Disclaimer: I own none of these characters; all belong to Shonda Rhimes. Any resemblance to the show is simply borrowed.

A/N: Sorry if you haven't seen the Notebook, because this chapter ruins that. I forewarned you. Alright, lots of fluff in this chapter-even I wanted to barf from their adorable perfection. Hope you enjoy!

Chapter 12:

Callie woke up the next morning and smiled at a sleeping Arizona beside her. She hugged her a little tighter and just watched her light breathing, the way her chest rose and fell gently, the smooth expanse of her skin, her golden locks...everything. She couldn't remember the last time she slept so soundly and so peacefully, and it was all because of this woman in her arms. She knew she had fallen deep. And that it was probably too fast, but this time she didn't care. It felt right. Arizona was right.

Arizona stirred slightly, about to wake from her slumber. She felt warmth enveloping her and smiled at the memory of her night. She slowly opened her eyes and smiled at the sight before her eyes. Callie's dark hair was tossed around from sleep, her caramel skin glowed in the morning light, her chocolate eyes twinkled, and her smile was as radiant as ever. She never looked more beautiful. Goddess was once again the only word Arizona could think to describe her.

She breathed a sigh of relief and almost inaudibly whispered with a smile, "You stayed..."

It was said with such awe and amazement, Callie furrowed her brows and pulled Arizona even closer "Of course I stayed," she murmured, "Why would you think..."

"I kind of thought it was a dream," Arizona said humming, "But it wasn't."

Callie smiled and kissed her forehead. "No, it wasn't."

"Can you blame a girl?" Arizona said chuckling slightly, "I fall asleep and wake up to find..." Her voice trailed off as she looked at Callie.

Callie swallowed. The way Arizona was looking at her was almost too intense and overwhelming. She felt very aware of her tongue. She let her continue.

Arizona wiped raven hair away from her face as she whispered, "I wake up to find just...the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on in my bed with me, looking at me with this...this smile I can only deem to be illegal."

Callie's nerves slowly dissipated as a blush filled her cheeks and the very smile Arizona was referring to made an appearance.

"You are a goddess, Calliope Torres. And you have no idea, which somehow makes you more radiant," Arizona murmured, unsure of how she flew through all that so coherently.

Callie felt her eyes welling up at the simple eloquence of this woman and her generous words. She expressed her feelings in the only way she knew she could as she leaned in and kissed Arizona fiercely, plunging her tongue into the other woman's mouth and caressing her. She slowly released as breathing became necessary and looked down at Arizona saying, "And you're an angel..."

"Is that why you were watching me sleep?" Arizona asked smirking.

"Maybe," Callie said blushing and breaking eye contact for a moment.

Arizona nodded slightly and said, "Well, you can't leave me hanging in suspense now that I know you were watching me. What was going on in that pretty head of yours?"

Callie sighed and rested her chin on Arizona. "Okay, but I make no promises to talk as fluently as you just did," she said chuckling slightly before continuing seriously, "I was thinking...how I haven't slept that good in...ever. And it's because of you. So much is because of you. And how happy I am to have found you." She cupped Arizona's face as she continued, "And I was thinking, that I'd like to wake up to this face everyday...how angelic you look when you sleep, how unintentionally beautiful and entirely unprecedented you are..."

Arizona took a breath and murmured, "That's a lot of thinking, Calliope..."

"Crazy thinking," Callie said with a grunt.

"No, not crazy thinking at all," Arizona said reaching up to pull Callie closer and whispered, "Wonderful, extraordinary thinking," before claiming her lips in a searing kiss.

"We should have sleepovers all the time," Callie said laughing.

Arizona chuckled and said, "I always hated sleepovers as a kid."

"Well, that's because you never had them with me," Callie said grinning.

Arizona chuckled and replied, "Hmm, sleepovers with you sound amazing. But I think all of the sleeping and no touching will make for a very cranky Arizona." She winked, just to make sure Callie knew she was only messing with the girl.

Callie laughed and replied against Arizona's lips, "There can be a little touching."

"Really?" Arizona murmured smirking.

Callie nodded and rolled them so that she was on top of Arizona and said, "Don't you know? Sleepovers don't entail much sleeping anyways."

Arizona laughed and pulled Callie down to kiss her languidly, hands roaming everywhere.

"As much as I hate the next words coming out of my mouth, I have to go to work," Callie said looking down sadly at Arizona.

Arizona pouted and hugged her closer, "But you just got here. I don't want to wait til later to see you..."

Callie kissed Arizona soundly and whispered, "I promise I'm worth the wait."

Arizona sighed and smiled at the double meaning. Callie extracted herself from Arizona and sent her a wink before leaving the room.

Arizona giggled and smushed a pillow on her face, kicking her feet against the bed, basking in the perfect scent purely Callie.

"So are you two bumpin lady lips yet?"

Callie dropped her fork and choked slightly at Addison's brazenness that somehow always surprised her. "Addison!"

"What? I'm just sayin," Addison said shrugging.

"No, no we have not how you so eloquently put it, had sex. Don't you think I would have told you?" Callie said picking her fork back up.

"Hey, I don't know. For all I know, you've been finger-banging this whole time," Addison said seriously.

"Okay, can you stop?"

They continued eating in silence for a moment before Addison continued, "So why?"

"Why what?" Callie asked completely clueless.

"Why haven't you had sex yet? Blondie won't put out?"

"Jesus, Addy," Callie muttered.

"Then what is it?" Addison asked genuinely interested.

"We're just, you know, taking it slow," Callie said picking at her food.

"Taking it slow?!" Addison looked at her like she had two heads, "Why in God's name would you want to do that? Aren't you insanely horny?"

Callie looked around at some onlookers and said in a hushed tone, "I really don't want to have this conversation with you."

"Okay, okay. I'll be good, I promise. Enlighten me."

"We just..." Callie sighed, "we want to do this right. She wants to make sure I'm ready, and so do I."

"Aw, that's so cute," Addison said grinning.

Callie rolled her eyes and continued, "But it's more than that. We both want to be ready. This thing we have...it's-i'ts real. And I don't want to mess it up by moving too quickly. And neither does she."

"Wow, that's so very..." Addison searched for the right word, "adult of you. I figured you'd be ready to hump anything that moves by now."

Callie chuckled slightly. "Oh trust me...I want to. I really want to. I'm...I'm physically so ready. I'm glad we're waiting though."

"Really?" Addison asked looking skeptical, "Oh, I get it. Afraid you won't know your way around a vagina."

"I don't know why I'm friends with you," Callie immediately replied shaking her head.

Addison grinned, but let Callie answer.

"That's not it...yeah I'm nervous as hell. I like to be good at things, and yeah it's scary and new...but I'm glad because I'm just...I'm crazy about her. And she deserves everything. And if we wait it will be more meaningful and special and...just right."

Addison stared at Callie, smirking.

"What?"

"Look at you. You can't wipe that dopey smile off your face," Addison said grinning.

Callie grinned back and blushed slightly. "Yeah...well. She's just...I just-"

"You love her," Addison said as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"No..." Callie trailed off very unconvincingly and looked down to eat.

"Yeah, okay," Addison replied sarcastically.

Callie's smile faded as she became serious, "Okay, how do you always know?"

"Because I know you."

Callie sighed. "I do. I love her. God...I love her and I've never said it out loud, but I do, and-and is this crazy? I mean, I've been dating the girl for what...not even 2 weeks? That's crazy."

"Well, I-"

"But I've known her for little over a month," Callie interrupted, "and that still sounds insane, but I know, God Addy, I know...I love her. I'm so in love with her."

"You're really freaking out here," Addison said putting her hands up.

"Well...yeah! I shouldn't be feeling like this," Callie said putting her head down.

"But you are. And it's not so crazy," Addison added quietly.

Callie's head snapped up. "No?"

"No," Addison said earnestly, "So are you going to tell her?"

Callie chuckled and replied, "Now you're crazy. Yeah, I'm not going to scare her off. I have a bad habit of falling too hard too fast and it backfires. And this is right; I can't mess it up."

"I think you should tell her anyway."

"Um, no. Eventually. Some day."

At that moment Arizona entered the cafeteria. The couple locked eyes and an automatic smile reserved for only each other appeared. As always with the pair, the outside world ceased to exist.

"See, this is the gross shit I'm talking about," Addison said breaking Callie from her trance.

"Stop talking," Callie said glaring at Addison.

Arizona got closer at that point saying, "Hello, Calliope," and lightly pecked her sweetly.

"Hi," Callie replied toothily, her previous tone completely changing.

"Hey Addison," Arizona said glancing at Addison for just a moment.

"Hey, Barbie."

"What's so gross?" Arizona asked referring to their conversation.

"We are," Callie chirped.

"Well, that's true," Arizona said grinning.

"How was the rest of your morning?" Callie asked.

"Good."

"Wait, morning?" Addison asked smirking, "You guys slept in the same bed and still didn't..."

Callie and Arizona stared at her blankly.

Addison laughed and said, "Oh man, Cal. I don't think you'll be able to wait much longer til you put o-"

Callie clamped her hand over Addison's mouth at that point while Arizona giggled. "Stop being so obsessed with my sex life and worry about your own," she said slowly taking her hand off.

"Fine. I can see where I'm not wanted," Addison said picking up her tray and leaving.

Once she left Arizona smirked and asked, "So, you have a sex life now? With who?"

Callie blushed and said, "Addison just asked so I told her how good we're being."

"Good huh?" Arizona placed her chin on her hand and looked up at Callie through her eyelashes and whispered, "Because I recall some uh, not so "good" things happening last night...and this morning."

Callie gulped and replied, "Addison was right, you are making this incredibly difficult."

Arizona laughed and sat back in her chair. "So..." she trailed off changing the subject for Callie, "I think after our shifts end you should come over again and we'll...watch movies or something."

Callie grinned. "Oh, is that what you think?"

"I do."

"Well, I think that sounds absolutely wonderful."

Callie had barely knocked on Arizona's door before it was flung open by what Callie thought was the most adorable sight she'd ever seen. Arizona's hair was in a messy bun on top of her head; she wore plaid pajama pants and a pink fitted shirt, and to top it off, she was giving Callie those signature dimples. Arizona pulled her into an immediate hug, quickly wrapping her arms around Callie's neck and saying, "I'm so excited!"

Callie chuckled and replied, "I can see that," as she pulled Arizona's lower half closer to her. "I am too," she murmured against her cheek, "especially since I get to see you in your pajamas." She moved her lips an inch over to the left to capture Arizona's with her own. "You're adorable."

"Hey," Arizona said with a slight pout, "I am not adorable. I am sexy."

Callie chuckled and replied, "Well, you're the most adorable sexy person I've ever seen." She kissed her gently again before saying, "I brought wine."

"Perfect," Arizona said clapping her hands, "But you're not in your pajamas. And you promised you would be in your pajamas too."

"Easy, Battleship, I just didn't have time to change. I brought a pair, I'll change now," she said heading toward the bathroom.

Arizona giggled and sat down in front of the TV to look through her movies.

Callie came out wearing a tank top and sweats, and poured them each a glass of wine while asking, "So what's the consensus?"

"I figured you'd pick a movie and I'd pick a movie, and we'll watch them both," Arizona said motioning Callie over to her collection.

"Oh, I don't care Arizona, you just pick one first," Callie said plopping down on the couch.

"Okay!" Arizona said excitedly popping a movie in and rushing to the couch. Callie automatically wrapped her arm around Arizona as she snuggled into her, as though they had been doing it for years.

"What did you pick?" Callie asked, until the letters popped up on the screen, "The Notebook? I've never seen it."

"What?!" Arizona exclaimed looking up at Callie, "It's only the most romantic movie ever created."

"Isn't it supposed to be super cheesy and awful?" Callie asked taking a sip of her wine.

"No," Arizona scoffed, "It's a classic. So it's a good thing I'm showing it to you because everyone else on the planet has already seen it."

Callie laughed and kissed the crown of Arizona's head.

They sat in silence, just enjoying each other's company. Callie had to admit, she was enjoying the movie quite a bit, but she had a feeling it was more the company. She always enjoyed herself around Arizona.

At some point, their positions got more lax, and Arizona's head ended up in Callie's lap while Callie played with Arizona's hair. Arizona lazily traced light circles on Callie's thigh. Her hand was slowly making its way farther and farther up Callie's thigh, Arizona completely unaware of her own actions. Callie, on the other hand, was extremely aware of that hand, watching it like a hawk. The hand grazing over her inner thigh made her bite her lip to stifle any noise. She felt a strong need to cross her legs, but couldn't do so without moving Arizona, and that wasn't an option in her book. She tensed up every time that finger went higher than before, and started to fidget.

Arizona finally noticed the shift in mood and looked up at Callie saying, "I'm sorry, am I hurting you? I can get off you."

"No, no," Callie replied quickly, "Nothing like that, it's just uh...your uh, your hand is in a very distracting location."

Arizona immediately moved her hand as though she'd been bitten and replied, "Oh gosh, I didn't even notice. I'm so sorry-"

"I wasn't complaining," Callie said cutting her off with a slight smile.

Arizona blushed slightly and averted her gaze.

Callie tilted her head and said gently, "You're just completely unaware of the affect you have on me, aren't you?"

Arizona smiled and leaned up slightly as Callie leaned down into a lazy kiss. Callie hummed and sat back as they continued watching the movie, Arizona's hand moved back down on her knee now.

By the end of the movie, Callie was having trouble controlling her own tears and sobs, much to her dismay. As the credits rolled, Arizona sat up to look at Callie with watery eyes and tear stains on her cheeks.

"Aw, you're crying too," Arizona said gently wiping Callie's face.

"No I'm not," Callie mumbled looking down.

Arizona half-smiled and wiped her own face as she asked, "So what did you think of it?"

"Ugh," Callie sniffled a little and said, "I don't know...yeah it was good, but it was so depressing!"

"But they end up together," Arizona insisted.

"Yeah, and they died!" Callie rebutted.

"Together," Arizona pointed out.

"And before that it was just...ugh I was crying before all that. They were apart for so long and neither one of them had any idea how the other one was feeling or that they should have been together the whole time. It's...it's heartbreaking!" Callie said letting out a sigh.

"It's painfully beautiful," Arizona said chuckling slightly and tilting her head at Callie, "Yeah they were with the wrong people, but they found each other eventually..."

And suddenly it wasn't just about the movie anymore. "Yeah," Callie said with a sigh, "I guess...I guess they had to go through all that heartache and pain to get where they were...and it was worth it in the end."

"Definitely worth it," Arizona said with a light smile.

Callie nodded and continued, "I guess all that stuff that happened...it had to. Everything was just destined to happen."

"As if it were meant to be," Arizona finished softly.

Callie slowly nodded and repeated with a whisper, "Meant to be..."

Neither is sure who leaned in first, but both do as lips find lips to kiss the way they perfected; to kiss as though they were made for only kissing each other.

"So I guess this means you liked the movie," Arizona muttered against swollen lips.

Callie laughed and replied, "Shush, now it's my turn to pick." She extracted herself from Arizona to look through the collection.

Satisfied with her choice, she sauntered back towards Arizona. As the opening credits started playing, Arizona groaned. "Saw? Really? This is the movie you choose after the most romantic movie ever?"

"What? I kinda like it. It's hardcore," Callie said with a nod.

"It's terrifying," Arizona muttered squeezing her arms around Callie.

"If you're so afraid of it, then why do you have it?" Callie asked.

"Tim got it for me as a joke a while back, and I haven't had the heart to get rid of it, or watch it for that matter," Arizona said sighing.

"Oh," Callie said stroking Arizona's head, "Well then we don't have to watch it." She went to get off the couch, but Arizona gently held her wrist to keep her from getting far.

"No, it's okay, it's time to finally do something with it," Arizona said pulling Callie back down on the couch with her.

"You sure?" Callie asked worriedly.

"Yes, it's fine," Arizona said earnestly, "I might pee my pants, but it's fine."

"Okay," Callie said reluctantly leaning back.

As the movie progressed, Callie couldn't help but smile at the poor girl. Arizona was making this movie far from scary for Callie. Callie paid little attention to the film and more to the light gasps and squeals emanating from Arizona, and relishing in the feeling of Arizona huddling impossibly closer to Callie every time something remotely suspenseful happened.

At one point Arizona had one hand over her eyes as she muttered, "Tell me when this part's over."

Callie couldn't contain giggling at this point.

"I'm glad you find this so amusing," Arizona said looking up at Callie, "Maybe next time you'll know not to pick a movie like this for movie night."

"I think I'll pick every single one of my movies like this one," Callie said smirking.

At that moment Arizona gasped at something on the screen and dug her head into Callie just above her chest, her light breath tickling Callie's skin.

"Yep, definitely more movies like this," Callie breathed out.

Arizona glanced up, blushing as she realized what Callie was referring to.

Toward the end of the movie Arizona glanced up to find Callie completely passed out. She smiled at the beautiful Latina, that was somehow even more beautiful when she was completely unaware of her own beauty. She lightly shook Callie's arm, trying to get her awake so they could go to bed.

Callie's eyes snapped open as she yawned.

"So, you pass out on all your dates?" Arizona said in a whisper.

"Sorry," Callie answered in a raspy voice, "I'm totally awake. What's next?"

Arizona chuckled and pulled Callie up, "Don't be sorry. And we're going to bed."

"Are you sure?" Callie asked rubbing her eyes as she allowed Arizona to drag her to bed.

"Mhm," Arizona replied lifting the covers and sliding in while Callie followed suit.

They assumed the natural position of Callie wrapping her arms around Arizona, as though they'd always done this. "Sorry I fell asleep, I didn't mean to," Callie muttered tiredly into Arizona's ear.

"It's okay," Arizona whispered, "I have fun with you no matter what we're doing."

Callie hummed lightly in agreement as she nuzzled her head into Arizona's hair. "Night, Arizona," she barely mumbled.

"Goodnight, Calliope."