CHAPTER 51

"Stop staring at me" Arizona mumbled sleepily. "We have talked about this a million times already sweetie. You're not suppose to stare at me when I sleep."

"Can't help myself", Callie laughed softly in response and started to circle her fingertip in tender motions around the blonde's back. "It's not my fault that you're the most beautiful creature on the face of this planet when you sleep."

Arizona couldn't stop the smile from invading her face. She was lying on her stomach, as always when she slept, facing Callie and she opened her eyes slowly to lock eyes with her lover. Heath rushed through her body and the expression on the Latina's face made the blonde shiver down to her spine.

"You're not making this easy you know", Arizona whispered, suddenly very alert and awake.

"Who said it would be easy?" Callie murmured and scooted forward, closer to the warm and new-awake blonde, to pop a soft kiss on her shoulder.

It was four weeks later. And one week left. Only one week left until the biggest and most important day of their lives. They had actually made it. From the struggles with Arizona's not wanting to have children-thing, Africa, Callie's sex-thing with Mark and their communication and trust issues. Looking back at everything, they strangely enough didn't regret any of it. They had talked about it a lot these past few weeks and they had come to the conclusion that although every single part of their journey had been both beautiful and painful, it also had made them stronger together.

"Oh God…" Arizona sighed out to the feeling of Callie's lips touching her sensitive skin and closed her eyes as she swallowed hard.

As the days passed it was becoming more and more hard to not do more than just kissing. In fact, it was a very dangerous move the Latina did this particular morning. Since that night when they had come home from Joe's and Arizona almost had lost control they had agreed to not put them selves in such situation again. Not until their wedding night. And even if it was very important to Arizona, and it had also become very important to Callie, to follow this thing through, it didn't mean that it was a walk in the park.

"Sorry", the Latina hurried to say when she felt the obvious response from the blonde caused by her actions. "I didn't mean to…"

"Yes, you did!" Arizona teased. "And God, do I want you to…"

"Does that mean I can kiss you?" Callie half whispered half said.

"You better" the blonde breathed out and pushed herself closer to the Latina.

It took all strength and every inch of self-control from Callie to just kiss Arizona. Every day it got harder and it had come to a point where both of them sometimes even avoided being too close to each other. But this Friday morning it seemed impossible not to. Fortunately their agreement of not having sex before the big day had included not sleeping naked next to each other. Which also meant that they hadn't seen each other without clothes in weeks now…

"W-we have to stop" Callie said breathlessly and turned her head away to catch her breath.

The kiss had quickly grown into a heated wrestling game. With tongues. And lips.

"Can't it just be next Friday already?" the blonde groaned out in frustration and plopped her self down with a soft thump in the mattress next to the Latina.

"A little frustrated are we?" Callie smirked. "Strangely enough, I seem to recall that it was your idea that we would wait."

"It's your fault" Arizona protested. "If you hadn't been so stupid that you would have agreed, then we wouldn't be in this situation."

The Latina parted her mouth and was just about to defend her self but was cut off by her iPhone that rang loudly on the bed table next to her.

"Addison!" she blurted out happily when she answered after a quick look at the display that revealed the caller's ID.

Arizona smiled to her self when she heard Callie's happiness to Addison's call. The blonde decided to leave the Latina in privacy. She needed a cold shower anyway. Therefore she threw the bed's cover off from her self and got up.

"How are you?" Callie said in to the phone, sounding very exciting. "Are you calling me to say that you in fact can come next Friday?"

The Latina heard her best girlfriend laughed at her excitement.

"I wouldn't miss it for the world and you know it!" Addison Montgomery replied with a smile. "In fact, I was calling to say let you know that I in fact am going to show up in Seattle on Wednesday already. And when I do, you are going to be all mine until Friday and I'm not going to take no for an answer."

"I'm not going to say no to that!" Callie smiled. "I can't wait!"

"Good", Addison said and sounded very pleased with the Latina's reaction. "I've already spoken with Teddy and she is going to take good care of your fiancé while you and I have some fun on our own."

"Sounds great" Callie said sounding just as pleased. "Let me know when you're plane lands and I will come and pick you up at the airport."

"I will" Addison answered. "Then I will see you at Wednesday. Until then, take care!"

"You to Addison" the Latina said happily. "Bye, bye."

Callie hung up her phone and leaned back comfortably against the bed's headboard with a big smile written all over her face. This was going to be the greatest happening in her entire life and she couldn't even describe the feelings she had inside. She and Arizona were going to work until Wednesday and then they had taken vacation for three weeks. They still hadn't decided on where they wanted to go on their honeymoon but it was no rush. One thing that was settled for sure was that they were going to spend their wedding night at home, in their own apartment. It had been Arizona's wish when Callie had insisted that they at least could've checked in at a hotel. But the blonde had been stubborn. She wanted to spend their first night as a married couple in their own home, in their own bed. And Callie had been happy to please Arizona in her wish. In fact, the Latina was happy to please the blonde in all her wishes…Callie couldn't wait until next Friday. But first things first, Wednesday and Addison was the first thing she wanted to come…

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The days passed slowly. To slowly according to Arizona. Both she and Callie threw themselves in to work just to activate their minds. Callie even picked up extra shifts in the ER and by Tuesday night she hadn't slept properly in three nights. In her point of view it was for the best. She was going to be too tired to even think about sex and intimacy with Arizona tonight. It was her tactic. They hadn't seen each other for two whole days since Arizona had been busy with surgeries and administrative things up in PED's and the Latina have had her hands full down in the ER and with her orthopedic staff just to prepare for her time off.

"Hi there stranger."

Callie looked up from where she sat behind the desk in the ER and looked straight in to Arizona Robbins baby blue eyes. The blonde wore a dimpled smile and her whole face was shining and Callie could have sworn she saw sparkles in her lover's eyes.

"Hi you" the Latina mumbled tiredly but returned the smile.

Arizona looked around quickly to reassure that they were alone and then she leaned over the counter.

"Kiss", she requested gently and moaned softly and low almost immediately when Callie instantly obeyed and did what she was being told.

"I missed you", the Latina mumbled and leaned her forehead against Arizona's from the other side of the counter. "And I'm so tired I could fall asleep in a second."

"Me too", the blonde admitted softly. "At least with the missing part. Cause I did catch a couple of hours sleeping this afternoon between two surgeries. Are you ready to go home?"

"Oh yes" Callie answered with no hesitation. "Let me just finish up here and then we can go."

Arizona nodded obediently and cupped Callie's face tenderly before she let the Latina go.

"Can you believe that this is our last night together as an unmarried couple?"

Callie's heart made flip-flops hearing her lover's words. From tomorrow they had agreed to sleep apart until the wedding night. Teddy and Arizona was going to a spa just outside Seattle and Callie and Addison, who would arrive next afternoon, was going to spend the Latina's last days of "freedom" in the apartment.

"Feels like a dream" Callie said and lowered her voice. "Like a dream come true."

"Is it a bad thing that I can't even look at you without wanting to rip your clothes off?" the blonde replied seductively. "I can't wait until Friday night. When we are alone…"

"Shh!" Callie cut her off. "Don't say anything more. I don't want to hear it. Can't we just talk about something else tonight? Anything else but that? Cause I can't think of anything else than you naked. And sweaty. And you moaning…and…"

"Shut up!" the blonde pouted. "I get it. No more talking about sex. We can talk about work, surgeries and blood! Blood is a good subject to talk about. Yes, let's do that. Perhaps over a nice dinner? Maybe we should even eat out tonight cause that…"

"Arizona?" Callie said mildly. "You're rambling again."

"Sorry" the blonde said sheepishly. "I didn't mean to. I was just trying to get you out of my head and kill the mental pictures that kept coming."

"You're cute when you're rambling" Callie smiled. "But you know what? As much as I like to hear you ramble there is something else I like even more. Do you know what that is?"

Arizona shook her head as a no and swallowed hard when she noticed how close the Latina was all off a sudden.

"I love to watch you come" Callie whispered in the blonde's ear knowing all to well that she didn't just tease Arizona with those words. "And I miss that sight. God do I miss it…"

"You're mean" the blonde breathed out and closed her eyes.

"I am, aren't I?" the Latina smirked. "Does it feel better if I tell you that I torture myself by saying that to?"

They locked eyes for a short moment. And it was a short moment because they noticed that too much staring in to each other's eyes started both of their engines far too quickly. Callie cleared her throat and looked down at her papers again.

"Hmm…" she started. "Let me just fill out these charts and then I'm all yours…or, you know what I mean."

"I can't wait…" Arizona murmured referring to something else than what the Latina had meant.

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Even if it was tough on both of them they managed to get through the night without jumping each other's bones. Strangely enough, when their heads finally hit the pillows later that night they both felt satisfied and almost somewhat peaceful. They lay in bed, facing each other with entwined hands and just looked at one another in silence.

"I want to have a family with you" Arizona suddenly said softly, being the one who first broke the silence.

"W-what?"

Callie was struck by surprise and wasn't sure she had heard the word's coming out of the blonde's mouth right.

"I want to have a baby with you" Arizona explained. "I saw you the other day from a distance when you were helping a small girl with a broken leg in the ER. I was just running by when that situation caught my eye and I did stop for a second. I saw how you were interacting with her and I saw before my eyes what a great mother you would be. And I want that. With you."

Callie opened her mouth to speak. And then she closed it again. And then she parted her lips in an attempt to answer the blonde.

"I-I…"

"I love you" Arizona said firmly and leaned forward and placed a pure and simple kiss on Callie's lips. "I love you. And I want to have a family with you."

By the time the last words had left Arizona's lips the Latina had tears in her eyes. She was so unbelievably touched by the blonde's confession that she couldn't almost even speak.

"I-I love you to" she whispered and almost choked on her words. "And I want that to."

"Good" the blonde half whispered half said. "That was all I wanted to hear."

"Have anyone ever told you that you're kinda awesome?" Callie smiled and tried to gather the control over herself again.

"I get to hear that once in a while" Arizona confessed teasingly. "But it only means something coming from you…"

The Latina giggled and scooted forward to let her self get in contact with the blonde's warm body under the cover.

"I can't believe we're getting married" Callie whispered when they settled in close to each other to get some well-deserved and well-needed sleep. "I'm the luckiest woman in the world."

"I can't believe it either" Arizona mumbled back and turned her self around so Callie could spoon her from behind. "And you're wrong, because I am the luckiest woman in the world."

"Let's just say that we're both lucky then" Callie chuckled softly and entwined their hands again.

"Agreed" the blonde nodded. Are we going to sleep now?"

"Yes" Callie said simply. "We are. Which time did Teddy say she was going to pick you up tomorrow by the way?"

"At lunch time" Arizona answered and yawned. "And Addison, when did her flight arrived?"

"Two o'clock" the Latina replied.

And then a comfortable silence settled in between Calliope Torres and Arizona Robbins. Sleep invaded their bodies and dreams took over their minds. In just a few days they were going to be one. But first they were going to spend time with their best friends…

Okay, let's just say that I have got to get my self together, just enough to give you one hell of a wedding. And wedding night! Usually the hot and loving chapters have taken me hours to write and they leave my completely drained. Phew! I'm completely sure that the next chapter is going to take much energy from my mind and I really want to be inspired when I do write it. So, what if I promise you to publish the wedding chapter before next weekend, will that make you guys happy? :)