Next stop was Rome where they were staying for three nights. Callie had arranged to meet an old friend of hers from her time in the Peace Corps. Luca was from Chicago and had moved to Italy nearly 10 years ago after meeting and falling in love with an Italian he had met in a bar. Matteo was a photographer who was in Botswana on an assignment and Callie had been there the night they had first met. It literally was love at first sight for the two of them and they had spent the whole night talking. By the morning they knew that they were each other's soul mates and basically that was it. Matteo flew back to Rome and Luca finished his time in the Peace Corps. During their time apart they wrote letters to each other every day and Callie watched as they made their relationship work despite being so far apart. Luca's parents were originally from Italy, having come over to the States in the 60's. They were super religious and didn't know that Luca was gay.

Callie thought it was the most romantic thing in the world as she watched her friend fall head over heels in love with a man he hadn't even kissed.

Luca moved to Italy and had become a successful sociology academic at one of the Universities in Rome, and it was the first time they had seen each other in person for six years. Callie and Luca had face timed during the years and so he knew about all about Arizona from the first time, and had been delighted when Callie had informed him that they had rekindled their romance.

On their first day in Rome they walked all over the city up and down the Tiber taking in all the amazing sites. If London had history that excited Callie, then Rome blew her mind! Everywhere corner they turned they were greeted with 2000 year old Roman remains, beautiful architecture, fountains and piazzas where they would often stop for a coffee and a snack. If Arizona was in love with Spain, then Callie's heart belonged to Italy.

That evening they had eaten bowls of fresh pasta, drank cheap house red wine and had a nightcap in the square in the shadows of the beautiful Pantheon with the soundtrack of a busker playing a cello.

"God I honestly don't think I've been anywhere as romantic as this right now!" Callie cooed

"What even Seattle in the drizzle?" Arizona joked back "Seriously, I know what you mean…it's just stunning."

"Have you thought anymore about the London job offer?" Callie asked thinking how easy it would be to visit all these amazing cities at the drop of a hat.

"It's been at the back of my mind the whole trip" Arizona admitted "I'm really tempted Callie. What do you think? I mean…would you move to London?"

"Are you kidding me? Hell yeah!" Callie responded "We've seen nothing half as good in the States where we could be together, and Lauren's research project is so exciting…I mean… it would obviously totally depend on how you felt..I'm not going to move to London unless you are too!"

"Phew!" Arizona laughed lightly "You know I'm not a huge fan of long distance relationships…Seattle to Miami I can just about do…Seattle to London might be a bit too much!"

Callie lent in a gave her girlfriend a soft kiss on the lips "Well you don't have to worry about that! The next move we make, we make together OK?"

Arizona smiled relieved to hear that they were on the same page "OK!"

"What's on your con's list?" Callie asked knowing how Arizona liked a list when making decisions

"Well a big concern is that I'm not sure if I'm ready to move to 100% teaching just yet. I mean one of the great things about Seattle Grace is that I get to operate and teach at the same time. I'm excited at the prospect of teaching the best peds surgeons from around the world, but I would really miss the practical aspects of dealing with the patients".

"I understand that, and it's a big decision. How would you feel about living in London, leaving your friends?" Callie questioned

"I do like London, I mean the weather sucks, but it's a great city in terms of things to do, all the art galleries, restaurants, museums not to mention the shops. I've tried imagining us living here, we could get a great apartment in central town and spend the weekends exploring all that the city has to give. I'm sure we could live there for years and we would still keep on discovering new things. That excites me. I would of course miss my friends, but I'd be with you 24/7 and that…." Arizona paused as her words caught in her throat slightly…"That's all I need Calliope. You are all I need"

When Callie popped to the loo, Arizona quickly ran over to the busker and bought one of the cd's she was selling. She knew nothing about classical music, but it was so romantic that she wanted to try and take of the essence home with her.

They walked slowly back to their hotel holding each other's hand not wanting the romance of the evening to end. Rome was so beautiful at night with fairy lights and the sound of friends laughing and chatting from balconies above.

"Do you know how much I love you Arizona Robbins?" Callie asked breaking the silence

"Hmmm no idea...why don't you tell me?" She responded with a glint in her blue eyes.

Callie stopped walking and took one of Arizona's hands and placed it over her heart "I love you so much...with all my heart...you mean the world to me...and I am so lucky...so very lucky to have this second chance...to be here with you now...to be in this beautiful city with the most beautiful woman in the world.."

Arizona felt tears start to form as she absorbed Callie's words. She felt exactly the same and had to pinch herself to make sure it was all really happening.

"Calliope...I love you so much...you are my everything and...I can't imagine life now without you in it...I don't want to imagine that". words got caught in her throat from the emotion that was rushing through her body.

"You don't have to Arizona...this is it for me...I can't wait to grow old with you and have lots of hot sex around the world"

Callie pulled Arizona in for a hug Arizona turned her head and whispered "I can't even find the words to explain what you do to me...just looking at you takes my breath away..." Callie's lips forcefully found Arizona's and they were lost in the passion for a moment before their bubble was burst by two teenage boys on bikes riding past them wolf whistling at the hot women making out in the street.

Once back in the hotel they were still feeling the romantic vibe and decided to take a bubble bath where Arizona had laid on Callie's body, the two of them enjoying the closeness of their naked bodies, but resisting the urge to touch each other too much. Tonight they were going slow. Callie's hand would occasionally brush against Arizona's breast, Arizona would casually arch her back, push her hips back creating friction with Callie's sensitive spot, but they behaved.

The teasing ramped up when they were out of the bath. Callie went to her suitcase and pulled out a carrier bag "what's that?" Arizona asked suspiciously

"Just a little something I picked up in London" Callie said giving her girlfriend a mischievous smile. Arizona watched Callie slip on a robe and grab the ice bucket "you make yourself comfortable...I'll be right back" as she dimmed the lights in the room.

A few moments later Callie returned with some ice and placed the bucket by the bed as she dropped the robe on the floor and climbed onto the bed next to her naked girlfriend as she pulled a blindfold out of the back "Now Dr Robbins...are you going to be a good girl for me?"

Arizona felt a wave of desire flood between her legs.

Once the blindfold was tightly secure on the blonde, Callie had started the tease, first placing an ice cube in her mouth and then making Arizona gasp as she felt the ice hit her already erect nipples. Callie moved down Arizona's taught stomach, running the tip of the ice cube over the blondes skin before placing it on Arizona's clit, causing her girlfriend to arch her back and grab the side of the reached down and grabbed a leather tasselled wand from the bag and gently ran it over Arizona's body, flicking it slightly harder over her breasts.

She spent the next 50 minutes teasing Arizona , stopping suddenly the minute it seemed Arizona was getting near, until she begged for release. After all that teasing Arizona's orgasm had been so intense she screamed Callie's name in pleasure causing the brunette to quickly place her hand over the blondes mouth to stifle the cries of ecstasy. She had never seen Arizona that worked up before and she loved it.

They had stayed up until 3am taking turns to satisfy the other before eventually falling into a satisfied sleep. They slept in late and despite numerous orgasms the night before, or maybe because of them, Callie woke up feeling super horny. She waited patiently for Arizona to wake up before making her arousal and intentions clear. Arizona didn't need anymore encouragement as she slipped on top of Callie and positioned their legs so their still wet cores met and their hips started moving in rhythm.

They were so caught up in the moment they failed to hear the knock on the door and a soft cry of room service. When Callie had come back from getting the ice she had failed to put the do not disturb sign on the door, and the next thing they knew the door opened wide and a young Italian chambermaid walked into the room to the sight of the naked pair fucking each other.

"Excuse!..." she cried in shock as she initial froze to the spot before quickly turning and running out of the room.

"Oh my fucking god!" Arizona screamed in embarrassment "0h my god...oh my god...Callie I'm going to die..."

Callie just let out a huge laugh and pulled the blonde in for a kiss.

"We have to change hotels!" Arizona cried in a panic "we cannot stay here any more!" Arizona said mortified as being caught on top of her Latina lover.

Again Callie just laughed

"It's not funny!" Arizona said crossly before admitting defeat and joining Callie in laughing at the awkward situation.

"Did you see that poor girls face!" Callie said in between laughs

"We've probably scarred her for life!" Arizona laughed

"Are you kidding me...we've probably just become her fantasy! I mean you looked fucking hot on top of me with your head thrown back"

Arizona let out a groan as she relived the moment again "oh god...I don't think I've ever been more embarrassed in my life!" She said laughing "I was so close to coming when I saw the door burst open!"

"Well..." Callie said acknowledging the fact that Arizona was still lying naked on top of her "...she not coming back anytime soon...so we may as well finish!"

"Oh my god...Calliope I cant!" Arizona pleaded

"Really?" Callie asked raising an eyebrow as she trust her hips up making contact with Arizona's aroused clit, she knew she would win and sure enough she soon felt Arizona's hips respond and the two women picked up where they had been before the interruption.

The next night they had gone for dinner at Luca and Mattao's and the two couples spent an evening of drinking wine, eating amazing pasta and catching up.

Luca had told Callie about the fact that his mother had passed away three years ago, and that his dad had forbid him from attending the funeral. He hadn't spoken to his parents for 6 years after coming out to them and Arizona watched tears for in Callie's eyes as she listened to her friend's story.

Arizona could see Callie withdraw into her own emotions and sadness as she thought about her dad. It wasn't right that he didn't want to see her just because she was in love with a woman. Arizona thought back to the first time she had met Callie's dad and then when he had returned with a priest. It mad her realise how lucky she had been to have been able to come out to her parents and have their total support. It killed her listening to Luca's story and seeing Callie so sad. Religion, Arizona thought, has a lot to answer for.

—-

Their holiday had sadly come to end and Callie couldn't believe how calm Arizona was behaving as they sat in the taxi on the way to the airport. Callie was devastated at the thought of being apart having had the best three weeks together, but Arizona seemed fine about it.

Callie's mind started working overtime…maybe Arizona had had enough of her…maybe she was pleased to be going back to Seattle? Callie had been in tears in the taxi and Arizona had remained in control and said that they would be together again soon.

Once at the airport they found the check in desk for Callie's flight to Miami which was leaving a couple of hours before the Seattle one and Arizona followed Callie to the desk. Callie handed her passport and then so did Arizona.

Callie turned and looked at her girlfriend confused. She didn't have a chance to ask what was going on before the guy working at the check in desk started speaking

"Good afternoon Ms Torres and Ms Robbins so you're checking in for the Delta flight to Miami?"

"That's correct" Arizona replied as she smiled at a speechless Callie who's jaw had dropped open.

"Great so I have you in business class seats 13a and 13b"

Again Arizona smiled at her confused girlfriend. They checked their bags in and once they had their boarding passes Callie finally found the words to speak "Arizona I don't understand..."

Arizona smiled back at the confused brunette "Well there has been a change of plan. I protect the things I love…. and I wasn't there for you when you lost your mum and Aria, but I'm here now. I can't stand back and watch you be so upset without doing something...without trying. I'm going to speak to your father and remind him that life is too short to spend it without you in it."

Thank you for reading this story, and for the reviews. Next chapter is the final one in my little alternative Calzona story. Stay safe everyone in this crazy time.