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Chapter Twenty
Callie's POV
This past month has been a whirlwind. I reunited with my sister, Mark left, Arizona moved in, we talked about getting a house together, Tim surprised Arizona, and my baby girl walked! My emotions have been all over the place, and someone how I still manage to balance everything. I was pleasantly pleased to meet Arizona's brother. I wasn't sure when that was going to happen. She barely talks about him, and when she does it's no more then two sentences. I don't ask her about it because I figured she would talk when she was ready. I'm not really one to talk about family, even though things are still good with my sister, my parents are a different story. Arizona has been supportive, and that's all I could really ask for. With everything that has been happening, it seems that Arizona and I have become closer, which I guess is expected. Lately, I've been thinking about marriage more and more. I know I love Arizona with all my heart, and I think about Arizona being my wife on a more regular basis. We have never really talked about it, so I don't know if it's too soon to mention anything. Recently, Sofia and I went out to get her some new shoes, and we passed a jewelry store. I stepped in the store for a few minutes just to get a look and feel of things. I suddenly got very excited about the prospect of Arizona being my wife. Even Sofia was squealing, but I think it was because of all the bright, pretty, shiny jewelry around. I didn't purchase anything, but I got some ideas and thoughts in my head and I haven't been able to shake them since.
The sound of the shower turning off brings me out of my thoughts and I re-focus back on my iPad. I've been looking at house listings for Arizona and I to talk about and potentially visit. I look over the baby monitor and see that Sofia is still sleeping soundly. Arizona comes out of the bathroom in shorts and a camisole with a towel still drying her hair.
"How was your shower?" I ask looking at her fresh face.
"So relaxing…I really needed that. Today was just stressful at work." She says letting out a sigh. "What are you looking at?" She says rounding the bed and coming to sit next to me. Both of us are seated with our backs against the headboard.
"House listings…I've seen some pretty nice homes. It's good to get some different ideas."
"That's good. I know you want a big kitchen, are there any other requirements that you're looking for?"
"I would like at least four bedrooms for friends, and Aria could have a place to stay when she comes to stay. Maybe a nice entertainment room so we could have a big television with speakers. What about you? It's going to be your home too." I ask looking at her.
"Whatever is really fine, as long as I have a place to sleep, a bathroom, and a kitchen I'm pretty much set."
"Arizona…come on be serious."
"I am serious. I don't need much, Calliope. Whatever you want is fine. I'll come with you to look, of course, but I'm not that picky."
"Okay…if you say so." I say shrugging my shoulders.
"Babe, as long as we have a nice room, Sofia has a room, you get your big kitchen, and we have extra rooms for people who come to visit us and eventually ours kids, then I'm good. I'm happy." She says nonchalantly.
"Uhh, kids…you said we need rooms for kids. We never really talked about that." I say approaching this topic lightly. She takes the iPad away from me and puts it down on the bed. We turn to face each other and she grabs my hands.
"Okay…then let's talk about it." She says calmly.
"You go first."
"Calliope," she says laughing, "I would love to have more kids with you, whenever you want and the time is right."
"Really?"
"Yes. I know you have Sofia and I love her so much, but I would love to have kids with you."
"B-but I thought you didn't want kids. I mean I know you made an exception for me Sofia and we are so grateful for that, but then Tim mentioned something, and your mom said that she didn't think she would get grandchildren, so I didn't know…"
"They were right, I never thought I would have kids. It's just something I didn't see for myself, but I see it with you. I want to have your children. You're such a great mother, and if I could half as good as mother as you then I know I would be okay. Plus, with you by my side, I know we can handle anything." She finishes with a big, cheesy grin.
"Arizona…."
"I love you, Calliope. I know I say it all the time, but it's because it's true! Sure, I'll probably be nervous as hell, but I was nervous as hell about my first day of work, but I got through it and I love teaching. I wouldn't want any other job. Now I'm not comparing our future child to a job, all I'm saying is having nerves is normal. I think all first time parents are nervous. I know I've said a lot, but what do you want?"
"I want what you want. I love Sofia and I'm sure if I never had any more kids in life I would be okay, but I would love to have more children. I always envisioned myself with a big family."
"Then we can have a big family. I mean I think we should get the house first and maybe some other things out the way, but at least we both know where we stand on the children front. So yeah, at least four bedrooms." She says squeezing my hands for confirmation. I lean in to give her a kiss and she lets go of my hands and cups my face.
"Alright enough of that," She jokes before picking up my iPad again and starts scrolling through different homes, "Let's see what you've been looking at….oh I like this one it has a home office so I could do some work….here's another one that has five bedrooms, but the kitchen is kind of small…."
"Well we could always do some renovations. If we buy the house soon, we could hire a construction company and they could get started right away and by the time my lease is up we could hopefully move in." I say get more and more excited.
"True, but that seems like a lot of work, not to mention expensive. I make decent money, but I'm not sure if I want to spend it all on renovations. I rather spend it on decorations and stuff."
"Don't worry about that, I'll buy the house." I say easily.
"What?" She says giving me her full attention again.
"I'll buy the house. If I use cash we don't have to worry about going through a bank and dealing with a mortgage and stuff." I say sheepishly.
"Calliope, I'm not letting you buy our house…"
"Why not? I have the money. It would make the process so much easier. Both of our names will be on the deed, so you'll own it too." Confused on why this is a big deal.
"You can't just buy it. We need to purchase it together, as partners. This is our future together." Arizona says adamantly.
"Babe, it's not that big of a deal. I mean this whole house thing was kind of my idea. Plus, I've been saving for a home for a while now. Not to mention my trust fund…I don't use it much, but this is a occasion when I would tap in to it."
"Calliope, I don't feel comfortable letting you buy us a house…" She says gazing around the room.
"Okay…um, what if I buy the house and take care of any possible construction, and you can purchase some stuff for the house." I say trying to compromise.
"Callie, buying a bed and some pots and pans isn't equal to you purchasing a house." She says rolling her eyes annoyed.
"Arizona, I've been saving and planning for this for some time. Even if I wasn't with you I would still buy the house all on my own. It just makes everything easier. I of course consider you my equal, I know you can provide for us, but this is just something I want to do. I need to do this for myself. Once the fallout with my family happened, I was determined to become a great doctor and eventual surgeon and I was going to buy myself a house. Then when Sofia came along, I was even more determined to do that for us. I want her to have a backyard and have her friends come over for sleepovers, and to host dinner parties in my dining room. I just needed the validation for myself. In all honestly, I probably won't even need to use my trust fund because I make pretty good money right now. This is just something I want for myself, and now that I have you I want to share this with you. So please, let me just buy us our beautiful home." I finish pleading my case.
"Calliope…I understand that, but—"
"Arizona, please don't fight me on this, okay?" I say softly. "I'm more then happy to let you help out when it comes to everything inside the home, but let me at least just do this."
"Fine." She says folding her arms across her chest.
"Well don't be so mad, babe! We're getting a home! Me, you, and Sofia." I say trying to cheer her up.
"Yeah, yeah…." She says trying to be upset, but failing miserably.
"I love you, Arizona Robbins!" I say before giving her a big bear hug that forces her to fall back on the bed on her back with me on top of her. She finally lets up and lets a smile cross her beautiful face and I just look down at her and give her a kiss. Before anything can heat up, Sofia wakes up and sounds start coming from the baby monitor.
"Baby girl is up!" She says pushing me off her, "She was sleeping when I came home, let me go get her." Arizona says getting up quickly and leaving our room.
Just about two weeks have gone by since Arizona and I had the house and kid talk. Overall it was a really good discussion. We are on the same page about everything, and we've already seen three houses so far. One of them we liked, but we have another appointment today with our realtor to show us the last home we picked out. Hopefully this one will be the one we want. Arizona is on her away over to the hospital to pick up Sofia, and then we are headed out together. Right now I'm changing in the residents lounge out of my scrubs into normal, street clothes.
"Callie…feels like I haven't seen you in forever." Lexie says walking into the room.
"I know it's been a while. I used to stay and pick up some more shifts, but now with Arizona and Sofia full-time I go home as soon as possible."
"I totally understand. How are you guys?"
"We're really good. Actually on our way to look at a house after this." I say cheerfully.
"Wow, a house! That's huge. Congrats! I guess that means things are really good. I'm happy for you guys."
"Thanks, Lexie. We are planning on doing a house warming party when everything is settled. Probably won't be for at least a month, but you are totally invited."
"Aw, thanks."
There are a few seconds of awkward silence before I speak up again. "Oh, guess what?! Sofia is walking now!"
"Seriously! That's huge."
"I know, I cried when it happened. Arizona recorded it. I have it right here on my phone if you want to see it?" I suggest.
"Oh, Callie I would love that!" She comes to sit down next to me on the bench and we watch the video. Lexie smiles and gives me a hug.
"That's so cute, Callie! Good thing you have it recorded. Perfect timing."
"Yeah, well I basically made sure Arizona had her phone handy at all times. We sent it to Mark so he could see it too." I say quietly.
"Callie, you can mention Mark. It's okay. I'm okay."
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah, like you I was happy for him when he got the job offer. I would've liked it if he came home and talked to me about it before accepting, but still…"
"I know what you mean. I was afraid that he would miss out on moments like Sof walking. Having a video is good, but it's not the same. I know you and Mark were together and you were around Sofia, so whenever you want you can come over and hang out with us. I'm sure Arizona would love to get to know you." I offer.
"Thank you, Callie. Really, I miss Sofia. Mark was so good with her."
"Yeah…" I say sadly. My phone rings and its Arizona. "Hey babe, what's up?
"I was just letting you know I'm on my way to daycare, so you want to meet us up there when you're ready?"
"Sounds good…I should be up in five minutes."
"Okay! Love you. See you soon!"
"Love you, too." I say hanging up.
"Have fun house hunting!" Lexie says before going into the bathroom.
"Thanks…and seriously just text me whenever you want to hang. We can do a girls night or something."
"Sure thing, thanks Callie."
I make my way out of the longue and head to the elevators. While I wait, I think about going to greet my two girls and how excited I am to be moving forward in the house searching process. Everything seems to perfect right now in my life, hopefully we are find the perfect house today so we can continue to move forward. My phone rings and I assume its Arizona wondering where I am.
"I'm on my way up, babe."
"Calliope. It's your father. I'm coming to Seattle next week and we need to talk."
My mood drastically changes.
Shit.