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A/N: Just want to say thank you for the reviews/follows/favorites. I see everything, I just don't comment that much. I'm open to suggestions as I often come across some writer's block. I have a few things in mind, but it doesn't hurt to have outside voices. Thank you to the people who gave me nice words about that "guest" reviewer who didn't agree with my story. I honestly don't have time to deal with people who don't like what I have to say. I'm just writing because I like to write. On a special note, congrats to anatomyofgreys1 for completing "The River". It's honestly one of the best stories I've read and I can't wait to read what they come up with next. I'm not even sure if they follow this story or not, but they deserve recognition for their work. Okay…on to the next chapter.

Chapter Nine

Callie's

The smell of coffee is slowly helping me wake up. In about twenty minutes I'm going to make my way over the hospital for my twelve-hour shift. Normally I wouldn't mind twelve-hour shift, but today is Thanksgiving and it's one of Sofia's first major holidays. Mark is coming by in a few to pick her up and they are going to spend the day together to have a semi-normal holiday. He's taking Sof with him to Derek and Meredith's place, but I just think he want's to see Lexi Grey. I'm not sure if they are dating, but I don't really have time to think about his love life because I have a lot going on with me right now. After my shift I'm going over to Arizona's to meet her parents. I'm a little nervous, but all I can do is be myself and hope that's enough, that being said I will put my best foot forward. The sound of the toaster going off alerts me back to my morning activities.

The door opens and I see the smiling face of my girlfriend come up to me at the refrigerator where I'm getting some butter for my toast. "Good morning, Calliope! Happy Thanksgiving!" she says giving me a quick kiss on the lips.

"Well aren't you happy this morning." Taken back by her extra perkiness. I've come to realize that Arizona has a certain perk to her, and I've come to actually love it. I never thought I would, but she makes it easy for me to get along with.

"I am because it's Thanksgiving, my parents are coming over later, and I got to see my beautiful girlfriend this morning before she goes off to work being wonderful. Where's Sof?"

"She's in her crib babbling away. I fed her a little while ago so by the time Mark get's here to pick her up she will be ready for a mid morning nap." I say finishing my toast and coffee and placing my cup and plate in the sink. By the time I turn around from the sink Arizona has be pushed up against it, her body flush against mine with her hands on my hips

"I hate that I won't get to see her this morning, but at least that gives me the chance to give you a proper good morning kiss," she says leaning in to give me a slow, sensual, passionate kiss.

"Mmmm, well good morning again to you." I say once we break for air and are leaning our foreheads together. It's been a while since we've slept over at each other's place. When Sofia is with me at night we both kind of agreed that there would ne no sleepovers, especially after that Mark incident.

"I wish you didn't have to work today, you'll miss me in an apron cooking in the kitchen." She says looking at me face-to-face.

"Whattt, Ms. Arizona Robbins is going to be wearing an apron and cooking? Damn, I'm gonna hate to miss that sight." I say faking shocked.

"Ha-ha, very funny Calliope. I can cook, just not as good as you, hence my parents coming over soon to help get me started and watch the parade."

"That should be nice. I'm going to miss you too, though. As soon as I'm done I'll be over for dessert." I say giving her a kiss on her pink lips. She moves her lips from mine and starts moving to my neck, "Arizonaaaa…" I plead. "Yes, Calliope?" She says against my neck. "As good as this feels, I don't need a hickey going into work." I say sadly. "Well, how about I give you something better." She says and next I feel her play with the button and zipper of my jeans. She cups my sex with her hand, "What about a quick, Thanksgiving morning orgasm, Calliope? Would that be okay?" She asks mischievously.

Our lips reattach and I feel her move her hand and fingers against my wet folds and I know that I'm getting turned on more by each second. She slips her tongue into my mouth and I greedily accept it and moan into her. Her thumb starts rubbing around my clit and I feel myself getting extremely wet, Arizona knows it too and slips two fingers into me. "Shit, yes Arizona. That feels so good" I say next to her ear and she starts pushing her fingers into me faster. I widen my stand a little bit and feel Arizona go even deeper into my and I move my head to her shoulder and give her a slight bit to help me from crying out.

"Now Calliope, I'm not sure my parents don't want marks on me," She husks into my ear and I just let out another moan. She continues rubbing my clit even faster and I know I'm almost to the edge, "k-keep going, Arizona. I'm almost there…I'm-I'm about to…yes, Ari. I'm c-coming Arizona. Shit. Fuck. Yes" I say to her before I shudder and lean over on to shoulder, and she braces me with her body with one hand on my back and the other still in my pants. She starts to slow her fingers and let me come down. She brings her hand out my pants and takes her two fingers that were just inside me into her mouth and leans to my ear, "Mmmm, sweet." She says after pulling out her fingers with a *pop* sound.

I kiss her and smile into the taste of myself still on her lips. Before anything else can happen my front door opens.

"Good Morn—Oh well excuse me ladies!" Mark says smugly.

"Shit, Mark I'm really going to need you to start knocking?" I say moving away from Arizona a little and giving him a hard glare.

"Now Torres why would I start doing that when I have a chance of seeing you and Blondie in action?"

"You know what? Just please go get your daughter so I can make my way to the hospital." I say frustrated. He just smiles at me then looks to Arizona before making his way to Sofia's room. With that I turn back to Arizona and give her a quick kiss.

"Sorry about that." I say apologetically.

"No worries, I have to get going anyway. My dad keeps a tight schedule and I need to start cooking. My mom is making a huge meal and it's only three of us. I'm pretty sure I'll have leftovers for days." She says making her way to the door.

"Okay, well I'll text you once I get off."

"Okay, see you later." She says before retreating back to her place. Mark comes out with Sofia in his arms.

"So you're really meeting her parents tonight?"

"Yeah, after my shift I'm going to have dessert with them." I say letting out a deep sigh.

"Are you nervous?

"Honestly, a little, but I'll be okay."

"You sure you don't want me and Sof to stop by the hospital for your dinner break? I'm sure they will they will have something that resembles a Thanksgiving meal." He asks.

"No, it's really cool, Mark. Thanks for asking though. I just want Sof to have a normal Thanksgiving." I say rubbing her little back and getting a toothless smile in return.

"Okay, well have fun tonight. I'm sure they will love you."

"Thanks. Take care of her."

"I always do." She says before leaving. I'm about to head out the door, but then I remember what happened between me and Arizona earlier and I head into my room to change my underwear…

Arizona's POV

"I think we did some pretty good damage this year, huh Zona?" My mom says while drying the dishes I hand to her from the sink.

"Yeah, we ate a lot." I say back. We just finished dinner and my mom and I our in the kitchen cleaning up and putting away leftovers. My dad is sitting on the couch with a beer while watching football.

"When can we eat pie?" I hear my dad yell from the couch.

"Soon. Callie just texted me saying she's done with work and coming over, Dad." I say back to him and I hear him let out a sigh. "Well, Zona, I can't wait to meet her. From what you've told me she seems wonderful, and any girl that likes you is good for me." I smile at her statement and before I can reply I hear a knock at the door and quickly go to answer it.

"Calliope, I'm so glad to see you."

"Yeah, well after this morning's activities I thought it's the least I could do." She says joking with a slight smirk.

"What happened this morning?" I hear by mom come up behind me and ask.

"Nothing, mom." I say quickly and look at Callie who is laughing to herself.

"Well let the girl come in Zona, move out of the door way." My mom says while hitting me with a dishrag. "Hi dear, I'm Barbara Robbins. I'm so pleased to meet. Every time Arizona mentions you her face lights up.

"It's nice to meet you ma'am." Callie says after I close the door behind her. She goes to shake my mothers hand, but I quickly see my mom bring Callie in for a big hug. "Oh you can call me Barbara or Barb, really anything except ma'am and Mrs. Robbins. That's my mother in law."

"Of course, Barbara. I just go by Callie." Callie says with a grin.

"We saved you some leftovers and can cut the pies now that you're here," I say while ushering Callie to the breakfast bar and put a plate in front of her with turkey, mashed potatoes, gravy, and some sides.

"Wow, this all looks delicious!" She says while licking her lips.

"I'm glad. We worked hard on it." My mom says with a nod to me. "We also have sweet potato, pumpkin, and apple pies with ice cream of course." My mom says again.

"Well I do love my ice cream" Callie says with a wink to me, and I blush at the memories of our ice cream dates. I hear footsteps coming from the living area and I see my dad approaching the kitchen.

"Barb could you pass me another beer please?" He says and my mom goes into the refrigerator. "Dad, I would like you to meet, Callie, she's my girlfriend." I see Callie look up to the intimidating man and get out of her stool and stand up to my father. "It's a pleasure, sir." She says while holding out a hand. I look at my dad and hope he plays nice with my girlfriend. It's quiet for an awkward five seconds. Next thing I see is a small smile out of the corner of his mouth and he takes Callie's hand and gives her a firm nod and handshake. He takes the beer that my mom has for him and returns to the television.

"Sooo…" Callie says nervously.

"Don't worry, huh. That was a good reception. If he didn't like you he probably would've integrated you right here on the spot." My mom says compassionately.

"Seriously, babe that was good. He's a man of a few words, but when he talks you'll know. Trust me." I say moving around to Callie and placing a calming hand on her.

"Really, Callie don't mind him. So what do you and Arizona have planned for tomorrow? I would love for you to come to lunch with us tomorrow so we could get to know you more. At this rate Daniel is going to be knocked out and we still need to get back to the hotel." My mom says looking over at her husband on the couch getting heavy eyes.

"That sounds really nice, I would have to check with Mark and see what he and Sofia are up to, but if I have nothing else going on I would love to join you all." As soon as Callie said "Sofia" my eyes and body go on alert. I didn't tell my parents about Callie having a daughter because I knew they would have some reservations with me dating someone with a child, especially since I never really wanted any. I look at my mom and see her give me a "Barbara Robbins" glare that let's me know that I messed up. She hates being left out of the loop.

"Sofia is Callie's daughter, mom." I quickly inject.

'Oh, um well you'll have to excuse me dear; I didn't know you had a daughter. I guess Arizona never got around to telling us that." I look to Callie and see that she's disappointed that I didn't tell my parents about Sofia.

"Oh, well she's my pride and joy. Everything I do is for her. She and Arizona get along great." I can tell Callie is putting up a front, but I know she is upset with me. I can tell by the hurt in her eyes.

"Well she is more then welcome to join us. How old is she if you don't mind me asking?"

"She's just around seven and a half months." Callie says proudly. "Oh, she's a young one! Well I hope you two are free to join us tomorrow. Daniel and I must be going. Arizona, I will expect a phone call in the morning" My mom says sternly to me and she goes to get my now sleeping dad off the couch. They say their goodbyes and leave. After I lock the door after them I walk up to Callie who is now picking at a piece of pie.

"Calliope, I'm sor—"

"Arizona, why didn't you tell them!"

"I was going to, bu—"

"I'm not ashamed of her. I love Sofia with everything I have. I'm not going to hide her!" She says with her voice getting stronger.

"Look, I was just looking for the right time." I try to say calmly.

"The right time would've been you told them about me. We are packaged deal, Arizona. If you don't want Sofia part of it, then you can't have me. We won't work otherwise." She says motioning between us. I can see I'm losing ground and I quickly put my hands on her shoulders to try and get her attention.

"Calliope I know. I love Sofia. I love hanging out with both of you. I'm sorry okay; I should've told them I just knew they would have some reservations about me dating someone with a child. I never wanted kids. I never saw myself with them, so it's just a surprise to my mom. I surprised them with taking a job quickly and moving here, then getting a girlfriend within the first couple of months. Adding a kid to the mix would be a lot FOR THEM," I stress, "But FOR ME, I'm totally okay with it. I'm going to talk to my mom tomorrow. I'm sure everything will be okay. I mean she is still begging me to have kids, even after I told her I didn't see it for me." I say to Callie, hoping see hears the sincerity in my voice.

"Can I ask you a question?" She asks looking away from my gaze.

"Sure"

"If you never saw yourself with kids, then why me?"

I move her head with my hand to get her to look at me straight in the eyes, "Because when I saw you, I knew I had to get to know you and everything else seemed to just go away. When you told me about Sofia I was shocked, but then I thought about it and realized it's not worth giving up whatever we have."

"Okay." She says. I can't tell if she's still upset, but I think I made a little progress.

"So, do you want to come to lunch with us tomorrow?" I ask hopefully.

"Uh, I don't know. I got to check with Mark and, I just…I'm going to go. I had a long day. I'll talk to you tomorrow." She says getting up and walking towards the door.

"Callie, I—"

"No, it's okay, I'll just see you later." She says sadly. I hope I didn't ruin things too much between us, but I know I should just give her space.