Hearing a knock on the hotel room door, Callie walked over and opened it, dressed only in a robe and feeling like she was smiling for the first time in hours. Seeing Arizona step into the room, she could feel the tension leaving her body and her shoulders visibly dropped.
"Hey you" the blonde smiled sweetly "come here"
Letting the door shut behind her, Arizona stepped forward and wrapped her arms around the brunette. She held her tightly, and both women inhaled deeply.
"You ok?" the blonde asked softly.
"I am now"
"You want to talk about it?"
Callie shook her head, pulling back so that she could cup the blonde's cheeks and look into her eyes "Not yet. I just want to enjoy the fact that you're here"
"Well" Arizona's tongue flicked out, licking her bottom lip "I'm certainly enjoying how little you're wearing right now"
"I figured it would be almost criminal to let the fancy bathtub go to waste" the brunette winked.
"Is this you getting out or getting in?"
"You really think I wouldn't wait for you?" Callie smirked.
"Glad to hear it"
"Now get yourself out of those clothes and into the tub"
"Yes ma'am"
Arizona did as she was told, stripping off her clothes before following the brunette into the bathroom. As Callie turned her back on the blonde, she shrugged the robe off of her shoulders, baring her back, as she continued to walk towards the tub.
"Fuck" the blonde gasped involuntarily.
Hearing her girlfriend's reaction, Callie swayed her hips a little more, aware that the blonde's eyes were focused on her ass as she made her way to the tub before looking back over her shoulder.
"I can feel you staring" the brunette stated huskily.
"I'm not going to deny that"
Callie slowly let her gaze roam up and down the blonde's body before she spoke again, nodding at the tub "Care to join me?"
"I can't imagine anything I'd rather do"
With a smile, the brunette climbed into the tub, sighing audibly as the warm water surrounded her. She settled herself at one end of the tub, bending her legs and parting them so that her knees protruded from the water.
"You getting in then?" Callie raised an eyebrow.
"Hell yes"
The blonde hurriedly climbed into the tub, facing her back to Callie as she slowly lowered herself into the water. Settling herself down, she moaned lightly as she backed up against the brunette's body.
"Is the temperate ok for you?" Callie breathed in the blonde's ear.
"Yes" Arizona murmured "this is fucking perfect"
The blonde lay her head back on Callie's shoulder, closing her eyes momentarily as the water covered her body. The brunette slowly reached down, letting her hands start on Arizona's thighs before she ran them up her body. She could feel the blonde's skin twitching beneath her fingers as she slowly brushed over her ribs, edging towards the underside of her breasts.
"Calliope" the blonde breathed.
"Does that feel good?"
"Every…every bit of this feels good" Arizona swallowed.
"Your body feels good" the brunette purred, letting her hands slowly trail up so that she was cupping Arizona's breasts.
"Mmm Callie…"
"Yes baby?"
Callie smiled to herself as she gently tugged on the blonde's nipples, before rolling them between her thumbs and forefingers.
"I…" the blonde stammered "god that feels fucking amazing"
"I love having you like this" the brunette admitted, pinching Arizona's nipples again "completely uninhibited, giving every inch of your body to me"
"I'm yours"
"Yes you are" Callie smirked, kissing the side of the blonde's head "and I intend to prove it"
Keeping one hand firmly gripped on the Arizona's breast, the brunette let her other hand slide back down the blonde's body and under the water. Arizona parted her thighs willingly as she felt the brunette's hand trail a path over her stomach.
"Mmm" the blonde moaned in contentment "I'm not sure I've ever felt this relaxed in my life"
"Relaxed is one way to put it" the brunette flicked her tongue over Arizona's outer ear "I hope to make you feel far better than that"
She let her fingers wander further, dipping between the blonde's legs and seeking out her hardened clit. Hearing Arizona gasp, she slid her fingers lower until they were able to curl up inside of her.
"Oh god" the blonde groaned.
Callie slowly slid her fingers in and out of the blonde several times before dragging them upwards, aware of the nerve endings that she was stimulating, as she came to press down on her clit again. Slowly both of her fingers began to circle, her movements against Arizona's clit and nipple completely in synch.
"Fuck" the blonde's eyes clenched shut tightly, her entire body overwhelmed by the sensations that Callie's fingers were bringing her.
"Does that feel good?" the brunette rasped "Feeling me completely take control of your body?"
"Yesss" Arizona hissed, her hips bucking to meet the contact from the brunette's fingers.
Callie herself was moaning at the feeling of the blonde's body being complete at her mercy. The way that Arizona's body was writhing against her was creating a perfect amount of pressure against her centre, and the way that the blonde was laid out in her arms was an act of submission that sent shockwaves to her core.
"You're mine Arizona" the brunette husked "every inch of you is mine, and right now you can't do anything but lie there and let me make you feel good"
"Good?" the blonde breathed "Good doesn't even come close to how this feels"
Callie smiled, sucking the blonde's earlobe into her mouth "That's…good…to hear, because I have every intention of taking you to a whole new level of pleasure"
"Please…"
"Please what, baby?"
"Please make me come"
Arizona's voice was breathy as her arms reached for the side of the tub, gripping it firmly as she allowed the brunette to continue working her magic with full access to her body. The synchronicity of the movements that Callie was making on her clit and nipple, combined with the overarching pleasure of feeling the brunette's naked, wet body pressed up against her back was driving her closer and closer to the edge.
"Oh I want you to come" the brunette breathed "I want you to come right here, on top of me"
"Oh my god" Arizona gasped "I can't…oh fuck…Calliope…"
Callie could feel herself shiver as the blonde came undone on top of her. The way that Arizona's hips ground down against her made her whimper in pleasure as she felt the blonde's whole body shake as her orgasm passed over her. The water sloshed around them as the blonde rode the waves of pleasure that were coursing through her body.
"Holy fuck" Arizona groaned, as her hips finally slowed their thrusting motion and she settled back against the brunette's prone body.
"You with me baby?" the brunette breathed, kissing Arizona's hair as she stilled the motion of her fingers.
"I'm..oh god…" the blonde panted "I'm more with you than you could ever imagine"
Callie chuckled "I don't need to imagine right now"
"This…if I could finish every shift like this, my god, I'd be the happiest woman on earth"
"Well" the brunette kissed her head again "I can't promise this'll be a daily occurrence, particularly given the lack of oversized tub at your place, but if you want me to agree to give you an orgasm every time you get back from work, I'm totally game"
"Ha" Arizona laughed "you really have an answer to everything, don't you?"
"When it comes to you, yes"
"Well" the blonde slowly lifted herself up, turning over so that she was able to straddle Callie, letting their bodies press together in the water "coming home to you every night is enough for me"
A wide smile spread across the brunette's face "You…get to come home to me…every night"
"I do" Arizona returned an equally broad smile.
"I'm sorry…I hadn't realised that that fact hadn't quite sunk in with me yet"
"Don't be sorry" the blonde shook her head with a smile "it's a big deal. For both of us. And if it helps, I'm not sure I'll fully believe it til I come and you and your things are there"
"Well, all of my worldly possessions are currently in your apartment…I'm just not sure you'll notice the difference"
"Well…" Arizona bit her lip, tilting her head to the side slightly as her eyes locked onto the brunette's "I'm sure you'll be able to add to them imminently"
Callie raised her eyebrows "Meaning…?"
"Meaning I'm trying to neatly segue into getting you to talk about what happened earlier"
"Oh" the brunette looked down.
"Hey. Look at me" Arizona said firmly "I appreciate that there are some things that you'll just tell me about in your own time. But today…some pretty big shit happened, and I think I probably need to know about it. Even if you decide that you're going to blow the whole lot on those shoes you used to go on about when we were kids…what were they now? Manolo Blahniks? The ones with the red soles?"
The brunette laughed "The red soles are Louboutins, but I also wouldn't say no to a pair of Manolos either. But no, I have no intention of spending that money on shoes. Clothes, yes. At least enough to warrant me taking over part of your closet"
"I can't believe I'm saying this but…you can have as much of my closet as you want"
"Wow…is one orgasm all it takes for you to give up your closet space?"
Arizona swatted the brunette's arm "Fuck you. What it takes is you breaking through every wall I ever built…wearing down my resolve when I'd said that I'd never let anyone else get this close…and being the only person that I was every willing to give my heart to"
"Ari I…" the brunette reached up, slowly letting her fingers stroke the blonde's cheek.
"You what, Calliope?"
Callie bit her lip, staring up at the blonde as her face hovered inches from hers. Their bodies were pressed together, slick from the bathwater with the addition of the excitement that had built from their previous lovemaking.
"I…I love you, Arizona"
The smile that slowly spread across the blonde's face was the most genuine communication she had ever issued. She mirrored the brunette's actions, letting her fingers stroke down Callie's face until she was cupping her cheek.
"You do?" she asked quietly.
"I do" the brunette nodded affirmatively.
"It…it was totally worth the wait to hear you say that" Arizona smiled.
"I'm sorry you had to wait so long. It wasn't that I…well, I've loved you for a long time. It just…I guess it just took me a while to be ready to admit it"
"Admit it makes it sound like it's a bad thing" the blonde teased.
"No I...god this is coming out all wrong…my love for you is so deep…it's buried so deep inside of me that I haven't known how to express it….until now"
Arizona laughed "I was teasing, but it's still nice to hear that"
"I love you" the brunette told her solemnly.
"And I love you too" the blonde bit her lip "when I told you I'd always been in love with you…I meant it"
"The feeling is mutual"
"So…now that I have you totally uninhibited, you want to tell me what's been going on today?" Arizona asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I…" the brunette let her hands come to rest on Arizona's hips, just under the water "so I guess the easier place to start is with Alex, or rather, with his wife Jo. To his credit, not that I'd expect anything less, he's told her all about our past. The four of us, all the details, I guess until we turned fifteen. But he hasn't said a word about why his family left Newport. So I alluded to the fact that Eduardo did bad things, and that I was trying to make amends, and so now I'm waiting to hear back from Jo"
"Ok I…" the blonde shook her head "I don't know what to say. But that sounds positive right?"
"Yeah…I think it does"
"It was…it was good to hear that he's ok. More than ok. I mean, his wife, Jo, she seems great. So if nothing comes of it, if he isn't willing to talk to me, then I'm ok with that. Because Alex has turned out pretty great. And he's made a great life for himself. So at least I feel better that I didn't ruin his life"
"You didn't ruin anyone's life Calliope"
"No?"
"No" Arizona said firmly, her hands gripping the brunette's shoulders.
"You know I still feel bad about…god…I don't know how to describe it but…everything…"
The blonde leant down and slowly pressed her lips to Callie's "I think we're past that now"
"I guess we are" the brunette blinked her eyes back open.
"You want to talk about the money?"
"I…I'm not sure I even know where to begin. But it's my father. The one and only way he knows how to fix things is to use money. So this is his way of saying sorry, his way of saying he wants to make amends, I guess as best as he can bring himself to say. And I'm not saying that's actually ok, but…I guess I've been conditioned over the years to accept that it's the best form of apology that I'm ever going to get"
"That's a hell of a big way to make an apology" Arizona pointed out.
"Yeah" the brunette sighed "do you…do you want me to give it back?"
"No" the blonde shook her head "I get that this is how your father works. To give it back would be an insult. I'm not sure what relationship you want to have with him in the future…"
"This money doesn't change that" Callie interrupted "it doesn't make me trust him, or anyone else, for a second longer than I would have done previously. But this money…this money is exactly what he would have paid you to leave ten years ago"
"Yes…but we both know I wasn't willing to take that money"
"But you were forced to leave anyway. So now…this money isn't just mine, it's ours. In fact, if anything it's more yours. So first things first, how much do you have left on your student loans?"
"Callie…" the blonde tried to glare at her girlfriend.
"I'm serious, what do you owe?"
"Erm…I would guess it's around $150,000"
"Ok…so tomorrow…or at the weekend or whatever, we're paying that off"
"No Callie, I can't let you do that"
"The alternative is that I put the $300,000 into the mortgage on your apartment"
"That would at least make more financial sense" the blonde pointed out.
"I'm…I guess I'm new to the adult finance kind of thing. But if I'm moving in with you, and right now my general income is limited, you need to tell me what I can best do with that money to help the both of us"
"This…" Arizona shook her head again "this is a crazy amount of money"
"Listen" the brunette cupped her cheek, staring into her eyes "you just tell me, whenever you're ready, how we can best spend it"
"Ok" the blond replied nervously
"Ok" Callie smiled back at her.
"But you need to keep some money aside to buy yourself some new clothes"
"Are you saying there's a problem with my wardrobe?"
"No" the blonde laughed "but I know you, and you're gonna get bored pretty quick. Plus, that holdall is barely going to warrant a drawer in the apartment…our apartment…and I want you to feel at home"
"Our apartment?" Callie asked, wide eyed.
"You noticed that, huh?"
"I did"
"Then yes, our apartment. If you're ok with that?"
"I'm more than ok" the brunette leant in to kiss Arizona, her tongue probing into the blonde's mouth to deepen the kiss.
"Then enjoy your last night of freedom baby, because from tomorrow, you live with me" the blonde smirked.
"I think you'll find that's where my freedom begins"