love with one of the bears as well and they came out of the store several hundred dollars later with stuffed animals for all three girls.
They'd also seen one of the movies at the planetarium. Leaning back in their chairs and watching the scenes play out above their heads was amazing. Amelia wasn't too impressed, of course, with the whole trip, but the teenagers had found all the little facts they'd learned pretty interesting.
Next stop was the Children's Museum which was a lot more fun for Amelia. While she wasn't able to fully appreciate all of it, she still seemed to enjoy their time there. They had an especially hard time getting her to leave The Garden since she was having too much fun playing with all of the balls. They had already decided they needed to come back some day when she was a little older.
Movement from the portable crib across the room snapped her out of her reminiscing and back to the present. She watched with a smile on her face as her little girl sat up in her bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She made several attempts to pull herself into a standing position before giving up, not quite able to do that yet, but it didn't stop her from trying.
Putting a finger to her own lips, Arizona tried to keep her from calling out, not wanting to wake Callie just yet. Amelia seemed to understand and put her hands in the air, her signal for wanting to be picked up. Gently pulling out of Callie's arms, she moved slowly off the bed without waking the other girl. Internally applauding herself, she picked the little girl up and quietly left the bedroom.
"Want some breakfast?" she asked Amelia as soon as the door was shut behind them.
Amelia stared up at Arizona with a smile, shaking her head yes. "Num num."
"I thought so," the blonde whispered to her. "We better change your diaper first, it's feeling pretty full down there."
After a quick diaper change, the two girls found Tim in the kitchen, attempting to make pancakes. He seemed to be doing alright, so Arizona left him to it, and grabbed Amelia's breakfast. They didn't have a highchair, so Arizona settled the baby on her lap and began to feed her.
"Did you sleep okay?" Tim asked.
"Yep, slept just fine. Of course I always sleep great when Callie's with me," she admitted.
"Good," was all the answer Tim managed to give. He wasn't really sure how else to respond to that statement. Even though he was happy for his sister, it was still a little weird see her all in love. She was his baby sister after all.
"Something sure smells good," Callie stated as she entered the room. "Good morning," she told the room, placing a quick kiss on her daughters head, and a peck to Arizona's lips.
"Morning," Arizona smiles.
"What are your plans for today?" Tim asked them as he set a plate full of hot pancakes on the table for them to dig into. It was now Friday, one of the days he had to go into work for a little while.
"We were thinking of taking a little self-guided tour of the city," Arizona answered for both of them. Over the last few days Tim had taken them around to places friends had told him, but they'd yet to really explore the city he actually lived in. "Maybe check out that Treehouse Museum you were talking about."
"Sounds fun," he responded. "I don't know how different it is from the Children's Museum, but I'm sure Amelia will still like it. There's also the Air Force Museum just off base. That would be more for you two though. Most of the planes are outside obviously, but there is an inside exhibit."
Arizona looked at Callie, as if to ask if she wanted to check that out, who nodded her head that they could do that if she wanted. "We'll have to check it out."
"If you save it 'til last I could maybe join you," Tim told them. He knew his sister had big plans for tonight, but he didn't know how soon she'd want to move on to that part of the night.
"We could do that," Callie spoke this time, clueless as to what was going on in Tim's and Arizona's mind.
"Yeah, we could," Arizona agreed, figuring it should be fine so long as they didn't spend too much time there. Still, she wanted to see it, and it would be nice to see it with her brother who knew more about what was in there. She knew a lot about the army from her dad, but didn't know much about the air force.
~CA~
Several hours and several museums later, they were headed towards their last one for the day. With it being winter there wasn't much else to do. They'd made the best of it though and had a lot of fun in the process. Arizona made sure to capture as much as possible with the camera, never wanting to forget a moment of what she had quickly come to think of as their first family vacation.
Making sure Amelia was still well bundled up, Callie pulled her from her carseat and settled her down in her stroller before making their way to the entrance of the Air Force Museum. Tim was already waiting for them just inside the doors.
"You sure both of you still want to be doctors and not fly one of these things?" Tim asked, pointing at one of his favorite jets.
"Really sure," Arizona laughed, giving her brother a pat on the shoulder.
They quickly made their way through all three buildings that made up the inside portion of the museum. Arizona sat in the mock cockpit exhibit with Amelia on her lap. The little one had fun trying to push the buttons, something she wasn't normally allowed to do at home.
"If you two just want to follow me, I'll show you the easier way to get back to the house from here," Tim told them as they loaded Amelia into the avalanche.
"Alright," Arizona responded, climbing into the driver's seat. Tim gave her a look as if to ask if she'd told Callie about her plans yet. She shook her head no. He just rolled his eyes and walked over to his borrowed car.
Trudging into the duplex, Callie settled Amelia down on the floor where they'd set up some of her toys and let her play. "So what are we doing for dinner tonight?" she asked. It wasn't that far from dinner time and she was starting to feel a bit hungry.
Hearing this, Arizona knew it was probably the best opening she was going to get. "Actually, Tim is going to baby-sit so you and I can sort of have a date."
Callie raised a brow, studying Arizona closely. The other girl looked a little nervous and she couldn't figure out why. "How do we sort of have a date?" she asked.
"Um," she wasn't really sure how to respond to that, or how to explain it to her girlfriend. "Do you trust me?" she settled on instead.
"Of course I do," Callie answered without hesitation.
"Then, just trust me."
"Okay," Callie agreed, still not sure what was going on.
Arizona let out a sigh of relief, not only that Callie seemed to trust her so easily, but also for not worrying over Tim baby-sitting. The other girl had loosened up a bit, although she still had her over-protective moments. Her brother had, had a lot of experience with Amelia over the last few days and even during his time back at home, so she was hoping Callie would trust him enough now.
Arizona headed back into the bedroom to get ready first. This not only gave her a chance to wipe away the nerves away from questioning eyes, but also gave her all the time she needed to chat with her brother later while Callie got ready. It would also let Callie gauge the tone of the night, without asking by seeing how Arizona was dressed.
While her girlfriend took her turn getting ready, Arizona went over Amelia's schedule down to the tiniest detail. She also gave him information for every emergency scenario that could possibly arise, but likely never would. Suddenly she understood why Callie could be so protective as all of the 'what ifs' came to mind.
"Arizona, we'll be fine. I promise," Tim tried to soothe.
"Okay, okay." Arizona tried to tell herself everything would be fine. It wasn't just leaving Amelia that was worrying her, it was the whole night to come.
It took a half-hour of both girls saying goodnight to Amelia before they finally managed to leave the house. Both of them were feeling the nerves of leaving her with her uncle Tim, but were looking forward to spending some alone time together. It was something they didn't get much of thanks to their own self-imposed rule of not wanting to put her off on others too often.
Tim had pre-set their destinations into the GPS system in his truck, so all they had to do was climb in the vehicle and it would lead the way. Luckily the restaurant Arizona had chosen didn't require reservations since they were leaving a little later than she originally planned. Thankfully the Timbermine also didn't have too much of a wait when they walked through the doors and they were seated within 20 minutes of arriving.
They both laughed when they saw there was teriyaki chicken on the menu, it seemed to be the food of their relationship if there was such a thing. Since they were in a nice steakhouse though, they decided to skip that and go for steak. Arizona went for the 10oz Claim Steak which promised to be a delicious New York Steak, while Callie went for the smaller 8oz Gold Rush that was described as a bacon wrapped tenderloin.
As they ate conversation flowed as it always did. Holding hands across the table had become a habit, but was harder to do having to cut their steak. After having to let go for the third time, Arizona got the idea to cut her steak up into reasonable pieces all at once, and Callie did the same. Finally they could enjoy their food and still be touching the way they needed too.
"I have something to tell you about the rest of the night," Arizona started, gathering her courage. Their plates were almost gone and she knew the next item on the agenda would be coming soon.
"Okay," Callie encouraged.
"I rented a hotel room, well technically my brother did since I don't have a credit card, but yeah we have a hotel room," Arizona started rambling. "We don't have to do anything, but I thought maybe you might want to. If not we can just relax for awhile without interruption. And we don't have to stay the whole night, we can leave whenever you want. But we do have the room… for the night," she finally finished, taking a deep breath.
Now Callie understood why Arizona had been acting so nervous all night. She was feeling the same suddenly. She stayed silent as Arizona paid the check and lead the way back to the truck. She should probably say something to Arizona, but she couldn't figure out how to respond to the information and images floating in her mind.
"We can forget the whole thing if you want, just go home," Arizona broke the silence as she started up the avalanche.
Callie could hear the emotion in the blonde's voice. "No, I want to go," she finally managed to get out.
Pulling up to Ben Lomond Suites, Arizona found a parking spot and shut the car off. Climbing out quickly, she ran around to the passenger's side and held the door open for Callie, taking her hand as they walked towards the building. Checking in quickly, they thanked the woman as she handed them their key.
"This hotel is supposedly haunted," Arizona idly chatted as they waited for the elevator. "Actually it's the most known in Ogden for its hauntings," she continued, her nervousness coming out. "I made sure we didn't have one of those rooms though."
Callie smiled at how cute Arizona was at that moment. She kind of liked this side of her girlfriend. She always seemed so confident and sure of herself, it was a fresh change.
They hesitated outside the door to their room, neither of them wanting to make that next move. It was very likely their relationship would change once that door closed behind them. Callie took the keycard from Arizona and slowly placed it in the lock, turning the knob when the light went green.
Their eyes both widened as they entered the room, it was more than even Arizona had imagined it would be and she at least had a preview via the hotels website. In front of them was a small seating area with a decent size TV and a desk. Across from that was a small area equipped with a sink, mini fridge, and microwave. A half wall separated the seating area from the sleeping area. The king size bed seemed to be making its presence very noticeable to both girls.
"What do you want to do?" Arizona almost whispered. Both of them still stood just inside the door, both waiting for the other to make the first move. Arizona started taking off her coat, prompting Callie to do the same, throwing them both onto the small couch.
This whole thing was Arizona's idea, but Callie was quickly realizing she'd probably have to take the lead. She was scared as hell, but she wanted to try. She wanted their first time to be special and for them to be able to explore each other and this might be their only chance to have some truly uninterrupted time to do that.
Taking Arizona's hand, she walked them through the room, stopping just shy of the bed. Pulling Arizona to her, she placed a deep kiss on her lips. It was shy, but passionate at the same time. As the kiss continued they began to lose themselves in the moment, not over-thinking what they were about to do.
Pulling away, Callie placed her hands on Arizona's shoulders, guiding her to sit on the bed. Squatting down, she touched the hem of Arizona's shirt, pulling up on it slowly. Arizona raised her arms, helping Callie release her from her shirt, the two kissing again once the garment was thrown to the floor. Callie's shirt was next once their kiss ended.
Arizona laid back so that Callie could help her discard her pants. Leaning on her elbows, she then watched as the Callie slowly pulled her pants down her hips, wiggling and bouncing as she kicked them away. "Beautiful," Arizona breathed out as she stared at her girlfriend in only a bra and panties.
"Gorgeous," Callie whispered back, cupping Arizona's cheek and kissing her as she crawled over her. They slowly made their way to the head of the bed, neither stopping the kiss, hearts beating in tandem.
Arizona looked up at Callie, "I'm so nervous right now."
"Me too," Callie admitted, moving to lie beside Arizona and pulling her close. Placing a kiss on the smaller girl's forehead, she took a deep breath. "I want to do this though."
"So do I. I have for awhile now."
The two girls exchanged one final look, both silently asking if the other was sure about what they were about to do. A little more awkwardness followed, but soon they found their rhythm and the outside world faded away as their passion for each other consumed them.
A/N: Next chapter I will be bumping the rating up to M. Their love scenes won't ever get overly graphic as I don't believe it fits the mood of this story. But I will be give enough detail that I'd rather be safe than sorry and stay under the rating. I love this story to much to risk it ever getting pulled.
