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Calliope's POV.
I woke up with my head slightly pounding from everything I put in it last night. I wasn't hung over but I sure as hell was feeling a little bit of everything I put in my body. I started to adjust my position on the bed when I noticed something, or rather someone, in my arms.
That's when it hit me. All the events that occurred after I got back to the dorm room. Arizona lying on the floor crying. My heart breaking seeing her so hurt. Our first kiss.
And the part where Arizona and I made love.
If she wasn't in my arms sleeping so peacefully and looking more gorgeous than I've ever seen her I would swear it was all a dream.
But it wasn't a dream. No if fact last night was probably the best night of my life.
I made love to the woman I'm in love with.
I gaze down at her once more and notice that she's waking up.
"Hey." I say softly, so softly I almost thought she wouldn't hear me.
"Hi." She replies in a sleepy voice.
"Did you sleep well?"
"I did. That was the best I've slept in a long time. Too long to be honest."
"I'm glad." I don't know what else to say. It falls into a bit of an awkward silence for a few moments until she states my name. "Calliope?"
"Hmm?"
"Was it all a dream?" I lift my brown eyes to meet hers for the first time today and notice that the beautiful blue orbs I'm so in love with are filled with uncertainty.
"Last night? No, mi amor, it wasn't a dream." Then another flash of realization hits me. "Oh god, I was so wrapped up in my own thoughts I never asked you if you were okay. I mean it was your first time. God I'm.. I love you so much and I said I'd show you just how much but I didn't even think to ask if it hurt you or what's going through your pretty little mind and god I'm such an idiot…"
"Calliope." She says in a voice I've never heard before. It's so commanding. Kind of hot actually.. wait I'm totally getting sidetracked here. I instantly stop all movement I'm making and go still. Arizona starts speaking to me again "I'm fine. No, I'm better than fine. I'm perfect. Last night was.. there aren't even words for it. I loved it. Every bit of it. And don't call the woman I love stupid."
If I wasn't already still I would be after that last comment. 'What? Did I hear her right?' I think to myself.
She sees my confusion to the words she just uttered and immediately blushes. "I'm sorry. I didn't.. that's not how I meant to tell you that. It's true though. I do love you. With my whole heart. I know that's probably confusing to you seeing as how I've spent the last year being in love with Lauren but I think my mind just made up everything I felt for her. Ever since I met you I've been in love with you but you were with George so I pushed my feelings away because that's what a good man in a storm does. He doesn't steal someone else's girlfriend. But that's not to say everything I felt for Lauren was made up but it just wasn't the same magnitude as what's between you and I. I love you Calliope. I'll say it over and over and over. I'll scream it to the world. And after last night I know you love me too. So now I just have one little question for you…"
I look at her with such a fierce yet loving look and slightly nod my head so that she knows it's okay to continue.
"Will you be my girlfriend, Calliope?"
I gasp in shock. I did not expect that to come out of her gorgeous mouth. I sit there in a stunned silence for a few minutes until I realize she's waiting for an answer. "Yes.. yes. I'll be your girlfriend. A million times yes."
She flashes me that super magic smile and then claims my mouth with such fervor I think my heart actually skipped a beat.
In that same moment I think to myself 'This has gone so fast and she's done a complete 180 with her feelings but you know that's what makes her Arizona. She loves hard and she knows whom exactly she loves for. There's never a doubt in her mind. And she loves me. Me, of all people."
I don't think I've felt so lucky, or loved in my whole life.