Callie woke gradually, smiling as she felt her wife still snuggled tightly against her. She opened her eyes and squinted at her phone trying to see the time, sighing as she realised Sofia would be waking soon. She yawned before slowly and carefully sliding out from the sleeping blondes arms, reaching over to grab her robe before hesitating and staring at the sight of the sleeping woman. She looked so young, innocent, peaceful and relaxed. She looked like the Arizona that Callie had first met, and after all these years together, merely looking at her sleeping had Callies heart do little somersaults. With a small laugh and shake of the head, Callie finished tying her robe before tiptoeing out of the room, jumping as she collided with her mother in law who had just finished creeping up the stairs. "God!" Callie gasped as she brought her hand to her chest and giggled slightly, "is it a family trait, creeping around like that?"
Barbara grinned and nodded. "It's a gift! What can I say! Anyway, I was just coming up to tell you Sofia is awake and is eating breakfast with her Gramps in the kitchen…"
"Oh sorry, I'm on my way down now!"
"Nooo, no. That's not why I was popping up! I wanted to tell you, uhm, ask you…if we could borrow Sofia, for the day?"
Callie scrunched her nose a fraction as she repeated. "Borrow her?"
"Well, we don't get to see her as often as we'd like, and well, with three more on the way let's say we need the practice. So, Daniel and I were wondering if we could take her to the park, then there is a new family pool opened with water slides and a lazy river thingy which, well we have both wanted to try but, felt a little self-conscious just the two of us! A youngster gives us the perfect excuse. We would make sure she ate lunch way before we went swimming, and promise to have home in plenty of time for dinner. We won't let her have sweet things, well, not too many and…."
Callie put her hands up and smiled. "Whoa, whoa there. I'm sold! You can have her! She would never forgive me if I said no! And, I wouldn't want to, she'll love it. Thank you Barbara, thank you"
"You could come with us if you like?"
Again Callie smiled. "I think Arizona just needs to rest a little this weekend. Was a very long day yesterday and, well, it took a lot out of her…."
"Of course, yes, for ALL of us"
"Uhm, yeah. So maybe we will just have a ….."
Callie froze as she heard the unmistakable sound of her wife whimpering, she glanced at the door before looking back at Barbara. Before either of them could say anything they heard Arizona cry out. "No, no stop…stop. Please. Stop. Stop. Nnnn No. NO!"
Callie quickly pushed the door back open and in two quick strides, she was across the room and sitting by the blonde, gently pushing the sweat slick bangs back from the pale face as she whispered. "Arizona, baby, I'm here. Baby. Wake up"
"NO!" Arizona screamed arching off the bed. "No, no don't!" Again she arched up, her arms pushing into thin air. "STOP!"
Instantly Callie leaned forward and pulled her into her arms, rocking her as she repeated over and over again. "I'm here baby, you're safe. I'm here. I'm here!"
Callie looked up briefly as she heard the sound of footsteps racing up the stairs. "I heard shouting!" Daniel gasped as he looked at his wife who was standing in the open doorway. "What, what's going on?" he asked as he saw the concern in his wifes eyes.
"Callie!" groaned Arizona in her sleep. "He's here. Help me. Callie! Help me, help me…CALLIE!" With a jolt she gasped, her blue eyes flew open and as she drew in two quick breaths she shuddered. "Oh God" she whispered. "Oh God!"
"Arizona? Baby" Daniel whispered as he went to step in to the room, stopping as Barbara put her hand on his shoulder and gently shook her head. Nodding at Callie they both quietly left the room, clicking the door closed behind them
Callie was still holding the shaking Arizona in her arms and softly rocking her. "You ok?" she whispered softly as she finally pulled back a fraction to look into her the tear filled blue eyes she loved so much
With a loud sniff Arizona weakly nodded her head. "Sorry!" she mumbled as her hands fisted into Callie robe and pulled her closer
"It's ok" Callie whispered back. "It's ok. It was just a dream, that's all. He isn't here, and he can't hurt you. You're safe baby, I'm here!"
With a soft chuckle Arizona sat up and wiped at her eyes. "I scared the folks huh?"
"They'll live!"
"I should apologise!"
"You should lie back in bed and rest! I'll pop down and make us some tea. Your parents are taking Sofia out for the day, and WE are staying here, and being exceedingly lazy! How does that sound?"
"Perfect" the blonde smiled back as she flopped back onto the bed. "Just perfect"
Callie grinned and bent to place a quick peck on the cute nose of her favourite girl. "Just like you!" she said in her best sugary sweet voice
Arizona chuckled softly. "Cute Callie…but I prefer you badass!"
Callie had already stood and was heading to the door "My bad ass?"
With a slow smirk Arizona let her eyes travel up and down the other womans body before huskily saying "Aint nuthin bad about THAT ass"
"Uh huh, I know! I'll get us some tea, and toast. Need to build your strength up!" Callie winked and raised an eyebrow before quickly heading downstairs
"She is ok!" she said to Barbara and Daniel as she walked into the kitchen and found them standing huddled together.
"Momma have a scary dream again?" Sofia asked quietly as she saw her mommy walk up to her Grandparents
"Yeah baby. She is fine, just a nightmare. She is fine. Why don't you" she said as she crouched in front of her little girl, "run upstairs and tell your momma what you are going to be doing today. She is going to be sooooo jealous!"
"Yay!" Sofia giggled as she quickly ran upstairs
Callie sighed and turned back to her In-Laws. She walked forward and quickly hugged Barbara before looking at them and smiling slightly. "Just, take Sofia. For the day. Please. We'll, we'll talk tonight. I promise. All four of us will sit and talk. I will make sure that today she rests. But she is fine, just a nightmare, she is fine!"
Barbara nodded as she patted her husbands arm gently. "It's hormones!" she smiled as she looked back at Callie and repeated. "Hormones! I had nightmares when I was carrying both Arizona and Tim! It's nothing to worry about, just….hormones! Right Callie?"
Callies eyes went wide before she suddenly agreed. "Uhm, well, yeah! I mean, I had nightmares to, sure, when I was carrying Sofia! I dreamt once that Mark was the Staypuft Man from Ghostbusters, and my baby was a giant marshmallow!"
"Giant marshmallow?" Daniel smirked. "Really!?"
Callie shuffled nervously. "Weird huh? But…yeah!"
Barbara giggled as she added. "I dreamt I gave birth to GI Joe! That was with Tim! When I was carrying Arizona, I dreamt that I was in a house full of Care Bears!"
"Care Bears?" Callie frowned. "With Arizona? Ya know, suddenly things are just SO much clearer!" she giggled, repeating "Care Bears" softly to herself as she walked over to switch on the kettle. "I'm uh, just going to make some tea and toast for Arizona, take it up to her. And persuade her to roll over and go back to sleep, just, stay in bed till noon!"
With a soft chuckle Daniel looked at his wife, winked and grinned. "If my daughter is like her momma when the hormones kicked in, you will be lucky to be out of bed by noon…think we had best keep Sofia out until at least six tonight honey!"
"Daniel!" his wife chuckled, then nodded as she looked at Callie and whispered. "True though, I was one horny bear during both my pregnancies!"
"We were at it like rabbits!" Daniel chuckled
"We sure were! And that was when I WASN'T pregnant! When I was pregnant…wow!" Barbara popped her hips and chuckled
"There were times when a night with my pregnant wife gave me more of a work out than the marine training course!" Daniel smiled as he affectionately hugged his wife to him and kissed her temple. "Happy to say I'm still in training to!"
"Tttttt toast!" Callie stammered quickly as she blushed furiously. "Tea, and toast! For Arizona. Uhm, yeah…yeah. Where, where do you keep the tea?"
Daniel was practically giggling as he reached passed his daughter in law to open the top cupboard. "Don't need to tell which is her favourite I'm sure, camomile will probably help her relax, if you WANT her to relax that is!" he winked as he handed her the box, then chuckled to himself as he walked away
"Oh God!" Callie breathed to herself
"We were young once to Callie!" Barbara said as she went to walk out of the kitchen after her husband, "many a weekend we spent the whole weekend in bed. The WHOLE weekend ya know what I mean! And every now and again" she winked at Callie and whispered, "we still do!" And with that she left the kitchen, missing the sight of the tall brunette leaning her head against the kitchen cupboard, her eyes closed and her face flush as she shook her head and whispered. "Wow!"
[xx]
Arizona sat up and smiled as Callie walked back into their bedroom carrying a large tray and placed it down on the top of the bedside cabinet. "Okay! We have fruit juice, fruit, yoghurt, toast, bagels, raspberry jelly and chocolate spread, some tea and chocolate muffins to. Your mom baked!" Callie told her before peeling off her robe and climbing back up into bed next to the blonde
"Sofia came to tell me what they were all doing today. She should sleep tonight!" Arizona giggled as she reached over to the tray and grabbed to grapes before tossing them into her mouth. "And mom and dad popped in just before they left to say they were planning on being out until about six, apparently you know why they are making a longer day of it?"
Callie just blushed and slightly choked on the sip of orange juice she had just taken. "Nuthin to do with me!" she spluttered
"Callie?"
"Trust me Arizona, you really don't want me to share!"
With a small frown the blonde looked at her and nodded. "Oh, I think I do!"
Callie shook her head quickly and muttered. "You don't!"
Arizona narrowed her eyes a fraction and ducked her head to look at Callie. "What did we say about keeping secrets huh?"
Callie took a large gulp of orange juice and shook her head again. "Baby, this isn't a secret, it really isn't! It is just a weird, surreal conversation I had with your folks that, that kinda threw me, that's all! And they know it, so they hinted to you so you would tease me some more!"
Arizona nodded and shrugged slightly. "Sounds like them!"
"Ok, so, drop it yeah!"
"Nope! I wanna know!"
Callie raised an eyebrow as she looked sideways at the pouting blonde. "You wanna know huh? Ok fine! You want me to tell you about your folks sex life huh?2
"My what? Oh! Ew! I mean….EEEEWWWWW!"
With a small smile and shrug Callie whispered. "Told ya!" before she bit into an apple and smirked ass he watched her wife who was still grimacing
"And I was just congratulating myself on not having morning sickness, now I feel sick!" she muttered before reaching up and grabbing the apple from Callies hands and taking a big bite out of it
"Hey! Getcha own!"
Reaching over to the tray the blonde grabbed another apple and tossed it over to her wife. "I choose to think my parents only did…IT…twice in their life!" she said as Callie laughed
"Oh trust me, after the chat in the kitchen, they did it WAY more than that! They DO it way more than….."
"Nononononononononon!" Arizona threw herself back on the bed and pulled her pillow around her ears. "Don't wanna hear that! Don't' wanna know they still do that. Ew! Like EW!"
Callie shook her head and put her apple down before tugging the half eaten fruit from Arizonas hand and putting it next to hers. "I think it's sweet!" she whispered as she slowly lowered herself down to lie next to her wife. "Sweet, and romantic ya know!"
"The idea of my fols getting their freak on is romantic to you?"
Callie grimaced and shook her head. "When you say it like that! No! What I meant was, how long have they been married huh? And, look at what they have been through together! Yet, here they are, all those years later…still gettin' their freak on!"
Arizona giggled and turned to look at her
"So yeah, romantic!" Callie finished as she reached out and gently traced her fingers down the side of Arizonas face and up and down her jaw line. I can't wait until you have a few lines on your face, telling me the story of who you are and what you have been through, knowing that I have been there right beside you. I can't wait until the two of us are old and grey, and still wanting to stay in bed together all weekend, just holding each other and making love"
"Slowly, making love slowly. On account of your dodgy hip and my bum leg, which, when we are old and grey will probably hurt us more…."
"Shut up you dork!" Callie chuckled as he wrapped her arms around the smaller woman and pulled her close to her body quickly kissing the top of her head as they wriggled closer still
"The tea and toast will be going cold!" Arizona muttered she felt Callie trailing soft kisses against her neck
"So? I can make more" Callie whispered back as she moved position to give her more access to the soft skin on the perfect neck.
"Mmmmm" Arizona groaned. "But I'm hungry!"
"Oh God, so am I!" Callie muttered as she reached down and slowly started to tug Arizonas top up. "Really, really hungry!"
"So I can see!" Arizona giggled as she lifted up a fraction and gasped as she watched her top go flying across the bedroom, giggling more as just as quickly Callies top went flying after it. The giggling stopped though as she looked up and straight into the dark eyes of the woman she loved. Slowly, Arizona brought her hand up, and let it languidly trail down from Callies neck, down her chest bone and to her tummy, before slowly tracing back up to gently cup a warm breast, holding it as she lowered herself down and allowed her lips to skim across the hardening nipple before slowly letting her tongue pole out and trace around it several times, smiling to herself as she heard the soft whimpers coming from the brunette. Her eyes looked up and she smirked as she glanced at the breakfast tray, her mind already plotting as her hand slowly reached up.
"Arizona!" Callie gasped as she felt her wife pull away from her a fraction
"Shhhh" came the low reply. "Close your eyes. Lie back, and close your eyes"
Trusting her wife completely, Callie smiled and happily complied, gasping in shock as she felt a cold sensation splash across her breast. "Oh God!" she opened her eyes and laughed as she watched her wife pour more of the yoghurt on to her naked body, her blue eyes sparking with mischief as she realised Callie was now watching her. "Told you I was hungry!" she explained with a small smile and shrug as she put the carton back on the tray, and after licking her lips, turned back to the waiting Latina. "Hmmm, now where do I start?" she pouted, glancing quickly between the equally well covered breasts
"Arizona! Please! Asisde from the fact it's cold, if it slides I don't wanna be the one explain the laundry to your mom!"
Arizona chuckled. "You think she would worry about some yoghurt? Hmm, now, she may worry if we had some raspberry jelly…oooh, or some chocolate spread!" She sat up and reached for the two dishes on the tray
Callie quickly sat up, not caring that the yoghurt was now sliding down her. She reached for the blondes shoulders and tugged her back against her. "Don't you dare!" she giggled. "Don't you dare!" She wrapped her arms around the giggling Arizona and tugged her close as she threw them both backwards across the bed, laughing as the yoghurt made their bodies slip against each other, the friction causing goose bumps for both of them. "Hmmm, now I get to share breakfast!" Callie grinned as she glanced down at their yoghurt covered bodies and licked her lips
Arizona swallowed as she saw the look in her wifes eyes. "I love you!" she whispered before crashing their lips together
"I love you to!" Callie whispered back before slowly lowering her lips, and sending Arizona into heaven.
[xx]
"I really, really enjoyed breakfast!" Callie grinned as the two of them sat next to each other and ate the chocolate muffins. "But who knew that eating, could work up such an appetite!"
Arizona playfully slapped her arm as she swallowed the last bite of cake and reached over to fill two glasses of juice. "We should strip the bed!" she said quietly as she glanced around them. "Put the washing machine on and hope mom and dad don't ask too many questions!"
Callie wriggled her eyebrows at her and nodded as she ate the last of her cake and gratefully took the glass of juice. "You just had to have your chocolate spread!" she muttered with a playful scowl
"Sweet tooth!" Arizona shrugged innocently
"And all of this, isn't sweet enough for you?" Callie asked playfully as she swept her hand up and down and indicated her naked body
Arizona smiled widely and pretended to think, shrieking as her wife started to tickle her. "Ok, ok, it is plenty sweet enough. And spicy and HOT ok?" She slowly reached up and cupped Callies face as she looked at her and whispered. "It's perfect. YOU are perfect. You are perfect!"
Callie bent forward and skimmed her lips across the perfect pink lips of the blonde. "No, not me. WE. We are perfect"
Arizona nodded as she eagerly repeated the kiss. "We are, and we always will be!"
"Until we are old and grey!" Callie chuckled as she started to lower herself down on the bed, pulling the blonde woman on top of her and allowing her hands to skim up and down the soft silky skin.
"Guess the laundry is gonna have to wait?" Arizona giggled as she felt strong hands roving over her body and easing her more closely against warm tan skin
"Guess so!" came the husky reply as Arizona moved her own hands down and caused her to moan. "Stop talking!" she husked again as she buried her face into the soft neck of the woman she loved. "And let me love you!" she whispered
"Till we're old and grey!" came the soft reply. "Till we're old, and grey"
