While Arizona was waiting for Callie to come down after washing up, she was surprised to see a few of her cousins whom she recognized from last night come into the house and start setting the table while 4 or 5 children started running around underfoot. It was only then that she realized why they had made so much food and even more was coming out of the refrigerator and was being reheated. During dinner, when she wasn't pulled into her own conversations, Arizona sat and watched how Callie interacted with her family, how even after nearly twenty years, the conversation flowed freely, the laughter came easily, and most importantly how the love and respect they had for one another was so evident. She watched as the cousins bantered back and forth and if they got too rowdy, one of them would get cuffed on the back of the head and how even at 40 years old, her wife or any of her cousins for that matter, would allow any of the elders to scold them without fighting back. It seemed as though everything they did was steeped in tradition, for instance, she was certain whether she and Callie were here or not, the entire family would be gathered around the table, eating Sunday dinner together and how it just seemed to fall upon the oldest to care for the youngest. Berto was clearly the patriarch and Marta the matriarch, but the elder cousins cared for the younger cousins on down the line even to the smallest of the children as she watched a little boy no more than 5 scoop beans onto the plate of the little one next to him.

As she looked around the table and saw how completely comfortable Callie was here and she could see Sofia eating it up, even she herself was loving the atmosphere and felt entirely at home, she found it extremely difficult to see Carlos, Lucia, or Aria ever being relaxed or even fitting into this environment. Though she had tried not to make the comparisons, she couldn't help but do so. She wanted to blame the time apart, the rift between them, for the stilted conversation and lack of…well, this…family connection, but she couldn't, not now, not after seeing this. Callie reached next to Arizona to get another helping of the tamales she couldn't believe her wife had a hand in making and noticed she had become extremely quiet and asked, "What are you so quiet about? Are you feeling okay?" Arizona smiled, nodded her head, and responded quietly, "Just listening to the stories and watching you with your family." Tia Rosa squinted her eyes at her and accused, "You have a question stewing in that brain. Speak up girl, no one is shy here." Arizona laughed and responded, "I don't want to offend anyone and well…as hard as I'm trying not to, I can't help but notice the differences between all of you and Lucia. I guess…I guess I'm just trying to picture her here…and Aria." Everyone at the table nodded in understanding, including Callie. Marta spoke up, "Since she was little, Lucia was taken with America and the American ways, she was amazed by the American tourists and would follow them through town and watch them. She always told us that one day she was going to move away from here and live in America, become an American. This was not the life for her. As she grew up, though she clung to the Catholic Religion, she had little to do with the culture or traditions, so much so that when we had our fiesta's, she would sit in her room and hide away." She pointed to Callie and continued, "Much like this one did with her mami's parties." Callie just nodded, there was no denying it. Ana cut in with, "Every year we used to go on family vacations, usually here in our country. One year, when we were in prepatoria…ahhh…high school, Papi thought maybe he would scare this idea out of her and we went to California for our family vacation. Rather than scare her, it further convinced her that was the life for her. When we returned home, she started applying for colleges in America, got accepted, married Aria's father, and hasn't been back since, except to visit."

Arizona looked at Callie, smiled, and surmised, "You're the exact opposite, you couldn't care less about the money and the prestige, you love the tradition and the culture and the family atmosphere. That's why you love it here so much." Callie nodded, looked around at her family, smiled, and responded, "It is." Arizona furrowed her brow and suggested, "I may be out of line here but you said it wasn't you who had a problem with us, why did you never reach out to Calliope?" Everyone at the table grew quiet and Arizona knew she hit a nerve. Callie looked around and saw that everyone seemed to have frozen and suggested, "You…ah, you don't have to answer that, it's okay." Ana sighed and shook her head. She took Callie's hand and explained, "Calliope, we did not know until a few weeks ago, when we received Lucia's call, the first call in many years, that you had been shunned as well. We thought it was only we who had been shunned by your family, including you for accepting Berto, we only knew you had mentioned it to Carlos in an argument, we did not know that argument was about your own preference until recently. In fact, we thought it was the opposite and you were condemning him. Otherwise we would have reached out."

Callie's face contorted in confusion as she asked, "Wait, you didn't know? You thought it was me? When was the last time you spoke to mami?" Rosa replied, "When you got into that argument with Carlos all those years ago, she called and told us you brought it up and asked if it were true, then condemned Berto to hell and all of us along with him for accepting him. We assumed since we hadn't heard from you that it was true and you agreed with her." Callie shook her head and explained, "No, no, I even tried to call and no one answered. The night before our first wedding, she said she refused to take any part in it or accept our bastard child and I hadn't seen nor spoken to her until a couple months ago when she didn't even recognize her own granddaughter and it really hit her that she missed out on eight years of my life. I thought since I hadn't heard from you that you agreed with her." Berto nodded and responded, "She called me a few weeks ago and apologized. She told me what happened between the two of you and that she had been stupid and stubborn long enough. She said she had no right to judge and hoped whoever I loved treated me well. She told me her daughter-in-law requested that you both be welcome to visit during your honeymoon, and she called the others and apologized as well."

Tia Ana took Arizona's hand and explained, "What I said yesterday, I wasn't just referring to Calliope. Whatever it is you did or said, I thank you for bringing our Calliope home to us." Arizona smiled and responded, "Well, that explains why Carlos made me talk to Lucia about it, he was too scared. We never knew any of this." They all laughed and continued eating. It was late in the evening once the last few people left and Callie and Arizona started to excuse themselves to make their way up to bed. Just before they reached the stairs, Callie turned to her family and asked, "This one won't tell me where we are going, but can someone take us to the nearest car rental place in the morning?" Berto smiled, said he would be happy to but had to be up early to work. Tia Ana offered her car for them to use during their vacation since they would be back on Saturday and she rarely used it anyway. Knowing better than to argue with her, Callie graciously accepted, the two hugged everyone, said goodnight and went up to their bedroom.

After washing up and climbing into bed, Arizona lay on her back with Callie's head on her chest running her hand through her short black hair, still slightly damp from the shower, while Callie rubbed soothing circles on her lower abdomen. She smiled, knowing this was Callie's way of bonding with the babies. Arizona broke the silence by asking, "Are you upset that I asked why they never contacted you?" Callie continued making patterns on the taut pale skin and smiled when she answered, "To be honest, I wondered what took you so long." Her head bobbed up and down when Arizona chuckled and she continued, "I wanted to know too, but I guess I was afraid of the answer, I think that's why I never tried to reach out after that one time." Arizona nodded in understanding then explained, "I really do have a difficult time seeing the rest of your family here. Is that wrong to say?" Callie already knew the answer, but asked anyway, "Why?" Arizona scratched Callie's scalp, making her close her eyes at the sheer pleasure, and answered, "I don't know, I mean I do, it just sounds so…elitist…judgmental. I mean this place is gorgeous and beautiful and your family is so…loving and down to earth and…and…" "Normal." Callie added with a chuckle.

Arizona nodded, "Yeah, and your parents and Aria, their tastes are more on the expensive side, like, I guess I just couldn't see Aria riding in Uncle Berto's jeep." Callie snorted and answered, "Papi used to pick us up in this old pick up, it was like a rust bucket and I swear every time we hit a bump, I thought something was going to fall off. She used to hide under a blanket in the back. Mami used to wear her sunglasses and a scarf, and daddy, he didn't mind so much. He actually got into it. His family history was much the same, he was born in the states, so his childhood was more like mine. His parents already owned a few hotels by the time he was born and they traveled back home to visit family, he was fascinated by the culture. What you may not know from looking at the place is the Ortiz family is also very wealthy and mami never understood why they didn't choose to, I don't know, live better, for lack of a better term. They just don't flaunt it like my family does. Aside from embracing our heritage and culture, I think that's what makes mami and I so different. I mean, I love nice things, you know that, but I'll choose family over those things any day of the week. I think one of the things that always bothered me most was that mami chose to take parts of our heritage, like what I told you about a woman's role being to get married, have children, be a good wife. But at the same time, she got married, had children and we were raised by nannies and spent a great deal of time with our grandparents. She clung to Catholic beliefs but had no problems flaunting or boasting about the things they had. To me, those things were never as important, I guess that's why I never told anybody. That and I never knew if people were my friends for me or for my money."

Arizona was quiet for a minute then revealed, "I never understood until this trip…you always surrounded yourself with people, had big celebrations, held onto the ones you loved so tightly, I never understood until we got here why that was. I mean, I knew it was about family. But I thought it was because of your mom and your sister, I didn't know it was because of your background, your heritage. It makes more sense to me now." Callie kissed Arizona's stomach just below her navel then turned so she could face her and replied, "It's funny you say that because last night when we first walked into the party, I could see your eyes looking at everything and how overwhelming everything was for you and it finally hit me that you've never had anything like this. You were never in one place long enough to build a community and you were too far away from your actual family to ever attend reunions or parties and even birthdays. I get it now, you never knew anyone well enough to invite to a party or celebrate with, so you shied away from all of those things. It wasn't until Seattle that you actually had a community, a village, and now New York where we are building a whole new chosen family." Arizona caressed a soft tan cheek, smiled tenderly and teased, "It only took us two marriages and a trip to another country to figure that out about each other."

Callie chuckled, pinched her nipple making her squeal, and retorted, "Shut it." Arizona squinted her eyes in that way she does and dared her, "Make me!" Callie lurched forward, caught her lips in a searing kiss and pinned her to the mattress with her body. Pulling back, both of them panting for air, she asked, "You were saying?" Arizona blinked twice, shook her head and responded, "I have no idea." Callie laughed and asked, "So, are you going to tell me where we are headed tomorrow?" Arizona pouted, shrugged, and replied, "I guess I should since I need you to get us there." Callie smacked her hip and deadpanned, "Gee thanks for taking me along on your honeymoon." Arizona giggled, pulled her in for a hard demanding kiss, then nodded toward the pile of suitcases and directed, "Front pocket of the carry on, white envelope." Callie flew off the bed and ran to the suitcase like Sofia ran toward the tree on Christmas morning and Arizona couldn't help but laugh at her.

Climbing back on the bed, Callie ripped open the envelope, pulled out a sheet of paper and several sets of tickets and declared, "You've got to be shitting me!" Arizona arched her brow in question and asked, "Uh is that a good response or a bad one?" Callie's mega-watt smile bloomed across her face and she responded, "A good one, a really, really good one." As Callie read through the itinerary and saw all the activities her wife had planned, she was amazed at the thoughtfulness she had put into everything. Nearly all the things on the list was something Callie had mentioned she wanted to do at some point in their relationship. Arizona bit her bottom lip nervously, then explained, "Obviously I had a lot of help from your mom. I told her everything I wanted to do, all the things and places you'd talked about that I could remember and asked her to fit in as much as possible. I know I could have gone through a travel agent, but I wanted it to be more personal. I didn't want to go on a bunch of guided tours and be on a set schedule the whole time and she assured me that once we were here, you would know where each of these places were. Everything is paid for and the tickets are open-ended so we aren't tied to anything on a certain day." Callie looked up with tears in her eyes, put the paper aside and pulled Arizona into a long sensual kiss. When it came to its natural end, Callie whispered, "This is perfect, amazing. I can't believe you remembered all of this." Arizona brushed their lips together and replied, "Like you, I remember every hope, every dream, every word you've ever said and I wanted this to be our perfect getaway."

Callie's brow furrowed and Arizona immediately brought her hand up to smooth out the wrinkles and asked, "What's this face for?" The brunette replied, "But this seems like it's all about me, you brought me to my family home, these are the things I like to do…" Arizona kissed her forehead and responded, "Yes, I planned this trip with your pleasure and enjoyment in mind, but I am learning so much about you and I am having an amazing time so to me, this is about us, the new life we are building. There is no more you or me, or who does what for whom. That was our most fatal flaw last time. We kept a scoreboard, we separated ourselves from one another. We tallied our rights and wrongs and who did what for whom. Whatever we do from here on out, we do for the good of each other, for what's best for our family. Being here, doing the things you love, it only gives me a better understanding of my wife, of what makes you who you are, so to me, that's for both of us." Callie pulled Arizona into her arms, effectively settling her body on top of her own and replied, "You are so right, we did do that and it was to our own detriment. I love you so much and I can't thank you enough for this." Arizona brushed their lips together, wiggled her body on top of Callie's and murmured, "Oh, you're going to be thanking me all week." Callie rubbed her hand up and down Arizona's back and asked, "Is that right?" Arizona kissed just under her jawline, laid her head on her chest and replied, "Absolutely." As the two cuddled together, content in just being alone, their slow even breathing turned into soft snores as they fell into a deep sleep.

XXXX

After eating Callie's favorite breakfast Lasagna, Arizona was getting the exact recipe from Tia Marta while Callie was loading up the trunk. When the two started to get into the car, Rosa rushed out and handed Arizona the basket they used to collect the items from the pinata and explained that it was everything that was collected from the pinata and money dance as well as the cards from the gift table. She told them they would keep the gifts here for them to open and take back with them when they returned. Arizona didn't remember seeing, nor did she expect a gift table and looked to Callie and asked, "Gift table?" Callie nodded and explained, "They keep the gift table in the house and when people arrive, they go through the house, deliver the gifts, offer a blessing on the ofrenda to those who are no longer with us, then join the party. I forgot all about gifts, or I guess I didn't think people would bring any." Rosa shook her head and responded, "Calliope, you are family, of course they bring gifts." She kissed both women on their cheeks and wished them well.

As they drove, Arizona looked out the window and admired the beauty. She'd been to several different countries, but this had to be one of the most stunning places she had ever seen. She encouraged Callie to stop many times along the way to take pictures or selfies of the two of them with the gorgeous skyline in the background. They drove through small towns and she didn't even care that she looked like that strange American tourist who was taking pictures of the locals. Callie couldn't help but laugh when Arizona made her stop at three different stands at the side of the road to buy local fruits and vegetables even though she didn't know what they were. Callie had to step in and bargain with the vendors for little kitschy souvenirs for Sofia and the rest of their family and friends back home or Arizona would have ended up spending a fortune on something that wasn't worth even a dollar. When they got back in the car, Arizona pouted, "I was doing just fine on my own." Callie laughed and answered, "Honey, you almost spent fifty dollars on a flag of Mexico for Maria and Miguel and I got it for two." Arizona's eyes widened and she conceded, "Okay, you handle the money for the rest of the trip." Callie nodded and suggested, "How about you go through the basket and separate the American money from the rest, it looks like there is more than enough there that we won't even need to exchange any. When we get to where we are staying, I will explain the denominations to you." Arizona smiled, kissed her cheek and replied, "Deal." She then proceeded to separate the cash and realized Callie's family and their guests were more than generous.

When they got closer to the water's edge, Arizona convinced Callie to stop at the fresh fish market so they could walk through since the closest she'd ever come to one was Pike's Place in Seattle. After about five minutes of enduring the smell, the blonde's stomach revolted and they both decided the smell of fresh fish was off the table for the twins. Callie continued to shop because Arizona was determined, despite the smell, that she wanted grilled shrimp and salmon. When Callie returned to the car, though she made sure to have it securely wrapped and packed in ice since she had no idea how much further they had to go, she placed the small cooler of fish in the trunk and moved all of their luggage to the back seat so it wouldn't have that fishy smell. Getting back into the driver's side she asked, "Is this normal? Feeling sick so early?" Arizona nodded, "It can be with multiples. It's not a given, like it doesn't happen to everyone with twins, but it happens." Callie smiled at the word 'twins' and couldn't help but put her hand on Arizona's abdomen and command, "You two be good for mommy for the rest of the day okay?" Arizona smiled, kissed Callie's cheek and assured, "I'm okay, we're good now." Callie nodded then proceeded to their destination.

As they got closer to the address she was given, Callie inquired, "Tell me about this place. It kind of looks like it's in the middle of nowhere, it's not a hotel and it's not quite in the city of Mazatlán, it's actually about halfway between everywhere we will be going. It used to just be a huge deserted stretch of land." Arizona explained, "I told your mom I wanted something private and secluded, preferably on a private stretch of beach, all the amenities. She found these individual bungalows that are about a half mile to a mile apart and right on the beach. So basically, you and I, Mrs. Robbins-Torres, will be all alone." Callie reached over for Arizona's hand, kissed the back of it and declared, "I love the sound of that. You might have to drag me out of bed to do some of the things you have planned." Arizona giggled, leaned over, kissed her cheek, ran her fingers up Callie's inner thigh and whispered in her ear, "But who's going to drag me out of bed?" Callie groaned and hissed, "You're going to have to stop that or we will never make it." Arizona plopped back in her seat and decided to be good for the rest of the ride.

XXXX

After driving through the last town, Callie reached what she expected to be the deserted stretch of land she was just talking about but found that someone had indeed taken over the land and planted a variety of trees and plants native to Mexico such as oaks, poplars, ceiba, and mangroves and true to Arizona's explanation, hidden amongst the trees, about every half mile was a turn-off to a long paved drive. After having driven nearly a mile since the last one, Arizona pointed and declared, "This one coming up is ours. They said there was a large pink bougainvillea growing across the top of the entrance." Callie turned on her blinker then turned down the paved road, expecting to see the place right away. She glanced at Arizona who smiled and explained, "It's about another mile, I told you it was on the ocean." Callie just shook her head and kept driving. About halfway up, where she could barely make out the building, they came upon a set of iron gates with a keypad on it. Callie looked to Arizona who pulled up the notes on her phone, showed her the code, and after punching it in, they were on their way once again.

Finally reaching the place they would call home for the next few days, Callie gasped at the sheer beauty of the place. This was no bungalow, at least not the type she pictured. The newer looking home appeared to be two stories made of brick as well as the traditional stucco, painted in an eggshell white color. There was a circle drive in the front of the beautifully landscaped home that was surrounded by native trees and plants along with lemon and peach trees. Deciding to forego their luggage for a moment, Arizona opened the lockbox on the door to collect the key and allow them entrance into the home. As they walked into the entryway, they found clean white walls, carved mahogany trim on the doorways and windowsills, ornate marble flooring and gorgeous decorations to tie it all together. Walking further into the home, off to their right was a spiral type staircase that led them to the ground level. Deciding to stay and check out the first floor, they found themselves in the large living space which held a sofa, two reclining chairs, and a television. The living room led into a substantial kitchen area which Callie immediately fell in love with. All of the cabinets and woodwork were mahogany, the countertops were brown and gold marble, there were two large stainless steel refrigerators, the oven, microwave and convection oven were built into the wall and the gas stove and grill top were in the round kitchen island. There was also an open window leading into the dining room where two barstools sat. The dining room itself was surrounded by glass and led out to the deck.

Just as she was about to suggest they need to find a local grocery store; Callie opened one of the refrigerators to find that it was fully stocked. Turning to look at her wife, she found her reading a card which she noticed must have been sitting next to a basket of local fruits and other treats on the dining room table. Arizona looked up and said, "Your mom and dad, of course, they said they don't want us to have to think about such trivial things." Callie smiled, took Arizona into her arms and suggested, "Let's go take a look at this gorgeous view." Arizona pulled Callie to the large glass doors and both women stepped onto the large wooden deck to find several loungers, two large umbrellas, a small round wading pool which led into a larger swimming pool, once they stepped off the deck, they were directly on the beach where they found a small fire pit. Callie's breath hitched when she looked up and saw the most glorious sight she had seen in quite some time. Walking up behind Arizona and wrapping her arms around her, she said, "Honey, look at that." Arizona looked up and all she could see for miles was bright blue ocean. Lifting her hands to cover Callie's, she leaned back into her wife and allowed her to sway her while the two of them just stared at the beautiful view and breathed in the salty sea air.

Almost simultaneously, their bodies relaxed into one another. It was as if the stress from the past few months just dissipated the moment they stepped onto the sand. Callie kissed Arizona's neck and whispered, "I could stay here just like this forever with you." Arizona turned in Callie's arms, lifted her hands to play in her hair, nibbled on her bottom lip, and murmured, "Mmm me too. It's so peaceful here." Callie brushed their lips together and asked, "What's the plan for today?" Arizona responded, "This is it. I just wanted us to spend a quiet day together, relaxing and doing whatever we want." Callie arched her brow and asked, "Whatever we want?" Arizona lowered her hands to Callie's shoulders, down her chest, caressed her breasts and whispered, "Whatever we want." Callie found Arizona's pulse point nibbled and sucked on it then slowly kissed her way up her neck to her earlobe and whispered, "What if I want to spend the day making love to my wife?" Arizona tilted her head to give Callie access to her neck and moaned out, "Mmm, I think she'd be okay with that." Callie started to kiss along Arizona's shoulders and could see how red they were getting from just the brief time in the sun and suggested, "You're already getting burned, let's go in, get unpacked, call Sofia, get you some sunblock then take a little walk on the beach." Arizona started to pout and Callie sucked the pouty lip into her mouth then promised, "I never said we couldn't have a little fun in the ocean." Arizona's face brightened up immediately and she started toward the house.

Once they got back to the car to get their belongings, Arizona got a taste of what the next 9 months was going to look like for her and she wasn't sure she could deal with it. She was allowed to carry the basket from Tia Rosa and the carry on suitcase while Callie tried to wrangle everything else by herself. Rolling her eyes, she huffed, "Callie, I can carry more than this." Callie turned around with one bag around her neck and two large suitcases in her hands and replied calmly, "Just because you can, doesn't mean I will let you." She proceeded to walk down the steps trying not to laugh as Arizona grumbled all the way down about her being an over-protective pain in the ass. Once they reached the room, Callie kissed her sweetly, told her to start unpacking and call Sofia while she went and got the fish and the rest of the food and put it in the refrigerator.

As soon as Callie reached the bedroom once again, she was greeted with "Hi mommy, are you having fun? Where's mama? Where did you go? Did you get me anything? Is it hot?" Both women laughed and Callie sat beside Arizona on the bed as they answered their daughter's questions. They both greeted, "Hi baby girl, we miss you!" Then Arizona responded, "We are having a great time and yes we bought you something and no you can't know what it is." They laughed when they heard the little 'hmph' from the other end of the phone. Callie continued, "Mommy brought me to Mexico to see my aunts and uncle and now we are in a house right on the ocean and yes it is very hot. What have you been up to? Are you and Tobin being good for grandma and grandpa?" There was a little pause before Sofia responded, "I'm being good, but um…if you see a pair of slippers in grandpa's size, you might want to buy them. Tobin likes to chew slippers."

Both women knew it wasn't funny and it was only a matter of time before their own things got ruined, but they bit their lips trying to contain their laughter as they envisioned the colonel griping about his house shoes. Sofia added, "We are halfway done with the battleship and we went to get ice cream and went to the park and we went to the Statue of Liberty again, grandma said it would be okay since we already went together, but we didn't go to the Empire State Building because we haven't been there yet." Arizona laughed and said, "It's okay honey, you can go. We can still go together when we get home." Both women closed their eyes and flinched when their daughter yelled directly into the phone "GRANDMA, THEY SAID IT WAS OKAY TO GO TO THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING!" Callie shook her head and offered, "It sounds like you are having a really good time. Are you helping grandma with dinner and doing your chores?" Sofia responded excitedly, "Yesterday she showed me how to make apple pie and grandpa showed me how to make ice cream in a can and yes I'm doing my chores." Both women smiled and Sofia declared, "I have to go now, the tablet says it's time to walk Tobin. I love you." Both women responded, "We love you too."

Once they were off the phone, they proceeded to unpack their suitcases and put everything away. Callie noticed that the majority of both of their clothes were new and more appropriate for the hot weather. She looked to Arizona and asked, "When did you find time to do all of this?" Arizona laughed and replied, "I did most of my shopping online and made a few trips to Jo's when I knew you were in surgery and wouldn't be popping in or see that the car was missing." Callie took her in her arms and murmured against her lips, "You're just so sneaky aren't you?" Arizona laughed and responded, "Are you kidding me? I hated keeping it from you and almost told you a hundred times." Callie just laughed, brushed their lips together and Arizona suggested, "Let's finish up so we can get outside." Callie noticed there was a small black duffle bag that Arizona didn't unpack and just put in the bottom of the closet with the others but didn't say anything about it. She just figured it was probably toiletries or their dirty clothes.

When she turned back around, she noticed a pile with two towels and a large blanket sitting next to two scraps of red fabric sitting on the edge of the bed. She was almost positive what it was, but just the idea of it had her every nerve on edge. Not to mention the fact that she'd be damned if anyone was going to see her wife in that. Pointing to it, she asked, "Uh, what the hell is that?" Arizona smirked and responded, "That's my bathing suit Calliope and this is yours. Put it on, let's go." Shaking her head, Callie looked down to see a black and red bathing suit with boy shorts and a sports bra that zipped up the front in her hands. She had no idea how she was going to get dressed without watching her wife wiggle her way into those little scraps of material. Arizona started to take off her shirt and realized Callie's eyes were still zeroed in on her bikini. Strolling over to her wife, she took the suit out of her hands and laid it aside then slipped her hands under the hem of Callie's tank top on both sides, slid her hands up the warm tan skin making sure to brush her thumbs across her hardening nipples and Callie finally caught up with her and lifted her arms over her head so she could remove her shirt. Arizona then slipped her fingers underneath the hem of Callie's sports bra and ran her hands over her breasts, lifting the bra up over her head as well. Arizona leaned forward, drew one of the hardened nipples between her lips and sucked lightly while flicking it with her tongue. Then she lowered her hands to unfasten Callie's shorts and slid them down her legs along with her underwear. Arizona switched breasts, then leaned over and grabbed the top of Callie's tankini and slid it up one arm, reached around her back, then slipped it up the other arm. Pulling back, she could see the gorgeous brown eyes had turned to black and zipped the front of Callie's top leaving it unzipped just enough to show off her cleavage.

Callie's legs were nearly trembling, she was so turned on by what Arizona was doing, she could carry her to the bed right now but this was more than sexual to both of them, this was intimate, loving, trusting, this was sensual. She looked Arizona in the eyes, felt her hands on her hips slide down her legs as Arizona knelt before her and lifted first one foot, inserting it into the boy shorts, then the next, and slowly pulled them up her legs and over her firm round ass. Callie held out her hand and helped her wife to her feet and had to take a moment to restrain herself, this had to be one of the sexiest things she'd ever experienced.

Taking Arizona's shirt by the hem, she gathered it in her hands as she lifted it up and over her head. Leaning down, she brushed their lips together, kissed a path down her neck, down her chest, ran her tongue along the edge of her bra on her left breast and sucked on her favorite freckle before releasing the front clasp of her bra and pushing it off her slightly pink shoulders. Callie lowered her hands, released the snap on Arizona's shorts and pushed her shorts and panties down to her ankles. Keeping her hands on Arizona's stomach, Callie leaned over to the end of the bed, picked up the red scrap of material she assumed was the top of the bikini, and placed the two triangles over Arizona's full breasts then slid her hands up to tie the thin straps around her neck, followed it back down the front over her breasts and around to tie the back. When she picked up the bottoms, her knees nearly buckled when she realized the sides tied as well. She reached down, held the small piece of fabric over Arizona's hot moist sex, ran it up her curvaceous ass and tied one side, then the other.

Arizona leaned back into Callie's arms and closed her eyes when she felt plump lips suck on her earlobe then the soft spot behind her ear. Callie whispered, "We need to get outside before we don't make it out of this room." Arizona nodded and moved to grab the towels and blanket. Callie went into the bathroom to get the sunblock and returned just in time to see the blinds moving on their own and Arizona opening up the glass doors to show that the beach led right up to their deck and they could be in the ocean within a couple of minutes. Callie looked at her wife, the blue of her eyes matching that of the ocean right behind her and knew this was one of those moments where she could feel herself falling even deeper in love with her wife even though she was sure it wasn't possible not even five minutes ago. Without saying a word, Callie walked up to Arizona, took her in her arms, brushed their lips together softly, sweetly, turned her head, barely touched their lips, slid her tongue across Arizona's top lip asking for access and moaning when it was immediately granted. Arizona nibbled on Callie's tongue before gliding her own against it. The kiss was slow and sensual. Both women took their time to explore, reconnect, pour all the love and desire they were feeling into that one kiss. When it came to its natural end, they stood staring into one another's eyes, breathing heavily. Callie lifted her hand to caress Arizona's cheek then swiped some stray curls behind her ear, and whispered, "Thank you for planning this amazing get away, this is just…it's beyond words Arizona."

As the two women walked hand in hand down the beach, they saw that they were truly secluded and there was no one around for miles. As the hot sun beat down upon them, they found a place just short of where the tide rolled in to spread out their blanket. Callie sat down on the blanket and helped Arizona so she sat between her legs. Opening the sunblock, she squirted some in Arizona's hand for her leg, then in her own and warmed it by rubbing her hands together. Arizona's skin started to tingle as soon as Callie began to rub the lotion into her shoulders and arms and she was sure it had very little to do with the lotion. As Callie rubbed the sunblock into the lightly tanned skin, she asked, "Do you remember the first time I put lotion on you right after you moved to New York? It was the first time I touched your skin in years and I almost couldn't control myself." Arizona smirked and recalled, "I remember how you stopped in the middle and dove right over my head into the pool. It took me a minute to figure out what was happening until I looked into your eyes." Callie chuckled and asked, "That obvious huh?" Arizona rubbed her hands up and down Callie's legs and answered, "Just a little." Callie continued to caress her wife's back and admitted, "If I wouldn't have jumped in the pool, I would have ended up embarrassing myself." Arizona closed her eyes as Callie's hands moved down her back, her fingertips just grazing the top of her ass. Inhaling deeply she asked, "What did you want to do?" Callie leaned forward, whispered in her ear, "If Sofia weren't there and I didn't think you would've punched me, I probably would have done this." Callie untied Arizona's top, put more lotion in her hands, rubbed the lotion on her shoulders and down her chest. She sucked on the long sleek neck while rubbing the lotion into the alabaster breasts that have never seen the light of the sun and ran her hands up and down the taut pale abdomen smiling when she saw the goosebumps rise on the smooth skin.

Arizona rolled her head to the side and listened as Callie explained, "I wanted to touch every inch of your body, I wanted to feel the curves, kiss each freckle, I wanted to know if everything was just like I remembered it." Arizona turned slightly, reached behind her, untied the bottom string of her bikini top and watched it fall between them, then suggested, "Well there's nothing stopping you from doing that now is there?" Callie looked up and down the deserted stretch of beach and responded, "I guess there isn't is there?" Arizona got to her knees, took both of Callie's hands, put them on the ties of her bikini bottoms, leaned forward, nibbled on her earlobe and whispered, "Then what's stopping you Calliope?" Callie tugged on both strings and watched as the small swatch of fabric fell to the ground, kissed along Arizona's jaw line, ran her tongue across her full bottom lip, easily gaining access, humming as their tongues danced together and carefully laid Arizona down on the blanket, settling herself between her legs.

Callie sat back on her knees and continued to rub and caress Arizona's breasts with just the tips of her fingers, making small circles around her nipples watching as they came to hardened peaks. Speaking softly, she recalled, "I wondered if your body would still respond to me the same as it always did." She leaned down and took one tight bud in her mouth lightly sucking on it while still gently caressing the other listening as Arizona's breath hitched indicating she was getting more turned on. Opening her mouth wider, Callie took more of her breast into her mouth and started rocking her hips back and forth listening for the soft whimpers she knew were sure to come. As soon as they started, she lifted her head and offered, "I wondered if you tasted as sweet as you always did." She switched to the other breast and repeated her actions, first lightly sucking and rolling the nipple with her tongue. Before long, Arizona's hips began moving in sync with hers and as much as she wanted to keep going until they both came, she wanted this to be about Arizona.

Picking up her hips, she wanted to laugh at the disapproving look her wife gave her. Lying down on her side beside her, Callie propped her head up with her elbow, caressed her breasts, her abdomen, her upper thighs, brushed her fingertips over her bare mound, dipped her fingers between her legs and watched as they fell open then continued to caress her outer lips as she leaned in to brush their lips together. Then she whispered, "Though I hoped it and dreamed it many times, I never would have believed it that day if you would have told me we would find ourselves married on our honeymoon in Mexico not three months later." Arizona just sighed, at this point it was hard for her to comprehend anything her wife was saying to her though she knew it was probably something beautiful and meaningful, but her hand was rubbing her in the most amazing way right now and she just wanted more of that, so much more.

Continuing to rub and caress her outer lips, Callie allowed just her middle finger to break the barrier and delve between the slit that separated outer from inner lips and groaned at the moisture that had accumulated there. Arizona closed her eyes and allowed her senses to take over. All she could feel was Callie's finger and hand massaging her sex, her lips and teeth sucking and nipping at her neck and shoulder. All she could hear was the sound of the ocean as it rolled up onto the sand moving ever closer. All she could smell was the salty air mixed with their spicy sweet arousal and the tropical scent of sunblock. All she could taste was the peppermint of the gum Callie had been chewing on their car ride earlier. Though all of that seemed to slip into the background as Callie's teeth began nipping at her sensitive nipples and her middle finger was now circling the opening to her sex while her thumb pressed firmly on her clit. Reaching out with one hand, Arizona grabbed onto Callie's hair and held it to her chest while her hips began to roll trying to feel more of Callie's finger, trying to tell her she needed more. Arizona opened her eyes, pulled Callie's head up by her hair, looked her in the eyes and demanded, "Three." Callie nodded, circled Arizona's opening a few more times with one finger, added another, thrusting in and out quickly, then began scissoring to make more room for a third, and carefully inserted her ring finger, giving Arizona time to adjust.

Arizona swallowed thickly then nodded and murmured, "I need you to fuck me baby." Callie smiled, straddled one of Arizona's legs so she could power her thrusts with her body and began slamming into her wife, reveling in her screams and moans. Arizona bucked and writhed against Callie, loving the way she was fucking her, how rough she was being, reaching out, she smacked Callie's ass egging her on to go harder and faster. Callie put all her weight on her left side and continued to pound into Arizona, lifting her thumb, she pushed down on her clit with each thrust and that seemed to do the trick because Arizona cried out, sat straight up, bucked her hips like she were riding a mechanical bull, then wrapped her arms around her neck and clung to her panting for breath. Callie carefully pulled out of her, licked her fingers clean, then kissed her temple, her forehead, her cheeks, her neck, and whispered soothing words until she felt Arizona relax in her arms again.

Arizona didn't take long to recover and quickly captured Callie's lips in a long languorous kiss leaving no doubt about who was in charge now. If the kiss wasn't enough, Arizona slowly unzipped Callie's top and her hands immediately went to her breasts as she pushed the offending item off her shoulders. Arizona turned the tables so quickly; Callie could barely catch up and she allowed Arizona to push her backward and wanted to scream out when she straddled her and started rolling her hips while kneading her breasts. Callie reached down and pushed at her bottoms, ordering, "OFF! Take them off." Arizona slid backward, peeled the boy shorts from long tan legs and caught a glimpse of Callie's glistening sex and couldn't resist. Rather than return to straddling her hips, she crawled between her legs, settled on her stomach, lifted Callie's legs so her knees were bent, her legs were wide open and wrapped one arm around each muscular thigh. Callie lifted her head and looked down to see blonde hair and blue eyes peeking out from between her legs and could tell from the twinkle in those eyes she wouldn't be coming anytime soon. Flopping her head back on the sand, she felt Arizona's tongue lick up the juncture of her thigh and whispered, "Oh God."

Arizona traced the juncture of one thigh, then the other, licked up the juices that dripped onto Callie's inner thighs just below her outer lips making sure never to touch her sex. She blew on it, grazed the small patch of hair with her teeth, rested her mouth at the top of her sex at the opening just above her clit and murmured against her outer lips, "Touch your breasts for me Calliope. Show me how you like it." Callie lifted her head to look into darkening blue eyes, lifted her right hand and started to take it to her breast then brought it down to her sex, swiped it between her lips which were now nearly dripping with arousal then coated her right breast with it and pinched and rolled her nipple, moving her hips to the same rhythm. She lowered her left hand, swiped it through her sex and this time Arizona caught it in her hand and sucked the juices from her fingers, running her tongue between each digit making sure to get every drop eliciting a low moan from Callie.

Arizona watched Callie pinch and knead at her breasts while her hips bucked and rolled in her face and the scent of her arousal invaded her senses and she could no longer take it. Moving her arms from around strong thighs, she parted her lips with her thumbs, held her tongue flat and repeatedly lapped at Callie's sex from her core to her clit until she was begging for more. Callie was tugging at her nipples and pleaded, "Inside baby, please." Arizona licked around the opening of Callie's tight channel, then inserted her tongue and began fucking her, moving it in and out at lightning speed. She knew it wasn't nearly enough, but she wanted to build her wife up to that moment, she wanted her to get there slowly and to enjoy every minute of it. Arizona slipped her thumb forward and replaced her tongue with her thumb while she began to circle her clit with her tongue making sure not to touch it yet. Rather than thrust in and out with her thumb, Arizona just moved it around in circles causing Callie to growl out and buck her hips trying to ride her hand, chasing after the pleasure she desired.

Seeing the signs that her wife was close, the clenched jaw, the rolling of her abdomen, Arizona prepared herself, reached up and started rolling Callie's nipple between her finger and thumb, swiped three fingers through her sex to coat them with her juices, wrapped her lips around her clit, counted to three in her head and simultaneously tugged on her nipple, sucked and bit down on her clit, and thrust three fingers into Callie's tight channel causing her to scream, arch her back and try to slither away while at the same time bucking her hips as if she wasn't sure if she wanted more or needed to get away from the intensity. Arizona continued with the same actions, though now she rotated them until Callie's entire body stiffened and she hollered, "Fuuuuuuuck!" Arizona slowed her movements and slowly brought Callie down until she tapped on the blanket covered sand and gasped out, "No more…I can't." Arizona crawled up and lay down beside Callie, both of them breathing heavily and completely sated, Callie chuckled and proclaimed, "Well that's another first." Arizona laughed and asked dubiously, "You mean to tell me you grew up in Miami and never had sex on the beach?" Callie turned her head and asked, "What part of I was a chunky nerd do you not understand? Besides, even if I did, this would be my first time with a woman." Arizona just shook her head and declared, "Until I see pictures, I won't believe it."

Callie shrugged and claimed, "Well, you will never believe it then because I burned all of the pictures." Arizona pursed her lips and replied, "I am positive Aria has some if for no other reason than blackmail." Callie narrowed her eyes, stood up, and easily scooped Arizona into the air which could only mean one thing. Right before she took her first step, Arizona hollered, "Wait, wait, wait! You can throw me in but take off the leg first please." Callie tilted her head in question and Arizona explained, "Saltwater, we haven't tested it and I don't want to find out it fails here." Callie removed her leg, tossed a towel over it, and replied, "Good point." She then proceeded to carry her very naked wife into the ocean and they both laughed as they got knocked over by a wave. Though Arizona didn't seem to be worried about it, Callie still held on tight to her wife, being in a pool was one thing, the ocean was completely different.

As they splashed and bounced around in the waves, Arizona noticed Callie wasn't letting go of her and if she did, it wasn't for longer than a few seconds and she was never further than a hand's reach away. They weren't very deep, but a wave could pull you under in a heartbeat and while she wouldn't let it get the best of her, she was scared to death and it appeared Callie had the same fear for which, this time, she was thankful. Even with the fear, she was having the time of her life and she was doing yet another thing she thought she would never be able to do with the person she was sure she would never be able to do it with. After a while of just floating and riding the waves hand in hand, Callie stood up, pulled her into her arms and asked, "Are you ready to go in? I'm getting a little hungry." Arizona nodded and asked, "Do I get a piggyback ride to the blanket?" Callie kissed her softly and replied, "I just got cooled down." Arizona shrugged and said, "It's either my boobs bouncing in your face or squished against your back." Callie shook her head and replied, "It's the other thing that will be in my face or squished against my back that's the problem." Arizona laughed, jumped on Callie's back and claimed, "Rider's choice, you took too long to decide." Callie grabbed Arizona's thighs and hissed, "Damn it!"

When they reached the blanket, Callie made sure the inside of the prosthetic was cleaned out and there was no sand and Arizona made sure her leg was dry and clean of sand as well. Rather than get dressed, both women wrapped their towels around them, Callie picked up the blanket and they made the short walk back to the house. Once they were in their room, they decided to take a quick shower to wash off the salt water and sand. Callie set the water to their normal temperature and waited for Arizona to take off her leg so she could help her in. Once they were in, Arizona turned so that her back was to the water and let out a squeal of pain and yelped, "Turn, turn, turn!" Callie quickly turned them and asked, "What's wrong?" Arizona asked, "That water isn't too hot for you?" Callie felt it on her back and replied, "No, it's the same temperature I always set it to." Arizona turned and tried to look at her back then Callie gasped, "Oh shit!" Arizona scowled at her and asked, "Oh shit what Calliope?" Scrunching her face up sympathetically, Callie replied, "I um…missed a spot when I was putting your sunblock on." Arizona opened the shower door, turned and looked in the mirror then looked back at Callie and asked, "MY ASS? As much as you have your hands on it you forgot to put sunblock on my ass?" Callie closed the shower door and tried, "I'll put aloe on it for you." Arizona pumped shampoo into her hand, lathered up her hair and muttered, "You can kiss it is what you can do!" Callie knew she shouldn't laugh but she loved Arizona's smart ass comments.

A/N: Day 1 of their honeymoon on their own. I tried to answer a few questions some of you asked and get a little sexy time in as well. Don't worry, there's much more to follow. Thanks for all of the reviews. You all really keep me going.