CHAPTER 37 – RECEPTION
ARIZONA'S POV
Standing in the middle of this dance floor, holding my wife in my arms I smile to myself. I never thought this day would come. I never thought it could even be possible to love another human being this deeply. But when I met her I knew that she was someone that I could easily spend every night holding, and every morning waking up to. Marrying her is the best decision I have ever made, and I will do anything I have to do to make sure that I do not ever break a single vow to my wife.
I pull Callie closer to me and the words to our wedding song play loudly.
Somethin' in your eyes, makes me wanna lose myself
Makes me wanna lose myself, in your arms
There's somethin' in your voice, makes my heart beat fast
Hope this feeling lasts, the rest of my life
If you knew how lonely my life has been
And how long I've been so alone
And if you knew how I wanted someone to come along
And change my life the way you've done
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
A window breaks, down a long, dark street
And a siren wails in the night
But I'm alright, 'cause I have you here with me
And I can almost see, through the dark there is light
Well, if you knew how much this moment means to me
And how long I've waited for your touch
And if you knew how happy you are making me
I never thought that I'd love anyone so much
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way the back where I come from
It feels like home to me, it feels like home to me
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
It feels like I'm all the way back where I belong
Listening to Calliope sing every word into my ear, and her lips brushing against my neck made me forget that we were standing in the middle of the room, full of people. I took my arms from around her neck and placed a hand on each of her cheeks. Pulling her into a soft, and slow kiss. I was completely lost in the moment with her that I didn't even notice the song come to an end. The room breaking into applause. Opening my eyes to look at my wife's face, I see her smile and she gives me one last peck on my lips before the DJ announces that it is time for the father daughter dance. And our fathers take the lead and dance us around for their song.
Several photos were taken of us, some with our maids' of honor, and some with family or friends. Callie and I smiling happily in all of them. Finally, they announce that it is time to cut the cake and I make my way across the room to meet my wife. We had agreed to be nice during this whole 'cake feeding' thing. Promising that there would be no smashing cake in each other's faces. But when I was almost to the cake table, I see my brother talking to Callie and they both have this guilty look on their faces. I shoot them a glance, and then I am stopped by Teddy.
"Arizona, I am just giving you fair warning. Tim and Callie are plotting against you. You're going to feed Callie her piece of cake all nice and sweet, and then she is going to smear yours all over that pretty face. So if I were you, I'd get the jump on them." Teddy says to me.
"Oh really? Ha! We will see about that. Nobody is going to pull a fast one on me. Thanks Teddy. I got this." I say with determination. So much for the agreement my wife and I made. She is going to get exactly what she is going to give. I laugh to myself and then walk over to the cake table to meet Calliope. She quickly leans over and gives me a kiss on my lips and takes my hand in hers. Holding the cake cutter together, we make the first cut into our wedding cake. Smiling into the photos, and placing small kisses on each others lips for random people requesting their own photo.
The time has come for me to feed Callie her piece of cake, and I have to fight to stop from laughing. Taking the piece on a napkin that Addison handed me, I look over to my wife who has a big grin on her face. Holding it up to her lips, Callie leans over to take it into her mouth when I face palm the whole thing, not too rough of course, but enough to smear the icing across her mouth. Some icing made its way into her nose, and fell down into her cleavage. I can't fight the urge to join the laughter of every one else, and I bust out laughing. I hear Teddy and Tim laughing harder than anyone else, but I ignore them. Focused on my now icing covered bride.
"Oh you think that is funny?" Callie says with an evil laugh. And before I can turn away the cake she was holding is spread across my face. In an attempt to dodge her I ended up getting icing all over my lips, the side of my face, and even on my neck." And making me scream out laughing even harder.
I turn to face Callie, who is now laughing just as hard as I am and pull her into a very sweet kiss. Literally. Turning to face Tim, who is holding his iphone up for a photo of this mess, we both smile while still laughing.
Finally we get all cleaned up and the icing out of places it shouldn't be, we take turns dancing a few more songs, and I suddenly hear my brother's voice talking over the microphone. Callie and I both stop dancing and look towards the DJ. The music has stopped and Tim clears his throat.
"Hey everybody, I'm Tim. Arizona's brother. Glad everyone is having a good time tonight, and the night is young, but there is something I need to do. You see, years ago I made a promise to my sister. When she told me she was gonna marry a chick, I promised her that I would dance hard at her wedding. And even though I thought she would never get married, here she is proving me wrong yet again. But I am a man of my word, but I want to include another person in this. Callie? Zona? Let's do this thing!" Tim says as he steps down from the state handing the microphone over to the DJ and making his way over to where we are. Taking me by one hand, and Calliope by the other he pulls us out to the dance floor. The song "Cupid Shuffle" comes on and the three of us start dancing like a few idiots. But we could care less. This is a promise I am happy to have my brother keep. Tim took turns spinning myself and my wife, and we equally enjoyed it. Once the song ended, my brother placed a kiss on our cheeks and hugged us both before walking off to find Lexie.
The rest of the reception went great and Callie and I were in the middle of dancing with TJ when I heard someone tapping on the mic once again. Turning to see Teddy standing there with a glass of champagne in her hand I swallowed hard and an "Oh god" slipped out of my mouth. Looking towards my wife, and handing TJ to Tim I took Callie by her hand and stood there looking towards my slightly intoxicated maid of honor.
"Excuse me. Can I get everyone's attention? Hello? Ok, thanks." Teddy starts. "My name is Teddy Altman. I am best friends with that blonde over there… you know.. the one that just married the hot brunette." She laughs, and so does the rest of the room. "Don't look at me like that Arizona, I might not be gay, but I have eyes, and Callie's got it goin on." She says after receiving a stare down from me. I laugh and shake my head before she continues. "Anyway. I am supposed to give a speech here, say some nice and sweet things about these two, so I'll get to the point. Arizona and I became best friend more against my will than anything else. She insisted that she was an 'awesome' best friend, and kinda recruited me. But I am thankful that she did. She is the best friend a person could ever have. I watched Arizona date some real pieces of work before she finally found Callie, and let me tell you… those girls were-" I cut her off quickly "OK ALTMAN, GET ON WITH IT.." and everyone laughed. Then Teddy continued after a roll of her eyes, "Ok, Ok, fast forwarding to Callie. Arizona became a different person after she got with Callie. She became stronger, happier, and if it's possible, even more perky. She told me how in love she was, and I knew that Callie was the one for her before Arizona even admitted it to me. Callie, you have a great woman there. She will always be your good man in a storm, so cherish her. Because I know she will always cherish you. You guys are a match made in heaven. And I won't stand up here and wish you both luck, because you don't need it. I love you both. TO THE BRIDES" Teddy finishes before raising her glass into the air followed by the rest of the room.
Callie leaned over and placed a soft kiss on my cheek before Teddy handed the mic over to Addison. Now it was Callie's turn to utter the "Oh God" before her best friend spoke. "What's fair is fair baby." I said with a wink.
"Well, that was interesting Teddy." Addison said with a little laugh. "Good evening everyone, I'm Addison Montgomery, Callie's maid of honor. And I only have a couple of things to say before I let everyone get back to enjoying the party. "Cal, you were there for me through so many things. We have been each other's rock for so long now. But I can see that you won't need me to be that person for you any longer. You have found the strongest rock you could possibly have, right there next to you. Arizona is the most honorable person I have ever seen you with, and the first person to make you glow the way you have been since she came into your life. I used to worry about you when I would be home in LA, and you here in Seattle. But after my first visit and you introduced me to your Arizona here, I knew that I didn't have to worry any longer. The two of you have what it takes to make it. You have a once in a lifetime kind of love, and even though I'm insanely jealous, I'm happy for you. So, don't mess this one up Cal! To The Brides." Addison says with a smile.
The rest of the reception went beautifully, the food was amazing, and we danced more than I think we ever have. Our maids' of honor took us to our individual rooms at the hotel, to help us change into more appropriate clothes for our departure. And I had to admit that I was more than happy to be out of that dress. But it was worth it.
After we got changed, Addison and Teddy walked back towards the ball room and Callie pulled my hand to hold me back. I stopped walking and turned to face my gorgeous wife. Looking into her eyes, we both smile and Callie holds me close against her. I finally ask, "Is everything ok baby? You alright?". And with a smile she says, "I have never been better babe. I just wanted one quiet minute with my wife, and to just hug you. Without 150 pairs of eyes watching."
I close my eyes and lean into my wife, and within a second her warm lips are on my own. A slow kiss is how it started, but the next thing I know I am against the wall and I can feel Callie pressed into me. Hips pushing on hips, and her hands are tangled in my hair. The heat builds inside my slacks within seconds, and our breathing becomes heavy. And when Callie's lips leave my own, and make their way to my neck I take a breath and speak. "Baby… oh god, that- Cal—Calliope..Baby.. god that feels good baby, but we have to stop. We have to go say goodbye." I finally breathe out. Even though all I want to do is take her inside one of those rooms and rip every piece of clothing off of her and finish what we started.
"I know, I know. But we need to hurry, because I am soo wet baby, and I need you inside of me.. I am so turned on and there are things I want to-" I place my finger over her lips and look her straight in the eyes. Knowing that if I don't cut her off right there, then everyone will be wondering where we are. I am a strong person, but when Calliope starts talking dirty, I am weaker than weak.
"Calliope Robbins, you have to stop talking. Because I am not strong enough to walk away from you when you talk like that.. so for me… for us… just hold those thoughts and lets go say goodbye to our family. We can resume this in the limo on our way to the airport…" I say with hurried breaths.
"I will try my best baby. You just know how turned on I get. Only you do this to me." Callie says and I close my eyes to take a deep breath.
Taking Callie by the hand, we barely make it around the corner before Addy and Teddy are walking quickly towards us.
"We were wondering what happened to you guys. Everyone is waiting out there. Teddy swore you were having sex!" Addison says in Maid Of Honor Mode. Luckily Addison didn't witness the look Callie and I shared, but Teddy didn't miss it. But we just continued to walk towards the reception hand in hand.
Making our rounds to say goodbye, and dodging all the rice that was thrown at us, we climbed inside of the limo. I had to laugh at Callie as she was reaching down into her bra pulling out piece after piece of rice and throwing it out the window as we drove away.
"What's so funny?" Callie asks.
"Oh just the way you look digging inside of your bra. How many pieces of rice do you have in there anyway? You've been tossing it out the window for the last 2 miles." I ask with a laugh.
"Why don't you be a good wife, and come over here and help me.. I'm sure it would be faster if I took this off…" Callie says with a wink. I stare at her with a smile and my head cocked to the side, causing her to use her finger to signal me to 'come here', and I slide closer to her on the leather seat. Within seconds her shirt and bra were on the floor of the limo, and a very hot and turned on latina was laying on top of me. Saying a silent "Thank you" to my new father-in-law for insisting on the ridiculously huge limo, I enjoy a very hot, hot, make out session with my new wife.
Hawaii here we come…