You Are My Sunshine 1/?
Title: You are my sunshine 1/?
Author: Me
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG 13 for now
Summary: Sequel to How We Met Our Son. This fic will explore the important and some random moments in Callie , Arizona and their family's life. Set about a year in the future
Disclaimer: They are not mine . Belong to ABC and Shonda . This fic is enjoyment only not for monetary gains.
“Lick,” Callie commanded, somewhat imperiously.
Arizona sighed. “I'd really rather not, Calliope.”
“Come on, Ari. You don't ever have to ask me - I just do it when I see it needs to be done.”
“Ah, but you didn't ask. You just ordered me to do it,” Arizona teased. “Besides, you know how I feel about the taste.” Arizona gave a mock shiver.
“What?” Callie looked at her incredulously. “You've told me, on numerous occasions, that you liked the taste. I consider it one of your little quirks.”
Arizona crossed her arms and gave her head a little shake. “No.”
Callie slapped down a pile of small, red, unsealed envelopes in front of Arizona “Fine, then. You can seal them with these.” She pushed a sheet of little heart shaped stickers at Arizona. “Okay? No more complaints, please. I'm getting a headache.”
“This was your idea, babe. You're forever taking on some task that no one asked you to do, and then complaining about it. I'd have been happy to do this myself, you know.”
Callie snorted. “You'd picked out the most garish cards in the store! Just be glad I was there to stop you from buying them. I got the cards, I got the candy, I got the ridiculous little gift bags to put both into. I don't know why a six-year-old has to celebrate Valentine's Day, anyway.”
“He just started school. You want him to be popular at school, don't you?"
Callie shrugged, opening a bunch of tiny gift bags and dumping candy inside. “I'd prefer it if he didn't have to buy popularity with conformity to the so-called traditions of a contrived non-holiday.”
“Yes, dear,” Arizona said wearily. “You say the same thing for every holiday except christmas”.
“Christmas at least is a holiday that's all about gift-giving. Valentine's Day is about 'romance.' What does our baby know about romance?”
“Well...” Arizona trailed of. She cleared her throat. “Maybe nothing. But try to think of it as an educational experience, babe. Think of all the new words he'll learn reading the conversation hearts.” Arizona bit her lip to keep from laughing when Callie shot her a withering glare.
“Very funny. Don't say a word when he comes home talking about how some pony tailed girl named Annie , Susie or Sally is his girl friend now and his teeth start rotting due to all that candy .”
“Aw, he's only got baby teeth, and they'll fall out anyway.” To this, Callie just grunted in reply, and Arizona felt herself losing patience. “Come on grumpy , get into the spirit of holidays”.
Callie threw her hands up. “I am trying my best Ari”
“Look, let me finish this, okay? Why don't you go check on Austin ? Maybe read him a nice story?”
With another dirty look, Callie excused herself and left Arizona to it. Arizona giggled, rolling her eyes, and continued making up the packets for Austin to take to school for the Valentine's Day party they were going to have. As she worked, her mind wandered. It was strange how violently Callie hated the holidays; she barely tolerated birthdays, at that. Arizona decided it was time to take action. She was going to put an end to Callie's habitual hatred of all holidays, and she had the perfect idea of how to do it.
She was going to lay it on super thick - she would decorate the house in red, white, and pink. She would make a cd mix of the sappiest love songs ever and keep them in rotation. She would fill bowls full of candy with a Valentine's theme, buy a pink-frosted cake and heart-shaped cookies. She would give Callie an obnoxiously large plush toy... She would wear a special outfit on Valentine's Day, and if all went well, on Valentine's night she would have reason to break out the saucy red lingerie she'd bought but never worn. Arizona resolved that she was going to break Callie down one way or another, and she would start right now.
Flipping through the cards, she chose the one with the cheesiest message and scrawled “Love you, babe!” on the back. Arizona covered the envelope with stickers, and giggling, stuck it into Callie's purse where she couldn't miss it. This was going to be fun.
The day before Valentine's Day fell on a Friday. . Arizona was practically giddy as she stepped into the Super*Mart's doors. Callie would absolutely hate it if she shopped here, which made it all the more fun. Arizona bought candy and streamers and all the things she would need to torture Callie with a real “celebration.” She hurried home and began to decorate, going completely over the top and transforming their tasteful, comfortable home into a tacky Island of Valentine’s.
As Callie was working late , Arizona picked up Austin from school and the little boy was thrilled at what he found when Arizona pulled up into the driveway. There was a large bear placard in the yard. A fluffy teddy held a heart in his hands that said “Happy Valentine's Day!”
Austin couldn’t stop giggling as Arizona got him out of the car. He wheeled up and looked up at his mother happily. “Cool mama!”
Arizona smiled at her son and held out her hand. “Wait 'til you see what's inside,” she said teasingly. “Come on."
“Ari! Ari.” Arizona looked up from the dinner she was making with a wicked smile. Callie was home and she was being summoned. She set down the wooden spoon she held in her hand and hurried out into the living room. She left her apron on because it said “Kiss the Cook” - Arizona thought it was a nice little extra.
“There you are!” she cooed. She walked right up to Callie and pulled her into a deep kiss. “Welcome home!”
Callie blinked a few times, trying to regain her sense of outrage. “Um...”
Arizona looked at her, widening her eyes a little. “Yes, love? What is it?”
Callie set her bag down on a nearby chair. She gestured to the room at large. “All this,Arizona . Why?”
Arizona tilted her head. “It's for Valentine's Day. I thought it would be fun. Austin just loves what I did to the place.” Arizona did her best to sound innocent.
“Austin is six.” Callie's tone was wry.
“Now, now. It's only for a day or two. Besides, you wouldn't deny Austin his fun, would you?” It was terrible to press the advantage, but Arizona knew Callie had difficulty saying no to Austin.
Callie sighed. “Couldn't you have chosen red or pink, instead of both? The shades you chose clash. It hurts my eyes.”
“It's nearly time for dinner,” Arizona said, her voice bright.
“Really. What are we having?”
“Spaghetti with heart shaped meatballs!” Arizona laughed. Callie looked nauseated.
“Ari-“
“Ah-ah!”Arizona cut Callie off. “You go get yourself and the munchkin washed up for our Valentine's Eve meal.” Callie visibly cringed, but left Arizona to do as she was asked. Arizona scampered into the kitchen, and, pressing a tea towel over her mouth to mask the sound, laughed and laughed.
Arizona woke up early and eased out of bed without disturbing Callie , then sneaked over to the closet and pulled out three wrapped boxes. Two she planned to give to Callie now but the third was a surprise for later tonight and was the big one.
She crept out of the bedroom and set them on the dining room table, then went about making breakfast for Callie . She made pancakes with strawberries, herbal tea, a quick fruit salad, and piled everything on to a tray. She opened the door to the bedroom and cleared her throat. Callie didn't stir. Arizona cleared her throat again louder this time. Still nothing. She went over to the bed. “Calliope . Time to wake up, babe.”
Finally, Callie stirred rubbing her eyes and frowning. “What time is it?”
“Love o'clock,” Arizona said cheerily, not without sarcasm.
“What have you got there?”
“Your breakfast, babe. Sit up so I can put this tray down - it's heavy.” Callie complied, sitting up and pushing her hair out of her face. Arizona set the breakfast down in front of her.
“There! Now you go ahead and enjoy that. I'll be back in a second.”
“Ari , you didn't have to do all this.”
“I know,” Arizona winked. “I wanted to.” With that she went to collect the presents for Callie , who nearly choked on her pancakes when she saw what Arizona was holding.
“Ari! All of that can't be for me?”
Callie started to open her presents pulling open the first box. “Oh, wow Ari I love it, it's gorgeous!” Callie lifted a black silk robe out of the box.
“I thought you would.” She happily received Callie's kiss of thanks. “Open the other one ,” she urged.
Callie opened the next box, looked inside .. and felt her heart melt. Inside was the largest and cutest teddy bear with his arms open wide and a huge heart attached that read HOLD ME TIGHT. Callie still had to maintain her cool façade so she just said “Thanks Ari” though inside she was feeling like a big pile of gooey mush.
A little while later Callie entered the kitchen, showered and dressed but still looking groggy. Austin was seated at the small table, eating cereal and chatting with his teddy bear. Arizona was loading the dishwasher up, humming to herself.
“You could have left all that for me, Ari,” Callie said, yawning. “Clearing up is the least I could do after you made me such a lovely breakfast.”
“Oh, no worries, Calliope. I want you to enjoy the day, okay?” Arizona resumed her humming.
“What is that?
“Hm?”
“That song you're humming. It's familiar. What's the name of it?”
Before Arizona could answer, the doorbell rang. “Aha!” She hurriedly dried her hands and grabbedCallie by the hand. “The answer to your question and your next surprise is here!” She pulled Callie in the direction of the front door, with Austin wheeling along closely behind them, apparently not wanting to be left out of any fun his mothers were engaged in.
Arizona and Austin both were giggling in anticipation. Arizona knew what was waiting on the other side of the door but Austin didn't - he just loved any sort of mischief and secret.
“Open the door, babe.”
Callie looked torn, both apprehensive and happy. Arizona felt guilty for a moment about what she was doing. It was her dirtiest trick yet.
Callie swung the door open and four men stepped inside. The one in charge looked at Arizona , who nodded and pointed at Callie . The four men, dressed in matching red and white striped jackets with white pants lined up in front of Callie and did what they had been hired to do. They sang.
Arizona couldn't stop herself from cracking up when Callie realized what was happening and looked at her, horrified. The men began to sing “That’s Amore” by Dean Martin. One of the things that embarrassed Callie the most was being sung to. She was standing there, looking agonized, a weak smile on her face as these jolly men sang the song., the song Arizona had been humming in the kitchen.
“That’s amore ,” the men harmonized, singing the chorus of the song over and over. Austin was in heaven - he loved music and performances, and there was one going on right in his house. He bounced and clapped happily. Arizona saw that Callie took note of this and valiantly tried to stand it for his sake when Arizona knew Callie’s real instinct would have been to talk over the men until they stopped and show them the door.
“Happy Valentine's, Calliope Torres,” the quartet sang, each kneeling on one knee in front of Callie in turn.
It was over. The men stood up, Arizona shook their hands and thanked them for a job well done. Then they were gone and Arizona and Callie were facing each other.
“So, how did you enjoy your singing telegram?” Arizona braved the question that had to be asked.
“It was great. I hope you didn't go to too much trouble setting that up, Ari.” Callie said sarcastically.
“Oh no,” Arizona said airily. “No trouble at all.”
Callie was about to say something and Arizona thought the storm was finally going to break, but Arizona would never know because at that moment, Austin wheeled himself in front of Callie , threw his arms out and began to sing in an unnaturally deep voice. “That’s amore....”
Callie laughed and scooped up their little ham in her arms. Arizona breathed a sigh of relief, saved by her son's adorable impromptu show.
“You sing mommy!” Austin told Callie.
Callie rolled her eyes, but to Arizona's amazement, she gave in and did it. She watched as Callie walked off, still carrying Austin , the two of them now happily dueting to the song. Arizona had the gentlest smile on her face as she watched the mother-son bonding
Arizona had to go into work for the rest of the day but it was Callie’s day of and so Callie spent the day just relaxing with Austin. Late in the evening Callie got a call from Arizona. “Hi babe. Can you pick me up from Joe’s”Arizona said. Callie called Austin’s baby sitter and once she arrived , she left to pick up Arizona.
Once Callie walked into Joe’s she saw that no one was inside the bar. It was dimly lit , there was soft romantic music playing , there were candles all over and the path from the entrance to the bathroom was covered with rose petals.
Callie walked around the bar looking for Arizona and then entered the bathroom. The bathroom was also covered with candles and rose petals and the sight took Callie’s breath away. Then Arizona appeared in front of her looking radiant and stunningly beautiful in the candle light.
“Ari” Callie started to speak but Arizona silenced her by placing a finger on her lip.”I love you, not just for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. Calliope Torres , I feel like a better and stronger person when I am with you. When you are by my side I feel anything is possible and I feel like scaling new heights. You make my life complete and I don’t want to spend a single minute when I cant call you mine”said Arizona pouring her heart out.
She then got down on one knee , pulled out a beautiful diamond solitaire and said with the biggest smile “Calliope Iphigenia Torres , will you complete me by becoming my wife. Will you marry me?”
Callie felt tears pouring down . She was so overwhelmed by the moment and the happiness she was feeling. She picked Arizona up and choked out “Yes” before mashing their lips together in a passionate kiss.
Arizona pulled away and gave Callie a cheeky grin “ The night doesn’t end here. I called the baby sitter and she’s staying with Austin till tomorrow. The honeymoon suite at Archfield hotel awaits us and is ours till tomorrow morning” Arizona said waving a keycard.
Callie gave a huge grin “I love you so much, Arizona Robbins”
“I love you more ,Calliope Torres” Arizona replied with the biggest smile on her face.