A/N: GUESS WHO'S BACK? BACK AGAIN. IT'S ME. WITH ANOTHER CALZONA STORY. So anyway, I am only 4 chapters into this story and so far I have enjoyed writing it and it's supposed to be a cute slow burn but also slightly angst and dramatic. I tried something new with the plot and hopefully it's going to be a longer story. At first updates probably won't be regular because it is the busiest time of the school year so be patient. Thank you.

Arizona strode through the hospital hallways proudly, her spine straight and her head high. She has been incredible that day. Actually, she has not had a bad outcome for a month. Arizona entered the cafeteria and grabbed a smoothie. She sat down next to Alex who looked at her weirdly.

"What's up with you?" he asked.

Arizona grinned and slurped loudly. "I just rocked another surgery. On a preemie."

Alex huffed. "Cheater," he grumbled.

"Nope. Just awesome," Arizona replied smugly. She felt her phone vibrate and her smile only widened when she saw who the text was from.

Want to come over after work? I decided to take a little break during the weekend. You know where to find me.

Arizona laughed after she re-read the message. Her fingers swiftly slid over the touch screen of her phone to type a reply.

If you're inviting me over for a Junior High sleepover, then yes. I'm in! :D

Alex didn't even have to peak at Arizona's phone to know who she was talking to. It was always the same person. "I still think it's weird that you're texting with the president."

"She's not just the president. She's Calliope," Arizona said as if that would explain everything.

"I also think it's weird that you call her Calliope," Alex spoke again and then took a bite of his cheeseburger.

But to Arizona it wasn't strange. She has known Callie since they were little girls. They bonded over their mutual love for books and knowledge. Arizona wanted to be a firefighter. Callie wanted to be a detective. As they grew older Arizona realized she wanted to be a doctor. And Callie went into law. They were never apart for too long. Not even when they attended different schools. Arizona's brother, Tim, was their partner in crime. He was older, most of the time responsible for them. And the girls got him in trouble a lot. When Arizona came out Callie was the second person to know. The first one was Tim, who encouraged her to tell Callie. And nothing changed. They remained best friends even when Callie entered the campaign for the next president and Arizona has always been proud. And Callie was ecstatic when she learned that Arizona was promoted into the head of a pediatric department. They were always there for each other. And now Tim was in Afghanistan with Marine Corps, Callie was mostly in Washington D.C. and Arizona was in Seattle. It was on rare occasions that Callie had enough time to travel to Seattle to her hidden house and spend some time with Arizona.

Arizona's day however didn't end the way she wanted it to. An emergency came through and she was working on a boy who fell off a chairlift while skiing because he did not use the safety handle. And he fell directly onto his ski pole, which punctured his leg from the impact. It was almost frightening to look at his injury. And all because he was playing a hero. It was already 10 pm when she finished her surgery.

Emergency surgery ran long. Sorryyy. Do you still want me to come over or are you sleeping?

Arizona quickly learned to not have Callie's actual name saved in her phone. Many people knew they were friends and always wanted to know some sort of secrets. So now Arizona had Callie saved as a cool emoji with glasses. Arizona didn't have to wait long for a reply.

Not sleeping yet. Watching your favorite show… without you.

Arizona laughed at the reply as she changed into her street clothes.

We'll just rewatch the episodes I missed when I get there. ;)

Arizona drove to Callie's hidden house. There were very few people that knew it even existed and she knew magazines, newspapers and TV reporters were dying to find out the location of where President Torres was staying whenever she was in Seattle. It was hidden behind the trees, a single abandoned road leading to it. But Arizona knew the truth. The road was in great condition, better than it looked and there was barely a bump on it. And behind the forest was a modern fence that shielded the majestic house. Arizona's car stopped at the fence. The house was surrounded with security men. Arizona knew they had her license plate written down. They knew most of the details of her life. She rolled down her window. "It's me. You know that. Just let me in," she whined at one of security men. He barely glanced at her and continued a thorough check. Arizona sighed. She picked up her phone.

Your security guard is a meanie. I'm cold and he won't let me drive through.

Finally he nodded and pressed a button to automatically open the gate. "Thanks," Arizona yelled at him and closed her window. She loved teasing Callie's security men or telling them jokes and watching them remain stoic and neutral. Arizona parked her car outside and made her way towards the front door. More security guards. But no one asked her anything.

The door was opened for her and when she entered Callie was standing in the hallway, beaming at her. But before Arizona could embrace her she was stopped. "Seriously, if I wanted to assassinate her I would have waited for there to be less guards," Arizona joked. She hated this part. When they went through her belongings and felt her up in case she had any weapons on her and would try to harm Callie. But she understood why and she actually appreciated knowing Callie was this safe. Just not when it was used on her.

Callie finally walked closer. She laughed at how impatient Arizona was, almost knocking the security men over with the force she used to get her purse back. "Hi," she said. She didn't know why she was nervous. Arizona was her best friend.

Arizona grinned back. "Hey. So thank you for inviting me over. I would have come sooner but some kid was playing a badass and fell off a chairlift while skiing and then fell directly onto his ski pole. It was messy. But I saved him."

Callie chuckled and walked after Arizona up the stairs. "Of course you saved him." The second store was the only part of the house unguarded. It gave them at least some sort of privacy. "How tired are you?" she asked after a while.

Arizona shrugged. She wasn't tired. And was hungry before but it passed during her last surgery. "Depends whether you're hungry. We could watch a movie before going to bed."

Callie grinned and opened the door of her bedroom. She saw Arizona's eyes widened and it made her laugh. Callie had all sorts of types of food delivered to her bedroom. She heard Arizona's stomach rumble. "I think you're definitely hungry."

Arizona laughed. She dropped her purse on the floor and kicked her shoes off. "How have you been? I can't believe it's been months since we've seen each other." She sat on the bed.

Callie immediately joined her. "It's been okay. Busy."

"Well you kind of are the most important person in America," Arizona teased. But she knew that while Callie loved the changes she was making, she wasn't the biggest fan of publicity.

"What do you want to watch?" Callie asked instead. She had to talk about her job constantly and she didn't want to waste her time with Arizona on that as well.

Arizona glanced at the TV and then moved her eyes back to the pile of delicious food. "We can just continue watching Devious Maids," Arizona said. "But you need to get comfortable."

Callie cracked a smile and laid down on the bed. She pressed a button on the remote to continue with the episode, but her attention remained on Arizona. "I hope I didn't interfere with any plans you might have had."

"Are you kidding me?" Arizona asked after she swallowed a large bite of her favorite pizza. "Nothing could be more important than hanging out with the president," she teased. "I had no plans for tonight anyway."

"You've been single for an awfully long time," Callie pointed out. "That's not like you." She poked Arizona in the hip and watched her snort.

"I'm so busy right now that I couldn't even imagine getting to know someone else and spend time with them and so on," Arizona said, shrugging. Also, she really didn't want to date anyone. "Besides, you haven't dated in a while either."

Callie laughed. "I feel like I can't even date. Everyone knows me. And it would be inappropriate to date anyone "below me"," Callie said, using air quotes. It's not that people really were below her. But media was constantly focused on her and any mistake she could possible make. Callie went in relationships with her heart and not her head. And while she was a huge LGBTQ+ defender, she wasn't out to the whole country. She was a proud bisexual, she wasn't hiding that. At least not from her family and friends that really knew her.

"Everyone from our high school is getting married and having babies," Arizona suddenly pointed.

"You don't even want babies."

Arizona laughed. "That may be true but maybe career really isn't everything. I'm going to be single for the rest of my life."

Callie chuckled, shaking her head. "You're hot. You've got women lining up for you, just waiting to attack. There's no way you'll die single."

Arizona smirked. "You're the president. You could date Prince Harry if you wanted to. Hell, I'd support it. Just imagine the headlines."

"Your imagination has gotten to wild," Callie said, once again poking Arizona but this time in her stomach. "He might be age appropriate to date but I don't think we would have gotten along that well."

Arizona didn't reply to that. She finished eating, taking a piece of everything that was brought in, and then ended up rubbing her swollen abdomen. "That was so good," she moaned. "But now I'm tired."

Callie rolled her eyes. "How about you take a bath huh? I already showered so I'm just going to change in my pajamas and then we can finish watching the third season."

"Sounds good," Arizona said. She rolled over onto the other side, facing Callie and wrapped her arm around Callie's abdomen and hid her face in Callie's shoulder. "I really missed you. It's kind of weird not having you around all the time."

"I know," Callie admitted. "I missed you too. But we can use that Facetime thing and talk every day. Or try to at least. We don't always have time to Skype. Especially me."

"You're kind of running the country," Arizona breathed out. "No one's angry at you for that. I'm going to shower now." She kissed Callie's cheek and rolled over before heading towards the bathroom.

Callie let out a long exhale. Oh, how much she loved her. Like really, really loved her. There was always something between them. Their first kiss was with each other, it happened during a school play when Arizona was Wendy and Callie was Peter Pan, because no boy wanted to be and she was the tallest girl. Arizona came out to her a few years later, at the age of 16, and Callie didn't panic when Arizona admitted that it was their kiss that made her realize that. Their friendship has remained the same over the years. Maybe even gotten stronger. Callie realized she has been laying down for a long time and quickly changed into her pajamas. In the White House that still meant a formal attire. Silk pajamas and always a robe over it. But here, in the safety of her privacy, she went with a long t-shirt and baggy shorts. She didn't care how she looked. Callie laid back down, her arms folding under the pillow as she exhaled and closed her eyes.

Arizona emerged from the bathroom about ten minutes later. She really just loved the bathroom products Callie had. From the most amazing smelling soap to the softest moisturizer. She found Callie on the bed and she appeared to be asleep. "Calliope?" she called out, gently shaking her shoulders.

Callie moaned into her pillow, unhappy with the disruption. "Hmm?"

"Why are you already asleep?"

Callie rolled over onto her back. "I was comfortable and you were taking forever in the bathroom. You better lay down soon or I'll be falling asleep again," she warned jokingly.

Arizona turned off the lights and grabbed the remote. She laid down, pulling the warm blanket over her and Callie before pressing play. Her head immediately went to rest on Callie's shoulder and she felt fingers tracing random patterns on her back. "Will you come to dinner with mom and dad on Sunday?"

"I don't think I'll be able to make it," Callie murmured. "I'm heading back on Sunday. I can try and postpone the flight to late as possible but I have an important meeting on Monday and I need to be in DC."

Arizona pouted for a moment and sighed. "Alright. I hope you'll find time. They really miss you. I still think mom likes you better than me."

Callie chuckled. "That's not true. How about this, instead of dinner we just have brunch? They can come over here and save us the trouble of my security men going through your house."

"That would be lovely," Arizona admitted. "They'll be really happy to know that you found time for them. They've been mad at me a lot recently because I've been picking extra shifts at work."

"Why? You love spending time with your parents."

Arizona shrugged. "Others have their own families, kids, even pets. I'm just me. Besides, spending time with tiny humans could never be a terrible thing."

Callie smiled, her fingers reaching up into blonde curls. "I think you're doing a really awesome thing. Kids love you."

Arizona turned her head to meet Callie's eyes and grinned. "What's not to love?" She watched emotions surge through Callie's expressive brown eyes, her own stomach tingling with everything she was feeling whenever she looked at her best friend. But then Arizona swallowed hard and focused back on the television.

Nothing could happen between them. As long as Callie was the president, Arizona knew that their relationship could only remain as close friendship. It was better to have Callie as a best friend than to not have her at all.