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Chapter Sixty-Seven
Callie's POV
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Shuffling through the front door of my house, I throw my bag, keys, and jacket on the nearby chair. It feels like forever since I've been home, the first thing I want is a hot shower. I haven't seen my family in a day in a half because just as I was ending my Friday shift, we got hit with a multiple vehicle accident that left dozens of people injured. Arizona came and picked up the kids and took them home. So Friday turned into Saturday morning, and Saturday morning turned into late afternoon. I don't think I've sat in one place for longer then twenty minutes. It's the life of a surgeon and I have no regrets about it, it's what I love to do, but that doesn't mean it's easy on the body.
Noticing the first floor quiet and dark, except for usual lamp that stays on throughout the day, I take my chances upstairs to find the family. Peaking in Sofia's room, I see the ground is covered in toys, crayons, markers, and basically every plaything she owns. When I see her asleep in her crib, I'm not surprised. She's probably worn out from all her playing. Moving on to Noah's room, which is relatively cleaner, he isn't in his crib so I'm assuming he's with Arizona in our room.
"Ooo, look Noah, mama is finally home." Arizona coos to our son, who is decked out in a white onesie with small turtles on it and matching green shocks, and is currently being nursed by my wife. "We were about to send out the search party soon if we didn't hear anything from her." She continues to whisper.
"I texted you." I respond defensively, sliding onto the bed carefully trying not to disturb Noah. My body internally jumps for joy when I settled into the comfort of my mattress.
"Mama did text us, but that was close to seven hours ago." She pretends that she's still talking to Noah, but I know that was a subtle jab at me. I'll take it though.
"I'm sorry, I was busy. I don't think I've eaten for ten hours." I say turning to my wife, and giving Noah a kiss on his head.
"I know we just missed you that's all. I could cook you something if you'd like. Or we could order pizza?" She offers.
"How about we go out to eat. A nice little family outing?" I suggest. We haven't done that in a while, mostly because we're both busy during the week and we usually spend the weekends relaxing and just chilling around the house or running a few errands. But it'd be something different.
"Are you sure? You seem really tired."
"I am, but I can take a shower and that'll wake me up. I feel bad that I left you here with both of them for half the weekend." I confess.
"Well don't feel bad. It' your job, things come up. Besides, they are my kids so I love spending time with them."
I know, but when it's one of us, and two of them sometimes it's a little overwhelming."
"Oh I know. When I was giving Noah a bath earlier Sofia was jealous so she took off her clothes begging for a bath too. Once Noah was down, I gave Sof a bath, but she had an accident in the bathtub so we moved to our bathroom, hence the bath toys in ours." My wife says nodding to our bathroom. "Then I had to go clean up Sof's bathroom, all the while she started taking out all the toys in her room. This was all before lunch mind you."
"Seems like a busy day."
"It was, but I loved every minute of it." Arizona says with a smile. She passes me Noah, so I can get some cuddles and help burp him. "But like I was saying, are you sure about going out for dinner?"
"Yeah, I mean nothing fancy, but I could go a for a cheeseburger and fries."
"That does sound good. By the way, did you take your meds today? Because I saw them on the counter when I was making breakfast, but you weren't here to take them."
"I did, I have a few in a little plastic bag for days like today and over night shifts."
"Good, because I was contemplating driving over to the hospital to drop them off."
"It's not that serious, Arizona." I state casually, holding Noah up against my chest and tapping his back lightly.
"It is that serious, Calliope." She counters strongly. "It's your health and you have to take them everyday. I promised myself that I wouldn't watch everything you eat, or count how many pills you have left to make sure you're taking them each day, but that doesn't mean I'm not going to look out for you. I rather drive fifteen minutes to drop of some pills then get a phone call in a month saying that you collapsed or something." Arizona finishes with a rocky voice. It's become an unspoken agreement that we don't talk about my health issues unless there's a serious need to. I promised Arizona that I would take my medication and start becoming more conscious of my daily habits. Besides that we don't really talk about it, that being said I know she thinks about it and is still concerned. I am too, but I can't think about it all the time because I'll drive myself crazy with all the 'what-ifs?' scenarios.
"Okay, okay…" I say, trying not to rile her up. "I did take my meds, and I appreciate you looking out for me." Once I hear Noah's burp, I place him down on the bed and start tickling his belly that gets a toothless smile, and animated legs and arms flailing around. "What do you say, Noah? Wanna go out to eat? Show everyone in the restaurant how adorable you are?"
"Yes I do!" Arizona answers for him in a baby voice. "Babe, go take your shower so we can head out. It does take us a while to get loaded up in the car. I'll get Sof up and start getting her ready."
"Okay." I blow a kiss on Noah's belly making him wiggle and smile once more then hop off the bed and heads into the bathroom, giving my wife a kiss in the process. Once the shower is hot enough, I strip off my clothes and step inside the glass-encased shower. I let the steam and water wipe away the past hours of being at the hospital. My body wash fills the bathroom with a fruity smell, much like my shampoo, and within fifteen minutes I feel refreshed, cleaned, and ready for a night out with the family. I change into a causal outfit consisting of jeans, a blouse, and comfy flats. Arizona and I switch out, me handling the kids and she replacing her lounge clothes for something more appropriate. Within an hour we are all packed into Arizona's car and on our way to one of our favorite diners.
"So any update on the Trevor front?" When my wife told me about one of her fellow teachers working at the strip club I didn't believe it, but then I found the whole situation very comical.
"No, I've spoken to him obviously, but I don't think he knows I was there. It's not just something you bring up in the teacher's lounge, like 'Hey, I saw you dancing at Teasers, wanna talk about it?' Quite frankly, I'm just trying to forget about it."
"I thought you did considering your hangover the next morning." I tease from the passenger seat.
"It wasn't that bad, just took me a few hours to fully wake up."
"Mhmm…if you say so." I smirk.
"A hangover?" Sofia pipes up from the back.
"It's no fun." I say turning around to look at my daughter. "Its very bad, right mommy?"
"Mama's right Sof. Hangover is bad." She says glancing in the rearview mirror.
"Hangover…bad." Sof grumbles that makes my wife and I chuckle.
"Hey, so your birthday is coming up, what do you want to do for it?" Arizona asks placing a hand on my thigh.
"Uh I think I'm working. Nothing big." I answer honestly. I have almost everything I could ever want. I'm not one for big, expensive gifts.
"Coming from the girl who wanted to make my birthday a huge deal, you must want to do something."
"Unlike you, babe I actually acknowledge my birthday, I just don't need a grand party or something. Really just a nice dinner with the family is all I want."
"What about the play that you said was coming in town? You like the stuff, right? I could try and get tickets."
"I'm pretty sure it's sold out, besides we have to get a babysitter and I'm running out of surgeries to trade Lexie for."
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind if we just asked."
"I know, but we use her a lot. She does have a social life."
"You mean calling and texting Mark every spare second?" She sneers, continuing our drive to the diner.
"Yeah…and I don't know. Other stuff. I feel like once the kids go sleep Meredith would raid the alcohol cabinet, and I don't trust Karev alone with them."
"What about Kep—"
"No! I love the girl, but no. It doesn't even matter because we don't have tickets. It's really no big deal. A cake, some ice-cream, and maybe a nice soak in the bath with you are all I want."
"Hmmm…if you say so." Pulling into the parking lot a few minutes later, I grab the diaper bag and Sofia, while Arizona handles Noah. We are quickly seated at a booth with complimentary water glasses placed in front of us, and a kid's cup for Sofia.
"I already know what I'm getting. A juicy cheeseburger and fries." I state confidently and putting down the menu after giving it a quick read through.
"I think I'll go with the house chili and cornbread….and maybe some ice tea." She says putting down her menu as well and balancing Noah on her lap. "Sof, what do you want to eat?"
"Nuggies, pwease!" She says coloring on her child's menu, clearly preoccupied. "And milk."
"Chicken nuggets and milk it is. That was pretty quick."
"I think we're all just hungry." Arizona affirms putting some colorful blocks on the table for Noah to play with. He's at the stage where he starts grabbing at anything in front of him. His blue eyes light up when he grabs something successfully, most times throwing it down again and repeating his actions. After placing our orders with the waiter, I take a look around the diner. It's mostly young couples and young families of four or five.
"Babe, is this what are life has come to? Going out to eat on Saturday becoming the most exciting thing that happens all week?" I whisper in a hush tone.
"Huh, what do you mean?"
"Like look at the other people here, the place is mostly filled with young families." Chancing a look around the restaurant, she comes to her own conclusion.
"Oh Calliope, maybe it's just a coincidence. It's Saturday, lots of people go out. Families, single people, couples, friends."
"I know, but are we those people?"
"What are those people?" She questions with a laugh, while keeping Noah busy.
"I don't know…like a family of four eating at a diner on a Saturday night, only to go home, put the kids to bed and catch up on our DVR or something, and repeat next week?"
"Uhh…I doubt everyone is going to do that, but I see your point. Is anything wrong with that?"
"No, not at all. I just didn't think we were there yet."
"Calliope, I feel like you're making this all up in your head. Are you bored?"
"No, not bored. It's just interesting to me." I shrug. I've always imagined what my life would be like when I was younger. A wife and two kids right now is not something I pictured, but I wouldn't change a thing.
"Soon we'll have dance recitals, sleepovers, basketball games, school dances, and other stuff to do. I mean if you look at all the families it's mostly couple with small kids like us. There is limited stuff for us to do. Can't really go the movies with a almost four month old and two year old."
"True…it' just something I noticed." We talk for a few more minutes and try to engage Sof into the conversation. Once our meals arrive, I volunteer to hold Noah letting Arizona eat. I've pretty much mastered the eating with one hand, holding a baby in the other eating technique. The rest of the evening went as envisioned, after we finished our meal we paid and went home. It was a successful outing in that we didn't have a meltdown or cranky outburst from Sofia, and Noah was surprisingly calm the entire night. Noah went down easily and we played with Sof some more in her room. She soon succumbed to sleep, and I shortly followed. I was only able to stay up for half an episode of some new show Arizona started on Netflix.
The usual sounds of a few birds chirping on a Sunday morning, the sunlight streaming through the windows, and a car or two passing by outside hardly compare to the sights and sounds currently on display in the bedroom this morning. What started out as flirtatious kisses, easy banter, and light caresses in bed soon turned into heated make-out sessions and naked body-to-body contact. After clothes were fully removed my wife moved on top of me, nestled between my legs, and abruptly entered me with two fingers, albeit at ease considering how wet and ready I was. Breathless pants, declarations of love, and the sounds and smell of lovemaking fill the bedroom as Arizona continues to work magic with her fingers inside me. My hands and nails claw at her back, bringing us closer together and probably leaving a few marks, as she pushes herself deeper inside of me before drawing out her fingers almost to the edge and pushing herself back in, curling her fingers at the process.
"Oh yess, Ari…keep going, baby." I pant out as I close my eyes in pleasure, savoring the feeling of her working inside of me. Our bodies move in steady rhythm as she continues her thrusts and rubs her palm over my clit, sending shocks of pleasure through my body.
"Open your eyes, baby. Let me see you." Submitting to her request, I open my eyes and am met with dark, lustful blue eyes staring down at me. "God, Calliope you're so beautiful. You're all mine, and I love you. I could be inside of you all day. All damn day, baby." Wrapping my legs around her hips to hold her close, she starts to fasten her thrusts and hits a new spot in the process.
"Right there, Ari…right fucking there…oh my god!" I yelp when she hits my sweet spot. She may seem wholesome and bubby on the outside, but she knows exactly what she's doing to me right now. I like it that way though because only I can experience something so intimate with her. I know she's been with multiple women, more then I would like to think about, but what she's doing to me is something only we share. I've never been as sexually satisfied with anyone else then I am with Arizona, but more then sexually I'm just as emotionally connected, if not more, with Arizona. God forbid something happen, I don't think I could fully give myself to another person. As corny as it sounds, it seems as if we were made for each other.
"You like that, baby? I love giving it to you, Calliope." She burrows her head in the crook of my neck and bites at my skin while finding extra momentum to put behind her movements. Faster, harder, and deeper finger actions…and a few scissoring motions bring me to the edge. She swallows my moans with a wet, sloppy kiss as she continues to milk my orgasm while I come down from my high. My legs fall limp at her sides and I sigh at the loss of her fingers when she pulls them out slowly. Snaking her hand up between our bodies, she places the two fingers that we just inside me that are still covered in my arousal between our faces. With a sexy grin, she sucks her fingers clean making me groan at the sight.
"I love tasting you, Calliope…I just can't get enough." Her hand slides back down to my wet core and gathers more of my wetness on her fingers and repeats what she just did. "Mmmm…you need to taste yourself, Calliope." She grabs my face with two hands and forces her tongue into my mouth. I suck my juices off her tongue, as it continues to whirl around my mouth. My wife grinds her hips against mine before settling herself on left thigh. I immediately feel her slick, warm moisture on me and I grip her hips with my hands and she rocks herself against me aggressively. Her head falls back and her mouth hangs open as she brings herself to more and more pleasure. This was a very popular position when she was pregnant, and helped when her belly started to get in the way. There were numerous times when she would drag me into a room, sit on me and get herself off. Usually I'd say a few things, kiss and touch her in a few places and then ten minutes later it'd be over and she would go about her business like nothing happened. Of course I didn't mind, it was like my own private show watching her and I was just happy to help out.
Her full breasts bounce in front of me, turning me on with each passing second. I quickly sit up and suck a pert, pink nipple in my mouth and bring one hand to her front and massage her clit in circles. "Callie, I—Oh god…fuck baby." Releasing her nipple with a pop, I blow cool air over it and flick it a few more times before dragging my tongue across her chest to the other breasts and repeat my actions. A minute or two later she collapses against my body, completely out of breath. The cool air hits our wet, naked bodies and I pull a sheet up to cover our lower halves. Moving over to cuddle with her, I scoot down in the bed rest my head on her chest and she begins to aimlessly play in my hair as I draw patterns on her stomach. Our legs intertwine together under the sheet.
"Do you know what today is?" She asks after a few beats of silence pass.
"I know…do you?"
"Of course I know, Calliope I asked you!" She chuckles. "It's the day I became your wife."
"I love when you call me that. It makes me all tingly inside…I still get flutters."
"Me too. Everything about you gives me flutters."
"You know it was also the day you told me you were pregnant. I didn't think the day could get any better, but it did."
"I was nervous to tell you. I was freaking out a little myself."
"Why?"
"I don't know…I think it's just a natural reaction. I wanted to tell you, but I didn't know how. I think a part of me was scared that if I told you we'd be so happy, but if something went bad I would feel awful for getting your—our hopes up." Hearing her confess that saddens me a little. I wouldn't want her to feel that way at all. Getting pregnant is different for every woman, sometimes it easy and other times it's not, but at the end of the day I knew that if anything happened it wouldn't be Arizona's fault. It's biology…it's life. "I just didn't want to disappoint."
"You couldn't disappoint me, babe." I state truthfully, and placing a few kisses on her stomach.
"Deep down I know that, but it doesn't make it any easier. I mean you'd just got out the hospital a couple weeks earlier, then we got married at court, and next a baby. It was a lot."
"But they were all good things…and we've moved out our own pace from the very beginning. I mean we did move into a house together after like five months of dating. Some would say that's crazy."
"I know, but I never doubted us. One day while you were sleeping, you rolled over and I saw the scar you had from the surgery. It took me back to those days at the hospital with you. I briefly thought that if I lost you, how would I survive? I know I don't need you to survive, I'm strong and capable…I'm a Robbins," She jokes, "But I didn't want to live without you. I didn't want to raise Sofia or our next baby without you. I was scared, Calliope. I didn't want to be alone."
"You wouldn't have been alone. You'd have Aria and my dad…Mark. Plus your side of the family. And even if I wasn't physically there, I'd like to think I would be with you guys in spirit everyday. It doesn't matter anymore because I'm here." I lean up to give her a small kiss that makes both of us smile. "And we just had sex and it was amazing." I state, trying to lighten the mood.
"That is was, Calliope. What was it like when you found out about Sof?"
"Oh gosh…I think I knew before I took the test. I didn't want to believe it. I was upset at myself for being careless. When I told Mark he was obviously surprised. We just sat in silence for a few minutes and then he smiled his cheesy grin and got really excited. It made me a feel good that he wasn't mad or upset. I started making a mental checklist of everything that needed to be taken care of. It wasn't how I wanted to start my career at Seattle Grace, but we managed."
"As weird as it sounds, I'm happy you were careless. I mean I'm not happy about the Mark thing because your body is for my eyes only, but we got Sof out of it and I love that little girl to pieces. She's my baby."
"She is…although I think she doesn't acknowledge herself a baby anymore because of Noah. He's the baby of the house now."
"Well she can think that, but they are both my babies." My wife states, leaving no room for argument. "So I got us a gift for our one year anniversary."
"You did?" I ask sitting up. "That's good because I got you something too." I hop of the bed and walk over to our dresses and dig out an envelope.
"I'm liking the view, Mrs. Robbins-Torres!" I shake my ass a little and she whistles, making us both fall out in laughter. Back in bed I pass her the envelope and she leisurely opens its.
"I planned on giving it to you later, but now works too."
"Hmm…" She mumbles, are she scans her eyes over the paper inside. "A certificate to take couple and family photos. I love it!"
"You do?" I ask uncertain.
"Of course I do! Why didn't we do this before?"
"I don't know, but I thought it would be cute. I've seen black and white pictures of couples and families before and I thought we don't have any in our home. We can get the kids cute outfits and everything. Some single photos of the kids, then us, and then all of us. It'll be different from our wedding pictures."
"I love it, Calliope. I really do! Thanks, baby." She says wrapping me up in a hug. "I don't have an actual gift to give. I just planned it out."
"Okay."
"Christmas in Hawaii! I booked the family tickets to Hawaii! Now we can change the dates around depending on your schedule, but I want to take Sof and Noah to our house there. What do you think?"
"I'm thinking I need a new bathing suit! I love it. Are you sure you want to spend Noah's first Christmas away from your family?"
"I thought about that, and maybe we can invite them down for a few days. Your dad and Aria too are welcome. I'm working on getting some things set up with Sof and Noah's rooms, and renting a car so we don't have to rely on other people to take us around. It will also give us a chance to explore more on our time. A maybe a private chef can come for us one day."
"I see you've really been planning this. I think it's awesome. Might even be better then my gift."
"None of that." She says swatting my arm. "Each gift is special in their own right. Now come snuggle with me before the kids wake up." Opening her arms wide, I dive right in and settle us comfortably in bed. "You know, Noah is up to sleeping at least seven hours at night now. I'm sure he got his sleep habits from you."
"Us Torres kids love our sleep."
"Which is better, sleep or sex?"
"Easy, sleep."
"Calliope, you better change your answer in three seconds!" She snaps teasingly, while trying to pull away, but I don't let her.
"Ohhh you meant sex with you? Obviously that's better then sleep." I say kissing her cheek. "Gotta be specific, babe."
"Mhmm whatever." Arizona fake pouts. "Specific my ass."
"I was joking."
"I know, I know. Sometimes it fun to get you provoked because you try so hard to fix it."
"Well in that case, how about I show you how much I like sex better with you then sleeping?" I ask, pushing her back onto her back and climbing on top.
"Wait, wait, Calliope. Either we have ghost, or there's someone in the house." She says pointing behind me. "Our bedroom door just opened a little."
"What the—"
"Mama?" Sof sleepily calls out.
"Covers! We need covers!" Arizona whispers frantically, pushing me off her and wrapping our bodies in bed sheets.
"Sof, one second baby." I call out trying to get both of us covered up and situated. "Stay right there."
"Kay." She replies. I see the top of her head just over the edge of our bed.
"What is it, baby?" I reach my hands out and she crawls up onto my lap.
"I gotta go pee pee."
"You do? Well thanks for come telling us. You're a big girl now."
"Mhhmm." She says nodding her head up and down. "And I want pancakes."
"Well we can whip some up for you. Uh, how did you get out of your crib, Sof?"
"I dunno. Just did." She shrugs.
"She must've let the latch down herself and crawled out. She's been standing up in her crib a lot lately." Arizona says behind me. "Good morning, baby girl."
"Me no baby. NoNo baby now, mommy."
"Well we need to get that fixed or get her a child's bed." I quickly put that at the top of the things I need to do.
"Mommy, you nakey?" Sof asks observantly.
"I am…"
"Mama, you nakey too?"
"Uh-huh…" I have no clue where this is going, but I'll just follow Sof's lead.
"So…me be nakey too?"
"NO!" We shout in unison. "Mommy is going to watch you while I get my robe and help you go pee pee." Passing her off, I shuffle to the bathroom in my bed sheet and freshen up quickly. I step back into the bedroom briefly to get some new underwear and pajamas before taking Sof back into her bathroom and helping her use the toilet and letting my wife freshen up as well.
"So, how's it going?" I ask sitting against the wall in her bathroom as Sof's little legs dangle from the toilet.
"Pee pee come soon." She replies. A few seconds later, the wondrous sound of a two-year-old peeing fills the bathroom and Sofia grins clearly proud of herself. I help her wipe herself clean and wash her hands and she's off running to find Noah and Arizona. Following my daughter, I find the rest of my family in my son's room. Noah is alert on the changing table kicking his legs any which way while Arizona talks to him.
"How did it go?" She asks.
"It was a success!" I pick up a fresh Noah and kiss all over his face. "Alright, who wants pancake?!"
"Me!" Sof yells and takes off for the stairs. With Arizona right on her tail, I quickly grab her wrist and pull her back to me.
"Happy one year, babe."
"Happy one year, Calliope. I love you." We share a kiss to seal the deal and go off to make Sunday morning pancakes.
Thanks for reading!
AN: I'm thinking the story is going to end in next three or four chapters. I still have a few things to tie up, like Noah's ongoing adoption, and maybe see Tim or Aria again. Thanks for support, it means a lot!