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Chapter 37
"So..." Callie said when the blonde opened the driver's side door as she buckled up in the cab of Arizona's old blue ford truck. "Do you really think I'll be any good? I'm not sure if I can catch a football flying at my face."
"Yeah, you'll do great," She said, not paying much attention to anything but the items in her arms she had for their picnic later.
"Oh god," she gasped, looking towards the blonde. "What if I'm Marcia Brady? I don't want to hurt my face."
"Oh," she giggled at the brunette. "You'll be fine, don't wor..." Arizona she stopped when she saw the brunette buckling up in the seat. "What... uhh... wha... what are you doing?" she asked, placing two jackets and a blanket behind the seat before peering at the woman.
"Umm, safety first," She questioned, shrugging her shoulders and leaning up to change the station on the old radio before sitting back, noticing the blonde was standing their staring at her. "What?"
"You... ahh.." She swallowed. "You're sitting in the middle?"
"Ahh, yeah," she bashfully confirmed. "That's okay, right?" She inquired.
Arizona felt her heart skip a beat when she nodded. "Of course it is," she grinned, jumping in the driver's seat.
"Good," Callie grabbed the blonde's face and pulled her in for a kiss. Just as the brunette started to pull back from the chaste smooch, Arizona placed her hand on the nap of the woman's neck to keep her in place while she teased the Latina's lip with her tongue.
Reciprocating the blonde's touch, Callie parted her mouth and took matters into her own hands as she freely explored the blonde's mouth until they both became winded. "I want to be close to my girl, if that's okay with you?" She purred pecking pink lips one more time, finally causing the blonde to blink her eyelids open to peer at her with a hooded gaze.
"More than okay," Arizona nodded as a smile swept over her face. "I really like you, you know that?" She whispered, squeezing the woman's knee.
"Really," The Latina questioned. "I had no idea," she teased with a laugh, laying her head on the woman's shoulder as she started the truck.
""Hmm, maybe I need to show it a little more then. You think?" She questioned, pulling out onto the street while Callie hooked an arm around hers, bonding them together.
"You show me," she smiled, raising her head to kiss the blonde under her ear sending a shiver down the doctors' body. "See?" She giggled when she saw the goosebumps on the woman's neck.
She knew she shouldn't be teasing Arizona like she had lately, but she couldn't help it. It was fun to watch the blonde squirm in her seat.
"Calliope," Arizona breathed. She tried to wipe the huge grin off her face, but she couldn't. Her life was damn near amazing right now with this woman by her side. "I want to get us there in one piece," she said, stopping at the red light. "So, if you'd like the same, I'd suggest you don't kiss me like that right now."
"I'm just trying to show you that I really, really like you too," she breathed in the woman's ear.
"Oh boy," she shivered when she felt the brunette's hot breath on her ear. That was one of the most sensual things to her. "This is going to be a long ten minute drive, I can tell," she fused, hooking her hand behind the Latina's left knee as she navigated down the streets.
"I can scoot over to the passenger side if you'd prefer?" Callie implored.
"Hell, no," She beseeched, tightening her grip on the woman's leg. "You're staying right here, this is your new seat. Matter of fact, I'm banning you from sitting over there from now on." She implored, slowly caressing the Latina's leg as they started down the street again.
"I'm going to miss you," she said, hugging the blonde's side as she soaked in the feeling Arizona was causing within her. The sensations she was having was something she had never known, and she just couldn't get enough of the woman's touch.
"Me too," Arizona whispered, loving how carefree Callie was being with her. "Maybe we can tell them tonight?" She asked, quickly glancing down at the brunette's face that was near her shoulder.
"I thought you wanted to wait a while?"
"I do... or did," she corrected. "I didn't want them to make it uncomfortable or anything for either of us," she stated. "We've fallen into sync a lot sooner than I thought we would," she continued as she navigated through the streets. "We're comfortable with each other."
"Are you afraid they'd bring up something from you past?" Callie questioned, lifting her head from the woman's shoulder.
"Since I've known most of them, I've never been serious with anyone. They see me as Riz, the player," she whispered.
"But, you're not," she interrupted her. "You're Arizona Robbins," she smiled shyly. "My girlfriend,"
"I am," the blonde smiled, meeting the woman's grin. "I'm just afraid they'll tease and say I'm just having fun with you for a little while, because I'm not. That's not what I'm doing at all," She denied. "I was afraid they'd make you question my real feelings."
"Arizona," she sighed, placing her hand on the blonde's thigh. "I've been around them for six months now. I know how they tease everyone," she told her. "Plus, they don't know you like I do."
"They really don't," she shook her head, confirming the Latina's statement. "You've learned more about me in the last six months than some of them have the past five years."
"Well, I'm glad because no one knows a lot about me besides you."
"See," Arizona squeezed the woman's thigh. "We only trust each other with our secrets." She grinned, accepting the kiss Callie leaned in to give.
"I can't believe it's been that long," she whispered, thinking back to night she moved in with the woman. "I never dreamed six months later I'd be in this place." She said, seeing the exit for the park coming up.
"I know."
"I'm not even talking about sitting here with you as my girlfriend," she corrected. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad, but I mean in general. I never thought I'd be able to get away, not like I have. I'm in a good place. With great friends, and my dream of opening a bakery is two days away from coming true," she breathed. "And I did it without him." She said relief evident in her voice.
"You can do anything you put your mind to, Calliope. No one can hold you down if it's something you really want."
She thought about Arizona's words for a few moments before she spoke again. "I want you," she turned her gaze to the woman beside her. "And I want you to know it's not because you've helped me achieve all of these goals," she shook her head as the woman glanced over to her. "You just make me genuinely happy like no one else has before, and I don't want any of those things if you're not sharing in them with me."
Arizona had to admit it felt good to hear someone wanted her. For all these years she had just took women for granted. She felt no one could ever make her happy again, but that was before she decided to take a small getaway to the resort seven months ago. "I wouldn't want to share these things with anyone else. I'm here," she peered over to the brunette before focusing back on the road. "As long as you'll have me,"
"You promise?" Callie prodded, knowing the woman wouldn't make a promise unless she meant it.
"I promise." She confirmed.
"Can we go to the cabin and," she stressed. "The beach," She asked. She had such a good time with Arizona in Boston even though it was a dark time in the woman's life; she couldn't wait to just get away with her on a happier occasion.
"As soon as the day comes," Arizona said referring to the brunette's final divorce hearing. "We'll go skiing for a few days and then we'll head to a warmer climate. Maybe Cancun,"
"Oh, yay," she giggled, when the blonde squeezed her inner thigh. There had been a time just a week ago that the woman touching her so close would have made her freeze in her spot, but with each passing day she had begun to crave the woman's soft touches more and more.
Arizona couldn't help but laugh at the brunette's silliness.
"Uh-oh," Callie said, seeing most of the gang standing around as they pulled into the parking lot of the park. "Looks like we are late," She unbuckled and slid over in the passenger seat of the bench before anyone could see them clinging to one another.
"Oh well," she shrugged, already missing the woman beside her. "They're usually late; they can deal with us being late for once." She found a spot and parked the truck.
"Number one," Arizona yelled, followed by Derek.
"Two"
"Damn it," Mark huffed. "That's not fair!"
"Get over it Sloan," Arizona high-fived Derek as Mark tossed him the football. "You had your fair chance of calling it."
Since Arizona's argument with Mark, they hadn't really talked much about what happened. Both seemed to push it to the side and move past it, but yet, Arizona wouldn't forget it as neither would Callie.
"One, two," Callie whispered to Meredith as she walked with the darker blonde behind the rest of the gang.
"Oh yeah," she rolled her eyes. "First two who calls one and two are team captains, and whoever yells it first gets the first pick. And as you can see, Riz and Derek are usually the captains."
"Oh," she laughed, shaking her head. "Wait, where's Cristina?" She looked around for the Korean. "And April, are they not playing?"
"Yang and Kepner are hitting the liquor store," Meredith stated, throwing down a blanket on the soft grass. "Trust me; you won't be able to get past this day without a little help."
"Arizona said April would mainly stand in the backfield, whatever the hell that is, and drink from a flask."
"And so will Cristina," she laughed, sitting down on the cover. "How are things with you and Riz?"
She hadn't really had a chance to talk to neither of them this past week and was curious to how they both were getting alone.
"It's," Callie hesitated. "It's scary Meredith," she sighed, sitting down beside the woman. She knew the one person she could talk without passing judgment besides Arizona would always be Meredith.
"Why?"
"We've been together over two weeks now, but it seems like years," she state. "I can't get her out of my mind," she admitted as she watched the woman of their topic pass around the football with some of the guys as they waited on everyone else to show. "I already can't sleep without her. I toss and turn when she's working late or on night shift."
"Wow," Meredith was slightly shocked that the brunette had already formed deep feelings for her friend, but then again it wasn't surprising. "Well," she cleared her throat. "I see it differently. You've just started officially dating, but in a sense, Cal, you've been dating a while now."
"How do you get that?" She asked confused.
"I really noticed it when you started working at Betty's. You two were like a happily married couple in love. When she entered the room no one else exists, and the same goes for her. That is a huge thing for her, and you know that," said as she searched the brunette's expressions while she thought about the statement. "It may have been hard for you and her to see, but someone else looking on from the outside could tell you both were already inseparable," she nodded when the brunette looked into her eyes. "You may have recently admitted it out loud, but that's why you feel it's been longer."
"Maybe so," Callie shrugged. She knew there was no denying her and Arizona shared a special bond from day one. "You know that flutter, that rush you get when you see that person?" She inquired, receiving a nod from the dark blonde. "I get that every time she walks into the loft after work. It's like I can watch her walk into our home every day for the rest of my life." She whispered. "Do you think that feeling can last forever?" She wondered. It didn't with Mitch, but then again, she never felt like this with him.
"Oh yeah," she confirmed, watching her husband and his best friend wrestling around as Arizona helped Derek overpower the taller man. "When you know, you know." She patted the brunette's leg. "If you're scared, you could hold back, but you can't tell it to your heart."
"Yeah," she said, more to herself than Meredith as she brought her knees up to her chest and circled her arms around her legs.
"What are you all going to do for Thanksgiving?"
"I'm not sure," Callie shrugged. "We've not even discussed it. I'm sure she'd want to spend the day with her mom since it's the first holiday without her dad."
"I'm sure. How's she handling things?"
"She's good. She had a rough time in Boston, but now that we're back in Seattle, she's okay. She strong, but she's had some moments. Mainly at night when she's trying to rest," She said sadly. "I'm just trying to be there for her."
"It seems like it's working," she said as Arizona came jogging up to them.
"I hope so,"
"Come on," Arizona reached out her hand for the brunette to take. "We're about to pick teams."
"I don't want to be picked last," she said, standing from the ground. "You'll pick me right?"
"Uhh..." She paused, how can she answer this without hurting her girlfriends' feelings? "Sure I will, sweetie," She smiled, dropping the woman's hand as they came up to the group that had gathered.
She couldn't help but shyly smile at the woman until something clicked. "Wait..." Callie turned to Meredith. "She's not going to pick me, is she?"
"Nope," Meredith giggled. "Riz doesn't like to lose."
"If she doesn't pick me," Callie stepped up behind Arizona so she could clearly hear her as she spoke to Meredith. "I will need a ride home tonight, Mer," She winked at the woman beside her when she saw the blonde freeze in her stance.
"I'll pick you," she turned and whispered, not saying when exactly.
"First?" She questioned, with a raised eyebrow.
"Alright let's get this started already," Mark clapped his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Riz, you're up.
"Uhh..." She kept her back turned to Callie. "Jackson," she said, hearing the brunette scoff behind her.
She couldn't help it; she wanted a solid team before having to choose someone mediocre.
"Mark," Derek picked.
"Owen," Arizona said, doing her best not to look at her girlfriend who had now walked around and crossed her arms as she stared on while she made her choices.
"Meredith," Her husband said, as the dark blonde patted the brunette on the shoulder before running up to her husband's team.
"Umm..." The blonde bit the side of her jaw. She wanted Callie on her team, but she needed to make sure she had the best players first. "Teddy," she pointed, trying her best to avoid the Latina's glares.
"Seriously," She threw her hands up in the air in disbelief. Arizona was her girlfriend, how could she have not chosen her already? "The only ones left are April, Cristina and myself!" She exclaimed to the blonde when she remembered the two were always the last to be picked.
When she asked the blonde to pick her, she sure as hell would have thought she'd be higher on the list than this.
"Don't worry, I got you," Arizona mouthed to her. "Saving the best for last,"
"Callie," Derek called, picking be woman for his team.
"Uh-oh," Arizona breathed quietly.
"Huh," she huffed, crossing her arms and walking over to her new team all the while glaring at her apologetic girlfriend. She wasn't really mad, but the blonde didn't have to know that.
"Yang," Arizona called out her last choice which left only left April for Derek's team.
"Alright, huddle up team," Derek called out to his players.
"Wait," Arizona called out before everyone huddled together. "Callie," she jogged over, hoping to smooth things over. "Hey," she said grabbing the woman's arm and stepping away from the crowd. "I tried."
"Ahh..." Callie held her hand up to stop the nervous woman. "I don't want to hear it," she face palmed the blonde. "Prepare to have your butt handed to you, Riz."
"Calliope," she whispered. "Don't be mad, I was going to pick you." She insisted.
"No, no, do not Calliope me," she walked off, hiding her smirk from Arizona. "You will rue the day."
She yelled out. "You're going down, Riz. You're going down."
"Not a chance," she scoffed before collecting her teammates. "Huddle up, guys. We have same ass to kick."
"You're going down, Rizo," Callie said as she stood face to face with the blonde woman as she waited for the ball to be snapped.
The game was currently tied twenty-one all in the fourth quarter and Arizona's team had the ball.
"Get real, Torres," Arizona glared at the woman in front of her.
Now was the time to turn the cards. "I miss you," Callie leaned closer and whispered, biting the bottom of her lip. She knew it was crunch time, so she was going to make the blonde falter for not picking her first.
"You do?" She asked, getting all entranced by the brunette. She thought the woman was still mad because she hadn't said much to her throughout the beginning of the game. "I thought you weren't speaking to me?"
"Do you miss me?" She asked shyly, ignoring the question as she watched Teddy snap the ball to Jackson all the while Arizona was oblivious to her surroundings.
She and Meredith had formed a plan to distract her girlfriend. If she kept Arizona distracted enough, Jackson would throw the ball to Owen. Which in turn would let the darker blonde intercept the flying ball.
Arizona was one of the best on the team, so Callie knew if she could just distract the blonde long enough, maybe her team could turn the game around.
"You know I do," she replied. "I've been dying to kiss those lips," she winked as Callie turned and started yelling.
The whole time Arizona was fawning over her, Callie watched the play out of the corner of her eye. "Run, Meredith, run," she yelled, running towards the commotion when the woman picked the ball out of the air and took off running to the goal line.
"What the..."
"Yes!" Callie exclaimed, throwing her hands up in the air as she ran and tackled her friend to the ground. "We did it," she laughed, celebrating the touchdown with her friends while Arizona stood with her hands on her hip and a fuming look on her face.
"What the hell, Jackson?" Arizona spat, throwing her hands up in defeat as the others cheered. She had yet to catch on to what Callie had pulled.
"Don't look at me," he pointed at her. "You're the one over there running that jaw. You were supposed to get open."
"Whatever," she rolled her eyes and walked over to grab the ball. "Are we going to act like idiots or are we gonna play some ball?" She broke up their little celebration. "Let's go!"
"Getting testy?" Callie walked past the blonde woman with a huge grin on her face?
"Nope, I'm fine," she forced a smile as the teams got set again.
"It's hot, don't you think?" Callie seductively pulled her long sleeve shirt off over her head leaving her left in a tank top while blonde stared on.
"Very hot," Arizona nodded, noticing the brunette pull her dark tresses up, highlighting her facial structure. Callie looked absolutely breathtaking.
"Extremely," she said, patting the sweat off her exposed chest and collar bone with her abandoned shirt.
"Set, hut," the blonde was broke out of her gaze when she heard Jackson yell.
"I'm on you, Riz," Callie ran down field with the blonde not paying close enough attention to the ball being thrown in the air until she turned around and got nailed right in the chest with the pigskin. "Owwww..."
"Ooooh, right in the boob," Cristina laughed, throwing herself back in the grass where she and April were sipping on the redhead's flask.
"Oh, Callie, are you okay?" Arizona asked as the ball dropped to the ground forgetting about the game completely.
"I'm okay," she stood up and rubbed away the pain.
"You sure," She asked, seeing the ache in the woman's face.
"I'm fine," she insisted.
"I can massage that pain right out if you want," she whispered casually as she picked the ball up and threw it to Owen.
"I'm fine, Arizona" Callie whispered, shaking herself off as the others looked on from a distance. "I promise," she breathed.
"And I promise I can give great massages." She grinned.
"Get out of here," she playfully shoved the woman. "You dirty perv."
"You okay Cal?" Derek yelled to his teammate.
"I'm fine," she waved him off before glancing over to the blonde staring at her boobs. "Stop staring," she laughed. "Lets finish, okay?" She straightened her shirt and started to make her way back to the line of scrimmage.
"Just take me up on the offer."
"Hmm..." She thought. "Maybe," she said. "Now get your ass moving. I want to finish this game so I can kiss my girlfriend," she winked before walking off.
"Well, if not tonight, it'll always be on the table," Arizona teased as she ran back to her team to try to tie the score of the ballgame.
"Where's Robbins?" Marked asked when the bonfire started blazing.
Their football game earlier in the day only lasted a few more plays before Callie tackled the blonde on the last play ending the game which also won the game for her team.
To say Arizona was upset was putting it mildly, not at Callie, but at her team in general. However after stealing a few moments in private with her girlfriend quickly changed her mood for the better before they all went off and enjoyed their picnic together by the pond in the park.
"She ran April and Cristina home," Callie answered from her place on the long log beside Meredith.
Jackson had got paged into the hospital after their picnic so the blonde offered to take the two drunks home before she joined the others in the meadow on the mountain overlooking Seattle.
"Speaking of the devil," Meredith said as she saw the blonde pull up and parked her truck near the cliff overlooking the bright city.
"Yeah," Callie causally nodded, hiding her excitement. Damn, she couldn't get over the way the woman made her feel just by being near.
"The party has arrived," Arizona jumped out of the truck and walked up to the crew who were surrounding the bonfire. "What did I miss?" She asked, walking up to the group.
She couldn't wait to show Callie this place and was a little perturbed that she had to run her friend's home while the others came up here to start the fire.
"Mark almost blew us up when he tried to start the fire," Callie said, glancing over to the blonde before focusing back on the raging fire in front of her.
Arizona had been gone roughly thirty minutes to an hour, and although Callie was enjoying herself while she was gone, she wasn't having as great of a time she would have if Arizona had been with her.
"I did not," he groaned in protest as he took a swig of his beer.
"Derek?" The brunette questioned.
"I'm still not sure if I have eyebrows," he teased his friend with a laugh as everyone went back to their conversations.
"Did you get it?" Callie stood from her seat when Arizona walked closer.
"I did," she pulled the bottle of lemonade out of her jacket pocket she had picked up for the brunette when she ran the girls home. "Here you go,"
"Thank you," she took the drink. There was something about the lemon taste she just couldn't get enough of since Boston. "I've been craving this since we finished game," she said opening the lid and taking a gulp. "That I won, might I add," she looked slyly over at the blonde before giggling at her agitated expression.
"Shut up, already," Arizona whined. "Next year you're on my team."
"Next year, huh," Callie asked. "You want me to stick around that long?" She prodded. She and Arizona hadn't really talked much about the future, but she wanted there to be one.
"Yes," she whispered. "I want you around for a very long time."
"Okay," She breathed, looking around at everyone who seemed to be lost in conversation, not pressing the topic any further for now. "Good," she nodded. "Want some?" She asked, before taking another drink of the beverage.
"Nah," Arizona declined. "I think I'm going to have a beer," she said, walking to the cooler to grab a bottle before returning to the group. "Will you drive home?"
"Sure." She said as she felt the blonde step in closer and brushed their arms together a few times before joining their pinkies together to have some intimate contact.
"I really did miss you today," Arizona said, tightening her finger around the brunette's.
"Me too," she admitted shyly before focusing her attention on the fire.
After a few minutes of standing around quietly, Arizona looked around at all of her friends who were enjoying the night.
She hated not being able to share her happiness with Callie in front of her friends, but it was her request, not Callie's. Now she was thinking it was a terrible choice.
Meredith and Derek, although talking to deferent people, were hugging up to each other much like the new budding relationship between Mark and Teddy that had just recently started as in a few hours ago.
Arizona wanted that, the feeling, the giddy and just plain happiness of being in her significant others arms as they hung out with their friend.
"Calliope," She let her hold on the woman's small finger go and addressed her.
She had held back for so long and she was tired of keeping it to herself.
"Hmm?"
"I want that," she said nodding towards Meredith and Derek.
"What?"
"To stand here and enjoy the fire and our surroundings while being in your arms or you in mine." She risked the chance of looking up at the Latina, hoping to see that she did too. "I want what they have," she whispered, turning to the woman. "I want that with you." She grabbed her soft hand. "I don't just want to be excited because I know I'm going home with you, but I want to be excited that we can freely show how much we like each other anywhere we go."
Callie searched the woman's eyes before holding out her hand for the woman to take. They were holding back at Arizona's request. She thought it might have been to protect her, but the woman insisted it was to protect them from the snide remarks their friends might say, but Callie didn't think that would happen unlike Arizona.
"Come here," she pulled the blonde closer so she was standing in front of her. "I want that too," she whispered, laying her chin on the woman's shoulder and taking the blonde's hands and lacing them with hers over Arizona's torso. "I don't want to hide you anymore. I don't like it."
"Me neither," Arizona couldn't hold back the smile when she leaned into the brunette's embrace. "I love being with you, Calliope," she hummed as they swayed in their stance.
"And I love... being with you," she whispered, kissing the woman's neck just below her ear.
"Mmm..." The blonde hummed, enjoying the sounds of the woods. "I wanted you to get the full feel of this place because it's stunning, but I was late, so..." Arizona said after relishing in the feel of the woman's arms for a few minutes. "How about I take you out on a date tomorrow, and then we can end it up here and enjoy a quiet night alone looking at the stars?" She asked, turning her head slightly towards Callie before feeling the woman place a gentle kiss on her temple.
"A date night with my girlfriend," Callie questioned, seeing Meredith elbow Derek and point at them out of the corner of her eye. "I don't want to spend tomorrow night any other way." She whispered into the woman's ear causing the blonde to turn around in her arms and hug her close.
"Hey?"
"Yeah?"
"My offer is still open. If your boob is still sore, I can try to help you with that."
"You'd like that wouldn't you," she giggled into the woman's neck when she hummed a yes.
Eyeing Callie and Arizona hugging up to each other, the married couple smiled at each other before sharing a loving kiss. "Finally got their heads out of their asses, I see."
"Yeah," Meredith replied back to her husband. "They look so happy." She whispered in excitement for her friends.
Date chapter is next! It's really really kinda make you wanna puke, fluffy. I think we need it right now!
What will she have up her sleeve?!