CHAPTER 51

They passed a good part of the next day in the company of the family, drinking ice cold lemonade on the large terrace, kids running around all over the place, music playing, and adults laughing. It was wonderful. At some point Arizona was lying on a lounge garden chair, enjoying the sun and the sound of the people around her. She felt welcome and relaxed. She felt at home.

Callie had gone into the house for a couple of minutes but now came back out into the garden. She had changed her clothes and was now wearing tight white cotton shorts and a tank top. She waved at Arizona and poured herself another glass of lemonade before she walked across the grass and started partaking in a volleyball match that her cousins were in the middle of. Arizona could tell that Callie was wearing a bikini underneath the clothes. And in Arizona's mind, the around-the-neck-closure of the bathing suit begged to be opened.

Arizona swallowed thickly. It didn't seem possible, but it looked like Callie's skin had already taken to the sun and was now a shade darker. The shorts hugged the brunette's ass in a deliciously sexy way, and the tank top exposed her toned arms and beautiful neck. Her hair was in a loose French braid. Arizona couldn't take her eyes off the latina.

Callie turned around towards where Arizona was sitting and noticed the look in the blonde's eyes. The latina smiled.

"Go change, blondie" she yelled "And come help me beat these guys"

Arizona chuckled, got up and went into the house to change. When she got back out she joined Callie's team. They played for about an hour, and then it was time for everybody to go home.

When they had said goodbye to everybody, Callie pushed Arizona onto the grass and let herself fall on top of the blonde. Arizona was giggling and squirming under the brunette, but Callie held her in place, her strong thighs locking Arizona's legs.

"There is no escaping now, blondie" Callie whispered and lowered herself to kiss Arizona's lips. Before she got that far though, they heard Mrs. Torres clearing her throat 10 feet away and quickly let go of each other.

"If you teenagers can let go of each other for a minute, I can tell you that I'm going to go into town for a couple of hours. There's a car if you want to go to the beach. Be home for dinner at 7"

The older woman turned around and left.

"You mom is a woman of few words" Arizona said while watching Mrs. Torres walk away.

"I know" Callie chuckled and looked at Arizona with a smile "Wanna go to the beach?"

"God, yes, I would love to go to the beach!" Arizona said. It was hot, and the exertion of the volleyball game had made her long for the waves she could see in the distance.

Arizona changed into her bikini and put on some shorts and a top, and then they drove to the beach.

Callie found a secluded area where there were hardly any people and they sat down in the warm sand. Arizona closed her eyes and breathed in the clean pacific air.

"I want to feel the water" she said and got up. She quickly stripped herself of her shorts and top, and as she walked down to the water, Callie watched her. The afternoon sun wrapped itself around the blonde's body, and when Arizona walked into the water, her body being slowly absorbed by the element, Callie felt so much love that she wanted to cry.

Callie looked at Arizona and Arizona looked at Callie. The blonde felt how the movement of the water tickled her sides. It reminded her of Callie's warm hands on her body.

The brunette had taken her top and shorts off and was now sitting in the sand in her black bikini looking like the Sports Illustrated model Arizona had seen in her in the spa of The Mazatlán so many months ago.

The blonde walked out of the water and went directly to straddling Callie's legs. She wrapped her arms around Callie's neck and gave the latina a kiss.

"Your bikini" Callie huskily said "It's needs to go"

"Not on a public beach in Mexico it doesn't" Arizona said teasingly "Maybe you need to cool off a bit, Calliope"

She reached a hand into the cooler, grabbed an ice cube, and dropped it down the front of Callie's bikini top. And then she ran for dear life.

Callie got up and ran after the blonde, grabbed one of her hands and pulled her down on the sand. Hovering over Arizona, Callie decided to throw caution to the wind and ask Arizona the question she'd been wanting to ask her ever since they had visited Callie's childhood home.

"Move in with me"

Arizona tilted her head to the side and studied Callie. The brunette looked so tanned and delicious in the sun, and the question she had just asked was something that Arizona – without knowing it – had longed to hear.

"Yes"