Super mixed reviews about the last chapter. I am trying to build this story up and let the ladies develop both together and individually but I can move it along a bit. ;)

Hope you all like this chapter better than the last, note the 2 month time jump. In the future I am thinking of doing some flashbacks and the time jump will provide ample opportunity for that.

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2 months later

It was nearly 2 am and Arizona was out on a date with Julie, a nurse from work. As far as Callie knew it was the first time Arizona had been on a date since moving to Seattle and Callie had expected Arizona to be home hours ago. She couldn't sleep, she was laying in bed thinking about everything that had happened in the last two months. The kiss between her and Arizona caused no rift between them but was constantly on Callie's mind. She wasn't able to forget how that one kiss made her feel no matter how much she tried and Arizona being on a date didn't sit right with her.

Closing her eyes for the umpteenth time Callie pictured Arizona kissing Julie, whom she had never met but in her mind appeared as a skinny brunette with emerald green eyes and lightly tanned skin. Callie opened her eyes and shook her head trying to clear the thoughts. Closing her eyes again Callie pictured Arizona and Julie in different states of undressed making out hands grabbing each others bodies hungerly.

Callie was infuriated by her dreams about Arizona. Arizona kissing Julie let alone Arizona being undressed in front of another woman made Callie see red. She tried to chalk it up to being an overprotective friend but deep down Callie knew that what she was feeling was so much more than friendship. She was jealous.

Jealousy was a green eyed monster. A monster Callie thought she would never feel again. The last time she remembered feeling jealous she was dating Greg, that was nearly 5 years ago. Greg had been talking to an attractive girl at the bar while getting Callie another drink. The feeling of jealousy now was almost foreign, almost. Callie could swear she was feeling more jealous over Arizona's one date with Julie than she ever did in her whole relationship with Greg.

Sleeping tonight was going to be a struggle. After another two hours of continued thoughts of Arizona's date Callie decided to head downstairs to have a snack and watch some TV. She could sleep tomorrow, it was one of the luxuries she was afforded due to the time she had taken off work. Callie actually enjoyed being home and was thinking more and more about not going back to work once the twins were born. She had enough invested in the company that she was making money each month to pay her bills and her trust fund, as well as Greg's life insurance, were there if she needed them, though she doubted she ever would.

Snuggling up on the couch with a tub of Ben and Jerry's Chunky Monkey ice cream Callie turned on the TV and began surfing the channels. TV at four in the morning wasn't every riveting, mostly infomercials and reruns of reality TV, both of which Callie wasn't fond of. After searching for nearly twenty minutes to no avail she decided to just put in her Friends DVD and start watching from the beginning. She had seen all of the episodes more times than she could count but watching them brought her comfort.

She began thinking about the conversation that her and Arizona had over two months ago. The conversation that was extremely one sided, a conversation that hadn't left her head since it's creation. Callie was unsure of her feelings that night. She thought that the shock of the kiss was making her feel things but after thinking about that kiss for nearly two months straight Callie was now feeling more confident about her feelings. Pregnancy hormones aside Callie knew that she was falling in love with her best friend. How could she not? Arizona was beautiful and had been taking such great care of her. They had obvious chemistry and were best friends. Didn't someone say that great love grows out of friendship? A laugh from the TV pulled Callie from her thoughts and back into reality.

Positioning herself back on the couch she pulled a cover over her legs and continued eating her ice cream thinking more and more about her true feelings for Arizona. Making it through three episodes Callie began to worry about Arizona having not heard from her all night. Callie expected at least a text of a phone call from Arizona saying that she was alright. Was she OK? What if she was hurt? What if she was in a car wreck trying to make it home? What if…

"Hey! What are you doing up? It's not even 6 am… And are you having ice cream for breakfast?" Arizona said scowling at Callie for her choice in food. Callie was so caught up in her thoughts she didn't even hear the door open or Arizona walk into the room.

Arizona stood looking down at Callie on the couch wearing a deep blue dress that played off her eyes extremely well. It was gorgeous, cut two inches above the knee with a moderate amount of cleavage showing and paired with the matching blue heels Arizona was wearing Callie had never seen anything sexier.

"Cal?" Arizona said waving her hand in front of Callie's face.

"Um… Yeah… I kinda couldn't sleep." Callie supplied looking up and getting more angry as she thought about the amount she worried through the night.

"You had me worried sick Arizona." Callie screamed. "I didn't know when you would be home and I kept thinking you had gotten into a car wreck or something and I know that you don't owe me an explanation about your date I just didn't think that you would stay out with Julie all night on your first date. I mean I thought maybe by the third date or something you might stay gone all night but I didn't think that you would be gone all night… and I got… I got worried… and a little scared." Callie admitted taking a deep breath and trying to calm the anger than was running through her blood. She hadn't meant to raise her voice. She hadn't meant to convey her anger to Arizona at all. She knew that Arizona being gone with someone else was none of her business. Arizona being out of the house at all was none of her business, they weren't together but she was a hormone casserole and couldn't control her emotions after not sleeping in nearly 24 hours.

"You are right. I don't owe you an explanation about where I was. And you really don't need to worry about me. I can take care of myself" Arizona started looking at the woman in front of her as though she had grown a second head. Arizona's voice was calm but her eyes were full of anger and Callie didn't know what else, hurt maybe.

"Fine!" Callie shouted back looking directly into Arizona's eyes as she tried to read all of the emotions behind them. "Take care of yourself then! I'll stop caring!"

"Fine!" Arizona screamed back before walking past Callie and up the stairs to her bedroom.

Callie quickly stood following Arizona as quickly as she could, maneuvering her 24 week pregnant body was getting harder and harder as the days passed. Walking up the stairs carefully and coming to a stop outside of Arizona's bedroom door.

"I hate you!" Callie screamed through the door.

"Fine!" Arizona screamed back opening the door with a backpack thrown over her shoulder and her suitcase thrown on the bed open with her clothes spilling out the sides and onto the still made bed.

"Where do you think you are going?" Callie shot back hurt evident in her voice.

"Away from you!" Arizona shouted back looking at Callie as she began to walk forward.

"No you aren't" Callie said stepping in front of Arizona and pinning her against the hallway wall with her hands on her shoulders keeping her in place.

"Let me go!" Arizona shot back working her body carefully trying to get out from Callie's hold without causing any harm to Callie's over extended stomach.

"Never" Callie breathed out, bringing her lips to kiss Arizona's as she right hand moved from holding Arizona against the wall and into Arizona's curly blonde hair.

The kiss was over quicker than Callie would have liked as all of her pent up feelings came rushing back into the front of her mind. All of the feeling she had been trying to hide for the last two months. All of the feelings she didn't want to admit she was having. All of the things that she couldn't hold back anymore. She was ready. Ready to tell the world she had more than friendly feelings for Arizona.

Arizona wasn't expecting a fight when she got home and she definitely wasn't expecting another kiss from Callie. She had waited two month for Callie to express any feelings about the kiss they shared in the exam room but Callie never said a word. Arizona was finally moving on… or she would have had she not been paged halfway through her date for a tiny human with short gut syndrome.

"Cal… you are gonna have to let me go" Arizona said just above a whisper looking deep into the deep brown eyes of a woman she had loved for longer than she could remember but was sure she would never have a chance with.

"Never" Callie spoke quietly bringing her lips to Arizona's again in a soft and quick kiss. The kind of kiss that was so quick and comfortable that you would have thought Callie had done it every day for the last ten years.

"You really need to stop kissing me Calliope unless you are ready for me to start kissing you back." Arizona said locking eyes with Callie and holding her breath.

This was it for Arizona. This was the moment that depicted her next move. It was the moment Arizona had been waiting for since she was sixteen years old and in love with her best friend. If Callie said she was ready Arizona though she might die out of pure joy. If Callie didn't say anything at all Arizona was prepared to finish packing her clothing and leave Callie behind forever.

Callie stood looking down at the blonde in her arms, contemplating the words that Arizona just spoke. Callie knew that her next move was going to change everything. She knew by the way Arizona asked that this was it and Callie had never been more sure of anything in her life.

Callie didn't speak but instead brought her lips to Arizona's in a kiss that set both of their bodies on fire. After what felt like an eternity to Callie she felt Arizona's lips more against hers and Arizona's tongue swipe across her bottom lip asking for permission which Callie easily granted.

When breathing became necessary Callie pulled back slightly resting her forehead on Arizona's and she took a deep calming breath.

"Work" Arizona spoke out of no where.

"Huh?" Callie asked still trying to catch her breath from the passionate kiss the two were just engrossed in.

"I wasn't out with Julie all night. I was at work. I didn't even get to enjoy my lobster before I was paged back into work. I have been working on a tiny human with short gut syndrome for the last ten hours." Arizona whispered tears visible in the corners of her eyes.

"I'm sorry" Callie supplied easily. "I'm sorry I all but called you easy and I'm really sorry I said that I hate you. I don't hate you… I'm actually pretty sure that I'm falling…"

"Don't Cal. Don't say it yet. When you say that I want you to be sure. I want you to really think about it. I can't handle hearing it right now knowing that you aren't 100% sure." Arizona said placing her hand on Callie's lips to silence her.

"Okay." Callie answered easily knowing that she was going to say those three words soon was enough for her right now.

"I don't want to sound like I'm not enjoying all of this" Arizona started motioning up and down the space between them "but I'm really tired and if you were up all night you should really get some sleep too."

"I am pretty worn out" Callie said yawning and stretching her hands above her head. Still feeling the effects of the kiss they just shared surging through her veins Callie felt courageous. "Sleep with me?" She asked not thinking through how her words would sound as they rushed from her lips. "I didn't mean like that. I just meant share a bed with me, cuddle a little maybe?"

"That sounds perfect" Arizona smiled as she leaned into Callie and placed a kiss on her soft pink lips.

Callie took Arizona's hand and led them across the hall to her bedroom. Callie threw Arizona a shirt from her dresser and a pair of sleep pants before climbing into bed.

Arizona changed in the ensuite bathroom and returned to find Callie under the covers passed out. Climbing into bed Arizona positioned herself on the edge of the bed trying to give Callie as much room as possible. As she pulled the covers over her body she felt a strong arm pull her back towards the middle of the bed and snuggle into her back.

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