Their Belated Honeymoon (3/?)
Title: Their Belated Honeymoon
Couple: Callie/Arizona
Rating: NC-17
Summary: It is a look back through Callie and Arizona's relationship and their honeymoon which takes place twelve months after their actual wedding. Hopefully it will fill in the gaps for some missing scenes but it is not completely based on the show, as you will see.
Disclaimer: I wish I could claim that I own Grey's Anatomy or the characters but the simple fact is that I don't, I own nothing.
After the completing the tasks of feeding, dressing and sunscreening their daughter, Callie, Arizona and Sofia were on their way to the beach. The beach was both close to where they were staying and where Arizona's parents lived. They would have stayed with Arizona's parents like they had insisted, but they only lived in a small two bedroom apartment, because they only decided to settle in San Diego after the Colonel, more lovingly known as Daniel, finally decided that retirement was a good idea. They decided that packing their small family, including a still restless Sofia, into the apartment was simply too unfair on all involved. And there was also the other reason, I mean the first night probably would not have gone the way it did if they were bundled in a small two bedroom apartment with their parents. Simply nothing about that screams sexy. Since having a daughter, Arizona suddenly felt like a simple trip to the beach consisted of packing for a weeklong trip, and as they trekked down to the beach, Arizona had a nappy back over one shoulder, with another bag with toys in her other shoulder while Callie pushed Sofia in the pram that had a blanket stuffed underneath it and a cooler bag with snacks and drinks over one of her shoulders while she tried to navigate the pram with one hand down the busy street. When they finally arrived at the beach, Callie threw out the rug before letting Sofia out of the pram.
"Wow, now that was a journey and a half" Arizona exclaimed as she fell onto the mat, splaying herself out with exhaustion.
"Yeah, and now all the fun begins," Callie replied, knowing that Sofia was going to wreak havoc due to her excitement for coming to the beach for the first time ever.
"Yeah I think I am just going to stay up here, and you can look after your daughter," Arizona claimed, closing her eyes and soaking in the sun.
"Oh ok... So when she is speaking her first word or putting a puzzle together by herself she is your daughter, but when we are at the beach and you want to relax she is my daughter," Callie replied jokingly.
"Yeah something like that."
"Oh goodie, well you enjoy your time in the sun while I occupy our daughter." Callie said, shaking her head at Arizona's antics as she headed to where their daughter was playing in the sun. Both Callie and Sofia were digging holes in the sand when Arizona opened her eyes, getting up a little and leaning back on her elbows so she could watch the two girls playing. Callie looked up from her position in the sand where she was now wearing her very deep red bikini that left little to the imagination. Arizona smiled at Callie and she returned the gesture before returning to the sandcastle building. Arizona could not hear what the two were saying to each other, but she could see both Callie and Sofia laugh every once in a while, and then return to their looks of utter concentration. It took her back to when she first joined the staff at Seattle Grace Mercy West, though it was only Seattle Grace back then, and the first time she saw the Latin wonder, though her eyes today sparkled with much more happiness than they did back then.
42 months ago (3.5 years)
"So this is the ER, it is pretty busy at the moment and all hands are on deck, so I will give you a better tour later of this area if you don't mind," the Chief continued.
"Yeah sure, I completely understand so where to next?" Arizona asked eagerly.
"Well that is the end of the tour at the moment, we have pretty much covered everything, so if you just want to jump right in, make yourself comfortable and get to know where everything is properly, and just ask if you need a hand, and I am always available if you need me," the Chief said as he finished his morning task of inducting the new head of paediatric surgery.
"Yeah no that's great, I'd love to get straight into it. I'll see if they need me down here and if not I will have a look at the cases they have upstairs. Thanks for everything Chief Webber."
"Not a problem Arizona, and welcome to Seattle Grace, I truly hope that you like it here." And with that he was gone and Arizona was left in the middle of the really busy ER. She approached the nurse's desk, not knowing where else to go.
"Um... Hi... I am the new paediatric attending, are there any paeds cases down here that I can help with?" she started.
"Um yeah, there is a fracture in bed 4, ortho is already down so you can try that one, otherwise there is nothing else," the light-blue clad resident replied. 'Alright I can start off my new day in a new hospital with a fracture, can't be too hard right' Arizona thought as she pulled back the curtain.
"Hey I am the Paeds attending, what do you we got?" She started as she flicked through the chart.
"Um just a simple fracture of the radius... shouldn't need surgery but I am just getting x-rays to make sure, but I think we are good to go here. What about your end? See anything on the chart you want to look at?"
"Ah, no looks good. Thanks."
"So you new, last I heard the head of paeds had a heart attack?"
Arizona looked up from the chart to introduce herself, a little shocked at first, "Yeah I am, started this morning, and you are?
"Oh I am Dr. Chang, don't come down here much cause I am the head of Ortho, usually send a resident but apparently she was already in surgery. But whatever, nice to meet you Dr. Robbins, I'll see you round." And with that Dr. Chang was gone.
"Alright Lucy, I am Dr. Robbins. Now a really nice nurse is going to take you up to x-ray to check that your arm will be fine and then after that we are going to put a nice coloured cast on it, so the only thing you have to think about at the moment is what your favourite colour is, ok?" Arizona said to the young girl on the gurney before exiting behind the curtain and heading toward the nurse's station to order the x-rays. Standing at the desk Arizona couldn't help but hear the gossip that the nurses were sharing; not that they were at all trying to be subtle.
"I heard she broke down after a surgery, I mean I knew they were good friends, but I didn't realise they were that close," one nurse said.
"Yeah I hear that they were really close, if you know what I mean," another continued, winking at the others.
"Well I mean she is pretty hot, not that I'm gay, but if I was, I mean, I'd go there," another said before they all started giggling and nodding in agreement. Arizona shook off the comments and called for one of them to take Lucy up to x-ray, before she headed back to the paeds ward. She approached the nurse's station in paeds to be bombarded with the same gossip.
"Yeah I hear that they started as friends, and then they got together after that, I mean I don't know what would attract you to Erica Hahn, but there must be something 'cause Torres fell for her hard, she even broke down after a guy died in surgery," one nurse finished before turning to greet Arizona.
"Hi there, I am the new head of paeds, so I just thought someone could give me run down on everyone and all the cases we have at the moment," Arizona started.
"Yeah sure, my name is Sarah and I have a few moments to give you a run down," the nurse that was just gossiping said.
"Great. So where do we start?"
"Well we have 20 current paeds cases, most of them are in recovery so just keeping an eye on them before they're discharged. I hear that you have met Jackson?" Sarah continued as she led Arizona around the floor.
"Yeah I have," Arizona confirmed, stopping back at the nurse's station.
"Well the best way to meet the patients and get up to date is probably to go around and meet them, and I am sure that the parent's will want to get to know their new doctor as well, you know what parents are like," Sarah continued, "and I have a surgery to get to now, but I will see you round Doctor Robbins, a nice to meet you." And with that nurse Sarah was on her way toward the elevator and Arizona was once again standing at the nurse's station where she took a seat and started flicking through her patients charts.
"So do you know if Callie Torres has found a new flame yet?" Arizona heard one of the nurse's ask another nurse. 'Man they never let up, do they' Arizona thought to herself, willing herself to focus on the charts in front of her.
"No I think it will be a long time before she gets over Erica Hahn, I mean I can't believe she left her in the car park, well at least that's what I heard happened, but regardless, I mean no man or woman should be leaving Callie Torres, I'm not even gay and I'd go there," the other nurse retorted.
'Who is this Callie Torres?' Arizona thought, all concentration on the chart lost. 'Whatever' she thought shaking her head as she left the charts and headed to the attending lounge for a caffeine hit. Wandering the halls, Arizona suddenly realised she had no idea where she was going, the only thing she was certain of was that she was nowhere near the attending lounge, and as she rounded a corner she realised she had ended up back in the ER.
"Ah, Doctor Robbins," a nurse called from the desk, "I was just about to page you. We got Lucy's x-rays back and it looks like she is just going to need a cast. Doctor Chang said he would send down a resident but I think she'll want some help keeping her still if you don't mind?"
"Yeah sure, is she still in bed 4?" Arizona asked as she headed in that direction.
"Yep and ortho is already there."
"Thanks," Arizona called back as she pulled the curtain around her.
"Hey, I am from paeds, just coming to help out if you need it?" Arizona started.
"Yeah sure, just stand on the other side and talk to her and try and keep her steady if you don't mind," the resident replied without looking up from Lucy's arm.
"Yep, ok, so Lucy did you tell Doctor..." Arizona started fading the last few words and turning to her gaze toward the ortho resident that was examining her arm in an attempt to get a name.
"Doctor Torres," the doctor replied, still not allowing her gaze to leave the arm. Arizona looked at the newly introduced Doctor Torres for a moment longer, thinking 'Wow, so this is Callie Torres, wow, the nurses were not wrong at all, how could someone leave her'. She continued to let her thoughts wander until she realised that Callie had looked up from the arm quickly to see why the conversation had halted but didn't reach Arizona's eyes before Arizona turned back to Lucy and continued her sentence.
"Yeah, so Lucy did you tell Doctor Torres what colour you wanted your cast to be?"
"Yep, I want it to be red, Callie... I mean Doctor Torres said that red was a cool colour," Lucy replied smiling towards Callie.
"Sweetie, I told you that you can call me Callie, its fine" Callie said, finally removing her gaze from the little arm and to her patient's eyes. Arizona watched the interaction as a small smile spread across her face. "Ok, I am ready to go here, so Lucy, do you think you can sit very still and try and not move your arm, and then I think I might have a little treat for you, what do you say?"
"I will try," Lucy replied nervously.
"Ok, here we go." Callie said as she started to set the arm. It was not long before she was done, as Lucy happily chatted away with Arizona throughout the duration of the setting. "Alrighty, all done Lucy, and here you go, I bought you a lolly pop 'cause you were great and you didn't move at all. Now I am going to fill out you chart so you can go home alright," Callie finished with a smile on her face.
"Yep, thanks Callie" Lucy concluded.
"Thanks for your help doc" Callie waved over her shoulder, still making no eye contact with Arizona.
"Yep, my pleasure" Arizona said quietly, knowing that Callie was out of earshot. "Alright Lucy I am going to go and grab you parents, can you sit tight for a bit?"
"Yep" Lucy replied, finding her lollypop way more entertaining than anything coming out of Arizona's mouth. And with that Arizona exited the curtain and headed for the waiting room.
6pm that day
Arizona's first day had flown by, even though she didn't have a single surgery and had tonnes of paperwork to fill out. Now Arizona was in the attending locker room that she found after asking for directions from a nurse and she was changing to head across the street to a bar with some of the people she had met.
"Alright Doctor Robbins, you ready to go?" one of the nurses asked.
"Yep," Arizona returned as she grabbed her bag and headed for the door. The short walk to the bar was filled with useless chatter and Arizona mainly held back and just listened. Once at the bar she ordered her usual vodka lemonade, sitting at the bar listening to the gossip once again, happy to find out information about her co-workers. Scanning the room Arizona was shocked to see Doctor Torres enter the bar with a rather defeated look on her face, nothing like the look she had graced in the ER earlier. Callie was fierce, confident and she shone when she was in the ER, but now, now she looked sad, defeated and far from glowing with the confidence she had earlier. Despite the change in looks however, Arizona could not get over the beauty that she held. She was perfect, long dark locks that fell straight, big brown eyes that she didn't get to see earlier in the ER and man, that curvy figure had her eyes roaming all over it. She was mesmerising, gorgeous, absolutely magnificent Arizona thought to herself, she wasn't even aware that she was staring, and not the subtle type either, until she heard the faint calling of her name.
"Arizona... Arizona... What do you think?" one of the nurses asked.
"Hmmm... Sorry what?" Arizona started trying to hide the fact that she was just very very distracted by a certain Latina. The nurse just giggled a little, before asking the question again.
"We were talking about who is the hottest of the residents, what do you think?" the nurse asked as Arizona picked up the shot in front of her and downed it, nearly choking on the burning liquid at the oddly timed question.
'Callie Torres' she thought to herself instantly, making her further choke on the liquid. After regaining her breath and concentration she turned to answer the question. "Oh, I don't know, I have only been there a day and I was so caught up in paperwork I hardly got a good look".
"Fair enough, well I think..." And Arizona was no longer listening to the conversation around her because she only just realised how close Callie was sitting to her, just across the bar in fact, she could literally reach out and wipe away the tears that were threatening to fall down Callie's face if she just... 'No what are thinking Arizona, concentrate, no touching, just concentrate on the people around you' she lectured herself before ordering a couple shots of Joe. After gulping them down, Arizona realised that Callie was headed for the bathroom and without even thinking she got up, "I'm just gonna go to the bathroom" she informed the people she was sitting with. 'What are you doing...? What are you doing...? What are you doing...? What are you doing...?' Arizona thought to herself as she pushed the door open and entered the ladies room, seeing Callie dabbing her eyes at the sink. 'This was not a good idea Arizona, not a good idea; you may not be drunk but you have had way too much to drink to not say something stupid.'
"Hey" Arizona started. 'Good start' she thought to herself.
"Hey" the brunette returned.
"Ortho right?" 'Still strong, keep it going, introduce and get out before you say something ridiculous.' Arizona thought to herself.
"Yeah, right hi," Callie answered a little unsure.
"I'm Arizona Robbins, paeds surgery... I've seen you at the hospital... are you okay?" Arizona continued, her tone riddle with concern.
"Yeah, no, I'm fine, I'm fine," Callie replied turning to face Arizona for the first time. 'Oh no,' Arizona thought to herself, 'don't look her in the eye, dammit, why? Why did you have to look her in the god damn eyes.' she thought as their eyes locked and she began rambling nervously.
"People talk, where we work, they talk... a lot... so for the sake of being honest, I... I think I should tell you that I know things about you... because people talk," Arizona managed to finally stop with 'Idiot' running over and over in her head.
"Oh... you mean... terrific" Callie replied, disappointment riddled in her tone.
"It is actually... the talk... people really like you over there..." 'why did you have to keep going, why did you come in here, you're are making a fool out of yourself, get yourself together Robbins,' Arizona thought to herself as she continued rambling, "they respect you and they're concerned and interested, they really like you... some of them really like you... you just... you look upset... and I thought that you should know that the talk is good, and when you're not upset, when you're over being upset, there will be people lining up for you." Finally Arizona got to end, thinking 'well I think you might have just saved that one,' whilst mentally giving herself a pat on the back before Callie burst out laughing, 'hmmm, maybe not then' Arizona's inner monologue continued.
"You wanna give me some names?" Callie continued in disbelief. Arizona racked her brain for ways to prove it and then found herself leaning in, closer and closer, thinking 'what the hell are you doing, What. Are. You. Doing. Robbins?' Finally she felt her lips pressed against the newly acquainted Callie's soft red lips.
Keeping the kiss chaste she pulled back before replying, "I think you'll know," and turning to exit the bathroom, leaving a confused, but now smiling Callie in her wake. As she closed the door behind her, Arizona lent against it closing her eyes, reflecting on what had just happened. She couldn't decided whether it was a success or a total failure, only time would tell, she thought as she made a b-line for the exit completely forgetting about the people she had come with.
Back to the present.
Arizona was pulled out of her daydream by a voice from behind her, "So how did you get to lay in the sun up here while Callie gets covered in sand with your daughter?" the familiar voice asked.
"Mum?" Arizona questioned, turning around to see who was behind her.
"Yes dear, how did you expect me to sit at home all day when knowing that my beautiful daughters and granddaughter, who I don't get to see far often enough, were playing on the beach only a few minutes away?" the older lady replied.
"Mum!" Arizona exclaimed jumping up off her towel and into her mother's awaiting arms, "It's so good to see you." At the sound of Arizona's shrill Callie looked up from the sandcastle her and Sofia were building to see Barbara Robbins almost thrown back into the sand by her wife.
"Look Sofia, who is up there?" Callie asked her daughter.
"Nanna!" Sofia exclaimed as she too ran towards Barbara, jumping into her arms as soon as Arizona was released. Callie made her way up from the sandcastle bringing all their toys with her so that they didn't lose any.
"Barbara, I wasn't expecting to see you until later?" Callie said as the too gave Barbara a welcoming hug.
"Yes well I tried to wait until later, but I just couldn't resist not seeing my gorgeous little granddaughter any sooner," Barbara replied as she pulled Sofia in her arms again. "How about I play with Sofia in the sand for a bit and give you two some time to relax together?" Barbara asked.
"Mum we are going away for two weeks that is plenty of time to relax, really you don't have to, we can mind her, and you will have two weeks of only Sofia time. Really, it's too much," Arizona argued.
"You two are on your honeymoon, I think you want some time to yourselves, and I actually want to, I missed her heaps, so just relax, its fine." Barbara replied, running down the beach as to end the argument.
"Your parents really are too great you know," Callie said smiling at Arizona as they walked hand-in-hand towards their beach chairs. Callie sat down first and Arizona spread Callie's legs slightly so she could sit in front of her, Callie wrapping her arms around Arizona's middle protectively. "Hey are you alright, you looked like you were really deep in thought before?"
"Yeah no I am fine, I was just thinking about our dirty bathroom kiss and when I met you," Arizona replied honestly.
"You mean the best kiss of my life," Callie retorted, a huge smile now gracing her lips.
"Yeah that one," Arizona replied as she sat further back into Callie's bikini clad chest. "You know I was never that forward before I met you, and it was also not my plan when I entered the bathroom, to kiss you I mean."
"Really, it seemed like that was what you had in mind all along?" Callie joked.
"Oh is that right. Well it doesn't matter now because I don't regret it and I have you now, and I get to kiss you every day, and now you actually kiss me back," Arizona joked.
"Yeah... well... I can't say I was expecting it... so there..." Callie defended.
"No its fine," Arizona continued giggling a little.
"Whatever," Callie retorted, leaning in and kissing Arizona on the temple, "And for the next two weeks you get to do a whole lot more than just kissing me," Callie whispered into Arizona's ear in a deeper octave, making sure to emphasize her words with a hot breath, all the while rubbing Arizona's stomach seductively.
"Mmm... is that right" Arizona breathed out, her eyes now closed as she lent her head back onto Callie's shoulder.
"Yes it is" Callie said, also leaning her head back as they both basked in the sun for a few more hours. The pair only realised they were sleeping when Barbara returned from the water where her and Sofia had been getting their feet wet and begun speaking.
"Hey lovebirds, I think we better head back and get ready for dinner, you know what your father will be like if we are even a minute late." Barbara started, pulling the happy couple out of their slumber.
"Mmm..." Arizona started as she tried to snuggle further into Callie's shoulder and avoid the calling voice.
"Ok Sofia, I think it is time to fill up the water bucket," Barbara threatened.
"Ok... I'm up... We are up... No water needed here," Arizona quickly replied pulling herself and Callie out of the chair. "Alright let's get ready for this dinner, are you excited to see Grampops Sofia?" Sofia just giggled in response to the name that Arizona only referred to her father as when he was well and truly out of earshot. "Yes you are, let's get you home and into the bath," she finished as she clipped her into the stroller.
"Alright Barbara, so should we meet at the restaurant or your place?" Callie asked as she put all the bags under the stroller.
"Let's meet at home cause then we can all go in the one car and have some coffee at home after we are done," Barbara suggested.
"Sounds great, see you in a couple of hours," Callie finished as they all had their goodbye hugs and headed in opposite directions. It seemed that day two of their belated honeymoon was also going extremely well.