A/N: So thanks to everyone for the reviews of the last chapter, had a lot of new people reading the story which I really appreciate :D
Warning: Sexy times.
The sound of bleeping awoke Arizona from her dreams; her eyes flying open to find that she was in the room alone with Jess. She was alarmed initially when she thought something was going wrong but she smiled broadly when she realised the elevated beeping was because Jess had detached herself from her heart rate monitor. She'd done this because she was awake.
Arizona pushed herself to her feet with difficulty, ignoring the fact the pain that seared through all of her injuries, especially her hip. 'Hey sweetheart.' Arizona reached across and put all her wires back in place so that the beeping stopped and the screen showed a healthy heart rate once more.
Jess strained to speak but couldn't quite get her words out. 'It's ok Jess, you just rest.' Arizona smiled and stroked her hair. Even though she didn't have the energy to talk Jess managed to move over in the bed and patted the sheets. Arizona kicked her shoes off and eased herself onto the bed, wincing loudly but shaking it off so that Jess wouldn't worry unnecessarily. Lifting her arm around Jess, she let the girl settle in her crook as she rested her head on Arizona's chest and draped her arm over.
Arizona was so enthralled by the fact that Jess was awake and laying in her arms that she didn't notice Callie's arrival. Stood, leant up on the door frame she grinned broadly at the scene before her, not only was Jess awake and looking a little better, Arizona had moved on her own, all be it slowly. Eventually Arizona was aware that she was being watched by those eyes that she loved so much. Looking up she flashed that super-dimpled smile and reached out her hand for Callie.
Callie smiled and gladly moved forward, pulling a chair up. 'Sorry, I had to pop to the loo.'
'Don't apologise for that Cal,' Arizona smiled dearly.
'I can't believe she's awake.' Callie said smiling towards the blonde in Arizona's arms.
'I know...' Arizona didn't want to say much more, she'd seen kids show signs of recovery and then do a complete u-turn before, she didn't want the same to happen again more than ever.
'I saw Jarrad on my in and he said that child protection services are keen to get in and help Jess find a family as soon as possible...I didn't tell him about what we talked about yesterday, just in case you know, you've changed your mind...' Callie rambled as she looked off into the distance.
'Calliope...' Arizona squeezed her hand to get Callie's attention. 'I haven't changed my mind, I meant what I said yesterday, if you still want to too?'
'I really do, I can't believe how much I love her already and I only want to grow to love her more...' Callie replied.
'Well then there we go then, we'll talk to Jarrad later so he knows the situation and then we'll approach CPS about it.' Arizona's voice was filled with confidence but she was worried that something would stop them from adopting Jess; she'd dealt with CPS before and sometimes they dug their feet in.
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Callie and Arizona didn't have to wait long to approach CPS as they visited the hospital that same afternoon to discuss Jess' case. Jarrad was in Jess' room with them going through her treatment plan as Jess slept soundly, still exhausted from the operation, but all signs were now good, her colour was picking up more and more each day and she was definitely starting to climb the rocky hill of recovery.
'Sorry to interrupt, Dr. Foster; CPS are here to talk to you about Jess.' Rachel, one of the peds nurses interrupted their conversation.
'Show them to my office, I'll be there in five minutes.' Jarrad didn't like this part of his job, dealing with the CPS was his least favourite part and this was a case that he really wanted to see have a happy ending.
Unknown to Jarrad, Callie and Arizona shared a look at this news; they really wanted Jarrad in the loop before he went and had this meeting.
'Jarrad, before you go, we need to tell you something.' Arizona began, when Jarrad nodded she continued, 'Calliope and me want to adopt Jess...I know it seems weird and rushed but you know I've been treating her for a long time and she's an amazing child, and we just...love her so much...'
Jarrad interrupted, 'I think that would be amazing.' He said simply smiling. 'How about you both come with me to this meeting?'
'You're serious?' Callie asked now.
'Yeah, if you want to do this then why not set the ball rolling now before the CPS give her to someone else or take her into care?'
Arizona and Callie both nodded, giving a grip to each other as they held hands before following Jarrad out of the room and to his office, asking Rachel to stay with Jess in case she woke up. Arizona was still in the wheelchair as she was still in some pain but she was able to move around a lot easier now and she knew that it wouldn't be long before her physical therapist let her start to stand and try and walk around.
As they entered Jarrad's office they saw that there was one CPS officer in there who seemed surprised to see three people walking into the room to greet her.
'Hi, I'm Dr. Foster, Jess' doctor,' he took the woman's hand.
'Hannah Jackson, nice to meet you.' She shook his hand in return and then turned expectantly to Arizona and Callie.
'This is Dr. Arizona Robbins and Dr. Callie Torres, Arizona is the Head of the department and was lead on Jess' case before the shooting happened here, and Callie is her partner and also a top orthopaedic surgeon here in the hospital.' Jarrad tried his best to get the couple off to a good start. Hannah shook both of their hands even though she remained confused at their presence. 'Callie and Arizona have been looking after Jess for the past couple of months and they wanted to talk to you about what happens next.'
'I see, you want to make sure she goes to a good home?' Hannah asked.
'Not entirely,' Arizona said. 'We want to adopt Jess ourselves.' Hannah was a little taken aback by this admission and she failed to hide that fact.
'We've been with her through her worst; we want to be there with her through her best.' Callie said simply.
Hannah smiled, 'Ok, well there's a lot of hoops you'll have to jump through, but I can set the application up today if you're sure that's what you want?'
'That would be great.' Arizona grinned broadly as she gave Callie's hand a reassuring squeeze.
'Does Jessica know about your wanting to adopt her?' Hannah asked.
'Sort of,' Callie began. 'Before she had the replacement procedure I was with her and she asked me if me and Arizona would be there when she woke up for the rest of her life, I said we'd try.'
Hannah nodded, the fact that Jessica obviously wanted to live with them would hopefully make the legal proceedings a lot easier. 'Ok, well if we sit down now and fill out the initial application forms then we can go from there.'
'Is there anything we need to do to improve our chances of getting Jess?' Arizona asked.
'I know it sounds clichéd, but just be yourself, people that try to pretend to be something else always come unstuck; be honest and you'll have a better chance.' Hannah answered honestly. 'The only thing that might hinder you is the fact that we are lead to believe that Jess does have family somewhere, if they get involved then that will make life more difficult.'
'How? We did a lot of digging when her parents were killed, there was nothing in their will and we couldn't contact anyone of relation?' Arizona asked.
'We initially came up with the same results, then we discovered that she's got an uncle in Boston that no one knew about.'
'So the courts would rather her go and live with an uncle she'd never met?' Callie spoke now, her emotion showing.
'Sometimes the court decides that that would be more appropriate yes.' Hannah said, 'But at the minute that uncle has said he wants nothing to do with them, apparently he didn't get on with his brother at all and they haven't spoken for twenty years, I'm just warning you of all the possibilities.'
'Thank you.' Arizona replied, remaining calm; she knew that you had to keep the social on side, if they fought your corner in court then you'd stand a better chance of winning.
'I'll leave the paperwork with you, take your time, fill it out and send it back to me, I'll process it and then we should be able to progress quite quickly.' Hannah handed the couple a large wad of paper as well as her card so that they had her personal contact details.
Thanking her, she left as she had other cases to see in the hospital. Before any of the three remaining doctors could say anything there was a knock at the door and Rachel came in, 'Hey guys, Jess is awake and asking for you.' She smiled as Arizona and Callie moved swiftly out of the room and into Jess'.
Jess was sat up and looking, if it was possible, brighter than when they'd left the room only half an hour previously.
'Cal! Ari!' Jess' smile lit up the room as she saw the couple enter the room.
'Sorry we weren't here Jess, we had to talk to some important people about something.' Callie apologised, very aware of the fact that she had promised Jess she would be there when she woke up.
'It ok, I was talking to nurse Rachie anyway, she has gone to find me some crayons!' Arizona couldn't help but let a tear fall down her face; she just couldn't believe how much better Jess was in such a short space of time; she had resided herself to the fact that she would reject the new marrow in her system and lose the fight. 'Why you cry Ari?' Jess asked, her voice thick with concern.
'I'm just happy that you're ok Jess.' Arizona smiled in reassurance to both the girls in the room, Callie eyeing the blonde with concern.
'Will you colour with me?' Jess asked, still eyeing Arizona suspiciously.
'Of course babe.' Arizona smiled as she moved herself closer. Callie sat on the end of the bed, loving watching the two interact with each other.
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Later that day Arizona and Callie had left the hospital after Jess had gone to sleep, promising to be back the following day. Both were relieved to be going home in a way as ever since the shooting they had only been home for that one night and they needed more time to be just the two of them.
Arizona had left the hospital with crutches and although she was slow, she felt a lot better to be out of the chair. As Callie pushed the apartment door open she let Arizona go in first as she balanced the pizza they had collected on the way home on her arm.
'Drink?' Arizona asked as she hobbled into the kitchen.
'I'll get it babe.' Callie offered as she shut the door and dropped the pizza on the counter.
'It's alright I can do it.' Arizona insisted as she poured Callie a glass of red wine and a glass of juice for herself as she was still on painkillers. Callie smiled and let her get on with it as she threw her coat onto the chair and moved the pizza onto the table in front of the couch. Moving back to bring the drinks through as Arizona carefully sat onto the sofa, Callie smiled once more, loving being back in the apartment with her girlfriend.
'This looks like a complete ball ache...' Callie said as she pulled out the forms Hannah had given then earlier.
'I know, I've seen people go through it before but we'll get there babe, why not save it for after the pizza? Let's relax for a bit.' Arizona said, wanting to just spend some quality time with Callie.
'Yeah, good idea.' Callie and Arizona ate their pizza, talking about general things, catching up on the gossip from the hospital and just enjoying being back with each other. When they had finished, Callie poured another glass of wine and sat, Arizona sidling up so that she was tucked into Callie's crook, her favourite place in the entire world.
'You know I can't help but get horny when I eat pizza.' Arizona said almost matter-of-factly.
Callie, taking a sip of wine at the time, proceeded to choke and splutter which made Arizona laugh heartedly.
'Sorry, didn't mean to shock you Calliope.' Arizona chuckled.
'Just took me by surprise a bit there babe.' Callie confessed, feeling her cheeks redden slightly. 'So..um...why does pizza make you horny?' Callie asked, even though she knew the answer.
'Well it always reminds me of that night we first...you know...made love...' Arizona said, her voice dropping so that it was a sexy husk as she nibbled gently at Callie's ear. She knew that they were in serious times, with all the shooting and now Jess, but she just wanted Callie so much all the time and when they were alone with pizza that thought was just multiplied tenfold.
'Hmmmm...I'm not sure I can remember which night you're talking about...' Callie teased as she felt her arousal building.
' Oh...you know...' Arizona leaned up so that she could whisper straight into Callie's ear, 'I like the girl who has the sandwiches.'
Callie grinned broadly as she pushed Arizona's chin to the side so that she could kiss her squarely on the lips. Gently probing at first before she ghosted her tongue along the blonde's bottom lip, asking permission to enter. Arizona, feeling this, instantly granted her lover access, their tongue's entwining as they familiarised themselves with their familiar dance.
Not wanting to hurt Arizona, Callie carefully moved so that she was straddling the blonde, taking care to support her own weight. Kissing her way down Arizona's neck, Callie pulled off her own shirt and helped Arizona do the same, both spending a lot of time kissing and caressing the other's breasts, Arizona gently sinking her teeth into Callie's right breast eliciting a moan deep from within Callie's throat.
'Bedroom?' Arizona barely breathed as Callie began to run her hands up and down her jean-clad thighs.
Callie answered in her actions as she picked up the blonde easily in her arms and carried her through to the bedroom. Positioning her on the bed she laid her down before stepping back and removing her own jeans leaving her in just her underwear.
'God you're so hot Calliope.' Arizona's voice dripped with desire as she let Callie remove her jeans as well, the gentleness of her actions touching Arizona's soul. As Callie stood back, her eyes raking over every inch of the blonde's exposed flesh Arizona couldn't help but feel her arousal soar, barely a conscious movement, she began to touch herself.
Callie watched; normally she'd get frustrated that Arizona was doing her job for her, but this time it made her arousal peak to new heights. 'Are you touching yourself baby?' She asked as she slowly removed her bra and panties.
'Y-y-ess...' Arizona could barely form words, her fingers sliding easily across her wetness.
'Do you want me to touch you?' Callie wanted to touch her lover so bad, but held back wanting to draw out the enjoyment.
'Fuck-k y-yess.' Arizona said.
'Do you want me to touch you here?' Callie placed a finger ever-so-lightly on top of Arizona's dripping wet panties.
Arizona merely nodded.
'Are you sure?' Callie could barely contain herself as she lightly traced her finger down the length of Arizona's wetness.
Arizona, suddenly regaining control of herself, sat up and pulled Callie onto her, locking her eyes with those of the brunette she said, 'Fuck me Calliope.' That was all it took, Callie ripped of Arizona's panties and bra whilst kissing her hard. Instantly moving down her body she flicked her tongue across the blonde's clit, who writhed and bucked her hips in response. Dipping her tongue deep into Arizona's walls, Callie revelled in her taste, lapping up all that she could.
It wasn't long before Arizona was on the edge, 'Calliope...come...here...' Arizona panted, pulling on the brunette's locks, she wanted to look into those pools of brown and kiss her lover as she made her come hard. , 'Calliope...come...here...' Arizona panted, pulling on the brunette's locks, she wanted to look into those pools of brown and kiss her lover as she made her come hard.
Callie obliged, making her way quickly up to the blonde's mouth, biting her lip as she pushed two fingers inside of her. It didn't take long for Arizona to reach the peak of her orgasm. Callie, knowing her lover well, felt this and flicked her thumb across Arizona's clit.
'Fuck, Cal...Fuckkkkk...' Arizona came hard as her wetness reached new heights, soaking the hand of Callie that was still buried deep within her. Riding out her orgasm Callie kissed the blonde's plump lips, getting softer with each kiss, she removed her fingers and let Arizona come down from her high as Callie lay down next to her, entwining her leg in between Arizona's carefully, avoiding her sore spots.
'Fuck me Calliope.' Arizona said as she regained her breath.
'What you ready to go again?' Callie smiled into Arizona's breast.
'Ha,' Arizona laughed. 'To be honest I might just go to sleep, that exhausted me babe.'
Callie tried to hide her disappointment, 'Ah ok, I'll turn off the light.' Making to move she found herself being thrown onto her back and pinned beneath the naked blonde whose wetness was still dripping down her thighs.
'Like I could sleep after that.' Arizona whispered into Callie's ear as she began to kiss her way down the Latina's neck. Callie grinned broadly, thinking herself foolish for thinking Arizona would go to sleep without giving her her own taste of heaven; she knew the blonde loved giving as much as receiving.
Arizona moved her way down Callie's body slowly, taking her time to take in every inch of the sun-kissed skin; whilst she did she purposefully brushed her erect nipples over Callie's clit, making the brunette moan and writhe, wanting more. Arizona grinned as she heard Callie's breathing hitch and her heart rate increase, running her hands over Callie's thighs she teased Callie's opening and her clit, ghosting past it as she bit into Callie's thigh, leaving her mark.
Callie needed Arizona to touch her properly, her clit throbbing for either the tongue or finger of the blonde, pulling on the blonde's locks she groaned as Arizona dodged her to bite into her other thigh. Deciding Callie was well and truly teased and turned on, Arizona danced her tongue across her clit as she pushed two fingers inside of her tight walls. Starting slow at first, Arizona picked up her rhythm as she begin to move her tongue around Callie's clit, circling it and flicking it in between, sending her lover into spasms of ecstasy.
As before, Arizona wanted to look into Callie's eyes when she came so she continued to work her fingers inside, adding her thumb to Callie's bud as she kissed and bit her way back to the Latina's mouth. As she looked into the brown orbs of Callie it took her breath away; they were filled with lust, desire but unmistakeable and overwhelming love. This was what made their sex so amazing – the fact that every single time they were making love. Smiling at this thought, Arizona tipped Callie over the edge as Spanish words flowed from Callie's mouth as her orgasm ripped through her entire body.
Once finished, Arizona pulled up the blanket from the foot of the bed and placed it over them as she moved in closer to her love.
'Fucking hell you're amazing.' Callie murmured as sleep knocked heavily at her door.
'Thank you, you're not so bad yourself.' Arizona grinned as she laced her fingers with Callie's.
For a while the two lay there in silence, enjoying the sound of each other's breathing and the unmistakable smell of sex in the air.
'We never looked at those forms properly.' Callie said.
'We'll do them tomorrow, we don't have to go to the hospital until the afternoon so how about we get up, and fill them in over pancakes and coffee?'
'Sounds perfect.'
'You're perfect.' Arizona replied immediately. 'And I love you so much Calliope.
'I love you too babe.'
With that the two fell asleep almost immediately, both exhausted, not just by the sex but by the past couple of days they had had in the hospital. Neither knew what would be waiting for them around the corner, all they could know for certain was that they would face it together.
A/N: So what do you think? Should the long lost uncle turn up and throw a spanner into the works? Really not sure whether to bring the uncle in or not so please tell me what you would like to read about. :D