AN: So I am posting this chapter for you guys because I know I am already going stir crazy with this quarantine. I hope this finds all of you healthy and doing well. I go back to work on Tuesday and my hospital has put heavy restrictions on us, as a nurse I am likely to be working long hours for the unforseeable near future. Writing is my coping mechanism, as it has been since I was five years old so I promise to continue writing but my time may be more restricted than usual. Chapter fifteen is Spain, YAY. But, I must confess, it is not anywhere near completed yet. I am finding it difficult to step out of my comfort zone for the smut that I have promised. No worries, I will get there. While I cannot give you a timeline on an update just know that I am always writing and editing when I have a free moment. Please just bear with me for these next few weeks, I will try to have updates within 10-14 days but I can't promise anything until I know more about my work situation. Take care, stay healthy, wash your hands, and as always, happy reading :)

Chapter Fourteen

Callie

"Something is wrong with Arizona and I don't know what it is." Callie said as she sat down heavily at the table between Mark and Addie to join them for lunch. Arizona was sitting at another picnic table with Teddy, picking at her lunch but not really eating it as Teddy talked. Callie quickly averted her eyes and focused on unpacking her own brown bag lunch.

"She was unusually quiet when she came to the nursery to check on Mali and Adam this morning. Mali is going in for surgery this week for her congenital heart defect and Dr. Hahn, once again, is shutting Arizona out of the surgery. Arizona didn't even fight her about it. It's kind of unlike her." Addie replied. She looked over her shoulder to see Arizona looking intently at Teddy.

"Why aren't you eating together? You two are like glued at the hip or something." Mark added as he bit into his apple. Did he ever eat anything other than apples?

"She said she couldn't today because Teddy needed to talk to her about something important. And it was the same excuse she gave me this morning when she told me to go ahead to breakfast without her." Callie replied grumpily, then as she registered the rest of Addie's words, she added, "And Erica is going to have to be dealt with."

"Oh, can I help you deal with Hahn?" Addie asked. Callie didn't answer as her eyes once again found Arizona and this time blue eyes were staring intently back at her. Arizona stood suddenly and entered the building motioning for Callie to follow. Abandoning her lunch and her friends, Callie mumbled "gotta go" before she followed Arizona.

"Hey." Callie smiled as she found Arizona waiting just inside the doors.

"Hey, I'm sorry about today. I'm feeling a little off." Arizona explained quietly, avoiding concerned eyes.

"Are you getting sick?" Callie asked, her hand immediately finding a pale forehead as the other reached for a slender wrist as she gaged her temperature and pulse.

"No, I'm not sick."Arizona replied with a soft smile, feeling warmed at Callie's concern.

"Are you sure? Your heart rate feels kind of fast."

"That's because you're touching me. I'm not sick, Callie." Arizona replied with a smirk.

"Ok, then what's wrong?"

"Can we talk tonight?" Arizona asked, "I want to talk, it's just there's not much privacy here."

"Ok, we can talk tonight, if you're sure you're alright."

"I am, promise."

"Do I need to be worried?" Callie asked. But before Arizona could answer, they were interrupted by Erica Hahn.

"Dr. Robbins, I wasn't done discussing Mali's case when you decided to leave for lunch." Erica said. Giving Callie what she hoped was a reassuring smile, Arizona turned back to Erica with a fake smile plastered to her face.

"I wasn't under the impression that you required my opinion or my expertise as you had already made it abundantly clear that my assistance is not required and you are simply tolerating me because you must." Arizona replied, keeping the forced smile on her face but Callie could hear the strain in her voice.

"I don't but you are her doctor so I am required to keep you informed."

"Yes, I am one of her doctors. I am also the surgeon who assisted Dr. Montgomery in her delivery. I am the surgeon who got her to take her first breath and got her heart beating. I am the surgeon who spent an entire day stabilizing her vital signs. And I am the surgeon who consulted you because I diagnosed her with the congenital heart defect. But I am not her pediatrician, I am not the one you need to keep informed. If you require my skills and expertise as a pediatric surgeon then I will happily assist you, otherwise, I don't need to be present for your condescending remarks and superiority complex." Arizona said before she walked away leaving both Erica and Callie shocked. 'Well that was hot'. Callie thought as she watched blonde curls bouncing as she walked away with her head held high.

"Well that was unprofessional and uncalled for." Erica commented, bringing Callie's attention back to the matter at hand.

"No, what is unprofessional and uncalled for is blocking Arizona from surgeries she has earned being a part of. She has cared for these patients and consulted you despite the fact that you talk down to her and continually stop her from being in an OR that she deserves to be in. And why? Because of jealousy? Is that it? Because Arizona is an amazing surgeon but even more so, she's an amazing person." Callie said, stepping into Erica's personal space as her fury grew.

"Is she really that amazing of a person?"

"What? Of course she is. And you would know that if you actually took the time to get to know her."

"While you were sick, she was off tending to Amelia Shepherd, she even kissed her."

"What are you talking about?" Callie asked, Erica's accusations only infuriating her more. But Erica fished out her phone and shoved it in Callie's face as she scrolled through pictures of Arizona cleaning hair from Amelia's face, tucking hair behind her ears, holding her hand, and then one that took Callie's breath away. You couldn't see either of their faces but it was clear Arizona was bent over the bed and kissing Amelia.

"She's not so amazing now is she?"

"Amelia is her friend." Callie replied but her voice didn't carry the same conviction as it did before and it made her sad as old insecurities started to mix in with the truth that she already knew. Arizona was acting strange, she had been different and she did say they needed to talk. Is this what she was going to tell her? That she did have feelings for Amelia? That she was going to explore those feelings? It was hard to fathom but Callie couldn't shake the feeling that it was definitely a possibility.

"Yea keep telling yourself that. But when she breaks your heart and you're ready to face the truth, I'll be here, waiting for you." Erica said, before she walked away.

"Why do you have those pictures?" Callie asked, suddenly wondering.

"Because I was sick in my own bed and saw it with my own eyes. I knew you would need proof."

"Delete them. And stop treating Arizona like she's beneath you. She deserves to be in on those surgeries and if you don't start acting professional, I will go to the Chief because I know Arizona won't, that's the kind of person she is."

Callie stormed away but she couldn't go back to her patients or coworkers just yet. She needed some time and some space to work through her emotions and to stamp down the jealousy that was eating away at her. She trusted Arizona and she knew there had to be an explanation. She also knew if she went in tossing accusations and bringing her fiery temper to the table that it would damage their relationship, which is what Erica had wanted when she showed Callie those pictures.

Thankfully, Callie found herself in a surgery that afternoon in which she spent a good portion of her time drilling into bones. She was working with Owen, Cristina, and Eliza which normally would have irked her but Eliza had been unusually pleasant and the other three people also worked well together without talking. They had some music playing loudly, but the four of them worked in silence which gave Callie time to think while she blew off some steam drilling bones.

Callie had taken to sitting with Tim on the rides to and from the hospital for the past week. Sometimes he filled her in on stories of him and Arizona when they were little and sometimes they just chatted as they got to know each other better. She really liked Tim and she could tell that he was a great brother. Even if she was feeling a bit upset and conflicted regarding Arizona at the moment, sitting next to TIm on the ride home was providing her with some sort of comfort that she couldn't really explain. They sat in silence for a while before Tim pulled out a folded sheet of paper and handed it to her.

"What's this?" Callie asked even as she unfolded it. She looked at him with questioning eyes as she saw the black and white print out of a beat up 1957 Thunderbird.

"Arizona and my parents got that for me for my birthday. They showed it to me on skype but then my dad emailed me some pictures too. We are going to fix it up together when we get back. Mark told me you have one too."

"I do. Lola, she's my baby. Powder blue and just perfect." Callie replied with a smile.

"I was thinking of painting her black or Candy apple red, what do you think?"

"Hmmm you really can't go wrong with black. It's sleek and classy and timeless. But red is hot, sexy, a chick magnet." Callie replied with a breathtaking smile and a wink.

"Red it is." Tim laughed. He could sense something was up with Callie and was happy that he was able to take her mind off whatever it was long enough to pull a smile from her.

The rest of the ride was filled with shop talk about cars and ended in a very heated discussion about which car was better, the batmobile or the General from dukes of hazzard. "No! No way! While I can appreciate your fascination and love of the General, it has nothing on the batmobile. You're crazy."

"Come on, the batmobile, really? The General is a classic."

"A classic, agreed but it still does not beat the batmobile. The General needs to be laid out to rest in a pasture somewhere. But the batmobile is still as beautiful as ever."

"Laid out rest, that's harsh! You're wrong, Torres."

"And you're crazy, Robbins." Callie replied over her shoulder as she hopped down from the vehicle, followed closely by Tim.

"If you think the General needs to be laid out to rest then I'm not even sure you're cool enough to drive a thunderbird."

"What?" Callie shouted, turning around, now truly feeling slightly offended.

"What's going on here?" Arizona asked as she approached the bickering pair.

"Your girlfriend is whack that's what's going on."

"No...no, your brother is fricken crazy." Callie replied as she stared down the male Robbins with a smirk on her face. She could tell she seriously had Tim a tiny bit riled up and she was enjoying it.

"What's going on with you two?" Arizona asked as she looked between the two as they continued staring each other down.

"Callie thinks that the batmobile would win in a race against the General."

"The batmobile would not only win but the General would eat it's dust, choke on it, and be laid out to rest in the next pasture to die. It was a good car back in the day but the General is finished, it's glory days are over."

"You guys are fighting over cars?" Arizona asked with an eye roll, "But, Tim is right. The General would win, no contest."

"What?" Callie asked, turning her attention to Arizona for the first time, "Who are you people?"

Arizona laughed and squeezed Callie's hand, "Maybe you should use your power of persuasion to convince me otherwise."

"No, no, no using your sexiness to convince my sister to be on your side, she's already chosen." Tim said, Callie opened her mouth to argue but Arizona intervened, "As much as I am enjoying watching you two squabble like an old married couple, I really would like to spend some time with my girlfriend, Tim."

Callie allowed herself to be led away by Arizona even as she and TIm continued their stare down. She looked away first as Arizona tugged on her, demanding her attention. She turned back around and walked with Arizona, their hands interlocked for a few moments before Callie remembered she had been upset and she and Arizona were headed for a talk. Arizona led them to the shed before any words were spoken between them and they sat quietly playing with each other's fingers nervously.

"Are you ok?" Arizona asked, her voice laced with genuine concern.

"Yes, why do you ask?"

"Because Tim pulls out that argument when he's trying to distract someone from being upset."

"What?" Callie asked in confusion.

"It wouldn't have mattered which vehicle you had chosen, Tim would have argued for the opposite. He's done that since we were kids. I think Nick and I were his first victims of that argument. I chose the General, he chose the Batmobile. Nick chose the Batmobile so Tim chose the General." Arizona said with a smile, then added, "So he must have thought you were upset about something."

"You said we needed to talk."

"And that upset you?"

"No, not that alone. But your behavior since last night coupled with that and some other things, yes. Why don't you start with telling me why you're acting differently." Callie said, she dropped Arizona's fingers and turned to face her more fully. If she was getting ready to break up with her, she wanted to be able to make a quick exit.

"Ok, umm this is hard for me. I haven't been in a relationship in a long time. And the relationships I did have were mostly hook ups. So all of this is so new to me and some of it is a bit overwhelming. I sometimes just need time to process before I'm ready to talk about it. I didn't mean to worry you, Callie."

"What did you need to process?"

"Things are just changing so quickly for me. And they are good changes, I think, but it still feels fast and a bit scary to me. I look at you and I see things I've never imagined before and I feel things that terrify me." Arizona replied in complete honesty.

"What kind of things?"

"I'm not sure I'm ready to share that yet but I realized, well Teddy helped me realize, that you might need to know that I'm just processing. I'm not running away, Calliope. I just needed some time and space to adjust to these new things I'm discovering about myself."

"But you will share them with me when you're ready to?"

"I will, promise. And I'll be ready soon." Arizona said with a dimpled smile.

"Do any of these things have to do with your feelings for Amelia?" Callie asked, looking Arizona directly in the eyes so she could see her honest response. And she could see the confusion followed by the hurt in her eyes.

"Callie, I told you, Amelia is my friend. And I do love her but the same way I love April and Alex. Not quite the same as Teddy because Teddy is Teddy but Amelia is a very good friend. I don't feel anything romantic towards her at all and she doesn't towards me either." Arizona said, trying to keep her voice even as she struggled to keep both anger and hurt from her voice.

"Have you kissed her?"

"What? Callie, you know we slept together, do you really want all the details. It was long before you."

"No, I mean recently, have you kissed Amelia?" Callie asked, maintaining eye contact. She could see tears forming in blue eyes but she wasn't sure what that meant.

"No, of course not. Why would you think that I would? Callie, I…" but Arizona stopped herself. She wasn't ready to share those three little words and she definitely didn't want to use them in an argument, "I would never intentionally hurt you."

"Erica Hahn showed me pictures after you left today." Callie said, Arizona continued to look confused so Callie continued, "There were pictures of you holding Amelia's hand, washing her face, and kissing her."

And suddenly realization covered Arizona's face and Callie knew that was confirmation, despite the fact that she had seen picture evidence. She stood to leave but Arizona grabbed her wrist, "Callie, wait. I did kiss Amelia on the forehead while she was sleeping. I wasn't trying to lie to you, I just didn't think about it because it didn't mean anything. I also kissed Teddy, Nick, and April on the foreheads. I love them and I was worried about all of you. I even kissed Mark on the forehead. Mark, your friend, whom you have slept with on multiple occasions, not just once, and much more recently than Amelia and I."

Callie's heart sunk at the absolute look of devastation on Arizona's face and she cursed herself for letting Erica and her photos get to her. "Arizona, I'm sorry. I, Erica, ugh. I know you were stretching yourself thin and taking care of all of us, especially me. I'm so sorry I doubted you. I have a past too. A past where my fiance cheated on me and I'm working on it but I still have insecurities. And you were acting differently."

"So you assumed that I what? Kissed Amelia? Slept with her? Have feelings for her? I mean how far were you taking this Callie?"

"I couldn't see either of your faces in the picture, I didn't realize she was sleeping or that it was her forehead that you kissed. You were acting differently, after I saw the pictures, I thought maybe that was why."

"Perfect, so now, not only is Erica Hahn screwing with my surgical career but now she's meddling in my personal life as well. Maybe you should tell your friend to back off."

"Look, I defended you to Erica, I even threatened to go to the Chief about how she is treating you. And I told her that you are an amazing person and there must be some mistake with the pictures she took. But I had to know, I had to ask you because something feels off between us and if it isn't Amelia then I'm still in the dark about what is going on."

"I told you, I need time to process and we will talk about it. I hate that you thought I would cheat on you or leave you for Amelia. I'm not sure what I can do to convince you that there is only friendship between Amelia and I."

"You could not kiss her."

"Are you upset that I kissed Teddy, Nick, April, Alex, or Mark on the forehead?" Arizona shot back and Callie didn't need to respond for Arizona to see she had made her point. "I see."

"Arizona…" Callie started.

"I'm sorry that kissing my friend on her forehead while she was sick hurt you, Callie, I truly am. And I'm not mad, I just need a little bit of time and space to think about things. I'm a little hurt, I won't lie."

"Are you breaking up with me?"

"Do you want to break up? Afterall, I'm the one that kissed someone."

"No, of course not. And Arizona, I didn't mean to imply that you cheated on me."

"But you kind of did though. We're not breaking up, unless that's what you want but I do need to just be alone for right now. I'll come find you later." Arizona said before she walked away.

"Crap." Callie sighed. She contemplated running after Arizona but though that was what she wanted, what she would normally do, she sensed that giving Arizona some space would be better. She sat at the shed in silence for a while, lost in her thoughts, she laid her head on her knees and closed her eyes wishing she could start this day over. It was dusk, nearing complete nightfall when she lifted her head off her knees to survey her surroundings, realizing she must have fallen asleep.

"Callie?" Tim asked as he approached her.

"Hey." Callie said, her neck was tight from the odd position she had been in.

"Hey? I've been worried sick, you missed dinner. At first I thought that you were skipping with Arizona and the two of you ran off to have some sexy time but then I found Arizona asleep in Teddy's bed. Teddy said she wasn't feeling well so she had excused her from dinner. We decided not to wake Arizona but the two of us and Addie have been looking for you for an hour." Tim replied, half in anger and half in relief.

"We're on an army base, I couldn't have gone far. Arizona and I had a fight. She said she needed some space and I stayed here to think so I wouldn't be tempted to convince her to talk to me before she was ready and I fell asleep. I'm sorry I missed dinner and worried you." Callie said genuinely. This day was just getting crappier and crappier.

"It's ok but it was an unexcused absence from dinner. We are going to face punishment for it." Tim said.

"I'm sorry, I feel like I can't do anything right today." Callie said as the tears she had been fighting all day finally came rushing out.

"Hey, hey, no tears. It's going to be fine. Arizona, she can be stubborn and self absorbed but she's a good person and she cares about you, a lot, I can tell. I think she might be freaking out a little bit over how much she does care."

"You really think so?"

"You didn't see her when you were sick. At least not how I saw her. Dr. Montgomery and I had to force her to eat, sleep, and shower. She only left your side when she was forced to or when she took fifteen minutes to round on everyone else. She would never say it but she was so worried about everyone, especially you."

"I think I screwed up, Tim."

"You didn't. She will come around, just give her some time and a little space. I promise, if you do that she will come find you when she's ready. It doesn't usually take long. I'd tell you to stock up on ice cream but that's a little hard to come by. For future reference though, ice cream and donuts work pretty well to get her to forgive you."

"Good to know, thanks, Tim." Callie smiled and laid her head on his shoulder as she wiped the tears from her cheeks.

"Come on, I snagged you a hot dog and a soda. Let's go find Teddy and Addie before they send out a search party." Tim said, he kissed the top of Callie's head and then offered his hand to help her up as he stood. Callie accepted and the pair walked back to the barracks together in silence until Tim said, "And for the record, the General would eat the batmobile for breakfast."

Callie threw her head back in laughter at this, remembering what Arizona had said, she felt so grateful that Tim was making such an effort to be her friend and make her feel included in their little family. As they approached the barracks, Teddy and Addie were seen standing outside with a hysterical Arizona between them. Teddy's arm protectively around her shoulders while Addie just looked terrified as she patted her shoulder awkwardly.

"Callie!" Arizona shouted and before Callie could respond, the blonde had barreled right into her chest and flung her arms around her.

"Where were you? I had a dream that you were killed and then I wake up and can't find you and Teddy and Addie said you were missing." Arizona rambled as she sobbed into Callie's chest.

"I was just thinking after our talk and I fell asleep. It was an accident, I didn't mean to worry everyone." Callie said as she pulled Arizona closer and stroked her long locks with her hand while the other held her firmly around the waist.

"We're going to let you two talk but I want to talk to you." Teddy said, making eye contact with Callie.

"Yea, I'm in line after Arizona and Teddy." Addie added.

"Ok, I already lectured her. It was an accident and it's my team that will get penalized so let's just give Callie a break, huh." Tim said, winking at Callie and then he wrapped his arms around Teddy and Addie and steered them away from Arizona and Callie. The pair sat down along the outside of the barracks, Callie's back pressed against the building with Arizona snuggled in between her legs with her back against Callie's front.

"I'm so sorry, Callie." Arizona whispered, her voice sounding hoarse from her tears.

"No, I'm sorry, Arizona. I trust you and I know that Amelia is your friend. I don't mean to be jealous or insecure. Those are things I'm working through because of my past but it's not fair to take it out on you."

"I should have just talked to you."

"It's ok to take some time to process, I will try to be patient. It's not easy for me but I will try."

"I do need time to process but I could have told you that instead of making you worry and giving Erica a chance to place doubt in your head. I shouldn't have kissed Amelia, even if it was on her forehead if it hurts you. I honestly didn't think anything of it. It's just something my mom did and I guess it's something I do now when I'm taking care of sick family or friends, even an occasional patient."

"Arizona, I know it wasn't a romantic kiss."

"I kissed Mark on the forehead, for you. I told him that it was from you because I was sure if you had been there, you would have wanted to care for your friends too."

"Arizona, I...that was really sweet of you. And you're right, I probably would have kissed Mark's head or cheek or maybe punched him if he commented on your boobs again." Callie smiled even though Arizona's face was turned away from her.

"Please don't make me choose between you and Amelia. Because I will choose you, Callie, I will but it will hurt me and it will hurt Amelia and she hasn't done anything but encourage me to be with you. She knows you make me happy. There is no chance at all that Amelia and I will ever have anything romantic between us ever. But she's a very good friend to me. Her along with April and Alex, they are my closest friends outside of Teddy, Nick, and Tim."

"Arizona, I would never ask you to stop being friends with Amelia. And I am so sorry that I made you feel so badly about all of this."

"Stop apologizing, we were both wrong. I should have talked to you sooner."

"Are you ready to talk now?"

"I am but what I have to say, this isn't exactly how I wanted to say it."

"Well then, wait until it is how you want to say it, whatever IT is." Callie replied as she nuzzled her nose into Arizona's hair.

"I can't wait until we go to Spain." Arizona said, turning her body so Callie could see the dimpled smile.

"Oh yea? What do you think is going to happen in Spain?"

"Dirty, dirty things Calliope. And we have two fights under our belt that require make up sex." Arizona replied, with her eyes squinted a little bit. The sight made Callie's breath hitch a tiny bit. Arizona's eyes were still red rimmed from crying and her cheeks were still flushed from the tears but she still looked beautiful.

"In that case, these next three weeks can't go fast enough."

"Are we done fighting?" Arizona asked.

"Yes, but after we can start actually having makeup sex, I may pick more fights."

"Callie, you won't have to pick fights to get sex." Arizona laughed.

After their argument, the couple was back on track and Callie couldn't be happier. Arizona had yet to tell her what she had needed the time and space for or what she was processing exactly but Callie found it easier than she would have thought to be patient and let her come to her about it when she was ready. She trusted Arizona completely and now that she knew it was not anything that was about breaking up, she felt more relaxed about not knowing what was on the peds surgeon's mind. She did know though, that she had to get over her Amelia jealousy. Arizona was right, she did things like that for Mark and she and Mark had been more than a one night thing and it had been much more recent that they had ended the benefit part of their friendship.

One good thing that had come about was someone had spoke with the Chief about Erica's treatment of Arizona and he had handled it. They still didn't know who had made the complaint but Erica was now off Mali's case, Teddy was on it and Arizona was assisting. Callie only wished there was a gallery she could watch from as the two women, along with Cristina Yang and Alex Kareve entered the OR early Friday morning. They had been in surgery less than half an hour when Callie got pulled to the ED and ended up with her own surgery as a vacant building was bombed and the collapse caused the roof of a business next to it to collapse on three workers. Two of them were relatively unscathed with minor bumps and bruises while the third guy had caught the brunt of it and had two broken arms and several broken ribs that caused a punctured and collapsed lung. Needless to say, Callie, April, Meredith, and Webber were off to surgery with the patient.

Callie was tired but in the "I just spent five hours on my feet, fixing bones and being a badass" kind of way which she didn't mind at all. She smiled as she scrubbed her hands and saw Arizona waiting outside the doors for her. The surgery had taken several hours and Callie had basically rebuilt the guy's right arm completely. She was feeling like a complete rockstar and judging by the gorgeous dimples she could see through the door, she was guessing Arizona's surgery was also a success.

"Hey, beautiful." Arizona said with a giant smile as Callie opened the door and joined her in the hall. "How was your surgery, rock star?"

"It was amazing." Callie said, returning the smile. "How was yours?"

"Awesome. Teddy was brilliant and Cristina is , wow like crazy good for her level of experience. Don't tell her I said that."

"DOn't worry, I won't her head is big enough." Callie laughed

"So, what plans do you have for tonight?"

"Hmmm, none, why?"

"I found a copy of clue at the base in the entertainment room. I'm finally getting my rematch against Teddy. Wanna play?"

"Do you promise not to call anyone a...what was it?"

"Dirty, cheating whore, and no, I don't promise but I do promise that if I do, I will let you punish me." Arizona replied with a wink and a smirk.

"I'm in." Callie replied immediately while repeating 'seventeen days' to herself quietly over and over.

"So, how do you play?"

"What do you mean, how do you play?" Arizona asked as she, Teddy, Nick, Tim, and Callie sat around the table with the board game in the center.

"I mean, I've never played, explain the rules to me." Callie said.

"How have you never played Clue? It's the best board game ever." Arizona replied, in complete disbelief at this discovery.

"There's others, LIFE, Monopoly, Trouble, Sorry...we could play one of those." Teddy offered. She really wasn't too keen on the idea of a rematch with Arizona at this game. She had refused to play this game with her since she was ten years old and somehow, now at thirty she was getting roped into it again.

"No, I'll play Clue. I've never played any of them, so you would have to teach me no matter what." Callie replied as she took a sideways glance at her girlfriend who was looking at her like she had sprouted an extra head.

"You didn't play board games growing up?" Tim asked with nothing but curiosity.

"No, my parents both worked a lot so we had nannies. We were in prestigious schools and my parents thought there was more value in things like rowing, chess, swimming, and fencing than board games." Callie said, her cheeks turning an impressive shade of red considering her tan skin.

"It's ok babe, we'll teach you." Arizona said sweetly and she kissed Callie quickly and softly on the lips.

"Don't trust her, Callie. She's ruthless no matter who she's playing." Nick warned.

"Nah, she's completely sweet and innocent and far too mature for competitive tantrums." Callie said sarcastically with a wink in Arizona's direction.

"Oh puh-leeze." Teddy breathed out. Which caused everyone to giggle. They gave Callie a quick rundown of the game and did one practice round around the table.

"I think I've got it." Callie assured them and so the real game began.

Fifteen minutes later, Arizona had won the first round and was having a good time gloating and giggling over her much awaited revenge on Teddy. Having played one game fully, Callie now understood and had quickly caught on to Arizona's strategy, which hadn't changed much in twenty years. It had been pretty clever for a young child, Callie thought with a smile but she wanted to see how she did with some real competition. After another fifteen minutes, the tension in the room was palpable. Callie had just reached the room that she and Arizona had been racing to and she knew who did it, where they did it, and what they did it with. Arizona glared at her with a daring look, arms crossed across her chest, jaw set, waiting to see if her girlfriend would actually steal her thunder and make the correct guess.

"It was Miss Scarlet, in the library, with the candlestick." Callie predicted as she reached for the envelope in the center of the table and pulled the cards from it. A smile graced her face as Arizona stood from the table, clearly trying to control herself from an outburst at the Latina beating her on only her second game of Clue.

"You dirty, cheating…" Arizona whispered under her breath so quietly that had Callie not seen her mouth the words, she wouldn't have known she said them.

"Wanna finish that sentence, Arizona?" Callie asked with her own challenging look pointed in her direction.

"How did you do that?" Arizona demanded hotly.

"I watched how you played the first game and caught on to your strategy, it works well." Callie smiled.

"That's cheating." Arizona replied, now stomping her foot.

"Seriously, is she always like this when she loses?" Callie asked the group as they looked on with a mix of amusement and concern.

"Always." the three replied in unison.

"They're just jealous because I always beat them in these games." Arizona replied, sticking her tongue out.

"You're seriously acting like a child right now." Callie said, unsure if she was amused or irritated at this point.

"I can't believe you won, on your second time playing the stupid game, against me of all people. There's no way you could have beat me unless you were cheating." Arizona whined.

"Well, I'm not playing you again if you're going to act like this every time." The two women stood facing each other, staring each other down, Arizona with her arms crossed over her chest, Callie with her hands on her hips. The other three sat quietly watching.

"Someone should make popcorn." Teddy whispered which caused Arizona to break eye contact for a moment to shoot Teddy a look.

"Are you going to apologize?" Callie asked. She arched an eyebrow as Arizona had the nerve to look shocked at the suggestion.

"I'm sorry I got upset that you cheated."

"Ok, if that's how you want to apologize then you can come find me when the adult Arizona returns." Callie said, before she turned to the rest of the group, "Thanks for letting me play with you guys. I am going to call it a night though and go take a long hot shower."

"Arizona Monroe Robbins." Callie heard Teddy hollar before the door slid shut behind her. She was halfway to the barracks before she heard footsteps approaching quickly from behind.

"I'm an idiot ok. I'm competitive and can act childish sometimes and I am really sorry." Arizona rushed out as she reached Callie. She placed a hand on Callie's arm, requesting her silently to stop but giving her the option to decide if she would or not. Callie stopped and turned to face Arizona, "I really am sorry. And actually kind of impressed that you beat me on your second round of Clue."

"You're lucky you're cute."

"I'll let you punish me." Arizona offered.

"Oh, I intend to but I'm not sure we have the same idea in mind."

"What do you have in mind?"

"When we're in Spain, I get to choose any activity I want and you have to agree to do it with me. No arguments, no backing out."

"And if I don't agree?"

"Then I guess there won't be any hot, dirty, dirty sex." Callie whispered.

"Now that's cheating, Calliope Torres."

"All's fair in love and war, babe." Callie replied with a wink over her shoulder as she started walking again. She had absolutely no intentions of withholding sex. That would be just as torturous to her, maybe more so but that was definitely not something Arizona needed to know at this time.

"Fiiiiine." She heard Arizona sigh in agreeance from behind her and she smiled to herself.

The next two weeks went by slowly for both women. They continued their dates and Callie spent many nights teaching Arizona how to Salsa dance. She was impressed with her ability to learn so quickly and was confident that she would be able to keep up enough to dance in a club with her in Spain. Arizona was being increasingly sweet and Callie was loving the extra attention. She wasn't sure if she was still feeling bad for their fight or if it was embarrassment over her outburst of Callie winning Clue or if it was just Arizona getting more and more excited for their upcoming trip. Whatever it was, Callie was not going to complain about Arizona being extra sweet and affectionate.

It was the Friday before their trip, one week from Callie's birthday and they would be leaving with some of the others on Sunday night for the airport where Arizona and Callie's flight would take off at 3am Monday morning. Callie was sitting up in her bunk on her tablet looking for an adventure for her and Arizona to do together. She was torn between zip lining which slightly terrified her as she was afraid of heights but was also something she had always wanted to do or diving with sharks in the shark tank at the aquarium which was more likely to scare Arizona. Making a decision, Callie closed her eyes and clicked on the purchase button. As she entered her credit card numbers, she decided to look up the hotel in Barcelona that Arizona had picked. Seeing the presidential suite, she quickly checked for availability, finding the number she hurriedly wrote it down and ran to the conference center to skype her father.

"Hola Mija." Her father answered immediately.

"Hola papa. Como esta?"

"Muy Bien y tu?"

"Bien. Como estan mami y Aria?"

"Están ocupados y estresados pero felices."

"Good, I'm glad everyone is doing so well, daddy."

"I wasn't expecting your call, is everything ok, Calliope?"

"Yes dad, everything is great. It's just a friend and I are going to Barcelona next week and she bought the plane tickets and won't let me pay her back. I offered to pay for the hotel but she won't let me. I looked up the hotel and it's pricey. I want to do something to thank her. I was wondering if you could call and change our reservations to the presidential suite and have them refund her money. I will pay for the presidential suite since she got us the plane tickets."

"Are you sure this friend isn't just using you for your money, Calliope?"

"I'm sure, daddy. She doesn't even know I'm doing this and she got the tickets for us before I even told her who my family is. She's a good friend, daddy and a good person." Callie replied with a smile.

"Well, ok then. Consider it done, mija. Just give me the phone number, the dates you're staying, and your friend's name."

"Just for the hotel purposes, right daddy? I'm asking you to please not run a background on her. Just trust me when I tell you she's a good person and doesn't care about my family's money."

"Ok mija. So, tell me about how you're doing? Are you getting a lot of experiences? Are you safe? Your mother and I worry about you."

"I'm getting so much experience and they do everything they can to keep us safe." Callie promised. They talked for a few more minutes before Callie gave her dad Arizona's name and the dates and hotel they were staying at.

"Leave this to me, Calliope. I miss you and I love you."

"Miss you and love you too. Thank you so much, daddy. Give Aria and Mami a kiss for me."

"I will."

Happy with her decision and her talk with her father, Callie went in search of the blonde she was desperately craving. She found her curled up in her bunk sound asleep with her arm bent behind her head, elbow sticking up in the air, and a medical journal clenched in her other hand, her thumb marking the page. Callie climbed the rest of the way up the blonde's bunk and looked around, the barracks was completely empty. There was a party going on in the entertainment room as it was basically "fall spring break" for the surgeons and everyone was itching to have some fun.

The Latina crawled up the blonde's body, tan hands raking up bare legs and thighs until they reached Arizona's shorts. She smiled as the blonde moaned a bit in her sleep and paused to make sure she hadn't woken the light sleeper. Satisfied that Arizona was indeed still asleep, Callie continued up the blonde's reclined body. Her hands exploring freely over the petite curve of her hips and onto the bare skin of a toned abdomen as her t-shirt rose higher from Callie's ministrations. Blue eyes popped open as Callie's palms lightly skimmed bra clad breasts, her fingertips playing at the edge where the cotton material met soft, bare skin.

"Hi." Arizona smiled.

"Hi." Callie replied as she dove down and feathered Arizona's abdomen with soft kisses.

"What, what, uh what are you doing?" Arizona asked, struggling to focus on her words as Callie's tongue dipped into her belly button sending electricity coursing through her body.

"I'm just giving you a preview of Monday night, darling."

"Is that so?" Arizona asked as she arched her body up toward Callie's. Remembering where they were, her eyes flew back open and she looked around.

"Everyone is at the party." Callie said as she continued running her tongue over toned abs, "We're completely alone."

"Oh, I told Teddy we would meet her there. I came to get you and I didn't know where you were so I decided to read this article while I waited for you and I fell asleep." Arizona rambled.

"Teddy can wait." Callie replied as she trailed her tongue down Arizona's abdomen from her belly button to the top of the waistline of her jean shorts. She pulled the shorts off in one swift move without unbuttoning them or giving Arizona time to protest before she placed her tongue back on hot skin and traced her tongue along the top of Arizona's very low panty line. "I like these low rise underwear on you."

"Do you? I'll have to keep that in mind. Come up here." Arizona demanded, placing a finger on her lips. Callie smiled up at her and quickly bent down, placing a kiss as low as she could over the cotton covered mound before she moved up and claimed Arizona's lips with her own.

"How have we made it eight weeks?" Arizona gasped as the two broke apart.

"That's yet to be determined." Callie replied as she continued her assault on Arizona's neck.

"Mmmm, that feels nice."Arizona sighed. Suddenly alert, her hands responded of their own accord as the roamed up muscular thighs and pulled Callie down to straddle her hips. Her hands gliding over the firm muscles of Callie's butt, spending time exploring and feeling it under her palms before she brought her hands up under Callie's shirt. She scraped her fingernails up and down a toned back and smiled as she felt goosebumps erupting in her path. Callie sat up and looked down at Arizona, dark eyes meeting blue and she felt her heart ache at the sight before her. She smiled as she leaned down and kissed Arizona tenderly, swiping her tongue across Arizona's bottom lip and she immediately parted her lips for her. Arizona quickly took control and ran her tongue found the roof of Callie's mouth and slowly moved her tongue along it seductively causing Callie to bring her hands up and tangle themselves in Arizona's hair so she could deepen the kiss. As she broke the kiss, she tugged gently on Arizona's hair, bending her head back for better access so kiss the line of her neck down to the little hollow that she knew was called the jugular notch, though being a bones girl, she preferred the less common but equally correct name of suprasternal notch. And being a bones girl, she also knew Arizona had a fantastic bone structure. She ran her tongue along the clavicles that protruded from her shoulders and then followed a path up her neck, pausing at her pulse point, sucking deeply as a groan escaped Arizona's lips before she moved on to run her tongue along the very defined jawline.

"You're absolutely stunning." Callie whispered as she finally reached her earlobe and gently nibbled. Arizona opened her mouth to reciprocate the comment but was unable to form coherent words at the moment. She slid her hands around to Callie's abdomen as Callie cupped her hands around Arizona's face and brought her in for another kiss. Arizona continued her exploration upwards until her nimble fingers found a hardened nipple through a lacy bra. Callie threw her head back and sighed at the contact. She absolutely loved having Arizona's hands on her breasts and she couldn't help her response. Deciding she needed more of this reaction, Arizona pulled the fabric of the bra down so she had full access and caressed the bare skin with her fingertips, allowing her palms to make contact with both of Callie's nipples.

Arizona moved her hands back down soft skin to the top of Callie's own pants. She flicked the button open and pulled the zipper down slowly. Callie who had been preoccupied with the tender skin behind Arizona's ear suddenly looked up. "What are you doing?"

"I let you cop a feel a few weeks ago, now I want to."

"No, no, no. You can cop all the feels in three days but if you touch me now, I won't be able to control myself."

"I just want one little touch." Arizona said, looking up at Callie through hooded eyelids and slightly pouting her lip. The effect was immediate and responsive as Callie grabbed Arizona's wrist and guided her hand into the thin material of the thong she was currently wearing. Arizona ran her fingers over the smooth skin of her mound, before she took her middle finger and true to her words, took one long swipe of her entire slit, being sure to lightly apply pressure over her clit before pulling her hand back out and immediately bringing her finger to her mouth and sucking the moisture off, "You're so wet."

"Mierda." Callie said, laying her forehead on Arizona's shoulder. "You're going to be the death of me."

"You're in pretty good shape, I think you can keep up with the marathon I plan on having." Arizona teased with a wink.

"Put these back on before I change my mind and take you right here on this bunk bed." Callie said, handing Arizona her shorts back. Arizona snagged them out of Callie's hands and used the opportunity to pull Callie in for a searing kiss.

"You're my new favorite taste." Arizona whispered as they broke apart.

"Ugh, I hate you."

"No you don't, you love me."

"I really do." Callie smiled, kissing her again.

"You do?" Arizona asked into the kiss, unable to help the smile breaking across her face.

"Well yea."

"I love you, Callie." Arizona said, suddenly serious as she looked into dark eyes.

"You do?"

"I do."

"I love you too, Arizona."