"Torro! How did your first date go?" Mark grinned as he wriggled his eyebrows suggestively as the two women entered the kitchen hand in hand with matching beaming smiles.

"Technically we are still on it" Callie grinned as she began making three coffees, smiling as she heard Arizona slapping Mark over her shoulder.

"Quit picturing us naked Mark!" Arizona scoffed as Mark winced at the sting that rang through his shoulder.

"Ouch! Torres are you going to let her treat me like that?" Mark threw a mock glare at the blonde before turning to his best friend expectantly.

"Not only will I let her treat you like that but I will encourage her to slap you when your dirty little mind starts going where it doesn't belong" Callie scoffed as she dumped a coffee in front of him before grabbing the other two coffees and handing one to Arizona with an affectionate peck. Arizona took a long sip of her coffee, her eyes snapping shut and a moan erupting from deep within her as she basked in the flavor and scent assaulting her every sense.

"God this is a good coffee babe!" Arizona remarked before opening her eyes and spying two people staring at her questioningly with wide eyes, Callie with a dreamy smile and Mark with a lecherous grin as he began to speak.

"Ummm… did you.."

"Mark no! Bad boy!" Callie picked up a folded newspaper from the counter and threw it in his direction, smirking proudly when it hit him on the head.

"What did I do?" Mark whined as he rubbed the reddening spot with a pout.

"Oh you know exactly what you did!" Callie mocked as she rose a challenging eyebrow at her best friend who glared in return.

"What did he do?" Arizona asked as she watched the friends banter playing out in confusion.

"He was just about to make some disgusting comment about the orgasmic sounding moan you made when you took your first sip of coffee" Callie offered bashfully before glaring at Mark again, challenging him to lie and deny it.

"Oh come on Cal… since when do you hear that kind of sound and not think the exact same thing?" Mark asked incredulously as his hands raised into the air in shock.

"Well, since she is my girlfriend I will think the same thing, but that doesn't mean I'm going to voice it or listen to you voicing it!" Callie scoffed as she tossed a second newspaper at him, this time however he was prepared and caught the paper with a smug smile.

"Umm what orgasmic moan?" Arizona interrupted as she glanced between the two friends who were smirking at her.

"Oh trust me blondie there was definitely an orgasmic moan! Poor Cal here nearly came undone just listening to it" Mark smirked as his eyes flicked to the brunette who was blushing and was obviously just about to start protesting. "your pretty pink cheeks give you away Torro" Mark sing-songed before bursting into laughter.

"Suck it ass hole!" Callie shot back as she picked an apple up from the fruit bowl – having ran out of newspapers - and tossed it at Mark with gusto, glaring when he caught it charismatically and took a bite, his eyebrows wriggling mockingly.

"Urgh I forgot how good your hand eye co-ordination is!" Callie groaned at the shit eating grin being thrown at her.

"That's what all the ladies keep telling me Cal, what can I say, I'm gifted" Mark smirked with a flirty wink.

"Gifted is one description… mentally challenged is another" Arizona smiled sweetly at the tall man opposite her as Callie guffawed and kissed her cheek approvingly whilst Mark gave her the one finger salute.

"See… that's why I love her… see how she just shut you down with what? Six words… she completely burned you without even breaking a sweat" Callie snorted as her empty hand found Arizona's and their fingers entwined as if they had been holding hands the entire time they had known each other.

"Yeah, yeah… please tell me I'm not going to be listening to nothing but how wonderful Arizona is… no offense blondie but there are other things going on around us to talk about other than you, you and you" Mark pouted playfully.

"I could sit and tell you how wonderful Calliope is instead… give you a bit of variation?" Arizona offered and Mark couldn't resist but scoff at her and roll his eyes.

"Your funny blondie, I'll give you that!" Mark grinned and nodded as if agreeing to an internal statement only he was privy to.

"Quit with the blondie Mark! Otherwise I will tell her your high school nickname so she can retaliate in future!" Callie warned seriously and Mark pales instantly.

"Don't you dare" "Oh tell me!" Arizona and Mark eyed each other as Callie laughed at their uniformed response.

"Mark are you going to stop calling her blondie?" Callie asked sweetly and Mark nodded solemnly. "then your secret is safe, Arizona baby Mark tells me things because im his oldest and bestest friend and as much as I love you I have to be respectful to him and our friendship and keep his secrets for him" Callie cooed softly and hoped her girlfriend would understand.

"Fine!" Arizona grumbled before winking at a smug looking Mark. "I bet I will get all your secrets out of her eventually, you would be amazed at the things a woman will give up when she's being held hostage to an orgasm" Arizona couldn't resist teasing and Callie barked a loud laughter at the sheer shock on Mark's face at supposedly sweet and innocent Arizona's statement.

"You can't do that blondie! Jesus… you've only been with Cal for two days and your already using sex against her like some kind of… of… naughty vixen who uses sex to get people to do what they want!" Mark was genuinely shocked and his face only served to amuse Arizona further.

"Hey, oddball! She doesn't need sex to make me spill, it will help but she doesn't need it" Callie snorted as Mark snapped his eyes to meet chocolate and glared at her in horror.

"Why?!... Just... Why!" Mark whined.

"I warned you to quit calling her blondie" Callie laughed.

"Oddball… why oddball?… there has to be a good story behind oddball!" Arizona bounced in her chair excitedly.

"Mark had to have a procedure done because only one of his balls dropped during puberty but the specialist made him wait two whole years to see if it would drop on its own and of course the kids at school saw it in the showers and flew with it… and so oddball was born" Callie winked at Arizona and ignored Marks protests and complaints.

"Calliope its ten past seven, was I not clear about being in my office at seven sharp?" Carlos snapped as he strode into the kitchen and glared at his daughter who was having way too much fun for someone who was meant to be in his office looking contrite and recieving her bollocking by now.

"Mr T, she's calling me oddball again" Mark whined petulantly and Callie could only scoff at his pathetic attempt at getting her in trouble.

"He started it" Callie mimicked Mark's childish tone pointedly.

"Calliope! What have I told you about that! How would you feel if only one breast developed and people walked around pointing fingers and calling you oddboob" Carlos reprimanded as Mark flicked her the finger while he wasn't looking whilst sporting a shit eating grin.

"Thanks for backing me up Mr T, you're the breast" Mark smirked as Callie laughed loudly as Carlos spun to glare at him incredulously.

"Your both immature buffoons and need to grow up!" Carlos sighed before pointing a finger in his daughters direction "you get to my office and wipe that smile off of your face!" Carlos turned his point at Mark. "you go and do some work for once and stop acting a fool and you, yes you smirking behind that coffee cup like I can't see you… don't you have some permits for your community center to file before I change my mind and actually rip it down after all?" Carlos pointed at Arizona who's smirk quickly dropped and her eyes bulged.

"Don't let him bully you baby" Callie winked at Arizona as she dropped a simple kiss to her forehead. "fight the man baby, show him who the real boss is"

"If I were you I would get your ass to my office before I show YOU who the real boss Calliope!" Carlos glared as his daughter in frustration.

"You both heard that right? You heard that threat he just spat at me? Go and write it down for me to use when I sue Daddy's ass for being a buzz kill" Callie teased as she began walking backwards towards the door as Mark and Arizona scoffed behind their hands in a pitiful attempt to hide their amusement.

"Well I'll counter sue you for all the stress you've given me over the years young lady!" Carlos retorted proudly.

"First of all… if you want to hide the stress I will happily buy you a wig… second of all that was a lame comeback. Now are you coming to give me my compulsory bollocking or are you just going to stand around in the kitchen all day while everyone else runs our company for you" Callie smirked and Carlos could help but laugh as he shook his head at her antics and followed her out the door.

"Remind me why I haven't fired you yet!" Carlos scoffed.

"Because Daddy… you need me. Your smile isn't as photogenic!" Callie laughed.

"You realize what you have let yourself in for with those two right?" Mark quizzed with a warm smile as the door closed behind the two Torres'. He was just happy that all was right in the world of Torres Industries, Carlos and Callie were taking shots at each other and accepting them in jest, Arizona was sticking around which meant Callie's smile would be sticking around as well, and when his best friend was happy and in a good place, that meant his days were a lot lighter and his work was a lot easier. Yes, right now everything in the world was just right.

"I know… and I wanted to say thank you for your little… pep talk… I know you didn't have to say anything... I know you Callie will probably be pissed that you did, but truly Mark... thank you for kicking my ass into shape, to think I almost let her slip through my fingers because I was too chicken... I just... Thank you Mark, I owe you and I know you didn't do it for me, I know it was all for Cal, but I love you for it and I didn't tell her that you spoke to me because I thought you would want to tell her that you spoke to me for yourself so you can deal with her outburst first hand" Arizona offered a small smile before crossing the room and pulling the tall man into an awkward hug.

"Thanks… I'll talk to her later… I appreciate you not throwing me to the tiger... just when comes bitching about me betraying her confidence and sticking my nose in where it's not welcome, please remind her that I love her and that I only did it to protect her and help her and it was only because the whole situation was getting out of hand because you were both acting like morons, that I stepped in" Mark smiled a soft smile that Arizona had never seen before and she suddenly realized that like Callie, Mark had his own soft side that he didn't let just anyone see.

"Don't worry oddball, when she comes to me complaining about you I will have your back and tell her to play nice with you! I just... I didn't want to let it go without thanking you because what you did for me, and for me and Cal... you really went above and beyond. Your a good guy Mark... a really good guy and if it wasn't for you I would probably still be acting like a moron and running away from Cal... I will never be able to repay you for that" Arizona smiled as she stepped away from Mark and moved to start making two fresh coffee's

"Anytime blondie, anytime and there is nothing to repay, just keep making her eyes light up that way, and keep making her laugh because seeing her this happy really just makes me so happy... oh and can we not let the whole oddball thing slip out in front of anyone else? I know Cal finds it hilarious to wind me up about it, but it's actually really embarrassing" Mark finished with pleading eyes.

"Sure thing… I won't promise not to bribe you to keep it quiet though" Arizona winked teasingly over her shoulder.

"Sorry Arizona... Mark. Carlos just called down and asked me to come and remind you both that he isn't paying you to sit and gossip like two old women and that you both need to get to work pronto" Pippa smirked as she entered the kitchen.

"Ring him back and tell him to suck it" Mark scoffed and crossed his arms adamantly.

"Right away Mark, shall I tell him that you are going to get some work done before or after I tell him to suck it?" Pippa scoffed.