"Have you been hiding from me?" Callie glared at her daughter as she walked through the front door on Sunday morning shyly.
"No, why would I?" Sofia answered nervously, the guilt sweating out of her.
"Oh I don't know… maybe because you told your mother that I told you I was in love with her, and you made her uncomfortable… then you went to sleep and left us in this awkward silence, then when I wake up your gone and don't bother coming home till now, which makes me ask where did you sleep young lady?"
"Finished rambling? Good! I did nothing but tell the truth, and it was awkward and uncomfortable because you were too chicken shit to follow through on the chance I gave you, and I slept at Stacy's… on the couch before you ask. One of the interns had a house party that we went to and then we just went back to hers and chilled and lost track of time… not that I have to explain myself to you as I'm an adult" Sofia added pointedly.
"Funday Sunday… no arguing you two" Arizona warned as she let herself into the apartment and handed out coffees and donuts that she had brought.
"Fine, what are we doing this week?" Callie huffed, receiving a smirk from Arizona.
"Rule number three Calliope" Arizona grinned as Callie flicked her the birdie in annoyance.
"Well I got us tickets to see a musical tonight, so I thought we could spend the day shopping and get new outfits for tonight" Sofia suggested excitedly, ignoring her mom's obvious annoyance.
Waiting for her blonde mother to lead out of the apartment first, Sofia siddled up to the brunette and kissed her on the cheek "I'm sorry and I'll behave myself in future, please come out with us and have a nice day because it would mean everything to me, please?" Sofia battered her eyelashes in the way she knew her mom couldn't resist.
"Fine, but you suck and when you least expect it I will embarrass you beyond belief and you can't complain because you asked for it" Callie whispered with a smirk, pushing her daughter towards the door before locking up the apartment.
The three women had spend the day hitting practically every shop they came across in the city and time passed without any recognition as all tension was quickly washed away and the easy conversation and laughter had taken over.
By the time they were ready for lunch, they had already amassed an incredible amount of bags, Callie and Arizona splurging on their daughter whenever she would allow them to. As they sat awaiting their food to arrive, sipping on a glass of wine each, Arizona announced that they should extend their pause at shopping and head into a little boutique beauty shop she knew of just around the corner from the restaurant they were in and get a bit of pampering done.
"See, that there is a perfect idea" Callie groaned at the thought of relaxing and being pampered for the first time in a very long time.
"I could go for that… but afterwards we have to find dresses for tonight" Sofia ordered, grinning when both mothers nodded.
"What are we seeing tonight anyway Sof?" Arizona asked sweetly, she loved going to see shows, especially musicals.
"Oz, it's the musical version of the wizard of oz" Sofia announced, glancing between her mothers as they grinned towards each other, clearly sharing a private joke. "what?" Sofia asked, smiling at the grins on her mothers faces.
"When you were three, we took you to see that for your birthday… it's one of your mamas favorites and she was desperate to take you to see it" Callie grinned. "I've actually not been to a musical since"
"What? We used to go to them all the time, what happened?" Arizona frowned.
"The musicals were your thing, so when we broke up you didn't drag me to them anymore" Callie smiled sadly.
"But you used to love going to them!" Arizona stated shocked.
"Correction… you loved going to them and I loved seeing you happy, and going to musicals made you happy" Callie offered shyly.
"Seriously… so you never actually liked going? All those times you took me, you never actually wanted to be there" Arizona scoffed at the thought.
"Well I wouldn't put it like that… I wanted to go and be there because you loved being there… but if anyone else had asked me to go, I would have politely declined" Callie smirked.
"But you used to sing along and everything… you dressed up the last time we went to see grease" Arizona stammered as she tried to wrap her mind around it.
"Because you wanted to dress up as naughty Sandy and I wanted to see it, if dressing up as a pink lady got me naughty Sandy, there was no way I would say no" Callie laughed.
"I cant believe twenty years later I find out you lied to me the whole time about not liking musicals" Arizona pouted.
"Well if I told you then you would have stopped surprising me with tickets, and then I wouldn't have seen you so happy… it was a good lie Arizona" Callie winked playfully.
"Jesus… every year I bought you tickets for birthdays and Christmas and valentines and even mothers day" Arizona groaned.
"And to you it was tickets to a musical, and to me it was an evening with you singing and laughing and smiling and dressing up and wining and dining me… they were the perfect gifts" Callie shrugged.
"Oh god after we split… I bought you and Penny tickets for that first Christmas" Arizona blanched.
"And Penny had a wonderful time with a friend from work… meanwhile I stayed home, had a bubble bath, read half a book and ate pizza from this incredible place on 5th… so thanks for my relaxing night" Callie winked.
"I cannot believe you… why didn't you tell me after I sent you and Penny tickets?" Arizona asked with a frown, the confusion evident on her face.
"Because… I know what the tickets symbolized and that meant the world to me… anyways, I didn't want you to look back on all our theater and musical dates and think of them as phony, it was better for me to just keep the little white lie going and let you remember them with fondness" Callie smiled sheepishly.
"So why tell me now?" Arizona asked nervously.
"Because me and Sof get to enjoy that look on your face…. Why else?" Callie laughed, bringing their daughter back into the conversation after glancing at her to see her sitting back and watching their interaction with interest and a smirk.
"You're a bitch Callie" Arizona scoffed as she took a sip from her glass, Callie saying nothing in return but throwing her a playful wink. After they finished their light lunch and drinks, Arizona guided them to the boutique a few minutes walk away, telling the receptionist what they wanted and handing her card over much to Callie's disagreement.
"Cal, just let me treat my girls will you" Arizona pouted, completely missing the way Callie grinned at her comment, and both women missing the way their daughter was smirking triumphantly.
"God this was the best idea… one weekend we need to go to a pamper place and just spend the whole weekend doing this" Callie declared from her mud bath, hearing the moans of agreement but not seeing the eager nods due to the face mask and cucumbers she was wearing.
"Ladies, it is time for your massages" a tall blonde announced as she entered the room and brought heated towels and robes with her. "Please wash off in the showers to your left, when you are ready, enter the room directly opposite this one, your masseuse will be with you shortly" she offered before leaving.
Sofia jumped from the tub excitedly, dumping her cucumbers and walking towards the communal shower, her body was not something she had ever been shy or embarrassed about, especially not around her mothers. However she took great delight in watching the awkwardness between her parents as they rose from the tub, the mud clinging to their bodies as they glanced around the room at anything but each other. Sofia was desperate to laugh, a multitude of comments on the tip of her tongue, but the glare that Callie threw her made it clear that the older latina knew what she was thinking and wouldn't be happy if she didn't bite her tongue.
"After you" Arizona offered, motioning her hand for Callie to go first as she stared at a spot in the corner of the room.
"No no, after you" Callie suggested.
"Callie you go" Arizona begged.
"Jesus… will one of you go first so we can get these massages before I'm almost fifty" Sofia scoffed, receiving a sharp glare from both of her mothers, however they listened to her order and started moving, promptly walking into each other, the mud on their bodies sticking so that that had to peel themselves apart. Sofia hiccuped a laugh and received another glare from the two older women. The two women finally made it to the showers successfully and Sofia grinned as she watched them staring intently at a specific spot… Callie's was at her feet and Arizona's was something on the ceiling. With a laugh Sofia left the shower and grabbed her towel, patting her skin dry before throwing on her robe. "I'll wait for you two over the hall… the awkwardness in here is making me sweat" Sofia announced with a grin despite receiving dirty looks from both brown and blue eyes.
"Your daughters a little cow" Callie commented once Sofia had gone, smirking when Arizona laughed.
"I like how shes my daughter when shes upset you" Arizona scoffed. "she is right though… this really shouldn't be awkward. We have seen each other naked many, many times"
"I guess… I am alot older now though" Callie mused. "things don't sit in the same place they did last time you saw them and they certainly don't point in the same direction"
"Your still beautiful Calliope, stop worrying about what other people think. It always was your biggest flaw. Your gorgeous, maybe its time you started believing that" Arizona offered.
"My biggest flaw? I thought you said I was flawless?" Callie grinned, meeting blue eyes for the first time.
"You are" Arizona sighed, her eyes darting south for just a moment accidentally. "sorry… I didn't mean to look" she offered shyly.
"Ok… how about we get this over with then there is no awkwardness. We count to three, we look for five seconds, and then if we accidentally catch a glimpse of each other its not weird…deal?" Callie asked nervously as her voice trembled.
"Ok wait… when we count to three… are we taking a deep breath in and trying to make things… go further north than they are used to?" Arizona smirked.
"You're an idiot" Callie laughed.
"I'm just giving you fair warning… I'm breathing in, you don't need to see my spare tire… throwing up through your massage wont be relaxing for you" Arizona laughed.
"Ok we will both breath in on the count of three… ready?" Callie asked, a twinkle in her eyes.
"Three" Arizona announced, her eyes leaving Callie's and raking over the latina's body. It was exactly how she remembered it, sure there may be the odd wrinkle line here or there, maybe a newer stretch mark since Sofia's birth but she was still spectacular and she felt her breath hitch as she took in the beauty before her.
"You're a dirty cheat" Callie scoffed a few seconds later, when her eyes had finally returned from devouring the milky goddess before her, it was evident that Arizona had been taking care of herself over the years, and due to not having carried a child to term, her body was a temple, a temple she would love to worship.
"Sorry... I just wanted to get it out of the way" Arizona croaked around her dry throat, she licked her lips instantly noticing Callie's eyebrow raise the tiniest amount at her action and the obvious arousal in her voice… she knew that eyebrow, did that mean that Callie still found her attractive.
"Guys, come on" Sofia announced as she bounded in the room, stopping dead when she found her mothers still naked in the shower facing each other and looking at each other with their lovey dovey eyes.
"Sorry Sof, coming now" Arizona smiled as she grabbed her towel and began drying herself.
Sofia glanced between the two women, eyeing them suspiciously. They both had straight faces but the tiniest smile was evident on both of their lips, and their eyes were shining, and the tension from earlier was no longer there.
"Sorry, did I interrupt something?" Sofia asked with a smirk, knowing the second neither of them reacted with a glare or joke that she was right.
"No I was just trying to get rid of the last of the mud" Arizona offered meekly.
"Yeah it was a pain to get off… worth it though" Callie offered without looking her daughter in the eye.
Sofia led them to the masseuse room where it has been set up for the three of them, three masseuses waiting patiently.
They climbed on the tables, all shyness now gone, and laid in position and awaited the massage to start. It took an hour before they were done, but when they finally sat up and put their robes back on, all three of them looked like new women.
"Do you reckon I can take one of them home with me? That was amazing" Arizona cooed, glancing at Callie when she scoffed.
"Which one are you taking home?" Callie asked, motioning toward the three men who were leaving the room.
"Eww… I'll pass" Arizona decided.
"You know… moms really good at massages" Sofia teased, remembering all the shoulder, back and head rubs she had received over the years. "maybe you should take her home and I'll get my apartment back" Sofia laughed.
"Where do you think I learned to massage" Callie smirked, throwing a wink at her daughter who instantly crinkled her nose at the thought.
"Yuck! I think I'd rather have the awkward naked in the shower mothers than the naked, oiled up and massaging mothers thanks" Sofia laughed.
"You know Sof, I meant to tell you that I put an offer in on a place… so you may be getting rid of me soon" Callie smiled warmly.
"Wait… it's in Seattle right? Your not leaving are you?" Sofia asked panicked.
"No baby, it's in Seattle, don't worry I don't plan on leaving my home and my family again" Callie promised. Their conversation was interrupted by three women entering the room, one starting by giving Callie a facial, one started by giving Arizona a manicure and the last started by giving Sofia a pedicure, then they would swap over.
"You all sisters?" one of the women asked making Sofia snort in amusement.
"Nah, I'm their daughter" Sofia announced nonchalantly.
"Ahh yes I can see it now, you have a beautiful daughter" She smiled kindly as Callie and Arizona thanked her.
"Yeah I'm getting married so my moms decided to pamper me before the big day" Sofia continued, smirking as her mama shot her a look of sheer confusion whilst the chatty woman offered her congratulations.
"Yeah well its kind of a shotgun thing… I mean I only found out I was pregnant last week so we have to get married before I start showing" Sofia continued, ignoring the amused looks from her mothers.
"Little buck junior here was certainly a surprise" Sofia grinned as she rubbed her stomach affectionately as chatty Kathy just nodded her head and tried not to grimace at the name.
"Buck lives in a nudist colony with his two dads, hence the full body treatment… we need to look good on my wedding day" Sofia said dreamily, chancing a look at her mothers who were watching her full of amusement.
"So your not wearing a wedding dress?" chatty Kathy asked.
"No just a veil, it's tradition for your husband to not see your face before the vows" Sofia announced. "it doesn't say anything in the bible about seeing anything else" Sofia winked at chatty Kathy who just blushed as her mothers bit back their laughter.
"Will you ladies be nude at the wedding too?" chatty Kathy asked, glancing between Callie and Arizona.
"Of course" Arizona beamed. "anything for our little princess… although I draw the line at not wearing shoes, I don't want to stand in dog poop or anything so I'll be wearing my tan leather cowboy boots and for effect I'll have on my stetson" Arizona said proudly, glaring at Callie when she laughed openly.
"Sweetheart its not nice to laugh" Arizona pouted when Callie looked at her with shock when she heard the term of endearment.
"I'm sorry, 'darling', I'm just jealous that I never thought of cowboy boots and hat… I just think we will clash when we stand next to each other and I'm wearing sandals and my traditional marriage Indian head dress" Callie offered with a smirk when Sofia hiccuped a laugh.
"With my two moms, my husbands two dads, and a cowboy and an Indian… I cant wait for YMCA to start playing, that party is going to go up like a rocket" Sofia snickered.
"It sounds like it will be a beautiful service" chatty Kathy smiled as she finished up, the three women said their goodbyes, offering their congratulations again before leaving.
"Really… cowboy boots and stetson to a nude wedding Arizona?" Callie laughed when they were finally alone.
"You didn't complain last time I wore that outfit" Arizona winked as a blush ran over Callie's face at the memory.
"Yuck… no the jokes over now… we don't need to know about that, and you've just ruined cowboy boots for me for forever!" Sofia complained as they moved to the lockers to get changed.
"You love my cowboy boots… in fact you borrowed them last week" Arizona laughed.
"Wait… you wore those boots naked for mom… oh god, why are you letting me wear them" Sofia groaned.
"They're my favorite boots" Arizona defended with a smirk.
"They're my favorite too" Callie added and winked at her daughter who glared at her.
"Your sick… and your sick… and your both sick… and I hate you both… and I'm throwing those boots in the bin" Sofia pointed at each mother and pouted.
"Don't you dare throw my favorite boots out" Arizona warned.
"Fine… but your banned from ever wearing them around me… in fact your both banned from ever wearing anything you have worn to have sex in" Sofia claimed seriously.
"Fine" Callie pouted, taking the black fitted leather jacket she had just put on off and putting it in one of the shopping bags. "see I can follow the rules" Callie smiled sweetly.
"Yuck! I have worn that jacket so many times" Sofia complained.
"So have I" Arizona laughed.
"No stop… yuck!" Sofia glared.
"Hey Sof… if you keep pushing for your mom and me to get back together… this is us apart, imagine if we got back together" Arizona grinned.
"You suck" Sofia declared as she stomped off.
"Well played" Callie whispered as she fist pumped Arizona on her way past her. Arizona watched for a few moments before realizing she was staring at Callie's backside, shaking her head clear she dropped a tip at the counter and left, following her two girls down the road.
"What do you think" Sofia asked an hour or so later as she tried on her sixth dress and twirled in front of the mirror.
"Gorgeous, like every other dress… but this one is spectacular" Callie offered as she pulled her own dress up, crinkled her nose and pulled it back down.
"Sof you look beautiful" Arizona gushed as she walked back in the large changing room with four dresses, hanging them up on a hook she pulled her daughter into her arms.
"Ok I'm getting this one… now we just need to find something for you two" Sofia grinned.
Arizona moved over to her own dresses and began to undress to try the first one one when she heard Callie huff.
"Calliope…"
"No I look fat, I wonder if Avery could do a liposuction or something" Callie sighed.
"Mom you don't need liposuction" Sofia warned her.
"Try this on" Arizona tossed a dress at her with a knowing smirk, Callie just looked from the dress to her ex-wife. "try it on Calliope" she ordered as she shimmied into her own dress and turned for Sofia to zip it up for her.
"Look ok?" Arizona asked as she pulled a few poses, Sofia smirking at her mamas confidence. "Calliope put that dress on now" Arizona ordered, winking at Sof when Callie did as she was told and removed the last failed attempt and began pulling on the dress Arizona had tossed her. Arizona moved behind Callie and helped pull the dress down before fastening it, Callie glanced at her reflection, turning slightly to inspect the sides and smiled softly. "You are not fat, and you do not need any form of plastic surgery. Your gorgeous and don't forget it" Arizona whispered softly, hoping that Callie would be the only one to hear her, but Sofia was listening and heard every word and she couldn't help the smile that broke across her face.
"How do you always do that… I pick ten dresses over an hour and hate them all, you pick one dress in five minutes and I look fine" Callie asked softly.
"Calliope, I know what looks good on you, its my superpower" Arizona winked. "now does this look ok on me?" she asked self consciously.
"Are you kidding? You look hot… just remember rule 1 tonight" Callie grinned warmly.
"Yeah right" Arizona laughed as she pulled a few more poses in front of the mirror before pulling the dress off.
"Alright… seen as we all have our dresses now, lets go grab shoes and stuff and then see if we can find anywhere with space for three styles and makeups" Callie grinned.
"Best day ever" Arizona grinned.
"Yeah definitely best day ever" Sofia smiled as they made their way to pick out their shoes.
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"Holy shit" Arizona grinned as Callie left the bathroom all dolled up, she had on the dress that Arizona had picked for her, a pair of heels that gained her around four inches of height and toned her body perfectly, the makeup artist had done her face to perfection and her hair had been styled to have loose curls kissing her chest and shoulder blades.
"Do I look ok?" Callie asked as she smoothed out her dress, having not received an answer she looked up to Arizona questioningly, finding the blond staring at her with her mouth gaping.
"Mama your meant to speak right now" Sofia laughed as she shoulder bumped her mother.
"You look beautiful" Arizona declared before diving into the bathroom. Callie looked at Sofia with confusion at Arizona's antics.
"I think you may have broken her… you look incredible mom, and mama is definitely impressed" Sofia hugged her mother with a big grin.
"You look gorgeous too baby… but stop with the jokes about your mama" Callie warned softly.
"I'm not joking, and if you cant see the reaction you have on her, then you need glasses! Seriously… did you not see the way her jaw just hit the floor?" Sofia asked seriously as Callie rolled her eyes. "Careful… you may slip over in mama's drool" Sofia offered as Callie began taking a step towards the kitchen, glaring at Sofia's joke, who just shrugged in amusement.
"You're a smart ass" Callie informed her as she tried to swallow her smirk, not wanting to encourage her daughters teasing and taunting.
"Are we ready to go?" Arizona asked as she rushed out of the bathroom and looked for her mobile, trying hard not to meet eyes with either of the latina's and give away that she had been having a little bit of an emotional moment in the privacy of the bathroom.
"Looking hot mama" Sofia smirked as she glanced at Callie who was staring longingly and lustfully at her blonde mother. "what do you think mom?" Sofia prompted, hoping to pull her mum out of her reverie. Callie however was too busy hungrily devouring Arizona with her eyes. Her brown orbs dashing between the woman's dress, face and hair before she finally released the breath that had hitched in her throat and smiled softly. Taking a deep breath to still herself and remembering that this was Arizona, the mother of her child and her ex-wife and she had nothing to be nervous about, or scared of, or anxious about, she wet her lips and prepared to offer a compliment.
"You look nice" Callie offered, frowning as the words passed her lips at how glib they sounded, and if she wasn't mistaken she also saw a flash of hurt cross Arizona's blue eyes and she began to panic. "I mean you look breathtaking" Callie offered, closing her eyes when she realized what she said and how forward and over the top a compliment it was. Taking another deep breath she forced her eyes open to try and salvage the moment before it got awkward.
"Arizona you look beautiful, is what I meant" Callie groaned at the amusement in Arizona's eyes as she stared intently at the brunette.
"I think I'll stick with the breathtaking and beautiful… but take a refund on the nice" Arizona winked, which caused Callie to flush.
"Alright you two… lets get out of here before we are late" Sofia smirked walking towards Arizona and pecking her on the cheek before guiding her towards the door.
The show went off without a hitch, Sofia sitting in between her mothers who were both leaning into her and watching her constantly to see the excitement on her face. Sofia was loving every moment of it, she had no memories of her first visit to see this show, but she felt like she was a child now, especially when both mothers grabbed a hand and began singing along quietly with the show, lost in their own happy bubble.
After the show had finished at nine in the evening, they moved to a restaurant where Arizona had made a reservation when she found out about Sofia's plans. It was the restaurant she always ate at when she went to the theater and they knew her well there.
"Arizona, it's been a while" an Italian man in his mid sixties cooed as he pulled her into a hug and kissed both cheeks affectionately. Pulling back he took in her attire and whistled appreciatively "you look stunning tonight my dear, you get more beautiful each time I see you, and who have you brought to dine with us tonight?"
"You remember Sofia, my daughter, she just moved back to town to start her internship at my hospital" Arizona introduced proudly.
"Sofia, the last time I saw you, you must have been four or five, look how big you've grown, and just as stunning as your mothers" he smiled politely before kissing both of her cheeks.
"And this is…"
"Dr. Torres, aren't you a sight for sore eyes" he grinned as he hugged her tightly and gave her his affectionate kisses before pulling back to look her over. "it must be about fifteen years since I last saw you, and you have definitely improved with age, more stunning than I remembered" he smiled warmly. "Come, come, I have set up your usual table" he stated as he walked away to guide them to the table Arizona always sat at.
"Last time I sat here was our last anniversary" Callie announced a little awkwardly when they were alone.
"I still come after every show… and I always sit here… it's tradition now" Arizona admitted proudly.
"Whats so special about this place?" Sofia asked.
"This is where your mama took me for our first official date that involved getting dressed up. We always came here for any events and after being at the theater" Callie smiled warmly as she glanced around the room. Not much had changed, the place had been well looked after and maintained but aesthetically it was unchanged.
"Ladies, champagne on the house courtesy of Mr Galento" a waiter announced as he poured out three flutes before dropping the bottle in an ice bucket. The three women raised their glass towards the restaurant owner in thanks before taking a sip and browsing over the menu.
"What's good here?" Sofia asked as she browsed the extensive list of mouth watering choices.
"Lobster Mornay" both Callie and Arizona announced at the same time, causing the three women to smirk.
"Lobster all around then" Sofia grinned when both women nodded their approval. Once their orders had been taken and their glasses topped up, Callie announced that they needed a photo of the night and so they all crowded around for the selfie, beaming into the camera. Callie snapped a few shots from different angles before moving to kiss her daughter on the cheek and snapping another photo. Seeing the mirrored image on the phone she saw Arizona move to kiss her cheek and snapped another photo before telling Arizona to wait and snapping a photo of Sofia beaming with both of her mothers kissing one of her cheeks.
"Ladies, while you await your meals, please accompany me to the lounge and I will take some photos for you" Alberto offered with a kind smile, holding his arm out to escort Sofia, and awaiting for Arizona and Callie to follow.
Sofia gasped when they entered the lounge to find an elaborate staircase with a metal banister made up of intricate patterns, a grand piano sitting to the side of it. The room was lit primarily by the large chandelier and the room was adorned by tan leather couches and coffee tables.
"This is beautiful" Sofia smiled.
"Thank you Sofia" Alberto smiled before directing the three women into specific places so he could snap photo's on Callie's phone. Alberto had received a lot of weddings at his restaurant over the forty years he owned it, so he knew intimately all the best photo spots and poses now, and expertly set them up and snapped away happily before he was interrupted by one of his waiters to announce that their dinner was ready to be served.
He led the ladies back, returning Callie's phone to her and wishing them an enjoyable meal. Their food was served and Arizona couldn't contain her smirk when Callie moaned in exactly the same way she did the first time she ever ate at this restaurant and had the lobster.
"Still good?" Arizona laughed.
"Oh yeah… god I forgot how amazing this place is, no wonder you still come here" Callie grinned.
"I cant believe how good this is… so so good, I need to bring Stacy here" Sofia declared.
"Oh really… pretty pricey place for a third date" Arizona asked before glancing to Callie when she scoffed. "what?"
"You brought me here on our third date… that's what" Callie smirked.
"Yeah well I knew you were special and worth the price of this menu" Arizona shrugged.
"That's so cute" Sofia smiled.
"You know… that night I was fuming because your Abuelo had just cut me off and I was literally bankrupt, not a dime to my name, and your mama brings me here and I was stressing so much about how I was going to pay for it when I couldn't even afford the water I was drinking… then your mama pays and the next day I wouldn't talk to her because I was so mad and so embarrassed and ashamed.. and your mama finds me and when I tell her what was bothering me, do you know what she told me?" Callie asked with a nostalgic smile, looking to her daughter who was listening intently.
"I told her I'd make her sandwiches, and she reminded me I didn't even like sandwiches and I said something really smooth like 'but I like the girl who has sandwiches' we ended up with pizza though" Arizona smirked at the memory of them laid naked in bed and sharing a pizza after making love for the first time.
"Oh my god that's so sweet" Sofia cooed as she glanced at her mom who was blushing with a beaming smile.
"Why do I feel like there's more to this story?" Sofia asked and when both women laughed softly she rolled her eyes in frustration, waiting for them to spill the beans.
"Well that was our third date.. and your mum had a three dates rule" Arizona announced with a teasing smile.
"Oh god… actually I don't think I want to know" Sofia grimaced, groaning when Arizona sent her a wink. "disgusting" Sofia announced in amusement, grinning when neither of the other women replied just sat with a dreamy expression on their face. "Must have been a damn good pizza" Sofia laughed, gaining their attention.
"It wasn't the pizza that was good Sof" Callie smirked.
"Yuck!" Sofia scoffed, earning herself a laugh from her mothers.
"That night was the first time your mum and I made love, and so every time we came here it was a reminder that we could eat this incredible fancy expensive food… but the next day we could be just as happy if not happier snuggled up in bed eating post sex pizza" Arizona smiled at the memory.
"Most times we did just to prove a point" Callie added with a laugh.
"If I hear either of you mention pizza at work tomorrow I'm going to spew" Sofia declared. Their conversation was interrupted by a waiter who removed their plates, seconds later a different waiter approached the table with a tray, laying the tray down, he removed the cover to expose a giant chocolate sundae with three spoons. Sofia glanced at her mothers questioningly who just laughed at the offering before motioning for Sofia to join them.
"What's this, we didn't order it" Sofia eventually asked.
"It's our desert, we always have this, always" Arizona grinned happily that Alberto had remembered, grabbing her phone to snap a selfie of the three of them with their huge sundae.
After finishing their desert and commenting on how full they were, they finished their drinks, paid their bill and left a large tip for Alberto before catching a cab for home, dropping Arizona off on the way.
By midnight they were all snuggled up in their own beds, Callie flicking through the photos on her phone, the selfies and the photos Alberto had taken for them, her heart pounding in her chest as she felt herself swooning at the family shots and how perfect the three of them looked together. She came to one photo and had to zoom in on it, Sofia was sat on the piano hood whilst Callie and Arizona sat on the stool pretending to play, Callie zoomed in on hers and Arizona's faces, they were looking at each other whilst laughing, their bodies pressed tightly together. She zoomed out again and noticed Sofia watching them proudly, a look of love and peace filling her eyes. Callie quickly decided that this was her favorite family photo and set it as her locked screen image on her phone before sending all of the images to Arizona and a sleeping Sofia.
Callie closed her eyes and the image she had just been staring at instantly lit up in her eyes as if branded to memory. She smiled as she felt the butterflies fluttering in her stomach. Feeling her phone vibrate, she peeped and eye open and saw a new message from Arizona, unlocking her phone to read it.
'God we have a beautiful family. Thank u for an amazing day, best family date so far xx'
'Gorgeous family, I cant stop looking at them and already changed my locked screen photo. I had a great time too… considering I never liked going in the first place I really missed going x' Callie flicked the message off with a smile before studying the picture again and waiting a few minutes to see if she would get a reply.
'Grease is coming in a few weeks if your interested? Ur always welcome to join me. I changed my screensaver too glad I'm not the only creepy one xx'
'Will think about grease cause I feel like dressing up may be involved… Sof would probably love to go either way tho. Who said anything about being creepy? x' Callie hit send with a smirk, she waited a few minutes and nothing came back so she decided Arizona must be asleep and locked her phone, smiling again at the photo shining back at her.
'Don't be mad'
'What did you do?' Callie replied instantly with a silent laugh to not wake their daughter.
'I may have just bought 4 tickets to the Friday night opening of grease. Thought we could take Sof and Stacy… and yes its dress up, and I've already bought the tickets now so you cant get out of it' Callie laughed as she saw the numerous winking emoticons at the end of the message.
'Fine, but I'm being naughty Sandy this time otherwise I'm out'
'I can definitely live with that. I'll book our table too?'
'Of course… where else would we eat after the theater?'
'Exactly! Night Calliope, sweet dreams xx'
'You too, see you at work in a few' Callie hit send and laid thinking about their night before picking her phone back up. 'When I said nice I was trying to be cool and not a nervous wreck and it didn't work, then I tried to correct myself in a panic and said exactly what I was trying not to say in the first place. Sorry if I made you uncomfortable or it was weird, but its kinda your own fault for looking so incredibly hot tonight that you blew me away' Callie hit send before she could chicken out, she locked her phone and tried to force herself to sleep, she was successful and didn't see the reply until she woke up the next morning.
'It's fine, you were nervous I get it. I think its always going to be this way between us. We always had a strong attraction and a healthy sex life, that was never the issue so its not surprising if there is still a psychical attraction there… I know I wasn't very subtle when I started drooling and ran off to the toilet to cry. But so you know… you looked stunning and I couldn't take my eyes off you all night and I'm so happy that our daughter got your good looks'