A/N…Just want to thank everyone for their reviews for the past chapters and hope that you all enjoy this last chapter…but not really the last chapter…I have reached the half way point with this story and am taking a little break to enjoy the rest of the summer. I'll be back in a couple of months to post the rest of the story…but for now…thanks again…and I hope you will continue to read my story. KB

CHAPTER FIFTY

At The End Of The ST. Patrick's Day Weekend 2030

For three straight days and nights, from the night of our son's fourth birthday party through St. Patrick's Day on Saturday and now into late Sunday evening, Calliope and I have spent the whole time in either the ER or in surgery with only a few hours of sleep and a few moments to ourselves. We both are changing our clothes in the women's locker room when I sit on the bench between the rows of lockers and just bow my head. I am so tired that I do not even think I can dress myself. It has been a long time since I've worked over seventy two hours straight and the only thing I want to do is go home and see our children. You would think that just that fact alone would make me get dressed quickly but I cannot seem to move at this point. Calliope sees me just sitting there when she realizes, without saying a word to me, what is going on. She walks up behind me as she takes the hem of my scrub top pulls it up and over my head, tilts me backwards to rest my upper body against the tops of her legs as she reaches over me and into my locker to remove my blouse as she place it over my head and down my upper torso. She removes my work shoes and she turns my body sideways then pulls on the drawstring to the bottom of my scrub pants as she gently lifts me to face her and my scrub pants fall to the floor. She then sits me back down when she enters my locker again to remove my jeans and she begins to put each foot and leg into my jeans. Then she pulls me back up to face her again but I become a little lightheaded that I begin to slip out of her grasp as she leans me against the lockers holding me tight against her body as she whispers "I got you baby…I will always have you".

I kiss her lightly on the lips when she tells me to place my hands on her shoulders so she may lift my jeans up off the floor. I do what I am instructed to do as my Calliope finishes changing my clothes. She sits me back down of the bench as she places my shoes on my feet and then asks me "Ready to go home, baby" as I smile at her and just nod my head in the affirmative. Calliope places both of our bags over her shoulder as she wraps her arm around me leading me out of the locker room. Calliope holds on to me when we enter the elevator and then even when we make our way out the front door to the hospital where we walk towards a young man holding a sign that reads "DR.'S ARIZONA AND CALLIOPE ROBBINS-TORRES". We both walk up to this young man as my wife says "We are Dr's Robbins-Torres". "Good evening ladies, my name is William and I am here to take you away". Both my wife and look at this man strangely when I say "Look young man, we are both very tired and are in need of a long hot…very long and very hot bath. So unless you have a hot tub in your car, this is where we say goodnight to you". Then William says "No ma'am, I'm sorry please let me start over, thank you. I am to drive the two of you to the Archfield so that you both may enjoy a relaxing hot…very long and very hot bath and a meal before sleeping in a luxurious bed for the night. Your parents have arranged everything and want you both not to worry about the children because they will get them off to school in the morning. Both The Colonel and Mr. Torres gave me strict instructions not to take no for an answer from either of you two ladies. So maladies', your chariot awaits" as William takes both bags off my wife's shoulder and leads us to the awaiting car.

William calls the hotel on our way there because once we arrive to our suite there will be a hot bath waiting for the two of us. My wife and I strip our clothes off as she is first to make her way into the tub when she holds my hand as she gently helps me into the tub to where my back leans up against her front. Calliope begins to wash my hair as she then soothingly rubs my body down with some body wash and a looffa brush provided by the hotel. Once she rinses my hair, I then make my way to the other end of the bathtub when I turn with my back against the tub and my wife lays with her back against my front as I do the same to her by washing her hair and then her body just as she has done to me moments earlier. Then we both rise from our relaxing bath to enter the shower to rinse our bodies clean. Once we have toweled each other off, we make our way to the luxurious bed. We pull down the sheet and top layer comforter and we both climb into this bed and migrate to the center of the bed. Calliope kisses me tenderly and then asks me "Baby, as much as would love to make love to you right at this very moment without any interruptions…can we just lie in each other's arms and fall asleep? I am just so tired but I do not want you to think that I don't want to make love to you". I look into her beautiful brown eyes as I kiss her again and say "Let us sleep to night then we will make love to each other in the morning. I love you, baby" as we kiss each other one more time then we snuggle closer together for a good night's sleep.

I wake at the sound of voices when I realize that my wife is not lying by my side. I hear the bathroom door open as I continue to act like I am sleeping when my wife returns to the bed. She quietly slides back in next to me when I pounce on her as I pin her to the bed and ask "So who were you talking to, missy"? I begin to place kisses on my wife's neck while I am tracing her neck with my tongue and gently nibble on her ear. Then I whisper in to my wife's ear playfully "Are you going to tell who you were just talking to or am I going to have to torture you to get a confession"? Then my wife whispers back into my ear and says "Torture away, baby". I see my wife is in a playful mood when I begin by wrapping my wife's hands above her head with the sash to my robe and I tie them to the headboard of our bed as my wife moans "Arizona". I then say to her one more time "Tell me who you were talking to or I will continue". I see my wife clenching her lips closed and I know of only one way to open them as I place my lips over hers and kiss her with wild abandonment. It doesn't take long for my wife to part her lips once my tongue silently asks for permission to enter her beautiful mouth.

I straddle my wife and I continue kissing her on her mouth and tongue then proceeding down her body. I begin my descent down her neck once again the stopping for a long while as I kiss, suck and lick each of my wife's very voluptuous boobs taking each nipple in my mouth as I release each boob with a gentle but firm raking of my teeth over each nipple. With this action I receive a hearty groan from my wife so I palm both breasts in my hands as I look deep into my wife's eyes and say "Ready to tell me yet"? With another hearty groan releasing from my wife's breathe as now her breathe has become hitched and separated and she shakes her head back and forth sideways to indicate in the negative, I persist with my torture of my wife. I take my hands to raise my body over my wife's when she pulls up on her bondage to raise her self up on the bed more and I now take my legs and place them in between my wife's legs moving my knee to open my wife's legs wider. I lay my body back onto hers while I slowly slide my body down her body as my hands find their way back to my wife's boobs and I begin to softly caress, massage and knead them simultaneously. With my wife arching her back to push her boobs up more into my hands she begins to moan my name louder while my face slides down her torso even more. When my mouth reaches her belly button I feel my wife's pubic hair in between my boobs and I know that I am getting closer to exactly where I need to be. But first I dart my tongue in and out of my wife's belly button as I hear my wife say "Arizona, please". I kiss my wife's stomach and say "Please what, baby" when I just smirk awaiting her answer when I hear "Baby, please take me now" then I ask "Who was on the phone"? With my wife's breathing becoming more staggered she screams "It was fuckin' room service Arizona. I ordered us breakfast and it will be here soon. Now make me come damn you woman". Then I oblige my wife and place two fingers and then a third inside my wife as I build a rhythm with my fingers while I then devour my wife's clit in my mouth. Within minutes of me entering my wife she comes all over my fingers and into my mouth.

I have ascended up my wife's body to untie her restraint when my wife latches on to one of my boobs with her mouth as I moan to her touch. Once I release both of her hands she begins to squeeze both of my boobs as she sucks, kisses and softly nibbles on my nipples of my boobs. Without warning my wife flips my body over so she is now topping me as she grins and says "Turn about is fair play right baby" but before she can carry on with thoughts of making love to me there is a knock at our door. Calliope lifts her body off of mine as she kisses me deeply and then says "Don't you dare move baby, I mean it don't you even think about it" as she grabs her robe and answers the door. I place the covers over my body and my head when the room service attendant makes his way into our room. Calliope throws back to covers off the bed to reveal me all naked to her as she smiles and says "Well my love, since you have already eaten breakfast would you care to join me for the partaking in some food and then afterwards I will show you my method of eating you as a dessert". I just laugh at her connotation and leap out of bed to join my wife for breakfast. After we eat our breakfast, I rise from my seat to make my way to the bathroom when Calliope gently grabs my wrist and asks "And just where do you think you are going Mrs. Robbins-Torres"? I lean down to kiss my wife and tell her "I am just going to the bathroom to wash up a little" when my wife places her hand on the back of my neck leaning me in for another kiss and then she whispers to me in her most sexy voice while licking the syrup off my chin "Baby, don't clean up too much, I like my wife a little dirty" as she kisses me again and by making her point come across to me by placing her hand inside my robe and squeezing my left breast.

Arizona comes out of the bathroom as I have placed the tablecloth over our breakfast dishes as I am still sitting at the table where we have just eaten our breakfast. As my wife begins to pass me I take a hold of her wrist again. I twirl my wife around to face me as she can see I have untied my robe and I am sitting in front of her naked. I untie my wife's robe an ease her onto my lap when Arizona says "Ohhh Calliope…you are a bad wife…sooo bad baby". Then my wife tilts her head down to me as I inhale my wife's mouth and tongue as I massage her breasts. Arizona begins to move her center over mine as she tilts her head backwards and I begin to smother her breasts with my mouth…my tongue and my lips as she begins to scream my name over and over. I slide the robe over her shoulders as it falls to the floor and she slides my robe off draping it over the back of the chair then I glide the palms of both of my hands up and down her thighs while my wife pleads with me to make her come. I take two of my fingers and smoothly slide them into her awaiting center as she begins to ride my fingers as she bounces up and down over my two now three fingers. Arizona grips the back of my chair as she begins to scream "Baby, right there baby…I'm coming Calliope…don't stop baby…I'm coming" We both come down from the high we both rode together with Arizona coming so hard that she leaves her juices all over my hand. I slip my fingers out of my wife as she lets out a little sigh as she buries her head in my neck. I bring my hand up to my mouth and say in a whisper "Ahhh dessert". I begin to place my fingers in my mouth that is when Arizona lifts her head up off my shoulder and says "Aren't you going to share" as my wife begins to suck my finger in her mouth and I begin to find this very hot.

Once my wife and I finish licking my fingers clean, I reach behind my wife's neck and pull her into a very sensual kiss as we both extend our taste testing of my wife own juices. With my wife still fastened to my mouth with hers I lift her up onto the table where we had just eaten breakfast as I lay her on her back. I take both of my wife's very sexy and slender legs as I begin to kiss the inside of both of them and then drape them over my shoulders as I bend down to kiss the hairline just above my wife's gorgeous and intoxicating pussy. I notice my wife's breathing becoming erratic as I am kissing right above where she needs me the most as she moans to me "Baby, the things you do to me, baby please". I fall to my knees as I say to my gorgeous wife "Baby, you smell so inviting" as I begin to slowly tease my wife by stroking my tongue up and down inside of her making her moan my name in a whisper. While I am enjoying the fruits of my labor by going down on my wife, I move my hands to drag them across her stomach when out of nowhere my wife takes my hands as she places them on her tits. My wife is still gripping my hands as she swirls them over her tits as I squeeze them quite hard as I moan very loudly while still moving my lips and tongue about as I lick and suck on my wife's pussy.

"Calliope" my wife screams as I hear a noise and wrap my wife up in my arms as she pushes her self off the table and we fall back onto the bed as we hear the table crash at my feet. With Arizona on top of me as we both turn our heads in the direction that we were just a moment earlier and see that the legs of the table gave way and now the table and the breakfast dishes have fallen and broken onto the floor. My wife is still breathing heavily as I say "Well baby, that's something you don't see everyday" as I smoothly flip my wife on to her back so that now I am topping her as I smile that smile she loves so well and say "Now where was I" as I begin kissing my wife again. When I release the kiss Arizona slowly pushes on my shoulders guiding me back down between her legs and taking the extra effort to place her hand on my head as she continues push me lower onto her body as she says "Baby, you were right here having your way with me" as I smile up at her and say "Oh yea now I remember" as I sink my face back into my wife and all her glory as she begins to raise her hips to greet my mouth and my tongue. Just as I was about to make my wife come again her phone started ringing. My wife thinks about answering the phone when I raise my head up and say "Baby, do not even think about it" as she asks "Calliope, what if it is one of the children? I then lift my face from between her legs and ask "Do you really want me to stop what I am doing here, baby"? Arizona's breathing begins to become ragged as she yells "Don't stop…no don't you dare stop…yea baby right there" she pushes my head downward again with the palm of her hand. Just when I feel her muscles begin to contract I move my face from inside her as I say "Ohhhh baby, you are so close I can feel you. Come for me Arizona, baby come for me now" my wife screams my name and I fall onto her as she kisses me with all of her might.

Arizona's phone rings for a second time as the noise wakes both of us up out of our orgasmic coma. Not realizing that we both had fallen back to sleep after Arizona and I shared the last of our mind blowing orgasms, I reached for the noise making electronic gadget as I snarled into the phone with a nasty "Hello" and then hearing my fathe r on the other end asking "Calliope, is that you"? I jump to sit up and say "Good morning daddy, sorry to answer the phone that way". Arizona is lying next to me and begins to laugh as she whispers to me "That's what you get for answering the phone that way, honey". My father continues "Calliope, place me on speaker because I want to talk to the both of you" and I do what I am told to do by my father when I say back to him "Go ahead, daddy".

While my father is beginning to talk my wife says "Good morning sir" as my father says "Good morning my dear, your mothers and Daniel and I would like to know if the two of you would like to meet us for a picnic lunch at that park you all like to visit. Alexander has said nothing except "Go to park" all morning so the four of us are going to take him to the park. Your mothers are packing a picnic lunch at this very minute". My father hears footsteps, running footsteps, as he says "By the sounds of the footsteps I hear, I guess that means a yes my dear". I begin to laugh and say "Yes daddy that is a yes because Arizona has already ran into the bathroom to shower and change. We will meet you all at the park in about an hour, alright". My father says "That will be fine, my dear. See you both then, Love you". I tell my father that I love him too as I bolt out of bed and make my way into the bathroom where my lovely wife is taking a shower and not waiting for me one bit.

I slide in behind my wife as I take my place in the shower as she has almost finished her shower. I say as she is rinsing the shampoo out of her hair by leaning backwards as her chest thrushes outward. I begin to kiss the valley between her boobs as she smiles and lifts my face to greet hers as she says "Baby as much as we both needed and wanted last night and this morning to happen…and how I think we should do this once every month…and how much I love you…I really want to get a move on and make our way to the park so we can spend some time with our parents and our son". My wife kisses me deeply wrapping her arms around my neck. I intensify the kiss by taking a hold of her tongue with my mouth and sucking the daylights out of it. When we break the kiss I have to hold onto my wife for a bit as her legs are too wobbly for her to stand and then I whisper in her ear as I am nibbling on it "Alright baby, you can have your day with our parents and our son but tonight you are mine. Do you hear me Arizona…mine all mine. And I will thinking about just that all day today, baby". I walk past my wife to make my way to the front of the shower as she looks back at me and smiles as she makes her way out of the shower thinking about what I just said to her as the smile never leaves her face. When I finish my shower and make my way back to the bedroom, my wife is dressed and has both of our small bags packed with my clothes lying across the sofa that is in the room.

"Mami…Mama" Calliope and I hear Alexander scream as we make our way up the small incline to the picnic area at Kelly Park. I scoop our son up in my arms as I pepper his face with kisses and tell him how much we missed him. Then my wife takes our son into her awaiting arms and does the same to him as I did. Calliope places Alexander down on the ground as he takes one of our hands in his and leads us to our parents. We all sit down and have a pleasant lunch with the food both of our mothers prepared. The moment we have completed our lunch, both of our father's take Alexander by the hand and make their way back to the swings. Now that there is just us four women sitting at the picnic table my mother asks as she is smirking "So you two, did you have a good evening or a restful evening"? I look across the table at my wife and I smile and bow my head because I do not want our mother's to see that I cannot stop smiling. As my glance turns away from our mother's ever glaring stare, my wife answers the question for me when she says "We had a wonderful evening and morning so thank you both for watching the children for us. Arizona even made the comment this morning in the shower that we should do this kind of thing at least once a month". My head shoots up like a rocket as I shout "Calliope". My wife grinns at me from across the table with that shit eating grin I so love and I know exactly what she is thinking because I cannot wait for tonight and me being hers…all hers for the night.

After spending almost three hours at the park eating lunch and playing with Alexander, my wife and I realize that Theodore and Addie will be getting out of school soon. I make the suggestion that we all ride together to St. John's Catholic School and surprise Teddy and Addie and pick them up from school. We arrive at the school just in time as school is letting out. Alexander stands on my lap as he pokes his head out the window waiting for Theodore and Addie when all of a sudden he jolts out of my arms and almost out the door as I grab onto him for dear life while he is screaming "Teddy…AB, Teddy…AB over here" as now my wife has joined me in the holding onto our son so he does not fall out the window. Once Addie and Theodore are near the car, Alexander holds his hands out to them as Theodore takes him in his arms and says "Hey little dude, what are you all doing here"? Addie and Theodore retreat to the inside of the town car as my father says "Everyone, since we are all leaving in the early morning, Carlos and I thought that we would take you all out to dinner tonight. Sound like a plan"? Theodore says to my father with a smile and flashing him those Robbins-Torres dimples with pride "Sounds like a great plan, grandpa".

After dinner as we all arrive back to our home our fathers take our children up to their bedroom to tuck them in and read them some bedtime stories. Our mother's along with my wife and I make our way to the balcony area where my wife has poured three glasses of wine and one glass of apple juice. Then the four of us sit and relax for a moment when my Calliope sits on the chaise lounge chair with her legs open to invite me to sit in between them as I take the hint and do so. Then Lucia pulls a piece of paper from her jacket as she hands this paper to my mother and they share a laugh. Calliope and I look curiously at the two women when I say "What" back to the two women. Lucia begins to say "Ladies, the hotel called this morning after the two of you left to say that there was extensive damage to the room you both were staying in and asked that your father's come down and pay the bill immediately". With a look of shock and horror on my face and my wife's face Calliope when my wife saya "What did you say, mother"?

Barbara and Lucia cannot keep their laughter at bay anymore when they burst at the seams as my mother says "Well ladies, you two together must be a couple of hell cats in the sack because the damages came to almost two thousand dollars. Well sweeties, Lucia and I have been talking about this all day and we are glad to see that the two of you take after the two of us in that department". With that statement from my mother, she and Lucia begin to tell us tales of their sexual escapades. And when Lucia makes the comment "I knew I was doing what I was doing right to your father when I made him "pop". Then my mother began to chuckle and say "Oh how I miss the "popping" sound. Daniel and I just can't do that trick anymore. We are not a limber as we used to be" as I am now getting pretty disgusted by this conversation with our mothers when my mother says to my wife "Callie, do you ever miss the "pop"? My wife just smirks but does not answer my mother as I look at both of our mothers and say "Really mother and what makes you so sure that I do not make my wife "pop" as you so put it". My mother says in the nicest way possible "Baby girl, you just can't".

I walk from the balcony back into the house mortified at what my mother has just said to me. I grab my keys and head towards to door. Calliope runs from the balcony to say "Arizona wait" just as the door slams shut. Lucia and my mother come into the house when my mother says to my wife "Oh shit, what did I just say" as both Lucia and my wife console my mother. I drive around Seattle for hours and finally make my way to Joe's. I walk in as the place is kind of quiet with only a handful of people in the bar. I take my usual seat at the bar as Joe hands me a bottle of IBC root beer and a glass as he says "Having trouble with the misses" as I smile at him and say "No tonight…it's my mother". Joe walks away for a moment as he turns on the baseball game and says "It's the spring training between the Mariners and the Red Sox" as he smiles and walks to the back of the bar and makes a phone call. Joe tries to be slick about what he is doing but I know that he is calling my wife to let her know that I am here. He puts the ball game on to try to distract me from seeing what he is doing but after all these years coming here to his bar after a fight…usually with my wife…Joe knows me too well.

I arrive home late after everyone has gone to bed and decide that I will sleep on the sofa. I am awoken by the smell of coffee and the hearing of the children getting ready for school. I rise from the sofa as I hear Theodore whisper to Addie "I guess there was another fight or disagreement last night after we went to bed". Then I hear Addie say "You may be right there, Theodore" when I rise and say to them "No fight…no disagreement. Just got home late and did not want to wake your mami. Now why don't you two finish getting ready for school and I'll drive you both today". Theodore and Addie come and give me a hug just as Alexander appears at my feet with his hands and arms in the air saying "Hug…me too…me too". I pick him up and pepper his face with kisses then I sit him down in the chair at the table while I pour two cups of coffee and say "good morning" to my mother and my mother-in-law. I walk towards my bedroom but see that Calliope is not in our bed as I hear water running in our bathroom. Calliope has already made the bed and I see a note on my pillow as it reads "I am so sorry about last night. I love you more than you will ever know" I place one cup of coffee on her nightstand as I write on the same note "I love you too, baby. More than you will ever know".

I retreat back into the kitchen where now it is filled with both sets of parents along with our three children. I sit next to Alexander as we all begin to eat breakfast. The only conversation going on is between our children and their grandfathers when I see my mother mouth "I'm so sorry" from across the table. Once breakfast is complete and our parents are clearing the table, I walk back into our bedroom where I find my wife blow drying her hair in the bathroom. I stand in the doorway of the bathroom and marvel at the vision standing right in front of me. My wife turns to see me standing there as she turns off the blow dryer and walks towards me. She stops directly in front of me and without saying a word to one another I place my hands on her face and we kiss each other. It is a slow meaningful kiss as we both explore each other's mouth together. When we break the kiss my wife says to me "Hey there you, I love you…you know" as I smile at me wife and say "I love you too, baby". Then a soft knock sounds at our door as I say to my wife "I'll take the children to school while you finish getting ready" as I kiss my wife again showing her just how much I love her.

I make my way back into the kitchen area as I hear the blow dryer being turned back on as my father and father-in-law ask "Arizona, may Carlos and I take the children to school. I think your mother needs and wants to talk to you" I say very with trepidation in my voice "Daddy, I really do not want to talk to her right now" but then my father takes me in his massive arms as he says "Baby girl, you need to finish this today. Your mother and I are leaving this morning and I would like you and your mother to resolve this matter before we leave. I do not want either of you to miss this opportunity to clear up whatever has gotten your two all worked up. If you won't do it for her or for yourself…do it for me"? My father kisses my forehead as I say to him "Alright daddy, I will try". I tell the children to say good bye to their grandparents as they have to leave for their homes this morning. The children go into the bathroom to tell their mami goodbye as well. Then Grandpa Carlos gathers Alexander up in his arms as he helps Addie with her book bag and my father does the same with Theodore when the five of them leave our presence. I still hear the blow dryer noise coming from our bathroom when I say to my mother and Lucia "Well, I better go and get ready for work". My mother says "Please Arizona, sweetie talk to me. I am so sorry about what I said last night. I wish I could take it all back". That is when I look across the room at my mother and say "I do too, mother" and make my way to my bedroom. I am stopped suddenly by Lucia grabbing my arm as she says "Arizona, let your mother talk and please listen to her". I walk back over to the kitchen table and take a seat as I say "Go ahead mother, explain".

When my mother begins to say "Arizona, when Lucia intercepted that call yesterday from the hotel and we went to pay the bill, the hotel staff showed us the room you and your wife shared and Lucia and I were brought back to memories that flooded our minds. We paid the bill and as we were leaving we talked about how the two of us with our husbands used to have an amorous sex life when we were your ages. We discussed different ways of pleasing our men and what worked for us and what didn't. So I have to admit after having way too much wine yesterday and with Lucia's and my conversation on the subject, when we came home last night and the four of us were out on the balcony, my mind went into a whole different direction as I asked Callie about her missing the fact that she used to have sex with men. But after twenty years being with you and the children I guess I just wondered if she ever missed being with men. I know that I was out of line by asking her about this matter but I have apologized profusely to you since last night and I am apologizing again. I know that Callie loves you with all of her heart but seriously Arizona, what is the big deal? Callie is in love with you even today as it is written all over her face every time she looks at you".

I stand to face both women as I do not hear that the blow dryer is no longer running and my face becomes flushed red with anger as I say "Seriously mother, what is the big deal? Are you fucking kidding me"? Then Lucia says "Arizona, language please" as I turn to say to my mother-in-law with the utmost respect in my voice "Lucia, if you don't want to hear what I am about to say to my mother, you may leave otherwise you will be hearing more of my language". Lucia rises from her chair and makes her way out of the room. On her way to another location in the house she is accosted by my wife and is pulled into our bedroom as they both listen intensely and unbeknownst to me as I continue with my mother. Trying to hold my composure and not scream at my mother I say to her "Mother the big deal is that you, Lucia and my wife share something together that I have never and will never experience and that is having sex with a man. You come into my home…our home and have the audacity to ask my wife in front of me if she ever misses having sex with a man and you do not think that it is a big deal. Well mother it is a big deal…a very big deal. I love my wife with every fiber of my being and I know that after over twenty years of being together that she loves me too. But I would like to ask you a question. So I ask you mother, is there anything you have ever feared about your marriage or about daddy? Well I have and my biggest fear is that I am never enough for my wife. That one day she will wake up and realize that the one thing I can never…ever…give her is the one thing she craves to most. That one day she will fall head over heels in love with a man and realize I am no longer enough for her and her desires and leave me and the children. So yea mother, it is a big deal. I am going to shower and change at the hospital so tell daddy that I love him and you both have a safe flight home. Tell Lucia and Carlos goodbye for me as well. I love you mother but I just do not like you right now, goodbye". Before Barbara, Lucia or Calliope could say anything, I was out the door and away from the sight of my own mother.

Barbara walks into our bedroom where she finds my mother and I sitting on the bed in a state of shock after what we all have just heard and witnessed. She begins to say "I am so sorry, Callie. I never knew she felt that way. I never knew she had that fear. I am so sorry". I rise form the bed to place a hug around my mother-in-law as she is now crying as I whisper to her but loud enough for my own mother to hear "Neither did I Barbara…neither did I". Our father's have arrived back home as they have seen that Arizona is no longer here and that Barbara has been crying. Daniel takes his wife into the library to discuss what has transpired as my father, my mother and I take Alexander outside to give my in-laws their space. After about thirty minutes my father-in-law comes outside to say his goodbyes to us as he says "Thank you Callie for your wonderful hospitality but my wife and I are going to make our way to the airport. She is very upset at what has happened today and I want to take her home. Please tell our daughter that she can expect a call from me soon as I do not want to bother her with such drama at work. Carlos and Lucia, it is always a pleasure to see the two of you and may both of you have a safe flight back to Miami. Callie if you do not mind I would like to take Alexander inside so that he may say good bye to his grandmother". Daniel takes a hold of Alexander's hand and leads him inside when my parents say "We had better go to, mija. Maybe we can share a cab with Arizona's parents". I say to them "Please let Alexander and I take you all to the airport, please". With Daniel and my father loading the SUV with their luggage, Barbara and my mother are sitting in the rear of the SUV when I glance at them in the rear view mirror. I send my wife a text message saying that Alexander and I are taking our parents to the airport and that I will see her later. I sign the text with as many "X and O" as I can possibly fit in a text and tell her that I love her and then I sign the text with a C. About twenty seconds later I receive a text from my wife saying "Thank you for taking them to the airport and I love you too. Kiss Alexander for me and tell him I will visit him in daycare after my surgery. XOXOXOXOXO…A"

With my father sitting beside me in the front passenger seat holding my hand in his as Daniel is sitting in the middle seat next to Alexander who is in his booster seat as my mother is sitting in the rear of the SUV still consoling my mother-in-law, the ride to Sea-Tac airport is a quiet one. With the occasional sniffle from Barbara and Daniel handing her his handkerchief to wipe away her tears, Alexander is the only one keeping the conversation open with his questions about why is grandma is crying. He turns to look at his grandmother behind him as he says "Grandma, it will be alright. We will see you soon I promise. Don't cry… we will all see you and grandpa at the big festival and parade in May. You know the one where the big navy ships come home. I can't wait because I love this big Navy ships and the stories grandpa tells about them. I love you grandma" Barbara wipes her eyes and nose one final time as she says to our son "Oh Alexander, I can't wait for all of you to come down in May. We always have a wonderful time when you all visit sweetie and I love you too". Alexander and I drop our parents off at the airport departure gate as we both hug and kiss our parents as I whisper into Barbara's ear "I will talk to her and I will have her call you. I promise and I love you" as she smiles at me and tell me she loves me too.

Alexander and I make our way to the daycare when we see my wife sitting outside the daycare waiting for us. "Mama" Alexander screams as he makes a bee line to his mama. She gobbles him up in her arms as she kisses his face and says "Did you and mami take your grandparent's to the airport"? As Alexander says with his smile and dimples proudly on display "Yes ma'am, we did and Grandma Barbara was sad. She misses us already and can't wait to see us in May". My wife places a kiss on our son's lips and says "Is that so, baby boy" as he repeats himself and says "Yes Ma'am". Arizona then says politely to our son and me "Well I am glad to see you both this morning but I have to get to surgery so young man I will see you later and you…I will see you later too" while she places a very sexy kiss on my lips as she whispers in my ear "I missed you this morning". I lean my forehead against hers and say "I've missed you since last night, baby and we really need to talk about this fear you have". I kiss my wife again and she says "Not here…tonight after we put the children to bed. We will talk it out I promise but I really have to go right now and I love you" with Alex Karev situated between the two of us, I kiss my wife again we hear him say in his godfather's tone of voice "Get a room you two". My wife chuckles a bit as she kisses our son one more time as she leaves our sight and I say to our son sternly "March, young man" as I point to the daycare and take one last look at my wife as she rounds the corner to the elevators.

I drop Alexander off at daycare as I have about thirty minutes before I actually begin work. I am standing in front of the OR board as I see my wife's surgery is scheduled in OR #3. I then make my way to the gallery. There is no one else in the gallery room as I now stand at the glass partition and look down at my wife and Karev performing surgery. My wife senses my presence because she looks up at me smiling through her mask as I throw her a kiss and she raises her hand to catch the kiss. I then mouth the words "I love you" as I wave goodbye to her and she nods her head to me acknowledging that she loves me too. Karev is looking at our interaction as he says "You two amaze me. After all these years together you two are still that much in love with each other. Something to behold indeed because you two are made for each other. Always have been and always will be until death you both do part". I smile at Karev for his kind words and my fear… the fear I have been holding on to all these years just vacates my body to disappears into thin air. I know that at this very moment that my Calliope loves me with all her heart and would never leave me for another person…especially a man.

After dinner was prepared…eaten and the dinner dishes were placed in the dishwasher…the children are bathed…clothed and read a bedtime story. I tuck each one of them in when Calliope comes up to give them each a kiss goodnight. I find my wife in the library glancing over her new edition of Orthopedics Magazine when I reach for the magazine in her hands and I gently remove it and place a well deserved kiss on my wife's lips. Calliope leans her head backwards along the arm of the sofa which gives me the chance to mount her body while her legs slide down to become parallel with the sofa inviting me in to melt into her body. I bestride my wife as our mouths duel for control of the situation but I am the first one to break the kiss when my wife and I gasp for the much needed air we both seek. Calliope is the first to say "Oh baby, I absolutely love the way you kiss me. You so turn me one with just one kiss from your beautiful mouth". I smile back at my wife when I say "I entirely feel the same way about you too, my love". I place my hands…palms down…one on top of the other…on my wife's chest while I lie my head down and listen to her beating heart. Calliope begins to say "Arizona my love, I heard what you said this morning to your mother and I want to say that I love you with all of my heart and I would never consider or even think about leaving you…ever. Do you hear me Arizona…NEVER! I meant what I said at our wedding and I take our vows very seriously. Till death us do part". I raise my head and place my chin on the backs of my hands looking deep into my wife's chocolate brown eyes when I say to her "I know baby and I am so sorry for feeling like that for all these years. I guess that I've always had that reservation about you and men since the beginning of our relationship. Especially with you and Mark and then you and George…when my mother made that comment and that innuendo about the "popping" noise…I guess all those feelings came to the surface. I know that I should have talked to you about this fear years ago but I pushed it aside because I did not want to have to deal with it". I move up my wife's body when I whisper to her "I love you too with all my heart and I will love you forever". My wife takes my face in her hands as she kisses me deeply and slowly and with all the passion that the two of us have for each other for the rest of the night.