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Chapter 37

Arizona's POV

"Honey!" I hear my wife's voice down the hall and I can tell that she's stressed out.

"In the bathroom!" I call back as I run a hairbrush through my hair once more. I'm getting ready to go out with Teddy for a catch-up lunch, leaving my wonderful wife to watch our kids. It's been a month since should opened up to me about her post-partum depression and I can see her slowly coming back to her true self. Her therapy sessions are going well and she's seems happier, but there are a few days when she isn't up to do much and gets down on herself. Overall, things a better and tonight we're going to the hospital gala and it's the first time we've gone out to a formal event in a long time. It'll be nice to have that time together.

"Hey, I need a little help before you head out." Callie says a slightly out of breath as she carries Gabriel and Mateo on her hips. "Can you help Sofia pack for Mark's? I tried to let her have a little freedom and pick her own outfits, but her suitcase is all leggings, leotards, and dolls."

"Sure." I take Mateo from her and give him a kiss on the cheek. "I have some time before I leave. You okay?"

"Yeah there's just a lot to do before we go out tonight and I still have to pack my bag for the trip to Mark's."

"Well you're only going to be there for two days, it shouldn't take long." I reply, trying to ease her concern. "You got it, babe." I give her a kiss on the lips before leaving the bathroom with Mateo and walking down to Sofia's room. "What's happening, girlie?" I ask Sofia sitting down on her bed. Her suitcase is open on the floor and like my wife said, leggings, dolls, and leotards make up most of the luggage.

"Mama said to pack so I'm packing!" She proudly answers. She takes a quick break from throwing things in her bag to stand up and gently rub her brother's back much like we taught her. "Hi baby brother." She says kissing him on his chubby cheek.

"Mateo and I are gonna help you pack, okay? Open your second drawer and get some shorts out. Also, let's take your dolls out the bag—"

"But mommyyy!" She begins to whine.

"Hey, hey, none of that Sof. You can still take them, but we're gonna pack them in your carry on so you have all of them on the plane."

"Oh okay." We go back a forth for fifteen minutes until all of her stuff is packed. I give her a kiss goodbye and head towards the twin's room looking for Callie.

"Hey, Sofia is all packed…whoa, what happened here?" A squirmy Gabriel is laying on the changing table kicking his feet and legs around while Callie is standing in her jeans a bra, with her shirt tossed over her shoulder.

"Oh." Callie briefly looks down at herself. "We just had a little accident. Gabriel couldn't wait for me to secure the diaper." She laughs. "Could you grab me another shirt?"

"Yeah." I pull open a drawer and find an old t-shirt for Callie to put on. "This should work for now. She changes into the new shirt and finishes buttoning Gabriel's onesie. "Babe, it's time for me to head out. Unless you need me to stay, cause I can cancel with Teddy and we can reschedule."

"No, no. It's fine. Go have lunch and catch up, we'll be okay here." She takes Mateo from my arms and carries the boys out of the room downstairs with me following right behind her. "Just make sure you're back in a couple hours. We're meeting Sasha later." After a few reference calls and a phone interview, we decided to go with Sasha as our babysitter. She's coming over later so we can finally meet in person and tonight is like a trial run for her while we go to the hospital gala. It turns out she even babysat Dr. Bailey's son a couple of times, so that helped ease any of our concerns and we're excited to hire her full time. The final test is seeing how she and the kids get along because we have a wild bunch.

"I promise I'll be back in time. Where's Noah?"

"In the basement watching some cartoons." Callie says placing the twin's in their high chairs in the kitchen. "Don't forget to pick up our dresses for tonight."

"I've got a reminder in my phone." I quip back. "I'll pick them on my way home. Call if you need anything."

"Will do. Have fun." Callie pecks my lips goodbye. "Love you."

"Mmm, love you too!" I say giving her another kiss. "Goodbye my babies, mommy loves you." I grab my phone, keys, and purse and head out the door.

"Callie, babe, I'm home!" I call out entering my house again after a fun lunch with Teddy. "Sorry, lunch ran a little long and then there was a massive line at the dry cleaners, but I finally got our dresses and they look amazing!" I toss my belongings down and lay our dresses down on the living room couch. "Callie?"

"She's upstairs, mommy!" Sofia answers from the dining room. I walk through the kitchen and see Sofia and Noah sitting at the dining room table putting together a puzzle with the help of an unknown blonde who gets up once she sees me.

"Ummm, hi. I'm Arizona." I introduce myself.

"Of course, yes, I'm Sasha!" She offers her hand for a handshake which I happily accept.

"Yeah, Sasha is our new babysitter, mommy." Noah smiles. "We're having puzzle time."

"I see. I'm sorry I'm late. Have you been here long?" I ask surveying the situation.

"I actually got here a little early. Callie seemed busy so I offered to hang out with Sofia and Noah while she handles the twins upstairs. It's so nice to meet you finally. Noah and Sofia are great and the twins are super cute!" She answers with a huge grin. "Callie said once you got here we could talk in the living room."

"That sounds good. I'm just going to go up and check on her."

"No problem. We'll just be here."

"It's your turn, Sasha." Sofia reminds her.

"Okay, well I'll be back." I turn and leave the dining room and make a quick stop in the living room to pick up our dresses and carry them upstairs. "Honey?"

"Our bedroom." She replies.

"So I met Sasha." I comment walking into the room. "She seems nice."

"She really does." Callie replies from the bed where she's nursing our boys. "I mean she actually got Noah and Sofia to sit down and put a puzzle together. You should've seen it, when I introduced her to Noah and Sof she put her hand out for a little handshake, but Noah went straight for a hug. I know it's early, but I think he's smitten. He's got like a little crush."

"He five. I'm doubt her really understands what a crush even is." I walk into our closet and hang up our dresses.

"I know, that's what makes it cute." Callie chuckles. "How was lunch?"

"Good, really good. I miss Teddy so it's always nice when we can catch up. We tried to do that thing where we don't talk about the kids, but we ended up sharing baby stories practically all lunch."

"Surprise you're not still there, that can go on for hours." Walking back towards the bed, I lay down next to my wife and prop my head up on the pillows as our boys continue to drink up.

"Babe, look at their hair. It's growing so much." I carefully brush Gabriel's brown hair with my hand.

"I know, I love it."

"Me too. So first impression of Sasha, do we like her?"

"I really do. I mean she got glowing references, she has the Bailey stamp of approval and the kids took to her easily. If tonight goes well I think we should hire her. What do you think?"

"I'm feel the same way. She's a little…"

"A little what?" Callie asks, directly looking me in the eyes.

"You know…perky." My wife bites her lower lip trying not to laugh too hard. "What?"

"Babe, you are literally the same way."

"I am not!" I feign hurt.

"Oh honey, I love you so much, but you are such a perky person. It's one of the many reasons why I love you."

"I am no-" She raises an eyebrow at me. "Okay, I can be. I used to be, but I'm not that perky anymore. Four kids kinda drains the energy out of you."

"Fair enough, speaking of draining. I think they've had enough." Callie passes me the boys while she fixes her shirt. "It's time for their nap."

"You stay here. I'll go put them down." I carry Mateo and Gabriel back to their room and sit with them for a few minutes before putting them in their cribs. "They went down easily." I announce coming back into our bedroom. I notice the bathroom door open with the light on and Callie standing in front of the mirror. "You've got your dress on. It looks great!" I smile entering the en suite.

"No, I don't. It doesn't fit right." Callie answers defeated. "It doesn't even zip up anymore."

"Hold on a sec, let me try." I step behind my wife and try the zipper again. It takes a little more effort, but I finally get it all the way up. "See."

"No." Callie shakes her head and reaches behind herself and unzips its. "It's too tight and it feels uncomfortable."

"Okay, well you have other dresses in the closet. You can just wear something else." I offer lightly.

"None of those dresses have been to the cleaners and they are the same size as this dress. I'm not that size anymore. I haven't lost all this damn baby weight and I may never be that size again." She responds frustrated. She takes off her dress and tosses it to the side and faces me. "We're not going tonight."

"Callie…"

"No, we're not going. I have nothing to wear and I honestly don't want to get dressed up anyway. I'll just write a check for a donation, but we're not going."

"Fine. We don't have to go, but we are going out tonight. We finally have a babysitter and we owe ourselves a night out. I don't care if it sounds selfish, but I want a night out with my wife. You can pick what we do, but we're doing something tonight." I state firmly. I'm not going to let a dress ruin our night. "And for the record, you look amazing."

"Arizona…" She says with an eye roll.

"Listen honey, you do look amazing. So your dress doesn't fit right now, that's fine. If you want to lose more weight and work out, I'll support you and even make you yucky, green smoothies in the morning." I joke. "But don't feel like you have to. Most importantly is that you're completely healthy. One of my favorite pairs of jeans I had stopped fitting me after I had Noah. Even when I lost weight they didn't fit the same. I was mad for like five minutes then got over it and got a new pair of jeans."

"I know which pair you're talking about. I liked those jeans."

"Tell me about it. They made my ass look fantastic."

"Mm, they did, but all your jeans do, so." She answers jovially.

"And most importantly, "I take a step closer to her, clearly invading her personal space. "I'm one hundred percent completely still very much attracted to you. I have the sexiest wife on earth and nothing will ever change that." Running my hands down her sides, I grab her thighs and lift her up on the counter.

"Oh really?"

"Most definitely." I reply and latch onto her neck for a kiss. My hands move over her naked thighs as she wraps her legs around me and pulls us closer. "I love you so much, Calliope." I whisper against her smooth skin. "And I want you so bad." Looking up, I grab the back of her neck and pull her in for a passionate kiss. One hand moves down to slip into her underwear to caress her pussy.

"Arizona, we can't." She reluctantly says pulling away. "My boobs feel all weird after breastfeeding and we have Sasha downstairs. We need to talk to her."

"We have time. Just a quickie, babe. Right here in the bathroom. We're pros at this."

"I know, but not now." She grabs my face to make me look at her. "I promise it'll be worth the wait." She gives me one last kiss before unwrapping her legs and getting off the counter.

"You're leaving me hot and bothered woman." I say as she walks out of the room.

"Just the way I like it." She yells back.

"So what kind of food do you cook?" Callie asks fifteen minutes into our conversation with Sasha in the living room.

"Pretty much anything. I grew up in a cooking household so I picked up a lot. The last family I worked for ate chicken, spaghetti, tacos, fish, all kinds of fruits and vegetables. I'm good with a lot of food. I also understand kids sometimes want different things so I'm comfortable making two different meals."

"Oh that's good. We're trying to cut back on that though. The kids usually just eat whatever Callie or I make. And you're comfortable with young kids like our three-month-old twins?"

"Yes, completely comfortable. I've never watched twins before, but I've been with a family that had a newborn."

"That's good, that's good." Callie nods her head. "I think we'll put them in daycare at my job because it's free and I like being able to go check up on them whenever I want, but it's good to know that you're good with twins."

"Yeah, we're really just looking for someone to look after the kids after school. Once Callie goes back to work she'll get off around six or seven and I usually leave my job around four, but having someone here to watch them will allow me to stay a little longer and catch up on stuff."

"I completely understand."

"Well Arizona and I really like you and you have great references and come highly recommended. Do you have any questions for us?"

"Not at the moment, I think you answered a lot of them during the phone interview. You guys seem to have a great family and I'm really happy to be working for you."

"Thank you." Callie answers. "I'm sure after one of the kids throws a tantrum you might have a different thought." She says making us laugh. "We should he heading out around 7:30 tonight, so you can come by around 7 or 7:15ish. We don't want to take up all of your Saturday."

"Cool, sounds good." She gathers her bag and stands up. "I'll see you guys later!" We walk her to the door and wave bye to her.

"I can't believe we actually found a babysitter." Callie says to me after I close the front door. "I hope she likes us."

"She does cause we're awesome. Let's go tell the kids." We head downstairs to the basement where Sofia and Noah are sitting in the big movie theater style chairs. "Did you guys like Sasha?"

"Yup, yup!" They both answer while keeping their eyes glued to the television screen. "Is she coming back?" Sofia asks.

"Yeah, she's going to watch you guys tonight when mama and I go out." I reply, putting an arm around my wife's waist.

"Where you guys going?" Noah asks finally looking at us.

"We don't know yet, we have to figure that out." I say looking at my wife. "Where should we go, babe?"

Thanks for reading!

AN: SUPER SORRY for the long delay. Writer's block plus a busy schedule isn't a good mix. I know this chapter isn't as long as they usually are, but I wanted to get something up. Any recommendations for date night? Should go they out and do something different or should Callie hit the mall real quick and find a dress and go to the hospital gala? Let me know your thoughts! Also, thanks for all the PM's checking up on me. I'm good, just very busy.

Like a said a few chapters ago, the story is coming to an end soon, so if there is something you want to see let me know and I'll try to write it in.