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Chapter 36
Callie
"Marry me." Arizona smiled widely at Callie.
"Arizona." Callie stared at the ring. A beautiful ring.
"Look, I know I can't kneel down, but-" Arizona giggled.
Callie looked up to Arizona's excited face.
"No."
Arizona nervously laughed. "No?"
Callie stood up and closed the velvet box. "No." She watched Arizona sat straight up. "God." Running her fingers in her hair. "That is such a beautiful ring, Arizona. But why- ugh." She was interrupted by her pager. "Damn it."
"Go." Arizona fixes the comforter and kept the box in her drawer.
"Arizona. It's not that-" Callie was interrupted again.
"Just go Callie."
"Please, Arizona. Why do you even want to be married again? We had a failed marriage. I had two failed marriages. We're good right now. We're okay. Why do you even want to get married?" Callie replied.
"Because I want to be your wife. I want to call you my wife." Arizona explicated. "Because I love you more than anything in this world. Well aside from our kids."
"But what we have now is great! Why can't we just-" Callie was stopped by her pager again.
"Just please go." Arizona turned and hid behind the comforter.
The brunette sighed and walked away. Why can't Arizona just understand? What they have now is working. Do they really need to be married? They have a beautiful daughter. 2 awesome boys to be born.
"Montgomery."
"Torres." Addison greeted the orthopedic surgeon. "How's your better half? Bed rest going well?"
Callie was about to answer when someone else sat down.
"Torres! How's Robbins?" Alex asked as he ate his sandwich.
"Hormonal!" Callie exasperated. "Who just ask someone to marry them during breakfast?!"
Addison and Alex just raised their eye brows. "Oh yeah. You can now get the legally married."
"Lesbians are so cheesy." Alex mumbled.
"So when is the wedding? Again?" Alex asked.
"Yeah! Maybe I can be there this time!" Addison inserted.
Callie just continues to chew and drink and look guilty. "Well, I kind of said no?" She mumbled in between chewing.
"You said what?" Addison put her yogurt down and licked her lips. "You said no? You are bold." Alex glared at Callie and stood up. "Where are you going? This is just getting good!" Addison exclaimed.
"I know first-hand how it feels to receive a 'no' after proposing." Alex slurred. "I'm calling Robbins." He placed his phone on his ear. "No answer. I thought she's on bed rest? Why the hell isn't she answering?" He dialed again.
"911 in the pit." Addison stood up. "Talk more about this later?"
"Maybe she's sleeping." Callie nodded at Addison and. "She needs sleep."
Alex was about to leave when Callie's fellow arrived in breathless.
"Why aren't you answering your phone?!" Andi yelled in between breath. "And pager?"
"I had mine on silent. You are the on-call ortho-surgeon." Callie looked up not bothering to entertain the fellow. She had a lot on her mind. 7 hours in the OR and the upcoming fight with her girlfriend.
"Arizona's water broke. She's in the pit now!" Andi yelled as she ran back out of the cafeteria.
Alex looked at Callie whose face shifted from uninterested to shock. Before they could actually process what the fellow said, they were running towards the pit.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?!" Arizona yelled so loud that the doctors attending to her looked where she was looking at. "I've been calling you for the past 30 minutes!" She breathes through the pain.
The brunette kissed her girlfriend's sweaty forehead. "I'm so sorry! I was charging my phone and my pager was-"
"I DON"T CARE! JUST GET HERE AND GIVE ME YOUR HAND!" Arizona screamed as another contraction hit her. "God damn it! This hurts!"
"Just breathe through the pain." Addison advised. "Breathe. Breathe."
"I AM BREATHING!" Arizona exclaimed as another contraction hit her. "If I breathe anymore you all won't have any oxygen to breathe on!"
"Let's move to the birthing suite. Now!" Addison stood up and pushed the gurney through the hall with Polly. Alex, Andi and Aria were following in toe.
"Arizona, about the thing earlier. I-" Callie stated.
"Not right now. We can talk about that later. Right now I need you to hold my hand while I push two pumpkin size head out of my vagina!" Arizona held Callie's hand as they rolled her away.
As they arrive in the birthing suite, Addison commanded every nurse in the room to get all necessary stuff.
"I just want to explain why I said." Callie whispered lovingly in Arizona's ear.
"Not now Calliope. Let's just focus on having these beautiful boys then we can talk about that." Arizona received a short nod from her girlfriend.
"Okay ladies. Are we ready to push?" Addison gloved up.
"Oh my god! This hurts so much! How can all those ladies do this more than once?" Arizona screamed as she grips on Callie's hand. Breathe through the pain.
"Arizona, honey. I know this hurts, but you do know I'm a surgeon and I use my hands for a living?" Callie nervously laughed.
"Then be a babysitter for our kids!"
"Breathe and push!" Addison instructed.
"I can't!" Arizona cried. "It hurts so much." Tears falling from her eyes. Callie jumped up the gurney and sat behind Arizona. She held both of her hands from behind and whispered words of encouragement.
"You can do it. They are almost here. Just a little more."
"I can't do it. You do it for me Calliope." Arizona said, batting her eyes, pouting her lips with matching tears in her eyes.
Callie could hardly contain her love for her girlfriend. She was sweating, she was naked from the waist down, her legs was wide open in front of her good friend, yet Arizona still manages to be cute and be childlike.
Resisting her laughter, Callie kissed Arizona's cheek. "Baby I would but I can't. Just one more push and we'll get through this." Arizona pouted again and nodded.
"No! Wait. Don't push." Addison yelled. "Dr. Preston give me that portable ultrasound and page Dr. Bailey! Now!"
"Addie what's happening?" Callie nervously asked as she scoots up the gurney.
"Addison?" Arizona breathes.
"I don't want you to worry-" she gets cut off by the worried mothers.
"What do you mean worry?! What's happening Addie?!" Callie almost jumps out to see the image in the portable ultra sound.
"Dr. Preston?" Addison looks up to the fetal fellow to explain. "Can you tell the mothers what's happening?"
Callie and Arizona turned to the fellow and looked at her pleadingly. "The babies are suffering from cord entanglement and are in a difficult position. We need to get her to the OR to monitor her closely and avoid anymore complications."
"Calliope." Callie turned back to Arizona. "Addison, can you give us a few seconds before we go to the OR." Seeing Addison nodding and instructs her staff to prepare the operating room.
"Arizona, wha-what could happen?" Callie breathlessly asked as she rubs her girlfriend's back.
"They will have a better view in the OR. They'll be prepared in case the worst happens." Arizona calmly explained as she groans due to the contractions.
"What's the worst case scenario?" She worriedly asked. Of course she knew. She knew what the possible outcomes can be.
"Nothing is going to happen. Okay? Addison is a great surgeon. That's why we picked her. And I have been teaching Dr. Preston all I know. They will know what to do." Her girlfriend explains. Trying to calm her down but the next words coming out of Arizona's mouth didn't. "But if it comes to a choice between me and the twins, choose them. I lived my life. They have to have a chance too."
"What?! No! Arizona!" Callie yelled and simultaneously the machines beep.
"BP is dropping! Babies are in distress! We need that OR!" Addison yelled as she pulled the railings up the gurney and rolled Arizona out.
"Please Addie!"
Addison just placed her hand over Callie's shoulder and exited the room.
"No news yet?" Callie heard Alex's voice echo in the hall but she was too much distracted about other things.
Aria shook her head while she was looking at her sister, she ran her hand up and down Andi's arm who was just sitting, jaw clenched, knuckles closed.
They all stood up when Polly walked up to them. "Dr. Montgomery and I stopped the contractions for a while. We couldn't switch to a C-section due to the complications, Dr. Robbins-"
She interrupted the fetal fellow. "What complications? Tell us what exactly is happening."
Polly explained that the twins are suffering from cord entanglement, they first thought that a C-section might be a viable option, but it seems that Arizona could bleed out from that operation. Normal delivery may cause fatality to the twins. Addison is still buying a little more time to see the best course of action will be.
"So what you are saying is that, if I pick to have the C-section, Arizona could die. If she delivers, the babies could die?" Callie simplified the doctor's words.
"Dr. Torres." Polly implored.
"How long should I decide?"
"That's why I came out. When we checked Dr. Robbins record, her healthcare proxy is her parents and Dr. Tan. HR said it was reverted it back to her parents when you two got separated and added Dr. Tan early last year." Polly explained as she handed the paperwork to Callie.
"What!? So I have no say in the welfare of my child and my girlfriend?!" Callie shouted.
"I'm sorry Dr. Torres-"
"She's giving birth to my kids! That's my family! We live together!"
"My name is there right?" Andi finally spoke up. Polly gave her a nod. "I'll refer to Dr. Torres about this. Until Arizona's parents arrive. They could talk it over."
Callie mouthed a silent thank you to the fellow who just nodded.
Arizona's parents were informed about the situation. Carlos was also flying in. The parents were told about the pregnancy after they told Sofia about the news. The Robbins wanted to fly immediately to help Arizona with her pregnancy but the couple rejected the idea, with the renovation, all the surgeries they need to accomplish before leaving for their maternity leave and the fact that they would feel a little suffocated. Carlos however wanted to take over the whole renovation, oversee it, fund it, Callie had to put her foot down and suggested that the grandparents can visit after the twins is delivered.
Due to the situation, they all flew in. Callie was in the chapel, praying, pleading to God to help her. How the hell did Arizona manage to be sane when she and Sofia were in danger.
"Calliope." Callie looked up and saw her dad. She quickly stood up and ran to him. Crying her eyes out. "Oh mi hija."
Carlos walked her daughter back in the pews and sat her down. "I instructed the driver to pick up Barbara and Daniel. It's faster that way."
"Thank you Daddy. I just-" Callie shook her head. "How can I do this? How can someone do this?" She looked at the altar. "How can someone choose between the love of my life and my children? And I can't even think how to talk to Arizona's parents about this!"
Frustratingly, Callie stood up and paced in front of her father.
"What do you mean hija?" Carlos asked.
"After we separated, Arizona's healthcare proxy was reverted back to her parents. I have no say in my family's care!" Callie yelled.
"Hija."
"I cannot do this. I can't. I can't do this daddy." Callie cried. "How in the world can I do this?"
"Colonel, Barbara." Callie sullenly welcomed the couple.
"What happened?" Barbara asked with tears in her eyes.
"Callie, Mr. and Mrs. Robbins, I'm Dr. Addison Montgomery, I'm your daughter's surgeon. This is Dr. Polly Preston she's assisting me with the case." Addison continued to explain the situation to the Robbins.
Alex, Aria and Andi were standing behind them, listening to Addison's words. Addison tried her best to explain to everyone the situation and all the complications along with it.
"Karev, Tan." Callie called not looking at them. "What are the risks to the babies if we risk normal delivery?"
The two pediatric surgeons looked at each other and Alex nodded at the other surgeon. "Birth asphyxia-HIE, cerebral palsy, PVL-" Karev rants.
"Stop." Callie raised her hand she looked at Bailey. "If we do the C-section? Don't you have a plan to save her life?"
"Mi hija." Carlos rested his palm on Callie's shoulder.
"We'll use aminocaproic acid to control the bleeding-" Bailey trailed.
"You two can always have another baby." Someone whispered. Callie turned to search where it came from. The ortho fellow looks up to her boss and continued. "Either way, Robbins could die. Why can't we give her the best option so she could live?"
Callie opened her mouth to say something but she just don't have it in her to argue.
She ignored the fellow and looked at the Robbins. Barbara was just crying continuously while the colonel rubs her back. The old man spoke up. "Callie, you're a surgeon. You know the risk. You know what the best option."
Nodding along the statement of the older Robbins she looked at Addison and Bailey. "Would you really rather lose Arizona?" the ortho fellow shouted at her boss.
Callie looked back at her fellow and then back to Arizona's doctors. "No, after the plane crash, when she lost her leg. I knew she was going to hate me. But I did it anyway. To save her. But she lost a part of her. Arizona could survive losing a leg. She won't survive this one." She gulps. "She chose the twins. I'll follow that."
Addison and Miranda nodded. Polly gave the consent forms to the Robbins and followed the senior surgeons.
"She'll be okay. They will be okay." Callie whispers. "She's a good man in a storm."
Callie ran up to Addison when she saw her.
"Both babies are fine and are in the NICU. Baby boy A born at 4:27 pm, 3 pounds and 5 ounces. Baby boy b born at 4:42 pm, 3 pounds and 2 ounces." Releasing the breath she didn't know she held, Callie put her hands in her face.
"And Arizona?" Callie looked up pleadingly to Addison.
"Mom survived. She lost a lot of blood but we managed to control the bleeding. She's in the ICU." Sobs can be heard all over the hospital right now.
While Miranda is with Barbara and Daniel explaining what happened in surgery, Callie felt a hand on her shoulder. "She's a fighter Callie." Addison removes her scrub cap and loosened her hair tie.
"How were you able to do this? Stare at me, waiting, wondering." Callie grazed Arizona's hand. "I saw our boys." She has tubes all over her, machines monitoring her situation. "It's very thin, but I'm sure they have blonde hair. Like golden." Laughing a little, she smooth Arizona's blanket. "They haven't opened their eyes, but I'm sure they are as blue as yours."
Hearing the sliding doors open, Callie wiped her tears away. "Karev and I checked on the twins. They are stable. Robbins' parents, your dad and Aria are with them now." The ortho fellow cleared her throat. "I'm sorry if I overstepped. She's the closest thing I have for a family."
"You know what made it hard? Because some part of me agrees with you. And it sucks because I saw those beautiful boys and I hate myself when I remember that memory." Callie watched the fellow sit down on the other chair across her.
"You and Robbins decided on names yet? They are kind of asking." Andi muttered.
"Cartilages are now turning into bones. Boys. I can't believe it." Callie looked up to her girlfriend. They are now resting after the appointment. Arizona was reading baby books in bed when Callie walked in, almost jumping up and down saying that her babies have bones now. She was lying on her stomach and talking to the twins.
"Can you lie down next to me like a normal person?" Arizona giggled. "It's ticklish."
"But I want some baby time." She replied with a pout.
"We need names."
"Not Agamemnon."
"Definitely."
"Would your brother mind if we name our first born boy after him?" Callie asked.
"He'd go nuts! He would be so proud and might always sneak him away announcing that we named our son after him." Arizona exclaimed. "But are you sure? I love it, but-"
"I love it too." She reassured her. "It's a way to honor your brother, your best friend, your family."
Arizona smiled at her, she caught a sight of the picture they took when Sofia home. "Mark."
"What?" Callie stared at her.
"We have twins. Two boys. We can honor your best friend too. Sofia's father. He's family." Arizona gestured towards the picture she was staring at.
"I thought of that too, but can we alter it a little? I mean calling my kid 'Mark', my old sex-friend. The man-whore. " Callie almost whispered the last words.
"Yeah. Let's alter a little." Arizona squinted and agreed.
"I mean I love him but I'm hoping we won't have a little boy that will hump anything." Callie pushed Arizona's shirt so she can see the blonde's skin. With her baby voice, Callie talked to their twins. "You two won't be a womanizer, are you? You won't go run around collecting girls. You won't. Mama and Mommy will so jealous if you do."
Arizona playfully slaps Callie's hand that was just in her stomach. "I nowhere near okay when Sofia told us about her boyfriend. I think I might actually pull the hair of the girls that will flirt with our boys."
"Maybe we can ask the colonel to move her when Sofia starts dating?" She suggested.
Both of them laughed out loud. "And Carlos."
"And his people to do the dirty work."
"We didn't really finish talking about it. We need to talk about it first. When she wakes up, we'll talk about it." Callie moved her gaze over her fellow to her girlfriend.
Arizona
Ooooh. Light. Its too bright. What the hell is happening?
"Arizona."
Something hurts. Ugh. I feel dizzy.
"Can you hear me? Arizona?"
Who is that? I want my sleep. Its too bright.
Arizona's eyes flickered open. Amelia? Why is Amelia here?
"She's opening her eyes. Arizona, can you squeeze my fingers?"
"Arizona." Calliope.
"Can you follow the light?" Amelia flicks the light sideways. "Squeeze my fingers." As she felt the fingers move, she releases it and wrote something in the chart. "Alert and responsive. Welcome back Robbins! You gave those people quite a scare. Not me though. I know you were tough." The neurosurgeon winks and walked out of the room.
Her hand was quickly filled by a familiar touch. "Arizona."
"Calliope."
"Oh. God. I was so scared." Callie cried as she bowed her head over Arizona's hand. Arizona caressed Callie's hair as her parents hugged her from the other side. She can see Carlos behind Callie. Alex was standing by the wall with Andi holding Aria's hand. How long was she asleep?
"The twins." Arizona hissed through the pain. Callie looked up and pulled her phone out.
Smiling and wiping her tears away. "They are beautiful." She swipes the photos to show her girlfriend.
Once they were alone, Arizona catches Callie's attention. "Are you okay?"
Callie snorted. "Am I okay? Arizona, for days I can't breathe. When you woke up, I feel that I can finally breathe. So yes. Finally, I am okay." She pecks Arizona's lips.
"So names?"
"Arizona. Can we talk about the last conversation we had before your labor?" Callie bit her lips nervously.
"Callie."
"I know, I just want to explain-"
"Don't. I just woke up from a coma. I almost died from a hemorrhage and as of a few days ago, we have 3 kids. Can we just focus on that?" Arizona stated.
"But-"
"3 months."
"What?"
"Let's revisit this conversation in 3 months."
Callie thought it over and agreed. With 2 new born, Arizona's recovery, the next few months might be critically busy.
"Okay. 3 months."
Everyone was gathered in Arizona's room. After a few days in the ICU, Addison and Bailey gave a heads up to move her in a private room. She'll be release after a few more days just to be sure.
Alex and Andi rolled the twins in the room and Carlos and Daniel was quick to grab the babies. Callie stood up beside her dad and cooed at the baby in her father's arm. "Everyone, this is Timothy Carlos Robbins-Torres."
Carlos looked at his daughter with wide eyes and back to Arizona who smiled and nodded. He mouthed a silent 'thank you'. "And this one is Marco Daniel Robbins-Torres."
Barbara and Daniel now looked at the couple who was happily watching from Arizona's hospital bed. "Both named after the best men in our lives." Arizona smiled at her father.
5 months after…
"You two still haven't talked about it yet?" Andi mumbles in between chewing her food.
Arizona raised her hand and shook her head. "First, say it, don't spray it." She wipes her arm to remove the food bits from her friend's mouth. "Second, its not like we don't want to talk. Its just, everytime we try, the twins would scream bloody murder or Sofia needs to be fetch, fed or whatever. Or I'll fall asleep as she tries to take care of our children."
They both watch Alex just chewing loudly. "No comment there?" the ortho fellow asked.
"No. Last time I was involved with marriage proposal that was answered with a no, I ended up in jail, De Luca in a pulp." He glanced at them sidewards and continued eating.
Awkward silence surrounds them when the baby monitor alerts them of the twins waking up. "Can you two get them for me?" Arizona asked, flashing her eyelashes at Alex and Andi.
"Those puppy dog eyes only works at Torres." The two walked away and came back with little Timothy crying and little Marco staring at Alex, somehow pulling on his short beard.
Arizona turned her back at her friends to fix her son in front of her to feed him and turned back around when she fixes the nursing cover.
"So, whatever happened to you and Dr. Preston?" Arizona asked with a raised eyebrow. Alex and Andi shared a look and cooed over Marco. "Oh come on! When I woke up, you and Aria are holding hands! That can't be a coincidence. And please give me something juicy because I'm bored out of my mind in this house."
"Well, you are moving back to your house." Andi muttered.
The first 5 weeks of the twins' life were spent in the hospital with Arizona. Renovations in their house was delayed so they all stayed at Arizona's old house. Carlos, Barbara, and Daniel insisted on staying to help around, but the grandparents was either spoiling the twins or Sofia, and well, they felt suffocated. The couple argued that they have Aria and Tan around to help to take care of the twins. Over the duration of her stay in the hospital, Arizona noticed that her friend and fellow wasn't that close to each other. Well, she noticed a lot of things because she was bored out of her mind! They were all busy taking care of the 3 kids. Sofia got attached to Aria and Andi because Callie and Arizona was alternating between the boys, so the little girl was attached to the two as far as sleeping in the room of her Tia and Dr. A.
"Come on! Details! Before I was in labor, you two are as cheesy and giggling and what not. What happened?" Arizona switched up Timothy with Marco and fed him. Alex bit his lips, trying so hard not to laugh. "What?! It must be something!"
The fellow took a deep breath and exhaled. "Sex with her was-"
"Waaaaaas?" Arizona trailed.
"Okay!" The fellow surrendered her hand up. "We haven't had sex before you went to labor."
A silent 'wow' escaped from Arizona's mouth while she looked at Alex who was grinning and holding her son's ears. "T-that's new, for you."
"Hey! No judging! The only person you waited to have sex with was Callie! You don't get to judge."
"Fine fine, and then what?" Arizona rolled her eyes as she gave Alex little Marco.
"Itslikehavingsexwiththedead." Andi mumbled.
"WHAT?!" Arizona yelled as Alex snickered behind her.
"She was just lying there! It was so awkward!" the fellow lay back with her arm on her eyes.
"So you just broke up with her?" She asked.
"Noooooooooooo?"
"Nooo what?"
"Aria kissed me."
"WHAT?" Arizona widens her eyes at her former fellow.
"Or we kissed or whatever."
"Come on! Full details!" Arizona squealed.
Callie
"You kissed?" Callie almost drops the blanket that she was folding.
"Well, I kissed her. But you know, just, I-" Aria tries to fold a blanket but was too confused or whatever.
"Where? And when?"
"In the hospital."
Callie slightly raised her brow. "Hospital?"
"When Arizona was in a coma."
"Wha-?"
"And before you get mad, she was sad and scared for her friend and she fell asleep in my lap and- I felt goosebumps." Her sister replied.
"And then what happened?" Callie followed her sister who was on the way to the other room.
"And then nothing!" Aria threw her hands up. "She doesn't bring it up! She's not even trying to kiss me or anything!"
Callie snorted and laughed. "So what? Are you waiting for her to seduce you or something?" She noticed the look on her sister's face. It was something she does when she's guilty. "You're seducing her already!"
"Hey! Its not my fault! Haven't had sex in months and my god her lips is so soft." Aria crossed her arms and looked away.
"Ew."
"And stop changing the topic. What ever happened to the proposal talk?" Callie purposely avoids her sister out of the room and walked down stairs. "Hey! Come on! You can tell me." Aria jogged after her and poked her arm. "Tell me. Tell me. Tell me. Tell me!" Her sister pokes her arms.
"OKAY! She's ignoring it. It's like it didn't happen!" Callie turned to her and sat at the couch. "Except for that one time." Aria raised her brows like an inquiry.
There were loads of times that being married was easier than being girlfriends, especially involving their kids. First, the day care center issue. Granted Sofia goes to school now, but at times they have to leave her at the center. Arizona arranged Sofia's stays in the center, so when Callie went back home to Seattle, she picks their daughter sometimes. She had to file a paper work saying that Sofia was her daughter too and it needs to be approved by Arizona. That was easy enough because Arizona would never restrict Callie. But if they were married, no additional paperwork.
Second, properties. The house, the renovation. Callie originally owned the house, but in respect to Arizona (Also proving she was not going anywhere), she applied for the joint tenant or whatever that is. Even the lawyer filing the paperwork joked that it is easier just to get married.
Last, the twins birth. A lot of issues were raised in the birth of the twins. Birth certificate, dealing with married gay couple are somewhat confusing, but still, if your partner gives birth, if you are married, no additional questions may come up. Even filing her maternity leave. Names of the boys. They aren't technically married so the last names of the boys was an issue. They wanted to solve that. So they went to their lawyers and asked for the process of Callie applying for the second parent to the twins. The process was grueling, they have to have this and that documents, Callie have to appear in front of a judge. Home visit from a social worker, interview with the social worker.
So now, during that consultation, the lawyer commented that its and easier process if they got married. Which resulted from Arizona looking at Callie and bit her lips, while she grinded her teeth.
Aria listened to her sister's story about their consultation for the second parent and resulted in a full belly laugh. "I want to see that face again! Oh my god Arizona can be so sassy."
"I am your sister."
"Yeah, but she gave me those two yummy nephews."
"That's my kids! And you have Sofia!" Callie defended, her phone chimed just in time to see a picture. "But yes. They are yummy." She showed her phone to Aria. Picture of the twins trying to fit their foot in Andi's mouth. "Dad asked why I was having these twins out of wedlock." She mumbled which made Aria spit out her drink.
"And?"
"Our marriage failed!" Callie frustratingly admitted. "All my marriages failed! A-and she bought this ring. Like a beautiful ring and we don't go well with rings. You know I found out about her affair when I saw her ring pinned to the scrub cap of that puta. I gave her another ring , like a second time around kind of thing. Look where that got us. We still separate ways! Now is good, no rings, no complications."
"Sounds like you are running from complications." Aria muttered.
"I'm not! I would never, NEVER leave her or our children." Callie pointed a finger to her sister.
"Then give her an engagement car, or house, or vibrator or something." She watched her sister walk around the living towards the kitchen to grab a snack.
"Vibrator? Really?" Callie rolls her eyes.
"Then give an acceptable reason why you don't want to get married other than you have two failed marriages."
"What if she realizes that she's happy without me? Or that it was just the hormones, or that-" Callie tries to ramble on.
"Or that the chickens don't really cross the road. Or that lightyear is a measurement of distance not time, and thank that nerd Tan for telling me that. Or that you are an idiot for even thinking that Arizona is with you because of her hormones. She loves you. A blind person can see that." Aria gave her a knowing look.
"So." Callie bit her lips. "Engagement car?"
Hearing her sister laugh, Callie immediately relaxes. But the next words were somewhat uncertain. "Well, you said no to her proposal. I might say, engagement resort or a hotel."