Feeling the bed move a little more than the normal change in position, Callie awoke and rolled over to find Arizona trying to kick the covers off her right leg and tossing and turning restlessly. Thinking her wife was having a nightmare, Callie instantly sat up to try to calm her down until she realized Arizona's breathing was deep and even and she wasn't showing any signs of distress. She bent down to kiss her pale forehead and also didn't feel the clamminess that accompanied her bad dreams. Sighing in relief, she decided since she was awake, she should check on Sofia as well. When she opened their bedroom door to enter the sitting room, she had to blink a few times to allow her eyes to adjust to the dim light they left on in case their daughter woke up and needed to come to them in the middle of the night. Sneaking into Sofia's room, Callie smiled when she saw the little girl was fast asleep, cuddled up to her new stuffed Nala that she just had to have because that's who Tobin's mommy was named after. She stood in the doorway for just a moment longer, thinking about how truly special their daughter was and how happy she was that they could give her these experiences. Not wanting to risk waking her up, Callie blew her a kiss and went back to her room.
When she opened the door, the light from the other room was just enough to allow her to see Arizona's leg and the reason she was probably so uncomfortable. Her right ankle was terribly swollen to the point that it almost looked as if her calf ran straight to her foot. She knew swelling didn't normally come so early in the pregnancy and checked for edema just to be safe. However with the combination of carrying triplets and the added compensation for her prosthetic, combined with the amount of walking they did as well as the flying, it only made sense that it would be swollen and sore. Going back into the sitting room, Callie grabbed one of the throw pillows so she could prop up Arizona's foot. When she lifted the swollen limb, she was surprised by the fact that it was nearly hot to the touch. Looking around the room, she started to get a towel wet with cool water when she looked up to see Arizona's residual limb covered in her blue wrap and knew this was exactly what her wife needed. Carefully unwrapping the shortened limb, Callie made sure it wasn't swollen and would be okay if she removed it, then set about wrapping her wife's calf. Though it took a couple of tries to get it just right so it would work properly, she managed to put it on, find the remote to adjust the temperature and compression, then finally climbed back in bed with ideas on how to improve her invention already forming in her head.
The next time Callie woke up, she heard her daughter moving around in the other room and reached out to grab her phone to check the time only to realize Arizona was completely wrapped around her from behind. Arizona's left arm was tucked under her shirt, her hand cupping the inside of her left breast and her residual limb was thrown over her hip and her front was pressed so tightly against her back, Callie could feel her nipples through her shirt. Really hating the idea of moving and wanting nothing more than to turn in her wife's arms for a little morning fun, she knew their daughter would only occupy herself for so long. Carefully extricating herself from Arizona's embrace, Callie bent down, brushed their lips together, then smiled when Arizona reached for her pillow and snuggled up to it. Callie quickly went into the bathroom, then went out to join her daughter.
Sofia was sitting on the sofa looking at the map of Disney World when her mama came out of their bedroom. She looked up and whispered, "Good morning mama." Callie went to sit next to her daughter, kissed her on her cheek and whispered, "Good morning princess. How did you sleep?" Sofia yawned and answered, "I slept good. I just woke up a little bit ago." Callie nodded and asked, "Why didn't you come wake us up?" Sofia looked toward her mommies' bedroom and answered, "Because we had a long day yesterday and I know you and mommy were both tired and mommy needs more sleep now." Callie ran her fingers through the unruly brown curls and responded, "That's very thoughtful of you and I appreciate that. You're right, mommy does need more sleep now but she wouldn't want you to miss out on the fun. We only have a few days." Sofia nodded and declared, "I know, but I'm not missing anything. We went so early yesterday and got tired and had to come back and rest. If we rest now, maybe we can stay later and do more things." Callie just chuckled and replied, "You know, that sounds pretty smart to me. So what are you looking at here?" Sofia started bouncing on the sofa and exclaimed, "Oooh, I'm making a plan." Callie looked at her daughter who at this very moment seemed to be channeling her other mother and asked, "A plan?" Sofia nodded then ran into her room and came out with a box of crayons.
When Callie saw that this might take a while and she would definitely need coffee, she set up the little pot that was in the room, then she suggested, "Why don't we order up some breakfast and you can tell me all about it while we wait?" She picked up the menu from the end table and Sofia sat next to her and instantly pointed to what she wanted then helped her mama pick something for mommy to eat too. Once the order was made, Callie poured her coffee and Sofia took the map and the crayons to the table and Sofia told her mama all about her plan. Callie listened intently, adding some input here or there, but had to admit, the kid had great organizational skills and she loved the fact that Sofia kept in mind that Arizona would need to stop and rest. They had just finished mapping out their day when they heard a knock at the door and went to collect their breakfast.
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Arizona awoke to a knock on the outer door and heard a man's voice in the sitting room. Forcing herself to open her eyes, she saw the sun was shining and she was alone in the bed. Reaching over to check the time, she saw that it was nearly 9:30 and felt horrible for sleeping in and keeping her family from getting as much time at the park as possible. Rolling over to put her prosthesis on, she was happy to find that it was neither sore nor swollen from all of the walking they did yesterday. She blinked a couple of times as she looked at her bare leg because she could have sworn she put the blue wrap on it last night. Feeling something on her right leg, she looked down and realized Callie must have switched it over at some point during the night or when she woke up this morning. Her wife was extremely concerned about the swelling in her ankle and it must not have gone down when she looked at it again. Taking the wrap off, Arizona was relieved that her leg was back to it's normal size. Finally getting herself situated, she went to the bathroom to get cleaned up then went to the sitting area to join her family.
Callie and Sofia had just received the room service tray and Callie was about to wake Arizona for breakfast when she sauntered out of the bedroom. The brunette was relieved to see no signs of a limp or pain in either her wife's legs nor in her back. Arizona walked to the small table, kissed the top of Sofia's head, then captured Callie's lips in a brief kiss, sat down between them and asked, "What's all this?" Sofia poured entirely too much syrup on her chocolate chip Mickey Mouse pancakes and declared, "We ordered breakfast!" Callie set Arizona's cloche covered plate in front of her, poured her a glass of orange juice and a cup of tea and explained, "We took a guess at what you might want, but ordered some extras just in case you wanted something else."
Arizona lifted the cloche to find what looked like French toast and Callie explained, "Tonga Toast, it's banana stuffed sourdough French toast rolled in cinnamon sugar with strawberry compote and lots of bacon on the side." Arizona picked up her knife and fork, started cutting into the amazing looking breakfast and replied, "This is exactly what I would have ordered." She looked over at Callie's plate and asked, "What did you get?" Callie swallowed the bite she just took and answered, "I got steak and eggs with a side of potatoes. I also ordered a fruit plate and some pastries for us to share or save for later." Both women turned their heads when they heard a small moan come from the other side of the table and looked to see their daughter, whose lips were glistening with syrup and chocolate, shovel another bite into her already puffy cheeks. Callie shook her head and groaned, "Good lord she gets more like us every day." Arizona laughed and replied, "Not necessarily a bad thing." Callie nodded in agreement and kept eating, unable to withhold her own moan of pleasure.
While they were finishing up, Arizona asked, "Why didn't you wake me?" Sofia replied, "We wanted to let you and the babies sleep." Callie added, "Sofia made a plan and she thought if we got a later start, maybe we wouldn't get so tired and could do more things." Arizona lifted her glass to her lips to hide her amused smile, took a drink of her juice, and responded, "Well the babies and I appreciate that very much and we are well rested now." She started stacking the dirty dishes back on the room service cart and asked, "So what is this big plan?" Callie nodded to Sofia who ran to get the map and whispered, "Wait until you hear this." Arizona had to bite back her laugh when Sofia laid out the map in front of her and she saw the crayon paths her daughter must have drawn.
Sofia pointed to the pink crayon and explained, "This is where we want to go first because pink is my favorite color. This leads to Tomorrowland and these rides that are circled are the ones I want to ride, then the star is the Monster's Inc. Comedy Show." Arizona bit her lip, nodded and replied, "I see, and what is this here?" Sofia tilted her head and explained, "That's a fork, we figgered we could see the show then eat lunch at Cosmic Ray's Café so we can take a long break like yesterday." Arizona smirked and asked, "You figgered?" Sofia nodded excitedly, pointed to the map, and continued, "Yeah and that's why the trail turns purple, cuz from there we can go to Frontierland, ALLLLLLLL the way on the other side of Disney World. It will be a long walk, but we can stop here at the main circle, that's why I drew a stop sign. A lot of characters are there and we can take pictures and get a drink. Then we will walk through Liberty Square and mama said there's a place that tells all about the presidents and we could go in there cuz you and mama love history and that stuff. Oh and there's a river boat cruise. Then we can go to Frontierland and these rides are the ones I want to ride but if it has an 'X' in the circle, it means you can't ride that ride. Right here there are three in a row, but there's a store right there, so you could go shopping and buy the babies something." Arizona sucked her lips between her teeth, looked at her wife who was barely holding it together, narrowed her eyes and responded, "I see. Well it looks like you have our whole day planned." Sofia jumped up and down and said, "I do, but I didn't finish. We still have dinner and Adventureland and I didn't show you the other stops and…"
Arizona could barely contain her laughter and Callie made it worse when she stood behind the little girl, pointed down at her then pointed at her and mouthed, "She's you!" behind her head. Arizona hugged her daughter and declared, "You can tell me all about it on the way over, but if we don't get a move on, we won't get to do everything you have planned. So how about you go jump in the shower, let mommy go get showered really fast and then we can put your plan into action." Sofia jumped up, started for her own room, stopped and reminded her mommies, "Don't forget water today." Both women nodded and headed for their bedroom to get ready.
Once they were behind the closed door, Callie pulled Arizona into her arms, leaned down, nibbled on her bottom lip, ran her tongue across it requesting access and moaned in delight when it was immediately granted. Arizona deepened the kiss, wrapped one arm behind Callie's back and ran her fingers through her hair with the other, holding her head just where she wanted it. Callie slipped her hands into the back of Arizona's sleep shorts making her breath hitch but not enough to break the kiss. Finally needing oxygen, both women pulled back, rested their foreheads together and Callie whispered, "Good morning gorgeous." Arizona massaged the back of Callie's head and murmured, "Good morning my sexy wife. How are you today?" Callie caressed a soft pale cheek with the backs of her fingertips and answered, "Good actually. I thought I'd be exhausted or at least sore, but I feel just fine." Tilting her head, Callie asked, "How are you feeling? I see the swelling went down. The wrap helped?" Arizona nodded and replied, "I must have been sleeping pretty heavy, I didn't even feel you switch it." Callie brushed their lips together again and answered, "You were actually very restless and at first I thought you were having a nightmare. I checked on Sof then came back and saw how swollen your leg was, lifted it to prop it up and it was nearly on fire. I checked for edema just in case, then switched the wrap over." Arizona leaned up, brushed their lips together and said, "Thank you for taking such good care of me. It made a world of difference. I love you." Callie kissed her back and replied, "I love you too. We'd better get into the shower before we get into trouble for dawdling."
Walking into the bathroom, Arizona laughed and asked, "You really didn't help her with that plan?" Callie put toothpaste on both toothbrushes and responded, "Nope, she was conjuring up her inner Arizona on that one." The blonde started brushing her teeth and just shook her head, there was absolutely no denying that, right down to the last rest stop. Finishing at the same time, Callie got the shower ready while Arizona made sure the door was locked and took off her clothes. Turning to take off her own clothes, Callie froze when she saw Arizona standing in front of the mirror naked with her hands on her swollen belly. For some reason, she found it both extremely maternal and highly erotic at the same time. Walking up behind her, she wrapped her arms under Arizona's linked their fingers together over her abdomen, rested her chin on her shoulder, and the two of them just stared at their reflection in the mirror.
They'd both noticed it before, many times throughout their relationship, the contrast in their skin tones, hair color, eye color, height, while the differences were glaringly obvious, all they saw was how one complimented the other, was the yin to their yang, when they looked at themselves in this most natural form, they only saw completion. After a moment of looking into one another's eyes, Arizona asked, "What would you think about pregnancy pictures?" Callie arched her brow and asked, "Like this?" Arizona moved one of Callie's arms up to cover her nipples, lowered her own hand to cover her mound and kept their fingers linked on her abdomen and answered, "Like this." Callie smiled and asked, "Yeah?" Arizona turned and answered, "When I'm a little further along, a couple like that for just us, then a few with us clothed and a few with the three of us, yeah." Callie captured full pink lips in a deep sexy kiss, walked them toward the shower, stepped in, pulled back and whispered, "I love that idea."
Though they knew they were running out of time, they both washed one another's hair, took a little extra time washing and rinsing each other's bodies, and finally got out of the shower. Callie checked the weather, saw that it was going to be another hot day, so they both chose tank tops and shorts and deciding to forego the hairdryer, Arizona quickly braided her hair and they left the room. Sofia sat on the sofa with her arms crossed and shaking her foot impatiently when her mommies finally opened the door, throwing up her hands, she huffed out, "Finally! Can we go? Did you remember the water?" Arizona and Callie looked at one another guiltily and Callie suggested, "Why don't we get a souvenir cup when we get there? That way we can get refills whenever we want and it doesn't always have to be water." Sofia smiled brightly, hopped off the couch and rushed to the door saying, "Let's get this show on the road." Arizona turned to Callie and winked when her daughter repeated her phrase from the day before.
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Once they arrived and entered the park, Sofia gasped, "Mommies look! All the workers and characters are in Halloween costumes!" Callie leaned into Arizona and whispered, "I forgot this part. Should we get her a costume?" Arizona shook her head and answered, "Let's see if she…" "Can I get a costume? They have some princess dresses in one of the stores we went to yesterday. Please?" Callie looked at Arizona, smirked, and asked, "You were saying?" Arizona stuck her tongue out at her wife and turned beet red when Callie scolded, "Arizona! This is a family establishment." Then she leaned closer and whispered, "But I'll totally take you up on that later." Arizona rolled her eyes, looked at their daughter who was patiently awaiting their answer and replied, "Yes sweetie, mommy forgot today was a Halloween celebration, so we can buy you a costume. Did you bring your map?" Sofia nodded and pulled it out of her little backpack.
Finding a store that looked like it was stocked with costumes specifically for this special day, Callie and Arizona told Sofia to look around for the costume she wanted and what size to look for. While they were walking around the store, Callie asked, "Do you want a costume too?" Arizona chuckled and replied, "I'm sure they want a pregnant princess walking around here to confuse all the kids." Callie went over to the Star Wars display and suggested, "You could be Princess Leia." She then started looking through the racks. Arizona walked up behind her and whispered, "I know exactly what you are looking for and I highly doubt they would sell that gold bikini here and do you really want people to see me in that?" Callie turned around and snapped, "Hell no, who said I wanted to buy it for today?" Arizona took her wife's hand and ordered, "Come on perv, let's go help our daughter." Callie stared at the rack longingly then dutifully followed behind and asked, "Can we order one?" Arizona replied, "We already discussed this, since I will be feeling like Jaba the Hut, you have to wear it." Callie huffed and muttered something under her breath then stalked away to find Sofia in the crowd of kids swarming toward the princess costumes. Arizona laughed at her wife, pulled out her phone, typed something in the search bar and made a quick purchase of her own.
After having decided to be Jasmine since she had dark hair and dark eyes and her costume looked the most comfortable and not as hot as the other ones, Sofia was ready to move forward with her plan. What they didn't expect was to be met with Count Goofy and Princess Clarabelle passing out treat bags at the center circle to both children and adults where there were also other characters passing out candy, posing for pictures, and handing out other treats and souvenirs. All along the path to Tomorrowland, they were greeted by different characters handing out a little treat or a special coupon or prize. Once they finally reached their destination, Sofia wanted to head straight to Tomorrowland Speedway to race her mommies. While they were in line, Callie, the hotrod expert, rubbed her hands together and asked, "How about we make this race a little interesting?" Sofia scrunched up her nose and asked, "What does that mean? Won't it be fun?" Arizona snorted and answered, "Mama is suggesting we make a bet." She leaned down and whispered loud enough for her wife to hear, "Because she thinks she can beat us because she knows so much about cars." Sofia arched her little eyebrow, or tried to, and asked, "What is your bet?" Callie stuck her tongue between her teeth, tapped her chin, tried to think of something that would benefit her and replied, "Loser has to clean the winner's plate and put it in the dishwasher for a week." Sofia's eyes lit up at the thought of not having to clean up after dinner for a whole week, stuck her hand out for her mama to shake it and declared, "Deal!" Both brunettes looked to Arizona who held up her hands, backed up and proclaimed, "Oh no, I'm not in this. This is between you two." Sofia muttered, "Party pooper," and Callie huffed, "Debbie downer." Arizona pursed her lips, smirked, and commented, "Okay, you want me to play…loser cleans the winner's dishes for a week and second place gets the winner a drink or a snack whenever they ask for it." Arizona's heart melted when those mega-watt smiles bloomed across the faces she loved so much and felt just a tiny bit sad that she was about to break their hearts.
Once they were each in their own cars, Callie chose a T-Bird that looked very much like her baby back home, Arizona chose a mustang that had the number 31 on it, and Sofia chose the pink car because it was pink, the person running the ride announced all of the rules, then the three competitors waited for the light to turn green. Callie shot out in front right away but stayed in the middle lane. Arizona, who was in the inside lane, went straight for the outside lane and Sofia switched to the inside lane because the circle looked smaller so she wouldn't have to drive as far as her mommies. When they reached the first turn, Arizona buzzed past Callie who dropped her jaw in astonishment and did her best to catch up. Noticing how quickly Arizona was whipping around the track, Callie soon followed her lead and switched to the outside lane and caught up to her wife but could never pass her. Once they reached their three laps, Arizona came in first with Callie a close second, and finally Sofia came in third with both of her parents cheering her on. Though she wanted to pout for coming in last, she just couldn't when she saw how happy her moms were for her.
After they left the ride, both women hugged their daughter and Callie exclaimed, "We are so proud of you! You did such a great job." Sofia huffed, "But I lost!" Arizona nodded and agreed, "You did, but you didn't stop and give up and you didn't crash into anything and you didn't get mad, so to us, that was a very successful and graceful loss and that is better than a boastful or bragging win anytime." Callie smirked and asked, "So does that mean we don't have to follow through on the bet?" Arizona flipped her braid over her shoulder and replied, "Oh no, you totally have to follow through, I'm just not going to rub your noses into the fact that I won." Callie shook her head, kissed her wife on the nose and murmured, "You're ridiculous." Arizona nodded proudly. As they were walking, Callie said, "I know why I picked my car and why Sofia picked her car, but why did you pick yours? What was so special about it?" Arizona smiled and replied, "I liked the number." Callie arched her brow and asked, "The number?" The blonde nodded and explained, "31 is our new anniversary and your birthday. It's my new favorite number." Sofia dropped her jaw and asked, "You have a favorite number?" Callie nodded and replied, "I do too." Sofia scrunched up her nose and asked, "What is it?" At the same time, both women replied, "5." Sofia stared at them and Arizona explained, "Your mama was in her 5th year of her residency when we met, the first time we got married was the 5th day of the 5th month and my birthday is on the 5th." Sofia shook her head and repeated a phrase she knew she'd said a lot lately, "You guys are weird." Both women laughed and continued to follow their daughter.
After doing everything Sofia had planned in Tomorrowland, they were just being seated at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Café when Sofia announced that she had to use the bathroom. The waitress pointed it out to her, took their drink orders, then left the table. Callie took Arizona's hand and asked, "Where did you learn to drive like that?" Arizona laughed and replied, "You may know a lot about cars, oh wife of mine, but you didn't grow up with a brother who used to love racing." Callie smiled brightly, hoping she was about to hear another Tim story, which were always so rare until recently and asked, "Will you tell me about it?" Arizona linked their fingers and smiled at the memories then started, "He used to love racing of any kind, running, bicycles, then dirt bikes, then when he got older, he used to like to watch NASCAR. We usually only had one TV, so even if I wasn't watching it, I was hearing it because teenaged boys aren't quiet when they are watching sports." Callie laughed and replied, "I think that applies to anyone who is watching sports. You just don't like them." Arizona winked and replied, "I liked watching you play softball." Callie snorted and retorted, "I didn't play softball, I made out with you in the outfield." Arizona nodded and returned, "Yeah, I liked that." Callie laughed and ordered, "On with your story woman." "On with what story?" Sofia interrupted. Callie looked to Arizona to see if she wanted to continue and the blonde replied, "I was just telling your mama a story about uncle Tim."
Sofia scooted into the booth, clapped her hands and asked, "Ooh can I know the story too?" Arizona smiled and replied, "You sure can kiddo. Mama asked me where I learned to drive like that and I was explaining how uncle Tim was a big racing fan. He used to watch it on TV." She turned to Callie and explained, "This is also where my fear of authority figures comes in by the way." The waitress delivered their drinks and asked to take their order and Callie apologized and asked her to come back in a few minutes. Before Arizona continued her story, they all chose what they wanted to eat, called the waitress back, gave her their order, then Callie and Sofia looked to Arizona expectantly. Arizona continued, "Timmy got his driver's license on his 16th birthday, but mama and daddy didn't think he was responsible enough for a car yet." Callie almost clarified that meant it was Arizona's 14th birthday as well, but that would have caused a lot of trouble so she took a drink of her pop and said, "Uh oh." Sofia asked, "Uh oh what?" Callie shook her head and replied, "I think I know where this is going." Sofia looked at her mama and asked, "You have a prediction? That's what Ms. Mason calls it when we guess what's going to happen next." Callie agreed, "Yes, smart girl, I have a prediction."
Arizona went on, "Well, one night, while dad was deployed, after a lot of begging, mama agreed to let Timmy take the car as long as he took me along with him. She figured he wouldn't get into any trouble if I was with him because he knew I would tell on him." Sofia gasped and asked, "You were a tattle tale?" Callie chuckled then after receiving an elbow to the ribs, clarified, "No mommy was a good girl and told adults when she saw something bad happening." Arizona leaned over, kissed her cheek and went on with her story, "Well we went to meet some of Timmy's friends and they all decided to race. Some of the boys didn't have cars and told us where to meet them, so we drove there and waited for them. When they got there, we noticed they had military jeeps and they told us they borrowed them. I think Timmy knew that was a lie, but I didn't." Sofia interjected, "What was a lie?" Arizona got really serious and explained, "We lived on a military base and they had a place called the motor pool, it was a big parking lot where all the jeeps and other military cars were parked. The boys didn't borrow the cars with permission. They took them without anyone knowing." Sofia gasped, "They stole them?" Arizona just nodded.
Callie was enthralled and asked, "What happened?" Arizona waited for the waitress to deliver their meals and they all went through their little ritual of swapping food while she continued, "Well the boys all found this long deserted road and were racing each other and the winner would race the next person and Timmy was doing really good. Then we heard sirens and the police came and made everyone follow them back to the base. Except me, they wouldn't let me ride with Timmy because they didn't want us to make up a story, so I had to ride in the back of the police car." Callie bit into her chicken wrap and started to figure out how this affected Arizona and how it led to her fear of authority figures.
Sofia asked, "Did you get arrested? Did you wear handcuffs? Did you have to go to jail?" Arizona laughed, shook her head and replied, "No, none of those things happened, but to me, since I was only 14, it was really scary and the policeman was tall and had lots of muscles and a deep voice and he just kept asking me the same questions over and over and wanted everyone's name and asked how I knew them and whose car Timmy was driving. When we got back to the base, the Commander put us all in separate rooms and they asked me the same questions. I didn't get into any trouble because I didn't know where we were going or what we were doing, but some of the others did. Timmy got a speeding ticket and that was the easy part." Callie replied, "I'm sure the Colonel lost his mind." Arizona nodded and answered, "He came home the following week and turned the house into a boot camp for both of us. It was a punishment for Tim and a lesson for me not to follow in my brother's footsteps and make the same mistakes. For a very long time his tone was very harsh and it was very uncomfortable to be at home. Also, we had to talk to the JAG or military lawyers and had to answer questions about the other boys who took the jeeps to find out what we knew, when we knew it and they tried to make us admit we knew what they were going to do, and after that incident, I just cried every time someone in authority spoke to me harshly." Callie asked, "You don't do that anymore, what made you get over it?" Arizona snorted and replied, "Herman." Callie nodded, bit into a fry and muttered, "That'll do it." Sofia looked at her mommies and assured them, "I'll never race in your cars or make my babies unsafe." Callie and Arizona both caught the 'my babies' and looked at their daughter lovingly.
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It was just starting to get dark when the family finished their last ride in Adventureland which was the last place on Sofia's list. When they stepped out of the car, the attendant informed them, "Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party starts in 20 minutes on Main Street, followed by the Boo to You Parade and our Halloween Spectacular fireworks display." Sofia jumped up and down and clapped then ran down the ramp, hollering behind her, "Come on mommies!" Callie and Arizona caught up with their daughter then Callie gently scolded, "Honey, it's getting dark now and mommy and I can't see you as well so we need you to stay by us since there are so many people gathering in one place for this party. If we get separated, we will never find each other." Arizona had a horrible vision run through her mind then added, "But if we do get separated, you go straight to one of the workers in the white pants and red and white vests or to one of the characters and tell them you are lost. You give them our names and one of our phone numbers and keep calling us. If you are close to a store, you go in there and ask to use their phone. Okay?" Sophia nodded, her mommy's warning was a little scary so she decided even though she was excited, she would stay close by. She'd been lost before and that was the scariest thing ever.
Once they reached Main Street, they joined the line of people walking from table to table collecting candy, treats, prizes, and souvenirs. One of the characters was passing out neon necklaces and bracelets to everyone and once all the treats were gone, Halloween music started and some of the characters came out and started a dance party in the middle of the street with everyone. Sofia felt someone grab her hand and turned to find Aladdin and Jasmine standing behind her asking her to dance. She looked at her parents hopefully and they both nodded and took out their phones to take a video. The three spun in a few circles then Aladdin twirled the adult Jasmine then the little Jasmine, they both bowed to the little princess and disappeared into the crowd. After another few minutes, they heard the announcement to clear the street in preparation for the parade and Callie guided them to almost the same location they were in the night before.
This time Sofia sat on the ground between her two moms and oohed and aahed as the brilliantly lit floats with the Disney Characters dressed in costume rode by. After the parade, was a laser light show which projected different images right above them, followed by a gorgeous fireworks display of oranges, purples, and whites that showered the sky. Once it was over, Callie suggested they stay there for a while and let the place clear out a little bit, otherwise they would just be waiting in line for whichever form of transportation they chose to take back to the hotel. Sofia turned to look at her moms and said sincerely, "Thank you for bringing me here. I loved everything and I know I'll love whatever we do tomorrow, but what I love the most is that we are here together and we are a family." Arizona pulled her into her arms and Callie wrapped her arms around both girls and whispered, "That's what we love the most too baby girl and that's why we wanted to bring you here, so we could have a family trip together since we've never had one before." Sofia smiled and replied, "Cuz I'm running out of time as the only child." Both women started laughing and Arizona admitted, "But you'll always be our baby and you'll always have a very special place in our hearts." Sofia grinned at her moms, she knew it wasn't a competition, but it felt good to know that she wouldn't be left out when the new babies came and that they wanted to do things with just her before they got here. Looking around, Callie decided, "Alright, we should be good now. Let's head back and maybe decide what we want to do tomorrow." Arizona and Sofia both stood up, grabbed all of their bags, and the Robbins-Torres family left Disney World.
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The next morning, Callie and Arizona were cuddled together on the couch, Callie's hand in it's usual place on Arizona's abdomen when Arizona turned to brush her lips with Callie's and whispered, "This is nice. It feels good to just sit and cuddle together." Callie started kissing down her neck and murmured, "I know, I feel like we haven't had a minute alone." Arizona tilted her head to give her wife better access and hummed in pleasure. They both knew they couldn't take it too far because Sofia could awake at any time, but they could enjoy a little junior high make-out before she did. Arizona turned on her side, wrapped her arms around Callie's waist and teased her by ghosting her lips across luscious red lips, tilting her head, barely brushing them together, then finally connecting them in a deep searing kiss, moaning when their tongues glided together. After about ten minutes of kissing and teasing one another, they both pulled back, breathing heavily, and Callie suggested, "We need to stop before I take you back to bed." Arizona brushed their lips together one more time and hummed, "You say that like it's a bad thing." Callie pulled her closer and replied, "Oh it's an amazing thing when there isn't an 8 year old in the next room who could wake up at any time." Arizona furrowed her brow, looked at the clock and asked, "Should we wake her? It's almost 10:30 am." Callie shook her head and replied, "Nah, if she's sleeping this late, she needs it." The blonde nodded, cuddled up to her wife and they both closed their eyes, taking advantage of the rare quiet time.
After about twenty minutes, both women were dozing off themselves when their daughter finally emerged from her room, padded over to the sofa and carefully climbed over her mommy to lay on her mama's chest. Callie smoothed down her hair while Arizona rubbed her back and asked, "Hey big girl, are you feeling okay?" Sofia nodded then shook her head and replied, "I'm really sleepy and my head hurts." Callie looked to Arizona, concerned their daughter may have caught something, and the Peds surgeon immediately surfaced, felt the little girl's forehead and asked, "Do you have a tummy ache? Did you throw up?" Sofia shook her head and Arizona asked, "Did you drink a lot of water yesterday or was it mostly juice and slushies?" Sofia stuck out her bottom lip and responded, "Mostly juice and slushies." Arizona nodded, stood up, went to their room to get two children's Tylenol, then to the mini fridge to get a cold water and explained, "It sounds like you are a little dehydrated to me. Lots of water for you today little miss." Sofia sat up, took the medicine, drank down half the bottle of water and both parents were relieved to realize their daughter just needed water and rest.
Sofia laid back down on Callie's chest, patted the spot on the sofa for Arizona to join them, then laid her hand on her mommy's belly when she laid down next to them. After a little while, when her head started feeling better, Sofia asked, "Would you be mad if we didn't go to another amusement park? There's lots to do here. We can go on a boat or go swimming, oh and I saw a mini golf place and an arcade, we didn't use my card yet…I just, I think I'm too tired to do all that walking and Disney World is what I really wanted to do." Callie and Arizona looked to one another, both reading the relief in the other's eyes and Callie replied, "That sounds like an awesome idea big girl. We can definitely stick around here. Maybe if you're feeling a little better this evening, we can take a shuttle into town and do a little shopping or find a different restaurant to eat at." Sofia nodded her head and asked, "Can I go take a bubble bath?" Arizona caressed the little girl's face and replied, "You sure can. Take your time. Let's just have a lazy day okay?" Sofia nodded and all three of them got up to go to their rooms and get cleaned up.
Once they were in their room, Callie closed the door, nearly collapsed against it and whispered, "Oh thank God!" Arizona fell into her arms giggling, "Are we horrible moms for being happy our daughter is tired and choosing mini-golf over an amusement park?" Callie bit her bottom lip and replied, "You're pregnant and have one good leg, so you're off the hook. I might be a horrible mom though." Arizona started to lift Callie's shirt and corrected, "Or you are an amazing wife and your relief is all for my sake." Callie arched her sexy brow when she saw what her wife was doing, lifted her arms and replied, "Yeah, that works for me." She then lifted Arizona's shirt over her head and suggested, "I also think, for your sake, we should take a long hot bath in that big jacuzzi tub." Arizona nodded in agreement, wrapped her arms around Callie's neck to kiss her and squealed when her wife lifted her by the backs of the legs and wrapped them around her waist. Arizona protested, "Calliope, I'm too heavy, put me down." Callie scoffed and commanded, "Shut up and kiss me." Arizona leaned in and connected their lips in a long sensual kiss, holding on for dear life when Callie sat on the edge of the tub and turned on the water without breaking their kiss.
Once the tub was filled, Callie got in, waited for Arizona to remove her leg, then helped her lower herself into the steamy hot water. Arizona moaned when she felt the hot water hit her sore muscles, splashed a little water over her stomach to cover her baby belly and sighed, "I miss our big deep tub." Callie laughed and replied, "Now you feel my pain." Arizona nodded, leaned her head against Callie's chest and let out a lewd moan when she felt Callie's thumbs press into her lower back, relieving some of the ache. Callie rested her chin on Arizona's pale shoulder and asked, "Does that feel good?" The blonde nodded and offered, "I think my weight is starting to shift and my back and leg are taking the brunt of it. Why is that?" Callie thought for a minute and decided, "I don't think there's enough give in your prosthetic. I was fiddling with the frame the other day, added the piece from the blade to the knee and ankle joints and made some adjustments to the springs, I actually swapped them out for a shock type of system and did a few tests on it. I'm at the point where I feel like its safe enough for you to try, so when we get back, we can swap it out and see if it feels better. I just didn't want to do it before we left and have something go wrong." Arizona tilted her head back, kissed her chin and responded, "Thanks for not letting me get all the way to Florida to find out if it worked or not." Both women giggled and Callie took a washcloth, soaped it up and started washing Arizona.
While enjoying the attention, Arizona asked, "Is there a lot of work or time involved in swapping them out? Will I need to go back to my old leg for a while?" Callie stopped and replied, "God no! We can do it one evening after work. All I have to do is remove the silicone overlay, switch the socket over, test it out a few times with those sensors, put the cover back on, and run you through a few tests. If it doesn't feel right, we will switch back until I find a better fix." She then added, "I also had an idea about the wrap when I was putting it on your right leg, emailed the guys at Blatchford and they are working on a few mockups for me of different sizes so we can test a few on your right leg. The one we have now is too big because it was made for a thigh, not an ankle. If it works, we can manufacture it to the general public as well." Arizona turned in Callie's arms, took the washcloth from her, added more soap, started washing her wife's toned tan body and asked, "Have I told you lately that my wife is a genius?" Callie chuckled and replied, "Not in the last few days, but you may have mentioned it a few times." Arizona leaned forward, kissed her soundly and murmured, "You are a genius Calliope Robbins-Torres." Callie pulled her into a deeper kiss and things were about to get steamy when they heard a little knock on the door. Callie called out, "We will be right out sweetie." Both women sighed and Callie helped Arizona out of the tub and dried them both off.
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After spending all day Sunday relaxing in the pool, playing mini-golf, and spending time in the arcade winning prizes, the family decided to just stay at the hotel to eat dinner and get a Dole Whip for dessert. Once they returned to their room, they cleaned up their belongings, tried to pack all of their souvenirs and prizes into their suitcases, then Arizona suggested, "I saw that there was an outdoor movie and a campfire, we have just enough time to make it down if you want to go." Callie looked at Sofia waiting for an answer and the little girl tilted her head and asked, "Will there be s'mores?" Arizona chuckled and replied, "I don't know, but I bet there will be popcorn." Callie added, "It's not everyday you get a chance to see a movie outside." While Sofia was mulling it over, Arizona leaned in and whispered, "We just went to a drive-in." Callie smirked and asked, "What movie did we see?" Arizona opened her mouth, snapped it shut, then looked to her daughter waiting for an answer. Sofia looked to her mommies and asked, "Can we just watch a movie here in your room?" Callie asked, "You want to sleep in our room with us?" Sofia nodded enthusiastically, both women looked at one another having a silent conversation, seemingly made a decision and Arizona responded, "I think a good old fashioned mommy daughter slumber party sounds like a perfect end to our perfect weekend." Sofia jumped into the air with a loud whoop and ran to put on her pj's and get her pillow. Once they were all settled in, Sofia tucked safely between her two mothers, she fell asleep within the first twenty minutes of the movie. Callie turned to Arizona and said, "I think someone had a great weekend." Arizona sat up prompting Callie to do the same, brushed their lips together and replied, "I think this was the perfect family vacation and I'm so glad we decided to come." Callie nodded and agreed, "I know it's something I'll never forget."
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After the plane touched down in New York, and the door was opened to let them out, all three of them grumbled as they were hit with a blast of cold air and quickly zipped up their coats before stepping off the plane onto the tarmac, where one of the Torres employees was waiting with the golf cart type car to take them directly to their car so they didn't have to bother with going through the airport. After the extremely cold ride, Callie hit the button for the automatic start as soon as she saw her SUV and once they arrived at the vehicle, she unlocked the doors for Arizona and Sofia to get in while she loaded their luggage into the back. She laughed out loud when Sofia asked, "Can we go get Tobin?" at the same time her phone chimed with a message from Maria saying, "The MINUTE you get back, come get this devil dog. Do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars!" Passing her phone to Arizona, she responded to her daughter, "Yes baby, we will go get him right now." Arizona read the message and muttered, "Along with an earful from the looks of this message."
Leaving Arizona and Sofia in the warm car, Callie ran up to knock on Maria's door which swung open before she could even lift her hand. Her irate friend opened the door with what appeared to be a very expensive high heel, a very chewed up, expensive high heel, in her hand and pointed it at the crate where the little puppy was now yipping and spinning in circles after seeing Callie. She laughed and asked, "Oh, so you're happy to see me now huh?" Maria waved her shoe around and asked, "You couldn't have warned me about this?" Callie sobered up and replied, "Well, um, we don't normally let him rummage through our closets. I guess he did chew Arizona's dad's slipper, but that was the first week we got him." Maria stared at her and asked, "You didn't think that was important information for your dog sitter?" Callie scratched the back of her head and realized she really didn't warn her friend and just kind of thought she knew what puppies did. Looking at the shoe again, Callie replied, "I'm really sorry about your shoe. Tell me how much they cost and I'll have the cash for you tomorrow. I really appreciate you watching him and didn't know he would cause trouble for you." Maria settled down then, all she really wanted was the apology and replied, "You don't have to do that. I'm sorry I got so angry. I just found the shoe this morning. We went somewhere last night and Bella didn't secure the door on his cage, so really it was our fault." Callie laughed and replied, "I see, you just wanted to yell at me and get a free pair of shoes out of the deal." Maria shrugged and replied, "I figured I didn't get a souvenir, so…" Callie shook her head and informed her, "Actually you did. But now you can't have it until tomorrow." She walked over, picked up Tobin's crate and whispered, "Between you and me, he's the spawn of Satan." Maria threw her head back and howled with laughter, hugged her friend, walked to the door and waved at Arizona and Sofia, then closed the door when she saw Callie made it to her car.
Once they got home and got the dog settled, Callie collected all of the dirty laundry and got started on that while Arizona helped Sofia put her new things away. Gathering in the kitchen, they all watched the dog run through the leaves and tumble over himself as he tried to catch them when they flew up in the air. Arizona looked to Callie and asked, "What was Maria so upset about?" Callie chuckled and said, "Bella didn't secure the door to the crate when they went out last night and she came home to find one of her heels chewed to pieces." Arizona cringed and replied, "I hope you told her we would replace it." Callie nodded and answered, "I did, but I think all she really wanted was someone to yell at since she couldn't yell at Bella." Arizona leaned into her and cooed, "Aww my poor baby took the brunt of it." Just then, Sofia let Tobin in and he went straight to Callie and started growling and tugging at her pantleg. Laughing, she bent down, picked him up and said, "Hey, I defended you today and this is how you repay me? You seemed happy to see me when I picked you up." The little puppy tilted his head, let out a yip, then started licking her face making her giggle so hard she nearly dropped him. Arizona grabbed him and spoke sweetly, "Aww you love her don't you? You just try to be tough." The dog barked again then attacked Arizona's face in the same manner and she passed him on to Sofia who was laughing at both of her mommies and how they talked to the puppy. Taking her puppy, she said, "Come on Tobin, let's go see the new toy I got. Her name is Nala just like your doggy mama. I'm your human mama." She then disappeared down the hall.
Arizona walked to the center island, sat at the stool and proclaimed, "I think I feel like grape juice and maybe a snack." Callie looked at her wife in question and Arizona raised her eyebrows at her in expectation. After the staring contest went on for a minute, the blonde pointed to herself and raised one finger then pointed to Callie and raised two fingers, all while popping her dimples and smiling her super-magic smile. Callie hung her head and muttered, "Damn bets. I need to learn when to keep my mouth shut." She stalked to the refrigerator, took out the grape juice and some fresh fruit, went to the cabinet to get a plate and a glass, then prepared her wife's snack. After she placed it in front of her and started to walk away, Arizona tucked her fingers into the waistband of her jeans, pulled her between her legs, gave her a searing kiss, and murmured, "Thank you." Callie smiled brightly and replied, "Well if I knew it came with that kind of reward…" Arizona laughed, bit into a strawberry, then shared it with Callie, moaning when her fingers disappeared between plump red lips and all the juices were licked off.
After tucking Sofia in for the night and resetting their alarms for work in the morning, the two women got ready for bed and climbed into their respective sides. Arizona laid on her back, held her arm out for Callie to cuddle into her and explained, "I don't know how much longer I'll be able to sleep on my back, can I hold you?" Callie smiled while nodding enthusiastically. She loved having Arizona's strong arms wrapped around her. She may be the taller, stronger one, but emotionally, she needed that feeling of being safe and secure in someone's arms as well and no one ever made her feel as safe as Arizona did. Lying down on her side, she rested her head on her wife's chest, cuddled in close, intertwined their legs, and started making soothing circles on her tight, swollen abdomen just waiting for the day that she could feel her babies kicking and moving around.
A/N: Well that's it for the Disney trip. Onto the pregnancy and hopefully we will find out what they are having soon.
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