CHAPTER 50

The weeks that followed Arizona found her self be very tense and not at all relaxed. Especially while she was at work. It was an unfamiliar feeling to the blonde. She was feeling like she was forced to constantly look over her shoulder and the usually friendly Arizona Robbins often found herself being snappy and somewhat mean to her co-workers. All because of Nathalie Porter's little stunt. And Arizona Robbins didn't like how she behaved. She was known to be the perky and very much alert Arizona. The one thing that kept the PED surgeon going was the thought of her upcoming wedding. Whenever the thought of Callie crossed her mind she smiled like a complete dork. It was two weeks since the meeting with their lawyers, Mr. Jennings, Chief Webber and Nathalie had been and Arizona buried herself in to work. Just to speed the time up so it could be July already.

"Guess what?"

Arizona felt someone coming dangerously close up behind her to whisper in her ear. The blonde smiled knowingly when on top of that two arms came sneaking up around her.

"What?" she whispered back from where she was standing filling out her charts from the day.

"I love you" Callie said softly and leaned in to kiss the blonde on her cheek when Arizona turned her head and welcomed the Latina's lips on her soft skin. "Very, very much. In case you didn't know it."

The blonde was just about to open her mouth to answer but before she had the time to do so someone called her name. Loud.

"Robbins! Get over here! Now!"

Arizona frowned and wriggled herself out of Callie's arms to see who it was. Mark and Derek came running down the hall like two maniacs.

"What's up with you guys?" Callie laughed. "Are you chasing someone or are you just very eager to see my woman?"

"Both", Derek managed to get out between his breaths. "You have to come. Now."

"What is it?" Arizona said suspiciously.

"Trust us", Mark replied instantly and took a hold of the blonde's arm. "Just come. You want to see this."

Arizona was just about to tell her complaints but Derek cut her off by shushing her. That made the blonde surgeon's expression become even more annoyed. The two men dragged her along down the hall and down to her own office. When Arizona became aware of what Mark and Derek had wanted her to see her expression changed again. Callie had been running behind them. She was also curious of what her best friend and Derek had been so eager for Arizona to see. The Latina stopped abruptly when she saw whom Alex Karev was holding on to just outside Arizona's office. Nathalie Porter.

"What the hell is going on here?" Arizona said all confused of what she was observing.

"What is going on is this", Derek said firmly. "Dr Karev caught Dr Porter trying to get in to your computer. Dr Sloan and I also saw it. We have paged Chief Webber and he is on is way down here."

"I knew it!" Arizona almost screamed angrier than anyone had ever seen the blonde before.

Derek and Mark almost took a step back when they heard the rage coming from their colleague. Of course, Mark had seen one angry Arizona Robbins before and he had no intentions in what so ever, to stand in the way of the blonde.

"Calm down Arizona", Callie tried soothingly and put her hand on the blonde's arm in an attempt to calm her fiancé down.

"Don't!" Arizona snapped and glared at the Latina. "She has been making my life a living hell these last weeks and she has been lying all along! I'm going to kill her!"

That was then Derek and Mark shut their mouths that were shaped in two perfect O's as a reaction to Arizona's temper. They almost jumped in front of the blonde PED surgeon and blocked the way between her and Nathalie.

"No, you don't gonna do anything you will regret later!" Mark said firmly and stared in to a pair of icy baby blue eyes in front of him.

"Move Mark", Arizona said and sounded very hostile, something very unlike her self.

"N-no" he said. "I won't. But you can talk to her. From where you are standing I mean."

"I haven't done anything wrong here" Nathalie insisted in a small voice that made Arizona turn her glare from Mark Sloan to her self.

"Really?" Alex Karev said with a voice full of doubt. "Even if we can't prove anything, we all saw you trying to get in to Dr Robbins computer. And believe me, that's bad enough."

"Let me go!" Nathalie whined and tried to pull away from Alex grip.

"No!" Arizona gritted between her teeth. "Do you know what you have put me through with this little charade of yours? I hate you! And the people that knows me, also know that the word hate isn't usually a word that leaves my lips very often."

The younger blonde's lips parted but before she had the time to answer to Arizona's rage Chief Webber came running.

"What is going on here?" he hissed and let his eyes wander through the little group.

Callie squeezed Arizona's shoulder in comfort just enough to get the blonde's attention. The Latina had never seen Arizona Robbins so mad before. The baby blue eyes weren't so baby blue anymore. Callie saw black in them. Anger. They softened a bit when they registered the Latina and the touch from Callie. But still, the blonde was tense and the Latina could feel an upcoming explosion.

"Dr Sloan, Dr Karev and I saw Dr Porter trying to get in to Dr Robbins computer" Derek explained with a strained voice. "We found her here."

Chief Webber raised his eyebrows and exhaled loudly.

"Is this true Dr Porter?"

Everyone turned their attention towards Nathalie. And the young blonde obviously felt that the battle was lost.

"I-I'm sorry" she managed to get out in what sounded like a beginning to a sob. "I didn't mean to…"

"You didn't mean to what?" Arizona exploded. "Ruin my life?"

"Arizona" Callie tried. "Please, calm down."

"Like hell I will!" Arizona almost screamed out again. "She's been lying all along and I…"

"Shut up Dr Robbins" Chief Webber cut her off but he used a very mildly tone. "Dr Porter?"

"Y-yes." Nathalie answered in a small voice and looked down at her feet.

"Consider yourself unemployed" Chief Webber announced. "You're fired."

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"To Robbins!" Mark Sloan said loudly and raised his beer. "We love you!"

After the day's event Mark and Derek had taken Arizona and Callie over to Joe's for a celebration. Since it was Friday more of their colleagues had come to join them. There were Alex, Meredith, Lexie, Christina, Owen, Teddy and her new hubby, Henry. All of them were more than a little tipsy already but no one cared. Especially Callie, who loved seeing Arizona, so relaxed. That was a sight she had been missing for weeks now.

"And to Callie" Mark continued and raised his glass again. "She's a feisty little thing. But if anyone can handle her it's you."

Callie laughed and clinched her own glass with Mark's and leaned forward when the plastic surgeon moved to kiss her on her cheek.

"I'm so happy for you" he whispered so only the Latina could hear him. "Both of you."

"Thank you Mark" Callie whispered softly as a reply. "I love you. You know that don't you?"

Mark nodded slightly.

"Right back at ya Torres." He smiled back. "She's a very lucky woman. I hope she knows that."

Callie turned her head to where Mark pointed and felt warmth spread through her body. Arizona laughed loudly to something Teddy just had said and the joy in the blonde's face was unnoticeable.

"I'm the lucky one", the Latina said with determination and locked eyes with Arizona who in that exact moment choose to turn her head and meet Callie's eyes.

It was like she felt Callie watching her. Arizona felt it. And she couldn't explain it. But every time Callie laid eyes on her, regardless if it was when she was sleeping or if she was awake and unaware, she felt it. It made her feel so safe. And so loved. The blonde had never in her whole life felt so…complete.

"Excuse me", she said to Teddy, Henry and Alex and pushed through the crowd in order to get to Callie.

It was like they didn't need any words. Meeting half way in the middle of the crowd at Joe's that held them apart they stopped. Right in front of each other. And the whole world around them disappeared.

"Hi" Callie said and smiled widely.

"Hi" Arizona replied softly and leaned in close to the Latina's ear so she could hear her. "I didn't had the chance to reply to you earlier."

"To what? Callie said dumbfounded and frowned.

"To when you told me you loved me" the blonde smirked. "In case I didn't knew that already. And I was about to say that I love you to. So much. In case you didn't know that."

"Oh", Callie said sheepishly. "That."

"Yes", Arizona shot back. "That."

They just stood there. Looking at each other and in to each other's eyes. Right there in a very crowded Joe's. Both of them felt something either could explain. Sometimes words weren't enough. Sometimes words just were overrated. They didn't touch each other. They didn't even make an attempt to do so.

"I can't wait to marry you" the blonde revealed through the noise. "I've never felt so connected to anyone before. Not even my family. Not even my brother."

"You're my soul mate" Callie instantly replied. "I've always thought that that was for everyone but me. But you're mine. You're mine. All mine."

"All yours" Arizona echoed. "And in five weeks I'll be yours forever."

"I thought you were mine already" Callie teased and raised her eyebrows at the same time she raised her glass of wine to take a sip from it.

"Shut up" the blonde threw back and slapped the Latina's arm playfully. "You know what I mean."

"I do" Callie whispered and leaned her forehead to rest against Arizona's. "I can't wait to be with you. For real."

The last words coming from the Latina's lips made Arizona shiver and suddenly she wanted to take the whole no sex-thing back. How could she have been so stupid to want something like that?

Take me home" Arizona breathed out. "I want to be alone with you."

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"Oh God" Arizona moaned softly when her back hit the wall inside the door of their apartment. "Callie…"

The kissing had started in the elevator ride up and it had only increased the need they felt for each other. They claimed each other's lips like their lives depended on it. Like if this moment together was their last.

"Wait" The Latina breathed out and pushed the blonde slightly backwards from her. "We can't do this."

"Do what?" the blonde said all confused.

"This" Callie managed to get out as the blonde's tongue continued its travel up the Latina's jaw. "We can't."

"Seriously Calliope?" Arizona questioned and stopped her actions abruptly. "You have been whining about the lack of sex for the last two weeks and now, when I practically throw myself at you, you're saying no?"

"You want to wait" the Latina whispered. "And I want to commit to that."

Arizona Robbins frowned and her eyebrows shoot up.

"Run that by me again? You're saying no to sex with me?"

"I don't" the Latina hurried to say. "I'm saying no to break my promise. And I'm saying yes to commit to you. For life."

Arizona got tears in her eyes in that exact second she realized exactly how committed Callie was to her, to them and what they had together.

"Don't cry", Callie pleaded and cupped the blonde's face. "We have had enough with the crying these last few weeks. And I want you. I really, really do but…"

"I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you", the blonde chanted. "And these aren't sad tears. These are happy tears."

Callie didn't say anything else. She talked with her eyes and Arizona seemed to understand every single speechless word. It was a moment to make them both understand one thing. And that was that it was Callie and Arizona against the world. From now on. And five weeks from now they were going to be one.

Okay guys, I'm also speechless. Some of you are just adorable. Your messages, comments and reviews are just the thing that makes my world go round. And they are also enough for me to keep this story going. Still strong at chapter 50! Do you want a wedding? You got it!