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Chapter Fifty-One

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Callie's POV

It was only a few days after Arizona and I got back until we celebrated Christmas. We thought we would keep it a low maintenance affair, but that changed last minute when Barbara and Daniel decided to show up last minute. They wanted to spend the holiday with both their kids, and since Tim is staying with us for a few more days it made sense. On Christmas morning we all gathered around the bright tree in the living room and opened gifts. Arizona and I didn't exchange too much considering our recent wedding, but that didn't stop us from going a little overboard with Sofia. Mark dropped off some gifts before going back home, and of course Barbara and Daniel got her lots of stuff. Tim even surprised us and bought Sofia some clothes. The rest of the day was spent celebrating the holiday and spending time with family, but by the time dinner came around we had a house full of people, much to my surprise. I had texted Lexie that she could come over and celebrate the day with us so she wasn't lonely, but somehow the word got out and about ten people from the hospital came over for dinner. Luckily Barbara and I made a lot of food so there was enough for everyone so it was okay, just completely unexpected. The night was full with Christmas carol karaoke and decorating Christmas cookies. All in all it was a good holiday and Sofia stole the night with her reindeer-themed footie pajamas. A couple of days later I went back to work and Barbara and Daniel went back to Maryland. My wife still had some days off and spent them with Sofia and her brother while I was at the hospital. Today I find myself in the attending's lounge getting a quick break before for my last surgery and then going home to get ready for tonight. For some reason Arizona and I got picked to host a New Year's Eve party. Alex said we have the space for all the people, and when I quickly refuted that Meredith has a big house too he just dismissed that. While I'm happy I don't have the night shift tonight, because New Year's Eve is the absolute worst shift ever, I'm not sure I want close to fifty people in my house tonight. On the other hand, Tim is excited for the party tonight, and Arizona didn't seem to mind either. Lexie volunteered to watch Sofia so I'm completely childless tonight. Well, expect for the one that's growing inside Arizona, but still. I've been texting Arizona on and off all day about the plans for tonight, as her and Tim are getting the house prepared with food and drinks.

"Hey." Jordan says walking into the attending's longue, briefly distracting me from my phone. She goes to the fridge to pull out something to eat and takes a seat across from me at the table.

"Hey, how are you?"

"I'm alright, couple of really sick kids up on the Peds ward, but otherwise everything's okay. So you ready for tonight?"

"I guess, luckily Arizona is still off so she's been doing a lot of stuff to help out because I wouldn't have the time. You're coming right?"

"About that…I really don't have too. I don't want to make anything awkward." She says thoughtfully.

"Please, it's fine. One more person is okay, and most half of the hospital is going to be there so it's really no problem." Ever since Alex started telling people word got around the hospital in half a day, and over the last few months Jordan and I have been amicable. We are by no means best friends, but we work together and at one point we were very close, so I'm just extending an invitation. I haven't even thought of Jordan as anything but a colleague and Arizona knows that. I'm just in a totally different place in my life that neither Jordan nor any other person for that matter can distract me. Arizona, Sofia and our little nugget have my complete love, devotion, and attention. And to Jordan's credit she hasn't said or tried anything inappropriate so I think we are in a good place, as far as exes can be.

"Cool, so what time does it even begin?" She asks taking some bites of her fruit cup.

"I've been saying ten thirty to eleven, and I told Alex that I'm kicking everyone out at two in the morning regardless. I'm already tired from being here since six in the morning, plus I'm sure Arizona will be tired."

"Speaking of, how is Arizona? After the late night emergency…" Jordan asks tentatively.

"What? Oh right, the hospital….no she's good. Everything is really good. Thanks for asking."

"…and the wedding? April was talking to me about whether or not she should bring Jackson as her plus one. I don't think she knows about our history, or if she did that didn't stop her from asking me about her date situation to your wedding." She laughs rolling her eyes.

"It was good, everything was perfect." I respond proudly. It's weird talking to my ex about my wedding, but since she asked I couldn't help but answer. Of course I didn't invite her and I don't think she was expecting an invitation anyway. "Enough about me, are you dating anyone? You've been in Seattle for a while now." I ask changing the topic.

"Uh, a few dates here and there. The hospital keeps me busy, but I've found some good company." Jordan says with a little smile on her face.

"That's good, you are more then welcome to bring someone with you tonight. It's New Year's Eve after all you have to kiss someone at midnight."

"Yeah…maybe." As soon as she opens her mouth again to speak my pager goes off alerting me of my upcoming surgery.

"I gotta go, but I guess I'll see you later?"

"Yeah…good luck with the surgery."

"Thanks." With that I'm out the room and heading to my final operation of the day.

As soon as I step foot into my home I see the house is ready for tonight. The whole home is decorated with festive materials and there's a huge tray in the living room full of all types of alcohol you can imagine. I'm not looking forward to dealing with drunken colleagues tonight, especially since I'm not drinking in solidarity with Arizona. She didn't ask, but I insisted. There's nothing worse then being surrounded by drunk people when you're sober, and I didn't want Arizona to have to deal with that alone.

"Hey guys." I say when I walk into the kitchen and see Arizona and Tim eating dinner.

"Hey Callie! How was the hospital? Any cool surgeries?" Tim asks excitingly.

"Uh, not really. Just a few hip replacements and a couple of broken legs. I guarantee tonight it will be a different story, I'm happy I'm not at the hospital to deal with that." I say breathing a big sigh of relief. I sit down next to Arizona at the kitchen island and give her an innocent kiss on the lips hello.

"Are you hungry? Tim and I made crab macaroni and cheese."

"Excuse me? That sounds a little advanced for you." I joke at her expense. It's not secret that Arizona isn't the best cook in the house. "Should I be afraid to eat it?"

"Very funny Calliope, but it's not that hard. You just add crab meat to the pasta and cheese and stir it all together." She says getting up and fixing me a plate.

"Don't let her fool you Cal, she totally called mom for the recipe today."

"That's only because you said you wanted it, and we both know you're a worst cook then me." My wife snaps back at her brother.

"I beg to differ, I'm pretty decent…I will say it did turn out okay." Arizona places a small plate of food in front of me and I take a small bite of it. To my surprise it's actually pretty good. Being from Maryland, she's eaten lots of crabs, which is something I've never had before meeting her. Apparently blue crabs are big deal in Maryland, and when I visited Maryland with her and Barbara made crab cakes I was pleasantly surprised at the taste. She eats them every now and then and says they remind of home. Never did I think she put crabmeat in macaroni and cheese, but it's nonetheless it's actually good.

"Sooooo?"

"It's good babe, seriously."

"I'm glad you think so because I tripled the recipe and made a whole bunch for tonight."

"Wait, what?" I ask looking between her and Tim. "I was thinking more along the lines of chips and salsa, maybe a fruit platter or two."

"That's boring and I had a whole bunch of energy this afternoon. Once Tim and I dropped off Sof with Lexie we went shopping for groceries and decorations and I went a little overboard."

"That's an understatement." Tim mumbles.

"I just had all this energy and was in the mood to cook and decorate. The basement is all decked out. And I made six crab mac and cheese casseroles." She says giddily, clearly still having a whole bunch of energy left. Probably another hormone from the pregnancy. I just hope she doesn't crash and burn later; we have a long night ahead of us.

"Six?!"

"Look for yourself…" Tim opens the top over and sure enough there are three large casserole pans covered in aluminum foil, and in the bottom oven there are three more.

"That's a lot of food, babe."

"But wait, there's more…" Tim says in a mock voice, right next to the coffee maker on the counter there are three large crockpots simmering. I didn't even know we had three crockpots. "We have one full of meatballs, another with chili – that I made by the way – and one full of spiked apple cider."

"Wow…you guys really did a lot." I say a little stunned. It's a lot of food. Arizona has a satisfied smile on her face and Tim gives me a look that communicates he knows exactly what I'm thinking.

"Now I know I can't drink the cider, but I found the recipe online today, and Tim took a taste earlier and said it was good. In the downstairs fridge is stocked of beers, champagne and other cold drinks."

"Don't forget the cakes, sis!" Tim says entertained.

"Cakes? You baked cakes?" I know I was at work for twelve hours, but I didn't think they'd have time to make all this food. They weren't even up when I left this morning.

"Well cupcakes, I'm going to put them in around nine so they should be ready for when people start to come over. The batter is ready so all I have to do is pour it in the pans and place them in the oven. We have vanilla, chocolate, and of course my personal favorite red velvet. I wanted Sof to help me ice them, but she's already with Lexie so I'll guess it'll just be the three of us."

"Anything else?" At this point I don't know what could shock me. I've never seen Arizona with this much energy…besides in bed lately…but certainly not when it comes to cooking.

"Well you texted me earlier and said Meredith requested a certain type of tequila so I got that too." She says like it's nothing.

"Right…the tequila."

"So do we have a final headcount yet?" Tim inquires.

"I think it's capped at sixty."

"Any hot doctors or nurses for me?" He teases.

"Tim, please." Arizona sneers.

"Actually there may be a few ladies for you."

"Callie, don't encourage him."

"Hey, speak for yourself sis. I could use some lady company tonight. I'm a man, I have needs."

"Ew, gross Tim. Don't talk about your needs in my house." My wife scolds.

"What? I'm just saying." He says shrugging. "I know a thing or two about pregnancy, I'm sure Callie helps you out when you have your needs. You're like a hormonal teenager."

"How about we leave me out of this." I politely suggest.

"First off, stop worrying about my needs. Second, she's my wife and what we do is none of your business, but since you brought it up Callie thoroughly satisfies me." Making Tim and I both blush, "Thirdly, don't have sex tonight in my house, but if you must please burn the sheets and get her out before I wake up. I don't need to know, and it'll probably be awkward for Callie if she knows the person."

"You know what, I'm just going to go take a shower." I say getting up and giving my wife a kiss before exiting. That conversation took an odd turn. After a long and hot shower I come out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel and fully relaxed. To my delight my wife is in the room getting taking a quick breather from what I can only imagine was a busy afternoon.

"You good, babe?"

"Yeah, just taking a little break. I have about an hour before I need to get the cupcakes started. I was thinking about taking a quick nap, wanna join me?"

"Sure…I could use one too." I change into to some lounge clothes and get into bed with my wife. "Thank you for cooking tonight, I wasn't expecting all of that. We just talked about a few things over text today."

"I know, but as soon as I got into the store I just started thinking about all the possibilities. Chips and salsa is so grad school, we adults now." She jokes. "Plus I had Tim to help out and was in the mood. It may seem like a lot, but with close to sixty people I think we'll be good."

"Speaking of adults, I invited Jordan to come tonight."

"Jordan as in your ex?"

"Yeah…everyone was talking about it around the hospital and I think she might bring someone. Seemed like the polite thing to do."

"Huh…okay. Are you guys friends now, or?"

"I'm not sure friends is the word, but we're on good terms right now." I say honestly.

"Okay, well I guess that was the right thing to do. I mean it makes sense since you guys work together. This is a hospital party, plus Teddy and Henry. I like your friends, and besides the fact that you guys dated or whatever Jordan seems nice. I hope she has a good time."

"I'm sure she will, I'm sure everyone will. The place looks great and I know everyone will enjoy the food." I say giving her a kiss on the cheek for added measure. "Let's get some rest. I'm sure we'll need it for tonight."

Naps and cupcakes long gone, I currently find myself in the basement talking with my wife and April Kepner. The party has been in full swing for over an hour now and the countdown to midnight should begin soon. The party guests are split between the basement and the first floor with people constantly moving around. Right now everyone seems at least a little buzzed with the exception of Arizona and myself, and people are mingling over food and music. I came down to get some few minutes alone with my wife, but Kepner kept her occupied with her never ending story of will she or won't she regarding Jackson Avery.

"I don't get what the problem is April, if you like Jackson why don't you tell him?" My wife asks the same question literally every person in the hospital has been asking.

"Because I don't know if he likes me back."

"Um considering the fact that you guys slept together I'm sure he likes he you…at least a little bit." I answer sassily which gets me a not so subtle glare from my wife.

"What she means to say is clearly there are some feelings there." Arizona corrects, "You guys just need to talk."

"What if it was a one time thing? Or what if it wasn't good so that's why he hasn't spoken to me in a week. He was my first time and I'm pretty sure he knew that before hand." She whispers, as if anyone really cares about this situation.

"April the only advice I can give you is to talk it out. Only he can answer your questions." My wife tries to offer, but April just takes another long sip of her drink and stares at Jackson across the room. The only solution I can think of is to bring Jackson over here so they can talk.

"Jackson! Come here please!" I wave towards him.

"Callie, what are you doing?" April hisses.

"I'm letting you two talk and I'm getting my wife back. It's a win-win."

"Callie, no. I'm not ready."

"Toughen up farm girl." I snap.

"Torres what can I do for ya?" Jackson says coming over to our little corner.

"Talk to April."

"About what?"

"Don't act dumb, Avery. It doesn't suit you. You two were grown enough to sleep together so you should be grown enough to talk about it and whatever feelings you may have. Work it out." They look at each other with flushed cheeks and I take Arizona's hand and walk away.

"That was kind of blunt." Arizona says as we make our way up the stairs and into the kitchen to refresh our drinks.

"Yeah well it had to be said."

"Torres, you want in?" Meredith says pouring a round of tequila. "The ball is dropping in five minutes."

"No, I'm good."

"Whatever, more for the rest of us."

"Callie, you're allowed to drink." My wife reminds me for the third time tonight.

"I told you I'm good. Looks like your mac and cheese was a hit, babe. There are only two pans left." I say surveying the kitchen.

"I told you it wouldn't be too much."

"Callie, Arizona, hey!" Jordan says greeting us in the kitchen.

"Hey, glad you made it." Arizona says.

"Yeah us too. It's been great so far. I want you guys to meet Ashley." She says introducing us to her date. We both shake her hand and give her a warm smile.

"Nice to meet you, how did you guys meet?" I ask.

"She's in real estate and helped me find my new place in Seattle, and ever since then we've kind of kept in contact." Jordan states.

"Yeah, I actually toured this house a few times to some clients. I love what you guys did with the place." Ashley says.

"Thanks, it was all Arizona."

"Well it looks great."

"One minute!" Someone calls out and people start to migrate to either the basement or living room to watch the countdown on one of the flat screen televisions. Arizona and I head back downstairs and get us a little corner in the room.

"We had a good year, wouldn't you say? New house, new marriage…"

45 seconds…

"…we found out we're going to be parents again." Arizona says putting her hand on her stomach.

"You became a badass attending ortho surgeon."

"And you a second year teacher, no more first year jitters." I counter.

30 seconds…

"Soon Sofia will be two and we'll have a newborn in the house."

"We'll be good parents again, right? Sofia's doing pretty good." My wife questions.

15 seconds…

"Sofia's great, and we're both lucky to have you."

10 seconds…

"I'm the lucky one because I get to call you my wife everyday."

"I love you, Arizona Robbins-Torres."

5 seconds…

"I love you more, Calliope Robbins-Torres."

3 seconds…

2 seconds…

1 second.

"Happy New Year!" Is yelled out in unison before Arizona and I bring our lips together for a loving kiss. My hands slowly creep up the back of shirt as I pull her body closer to mine. Someone turns the music back up and more cheers and clanking glasses can be heard. When we break apart I see Jackson and April cozied up so clearly they worked their issues out, I also see Karev with two nurses at his side. Typical Alex.

"Come with me."

"Where are we going?" I ask as my wife pulls me along.

"To fulfill my needs." She whispers back to me. Once inside the basement bathroom she locks the door and my lips attach to hers again in a hungry kiss.

"Let's go upstairs to our room."

"No, I can't wait. I need you know. Touch me, Calliope." She hikes up her dress and I stick my hand inside her already wet panties. I can tell this is going to be fast and quick. My fingers rub back and forth against her wet folds collecting everything she's giving me, and she plunges her tongue into my mouth making me moan with pleasure. Our tongues clash for dominance before she moves her mouth away from mine.

"Inside, I need you inside now." My wife sexily instructs. Not a second later I thrust into her warm depths with two fingers and continue to milk her for everything she has. My fingers work fast and quick curling at just the right spots. "God, yes Calliope…yes, yes, yes…" After some more hard plunges and brushes against her clit, Arizona's orgasm takes over.

"I so needed that…" She says between ragged breaths with her head tilted back against the door. I give her a light kiss on the lips and remove my fingers from her.

When both of our heavy breathing subsides we get cleaned up before heading back to the party. It seems as though no one noticed our absence and that's perfectly fine with us. We run into Tim and wish him a happy new year before splitting up and socializing around the house with our friends. Once two o'clock hits most of the people are on their way home, mostly by taxi. Arizona and I decided to save the clean up for the morning and make our way up to our room after locking up downstairs. We can only assume Tim has some company as we hear a female voice come from his room.

"Out before I wake up!" Arizona says as we past his closed door.

"He is an adult, Arizona."

"I understand, but he's still my brother.

The next morning I got up early to pick up Sofia and we came back to the house to make breakfast for Arizona and Tim. The rest of the day was spent playing with Sofia and cleaning up the house from last night's activities. We decided to make another box of cupcakes with Sofia so she could decorate her own. It was a relaxing, family day at the Robbins-Torres household, and the perfect way to kickoff the New Year.

AN: Thanks for reading!