A/N: sorry for the delay! Im in essay hell at the minute. Hope you enjoy reading this one, its a fun and cute chapter :)
[Callie's POV]
I smiled to myself as I began to wake up from a nap, my body and mind still exhausted from the events of the day so far, but remembering exactly what had happened I couldn't keep the smile off my face… I was engaged. Before I had even opened my eyes my smile grew as I heard Arizona's soft voice filling the room. She must be on the phone – she was dying to tell someone about our engagement. I listened to her soothing voice for a while longer, eyes still closed, before I realised who she was talking to.
"And she said yes my darling! We are going to get married and it is going to be such a happy day for all of us, we'll wear beautiful dresses fit for princesses and stand in front of all our friends and tell the world how much we love each other and how we are going to create the perfect family, filled with so much love and joy."
She moved a little then and I realised she was still lying in bed beside me; she gently stroked my pregnant stomach and continued to talk.
"And baby, I don't know if you will be here or still safely tucked away inside your mama's belly but it will be such a happy day for you to. I will officially be your mama's wife and your mother. Then we can all live together in a big house with a huge garden for you to run around in with the dog and the chickens. You are going to be the most loved tiny little human there ever was, and I will always be your mother, always here to keep you safe and well and give you hugs and teach you how to be a strong and reliable person for everyone you love."
At this I felt Arizona kiss my stomach and lean her head back against my body. A tear escaped my still tightly shut eye, and I rolled over to allow Arizona to know I was awake.
"Our baby is going to love you so much Arizona." I said, while stroking her soft blonde hair.
"Calliope," she said startled but still in her hushed tone, "have you been awake long?"
"Long enough to hear you telling our baby that we are engaged," I said with a huge grin at her slightly embarrassed face, "Don't be shy honey, it was beautiful to hear to talk to our kid like that. I wanted to suggest it, but we haven't been spending a lot of quality time together lately, and I know that's my fault I'm sorry."
She made her way up the bed at the point and lay with her head sharing my pillow, looking into my eyes. I felt her body curl up against mine, even with my baby bump between us her body still fit perfectly against mine. Lying so close together with our baby between us, a perfect family moment.
"Actually," she started, eyes dipping and cheeks blushing again, "I have been talking like this to the baby for a while now, quietly when you fall asleep each night. I want the baby to know who I am in its life and I wanted to tell it our story, from the start. So each night I've told it a little more of how we met, how we fell in love, how wonderful we are together and important we are to each other. I want it to know my voice so our little boy or girl will always feel safe around me."
I pulled my beautiful fiancé close and kissed her lips with all the love I could.
"You are this baby's mother Arizona, and our children – no matter how many we have or how, will always know that. I'm going to teach them all about your super magic smile and how nothing bad can happen when you are there for them."
We lay together for a while, in comfortable silence, loving silence. We both had our hands on my stomach and I couldn't help but get excited for the day we will have our tiny boy or girl lying between us for real.
"Was I asleep long?" I asked, only just thinking about the time, "I'm sorry."
"It's early evening now, don't apologize, you need your rest and so does baby."
Arizona stood up and began to walk around the room gathering the clothes we'd so quickly discarded earlier that day. She looked beautiful in the evening light, the soft orange glow highlighting her body in all the right places.
"You have about an hour to get ready baby." She said with a twinkle in her eye that I know means she has something up her sleeve.
"Ready for what?" I said excitedly, "What have you got planned?"
"Well, when you fell asleep I went down to the reception and got directions to a nearby restaurant and called and made us a reservation. I thought we deserved a special dinner to celebrate."
"Arizona! You didn't have to do that. This time away was supposed to be about me spoiling you!"
"And you have Calliope, just being here with you is spoilt enough, never mind the flowers, the donuts, the underwear…" She raised her eyebrow suggestively, " AND the fact that you agreed to marry me!"
I sat up on the edge of the bed and looked up at her.
"I love you and want to take you out for a fun and romantic dinner." Arizona said matter-of-factly, "so go get a shower and get dressed baby."
"Are you saying I smell?" I teased, with a pout of the lips and a mock hurt face.
"Well I did work you up into quite a sweat earlier…"
We both laughed, enjoying how good it felt to be 'back to normal' again.
[Arizona's POV]
We sat in the restaurant at the end of our meal, sharing a delicious dessert of very fancy chocolate cake with whipped cream and chocolate dipped strawberries. It had been a perfect night, we arrived to a glass of champagne each (non-alcoholic for Calliope) and a private table by the large window of the restaurant that looked out over its beautifully lit gardens. The food was delicious and the time spent together even better, neither of us had to think about work or anyone else, we could get back to focusing on each other again, even just for one night. It felt fun again, easy and romantic. I was lost in my own perfect world as I looked out the window.
That was until I felt Calliope's foot rest against my ankle, getting my attention I looked round at her to see what she wanted. I blushed slightly seeing exactly what she was up to. One eyebrow slightly raised – the signature Calliope sex eyes… a chocolate covered strawberry raised to her mouth, being bitten in the most seductive way imaginable…
"Calliope…" I just about managed, "This may be a private table, but we are still in public!" I cautioned quietly, a smile still remaining on my face. She often played games like this with me in public. Flirting and teasing wildly to see how far the other would go.
"Oh really?" She responded suggestively, "Are you going to have to scold me?"
At that I almost choked on my own spoonful of chocolate cake. I knew I would have to play dirty.
I "accidently" let a piece of cream fall, landing just above the line my dress created across my chest.
"Oh now look what you've gone and made me do." I said, as I flirtatiously dropped my finger wiping up the spillage. I lifted my cream covered finger to my mouth, sucking the delicious dessert off it with a subtle 'mmmmmm'.
"I could think of somewhere a lot better to put that finger Arizona." Calliope said quickly, all the while sliding her foot higher up my leg. She smiled smugly.
I tingled from head to toe, Calliope was irresistible when she flirted with me.
I paused for a minute as if to give in and let her win, then just as she let her foot fall back on to the ground I reached down to my plate and scooped up another dollop of whipped cream on my finger. This time I reached across the table and held it to her lips.
"Like in here?" I asked innocently.
She went along with the game and opened her mouth, sucking my finger in and licking the cream off with her tongue. I was getting very aroused and by the feel of it she was too.
"Ahem…"
We both sprang apart, blushing wildly as we realised the young waiter was standing beside us trying to get our attention.
"Would you like anything else or are you… finished?" he said, with a hint of awkwardness in his voice.
"Yes!" I said quickly, grabbing my bag and searching for my purse.
Calliope began to laugh, "Yes we're finished thank you." She said as I handed over my credit card to pay.
As the waiter walked away we both burst into giggles.
"I can't believe we got caught! Like school kids in the back of the cinema. I'm mortified." I said between laughter.
"He certainly got a show anyway, I wonder how long he'd been there?"
"I dread to think." I said.
As we stood to leave Calliope grabbed me by the hand and pulled me into a quick but passionate kiss.
"You needn't think we're finished baby…" She whispered with a sexy grin.