Title: The Au Pair
Summary: AU – Aria is Callie's two year old sister. Callie is in university and unable to help out with things, so they get an au pair.
Rating: PG for now. May or may not change – not totally decided.
Paring: Calzona
Disclaimer: I do not own GA or any characters etc that may be associated with GA.
A/N: No Beta for this story, all mistakes are my own. Feel free to point them out so that I don't make them again. :)
This is a light-hearted, relatively fluffy fic. Too much drama elsewhere...
I hope you enjoy it...
Oh! Before I forget, there were some requests for Arizona's POV, so here it is...
Arizona allowed herself to unsteadily release the breath that she had been holding. She smiled at the brunette as she dipped back into the cool water. Her eyes caught the chocolate brown orbs and held them captive, she had seen the effect that she had over the brunette. She noticed the way that Callie's chest heaved when they were caught in a staring contest, showing that her heart-rate had dramatically increased, or the way that she blushed ever so slightly when she was caught blatantly ogling.
Her heart picked up speed when Callie smiled, the way that sex oozed off this woman astounded Arizona. She could hear her pulse racing behind her ear drums, her heart fighting against her chest cavity, desperate to escape the confines of her body. 'Okay, so perhaps Callie does have the same effect on me?'
It had only been a few hours in each others' presence, but Arizona had acknowledged her attraction for the Latina the moment that she had seen a picture of her. The real-life version had only served to deepen and strengthen that attraction, drawing her to Callie like a moth to a flame.
"Um, Arizona this is Addison. Addie this is Arizona." Arizona reluctantly tore her eyes away from the brunette to focus her attention on the redhead. She offered a polite, dimple-free smile to her, wary of the newcomer to their little pool party.
Arizona was a confident woman, she knew that she could have whatever she wanted; she was a beautiful, intelligent and friendly person. But right now, a lot of that confidence had dissipated. In the presence of Addison she felt unsure, unsure of whether Callie was single or not. She had noticed the whispered conversation that had been going on at the poolside when the redhead had arrived, she had seen the closeness that they shared, but despite her 'gaydar' screaming otherwise, Arizona still feared that the two young women were together.
They spent the rest of the afternoon playing in the pool or sitting at the poolside chatting idly. Arizona quickly realised that Addison was actually a really likeable person with somewhat of a dry sense of humour. She made fast friends with the redhead, yet was still very analytical when it came to her interactions with the brunette. 'Maybe they're just friends?' Her inner musing tried to appease her sinking heart, yet she was too afraid of getting hurt to allow herself to listen.
When the crickets started chirping and a red blush began to creep its way across the skies Arizona decided that it would be the right time to call it a day. "Okay Aria, this is my last turn and then I have to go home, deal?"
"I thought we said that three turns ago, Blondie?" Addison joked from the side of the pool. She had very quickly elected herself as lifeguard in case Aria decided to jump into the pool whilst Callie and Arizona retrieved the random toys that they had been instructed to collect by the adamant toddler. Callie knew that Addison's self-designated role was just so that she could work on her tan, and wouldn't have to get her hair wet. Arizona, on the other hand, thought that it was her ploy to get a better angle to check out her girlfriend.
"Seriously Addie, you're going with 'Blondie'? As I said, way too much time with Sloan!" Callie laughed. "Aria, last one mija, otherwise Arizona will be too tired to come play tomorrow." Arizona felt her body temperature rise immediately when she caught the wink that Callie threw in her direction.
Once the last round of toys had been thrown into the water to be collected, Arizona lifted herself onto the edge of the pool. She pulled Aria onto her lap, giving her a cuddle. "I'll see you tomorrow. Be good munchkin." She kissed the heated skin of Aria's cheek gently before releasing her and standing up herself.
Her heart thundered as she turned around, noticing the way that Callie's eyes twinkled as she laughed at something that Addison had said. Her joy was short-lived as she watched Addison playfully push Callie's shoulder, telling the brunette to shut up, reminding her that Callie was more than likely already madly in love with someone else.
'How could you blame her, just look at how gorgeous Addison is?' The little voice inside her head was playing mean tricks on her heart. As much as she liked the brunette and wanted to be with her, she wasn't prepared to hurt someone to get what she wanted.
Arizona walked into the apartment that she shared with one of her childhood friends. She gently pulled the door closed behind her before dropping her bags at her feet. She pulled her cardigan off and flung it over the back of a chair as she walked through the dining room-come-living room. The light flickered before humming into life as she opened the refrigerator door, frowning when she realised that the groceries had, once again, failed to miraculously appear like they used to at home. With an exaggerated huff, the blonde kicked the refrigerator door shut and made her way back to her bags at the front door.
She dropped down to her haunches as she rifled through the contents of her handbag, making a mental note to take her swimming stuff down to the laundry room later. An eyebrow quirked as her hand closed around the familiar square frame of her cell phone, she smiled as she pulled it into sight and held down the '1'.
Crater-like dimples appeared in smooth ivory skin upon hearing the very familiar voice. "Arizona Robbins I have been worried sick about you! What took you so long to phone?" As quickly as they had appeared, they disappeared.
"Hi mom, love you too!" The blonde sighed. She walked around the sofa, running her fingertips along the coarse blue fabric. She smiled again when her mother laughed on the other end of the line. "I started that job I was telling you about."
"That's lovely darling, how do you find them, the Torres' did you say?"
"They're amazing mom. You should see their house! It's absolutely humongous; I swear you could fit like five of our house in there! And Mrs. Torres is so sweat, she welcomed me with open arms. Oh and Aria is the cutest thing mom! She's so cheeky and adorable and playful." Arizona rambled on as she filled her mother in on all her activities that she had been up to whilst in Miami. She told her mother about the family that she had so easily been welcomed into.
At the beginning of the year, after their New Years' hangovers had dissipated and they were able to talk without the risk of their heads imploding, her and her best friend had decided that they would take the year off and bask in the glorious sunshine of Miami before they started university. They had planned everything perfectly so that they would have nothing to worry about. In the end, it had only been their parents that created speed bumps, all four unwilling to let their babies go.
"Baby I'm so glad that you're safe and having fun there." Arizona could hear the smile that graced her mother's lips. She could almost see her mom sitting primly on the edge of the couch in the living room, cordless phone pressed to her ear, eyes twinkling with pride at her baby girl.
"Thanks mom." Arizona let out a soft sigh as she thought about the gorgeous brunette once again. She had been so tempted to leave a note with her number sitting on the bed for Callie to receive later, but didn't want to destroy any possible friendships that she had created that afternoon.
"I can hear your brain working over time. Do you want to talk about it?" Ever the amazing mother, Barbara knew when her daughter had something niggling on her mind.
"I met someone mom."
"Well shouldn't you be happy then sweetheart?" Barbara questioned gently.
"Well I don't know if she is with this other girl or not, and I really like her so if she is with this other girl then I don't want to ruin our friendship or whatever it is that we have. If I do then I might make things awkward at work, and I really don't want o do that. I like the Torres', they're nice people and they treat me well and I love Aria-"
"Slow down Arizona baby." Mrs. Robbins laughed on the other end of the line. She knew it wasn't a laughing matter, her poor little girl suffering from heartache, but the rambling had always been endearing, ever since Arizona had managed to string more than two sentences together. "Let's start at the beginning, who is this girl?"
"Callie Torres." Arizona half mumbled down the phone, knowing that there was a chance that her mother wouldn't agree with her mixing work and relationships.
"As in Aria's sister, 'Torres'?"
"Yes mom." Arizona sighed. "I know it's not the best idea, but I can't help it, ever since I saw a picture of her when Mrs. Torres was showing me around... I can't get her out of my head mom."
"But you think that she might already have a girlfriend?" Barbara asked soothingly.
"Which is why I'm going to keep my distance from her, I'm not that kind of girl." Arizona grumbled, dropping her head into her free hand. "But I really, really like her." She whined.
"Don't worry dear, there are plenty more fish in the sea." Her mother tried, she had to give her that.
"But I don't want another fish; this one is the shiniest most colourful fish in the whole ocean. I want this fish." The blonde pouted, knowing that her mother would somehow hear it over the phone.
"When the time is right, you will find the perfect someone Ari, until then you may just think that Callie is the only fish in the ocean for you. Be patient sweetheart."
Arizona sighed once again, she hadn't wished she was at home yet, but right now her mom's cooking and cuddles were what she really needed. She ended her phone call with her mother, not really feeling much perkier than she had when she had started it.
As she chucked her phone onto the coffee table she heard the jangling of keys before they scraped noisily into the lock. Her best friend threw the door open before unceremoniously dropping shopping bags, her jacket and her keys at her feet.
"Get changed, we're going out." The broad smile across familiar features made Arizona feel a little better, and knowing what her best friend had in mind, she knew that come midnight she would have forgotten all about Callie Torres.
A/N2: Okay guys, so I haven't decided if I should introduce Teddy as Arizona's flatmate, let me know if you would like me to do that or if I should just create an OC.
Really sorry about the serious delay in writing... will be surprised if there are still peeps reading. If there are – YOU ARE AWESOME!