I want to start by saying THANK YOU for all of the wonderful reviews on the last chapter. This is another short one but I think that you will like it… I hope anyways :) I can honestly say that I was not feeling very inspired to write, with everything happening to our lovely ladies on the show but, all of the lovely reviews I received from the last chapter as well as a handful more likes and favorites of this story have changed that significantly. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU your reviews really do mean the world! :)

Onward…

Chapter 16

Callie woke up two hours later. She was alone in the bed and had to pee with such intensity that she didn't know if she could function fast enough to make it out from under the covers and into the bathroom in time but coming to no other alternative pushed herself up and off the bed with as much grace as possible.

Sitting up Callie began to stand, she took two steps before catching her foot on a pile of dirty clothes in the middle of her floor. She began to topple over when a strong shoulder caught her in the chest on her way down.

"Hey" Arizona whispered standing only inches from Callie now draping her hands over Callie's shoulders.

Callie's hands now have a strong hold on Arizona's waist, pulling her shirt into her fists and gripping as tightly as she could as though letting go of Arizona would someone cause Callie to fall back over without ever moving her feet. "Hi" came Callie's voice, vulnerable and almost inaudible with her face buried deep into Arizona's neck to try to hide her embarrassment. What person with two working feet that has been talking for 30 plus years trips over a pile of clothes on the floor? All Callie knew was that she didn't look graceful and before Callie knew what was really happening tears were falling down her beautiful cheeks and soaking the shoulder of Arizona's shirt.

"Oh, honey" Arizona said in the most loving voice she could muster. Having thought the whole ordeal was rather funny it was a tall task in making her voice sound loving.

"Stop laughing at me Zona! It's not funny!" Callie shot back, tears still rolling down her face as she began to pull away from Arizona in an attempt to make it to the bathroom in the next 30 or so seconds.

Arizona's grip tightened around Callie's neck as she tried to pull away. Arizona's only thought was that she had somehow screwed up in thinking that the whole situation was funny.

"Let go Zona. I really gotta…"

"I'm sorry Callie I didn't mean to laugh" Arizona attempts to backpedal and make up for her mistake but Callie has already crossed the room and made it into the ensuite bathroom slamming the door behind her a little louder than intended but only in a fetal attempt for some privacy.

Arizona is standing in the middle of Callie's bedroom shocked by the turn of events. She woke up next to Callie not once, but twice in the same day and couldn't have been happier. She left bed to make some pasta and was returning holding a tray full with two bowls of chicken alfredo, two tall glasses of water, and Callie's prenatal vitamins when she saw Callie begin to race from the bed. Almost without thinking Arizona dropped the tray sending food and water flying and raced towards Callie just in time to catch her from falling flat on her face… Well in Callie's case stomach. After that it was a whirlwind of emotions, she was laughing at the silliness of the whole situation and Callie was crying before running into the bathroom and slamming the door.

Arizona still hadn't moved when lips made their way onto hers sending shockwaves throughout her body and causing her to snap back into the present. The kiss started out light and playful before Callie pulled back and Arizona felt a smile pull onto the face pressed tightly against hers.

Callie pulled away slowly and surveyed the room catching sight of the mess of noodles dripping down the door to her bedroom and a knocked over water glass filling one of her long forgotten high heeled shoes. Callie looked at Arizona tilted her head back and let out the most beautiful laugh Arizona had ever heard.

"Umm…" Arizona started, doing her best to tread lightly and not angry the beautiful creature in front of her.

"Had to pee" Callie said as though it explained everything.

"Okay…" came Arizona's response. She wasn't following.

"Not mad, definitely not mad. I had to pee, like bad. Like if you didn't let me go I would have peed on that pile of clothes. Thanks by the way… for you know… catching me" Callie said looking again embarrassed by the almost trip.

"Not a problem" Arizona said now finally understanding what the heck Callie was talking about. "I made lunch… dinner… food… but it's… Well lets just pretend I didn't make food." Arizona said finally looking at the mess her cooking had produced in the doorway to Callie's room.

"Let's go make something to eat together." Callie said trying to lean down and pick up one of the bowls still half full of noodles.

"I got this, you relax" Arizona said leaning down easily and picking up two bowls, two cups and a some saucer that somehow still had one horse tranquilizer sized pill on it known as Callie's prenatal vitamin. Arizona went into the bathroom and grabbed some cleaning solution and a towel to work the alfredo sauce out of the carpet as much as she could. On her way back she dropped the solution off and walked over to Callie who was standing watch just a few feet away.

"I said relax pretty lady" Arizona said grabbing Callie's hand and pulling her back towards the bed. "Sit down until I'm done cleaning and then you can help me cook… which I think will mostly consist of you cooking because I used all the pasta and I'm pretty sure that you know how well I can cook anything else."

"Fair enough. The view from here isn't too bad." Callie said as she watched Arizona get down on all fours to scrub sauce out of the carpet. The truth was Callie really didn't care about the carpet, it was replaceable but she did care about watching Arizona as she cleaned up.

"Very cute" Arizona shot over her shoulder as she continued to clean the mess.

An hour later and both ladies were stuffed and relaxing on the couch. Watching TV seemed to be the most obvious thing to do given they had been enjoying a leisurely day at home. Cuddled under a blanket together was the safest place either woman had felt in a long time until the phone rang.

Callie reached for her phone and answered in a strained voice pushing the words out of her body felt forced. "Hello"

"Hi maja" Carlos' voice rang through the phone with full intensity.

"Daddy!" Callie said, louder and with more enthusiasm. Having not looked at the phone before answering she was surprised to hear his voice.

"You should happy" Carlos' comments "How are you?"

"I'm wonderful Daddy. How are you?" Callie responds.

"I'm great, thanks for asking. So what are you doing for dinner? Your mother and I are going into town for a nice meal and were hoping you could join us. We haven't seen you in far too long and your mother is excited to hear news about your pregnancy and the baby."

"Um… I'm sitting with Arizona at the moment watching television. I don't know what my dinner plans look like yet. I honestly haven't thought about it." Callie responded, not really wanting to break the pretty bubble they had created for themselves by staying home all day by leaving the house.

"Well if Arizona is free you should bring her along. We haven't seen her since… well since a while ago and would love to catch up" Carlos said trying to change his words after remembering the last time that he talked to Arizona was at Greg's funeral.

"I'll ask but I don't think that she'll want to come." Callie said looking at Arizona with pleading eyes. Pleading but Callie really didn't know what for… Was she pleading for Arizona to go with her to dinner with her parents and save her from some of the scrutiny she was sure to get for being so distant during her pregnancy? Was she pleading for Arizona to say she was busy so that her parents wouldn't pick up on the changes that occurred between them? Was she pleading to save her from the whole night and say Arizona had already made them plans?

"I insist. Put her on" Carlos said.

Callie handed the phone to Arizona, look of unease still plastered on her face. She wasn't sure how she wanted this situation to play out. On one hand she did want to see her parents… but after the day she had with Arizona she wasn't so sure she wanted to leave the house at all. On the other hand maybe going to dinner with her parents with Arizona wouldn't be so bad… Callie's parents had meet Arizona before, they knew her from a different time in Callie's life, they knew her as Callie's best friend. The problem was Callie wasn't even sure how to describe what they were? Were they still friends? Yes… but they kissed and they didn't really go into anything about wanting more, about a relationship, about being girlfriends. Was there more to their relationship now?

"I see, sir" Arizona said in the background.

A mumbled response came from Carlos.

"I really don't want to impose, sir" Arizona said, trying to get out of the dinner from what it looked like.

More mumbling from the other end of the phone.

"Okay, if you insist, Mrs. Torres" Arizona said bringing her hand to her forehead and rubbing small circles.

"Sounds fine. Let me just check with Callie." Arizona said. Putting her hand over the microphone Arizona looked up, meeting Callie's gaze.

"Your parents want to know if you are okay to be ready at 7. They want to pick us up." Arizona said, this time her eyes pleading for Callie to come up with an excuse to get them out of this little pickle of a situation.

Callie looked at the clock noting it was nearly 5 already. She quickly ran through a list of excuses she could use in her head and figured she already told her dad she hadn't thought about dinner so lying at this point would be futile.

"Um… Yeah, that should be fine. Where are we going?" Callie shot back.

"Callie said that works" Arizona said into the phone. "See you at 7."

"We are going to Nova" Arizona said meeting Callie's eyes and holding the stare.

"Alright" Callie said as she went to stand and make her way back upstairs to get ready.

"Callie…" Arizona said from the couch.

"Huh?" Callie turned and was meet with Arizona's super magic smile.

"Breathe" Arizona said, standing from the couch and walking up to Callie. Arizona took Callie's hand in her own and helped her up the stairs.

Reaching the top of the stairs meant going into their own bedrooms to get ready.

An hour later and Callie was showered and standing in a town in her bedroom looking into her walk in closet. She was now realizing she did in fact have a reason to tell her parents no to dinner. She had absolutely nothing to wear that fit her pregnant body.

Staring aimlessly at the dress section of her closet trying to figure out what dress would be the most appealing on her body Callie heard a knock on her door.

Without really thinking Callie answered "Come in". Still lost in her thoughts about what dress to wear she completely forgot she stood clad in only a towel. Callie registered that she heard the door open but after another two minutes of silence she turned from her closet and looked towards the door.

Standing in her doorway also clad in a towel was Arizona. Arizona's hair was done in light curls and framed her face with an elegance Callie hadn't noticed until now.

Arizona was also lost in her thoughts. Looking at a towel clad Callie, even pregnant made Arizona think things that she shouldn't. After all they weren't girlfriends, they were best friends. They talked about wanting more… but what did more mean? Arizona's eyes wondered over Callie's body stopping on her legs before moving up farther and stopping abruptly at Callie's cleavage which was on display slightly above the top of the towel.

Callie gave Arizona another once over doing her own admiring of Arizona's thin but muscular legs and landing back on Arizona's face as she watched Arizona watch her. Finally Callie cleared her throat.

"Hey" Arizona said, shaking her head in order to clear the thoughts they were running like a video slideshow through her head.

"Hi" Callie said smirk out in full force. "As much as I admire your ability to make me feel beautiful even when I feel like a whale you might want to leave that look here when we head out with my parents."

"Um… I looked at you the same way in high school multiple times… sometimes in front of you parents" Arizona mumbled barely audible into the room.

"What was that?" Callie asked, even though she heard Arizona's confession from across the room. She chose to file that nugget of information away for later.

"Nothing" Arizona said.

Callie shot back a sexy smile.

"You might want to leave that look here when we have dinner with your parents" Arizona responded. "I mean I have always looked at you like you are the most beautiful person in the world but if you start shooting sexy looks at me your parents might pick up on something… Something I'm not sure either of us are willing to share with the world right now."

"You are probably right" Callie sighed. "Someday I'm going to tell them though. Someday I'm going to scream from the rooftops how sexy I think you are."

"Well I personally can't wait" Arizona smiled back pulling Callie into a hug that surprised them both as clothing was lacking and hugging in a towel brought on a whole new level of intimacy.

Pulling away slowly, so that towels would stay intact. Arizona asked the question that she had meant to ask minutes ago when first knocking on Callie's door. "What should I wear?"

"Huh?" Callie said caught off guard.

"I don't know what to wear. I have no idea what Nova is like. Is it casual, like I should wear jeans and a tee shirt or is it formal and I should wear a dress with heels?" Arizona said adding a smile just to sweeten the stare Callie was giving her.

"Nova is the second most expensive restaurant in the city. You are going to want to wear a dress… But um… please don't go too dressy… I fear that I have nothing to wear that would qualify as acceptable dress attire for a five star restaurant." Callie said eyes slowly leaving Arizona's and making their way to the floor.

"Go it" Arizona said. Stepping forward she lifted Callie's chin, forcing Callie's eyes to once again meet her own. "Dressy but not too dressy. Why don't I help you find something to wear and then I'll decide what I should wear so we are both dressed about the same?"

"Sounds perfect" Callie said.

Arizona turned and walked into the closet. Not thirty seconds later she reappeared with a dress made of a stretchy material that would drape beautifully over Callie's slightly extended belly. Arizona's gaze meet Callie's before she turned to leave the room.

Next chapter holds the dinner between Callie's parents and our lovely ladies. Wonder how that is going to go… I'm honestly on the fence about what I want to play out. Let me know what you guys think! As always I LOVE hearing from you! Your reviews help me stay inspired! :)