Arizona took her girlfriends hand and began to walk to her bedroom.
"No!" Callie pulled back and caught the other woman as she lost her balance She then positioned them so that the blonde was back against the door again, only this time, inside.
The Latina kissed her hard and swallowed the moans her partner was producing.
"I said against the door." The surgeon felt her arousal spike with Callie's more forceful behaviour. It was hot but still familiar and safe. "You got an issue with that?"
"No..." The brunette's mouth was now on Arizona's neck, placing purposeful kisses below her jaw.
"Good." Both fair hands were taken and placed on either side of the door frame. "You're gonna wanna hold on to something sweetie."
"Is... is that right?" The blonde stuttured.
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Hours of intense love making later, both women were lying in bed with nothing but the sheet to cover them.
"Promise me something?" Arizona asked as she moved on her left side. A warm body was immediately behind hers. They moulded seamlessly together.
"What?" Callie asked before placing a gentle kiss on the shoulder in front of her.
"Sex will always be that amazing." She felt a deep laugh from the woman over her shoulder. "Even when we're old and wrinkly." She continued.
"Well," The Latina kissed behind her ear. "It depends on who you're doing it with." From her position, she couldn't see the look of disappointment on the blonde's face. She just assumed they'd be together. That was a lot to talk about after knowing each other for just two months though.
The conversation shifted when Callie began to softly move her hand up and down a pale arm in a soothing way.
"I know why you didn't tell Teddy and Mark about us."
"You do?" Arizona wasn't even sure she did herself.
"Yeah." The brunette answered like it was obvious.
"Enlighten me."
"If you'd told them about us then you would have had to tell them about Jasmine and what she did. Which still hurts because you're hung up on it." She moved her hand down the surgeon's arm and tried to interlock their fingers.
"What!" The blonde resisted and rolled over as best she could in the close proximity. "I'm not hung up on her!" She was almost insulted.
"That's not what I said. I know you're over her but not what she did."
"Why are you bringing up my ex-girlfriend when we're in bed?" The blonde turned back over to face away from Callie.
"Fine!" She huffed. "I thought you might wanna talk about it that was all. I thought I made you feel safe enough." The Latina moved on to her back and stared up at the ceiling. No more was said and an uncomfortable silence grew around them.
Arizona's mind was running circles around itself. She had deliberately put her last relationship in a box for the sake of this one. Or so she thought anyway. Nobody wanted to hear about their girlfriend's exes. Of course, Callie was different. She could see what was plaguing her before she knew herself.
Through the silence came steady breathing from the other woman. It was then that Arizona remembered that, apart from when she had to work the night shift; she always fell asleep wrapped up in her girlfriend. Not since their first night together had Callie rolled away. It was her this time who had separated them and for what? She just wanted to help.
Arizona turned and moved herself closer.
"God you're beautiful." She verbalised her internal thoughts as she traced the outline of her sleeping face. "I'm sorry. I don't want to talk about it though because she is insignificant and I love you." She dropped her voice to a whisper. "I wanna have old, wrinkly sex with you."
Callie's face broke out into a smile and the blonde moved her hand away when she realised she had been caught.
"I basically just told you that I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you, didn't I?" Arizona soundbited. Callie opened her eyes and grabbed the hand that had been on her face but responded no further until Arizona began to back track. "I didn't think you were awake and it's way too soon and..."
The Latina brought the soft hand to her face and kissed each knuckle. The surgeon breathed out finally when her girlfriend didn't freak out. She still hadn't said anything. Arizona felt a hand around the back of her neck and pull her down into a loving kiss.
Golden locks spread over tanned chest when she rested her head on Callie's shoulder. She brought their still combined hands to lie next to her face and placed quick kisses on the brunette's palm. Even though they were back in each other's arms, Arizona was kicking herself for revealing what she had. After a few minutes, her partner finally spoke.
"I won't be able to hold you against the door when we're in our seventies darling." The surgeon started to laugh. At first it was a giggle but soon she was struggling to breathe. "Well I wasn't that funny." Callie couldn't keep the grin off her face.
"No, it's just; neither of us went down the traditional route of promising each other forever."
"Maybe not but this is much more us. Don't you think?"
"We're crazy you know? It's not even been two months..."
"I know." Callie interrupted. "If that's how we feel though, can't it just be?"
"I love you Calliope."
"I love you too." They fell asleep the way they almost always did- arms and legs entwined with smiles on their faces.
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"Hey babe, I managed to finish early so I thought..."
"Calliope!" A strange voice shouted. Arizona had walked in to her girlfriend's apartment absent minded as always. She looked in the direction of the voice to see Callie sat on one of the sofas with a laptop in front of her. The Latina had a sheepish look on her face.
"Sorry." She whispered.
"Calliope don't shut the laptop on us!"
"She already did." A man's voice followed the woman's. The blonde walked over and sat beside Callie and placed a hand on her thigh.
"So, I'm guessing from the look on your face and the fact that these people get to call you Calliope, that those are your parents on the other end."
"I thought it was safe because you were gonna be at work for another couple of hours."
"Calliope!" Her mother's voice was becoming more impatient.
"You don't have to meet them if you don't want to." Callie was hoping she wouldn't.
"Of course she would want to, we're delightful." Her Dad exclaimed. Arizona opened the laptop up all the way.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Torres. It's good to see you." The surgeon smiled sweetly at the couple sat on the other side of the screen.
"Please call us Carlos and Lucia." The woman insisted.
"Are you happy now?" Callie asked her parents. "You've met her. She actually exists like I said."
"Calliope we didn't think you had made her up." Carlos laughed.
"Okay so a part of me did." Lucia admitted.
"Why would you make me up?" Arizona asked her partner.
"To shut us up." The man answered for his daughter.
"She's always trying to shut us up." Lucia explained.
"Well maybe if you didn't talk so much."
"So, Arizona, Calliope tells us you're a paediatric surgeon." Carlos ignored his daughter's comment.
"I am sir."
"That's very impressive." Callie couldn't tell if the look on her mother's face was pride for Arizona, a relative stranger, of pride for her for getting a surgeon girlfriend. She sat back and watched as the blonde answered all of the questions thrown at her. When she was tired of listening to the interrogation she whispered in Arizona's ear.
"You can tell them to piss off if you want."
"Calliope, I heard that!" Lucia yelled.
"It's fine." The blonde momentarily forgot about the older couple and got lost in those dark brown eyes.
"Well if you're sure, I'm gonna go start dinner."
"No you're not." Arizona pulled the Latina back down by her hand. "I'm taking you out."
"We don't have anything planned do we?" When the surgeon saw Callie trying to remember she cupped a tanned cheek with her hand to reassure her.
"No but you've been working so hard with the club and the centre and you need a night to relax. So I'm going to look after you. That, before you suggest otherwise, involves no cooking for you." She finished before the brunette tried to insist.
"Okay." There wasn't really any other answer her girlfriend was going to accept.
"You know nobody can usually tell our daughter what to do." Carlos broke them from their bubble.
"Especially when it comes to taking a break." Lucia said as she smiled at her husband. They could see this was real and were glad that their youngest had finally found someone.
Arizona could see the embarrassment on Callie's face and felt like it was the right time to say goodbye to the Torres's.
"You know, we actually need to leave soon. It was really great talking to you." The blonde tried to wrap things up.
"Yeah, I'll talk to you later Mom and Dad. I love you."
"Love you too sweetheart." Her parents replied in unison before signing off. Arizona shut the laptop and shocked Callie by straddling her lap.
"Hey." The surgeon finally greeted Callie with kiss.
"Hi." The brunette giggled when they separated. It didn't last long though. Another kiss followed, this time much harder. The woman on her lap ground down her hips when she placed her strong hands on Arizona's ass, causing both of them to moan. Callie's hand's then moved under her lover's top and up her back. "Did you have a good day?" She asked as her fingers grazed their way up her skin.
"It's getting better." The blonde gasped as her breasts were taken roughly by warm hands. She arched her back before taking hold of her senses and moving off the sofa completely.
"You're a tease." The brunette complained as she stood up and wrapped her arms around Arizona before she could run again.
"I know. I promise to make it up to you though."
"I will hold you to that."
"And I can't wait." Callie could tell from the look in her blue eyes that she had something amazing planned.
"Well then, let's not." The Latina picked up her girlfriend effortlessly as always and began to walk to the bedroom. When they got to the door, Arizona grabbed on to the frame to prevent their movements.
"Calliope Torres put me down!"
"I was going to." She replied.
"Not on the bed. Not yet anyway. I have plans." Reluctantly, the brunette did as she was told.
"Fine. Do I need to wear anything specific?" She folded her arms across her chest to indicate her mood.
The surgeon just smirked at how frustrated her partner was as it was kind of cute. She ran her hands up and down Callie's arms and felt her relax. When the blonde leaned up to kiss her, she was glad when she felt a response against her lips. Callie wasn't too mad.
"No, you look beautiful." She took her hand. "Now, come on."
A short drive later and they were in The Acorn.
"Really, this is your plan?" Callie was unconvinced.
"Shut up." Arizona led them through the crowds of patrons and up onto the roof. The Latina had to take a minute when she saw the scene that was waiting.
"So now I feel like an idiot." She confessed as she took in their surroundings. Fairy lights drew out a path to the bench and wrapped around the legs as well as the ledge running around the roof top.
"You're not an idiot." She squeezed her tanned hand. "Just a little horny Calliope."
"Well you said that I needed to relax and well sex was always how I did it."
The surgeon walked them to sit down on the bench. "I said later, you just need to be patient."
"Have you seen you?" She smiled when Arizona blushed and looked away. "Seriously, you're gorgeous and kind of perfect." A long silence followed until she asked, "So what's all this?" She pointed at the basket in front of them. The blonde emptied its contents onto the makeshift table by the bench. After all the food, she took out a bottle of lemonade.
"Okay," Callie laughed "You bought that to our super romantic date? What are you going to drink?"
"Not just that" Arizona then produced a bottle of whiskey.
"You know that I hardly ever drink." The Latina took the bottle anyway to look at it properly.
"Yeah, you said from time to time. And it seems to me like those "times" are when you're upset about something. I think maybe you should try it just because, like everyone else. I don't want you to do anything extreme but it might help you relax a bit." Callie couldn't help but lean forward and place her lips on pink ones. They fit so perfectly. When she pulled back, the Latina looked down at the bottle. She felt delicate fingers put a stray lock of hair behind her ear.
"Just a couple though." Arizona smiled when her girlfriend responded.
"I know. I'm not trying to get you drunk."
"Good because the last time I was, I wasn't even of age." Arizona fought back her question. She knew it was probably that time Callie had mentioned when she hit her head and as important as it was, it would probably kill the mood. "What about you? You told me that you hated the taste."
"I did," she answered honestly. "That was until I tasted it on your lips." When Callie scrunched her face up she started to explain. "The first time I kissed you was the night we sat up here talking and you had..."
"Run away from an awkward conversation with a drink." She finished the story. "And I told you all about what happened." The brunette smiled warmly at the memory.
"I could still taste the scotch on your breath and for some reason it was good. Amazing in fact."
"That might have just been the kiss." Callie winked.
"Well I can have one, I am driving after all. This is about you though."
The brunette couldn't contain the laugh at seeing Arizona take a sip of neat whiskey. Her face was screwed up adorably. The blonde closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue in disgust. The Latina surprised her by taking it into her mouth and sucking softly on the muscle. Arizona moaned at her girlfriend's unique way of getting rid of the taste.
"Your turn." Arizona put the bottle in her hand as they rested their foreheads together.
"I'm not drinking it by its self. That's just asking for trouble."
They spent the next three hours up on the roof. They talked and laughed with each other as they picked at the food. Callie relaxed and had a couple of drinks. She stopped when she felt a buzz. Even that though, was more than she had allowed herself in ten years. She knew that she was safe though and Arizona was right. The Latina drank when she was in trouble rather than to enjoy it like most adults.
Before it got too late Arizona insisted they went back to her place. She had things planned for the rest of the evening that required Callie to have a lot of energy.
