Considering this fast update, you could say I found some time to right last night lol. By far my longest chapter for this story. I can't promise they will all be this long, I just didn't feel like breaking it into two parts. Anyway, hope you like it!

Arizona's POV

Funny how I thought with my mother in town things would slow down. Ever since she got here she's been running me and Sofia all over town. I guess Callie is a little lucky she's still working. We picked up a Christmas tree, hung Christmas lights around the apartment, found a local caroling group that she just insisted Sofia and I participate in with her, and bake three dozen cookies - with one dozen she gave to Callie to take to the hospital. It's been fun, no doubt, but I just wish Callie could participate, but I know she's working tirelessly. Truth be told, having residents is nice because it does give us attendings time off during the holidays, I just didn't expect it would be the resident I'm in love with clocking all those hours.

"Darling, set the table please. Dinner is almost ready." Barbara instructs me from the kitchen where she's putting the finishing touches on her famous mashed potatoes . "Will Callie be joining us tonight?"

"She will! She texted me a few minutes ago telling me she was on her way home." Grabbing four plates from the cabinet, I begin setting them around the table. "Sof, go wash up for dinner, please." Sofia has thoroughly enjoyed her winter break. All she does is hang out with my mom and watch holiday movies. She scampers away into her room as I grab cups and silverware.

"I remember when you first started, you missed two Thanksgivings, one Christmas, and my 65th birthday party. I know you were saving lives, but that doesn't make it any easier."

"It's the job, mom."

"I know, I know." She says shaking her head. "It just sucks sometimes." I bring the bowl of potatoes to the table along with a plate of green beans.

"Callie's home!" Sofia scurries to the front door as she hears the familiar jiggle of Callie's keys opening the front door.

"Perfect timing!" My mother grins satisfied. Dropping her bag, keys, and jacket by the front door, Callie picks up Sofia and wraps her up.

"Boy am I glad to see you, honey." Sofia smiles and rests her head on Callie's shoulder. "It smells amazing in here."

"It's the Christmas tree!" Sof exclaims.

"I don't know, kiddo. I think it's this masterpiece right here." Pulling her roasted chicken out of the oven, my mother carries it to the middle of the table. Nothing puts a smile on my mother's face more than a table full of food she happily prepared. "It's time to eat!" My mother and I sit at the table as Callie enters the dining area with Sofia still in her arms.

"Can we have fuzzy apple juice tonight?"

"Sure thing, Sof." I reply, "There's a chilled bottle of sparkling cider in the fridge, Cal." She goes to retrieve it and brings it with her to the table.

"Can I eat with you, Callie?" Sofia sweetly asks.

"Sof, you're a big girl, you can sit in your own seat."

"It's okay, I don't mind."

"Well I for one find it adorable that Sofia loves Callie so much." Barbara gushes. "Callie, you must try my potatoes. I make them all the time during the holiday season."

"Yeah, it's why I always gain five pounds between Christmas and New Year's." I chime in. My mom plops a big spoonful on the plate in front of Callie and Sof. Everyone watches as my girlfriend takes a bite, waiting with anticipation for her response.

"Definitely the best mashed potatoes I've ever had." Callie smiles. "What's the recipe?"

"Oh that right there is a Robbins secret. When you become a Robbins I'll share it with you." Callie and I make eye contact with each other at the subtle hint of marriage from my mother, but decide to move past it. I continue placing food on Callie's plate, enough for her and Sof since they are sitting together. "So, what's on tap for tomorrow?"

"Well since Callie is thankfully off tomorrow we were thinking you could hang back with Sofia for an hour or two while we go to the mall for some last minute shopping."

"Can we build gingerbread houses, grandma?!" Sofia cheerfully asks.

"That sounds like a great idea. We can bake all the cookie pieces we need and by the time they cool and become ready to decorate your mom and Callie should be back and we can all decorate together."

"Yess!" Sofia exclaims. "What are you going to buy, mama?"

"Oh it's a surprise."

"Well as long as Santa gets me everything on my list I'll be happy."

"Everything, huh?" Callie asks. "Well how many items are on your list?"

"Uhhh...20?" Sofia guesses. "I really want more games for my Switch."

"Sofia, I'm sure you have every game possible for that thing." I reply, taking another bite. My mother just watches with amusement.

"Nooo. Kelly at school has a game I don't. She showed me during recess." Sofia goes on and on about what she wants as we continue eating dinner.

"You know we're supposed to be shopping for Sof right?"

"I know, I know and we will, but here, smell this first." I hold another candle up to Callie's nose as she stands behind me. We've been standing here for a few minutes as I browse through candles, thankfully Callie is indulging me with this. "Good, right?"

"Yeah, I like it." Somehow I found the one store that's not super crowded in the mall and had to stop in.

"Am I boring you?"

"Not at all, babe." Callie says resting her chin on my left shoulder.

"I just really think candles are good, practical gifts. They last a while, and make any room smell good. I should get a few just in case we get invited to a holiday party or something. I don't want to show up empty handed."

"And if we don't get invited anywhere?" Callie asks, her arms coming around my waist as she moves herself closer to me.

"Then we'll have an abundance of candles!"

"We could use them in a bathroom one evening. Set a few while we take a bath."

"I like the way you're thinking." I turn my head to give her a quick kiss on the lips, "Maybe I should get a few more."

"I'll go get us a basket." A few minutes later we leave the candle store hand in hand and heads towards the electronics store.

"Give me a sec." I pull up Sofia's gift list on my phone. "I always make her write out what she wants in her letter to Santa before I send it off. That way I can take a picture before I mail it out."

"Wait, you actually send it to the North Pole?"

"There's an address that people can use and the postal people actually send it somewhere. It's kinda cool. Now that I'm looking at this list, all it says is, 'more Switch games.' That could be anything. She also has more clothes, more coloring stuff, some kind of light up doll, and at the very bottom she wrote 'maybe books'".

"I swear I love your kid." Callie chuckles, "All right, well let's get to it." A little over an hour and we're finally walking out the store with bags of gifts. We found most of all the gaming stuff we needed.

"I say we hit the food court then go look for some clothes."

"Nothing like greasy mall food to make a mall trip complete." Callie says, leading me towards the food court, navigating the hordes of people around us. "This was just what I needed today. I actually feel like a human again and not a worn-down doctor in training."

"Aw, I'm glad. I like being out with you." I raise our laced hands and kiss the back of her hand. "We'll have to bring back date night. I know it can't be every week, but at least once a month."

"I 100% agree. Oh, you know what?" Callie stops in her tracks, "I forgot one last gift in the electronics store. I put it on hold and forgot to pick it up at the cashier."

"Well let's just go back and get it."

"It'll be quick, I'll go get it. You get us some food and find us a table. Just text me where you end up sitting."

"Okay, hurry back." I call after her as she turns to leave. Not even five minutes later I get a call from her on my phone, "Don't tell me they took your item off hold already."

"No, no, I got it, but I did just get called into the hospital."

"Ugh, seriously?" In an instant my whole mood drops. "Damnit."

"I know, it blows. I'll just catch an Uber over there. It's close by."

"Don't be ridiculous, Callie. I'll drive you."

"No, finish shopping for Sof. I'll call you when I'm done and you can pick me up."

"Callie, let me take you." I plead, stepping out of the food line. "Like you said, it's close by and I'll just come back."

"Too late. I'm already outside and see my ride pulling up now."

"Fine, but seriously call me and I'll come pick you up. I don't care if it's late."

"Will do, love you"!" She says before hanging up.

"Great, now I have to back to the end of the line." I mumble to myself.

"Oh Sof that looks amazing!" Admiring my daughters handy work on her gingerbread house, I take a few tricks from her and use M&Ms to decorate the top of my house. I spent another hour finishing up holiday shopping before returning home. Just like they said, my mother and Sofia were putting together the gingerbread houses as I was walking through the front door.

"All done! Now it just needs a little loving from Callie and it will be complete." My mother grins as she finishes putting together Callie's blank cookie house. "When do you think she'll be home anyway?"

"Your guess is as good as mine, mom." As if on cue my phone rings, but sadly it's not Callie. "Oh look, Teddy's calling!"

"Tell her to stop by, we've got lots of cookies to decorate."

"Well hello, Theodora. Come by the apartment. We've got cookies and cider!" I answer excitedly. "Plus, Sofia misses her favorite aunt!" I look to my daughter who just grins and nods.

"Tell sweet Sof I said hello. I was calling to let you know Callie's in the hospital."

"Oh yeah I know, she got called in like an hour ago. Is it super busy? I mean my mom is here and can watch Sof if they need me to come in"

"Arizona, Callie's in the hospital." Teddy says directly, "She was in the OR and fainted." Quickly standing from my seat, I run into my bedroom to grab my keys. "She has an emergency contact on file, but I figured I'd call you. They moved her into room-"

"I'm on my way, text me the room number." Hanging up on Teddy, I slip on some shoes, grab my keys off the dresser and head towards the front door. "I gotta go, be good for grandma, Sof."

Within fifteen minutes I'm walking down the hallway corridor towards Callie's room. Through the glass window, I see a group of doctors around her bed.

"What the hell happened?!" I ask bursting through her door. All the doctors look at me, but my eyes are only focused on Calliope. She's sitting up in bed, alert, and by the sounds of things just finished laughing.

"I'm fine, just had a little fall." Callie says trying to diffuse the situation.

"She's fine, Dr. Robbins." Chief Webber tells me. "We've run all necessary tests. Some of her levels were low as a result of not eating enough. It's also come to our attention she's been having headaches…"

"Minor headaches!" Callie adds for clarification.

"Minor or not, that's often a symptom of something else."

"Let me see her chart, please." Wilson hands it over and I quickly scan it over. Like they said, nothing major, a drop in blood pressure, but that's pretty much it.

"Low blood pressure levels, fatigue, and stress are the main factors that probably caused this fall." Wilson reports.

"We'll give you two sometime." Webber says, "Wilson, Bailey wants an update in the OR, if she needs an assist scrub in." Wilson nods and exits. "I told Callie she's free to leave as long as she goes home with you so she's under doctor supervision."

"Thanks Chief." Callie says as the tall man leaves the room. "I'm really fine, Arizona. I feel better already." Sensing my nervousness, she grabs my hand and pulls me down to sit next to her on the bed. "I haven't been taking care of myself."

"Is Bailey working you too hard, cause I swear-"

"Arizona, no. It's not her at all. I've been skipping meals to either study up on cases or sneak a few naps in. I thought I could balance it all, but clearly my body had other plans."

"I should've drove you. I knew I should've drove you." I scold myself, "The past couple of days you've been sleeping on the couch since you gave my mom your spot in bed. I knew we should've got the hotel room."

"No, there was no way I was going to let your mom sleep on the couch. And no one wants to sleep in a hotel and be away from their family during the holidays. I offered. I wanted her to be around for Sof."

"Well we're getting her a room tonight. You're sleeping in bed with me."

"That's not necessary."

"Seriously Callie this isn't a fight you want to start because you will lose. You're literally in a hospital bed right now."

"Well let me at least get her a room at my family hotel. I'll make sure it's the nicest one possible." She reaches for her phone on the nearby table, but I quickly push her hand away. "I will call, you rest. I need to update my mom anyway, I left in such a hurry." Caressing the side of her face, I look at her for even the slightest sign of discomfort. "Are you really okay? Tell me, Calliope."

"I'm good, babe, I promise. Come here." She pulls me in by the back of my neck and connects our lips. "I love you. I'm fine, and I'm sorry for freaking you out." We share another kiss, this one deeper than the first. The sound of a throat clearing pulls us apart.

"Dr. Bailey, hi." Callie sits up straight in bed. "How's the patient?"

"Aht, I'll ask the questions, Torres. How are you?" She asks, stepping in the room. "Wilson updated me, but I wanted to check for myself."

"I'm fine. I promise. I got some fluids in me and had a lunch from the cafeteria, one of the good ones."

"Good, that's what I want to hear. Listen, part of being a good doctor is being able to care for yourself." She continues, softening her voice. "If you ever feel like you can't do your job, let me or someone know."

"I will."

"Alright good, you two can get back to lip locking now. I'll go update our patient's family. The surgery went well. I don't want to see you in this hospital for at least three days." Just as Bailey leaves, Teddy answers.

"You know there's always a resident or two who faints during their first year, I just didn't think it would be you, Torres."

"Neither did I."

"Thanks for calling me, Teddy."

"Of course. I wouldn't have heard the end of it if I didn't." Teddy replies, "Everything okay though, right?"

"Yeah, I'm going to take her home, stuff her full of food, and make sure she gets a solid eight hours of sleep."

"Oooh, do me next!" Teddy laughs.

"Come by, my mom and Sof both want to see you!"

"It's okay, you guys seem like you need a family night."

"You are my family, Teddy. Please come by."

"Fine, I have an hour left here and then I'll stop by for a little. Glad you're good, Torres." Teddy smiles and walks out of the room.

"I'm going to call my mom and the hotel then we'll go."

"Sounds good." She gives me a peck on the lips before I leave the room.

Like she said, Teddy came by and spent some of the early evening with us. Upon hearing about what happened to Callie, but mother fully understood the new sleeping arrangement, but just like any best friend would, Teddy stepped in and offered to house my mother for the night. With Teddy being alone, it she felt comfortable having a motherly figure around. They then both decided to invite Sofia to their slumber. Teddy promised her all the hot cocoa and holiday movies she could enjoy. After they left, Callie went down for a nap and I got started wrapping all the gifts we got from the mall earlier. Callie was still down after I finished all the presents, so I decided to watch "It's A Wonderful Life" in bed until I fell asleep too.

"Oh no, I woke you didn't I?" Callie asked creeping back into the bedroom. I heard her get up in the middle of the night and leave the room. "I just needed a glass of water. Go back to bed."

"You okay? What time is it anyway?" I asked, rubbing my eyes open and adjusting to the dark room.

"A little after three in the morning. I didn't realize my nap turned into a full blown slumber, so now I'm up. I think I may go sit in the living room and read or something." She said settling back into bed putting her glass down on the nightside table.

"You don't have to do that." Lightly grabbing at her shirt, I pull her in for a kiss, "Mm, you taste a little sweet. Almost sugary."

"I may have snuck a cookie or two while I was in the kitchen." Thanks to the stream of light coming in our room thanks to the night moon, I'm able to see Callie's face and all her features clearly.

"You look rested."

"It's because I am. I think I almost slept ten hours. I couldn't tell you the last time I got more than six."

"Three full meals a day, okay? No more quick snacks here and there. You're a doctor, you're important, you need energy."

"Well you know I do have a lot of energy right now." A hand snakes under the covers dips under my pajama pants and underwear. She runs her hand over my curls and slips a finger between my folds. Pulling her in for another kiss, I latch onto her lips as she slowly runs a finger up and down my slit. My legs instinctively open wider and she adds another finger. As our languid kiss continues, I feel my arousal growing and I know Callie does too. Her fingers run through my folds faster, collecting a lot of wetness in the process. "God, I've missed you."

"You have no idea, baby." I reply, "Why do you think I'm getting so wet already?" She pulls her hand up to her mouth and sucks on her two fingers. Without breaking eye contact, I push my bottoms away and kick them out the bed. "Get naked." She quickly strips herself and moves down the bed to between my legs, much like she was the other night before we stopped.

"Fuck, you're the sexiest person alive. Spread your legs for me, baby." I comply with her demand and pull the covers off of her.

"I'm watching this time."

"Please do." Callie smirks before sticking her tongue and taking a swipe at my wet sex. A pleasurable moan leaves my mouth at the touch. She replaces her tongue with her fingers again, looking up to watch me. "You like that, huh?"

"So fucking much."

"Take off your shirt." She orders with her fingers circling my entrance. As soon as it's off me she sinks her fingers deep inside my warm depths.

"Argghh!." I call out loudly. "Yess, baby, yess." Pulling out, she pushes them in again, this time harder. Thrusting her fingers inside, I grab onto the sheets next to me and pounds into me. Callie's eyes are staring at my bouncing breasts, which I know is a major turn on for her. "I want your tongue, baby. Give me your tongue." Her deft tongue replaces her fingers and I know it won't take much longer. She swirls and curls herself inside of me with her masterful tongue. I grab the back of her head and pull her impossibly closer to my drenched center. "D-don't stop….fuck me, yes, just like that….k-keep going…." The sounds of our loving making fill the room and I swear it's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. Well, besides her calling out my name in ecstasy. Her head moves up to suck on my clit and I can barely get any words out. Two hands forcefully grab my breasts and she begins pinching and pulling on my nipples. "Callie...baby...I'm gonna come….oh fuck, I'm gonna…"

"Do it." She manages to call out with lips still around my pulsing clit. The final brush of her tongue over my sensitive nub pushes me over the edge. My orgasm rips through me like a hurricane and I lose all my senses. I push her away from my clit and down to my wet folds. She licks up everything, pushing her face deeper into my sex to get every last drop.

"Come here…" I urge her breathlessly.

"Nope, not done."

"We can go again in a second, I just want you up here with me." Removing her mouth, she places a kiss on my blonde curls and comes to straddle my lap. "That was fucking amazing."

"You taste so good, baby." I almost blush, but her lips on mine prevent that from happening. I gladly accept her excited tongue in my mouth and grab onto her naked hips. She begins rocking her hips on me and I can feel her arousal on my naked skin.

"Is that from?"

"Mhmm." She moans into my mouth. "You did this to me." She says disconnecting our lips. As much as Calliope gets turned on by my wetness, I get equally excited by hers. She moves her wet sex down over my pelvic bone and grinds herself on my lower hips. "You feel that? How fucking soaked I am right now." Rearranging our limbs, she puts a leg under mine and angles her lower body so our sexes touch.

"Oh wow, this feels…."

"I know." Callie smiles. I slip a hand between us and spread myself open as she breathlessly grinds herself into me. "This feels so good." Our clits brush against each other, sending shivers and excitement through both of us. I can feel the arousal pouring out her and onto me. We pull each other close, trying to milk this delicious friction for all it's worth.

"Arizona...Arizona!" Her voice raises up.

"I'm right here. Let go. I'm right t-t-there with you." More expletives are shouted as we combust against each other. She rests her head on my shoulder as I rub a hand up and down her back. "Why don't we do that more often?" She lets out a light chuckle. "Talk about a stress reliever." Full on laughing now, she lifts her head and pulls back to look at me. "Kiss me, you goof." We share a short kiss before she untangle herself from me and rolls off me.

"I have something for you."

"Another orgasm? I'm ready, I just need another minute." Her naked body gets out of bed and walks over to the chair in the corner with her jacket and some clothes on it. I reach for her bedside water glass and take a few sips, all while keeping my eyes glued to her glorious ass that's currently bent over. "Damn you're sexy."

"Close your eyes."

"And miss that view? Absolutely not." Shaking my head, I put the glass back down. "I just want to squeeze it and kiss it, yeah I definitely want to kiss it."

"If you close your eyes, I'll let you. Now, swing your legs over and sit on the edge of the bed." I comply with the order and patiently wait. Within seconds she's standing in front of me, well at least I think she is based on my senses. I feel her standing between my legs and my hands instantly grab her backside.

"I am one lucky woman, that's for sure."

"Open your eyes." When I do I see a small velvet pouch in her right hand. "So remember when I said I had to go back and pick up something from the electronic store. Well I lied. I had to go pick this up from the jewelry shop. I've been searching online for something to get you and I got a text that it was ready for pick up while we were at the mall. I know it's super early, and it's super early on Christmas Eve morning, but my sister and I used to give one gift to each other on Christmas Eve and I wanted to do that with you, so I got you this." Opening the pouch a diamond heart necklace falls out. "Do you like it?"

"Do I like it? I love it." I take it from her hand and hold it up. "It's beautiful, Calliope. No one's ever gotten me jewelry before."

"It's white gold. Not entirely sure what that means, but I just thought it looked pretty."

"Calliope Torres, you are simply amazing." I confess emotionally. I stand up and turn around so she can put it on me. "I'm never taking this off."

"Good." Turning around to face her, I place a hand over the necklace resting on my chest. "It looks good on you."

"Well since we're sharing gifts, I have one too."

"Do you?" She asks, raising a questioning eyebrow.

"Mhm, I do. I got us a two day stay an hour away at a bed and breakfast. I told my mom and she's going to watch Sof. We leave on the 27th."

"Me and you, a gateway? I love it! The timing couldn't be better."

"I thought about that last night." I add. "We can go out to dinner, get massages, I even read they have indoor wine tastings. I haven't planned anything, I figured we decide what we want to do when we get up there."

"I love it!"

"And I love you, baby."

"You probably don't know this, but when I was in middle school I got teased because I was curvy and filled out my clothes more, especially my gym clothes more than other girls..." She begins, playing with my necklace, "...they joked that I looked older than I was and made fun of my appearance. To hear you say you love my body, and yes even my ass," She smiles, "it's heartwarming cause it used to be such an insecurity of mine. So thank you. Thank you for loving all of me."

"Well first off, screw those girls. Second, I love every inch of you, inside and out. And finally, I think I owe you some ass kisses, so let's get to it!" I say toppling her back in bed with laughter.

A/N: Kudos to the one commenter who notices Callie's lack of eating. I was dropping hints to lead up to this. Everyone stay safe and well!