AN: Thank you Ktallen911 for being a beta for this chapter. it made my final edit so much easier. Sorry I left you all hanging. It was not intentional or for dramatic effect, just working. Plus, after all the smut in Spain, I figured we needed to spice things up a different way. The last chapter in particular has been mostly written for months I just wasn't sure where in the story I would put it. I have a few chapters like that, written but waiting to fit into the storyline.
For the guest who didn't like Nick, he's kind of meant to be a thorn in Arizona's side. He's the "boy next door" that's been hopelessly in love with Arizona his whole life. And though he's kind of a jerk at times, he's meant to be harmless. I can understand the vibe you got from him though, I think many lesbians have encounters with those types of men.
I hope this finds you all healthy and safe. Happy reading :)
Chapter Twenty-One
Callie was waiting in the dilapidated shed for Arizona, who was very late. It was after nine now. She was pissed to say the least. She knew whatever the reason for their tardiness, it was probably not in Arizona's control but she had made a bed of pillows and blankets and was wearing expensive lingerie. Her hair was meticulously curled and her makeup expertly done. And damn it, she was ready to have her body worshipped by the blonde and then she would make slow, passionate love to the blonde in return. If she would only get here! She smiled as she heard footsteps approaching.
"Finally." she mumbled to herself as she made sure her hair was falling perfectly and placed her hand strategically on her hip as she lay in a provocative pose.
"Ahhh, what are you wearing, Carpenter?" Cristina yelled, getting a full view of Callie's surgical field.
"Yang! I thought you were Arizona. What the hell are you doing back here?"
"Umm, yea I'm not McDimples, sorry. Teddy sent me to find you. She needs to speak with you about Arizona and she said you would be here."
"What about Arizona?"
"She didn't say." Cristina said with a shrug. Callie threw her clothes on over the lingerie while Cristina stood avoiding any sort of eye contact with Callie's body, her hands were in her pockets and she tettered back and forth from her heels to her toes as she sang a Madonna song quietly which only annoyed Callie further.
"Come on." Callie said as she marched past Cristina. She was now beyond pissed at Arizona. Asking Teddy to send Cristina to get her, what was she thinking?
"Where's Arizona?" Callie demanded as she marched up to Teddy. As Teddy turned to face Callie, her green eyes full of unshed tears as she met Callie's, her anger dissipated and fear replaced it. "Teddy, where is Arizona?"
"She's missing. They're all missing, Callie. We're sending out search and rescue. It's been five hours since our last radio contact and that was suspicious, we just received a single affirmative from Owen when we asked if they would be headed to base soon. Now we're just waiting for the go ahead to move out. I wanted you to hear it from me."
"I want to come with you."
"You can't. Army personnel only."
"Arizona, Mark, and Addison are all out there, Teddy. I'm going." Callie demanded.
"Owen is also out there, Callie. I understand your panic and why you want to come but you can't. Tim, Nick, and I are going to get her, Callie. With a whole calvary of army personnel. We've got this, ok. Trust me. I wish you could but you can't come."
"You bring them back, Teddy."
"I will."
"I mean it, if anything happens to her…" Callie said, breaking down and unable to finish the sentence.
"I know." Teddy whispered as she pulled Callie in for a quick hug and then ran off to join the troops.
"Hunt, you in there?"
Arizona sighed in relief at the sound of her brother's voice as she broke eye contact with the hazel eyes of the soldier she didn't know. Owen answered, "Yes, Robbins, we're here. Jenkins has been shot but he's stable for now."
Owen stood up and motioned for the rest of them to do the same, revealing three army vehicles along with Nick, Teddy, Tim, and Riggs and several other army personnel that Arizona recognized but didn't know their names.
"Owen, thank God." Teddy said, wrapping her arms around his neck tightly. Owen reciprocated and placed a kiss on Teddy's shoulder before they both realized they were embracing and backed away from each other awkwardly.
"We had been trying to contact you for hours and then when you didn't return, we had to organize a search and rescue to send out. The other doctors are very concerned about all of you." Riggs explained.
"We had a bit of a situation." Owen said.
"A child was shot in the crossfire of rebels trying to come into a village. The villagers fought them off but they brought the child here and we performed surgery on him." Arizona explained as her brother, Teddy, and Nick took in their bloody appearances.
"Against our will, at gunpoint." Erica added.
"It wasn't against my will, it was a child." Arizona replied.
"Whose father said he was going to kill you if the child died." Erica argued.
"Did he say that?" Teddy asked Arizona but Owen answered with a nod of his head.
"He wasn't going to kill me. He was just a scared father." Arizona replied and Erica rolled her eyes. Teddy rushed in and hugged Arizona tightly as she fought tears, "Don't cry, Teds, I'm fine. It's not my blood."
"Don't do that. You can't die on me, ok?" Teddy whispered. Tim and Nick approached the two women and before they knew it they were wrapped in a group hug.
"Let's get back to base." Riggs said.
"Yes, great idea." Richard said, as he headed toward the group of Army personnel.
"They tried to take Blondie with them." Mark added. Arizona, Addison, and Owen all gave him a pointed glare and he held up his hands in surrender, "Hey, I'm just giving them the full account. We were all pretty badass. Except Hahn, nothing badass about her."
"Come on, you're riding with us, I'm not taking my eyes off of you. And you're going to tell us exactly what happened." Teddy said as she pulled Arizona toward one of the vehicles.
"One other thing, I had to call mom and dad. We were sending a search and rescue for you. Word would have gotten to them eventually because of dad's rank and they would have killed me if they didn't hear it from me first. They are expecting a skype as soon as we return." Tim said with an apologetic look.
"Plus, there's Callie." Nick added. "She's kind of freaking out."
"And everyone is getting checked at the medic tent before they go anywhere, it's not an option." Teddy added, looking directly at her friend.
"Ugh." Arizona groaned. She was exhausted and covered in blood. She just wanted a hot shower and warm pajamas and to curl up in bed and listen to Callie's heartbeat as she slept. She found that she was anxious to see Callie. She hadn't had time to think about anything really in the moment, she was so focused on what she needed to do that she had blocked everything else out, but once it was over, she wanted to be near Callie more than anything. The night had been rough laying there wondering if she would get that chance again. Three months of knowing each other and two months since their first date and she was already falling for her, hard. She had known she would from the moment she kissed her in the dirty bar bathroom and she was thankful that she was still alive and getting a chance to see this through. Arizona felt like the ride was taking forever as she sat in the back next to Teddy, with Mark and Addie across from them and Tim driving while Nick was in the passenger seat. Finally, as they approached the base, Arizona undid her seat belt and had the door open before they came to a complete stop.
It seemed that everyone had been waiting for word as the doors to the mess hall opened and people started exiting the building to greet them at the medic tent, despite that it was four o'clock in the morning, where the eight doctors and two privates that were with them were being evaluated. Private Jenkins was going to be med flighted out for surgery so he was first to be seen.
"Arizona! Mark! Addie!" Callie cried out as she laid eyes on them. The three of them stood still as Callie ran to them, throwing her arms around Arizona as she once again found herself in a group hug.
"What happened? Are you ok? Are you hurt? Why are you all covered in blood? Someone better start talking." Callie rambled. Despite the exhaustion she felt, Arizona smiled.
"You're going to get blood all over you." Arizona said as she looked down at herself.
"I don't care." Callie said, pulling her closer. She looked over Arizona's shoulder at her two friends and asked again, "What happened?
"Long story short, we were held hostage and performed surgery on Private Jenkins with Derek after he was shot by one of the men holding us hostage. Arizona, Erica, Chief Webber, and Owen performed surgery on a little boy who had been shot in the crossfire after rebels attempted to enter the village where he lived." Addie explained. Arizona was thankful she left out the "at gunpoint" theatrics that Erica had given earlier.
"Are you guys hurt?" Callie asked. She pulled Arizona away from her and looked her over but Arizona shook her head no, "It's not my blood, Callie, I'm fine. Just happy to see you."
"My heart stopped when they said they had lost contact with you guys and were sending out a search and rescue. I wanted to come but Teddy wouldn't let me."
"I'm sorry we scared you, kid, but we're all fine." Mark replied with a smile.
Callie stayed by Arizona's side while she got the mandatory checkup and then she walked with her, Teddy, Nick, and Tim to the conference room where they would skype Arizona's parents. Arizona had wanted to shower and change first but Teddy and Tim insisted she skype her parents who were anxiously awaiting word first. Callie threw her Miami dolphins hoodie over Arizona to hide some of the blood from her parents.
"I'll just wait out here." Callie said as the other four entered the room to sit in front of the computer.
"No, come with me. I know it's early to meet my parents and over skype isn't how I imagined it but I do want you to come. I understand if you don't want to but they will be so focused on me that it will take the attention off of you. Besides, you were planning on meeting them soon in Boston anyway."
"I'll come with you, if you're sure." Callie replied without hesitation.
"I'm sure." Arizona smiled. Arizona sat in the middle seat in between Teddy and Tim while Callie and Nick sat in chairs just behind them but still visible if the camera was angled right. Despite the awkward position, Arizona and Callie kept their hands clasped tightly together.
"Oh, Arizona, my God. What happened, baby, are you alright? Why are you covered in blood? Daniel, Daniel, get in here quick." Barbara sounded frantic as she caught the first sight of her daughter.
"Don't cry, mom. I'm ok, it's not my blood. I did surgery on a little boy and it's his blood. I saved his life mom, it's ok. I wanted to change first but Tim and Teddy knew how worried you were." Arizona tried soothing her mother.
"The little boy is ok? Why didn't they know you had to do surgery?" Barbara asked as Daniel came into view. "It's not her blood." Barbara said to her husband.
"Hey squirt, I'm glad to see your face. You ok?"
"Yea, dad, I'm fine. And mom, it was an emergency surgery so we didn't have time to contact them about our late return. The villagers were desperate for supplies and stole our radios so we had no way to contact the base." Arizona said, omitting information. She and her father shared a knowing look and she knew eventually she would have to tell him the actual events but not in front of her mother.
"It's not often that I get to see all my children's smiling faces at once. I miss you three." Barbara said, now that she was satisfied that Arizona was uninjured.
"Well, there's more than the three of us here, mom." Arizona said, she squeezed Callie's fingers before she adjusted the camera so that all five of them could be seen.
"Nick. It's so good to see you. Your mom and Sara are waiting for a call by the way young man." Daniel scolded.
"Yes, sir, I plan on calling tomorrow." Nick replied and then both the older Robbin's eyes fell on Callie.
"Mom, Dad, this is Callie. Callie, these are my parents."
"You can call me Barbara or mom, either is fine with me." Barbara gushed. And Callie smiled widely because it was like looking at Arizona in twenty-five years.
"You can call me the Colonel." Daniel said with a serious look on his face.
"Dad, be nice." Arizona said with an eye roll. And then she turned to Callie and whispered, "He's all bark and no bite, big ole softy that one."
"It's nice to meet you." Callie smiled brightly and only Arizona noticed the slight tension in the corners of her smile and how it didn't quite reach her eyes.
"I hope we can talk soon." Barbara said with a mischievous grin. "You are coming to Boston, right?
"Arizona and I haven't worked out all of the details yet but yes, I would love to come."
"I hate to cut this short but it has been a very long day and I would like to shower and check on some of my friends. Goodnight, I love you both." Arizona said, abruptly as she stood. Nick got up to take her place as Teddy, Tim, and Nick were going to continue with the call for a few more minutes.
"Goodnight squirt." She heard her dad say.
"Goodnight Arizona, goodnight Callie." her mother said.
"Goodnight, love you both."
"Goodnight." Callie smiled and offered a small wave before the two linked hands and left the conference room.
"Are you really alright?" Callie asked.
"I really need a shower and I'm exhausted but I'm ok."
"I'll walk back to the latrines with you." Callie offered. Though she wasn't sure if it was for her own comfort or Arizona's at this point.
"Will you stay while I shower? I kind of don't want to be alone." Arizona said softly, almost shyly which was a que to Callie that maybe she wasn't as ok as she portrayed.
"Of course."
"Maybe after my shower we could check up on Mark and Addison together." Arizona suggested.
"Yes, I would like that. I was so worried about all three of you."
"And after that, maybe we can just lay in your bunk and sleep. I want to sleep with you." Arizona suggested, then seemed shy again and added, "If not that's ok, I don't mean to be clingy or anything."
"Arizona, you never have to ask to climb in my bunk or cuddle me. I feel like I need to be close to you right now too." Callie said as she stopped them and brushed a hand over Arizona's cheek.
"Ok." Arizona whispered. Callie brushed her lips lightly over Arizona's before she continued walking, pulling Arizona with her.
"I could actually use a shower as well." Callie said as she looked down at herself. She didn't see any visible blood on her person or clothing but she had hugged not only Arizona but Mark and Addie as well who all had blood on their clothing. Actually, Arizona's clothing was saturated with it.
Arizona had a very serious and long argument with herself as she considered climbing into the shower with Callie repeatedly. The fact that she still had blood beneath her fingernails and the image of the little boy's open abdomen in her head is what kept her firmly in her own shower. She just wanted the comfort of Callie's body near her which she found unusual as normally she found her comfort in her solitude. She had performed hundreds, probably even thousands of surgeries on children, some with more traumatic injuries than the boy she had worked on earlier. What was bothering her was the fact that she had no idea if he was still alive or not. In the OR whether the outcome was good or bad, at least she knew and therefore she could deal with it appropriately. The fact that she could also still feel the spots on her chest and spine where a rifle had been pushed roughly against her wasn't helping the matter either. She looked down at her chest and noted the bruising where the gun had been roughly jabbed into her. After another round of viciously scrubbing her hands, the blood was no longer visible and Arizona quickly rinsed herself and was ready to shut off the water when Callie knocked on her stall door.
Not hesitating for a moment, Arizona walked over and opened the stall. Callie slipped in and dropped her robe next to Arizona's. She climbed into the shower and opened her arms for Arizona and the blonde wrapped her arms around Callie and sobbed. She didn't know why she was crying, she supposed it was just pure exhaustion. Callie stroked wet hair and held her tightly until the sobbing subsided. "You ok?"
"Yes, I feel better now. Thank you, Callie." Arizona replied as Callie shut off the water and wrapped each of them in a towel.
"You never have to thank me for being here for you, Arizona. Besides, I was so terrified, I kind of need to feel you too. Let's get dressed, check on Addie and Mark, and get you to bed."
The walk to Addie's was quiet and Arizona was glad that Callie had sought out her hand without her having to say she needed the contact. She was also glad that although she was giving her looks from the corner of her eye that were full of concern that she wasn't pressing her to talk. She just needed to process and sleep and then they would talk. Addie answered the door to the quarters where she was staying on the first knock.
"Just a second." She said as she barely opened the door and returned a moment later with Teddy and Mark in tow. "Let's go for a walk."
"What's going on?" Callie asked, sensing Addie hadn't wanted them to enter the quarters where she and Teddy's bunk were.
"Erica is in rare form and has been pretty dramatic." Mark replied, "She nearly took my head off for coming to check on Addie a few minutes ago."
"Sam had just left to go get some rest. He wanted to stay with me but Erica quickly vetoed that so when Mark showed up she was in rare form, even for Erica."
The group walked over to the fence and sat down on the ground with their backs against it. The sun was beginning to come up but Arizona had wanted to check on Addie and Mark, especially after their talk, before going to sleep. She looked at each of them and smiled, she was grateful for their ability to stay calm and be helpful in the situation they were in earlier that day. They had made the whole ordeal easier for her somehow.
"How are you holding up, blondie?" Mark was the first to speak as he directed his question to Arizona.
"Mark, what did I say about calling me blondie? If you want to be friends, you will have to call me Arizona."
"Right, sorry."
"I'm exhausted but I'm good now that I'm back here with you guys and Callie." Arizona replied, snuggling into Callie's side. "How are you two doing?"
"Honestly, I'm kind of still in disbelief but all in all, we saved a little boy's life and Jenkins is going to be alright. I'd call that as much of a win as we can ask for." Addie replied. Somehow her words lightened the weight on Arizona's shoulder and she smiled for the first time.
"Yea, we did alright." Mark agreed.
"I wanted to hit Erica in her smug face when she refused to help you." Addie added.
"She did what?" Teddy asked, Callie's full attention was now on Addie as well.
"The father was freaking out because Arizona is a woman and he didn't think she could save his son's life and then he put the gun to Arizona's chest and said if the kid died, so would Arizona." Mark said and both Teddy and Callie audibly gasped and turned their attention to Arizona. Owen had left that bit of information out when he had given Teddy the shortened version earlier.
"He wasn't going to kill me. He was scared. He was a terrified parent." Arizona defended and glared at Mark for revealing that bit of information.
"What did that have to do with Erica?" Callie asked.
"Well, Addie and I were telling blondie here...sorry Arizona...that we thought Erica was plotting her death just before we were all taken hostage. And then Arizona tells her that the wound is close to the heart and she may need her help and Erica said no."
"At first, but she agreed in the end." Arizona replied. Ugh she just wanted to cuddle with Callie and go to sleep but she knew this was going to open a whole new can of worms that she wasn't ready for yet.
"Then she threw you under the bus and was going to let them take you to the village with them. How are you defending her?" Mark asked, feeling a little heated at the moment now that they were rehashing the events.
"Mark, you have a big mouth." Addie said.
"What?!" Callie exclaimed. Teddy had already heard this part from Owen, though he had apparently left parts out and hearing it confirmed made her stomach turn.
"Thanks Mark." Arizona replied as she kicked his foot with hers.
"Why? Were you two not going to tell me all of this?" Callie asked.
"Callie, I was going to tell you everything, just not right now. I really just wanted to be near you and process everything and then talk tomorrow after we had some sleep. Well later today, I guess. It's been a stressful twenty-four hours."
"What about you?" Callie asked, turning to Addie.
"I was trusting Arizona to tell you."
"Right. So my girlfriend and my best friend are both keeping the truth from me?" Callie asked, feeling slightly hurt.
"Hey, I wasn't hiding anything." Mark replied.
"Shut it, Mark." both Addie and Arizona said.
"Maybe we should all just get some sleep." Teddy suggested. She knew emotions were running high and everyone was exhausted, there would be nothing productive occurring with those circumstances.
The group got up, Arizona hugged each of them, even Mark, goodnight and followed Callie as she walked briskly toward the barracks. Callie didn't initiate contact this time but she also didn't pull away as Arizona weaved their fingers together between them as they walked. The walk back was even quieter than the one there and this time Arizona was hoping for Callie to say something, anything. She had seen the hurt flash through her eyes and she would do practically anything to prevent that from happening again.
"Callie?"
"Hmmm?"
"Can I, do you want me to, can I still sleep with you?" Arizona asked.
"Look, I'm hurt that you didn't tell me everything and I had to hear it from Mark but I'm not mad at you. I understand why you needed some time. Mark has a big mouth. Of course you can still sleep with me."
"I will tell you everything, myself, tomorrow, I promise. But tonight can we just cuddle and sleep? I just want to be close to you."
Callie didn't answer, she just kissed the back of Arizona's hand and they continued to the barracks. Callie led Arizona to her bunk and pointed at the ladder for her to climb up. She followed quickly and laid down on her side, pulling Arizona against her with her head under Callie's chin, pressed against her chest. Arizona tucked a leg between Callie's and used her arm around Callie's waist to pull them impossibly closer. Arizona let out a content sigh and drifted off to sleep as she listened to Callie's heartbeat. Callie kissed the crown of her head and closed her eyes but sleep did not come for her for several hours as she thought about how this day could have ended very differently for them both.
The couple slept late the next day, it was nearly noon before either climbed out of bed reluctantly. They showered together, both of them beyond caring at the moment about consequences. Arizona found herself needing to be in contact with Callie. She knew she owed her an explanation and she would get it but for now, she was content just to be in contact with her. Callie washed Arizona's hair and massaged conditioner into her scalp eliciting hums of pleasure from the blonde. Callie smiled at her girlfriend, she was worried about Arizona's silence on the events that occurred the day and night before so the fact that she was able to offer her some comfort was helping Callie cope with her own worry and trauma. True, it was nothing compared to Arizona's but she had been truly terrified for not only Arizona but Mark and Addie as well.
"Stop worrying, Calliope, I'm ok." Arizona whispered as Callie washed and conditioned her own hair.
"I know you are but you can't tell me not to worry. If the situation were reversed…."
"I would have been raising hell." Arizona said with a smile and Callie smiled too because she knew it was true. The couple dried off and dressed and then they walked down to the shed where they could speak in private. Callie sat down on the makeshift bed she had made the day before and leaned a pillow against the wall to rest her back against. Arizona didn't hesitate to sit between her legs as soon as Callie was adjusted. Callie stroked Arizona's hair with one hand while Arizona played with the fingers on her other hand nervously.
"Mark is a really great guy, Callie."
"What?" Callie had not expected that and she wasn't sure where it was coming from or what had brought it on or if Arizona was about to pick a fight to avoid talking about this.
"He was great yesterday, the whole day. It started out with him and Addie joining me without being invited, might I add, against my tree where I was spending my lunch break daydreaming about you. But then those two showed up and insisted we were going to be friends. Then they warned me about Erica Hahn. They said she and Eliza are buddies now and are plotting our break up. I'm not worried about that though, are you?" Arizona asked as she turned her body so she could look at Callie.
"Let them try. I don't think there's anything that they could do to make me break up with you. And now that we know that's their intention, we can head off anything that might put one of us in a bad position."
"Good, then we're on the same page. Because I trust that you love me and wouldn't want to mess this up. And I hope you know, I would never do anything to jeopardize this, Callie."
"I do." Callie said. She leaned down and kissed the blonde's neck before she helped her up, "Turn around, I want to look at you while you're talking to me."
Arizona straddled Callie's legs so she was facing her and sat down. She now picked at the hem of Callie's shirt while Callie pushed blonde locks behind Arizona's ears. "When Mark, Addie, and I returned from our spot at the tree, we heard gunshots, three, I think. Before we could respond, two armed men came over the hill near the tree where we had been sitting a few moments before and forced us into the tent."
"Take your time, Arizona. I want to hear everything because I want to understand what happened but I don't want to pressure you. So while you know you can tell me, you don't have to."
"I appreciate that, Callie. And I think knowing that, makes it easier to tell you." Arizona said with a smile. She placed a chaste kiss on Callie's lips to draw some strength before she explained everything that happened. She left nothing out but may have sugar coated a few things, as she recalled as much as she could remember for her girlfriend. Callie sat quietly, flexing her hand in and out of a fist a few times and Arizona felt her thigh muscles tense under her more than once. Her jaw was set and locked but she remained calm and quiet through the entire retelling of events. When Arizona told her about the gun being shoved into her chest, Callie pulled her shirt down now understanding where the ugly purple mark she had noticed in the shower had come from. She had one just on the right side of her mid spine as well and Arizona confirmed it had been obtained the same way. Callie smiled when Arizona recounted how Mark and Addie had comforted her and the three had stuck together. When Arizona finished, Callie didn't say anything, she simply opened her arms and waited for Arizona to lean in before she wrapped them tightly around her.
The two sat there holding each other for a while, Arizona with her arms wrapped tightly around Callie's neck, breathing in her shampoo and coconut pear lotion and Callie rubbing her hands up and down Arizona's back. Arizona kissed the soft skin of Callie's neck and nibbled at the tender flesh behind her ear. She sat up, breaking their embrace and crashed her lips into Callie's demanding entrance into Callie's mouth which Callie immediately granted. Arizona explored Callie's mouth with her tongue before she sucked Callie's tongue hard into her own mouth. As Callie broke the kiss for some air, Arizona grabbed her lip and bit down gently then ran her tongue over it soothing it.
"Not that I'm complaining but what was that for honey?" Callie asked equally concerned and turned on. Arizona didn't answer, she just went in for another searing kiss. Callie once again granted her access and let her take the lead. She moaned into Arizona's mouth as their tongues stroked the other woman's. Arizona broke the kiss this time and looked in Callie's eyes.
"That was because we could have lost everything yesterday and I am so grateful that I have you. And right now, I really just want to make love to you and show you how much I love, want, and need you."
Callie looked at Arizona closely for any signs of hesitation or that she wasn't ok but she just found genuine love and lust within her deep blue eyes. Callie smiled and rolled them over so she was now laying on top of Arizona between her legs. Arizona giggled and said, "Look who thinks she's the top now."
"Oh, I don't think, I know." Callie said with a smirk. She leaned down and kissed Arizona as the blonde worked on pulling her own shirt up and over her head. "We probably shouldn't get naked. It's daylight."
"Probably not but can you at least take your shirt off? I want to feel your skin." Arizona said as she was already running her hands up a muscular back, pulling the shirt with her. Callie allowed her to remove the shirt and she pulled a blanket over them despite the warm weather. Thankfully the weather had cooled some as October came closer to an end. Callie worked on the buttons of Arizona's jeans and lifted herself up so that Arizona could do the same to her own pants.
She didn't wait for Arizona as the button came free and she released the zipper. She slipped her hand into Arizona's pants and underwear and gently stroked her already wet folds. "You're so wet baby."
"Mmm, I told you, I wanted you." Arizona said as she finally popped Callie's button free and wiggled the zipper open. "I'm totally a fan of ogling you in these skinny jeans, Cal but it's going to make fucking you more challenging."
"God, I love it when you talk dirty to me but I thought you were making love to me."
"I am." Arizona said as she wiggled her hand into Callie's jeans and smiled when she realized there was no underwear to contend with. "I'm going to make you cum so hard you're going to have to change your jeans."
"Fuck." Callie whispered as Arizona's lithe fingers entered her gently and painfully slowly. Callie's own mission was momentarily forgotten as Arizona brought her knee up for leverage and so Callie could rock back against it. Taking advantage of Callie's new position, Arizona leaned her head up and pulled a bra covered breast into her mouth. It had only been two weeks since their last intimate encounter but Callie moaned as her own fingers entered Arizona's soaking wet core and she could feel how her walls stretched around her as she filled her with two long digits. Arizona arched her back and her breath caught in her throat as she adjusted to the girth of Callie's fingers.
They started a slow and torturous rhythm, each with a thigh between the other woman's leg to use as leverage. Arizona ground down against Callie's thigh to force her fingers deeper as she brought her own fingers completely out of Callie before easing them back in as deep as she could, using her own thigh to assist her. Callie's moan at the motion caused Arizona to feel a rush of wetness rush out of her center and she knew Callie's fingers must be soaked. "Shit Callie, you're making me so wet."
"Mmm, it feels so good." Callie replied, not opening her eyes but biting her bottom lip which made Arizona nearly lose control. She began grinding her hips against Callie's hand and leg but Callie kept her pace as slow as Arizona was keeping hers.
"Callie." Arizona whimpered, "Callie, please, make me cum."
"Together." Callie whispered as she leaned down and gently bit the side of Arizona's neck. Despite her own desperation for a quick release, Arizona really wanted to draw Callie's out. So she kept her pace light, rubbing the heel of her hand over Callie's clitoris on occasion which elicited all sorts of delicious noises from the Latina. Arizona began to feel the familiar tug in her lower abdomen and she could tell this was going to be a powerful orgasm. She wiggled a third finger into Callie and used her leg to enter her deeper with each thrust, allowing the heel of her hand to rub her clit with each thrust. Callie's pace automatically increased as Arizona felt Callie's walls grip her fingers tightly. She was barely able to move them now but she kept them moving as her own walls began spasming. Callie opened her eyes and their eyes connected a split second before Callie threw her head back in a silent scream and Arizona let out a scream of her own as her orgasm hit forcefully. Callie quickly covered Arizona's mouth with her hand and Arizona bit down to stifle the scream she couldn't hold back.
"Ouch, shit, Arizona." Callie said as she removed her now bleeding hand from Arizona's mouth. Arizona was panting too hard to respond but she reached up and grabbed Callie's hand to inspect it. "God, Callie, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you. I was just trying not to scream. That was, you were amazing."
"Hmmm, you're lucky I had my own fantastic orgasm and that you're so beautiful. You're forgiven but I'm going to have to explain this. I wish I could have let you scream babe, I love it when you do."
"I know, that was a powerful one. Oh my God, Callie." Arizona sighed through her continued panting in complete contentment. Once she had caught her breath, she sat up and reached out her hand for Callie's to inspect it. The top of her hand under her pinky had two puncture wounds from Arizona's teeth and she had a perfect outline of both top and bottom teeth that was already bruising.
"Shit, Callie, I'm so sorry. We need to ice this, you have surgery tomorrow. Oh my God, I wasn't thinking, Callie." Arizona rambled as she worked herself up to tears.
"Hey, hey, like I said before, sex battle wounds are always welcome. It was an accident and it's fine. I'll clean it and ice it but it really doesn't even hurt now." Callie replied. They each reached for their shirts and quickly pulled them over their heads. "Can we stay here and snuggle for a few minutes before we go clean this?"
"Whatever you want babe. But I am cleaning that. And then we are going to bandage it and ice it. You should probably get a shot of antibiotics too. Bites are nasty."
"I'll keep an eye on it." Callie said but Arizona looked at her with her eyes narrowed as if she was daring her to argue and Callie was simultaneously turned on and slightly scared of her petite lover, "Ok but only if it's you poking me in the ass."
"I'll even kiss it better." Arizona replied with a dimpled smile now that she got her own way. "Now, come here so I can hold you."
"Nope, you bit me so I get to choose. And you had a gun against your chest and against your spine yesterday so I think I really need to be the one to hold you." Callie said. It was in a joking tone but Arizona could hear the truth in Callie's words. She could tell that she was serious so she rolled over and backed her bottom into Callie's pelvis as Callie wrapped her arms around her.
"You know, I woke up this morning on the ground in the cold, confused, and being spooned."
"You did?" Callie asked. She raised up on her elbow to peak over Arizona as Arizona turned her head to look up at her.
"It was actually kind of funny. I wish I had a camera. I woke up and felt arms around me and a body spooning me and I smiled because I thought it was you for a split second. But then I knew it wasn't you. The body was too large and hard and didn't smell like you. And the hand that was resting on my stomach was far too masculine to be yours. I turned and sure enough, Mark was spooning me." Arizona said with a giggle. Callie was torn between thinking Mark was cute and grateful he had kept Arizona warm and pissed that he had his body pressed up against her super hot girlfriend who she knew was Mark's type. Arizona continued as she watched Callie's eyes curiously, she wasn't sure what emotions she had just witnessed, "That wasn't the funny part though. Addison was also spooning Mark and Erica Hahn was spooning Addison."
"What? No way, shut up."
"Scouts honor." Arizona giggled.
"Oh I am so going to tease Addison relentlessly over this." Callie laughed. Arizona joined in with her own giggles before she turned serious and looked up a Callie again.
"I wanted it to be your arms around me, just so you know. But Mark was really sweet. He pretended to be scared so that Addie and I wouldn't feel too girly about admitting it so we could sit together while we took our turn as lookouts. He's a good guy, Calliope, I'm sorry I didn't see that before." Arizona whispered. Callie leaned down and kissed her hard and passionately before they both settled down and resumed their big spoon, little spoon positions. It took less than five minutes for Callie to feel Arizona relax against her and she took the moment to really take in Arizona's appearance.
She lifted up the back of her shirt and kissed the bruise by her spine causing her to shiver slightly. She reached her hand out and pulled Callie closer to her. Callie held her tightly until her breathing evened out again and then she took in the contours of her face. She loved her jaw line and the button nose. She could see the freckles scattered lightly across her make-up-less face. Even without mascara, her eyelashes were long and rested on her cheek bones though they were lighter without the make-up. She traced a finger over a shaped eyebrow and then brought it down to trace over pink lips.
"You're watching me sleep." Arizona groaned.
"I can't help it, you're just so beautiful."
"Come on, let's go get your hand taken care of. If we don't move now, I'm going to sleep here for the rest of the day."
"I need to change my pants first." Callie said. Arizona giggled and led her to the barracks to change.
Once Callie's hand was fully attended to, the two made it to the dining hall for dinner and then they planned to cuddle together in Callie's bunk and watch movies for the rest of the night. As the mess hall filled and it looked as though everyone was in attendance for dinner, Owen and Richard stood to make an announcement, everyone's attention fell on them and the room was silent.
"In light of what happened yesterday, we have suspended all future trips into the villages on Saturdays. This will be reassessed once we have a chance to go over security measures and decide what the best course of action moving forth will be. As for tomorrow, I have spent most of today with my troops discussing security details and we will not be going to the hospital tomorrow. I hope that we will be able to go again on Tuesday once our security detail has been reformatted and additional personnel have been assigned. I will make an announcement tomorrow to let you all know what will happen for the coming days. Thank you." Owen said.
"Also, I need a written account of what happened from each of my doctors that were in the village during the incident Saturday night. I need them by the end of the night. I will also find some of you to speak privately about a matter that has come up so that I am able to proceed as best I can. Now, enjoy your meals." Richard added.
"Ugh, the last thing I want is to write about what happened." Arizona said as she rested her head in her hands on the table.
"I'll help you." Callie offered, rubbing her back.
"What's up with you, Blondie?"
"Mark, if you want to be friends, you really need to stop calling me that."
"Sorry, it's just so you. I think you're stuck with it." Mark said, taking a bite of his apple as Arizona gave him a steely glare.
"What happened to your hand, Cal?"Addie asked as she sat down with her tray next to Mark.
"She got bit" "I fell" Arizona and Callie said at the same time, a pink flush covering both of their cheeks.
"Oh sex wounds." Addie said knowingly with a wink at Callie and a light laugh.
"I'm not hungry anymore." Arizona said, pushing her tray away. She wasn't upset with Mark or Addie's intrusion, she really just did not want to have to give a written account of what happened yesterday. She had been looking forward to a whole day with Callie.
"You need to eat anyway." Callie said, pulling her tray back to her. "I know you don't want to write that report but you can just do it quickly and get it over with, I'll make it worth your while."
"What do you have in mind?"
"One of my famous back rubs and a foot massage and if you eat, I'll even play with your hair until you fall asleep."
"You drive a hard bargain, Torres." Arizona replied as she shoved a spoonful of soup into her mouth.
"We could all write our reports together." Mark offered.
"Sure." Arizona said with a shrug.
"What does the Chief want to talk to everyone about?"
"No idea." Mark said but avoided eye contact with Callie. She narrowed her eyes at him but looked down at her girlfriend who had missed the interaction.
"I think I want some more bread," Callie said, standing as Arizona stole the bread from her plate, "Mark, come with me."
"You want anything, Addie?" Mark asked.
"No thanks."
"What about you, babe?" Callie asked, kissing the top of Arizona's head.
"No, but thank you." She replied smiling up at Callie. "I think we should make a bag of popcorn later though."
"Anything you want, sweets." Callie said as she walked away with Mark. They made their way back into the food line, "Ok, spill it Sloan."
"Addie and I went to the Chief about Hahn and what transpired out there. And apparently we were late to the party because everyone else, aside from Jenkins and Perkins, had already gone to him about it. Even Hunt. But he needs a unanimous vote for any form of punishment, including Arizona's."
"How bad was it?" Callie asked Mark. Arizona had told her what happened but she got the distinct feeling she got the semi sweet if not fully sugar coated version.
"Well, first she refused to help Arizona when she needed it, with guns pointed at her, mind you. Erica called them terrorists but Arizona defended them. And then they pulled it off. The boy lived but the father suddenly wanted to take Arizona to the village with them. Owen stood between them and Arizona. And Erica said just let them take her. They threatened to shoot Owen but we all stood around Arizona. She tried to tell Owen she would go but he wouldn't hear it, none of us would. But Erica said we were fools. Eventually she joined us and Owen talked them down saying if they shot three soldiers and six doctors and kidnapped a seventh one then the Army would hunt them down and then the rebels would be the least of their worries. They decided Owen was right and left Arizona alone."
"Yea, she definitely told me everything but somehow she made it sound way more rainbows and sunshine than that. And she did not tell me exactly what Erica said, just that she had been reluctant to help and would have possibly fed her to the wolves."
"I think Erica is dangerous for you and Arizona but more than that, she has no loyalty. She might have sacrificed any of us. But as Arizona was the sacrificial lamb this time, the Chief wants her on board."
"What took you so long? Callie, you didn't get your bread."
"They were out." Callie replied, it wasn't a lie, they had been.
"I'm sorry I ate your piece then." Arizona said looking sufficiently sorry.
"It's ok hon, I really didn't need it." Callie said with a tender kiss to her forehead. Arizona looked at her with a confused look. On base they were open about their relationship and had occasionally shown mild PDA, usually within their tight circle only, but in the two weeks since they had returned from Spain, they had barely held hands in the presence of anyone else so it felt out of place. "I just love you."
"I love you too." Arizona replied with a dimpled smile.
"Awe, you two make me want to vomit." Addie replied.
"You're just jealous." Callie replied as she wrapped her arms around Arizona and stuck out her tongue at Addie.
"Real mature, Torres. And actually I am quite jealous, Sam is oblivious sometimes."
"What do you say we get this report thing over with?" Mark suggested.
"I guess. If I have to do it, it might as well be now so I can relax with you later." Arizona replied as she looked at Callie.
"You want me to wait here for you or should I go get the movie and popcorn ready?"
"Go get everything ready, I shouldn't be long." Callie smiled at Arizona and kissed her on the cheek. As she was leaving the mess hall, she decided to take a little detour and see another blonde hair blue eyed surgeon.
Callie walked up to the quarters where Teddy and four of the female attendings were residing and knocked on the door. She knew Erica hadn't been in the mess hall when she left because she had taken her time looking for her as discreetly as possible. When no one answered, she knocked again, harder. The door swung open and Erica stood there with a scowl on her face, then realizing who stood there knocking, a smile broke out. "Well, aren't you a sight for sore eyes?"
"Can we talk?"
"Sure, come in." Erica said, holding the door for her. Callie did a quick survey of the room to make sure they were, indeed alone and then she turned to speak to Erica, only to find her much closer than she had anticipated. They were standing almost nose to nose, definitely chest to chest and Callie examined her features. It was odd to have someone in her personal space be taller than her after all these months with Arizona, her frame was much larger, her blonde hair a few shades darker, her eyes almost navy where Arizona's reminded her of the colors of the ocean and the color of the crayon she used to steal from every box she came across. A moment had passed, a moment too long, Callie realized as she had been observing the other woman and just as she went to take a step back, Erica leaned in and kissed her, hard. Before Callie realized what was happening, her back was pressed up against the wall next to the door and Erica had forced her tongue into her mouth. Callie pushed her off, "What the hell, Erica?"
She was furious, shaking from head to toe with anger. She had been caught off guard at the close proximity and her sudden curiosity to observe the other woman up closely and Erica had taken advantage. The screen door slammed and Callie looked up to see piercing green eyes shooting daggers at her.
"What's going on here?" Teddy demanded.
"We're having a private moment." Erica replied with a smile.
"I came to speak with Erica about Arizona and she kissed me. I was caught off guard, I did not want to kiss her. I didn't want to kiss you, Erica, that's not what I came for. I'm so mad." Callie said, dropping her head in her hands, tears were quickly forming in her eyes.
Believing that the dark haired woman would never hurt her best friend and that she was likely telling the truth. Not to mention what she had witnessed and heard with her own eyes and ears, Teddy's face softened toward Callie, "Are you ok?"
"Do I look ok?"
"Callie, you have been playing games with me since your first year of med school. I know you like me. You had an ample amount of time to move if you didn't want me to kiss you. You just stood there so I took that as an invitation." Erica said with faked innocence.
"We both know you manipulated the situation. I was caught off guard. I came here to tell you that I am in love with Arizona and if you harm one hair on her head or suggest that anyone else should you will have to look over your shoulder for the rest of your life, Erica Hahn. My father knows people and I don't ask questions but they're not the kind of people you mess with."
"Are you threatening me?"
"No, not at all. I am guaranteeing you that you don't want to mess with me." Callie said as she jabbed her index finger into Erica's chest before she turned to leave.
"I know people as well, Callie, including your father. We actually had a meeting over our little break. He was quite pleased to hear you're doing so well here and asked me to keep him informed. I'd hate to have to give him a bad report." Erica said with a smirk. With that, Callie rounded on her and this time Erica was against the wall with Callie's forearm under her throat and her finger on her other hand waving furiously as she spoke.
"You stay away from my dad. Stay away from me. Stay away from my family. And in case it needs clarification, Arizona is my family."
"Callie, it's ok. Cal, back off." Teddy said, breaking the two apart. Callie turned and stormed out the door as Teddy tried to follow. She caught up to Callie quickly and grabbed her elbow leading her to the fence behind their quarters where they were out of sight and hearing distance of Erica Hahn.
"Just breathe Callie." Teddy said, rubbing her hands up and down her arms as Callie struggled to take in air. All she kept thinking was that she had to tell Arizona about this and that was the last thing she wanted to do. And she hadn't even begun to process what Erica had said about her dad.
"Arizona…" Callie gasped out but she couldn't force herself to take another breath and the world started spinning. Teddy helped her to the ground with her back against the fence and had her rest her head down on her knees while she rubbed her back.
"Focus on breathing...in...out...good girl...you've got this, Callie, just breathe." Teddy said, soothing the distraught woman. It took a few minutes but Callie's erratic breathing began to level and she felt her heart rate slowly decrease.
"Thank you Teddy. For helping me and believing me. You do believe me, right?"
"I do. And Arizona will too. She's going to be mad but you have to tell her, Callie. If you don't, you know Erica will hold it over your head and tell her when it best suits her."
"I know. It's just, with everything that has happened in the last twenty-four hours, this is not what we need right now. It's especially not what she needs. She's traumatized, Teddy."
"Arizona is tougher than you think, Callie. After Andi died, she was my rock. I wouldn't have made it through without her. I lost my whole family in one night but Arizona lost them too. She had known my parents since before Andi was born and Arizona was an infant. And they turned on her overnight, on both of them. Apparently while we were all away at college, my parents were much tougher on Andi than either Arizona or I realized. Andi started going to parties with these college kids and she brought Sara along. My dad had become abusive in a way, monitoring her every move, dictating where she went to college, threatening to put a deadbolt on her door, roughing her up even towards the end. She just couldn't take it and she didn't want to worry either Arizona or I so she turned to partying. We found this all out after she died from Sara who had been the only person she'd confided in and swore to secrecy. Andi was doing drugs and drinking heavily, blackout drinking. She lost her virginity at some party in a bathroom while she was drunk and high and she didn't even remember her name. She was cheating on Arizona, at least physically, emotionially, Arizona had had her heart since they were five years old and Arizona hit her upside the head with her rainbow brite lunch box for calling her a dumb blonde." Teddy said, earning a slew of emotions from the latina's eyes, "My point is, she's tough, she can handle it. She's not going to break. But she will lose her trust in you if you don't tell her and she has to find that out from someone else. Especially if that someone else is Erica Hahn. Don't let her lose that from someone she loves so much, not again."
"I'll tell her. I knew the moment it happened that I would have to. I just don't want to hurt her." Callie sighed.
"I know you don't and I'm glad for that. Don't beat yourself up too much, Nick kissed Arizona Friday night."
"He what?"
"It was nothing like that Erica kiss and don't worry, your girl more than put him in his place. I'm not telling you this to even the score, I'm just letting you know because there are things she might not tell you about Nick or Amelia or maybe even others and it isn't because she wants to hide anything from you. She doesn't see them as threats, to her, they are no different than Tim or I. Arizona is a black and white person. She feels guilty for breaking rules or even bending them, she cries under authority, and is a terrible liar but some things she just doesn't see as a big deal. Like kissing Amelia on the forehead or Nick greeting her with a kiss, she did tell him not to let that happen again and told him you enjoy breaking bones for a living, just so you know. My point is, if it was something she felt was wrong, if she felt like she betrayed you somehow or that it meant more than what it was, it would be something she would tell you about. So really, Nick and Amelia, not a threat. Eliza and Erica, those two are a completely different ball game."
"Thank you for giving me some insight into Arizona, Teddy. I'm still not happy that he kissed her but as long as she put him in his place, that's all I can ask."
"I think she will feel the same about Erica and you definitely put her in her place. Did you see her eyes when you threw her against the wall?" Teddy laughed.
"All I saw was red, Teds." But Callie couldn't help but laugh with her. "Whelp, I guess it's time to go find that gorgeous blonde of mine and make her furious."
"Good luck, Callie."
"Thanks again, Teddy."
Callie walked back to the barracks and considered what she would say to Arizona. She replayed the explanation over and over in her mind until she found what she thought would be the best approach but as she walked into the barracks and saw her beautiful girlfriend looking so adorable yet sexy in one of Callie's t-shirts that hung to her knees and her hair in braids, she lost all thought of what to say.
"Hey baby, I thought you were going to set the movie up and pop some popcorn for us." Arizona said with a smile that showed she wasn't mad, just curious. But she could tell by the use of "baby" that she was still feeling emotional. Not that Callie complained, she didn't mind pet names, actually she loved it when Arizona used them, it was Arizona who seemed to have a slight aversion, especially in public.
"I, here, put some pants on, let's go talk in private for a minute." Callie said, handing Arizona a pair of yoga pants. She put them on and slipped her feet into some flip flops and then allowed Callie to take her hand and lead her outside. Callie pulled her into a shed so they could talk and Arizona giggled, thinking her girlfriend was looking for something else.
"I don't think a dirty shed is the place to woo me, Calliope. Our shed is clean and romantic, this one is gross and I'm a bit concerned about the size of the spiders that could be in here. You are so not getting laid with spiders around." Arizona said, coming a little closer to Callie as she looked around to see if she spotted any of said spiders. Callie couldn't help but smile at the cuteness of Arizona and she pulled her into her arms.
"I will protect you from the spiders, honey, and anything else scary that comes along too. Even brothers who imitate masked, knife wielding psychos." Callie teased.
"So not getting laid." Arizona pouted as she pushed Callie's shoulder.
"Well, after I tell you what I have to tell you that would probably ruin the mood anyway."
"I don't like the sound of that."
"I just need you to hear me out before you storm out of here, ok. Please, promise me that?"
"Hey, nothing you can say will make me leave you. I might get upset or mad and need space to process from time to time but I am in this Callie." Arizona said as she brushed a strand of long black, silky hair behind her lover's ear. Then she gently pressed her lips against Callie's before she leaned back and nodded for Callie to continue.
"I love you so much and I never want to see you hurt or in danger. Mark told me the non-sugar coated version of what Erica Hahn did. So after I left the mess hall, I took a detour to give her a piece of my mind. I pounded on the door and told her I needed to talk to her, she let me in and when I turned around, she was standing so close, we were touching, our chests were touching and I could feel her breath on me. Before I knew it, she was kissing me. She backed me into the wall and kissed me, hard. I pushed her off of me and we had a very heated argument. I yelled at her and Teddy had to break us apart. I am so sorry, Arizona. I didn't want it to happen and I did not kiss her back but she did kiss me."
"What?" Arizona whispered with her eyebrows furrowed, her face looking slightly paler than usual.
"Erica kissed me, Arizona."