Chapter 43

"Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Of course I'm sure," Arizona says, wiggling her eyebrows.

"Arizona, if we get caught, we will be on the front page of the paper. And you will lose clients like crazy, because you know… you deal with tiny humans and all." Callie starts holding her hands out to show just how small the tiny humans are.

Arizona looks at Callie and smiles as she starts shaking her head. "We are not going to get caught," Arizona says mischievously. "I thought you trusted me?" Arizona asks, giving Callie a small pout, as she reaches forward to pull Callie a little closer to her.

"I usually do, but this is a whole new level of trust you are asking for."

"Calliope, when we woke up this morning before the sunrise, you said you couldn't wait to adventure through life with me. You said, and I quote, "I want to do everything with you." So… here we are and we are going to do this. When we are done, we will put our grown-up hats back on. But, for now…take your clothes off."

"Arizona…"

"Calliope…," Arizona sing songs. "You know what my first impression of you was? Well, other than the fact that you were smoking hot?"

"Yeah, you weren't too hard to read on that," Callie chuckles.

"As you have told me before," Arizona says, rolling her eyes. "However, you seemed like the bold type, not afraid to take chances. So, come on! Let's make sure we have fun stories to tell our kids when we are sitting on our front porch, sipping lemonade or vodka, either one, when we are 80. They say all the best romances have the best stories to tell. Let's make this one of our stories. Please?" Arizona asks, pulling her top over her head and sliding her pants down over her hips. Then tossing her underwear and bra over to the large rock sitting beside them, she looks to Callie and arches her eyebrows, waiting for a response.

Callie watches her, still amazed that this woman will be her wife soon. A woman who has changed all her ways of thinking and brought out a side of her that she never knew existed.

"OK."

"Awesome. You want me to help you take these off?" Arizona says, reaching for Callie's shirt.

"Why don't I just let you do it all?" Callie says, giving Arizona a look that would make her panties fall off if they weren't already off.

"Mmm, Calliope… you better watch it. We might be doing more than taking a dip if you keep looking at me like that."

"Would that be a problem? I mean, if nobody is around, it isn't like anyone would see. Right?"

"Mmhm. Right," Arizona whispers, as she pulls Callie's shirt up and continues to pull the remaining clothes off her fiancé. "Calliope, I don't know that it will ever be possible to look at you and not want you," Arizona says, as she takes off the last piece of clothing, leaving Callie standing in nothing but her beauty.

"I could say the same for you, you know that? I thought after a busy day yesterday, that we would be exhausted today. But being with you, knowing that you are going to be mine forever, I couldn't wait to wake up this morning. I just couldn't hardly sleep because I was so excited. But… I never dreamed you would drag me out in a public place and take all my clothes off of me."

"Calliope, I promise you right now, life will never be boring with me. Now… are you ready?"

"It's November. This water will be freezing!"

"Yep. It will. Now… come on!" Arizona reaches for Callie's hand and pulls her closer to the water.

"Wait. Have you really done this before?" Callie asks.

"Yes. Not in a while though, and definitely not naked. We used to come here our senior year of high school. Lots and lots of parties and we never got caught. So come on, let's go."

"Ugh. Fine." Callie takes a big breath and looks at Arizona. With a quick nod from Arizona, they both jump in at the same time. Callie is the first one back above water, with Arizona following right behind her.

"Ah! This water is freezing!"

"Yeah, it is! It is exhilarating!" Arizona yells, as she dives back under, then appears a second later behind Callie, wrapping her arms around her as they both kick their legs to stay afloat.

"Arizona, you are as cold as I am! Cuddling is not going to help!" Callie begins to squirm free of Arizona, then begins to make her way back to solid ground.

"Where are you going?" Arizona asks. "We are supposed to be making memories here! And making out!" She watches as Callie wiggles away from her and begins mumbling.

"To get warm! We are both going to get sick!"

"Oh, you are being overdramatic. It's cold, but not that bad!" Arizona makes a point to splash around a little more, hoping to entice Callie back in.

"Well, we went skinny dipping and made memories, now it is time to dry off," Callie says, as she stands and reaches for her towel.

"Fine…" Arizona says, taking her time making it back to fiancé. "We could have been naked and wet but whatever you want."

"We could have been naked and wet at home. In bed, might I add," Callie says, shivering, but making sure to give Arizona a good show as she slides the towel up and down her legs.

Arizona can't stand to watch, and makes her way out of the water and towels off, reaching for the blanket she thought to grab. "Come here and sit on this rock with me. I'll warm you up and we can watch the sunrise before we go."

"Don't you want to go get dressed and warm?"

"Body heat does amazing at warming us up. Calliope. You'll see. Now, come here and watch the sunrise with me, then we will go."

"Brrrrr," Callie shivers, sitting down by Arizona and scooting closer.

"Now, this isn't bad, is it?" Arizona asks, adjusting to make sure the blanket is around both of them, and then pulls Callie a little closer.

"It would be better with clothes on."

"That's not what you usually say," Arizona husks, as she leans in and begins to kiss Callie's neck."

"Mmm, yeah… but we are usually much warmer than this." Callie leans her head towards the side to give Arizona better access to her neck.

Arizona pulls back, looking at Callie, then back over the body of water. "Oohhh, look! There it is. The sun is starting to rise."

Callie follows Arizona's line of sight, and indeed, the sun ever so slowly, is starting to rise on this new day. They both sit up a little straighter, as Callie leans a little further into Arizona. They watch for a few minutes as the sun continues to rise and brings with it a beautiful array of colors to fill the morning sky with.

"Look at that. It's beautiful. I don't remember ever seeing a sunrise as beautiful as this," Callie says, watching the colors unfold before them.

Arizona turned just a little as Callie began talking, then couldn't help but to keep her eyes trained on the wondrous site before her.

"I agree. The most beautiful sunrise I have ever witnessed." Arizona continues to watch Callie, until Callie senses she is being watched.

"What are you doing? You aren't even watching!"

"I am. I am taking in the most important details of the morning. It just happens that you are the most amazing view I have seen in my entire life," Arizona says, leaning over to place a tender kiss on Callie's cheek.

"How did I get so lucky? I can't be aggravated at you for talking me into skinny dipping when you go and say things like that." Callie watches as Arizona shrugs.

"Well, I am just being honest. You are just stunning. Especially like this. No make up and fancy clothes, just you. I am so lucky that I get to marry you. I want to give you everything Calliope."

"Arizona, I don't need anything but you and Katie. That's it. I don't care about everything else. I just need the two of you."

"That's another reason I love you. You aren't high maintenance," Arizona says, giggling, making Callie roll her eyes.

"Come here," Callie whispers, leaning in to give Arizona a kiss. Hearing a noise, Callie pulls back. "What was that?"

"I didn't hear anything but my heart thumping," Arizona says, leaning back in, just to have Callie pull away.

"Cute," Callie says, trying not to smile. "Seriously though, I heard something," Callie whispers.

"You did not. There is no one…"

About that time, they both heard the same thing. A car door shuts, causing them both to jump. Beginning to look around, Arizona starts to stand up, but Callie pulled her back down.

"What are you doing?" Callie whispers.

"I was trying to see what is going on."

"Obviously, someone is here but you can't stand up because you are naked!" Callie whisper yells, beginning to get flustered.

"I forgot, ok? I was just trying to see who it was."

"Well, not that it matters. We have nowhere to hide. It isn't like we can both fit behind that tree."

Even though the sun has risen, a light is all of a sudden pointed on them as the stranger in question comes in to view, causing Callie to stiffen up.

As the two women turn their heads away from the light, to maybe avoid having to face them, they aren't let off the hook. "Good morning ladies. Arizona."

"Shit." Arizona says, shaking her head.

"Good morning, Officer Avery." Arizona shakes her head and she turns herself slightly so she can better see the new guest.

"So, I'm not even going to ask what you two have been doing, because it is pretty obvious. I was on my way home from my overnight duty and saw you car, Arizona. I don't know when the last time you were up here, but this is private property now. My mom bought all this about six months ago. She is going to build a house, right in this very spot actually, overlooking the water. And if she would happen to find you instead of me, well, let's just say she wouldn't take to it very well, and she might call me to take you in. And we don't want that."

"Jackson, I had no idea your mom bought this!"

"Yeah, she has kept it on the down low. However, she did post these no trespassing signs," Jackson Avery says, pointing to quite a large sign about ten feet away.

"I am so….so sorry," Arizona says, shaking her head. I didn't even see them. We used to come up here all the time when we were in high school I didn't think anyone would care."

"Yeah, I know. Let's pretend like this didn't happen and be glad it was me and not her. She would have no hesitation plastering your picture in the paper. She is kind of ruthless that way and that is no place for the town kid doctor to end up."

"I would agree," Arizona says, nodding up and down.

"And…. It wouldn't look good for the new bone doc in town either. So, you two get dressed and out of here before my mom shows up. They are actually expecting the construction crew to start showing up today or tomorrow."

"Oh. I agree, one hundred percent. Thanks, Officer Avery. You have no idea how much we appreciate this."

"Well, April would shoot me if I took you in. She wouldn't want our daughter to have her doctor up on charges."

"Yeah. I would suppose not. Again, thanks for the heads up. And again, I had no idea that someone bought this."

"No worries. Just get dressed and get out of here," Jackson says, before looking at Callie. "…And nice to meet you Dr. Torres." He doesn't give Callie a chance to respond, before turning around and headed back down to his car, just out of sight.

"Damn it, damn it, damn it," Callie says, covering her face.

"Calliope…." Arizona says, reaching to pull Callie's hand off her face.

"No. Tell me that really didn't just happen."

"Um, it didn't really just happen," Arizona says, trying not to laugh.

"This is not funny, Arizona!" Callie turns to make sure Jackson Avery is no longer in sight, then stands, jerking the blanket off her future wife.

"Hey! I thought we were sharing that blanket!"

"That was before you made me a trespasser! We just got caught, naked!"

"Well, technically he didn't see anything," Arizona says, shrugging, as she stands and reaches for her clothes that are laying on the ground.

"I can't believe this. We were busted by the police!"

"No, not exactly. Just a friend who happens to be an off duty officer. I have known him since preschool. It's fine. However, his mom… Yikes. She would have been reason to worry."

The two women quickly get dressed and head to grab breakfast, where Arizona finally gets Callie to laugh a little bit about the events of the morning, then they head back to the hospital.

XXXXXXX

Relieving Addie of her babysitting duties, Callie sits by Katie's bed, playing with a strand of her hair, as Arizona watches. Getting up, she walks outside and comes back in carrying a tablet and begins to look over the latest test results.

Smiling, she sits the tablet down and makes her way over to her favorite brunettes.
"So, I was thinking…"

"Arizona, we aren't going back. Not happening."

"Calliope," Arizona says, chuckling. "That is so not what I was going to say."

"Ok, just making sure," Callie says, smiling at the blonde.

"So, back to what I was thinking…. How would you like to take Katie home for the weekend?" Arizona asks, as she watches Callie's eyes grow big.

"What are you talking about?"

"I am asking you if you would like to take her home," Arizona says, giggling. "I mean, looking at her latest labs, things are looking so good, that I am positive that she can skip one day of treatment to go home for a little bit. It might do her a world of good."

Callie starts crying and Arizona can`t help but to pull her into her arms, knowing that it is probably overwhelming for the mom in front of her to hear words she has waited a long time to hear.

"Shh…. It's ok," Arizona says, pulling Callie closer to her.

"I just… what if something happens?"

"If it does, we will just come back sooner. Everything we need is portable, so we can take quite a bit with us. Plus, we are doctors, and I, in particular, am a fantastic kid doctor. But, I think she can handle 48 hours. We will have things in case we need them, but I think it will be good for her. For all off us. So, what do you say? Wanna break her out for a little while?"

Wiping the tears that are falling, Callie begins to smile and nod. "Let's take her home," Callie says, beginning to laugh, being filled with joy at the thought of taking her daughter home, even if it just a few days. Months ago, she thought she would never get to leave the hospital at all, now, she gets to take her little girl home.

"Awesome. I will go make the arrangements," Arizona says, ready to pull away before being stopped by Callie.

Standing up, Callie pulls Arizona in for a kiss, bringing her hand up to rest on her cheek. "We are so lucky to have you. There isn't a day that goes by that you don't do something amazing for us."

"You both deserve the world, Calliope. Now, let me get things moving so we can take our girl home."