Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy, I just borrowed the name of the characters for entertaining, no intention to violate any copyrights.
A/N : Hello my friends, thanks again for coming back to this story. A little time jump in this chapter because I don't think writing Callie preparing for her test would be interesting. So, let's get the vacation started ;-)
Big applause to my beloved calzonaforever35 for the quick work, I'm glad you like it my dear.
Chapter 54
Time went by quickly. No surprise that the intern exam was a piece of cake for Callie. She didn't have time to celebrate with her peers and friends tho because right after the results had been handed over to her, the engaged couple headed to their celebrating vacation. First stop, Palm Beach.
"Thanks for agreeing to come with me, Arizona." Callie took her eyes off the road for a second to smile at her fiancee next to her, who returned a sweet smile.
"I know it means a lot to you. And I'm glad you brought me with you."
Their original plan for this lovely get away was spending a few days in Miami, and meeting with the Callie's parents telling them about the engagement, then fly out to LA to spend some time with Addison and Henry. In the meantime, look for a perfect place for their perfect wedding.
Callie had a last minute idea. Before telling her parents the goods news, she wanted to tell someone else first. And Arizona was happy to follow.
After arriving in Palm Beach International airport, the two jumped in a rental and soon they arrived at a beautiful lawn cemetery.
"When was the last time you came here?" Arizona asked after she got out of the car. The brunette was waiting by the side and holding out a hand.
"I came here every Sunday when I stayed in Miami last year." Callie entwined her fingers with Arizona's, and her free hand was holding a bouquet of yellow and white daisies.
The two made their way to the graveyard side by side. Tautness and strain lingered in the corner of the brilliant brown eyes, Arizona knew Callie must have a lot of thoughts running through her mind, so she just clenched the hand in hers tightly, simply reminding her love that she was there by her side.
They stopped in front of a simple yet elegant tombstone.
Daughter, Sister, & Lover
Malena Sophie Razon
"I got drunk with her father after the funeral, and I told him he should put 'How terrible it is to love something that death can touch' on the stone. I don't know he was too drunk to remember that or he just didn't find it amusing." Callie chuckled lightly before putting the flower down in front of the cold stone.
Arizona shook her head with a small smile. It was terrible, but so true.
The brunette took the hand of her fiancee once again. She looked into the blue eyes for a while and then turned to the stone on the ground.
"Malena, I would like you to meet Arizona. I've told you about her." Callie spoke softly. She lifted the joint hand to her chest. "A lot of things happened since the last time I came to visit you. I've passed the intern exam. Arizona helped a lot. Oh and I met Erica again, Arizona broken her nose."
"Hey!" Arizona tugged her hand and hissed. She was not a violent person and she didn't want Malena to have the wrong idea about her. Callie just smirked.
"You did break her nose, honey." The brunette leaned forward planting a quick peck on the flushed cheek, and then turned back to the tombstone. "She's a badass."
Arizona just rolled her eyes with a smile.
"I came here with Arizona today because I want to tell you that I am going to marry this amazing woman, Malena." Callie took a deep breath and waited, as if hoping to see any form of sign coming from anywhere. Of course there was none. "It almost killed me when you left. I thought- I thought God hated me so much that he had to take you away from me. I was lost. I thought I wouldn't be able to love again but I was wrong."
Arizona listened to Callie's words quietly. She remembered how devastated the brunette was when she mentioned Malena the first time. And remembered how terrified she was when they acknowledged affection to the other. She remembered everything and her heart clenched when Callie continued in a choked voice.
"But it's true that the universe will provide. It led me to Arizona after the darkest time. She is the light in my life and I love her. It is impossible not to love her because she is... she is everything. She is everything to me, Malena." Callie covered the joint hands against her chest with the free hand.
"You're everything to me too, Callie." The blonde couldn't help to interject. The feeling was mutual and she needed Callie to know that.
Callie turned to the side, gazing in the blue eyes with nothing but love.
"I love you so much, Arizona. You are my love. You are my best friend. And I'm glad that soon I'll able to call you my wife. May God and Malena be my witness, I promise to love you and cherish you for the rest of my life no matter what the future holds. I will never stop loving you."
Arizona reached out her free hand to caress the tanned face fondly. Callie closed her eyes leaning into the soft palm, and sighed contently. She let go of the hand and wrapped the slender body in her arms, holding her tightly as the balmy Palm Beach breeze was blowing around them, and birds twittering not so far away.
The blonde gently disengaged herself from Callie's embrace after a while. She looked at Malena's permanent resting place with glistened eyes. But someone coming from afar disturbed their moment.
"Callie?" A tall, small frame brunette called out behind the couple, Callie whirled around with a squeak.
"Ana! Oh my god!" The brunette took a few steps forward to pull that woman in a hug. "I haven't seen you... like forever."
"Yeah, like forever." Ana said sadly. "I missed you when you were in town last year. And you didn't leave a contact number for my dad after you visited."
"Well... sorry about that. Your father wasn't so happy to see me. I didn't want to upset him so I left quite in a hurry." Callie scratched the back of her head. She didn't know when the nice old man had became an alcoholic and her last visit wasn't pleasant, at all. She wrapped her arm around Arizona when the blonde walked up next to her looking at the new comer curiously. "This is Ana, Malena's baby sister."
"I'm not a baby anymore, Callie." Ana chuckled, holding out her hand to Arizona. "Nice to meet you. And you are?"
"Arizona, nice to meet you too." Arizona shook the offered hand with a polite smile. She knew Malena's sister was the one who called Callie, giving her the chance to say goodbye to Malena. She liked this woman already.
"She's my fiancee. We're getting married soon." Callie said proudly, smiling between Arizona and Ana.
"Oh congratulations!" The skinny brunette hugged the two women respectively. She pulled out a smile but it didn't really reach her eyes.
"Thanks. Hey, you're going to stay here for a while or can we go grab some lunch, catch up a bit?" Callie noticed the sadness in Ana's face. The younger woman was like a sister to her when she was together with Malena, the protective big sister self kicked in and she wanted to know how Ana was doing. She asked her fiancee with her eyes, and got a smile in return.
"I'd love that. Just a second..." Ana put the flower in her hand down in front of the tombstone next to Callie's, then the 3 women headed to their cars and drove down to the nearest cafe.
"Long story short, we're here for a couple days, visiting my parents and then we'll go to LA to see Addison." Callie said between sipping her coffee. The three were settling in a comfortable little outdoor cafe, sharing foods and stories. "You remember Addie? The crazy redhead that walked around New York with you in her Jimmy Choos?"
"How can I not remember her? That woman was hilarious!" Ana laughed.
"Enough about us, how about you? You're here to visit your dad?" The older brunette asked, and the smile on the young brunette faded quickly.
"I- I moved back to here a few months ago."
"Yeah? Your dad must be happy to have you and Jack nearby. He always liked your husband." Callie said with a sneer. She turned to her fiancee, "He actually said that in front of..."
"Jack and I are separated." Ana cut her off before she could finish.
"What? When did- What happened?" Callie gasped. She glanced at Arizona when the blonde placed a hand on her knee to calm her down. "They were together since high school. They were Ana and Jack, forever and ever."
"Well, life happened. I think we just... drifted apart. 15 years was a long time and especially when I couldn't give him a child." Ana bit her lips holding back the tears in her big brown eyes. "He had an affair, and decided to end our marriage when his girlfriend was pregnant."
"I am so sorry, Ana." The brunette reached over to hold the distressed woman's hand. Now she understood why the usual chippy Ana was so dispirited. She motioned to Ana's ice lemonade. "You know what? We should have something stronger than that. A vodka tonic at lunch like the old times?"
"I can't." The young woman struck her belly with a small smile. "I am pregnant."
"I through you said..." Arizona asked before she could stop herself. Her cheeks turned a shade of pink. "I'm sorry."
"No, it's ok. I'm infertile." Ana smiled to Arizona bitterly. "I did a series of tests over the years. The doctors told me the same thing, tubal blockage."
"But you're pregnant now. False diagnosis?" Callie frowned. She knew doctors would screw up, god knows how many mistakes she had made in this first year. She was just angry that it happened to someone she knew. Ana shook her head.
"The doctors gave us different options but Jack was so disgusted with the idea of a test tube baby or adoption. Think about it, maybe he just gave up on us." The pregnant woman looked down at her hand covered belly, voice thickened with sadness. "I wanted to have a baby for him. I wanted it so badly because I thought a child would help fix our fading marriage. Knowing his mistress is going to give him the thing I couldn't..."
"Jack is the father... of your baby?" A hint of anger lingered in Callie's voice. She hated it that the man she once liked turned into a monster that abandoned years of relationship and a family like it never happened. She was ready to hunt down the man and kick his sorry ass.
"No, he's not. My baby has no father." Ana wiped the tears with the tips of her fingers. "I need to know I can survive without Jack. I need something to remind me to wake up in the morning, so I went to the clinic. I chose a sperm donor, had in vitro fertilization and then now, I'm carrying a life inside of me."
Callie and Arizona shared a look. This was not a right reason to bring a child to the world, but they were in no position to criticize it.
"Congratulations, Ana." Arizona was the first to speak while Callie was still trying to digest the information. She looked at the woman's untouched salad with concern. "You're growing a person, you need to eat more."
"I know, I just... It's hard to keep it down and I don't really have any appetite." Ana sighed and pushed the plate to the side slightly. The quiet brunette noticed it and pulled it back in front of the pregnant woman.
"You need to eat, Ana." Callie pulled up her big sister tone. "And prenatal vitamin is not a joke, take them. How about... Who's taking care of you? Your father? And are you ok... financially? I mean, are you secured?"
"Don't worry about me, Callie." A true smile spread across Ana's face for the first time since they met. She missed her sister and she missed her acting sister. The day she lost one, she actually lost both of them. "I'm living with dad and he- he stopped drinking ever since I returned. He's going to meetings regularly now. And Jack sold the house and gave me all the money. He felt sorry for what he did, I guess."
"Of course I'm worried about you, Ana. You're my sister and I'm sorry that I disappeared on you." The brunette pursed her lips holding back the tears. She took Ana's hand with both of hers and said sincerely. "I'm here for you. Just give me a call and I'll be on the next plane to here, ok? Call me and Arizona if you need anything. I mean anything. She's the best baby doctor. And I will give you Addison's number. You call her if you have any questions about your pregnancy, ok?"
Ana stared at the joint hands with tearful eyes, and Arizona wrapped an arm around Callie's upper arm and the other hand placed on the brunette's shoulder supportively.
They had said goodbye with Ana about an hour ago, and the engaged couple was driving down to Miami as planned. Arizona was the one holding the wheel because Callie was in the zone. The brunette hadn't said a thing ever since they left Palm Beach. At first Arizona thought she was sleeping, but then a sniffle echoed in the car saying that Callie was crying.
"Are you ok?" The blonde chance a glance to the side, but Callie had her face turned to the window, Arizona could only see the back of her head. "Calliope, talk to me?"
"I'm fine. I'm just..." Callie took a deep breath, wiped her eyes by the pad of her thumb. She sat straight, looking straight ahead on the road. "I feel sorry for Ana. I'm angry with Jack. And I'm angry with myself."
"Why?" Arizona asked.
"Ana and Malena were very close, they were each other's person. And then she had me, as a package deal from Malena. I don't have a sister and I loved her instantly." Callie sighed again. "But I was so focused on my loss. I forgot that I wasn't the only one who lost a person. She had a rough time and she needed her sister, but I was nowhere in sight."
"You had a rough time too, Callie." Arizona said softly.
"I have Joe. I have Mark and Addison. And now I have you." The brunette shifted in her seat so she could look at the source of her happiness. "It's not fair, right? That we get to be so happy and that Ana has to be so miserable? She's all alone, having a baby, staying with her dad. He is a mean drunk. Who knows how long he could stay sober?"
"Things don't happen in just one day. It took you a long way to get to here, remember?" Arizona took her hand off the wheel to pat on Callie's knee. "She's going to have a baby, thing's going to turn up."
"What if it doesn't? Haven't you seen her?" Callie threw her hands in the air frustratingly. "She is so skinny and she doesn't eat. And we know she's having the baby for the wrong reason. Don't tell me you don't agree with me, I saw that on your face."
"It isn't a right reason but she wants to have a baby and she is having a baby." The blonde focused on the road again. An idea flashed in her mind. "You know what? We can ask for her permission to have her doctor send us her medical records, so we can monitor her remotely."
"Let's do that. And I'll tell my dad to send someone to keep an eye on her, bring her stuff and go with her to the doctor's appointments..." Callie said enthusiastically. The wheel in her head was turning and organizing the things that she needed to do. A triumphal smile displayed on the blonde's face when she stole a glance and found the anxiety on her fiancee had eased greatly. After another 5 minutes of silence, Callie shifted in her seat again. She looked at Arizona with nothing but admiration. "Dr. Robbins saved the day again. What am I gonna do without you?"
"I am sure you don't ever have to find out." The driver smiled sweetly. "Actually I know a way you can do to make sure it won't happen. Don't leave me with your mother alone, or give her any chance to murder me in her house when we stay there."
"Consider it done. We're not going to stay in the house." The brunette smirked. She was way ahead of it.
"Are you serious? We're not going to sleep in your parent's house? And they are ok with that?" Arizona's eyebrows shot up. She didn't say anything about being afraid of staying under the same roof with Lucia, but Callie must have picked it up.
"I'm a grown woman, Arizona. I don't always have to sleep with mommy and daddy." Callie threw her a playful glare. "We're staying in one of my dad's hotel. Let's switch after we get off the highway, I'll lead the way."
20 minutes later, the two arrived in one of the most luxury hotels in Miami Beach. Torres Group had several hotels in Miami and The Grand Torres Hotel was definitely their pride. The father didn't think twice when the daughter called and told him that she was going to stay in the hotel with her girlfriend. He arranged everything and all Callie needed to do was show up at this beautiful hotel, right next to the beautiful white sandy beach.
"I feel like I'm overdressed." Arizona said to her fiancee before getting out of the car. She was wearing a T-shirt with skinny jeans, but people around them were walking around in their bikinis or tank tops or trunks or shorts under the warm late afternoon Miami sun. The blonde's gaze couldn't help to follow a group of young women walking by in their teeny tiny bikini tops...
"You do know your fiancee is standing here?" Callie called over the car, the coldness in her voice showed that she wasn't amused. She handed the key to the valet, and didn't even wait for the bellboy to pick up their luggage before walking in the hotel, leaving a very surprised and embarrassed blonde outside with her mouth agape. It only took a second for Arizona to realize her mistake and jogged across the hotel lobby to catch up with the upset brunette.
"Hey, you can't blame me for looking." Arizona clasped her hand with Callie's. Her comment made the brunette wanted to take her hand back, but Arizona grasped it tightly. "Didn't you see how ugly they were? They looked so unhealthy, like they were suffering in some sort of eating disorder. As a doctor, I'm worried about their health. Besides, now I'm 200% sure that I have the most beautiful woman with me, you know? My fiancee is going to put them in shame when she put on that smoking hot red bikini, showing off those amazing curves."
Callie bit her lips to a thin line trying to suppress her grin, but it was too bright to hide. She pulled the blonde closer as they walked up to the reception.
"Hi, I should have a room in your hotel under the name Calliope Torres. I have a reservation for 3 nights." Callie smiled to the receptionist. The younger girl smiled back and quickly typing in the computer.
"Ok- Miss Torres... Dr. Torres, just give me a second." The receptionist gave her an even bigger smile while picking up the phone to call someone.
"Dr. Torres?" Arizona whispered with a smirk. Callie just rolled her eyes.
"My dad did it. I guess he wants everyone to know that his daughter is a doctor."
Within 10 seconds, a neat looking tall man in an obviously very expensive suit came to the lobby to greet the two women. They exchanged hand shakes as the man started to talk.
"Hi Dr. Torres, and you must be Dr. Robbins. Welcome to the Grand Torres Hotel. I'm the duty manager, you can call me Adam. We have your room ready, can you follow me please?"
Adam led the couple to the elevator hall, but instead of getting into the regular ones, he used a keycard to unlock the one in the corner. The blonde looked in awe but Callie just shook her head slightly. Knowing her father, she knew what was going to happen.
The elevator took them to the top floor without any stop, and except the emergency exit, there was only 1 door in front of them with a plaque.
"Presidential suite?" Arizona looked at the door with wide eyes. The duty manager smiled softly before opened the door.
"This is your room, doctors."
"Oh my god, this is huge!" The blonde exclaimed as she walked into the room. She let go of Callie's hand and went deeper. The brunette chuckled as the blonde was walking side by side in the huge suite checking out everything.
"This is one of the best Presidential suites in town. There's only this room on this whole floor. We have received Beyonce, Jennifer Lopez, Leonardo Dicaprio stay here. But we recently turned down a reservation from Justin Bieber, you know, his reputation and all." Adam shrugged causally. He turned to open the door again when the bellboy who arrived with the luggage.
"We're staying in a room that Justin Bieber isn't even allowed." Arizona whispered loudly to her fiancee across the room, making everyone chuckle but she was just too busy to care. "Oh my... there's a hot tub... Oh my god, there's a private swimming pool in here, Callie!"
"Yes, there is a swimming pool and a Jacuzzi out there in the patio. And for privacy cause, there are no security cameras anywhere in this room, including the patio. But you shouldn't be worried about the security because there's only one elevator that could go up to this floor, and you need to have the keycard to operate it. And if the elevator is out of order, you can use the keycard to open the emergency exit to go down two floors to the regular elevators." Adam introduced the room while the bellboy was putting the luggage in the walk in closet. Callie stood there listening to him politely, but her eyes were following the perky blonde with a smile.
The in house phone started to ring. The women exchanged a look and then Arizona went to pick it up.
"Hello? Oh hi Carlos!" Arizona greeted the man with excitement, she hadn't came down from the high yet. "Yes, we have just arrived. Yes, the room is amazing!"
Callie quickly thanked the hotel staff and gave them a generous amount of tip money. As the men exited, she walked up to the exciting woman who was talking to her father telling him about the room that he knew very well.
"Adam left and Calliope is available now, I'll give you to her." Arizona passed over the phone, and then continued her exploration of the room.
"Hi daddy, you made Arizona's day do you know that?" Callie laughed out when she heard another exclamation coming from the bathroom.
"Callie, a spa and whirlpool bath!"
"I'm glad she likes it." Carlos heard it too. He had laughter in his voice. "It's the first time she came to Miami, I want to make a good impression."
"This is more than good, daddy. This is great! Thank you." Callie said to her father sincerely. This was a great gesture and it had proved that Carlos really accepted her and Arizona now.
"So, are you ready to have dinner with me and mom?" Carlos asked.
"I don't know. I don't think I can drag Arizona out of the room. Besides, it is been a long day, maybe we'll just order room service and turn in early." The brunette apologized. After the visit in Palm Beach, she didn't know if she would have enough energy to deal with her mother. "We'll come find you and mom for lunch tomorrow?"
"I understand that, mija. I'll see you two tomorrow then." The father and daughter exchanged a few more words before ended the call.
Putting down the phone, Callie realized the room was getting quiet. She walked in the bedroom area and found her fiancee was spread eagle in the middle of the huge bed with her eyes closed. Callie jumped in the bed lying on her side, head propped up by her elbow looking at the blonde affectionately. She caressed the porcelain face by the back of her hand.
"Getting tired from the tour?"
Arizona giggled. She opened her blue eyes and stared right at the chocolate brown one.
"The mattress is amazing, I feel like lying on the cloud and don't want to get up. And I'm just thinking, you and your father have set the bar so high. I don't know what I'm gonna do when you go visit my parents. Maybe I should tell them to start building a swimming pool on the roof."
"An outdoor swimming pool in Baltimore? That sounds interesting." The brunette bowed her head planted a quick peck on the pink lips before jumped out of the bed. She walked toward the walk in closet. "My dad was just being his old self. He likes to exaggerate things."
"What are you doing?" Arizona sat up against the headboard looking curiously. The brunette answered over her shoulder.
"Unpacking, and then getting dressed."
"Oh, we're going to have dinner with your folks?" The blonde pouted slightly. She knew this trip was about spending time with the Torres, but she was kinda hoping to have some time with Callie in the room. "Do I have time to take a shower first?"
No answer.
"Calle?" Arizona called again. She got out of the bed wanting to go check on her fiancee, but she flopped back down on the bed as soon as the hot Latina in black bikini came in sight.
"Yes Arizona, you can go take a shower, but I, am going to swim." Callie smirked when the blue eyes roaming up and down her body greedily. She knew Arizona liked her old red bikini because it was hot, but this new black little piece was even hotter. The top had more fabric than the red one but it featured her plump swells perfectly. And the bottom was the killer. The tiny triangle hanging by the thin strings could hardly cover anything down there, it looked like a sexy panties more than a bikini bottom. She wasn't sure that she'd wear it out to the beach but she was glad that she had bought it and brought it along. The look on Arizona's face told her that the money was well spent.
"Swim- you mean swimming in here right? I- you- your- I..." The blonde started to stammer when she gazed attentively at the mile long legs - the pair of legs that she had kissed, caressed, and even ground on thousands times, somehow she could just couldn't get over how sexy they were, especially with that little piece of cover in between. "You are not going down stairs in this."
"Why not?" Callie asked innocently. She did a quick twirl with extra hip movement made the blonde's throat went dry. "Does it make me look ugly like those women that you were eying earlier?"
"I don't know what you're talking about. But I do know that I don't want anyone out there looking at you fantasizing the things that only I can do to you." Arizona took two steps closer, wanting to pull the sexy woman in her arms but Callie quickly slid pass her and picked up the phone by the bed. The blonde asked in confused. "What are you doing?"
"Calling room service, we'll need some drinks by our private swimming pool. So you're going to take a lonely shower or you want to change into your bikini to join me?" Callie winkled flirtatiously. Arizona bolted for the walk in closet with her t-shirt threw in the air half way to there.
"Would you say this is your best vacation?" Callie swam near to the blonde, who was leaning against the edge of the pool had a glass of margarita in hand. She took over the glass for a sip before put it down next to Arizona.
"It's just the first day, I won't say it's the best yet but it's absolutely in the top three." Arizona said with a dimpled smile. She wrapped her hands around the curvy hips, pulled their bodies together and Callie looped the long arms around her neck.
"Top three, huh?" The brunette smirked, kept their face close. "Which one is the best?"
"Our last trip to LA, of course." Arizona brushed their noses together lightly, breathed out against the pair of lips that she was longing to kiss.
"That really was a good one." Callie echoed in a whisper, half of the sentence was spoken into the sweet lips of her lover's.
The kiss continued as Arizona pushed off the pool gently. The two swirled in the water under the warm Miami setting sun, with the peaceful sound of the ocean from afar. It was heavenly, especially when you had the love of your life in your arms.
"Thank you." The blonde breathed out after their lips parted. Callie tilted her head to the side with a bright smile.
"You don't have to thank me for kissing you, silly."
"Not about the kiss, nerd. I mean this holiday, this presidential suit. And bringing me to meet Malena, saying all those nice things to me." Soft handed roamed across the naked back fondly, smiling blue eyes sparkled with admiration.
"You're welcome." Callie leaned forward wanting to claim the pink lips again, but Arizona pulled back playfully.
"Do you realize you got to say your vow in front of Malena, but I didn't get my chance?" The blonde pouted adorably made her fiancee chuckled.
"So, what do you want to say to me?"
"I want to tell you I love you..." Arizona squared her shoulders, running the words in her mind, but...
"I know that." Callie cut in purposely. She yelped when the blonde pinched her hip vigorously.
"I am being serious, Calliope."
"I know, and I'm sorry. I'll zip up now." Callie bit her lips tight with a wicked glint in her eyes. But Arizona just pursed her lips and turned her face to the side, avoiding eye contact with the naughty woman.
"Forget it, the moment is ruined."
"No, please, I said I'm sorry. Please tell me you love me and you're glad that we have found each other and fall in love and getting married soon." The brunette batted her long eyelashes with a cocky smile, made her fiancee snort with a laughter.
"Oh so you think you know me so well that you know exactly what I'm going to say?"
"Am I right or am I wrong?" Callie raised her eyebrows with a confident smile.
"You are... partially right." Arizona threw the brunette a flirty smile. She kept treading water to keep them afloat in the middle of the swimming pool. "I am glad that we have found each other but I'm telling you it wasn't easy. You, Calliope Torres is a lot of works, do you know that? So many times that I thought you were gonna slip away. The start wasn't easy. And then George, and then your father, moving back to Miami. And there was Erica..."
The words made the bright smile on the caramel color face disappeared to be replaced by a doleful frown. Of course she knew the weight she had put on Arizona in this relationship, and she was grateful that the blonde didn't give up on her, not even once.
"But we managed to find our ways back together because we are meant to be together, Calliope." Arizona pressed her lips between Callie's eyebrows hoping to kiss away the furrow. "We have a lift time together ahead of us. I want you to remember that we love each other. As you said, we don't know what the future holds. But no matter what, we need to put ourselves in each other's shoe and trying to figure out the things together. No running away or holding the tongue again because this is forever. You and me, we are in this forever."
"We're in this forever." The sincerity in the blue eyes made the brown ones filled with tears. Her voice choked with emotion.
"Whatever's gonna happen, like when we're fighting over how many layers of wedding cake that we want, or where do we go for our honeymoon, or who is going to take out the trash..." Arizona tugged the curvy body in her arms, dragged them back to the edge of the pool and trapped the amused brunette between her body and the tile wall with a smirk. "You are going to remember this evening in the swimming pool of this presidential suite. And then you'll smile and tell me you're ok with whatever I want."
"Oh, that's how it works?" Callie smiled when the dimpled smiling face inched closer.
"That's how it works because you love me." Arizona pressed her lips on the full lips sealing the deal.