Chapter Thirteen

Arizona

It was two o'clock in the morning on Monday morning and Arizona was once again hiding with Amelia as the flashlight scanned the windows from outside for the second time. This time they had snuck into the mess hall to fill it with the pictures of Tim that their mother had emailed her and someone was doing midnight rounds. The two had formulated a plan and had printed off and copied the pictures on Sunday morning before Arizona's soccer game and hid them in Teddy's dresser until later that evening. They had each used a month's worth of their allotted prints and copies but it was well worth it as Arizona looked around to see her brother's chubby face and naked toddler body plastered around the hall. Her mom had, without question, sent her every naked baby picture she had of her brother which was an alarming number Arizona realized. Though she was sixteen months younger and didn't remember most of Tim's toddler years, it really didn't surprise her; her mother had told her stories about how he was such an exhibitionist that she was terrified to send him to kindergarten for fear he would strip and she'd get called to pick him up because he had streaked across the building. He had made it through a full week of school before she had gotten that exact call. So, this was to lull her brother into a false sense of security until she and Amelia could formulate a true and feasible revenge plan.

"It's only fitting that his birthday will be celebrated with a hundred pictures of him in his birthday suit." Arizona giggled.

"Yea and some not so flattering pictures of birthdays past." Amelia said as she held up a picture of Tim with Nick next to him. Both of them were gangly and in that awkward stage where they had barely grown facial hair but they thought they were cool. Arizona recognized it as Tim's fifteenth birthday. Nick's mustache was admittedly more impressive with his dark hair. Tim's was nothing more than peach fuzz but she remembered how proud of it he had been.

"Yea, I didn't even ask mom for his yearly birthday pictures but these are great! She took a thousand pictures of us normally but on our birthdays it was ten times worse. I guess that's what happens when your mother is a photographer."

The two were standing back admiring their handy work when a flashlight beam flashed across the window for a third time and the two ducked and crouched behind the counter. Arizona held her breath as the flashlight beam left the window and started getting further away.

"Oh, thank God. If we had gotten caught doing this then Tim would win again." Amelia sighed in relief.

"Come on, our work here is done, let's not press our luck." Arizona whispered.

The next morning as Arizona entered the mess hall with Callie, hand in hand, she couldn't help but snicker at the work she and Amelia had done just a few hours ago. She had earned herself a grumpy morning from Callie as she had rushed her to the mess hall ten minutes earlier than they normally left so she could be among the first people to enter the hall. It looked even better in daylight as she caught a glimpse of a picture of Tim passionately kissing a poster of Alyssa Milano on his thirteenth birthday, one of the rare pictures she had taken instead of their mother.

"When did you guys do all this?" Callie asked in awe as she looked around at literally hundreds of pictures of Tim. She noted that they were the same twenty to thirty pictures copied and plastered everywhere. Even the table tops were covered in photos of Tim and a banner made of construction paper hung in the room that read 'Happy Birthday Suit Day, Timothy'.

"We may have snuck out around midnight and snuck back in around two." Arizona whispered.

"Naughty girl, am I going to have to punish you?" Callie asked as she and Arizona shared a heated look but before Arizona could respond, Tim entered the mess hall and everyone started cheering as he looked around. Callie noted the blush that appeared over his own pale cheeks as his eyes darted around the room.

"Happy Birthday, Robbins." Owen said as he clapped him on the back.

"Thanks, Hunt." Tim replied before he quickly grabbed his tray and found a seat. Arizona giggled as Tim noticed the table covered with his face and they heard him say, "Jesus."

"Arizona, I didn't know you had it in you. I think you seriously embarrassed your brother." Callie smiled widely.

"My mom really came through," Arizona smiled back, "She always had her camera out and was not shy about taking humiliating pictures. She even has some of Teddy and Nick."

"How old is your brother anyway?" Callie asked.

"He's twenty-nine today. And now the countdown to thirty begins. I can't wait to terrorize him with that."

"He's a month older than me."

"Wait, your birthday is next month?"

"Mmmhmm."

"What day?"

"Guess."

"Hmmm the twenty-fourth." Callie shook her head no. "Seventeenth?" Again, Callie shook her head no. "Twenty-seventh."

"Close, the twenty-eighth." Callie replied.

"We are going to be in Spain on your birthday! I'm really glad it isn't the twenty-fourth by the way. We will be flying out on the twenty-fourth and flying back on October 3rd."

"I can't think of a better way to spend my birthday." Callie smiled.

"So, you will be twenty-nine?" Arizona asked.

"Yes. When is your birthday?"

"Guess." Arizona teased.

"Hmmm, I need a hint at least. You got one with me."

"Well, I haven't had a birthday this year yet." Arizona replied.

"Let's see. I'm going to go with.. October eleventh."

"Nope."

"Am I even in the right month?"

"Nope."

"September fourth." Arizona shook her head no, "November fifteenth."

"Nope."

"Ok, I give up, just tell me."

"You weren't even close. December fourth."

"And you'll be twenty-eight?"

"Yep. I was supposed to be born on Christmas Eve but I was impatient apparently and made an early and unexpected appearance. My dad made it to the hospital barely a minute before I was born."Arizona recounted the story just how she had heard at least fifty times in her life.

"I feel like a cradle robber. You are the first person I've dated that's been younger than me."

"By barely a year." Arizona replied with a shrug.

"A year and three months."

"Your birthday is closer to October fourth than September fourth so a year and two and a half months." Arizona argued then added with a wink, "Besides, I like older women."

"Do you now?"

"Mmmm, I find them wiser, more experienced, and sexier." Arizona replied with a dimpled smile which caused Callie to flash her breathtaking smile that had Arizona hooked.

"Well played, sis, well played." their moment was once again interrupted by Tim who came and squeezed between them, placing an arm over each of their shoulders and placing a slobbery kiss on each of their cheeks.

"Ugh, dog germs, get your mouth off my girlfriend, Timothy."

"Happy birthday, Tim." Callie smiled at the siblings. She pecked Tim on the cheek in return as she winked at Arizona.

"Now, that's more like it." Tim said with his own dimpled smile. Arizona rolled her eyes and kissed her brother on the cheek mimicking Callie with a, "Happy birthday, bro."

"I like what you've done with the place."

"No idea what you're talking about."

"Oh, well, Callie, has Arizona ever told you about the time that she got board games banned from our house because she's such a competitive freak that she couldn't handle losing?"

"No, I don't think she's mentioned that."

"What are you doing, Tim?" Arizona asked, her cheeks flushed red with embarrassment and her eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"Yes, the entire summer we were banned from playing board games because that particular summer we were all stationed together, in Michigan, I think it was. We were at the lake on vacation, it was just our moms and us kids, all six of us. Arizona always, always, always won the game clue but this time, Teddy beat her and won. Arizona was so mad that she jumped up, tipping her chair over, and called Teddy a "dirty, cheating whore" before she threw the tiny clue knife at her. What were you, eight?"

"Seven. And she was a dirty, cheating whore, she only knew the room because of me. I got my mouth washed out with soap for that one. But I heard it from Nick's dad, I didn't tell my mom that though when she asked where I heard such language."

Callie couldn't help but burst into laughter at the cocky smirk on Arizona's face as she pictured her as a little blonde hair, blue eyed seven year old shouting "dirty cheating whore" to a ten year old Teddy. For some reason it was entirely too easy for Callie to picture. "I bet you were a handful as a little girl."

"Oh I was." "She was." Arizona and Tim answered simultaneously while Callie continued her laughter.

"I have about fifty more stories just like that one, Cal. We ride to and from the hospital four days a week together. That's eight times a week that I will give me plenty of time to tell you embarrassing stories about my sister. I'm sure my mom has a few too. I'll be talking to her tonight with Arizona and my dad for my birthday. I'm sure my mom would love to get to know Arizona's new girlfriend, especially since she's never really done the girlfriend thing before." Tim said in a sugary sweet voice.

"Hey, you leave Calliope out of this. Don't subject her to mom just yet."

"Hey, I can take it. Moms love me. Plus, I would love to hear more stories about Arizona as a tiny little terror troublemaker."

"No, nope, this is not happening. Tim, you keep your stories to yourself and Callie, don't believe anything he tells you. I don't like you two being all chummy."

"Don't you want your family to welcome your new girlfriend, sis?" Tim asked, trying to make his face appear innocent.

"Of course, but I also know you and you're more likely to run her off with your dumb exaggerated stories than make her feel welcome. And I haven't told mom and dad yet so don't you dare. I will tell them, if they hear it from you first, I'll never hear the end of it."

"Well, as much as I am enjoying this playful, sibling banter, we have to go, Tim, the truck leaves in five minutes." Callie said, looking at her watch. Then she turned to Arizona and hugged her. She placed a peck on her cheek close to her ear as she whispered, "And I'll see you later. Don't go calling Teddy a whore while I'm gone."

"Haha, so funny. See you two later." Arizona said, then added as the two got up to leave with mischievous looking grins on their faces, "And no sitting together, I want at least two people between you two!"

Callie raised her hand up in a dismissive wave as they walked away in response and Arizona suddenly knew that Callie was going to come back tonight with all sorts of stories about her childhood. This was so not good. Stories about her childhood were mostly not flattering ones and consisted of her as a wild child and a nerdy teen.

"Hey, I suppose you and Amelia are responsible for the decor." Teddy giggled as she approached Arizona.

"Yes and I think Tim is currently telling Callie every embarrassing story from my childhood that he can think of." Arizona replied with a pout. As a few of those memories flashed through Teddy's mind she laughed out loud.

"Well, at least you were charming and colorful." Teddy replied, "Come on, time to get to work."

"He told her about the time that I called you a dirty, cheating whore."

"Ahaha, that was a good one. Your mom, I've never seen her more embarrassed."

"Well, you did cheat."

"I did no such thing!"

"Theodora Eleanor Altman, you most certainly did. You saw me give Andi the room card and that's the only reason you figured it out."

"There's no rules about little sisters not being able to be discreet."

"I'm going to get a rematch one of these days!"

"Keep dreaming." Teddy laughed, "Oh, I hope Tim doesn't tell Callie about the Cindy Crawford phase."

At this, Arizona stopped short and looked panicked but then she shrugged her shoulders and said, "She already knows about the Hustlers, it's not really any worse than that."

Then they looked at each other as a memory popped across both of their faces, "The sandbox," they said together, Teddy with slight amusement and Arizona in complete dread.

The medic tent was busier than usual as an alarming number of soldiers and even a few of the doctors seemed to have come down with a stomach bug and Arizona spent most of her day hanging bags of fluids and supplying anti-nausea medications. By the time Tim and Callie returned to base and Arizona had showered, it was time for their skype date with their parents. She joined Tim in the conference center where they sat in front of the screen as Skype was connecting with their parents.

"So, what all did you tell Callie today?"

"That's for me to know and you to not find out." Tim said as he stuck his tongue out. Arizona mimicked him with her own tongue hanging out followed by a quick flip of the bird which was unfortunate as that was the time their parent's skype decided to connect.

"Arizona Monroe Robbins." she jumped as her mother's scolding voice sounded from the computer.

"Hi mom." Arizona groaned. Then she smiled and said, "Hi dad."

"Hiya squirt. Tim, what did you do to your sister this time?" Daniel asked, knowing full well that Arizona was not innocent but still enjoying razzing his son a bit.

"Dad, I am completely innocent here, she just is worried that I'm telling Callie all her dark, dirty secrets."

"Callie?" the name got both of the older Robbin's attention as Barbara repeated the name with an intrigued look. Tim mouthed an 'I'm sorry' out of the view of the camera while Arizona fixed him with a glare before she turned to the camera with a full dimpled smile.

"Callie is a friend of ours, another doctor here." Arizona explained.

"Just a friend?" Daniel asked as he wiggled his eyebrows.

"No, she's more than a friend," Arizona admitted, deciding she should just rip the band-aid off, "She's my girlfriend."

"Girlfriend!" Barbara exclaimed as she clapped her hands together. "Did you hear that, Daniel, our Arizona finally has a girlfriend."

"It's about time, I was starting to worry she might end up an ole spinster." Daniel teased as Arizona rolled her eyes and whispered "Oh Christ" under her breath before her dad asked, "Well, where is she?"

"She's probably playing pool or with her friends or maybe talking to her own parents. We called because it's my wonderful older brother's birthday, remember?"

"Yes, of course. Happy birthday, Timmy." Barbara replied with a big, dimpled smile. Both of her children had inherited her dimples. Arizona had also inherited her brilliant blue eyes and perky personality where Tim had Daniel's darker blue eyes and more reserved personality. They had both, however, inherited their dad's competitive nature.

"Your mom, squirt, and I have something to show you." Daniel said and Arizona had to look down to avoid motion sickness as Daniel picked up the computer and walked with it, jumbling it all over the place.

"Close your eyes, Timmy." they could hear Barbara say from somewhere off screen.

Arizona looked up to see Tim peeking through squinted eyes so she reached a hand out to cover his eyes and shouted, "His eyes are closed."

"Ok, you ready squirt?"

"Yea, dad."

"One, two, three, open your eyes, son." Daniel shouted excitedly and Arizona removed her hand.

"What? How? How did you guys do this?" Tim asked as he looked at the very beat up and run down looking car of his dreams. "Is that a 1957 ford thunderbird?"

"Yep and when you get back in May, we're going to fix it up together. I already have the kit." Daniel replied.

"But how?" Tim asked.

"Arizona found it online and we split the cost three ways." Barbara replied.

"We're proud of you bro and you've talked about this car forever." Arizona replied, emphasizing the last word in her sentence like a teenager. Then in true little sister fashion, she added, "Plus you'll be nearly thirty by then so you'll need some way to attract chicks."

"Wow, I don't even know what to say. Just, thank you. Thank you." Tim replied as he hooked his arm around Arizona's neck and kissed the crown of her head.

"Ugh get off me. Is that a tear I see Tammy?" Arizona teased but she was happy that her brother was so happy with his gift. He was her hero and she couldn't be more proud of him.

"Stop picking on your brother." Barbara scolded but she had a smile on her face, "Do you like your present, Tim?"

"I love it." Tim replied with a giant smile.

"Now, tell us about Arizona's girlfriend." Barbara replied with the same mischievous smile as her two children as she leaned in closer to the screen and Daniel nodded beside her in agreeance.

The next morning Arizona woke in her bunk to a groaning from somewhere and it wasn't the good kind. She sat up in bed, noting she was alone and it was still dark outside. As her eyes adjusted to the darkness she took in her surroundings and noted that Callie was sitting up in bed and something seemed off.

"Callie?" Arizona whispered but the brunette didn't respond. Making a quick decision, Arizona climbed to the end of her bed, descended three steps, and hopped to the floor before she took the few steps to Callie's set of bunks and climbed her ladder so that she was now standing at the end of Callie's bed facing her.

"Callie." She called again and this time Callie looked up at her. Arizona's heart rate increased as she took in the gray looking skin and the hair plastered to her sweaty body. "Are you ok?"

"I'm not feeling well." Callie croaked with a gravelly voice.

"Come on, let's go to the bathroom so I can take a look at you." Arizona whispered, not wanting to wake anyone up. Callie complied and Arizona helped her down the ladder and to the bathroom. Her worry increased as she took in Callie's appearance in the light. Before she could comment, Callie suddenly looked shocked and ran for a stall where Arizona heard her empty the contents of her stomach. She went to her side immediately, pulling back her damp hair and rubbing her soaked shirt. She noted her body felt much too hot, "Oh Callie, it's ok, I've got you."

Arizona got up to grab some towels and a cup of water for Callie to wash her mouth out when she noticed Meredith and Cristina both asleep on one of the benches in the bathroom and Lexie in another bathroom stall leaning against her own toilet bowl. It seemed that the soldiers weren't the only ones catching whatever this bug was. Knowing she needed to get them to the medic tent, Arizona knelt beside Callie and whispered, "I'll be right back babe. I need to get you guys to the medic tent. I'm going to get some help, I'll be right back."

She hated to leave Callie, if even for a minute but she kissed her forehead then went to check on the other three quickly before she ran through the hall to the barracks to wake Bailey. "Miranda, Miranda, wake up."

"Ugh what is it Mary Robbins?" Bailey groaned. She had come up with this nickname for Arizona on their first day together after the fairy dust in the IV bags speech she had given. Which Arizona had found equally amusing and insulting. "God, you're perky even in the middle of the night."

"Bailey, Callie is really sick. So are Meredith, Cristina, and Lexie. They're all in the bathroom, I left them to get help, I can't get them all to the medic tent alone." Arizona said. Miranda was now fully awake as she climbed out of her own bunk and flipped on the lights. A collective groan could be heard by those woken by the sudden brightness.

"Is anyone feeling ill?" Bailey asked. Arizona noted three hands shooting up and her worries increased as both April and Amelia raised their hands along with Leah. "Edwards, Wilson, Hunt...help those three to the Medic tent. Maggie, Eliza, Izzy, come with Dr. Robbins and I to the bathroom to help get the other four to the medic tent."

They returned to the bathroom. Maggie and Izzy went straight to the benches to help Cristina and Meredith get up while Bailey went to Lexie and Arizona was immediately at Callie's side. "Honey, can you walk?"

"Think so." Callie slurred as she attempted to stand. It took several tries and Arizona holding most of Callie's weight but she got her standing and was surprised to see Eliza standing there waiting for them just outside the stall. Eliza placed her arm around Callie's waist on the other side and they started the slow walk to the medic tent, the two women supporting nearly all of Callie's weight.

"Thank you, Eliza." Arizona whispered as they sat Callie down on the edge of the hospital bed and Eliza helped Arizona lay her down gently.

"I'm going to go help get IV's started but I'll bring you supplies for Callie first. Sounds like half of the guys are ill too." Eliza replied. As Arizona looked around she noted the medic tent beds were full and 80% of them were surgeons.

"Doesn't look like any of us are going to the hospital today, we will probably be in quarantine for a few days." Arizona responded. Eliza nodded and then left to get Arizona an IV kit and fluids for Callie. Arizona focused on getting Callie's vital signs. She sighed as the thermometer beeped reading a fever of 103.1. She grabbed a cool wash cloth and some ice packs, shoving them under Callie's armpits and under her neck to cool her off while she cleaned the damp hair from her face with the cool washcloth. She had never felt such concern wash over her and she stroked Callie's hair softly and whispered, "You're going to be ok, Calliope."

Eliza returned a few moments later with the supplies Arizona needed to get Callie hydrated. "Can you do this?"

"Of course I can." Arizona replied.

"I know you're capable but it's Callie. Do you want me to do it?" Eliza asked.

"No, I can start an IV on her, it's not surgery." Arizona replied with a bit of a bite. Maybe it was because it was Eliza or maybe it was because she was right. Despite it being a simple IV insertion, Arizona found herself feeling shaky at the thought of piercing Callie's normally beautiful, glowy skin with a needle. She sighed with relief though as she saw blood return and easily guided the catheter into place. Callie didn't flinch through the whole process which only made Arizona's concerns grow. She pushed a vial of anti-nausea medication before she hooked Callie up to the banana bag. She really wished they had IV Tylenol with them but at $1000 a vial, she knew they wouldn't have any so she searched for oral. Once Callie had oral Tylenol and IV fluids running, Arizona had done all she could do for her. There was nothing left to do but sit by her bed and worry and wait.

At some point, Arizona fell asleep with her head resting on Callie's bed. She woke to a gentle stroking of her hair and lifted her head up to see big brown eyes looking at her. "Callie? How are you feeling?"

"Like I got hit by a truck. My head hurts and I'm nauseated." Callie replied. Arizona looked at her watch, she had been out for a little over two hours. She grabbed the thermometer to recheck Callie's temperature, 101.4. Better but still not great and it didn't do anything to dissuade her worry. She rummaged through the medicine kit again and pulled out some Motrin, handing it to Callie which she took without protest.

"Lay back down and close your eyes." Arizona said, stroking her hair and humming a lullaby that her mom used to sing when she or Tim were sick. Callie's eyes closed immediately and within a few minutes her breathing evened out and she was asleep.

Arizona stood and stretched her neck and shoulders that were currently protesting movement after the way she had fallen asleep. She looked around at the med and was surprised to see Teddy and Nick both in beds next to each other just a few beds down from Callie's. She looked at Callie's sleeping form and kissed her on the head before she made her way over to Nick and Teddy.

"Hey, how are you two feeling?" Arizona asked gently. She felt both of their heads and checked both of their temperatures. Both had fevers much like Callie so she checked their charts to see which medications had been given to them. Seeing that they were being properly treated, Arizona let out a sigh of relief.

"I feel awful." Nick whined.

"You look awful too." Teddy joked though she looked like she was feeling awful too.

"You two get some sleep. I'm going to go check on April and Amelia. I love you." Arizona said before she kissed each of their foreheads before she left in search of April and Amelia. She spotted April's red hair across the room and a few beds from Teddy and Nick. She repeated the same process as she had with Nick and Teddy before she kissed April's sleeping head and left in search of Amelia. Amelia was asleep in the last bed at the end of the medic tent. Satisfied with her chart, Arizona cleaned the hair from Amelia's face and kissed her forehead when she heard a clicking sound from across the tent. She looked up to see that Erica Hahn was in the bed across from Amelia's but she seemed to be asleep as well.

"You feel better soon, Amelia, I'll come check on you in a while." Arizona whispered. Feeling satisfied that all of her friends were being treated as well as they could be, she made her way back to her sick and sleeping girlfriend.

"Where did you go?" Callie asked as Arizona sat back down in the chair beside Callie's bed.

"Teddy, Nick, Amelia, and April are all sick too. Actually a lot of people are sick. I wanted to go check on everyone to make sure they were ok while you were sleeping. I'm sorry, I thought you would be asleep the whole time I was gone and not even miss me." Arizona said, brushing her lips over Callie's check gently.

"Don't kiss me, stay back, everyone is sick, we're all contagious." Callie said, sounding slightly panicked.

"I think it's too late, we've all been exposed. If I'm going to get sick, it's going to happen no matter what I do."

"Did you see Addie or Mark? Is Tim sick?"

"I didn't see Tim in a bed, I'm sure he's working, he's not a doctor and they probably are trying to keep the military staff away from this tent. Addie and Mark are helping with all of the patients. Neither of them appear to be sick." Arizona assured.

"Good." Callie said with a smile before she drifted off to sleep again.

Arizona spent the next 24 hours dozing at Callie's bedside and making rounds on all of her friends which halfway through the day included Mark. Tim had brought her lunch and that was the only time she had wandered out of the medic tent besides a few bathroom breaks.

"You need to come eat a real meal and get some sleep in a real bed." a voice jarred Arizona from her fitful sleep.

"Hmmm?" she responded as she lifted her head to see Addie standing there with the early morning sun shining through the tent.

"Listen to Addie." Callie said, her voice sounding slightly stronger than it had in two days. Arizona's head popped up, fully alert at the sound of Callie's voice.

"How are you feeling?" Arizona asked.

"Better than I was but still sick. But you need to listen to Addie. How long have you been here?"

"She hasn't left the tent once unless it's been for the bathroom and she had one five minute meal that consisted of a sandwich and a bottle of water yesterday afternoon with Tim." Addie replied for Arizona.

"Go, now. My fever is gone and I am much better. You're going to get sick too if you don't take care of yourself." Callie said sternly.

"I'm fine." Arizona argued but even sick and in bed, Callie could pull off a glare that said not to mess with her. That coupled with Addie standing above her, arms crossed, with her own deadly glare and Arizona gave up the fight. "Ok, but I won't be gone long."

"Addie, make sure she eats a real meal and sleeps in a real bed for at least three hours. I don't want to see you back here until after lunch." Callie said.

"What? No, lunch is in five hours, I don't want to be gone that long."

"Breakfast, three hour nap, shower, and lunch or don't come back to visit because I will be very upset and it will make my recovery be slower if I'm stressed and upset."

"You play dirty, Torres."

"Beat it Robbins. I know I'm irresistible but there's nothing interesting here. I'm going to sleep the whole time you're gone anyway."

"Get some rest. Send someone to get me if you need anything. Promise?"

"I won't need anything but I promise." Callie replied, knowing Arizona wouldn't leave if she didn't promise.

"See you after lunch." Arizona promised as she kissed Callie on the lips quickly before she could protest.

Arizona shared breakfast with Addie, the two chatted with the conversation flowing freely as the two ate. Addie filled Arizona in on some of her, Callie, and Mark's time in New York together and Arizona was drowning for information on the Latina but with a full belly, the exhaustion started to take over. Addie quickly noticed the changes in Arizona's attention and promptly walked her back to the barracks where she all but tucked her into bed. Arizona set her alarm and drifted off to sleep within moments.

As predicted, the base was placed on quarantine for three days, meaning that no one was going to the hospital for the entire week. Arizona was one of the few doctors who did not fall ill and Callie was one of the last to recover despite being one of the first to fall ill. On Saturday, Arizona was scheduled to go to the village with her group but because of the quarantine and people still recovering, it was cancelled. Callie had returned from the medic tent the night before so Saturday found Arizona and Callie tucked up in Callie's bunk with Callie dozing on and off while she sprawled across her bed and Arizona while Arizona watched disney movies. She hadn't had so much time off in a long time and it had felt nice and domestic, despite the location as she took care of a sick Callie.

Callie, as it turned out, was a compliant patient. She rested, she took her medications, and she even allowed Arizona to administer an extra banana bag before removing her IV the day before. She had recovered well, all symptoms having resolved but she remained exhausted. What she had discovered about Callie was that though she was compliant, she was a clingy patient. She always wanted Arizona nearby and the normal cuddling or just needing to be touching increased tenfold. Arizona seriously didn't mind the cuddling though as she looked down and smiled at a sleeping Callie. Her head was resting on Arizona's stomach, an arm flung over her hips, gripping her tightly, her lips slightly parted as a soft snore escaped her. Arizona smiled and ran her fingers through Callie's silky hair. She had been holding back three words since the night Callie had first fallen ill and she frowned slightly at the thought. The only person she had ever told she had loved romantically was Andi and she had loved Andi for most of her life as a friend prior to that. She had loved Joanne but she had never been in love with her, nor had she ever voiced her affection to her as Joanne was not an overly affectionate person. But Callie, Callie made it so easy to love her that she hadn't even recognized it was happening and now she was terrified of that knowledge. They hadn't even been together on a physical level yet and they had known each other all of six weeks and she was already falling fast and hard. That realization was almost enough to almost send her into a panic but the thing that kept her grounded, oddly enough, was the same form sprawled across her that was the cause of her panic.

"What am I gonna do?" Arizona asked herself aloud. She knew it was far too soon to be feeling this way, let alone to be saying it.

"About what?" Callie asked quietly, Arizona had thought she was sleeping but she must have been lost in her own thoughts much longer than she had thought as she noticed the credits rolling on their third disney movie of the day.

"Nothing, sweets, just thinking out loud. I'm sorry I woke you? How are you feeling?"

"You were thinking awfully loud." Callie commented as Arizona continued to absentmindedly stroke her hair.

"Sorry, I've just been worried about you. I'm glad you're feeling better."

"I'm sorry I worried you but I am feeling much better." Callie assured her as she lifted her head and repositioned herself so they were now sitting in a reclined position, side by side so she could see Arizona better.

"That was some bug that went through here. I'm glad everyone is doing so much better."

"I can't believe you didn't get sick. You helped take care of me plus Teddy, Nick, April, Amelia, and even Mark."

"Tim and I rarely get sick, must be a genetically good immune system or something because I've never seen my dad ill and I only remember my mom being sick one time."

"How was your talk with your parents the other night by the way? I never got the chance to ask."

"They're good, really good. Tim spilled the beans but I planned on telling them about you anyway. My mom wants to skype with us at some point but I told her we are still new and it might be too soon for that."

"Do you want me to?"

"Yes but only if you want to, there's no rush, really. I think maybe I should make sure you're completely hooked before I subject you to the rest of my family, especially my mom. She might have a little trouble with boundaries." Arizona said with an eye roll.

"Arizona, I would love to skype with your mom and I'm happy she knows about me." Callie smiled and pecked Arizona on the lips before she laid her head back down on her shoulder. "Can we watch something other than a disney movie now?"

"What? Calliope Torres, you have fallen asleep during every single movie, therefore you forfeit the right to complain about my movie choices or the right to pick a movie."

"I promise I will stay awake if it's not another disney movie."

"Fine but no horror movies."

"How about a compromise, we can watch something action filled or suspenseful but not scary and something with no princesses." Callie suggested.

"What do you have in mind?"

"How about Pirates of the Caribbean?" Callie suggested.

"You do know that is disney, right?"

"I told you we could compromise." Callie smiled.

"Pirates of the Caribbean it is. I could get on board with some Kiera Knightly."

"I'm more of a Johnny Depp fan myself."

"Gross." Arizona groaned, causing Callie to giggle. "Turn it on weirdo."

By Sunday, order had been mostly restored on base and the quarantine had ended and for Arizona and Callie that meant Salsa lessons and date night. Life for the surgeons would go back to normal which meant that everyone would be returning to the hospital in the morning, including Arizona's group, who would normally man the medic tent on Mondays. With all the surgeons having been away from the hospital for the whole week, it was going to be all hands on deck and later nights for the week.

"Your Salsa dancing is getting really good." Callie complimented as Arizona made it through an entire salsa dance with Callie.

"I have the best teacher." Arizona grinned.

"Let's go for a walk." Callie suggested. She had been down for five days and she was feeling the cabin fever. It was a beautiful September night and she wanted to enjoy it with Arizona.

"Are you feeling up to it?"

"Yes, we cut the Salsa dancing down to an hour only tonight, I can handle a leisurely stroll." Callie assured her, though Arizona worrying about her did give her warm feelings if she was being completely honest.

The pair walked hand in hand around the perimeter of the base in silence for a while, each lost in their own thoughts. It was comforting and peaceful for both women. Callie was the first to break the silence, as usual. "I just realized this is Labor day weekend. My family will be having a huge party tomorrow."

"I completely forgot that it's this weekend. What kind of things will your family be doing?" Arizona asked. The brunette didn't often freely offer up information about her family and Arizona was genuinely curious what her family was like.

"Well they would all be in Miami. My sister, Aria and my cousins Anna, Mario, Eduardo, and Juan will probably be out on one of the yachts with some of their friends. And my Aunts, Uncles, grandmother, parents, and their friends will probably be dressed to the nines and standing around telling family stories and sharing recipes while the cooks make a fiest with a combination of Cuban, Mexican, and Italian cuisine. Odd combination, I know but both of my parents are Cuban and my Aunt Mariana's husband is Mexican so some of my cousins are half Mexican, and the woman who raised my Mami after her mother died when she was two is Italian so my mom's half sister is also half Italian. My parents like to make sure there's something for everyone which means that even though my mom will protest and swear it will never happen again, there will inevitably be hamburgers, hotdogs, and potato salad as well at my sister's insistence for her and her American friends. My sister's words, not mine." Callie explained with a smile as she thought about the chaos that would surround such a family gathering.

"That sounds like a fun time. Your family has yachts as in plural? And cooks?" Arizona asked with no judgement, just genuine curiosity and slight surprise.

"Yes, I, my family is wealthy. My Grandfather, Diego and his brother, Dante immigrated to the US as teenagers alone. They ended up in Miami living on the streets but they worked hard and had multiple businesses from food trucks to a motel that lead to a chain of motels which lead to their first hotel purchase and then my father joined when he was old enough and built on that, creating a franchise of hotels. My family's last name is Torres, as in Torres Enterprises, as in the Torres Tavern hotel chain across the U.S. and now parts of Europe thanks to my sister, Aria. She just opened one in England and a second one in Paris. There will be a third opening up in Spain next year." Callie explained.

"Wow." Arizona replied, trying to wrap her head around the fact that her girlfriend's family were millionaires, possibly even billionaires and Callie truly was an heiress.

"You had no idea?" Callie asked, slightly surprised. Arizona shook her head no in confirmation, "You never googled me?"

"No, I like a bit of mystery. I heard rumors but I figured if there was anything to tell, you would tell me when you were ready."

"Are you ok with all of this?" Callie asked.

"Honestly, it's a bit intimidating thinking that your family has so much money and might have high expectations but no, you're still the same person you were before I knew all of that. And to be honest, I admire you more. You are humble, kind, smart, beautiful, and protective and coming from money could have changed those qualities in you but it didn't."

"Have I told you lately that you're perfect?"

"Mmmm not in a while." Arizona replied with a smile as Callie stopped and kissed her. They were now nearing the shed where they had their first date and though it was dark, they decided to sit on the floor of the shed for a few moments and star gaze before heading back.

"So what will the Robbins family be doing tomorrow?"

"Well, there's one of two things we do on long, holiday weekends. Sometimes we join the block party near my parent's house that all the neighbors throw. My parents live outside of Boston and all of their neighbors block off a side street on the holidays and it's kind of like a neighborhood barbeque potluck party. Everyone makes their favorite dish, gets together, eats, drinks, sets off illegal fireworks. The kids run through sprinklers and sometimes the neighbors that have pools will open their yards for people to have a quick swim. It's fun and slightly dangerous." Arizona said with a smile.

"Sounds amazing. " Callie smiled, picturing it in her head, "And the other thing your family does?"

"Well, my parents are high school sweethearts. My grandfathers own farms in Missouri right next to each other. So we go to my grandparent's homes, my uncle Doug owns my dad's parents farm now since they both passed away but my mom's parents are still living and in their home. Anyway, both families get together on the two properties and have a giant barbeque and we swim in the pond and have a giant bonfire and play football or soccer or red rover. My parents are both twins, did I ever tell you that?"

"No, they're seriously both twins?" Callie asked.

"Yes, my dad is an identical twin, his brother, Darryl has a set of identical twin boys as well. And my mom's twin brother, Barrett, is married to my uncle Lance, they don't have any kids."

"Sounds like a big family."

"It is. My dad has three brothers and I have six cousins on that side, all boys. And my mom has two brothers and I have four cousins on that side, my Uncle Tim had four boys, two sets of twins, one identical set, one fraternal set."

"So many boys and twins." Callie gasped.

"Yep, I am the only girl, and the second youngest. My cousin, Dane, is six months younger."

"So your brother is named after your Uncle Tim?"

"Yes, he died just after the second set of twins were born and my mom was pregnant with him. A drunk driver hit him on his way home from work. He had four little boys, the older two twins were three, I think and Jesse and Joey were maybe six months old. They aren't too much older than Tim."

"That's really sad."

"It is. But my Aunt Joan got remarried eventually and they had a daughter, Kelly. She's eight years younger than me so even though I finally had a girl cousin of sorts, the age difference really prevented us from being close. I guess that's how I ended up such a tomboy."

"So are we doomed to have boys and twins?" Callie asked without thinking about what she was saying or implying. It was just a thought that had been circulating in her head since she had heard about the five sets of twins in Arizona's immediate family.

Arizona froze for a moment, not knowing how to answer. On one hand, she had been thinking the same exact thing but on the other she didn't want to give Callie false hope about where she stood with having children. The thought still terrified her and she enjoyed being young and being able to go to Spain on a whim, maybe someday that would change for her though because imagining Callie with a chubby baby with big brown eyes and caramel colored skin did something to her that she would never have expected. As Arizona opened her mouth to stop any further baby talk, she found herself saying, "God I hope not, boys are gross."

At this Callie burst out laughing and Arizona found herself joining her even though that was not what she had intended to say. But she realized it was the absolute truth. Being a peds surgeon she saw the different kinds of parents through the years and there were definite girl moms and definite boy moms and she fell in the girl mom category. She wanted rainbows and butterflies and pink dresses and braided hair. Where was all of this even coming from?

"We should head back." Arizona said, suddenly standing. She offered her hand to Callie to help her up but what she really needed was some space and perspective. She had admitted to herself earlier that she loved Callie and she wasn't ready to admit that to herself, let alone Callie. And now she was talking about future babies and feeling all warm and fuzzy and the feeling was completely foreign to her. She would even call it unpleasant in a way as she felt everything shifting and changing for her so quickly. What she needed was some time alone and some perspective. She was going to have to find Teddy and have some girl talk with her so she could adequately freak out without hurting Callie's feelings or pushing her away.

"Are you ok?" Callie asked, sensing the shift in Arizona's mood. Though they held hands tightly, Arizona's thumb didn't rub circles over Callie's hand as usual. The blonde was quiet and was chewing her bottom lip while she looked at the ground, all of these things Callie had learned about Arizona so she knew she was deep in thought and something was off.

"Yea, just thinking about tomorrow. It's been ten days since I've been in the peds department, I'm just worried about my kids." Arizona gave her a half truth because she truly was a terrible liar.

"They will be happy to see you tomorrow." Callie smiled.

"I've missed them."

"What do you say we lay in bed and I'll read you a couple of my favorite poems so you can relax and then we fall asleep cuddling."

"That sounds amazing and I will definitely take a rain check but we both will have long days tomorrow and you've been sick, you need to get some good rest. I think I'll take a hot shower and go to sleep."

"Ok, you're right, we should probably get some sleep." Callie replied, trying not to sound too disappointed. She also couldn't tell the blonde that she slept better when she was squeezed into her bunk with her. Arizona went back to quietly chewing on her lip and Callie was lost in her own thoughts, wondering what had changed between them in the last half an hour.

When they reached the barracks, Arizona stood on her tiptoes, kissed her gently on the lips and said ,"Sweet dreams", before she disappeared to the bathroom to shower, leaving Callie worried about what was on her mind. Callie performed her own night time ritual, albeit a shorter than usual version and climbed into bed. She placed her ear buds in and turned away from Arizona's bunk as she got lost in her own thoughts.

AN: Sorry for the delay. I just worked seven 12 hour shifts and then my puppy had surgery yesterday. I planned on posting while she was recovering and writing for the rest of the night but she wasn't doing so well for a while. After much fretting and worrying, I'm happy to say she is much better now :)

As always, thank you so much for the reviews, I am glad you are enjoying reading. Spain is going to be here soon and then there will probably be much more time jumping. Also, I feel like I write better from Arizona's perspective but I like to show both views and will continue to add in other character views as well. And there has to be some drama but no worries, I believe in magic and fairy dust too :) Happy reading!