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Author's Note: I was enjoying the scenery at the park when I heard this song and I asked my self is it possible that after the (heart breaking) break up you and your ex can still be friends like the song message. I really love this song, it has a message that you can't resist and possibly to be true if and if only both of you finally moved on.
Water is pouring in her body, she feels relaxed and calmed. She was really exhausted after 6 hours of surgery and she feels tired but she was force to go out for a date. It's a blind date set by her assertive best friend who were pestering her from time to time to get a girlfriend.
"Boo, hey you going to be late lazy ass, I told your date that you'll be there at 8:00 pm and it's quarter to eight dumb ass." Agatha said as she shoved the smoked glass shower door and seen the soak naked Erica.
"Damn you Agata, Have you heard the word decency? Get out of here at once if you want to be alive in next minute." Erica shouted back as she shoved back the smoked glass shower door again.
"Ohh please Erica I saw your body a thousand times before when we were in college, so you don't need to be shy on me, ummm you had pretty ass as I remember, and before you want to slit my throat I just want to remind you that I'm helping you get a love life, silly woman" Agatha said in rolled eyes and hands on hips.
"Agata, please leave me alone, I want to enjoy my bath coz seriously I had an exhausting day and I'm really tired, ok? If I didn't commit in this crazy dating of yours I'll be happier sleeping in my queen size bed for the next 10 hrs." Erica pleaded.
"See how dry and boring your life is, you need to go out more Erica, don't be so pathetic wasting your life with nothing. Enjoy life, you only live once so don't throw it away by sleeping, listening to jazz music and watching news" Agata reached the towel and handed it to Erica.
"Arrrgg, Aggie would you shut up for a minute and stop invading or interfering my life for once. I don't need anybody right now and I'm happy being single without commitment and no complication." Erica wrapped her body in the towel and leaves the bathroom she didn't wait for Agatha to follow her in her wardrobe cabinet.
"Ree, I'm just worried about you, when was the last time you went out to meet new people besides my arrange dates with you? Damn it, none right? Coz you never tried, com'on Ree you should go out often believe me it will be best and healthy for you" Agatha said with full of concerned, she's helping Erica to find a dress for the date she arranged.
"I really appreciate all of these dating stuffs, but please don't push me or force me to get into a relationship like a snap, it's not easy Aggie, and you know how choosy I am." Erica stops for a while and looks sincerely to her best friend.
"But promise I'll be good this time, I will try my very best not to be cocky or grumpy or dull to this blind date. Ok? But please promise me it will be the last arrange date. I will find a right person for me that I don't need to go for an arrange date, it will come coz it's destined to me, and fate will do it." Erica smiles and starts dressing up.
"Ok I promise it will be the last one, I'm excited Ree, she's a nice lady, and really hot and sexy and I knew you gonna like her. I sense that you will agree to me this time." She really sounds excited; she handed the make-up kit to Erica and looked at the time on the wall clock.
"My goodness you're late Erica, make it faster you don't need to apply make up just blush-on and lipstick will do, jeez you're pretty enough." Agata frantically put on Erica's shoes and handed the bag.
It's 8:35pm when Erica arrived at the restaurant that Agata arranged for the blind date. She asked the receptionist the table that Agata reserved and walks straight to the table instructed to her. She almost fainted when she saw the woman seated in the reserved table. She wants to back out but its too late coz the woman looked around and saw her.
"Erica, Hi ummm don't tell me you are my date?" The woman said in surprise. She doesn't know how to react when she saw Erica.
"If you happen to know Dr. Agata Kawolska, a Vascular Surgeon at New York Presbyterian Hospital, then yes I'm your date Dr. Torres" She extends her hand to the amused woman in front of her.
Callie accepts Erica's extended hand hesitantly, then she offers Erica a seat and gives an uncertain smile, she feels awkward coz she knew that Erica keeps staring at her.
"Are you staying here for good or just visiting a friend, and when did you come?" Erica asked and stares at Callie attentively. She can't believe that she will encounter again the woman who once captured her heart.
"So you're friend didn't tell you that I'm newly hired at New York Presbyterian Hospital, I started 2 days ago and I handed a case and I needed a consultation from Dr. Kawolska, that's how we met; I moved in last weekend, so yeah probably I'm staying here for a while." She casually stated.
"She forget to mentioned to me your name or probably I'm not paying attention when she told me about this date; Agata keeps arranging blind dates for me for more than six months, she's over-eager that I can't say no to her because she always traps me into this mess, damn her." Erica smirked and sighed, pretending that she's busy reading the menu.
"You don't like dating? Don't get me wrong but seriously you don't go on dates unless your friend arranges it? That's strange but on the second thought as I remember your personality yeah I don't think you're into it." Callie remarks on half smile and half grin.
"Can we place an order; I'm too hungry that I think I can eat you whole and alive now." Erica replied trying to avoid the topic that Callie initiated.
They eat dinner silently; no one wants to start a conversation, both of them observe cautiously each other. They were devouring the dessert when Erica almost jumped; she feels the vibration of her phone in her side pocket. She smiled at Callie and pointed her finger to the phone telling that she had a voice message.
Ree, I know that you will get mad at me after listening to this message and I can deal with that tomorrow but right now I want you to know that I took your house key from your bag earlier and your spare key under the pot near your front door, so you don't have any choice but to sleep over at Callie's house.
And yeah intentionally I did not mention her name to you because I know you will not agree to this date and I know that you're going to kill me if you found out that I set you a date with her but admit it you were amused and thrilled when you saw her again so what are you waiting for dumb ass go and get laid tonight. It's been quite a while since you had sex and seriously this is once in a blue moon chance so don't waste it, I want the full details tomorrow; Errm I mean the date not the sex, pervert, have fun Erica love you mwuah"
"What the hell, shit I'm going to kill her, please do remind me to kill her tomorrow or kick her ass, or strangle her pretty neck I will make sure that she's gonna to pay for all of this" Erica furiously said. She finished her wine in one big gulp and waved to waiter for another order of red wine. She keeps mumbling to her self and Callie sense that Erica is really annoyed to something.
"Who do you want to kill? I should know so I can remind you tomorrow right?" Callie teased trying to calm down the mad blond woman.
"I think we better call it a night, obviously you're not enjoying this date and to be honest it's really awkward for both of us to be in this kind of situation for first time after all these years" She shyly said when she noticed that Erica didn't laugh to her first remarks.
"Ohh, I'm sorry Callie it's not you, I mean I'm not mad at you, I'm mad at my fucktard friend who was responsible why we're here. She didn't advise us about this date that's why we're both surprised and feel awkward and I'm sorry for that too; Well, really I'm glad to see you again Callie, to have dinner together like old times" Erica flashed a coy smile.
"You really look pissed off Erica, so what has she done this time? Hope I'm not included in her evil schemes." She smiled softly and shook her head.
Erica almost blew out the wine when she heard the last remarks from Callie, the voice of her wicked friend ringing in her ears bout she has to sleep over at Callie's place. And Callie didn't miss when Erica blushed.
"Are you ok? Something wrong with you tonight, please you can't deny it Erica I knew you well. So tell me what's wrong. You scarring me off now" she said anxiously, she never leaves her gaze to Erica trying to read the blond woman's mind.
"Nothing is wrong with me Callie, I'm just drained and feel exhausted from the surgery earlier but I'm definitely fine" She invented an excuse, and made extra effort to see that Callie buys it.
"Ohh really? ok then, but since when did a surgery make you blush Erica?" Callie raised eyebrow and pouted her lips.
"Pffft ..great! you didn't miss it, so you really knew me well huh, I don't know how to explain it to you but I swear I'm innocent Agatha really planned all of this; she took my house key even the spare key so it means that I'm homeless tonight."
"And that is why I'm blushing coz I will ask you to adopt me just for tonight, you don't need to worry I can sleep on the couch or in the floor of your living room and I will leave your place as early as possible tomorrow or another option is I will just sleep at the hospital's on-call room" Erica confessed, her gaze never leave on the empty wine glass, she doesn't want to see Callie's facial expression while she's explaining her situation.
"You can't sleep in the couch coz I don't have it right now, I bought one but the furniture shop called earlier and said that it will be delivered tomorrow afternoon. I don't think that you can sleep either in the floor since all my boxes are everywhere" Callie stopped talking for a minute studying the initial reaction of the woman in front of her
"What I can offer you now is to sleep in my bed… with me" She almost laughed when she saw that all blood at Erica's face drained.
"Hey, I'm not implying that we ummm should have sex tonight, what I'm trying to say is to share a bed with me, you will sleep on the other side while I'll be on the other side, if you still feel uncomfortable then we will put pillows in between us, common Erica it's better than to sleep in a bunk bed of the on-call room." Callie calmly clarifies what their sleeping arrangement will be.
"Damn it Callie I didn't say that you're asking to bang me tonight" Erica blurted out, she feels unease to Callie's teasing.
"I didn't say anything like that Erica, chill out; jeez you never changed a bit Erica for god damn 2 years, still moody, cocky and grumpy" Callie replied back.
"If you really knew me well as you were claiming then you knew that I don't like people misjudging me or assuming what I'm thinking." Erica said with venom.
"For Christ's sake Erica, don't pick a fight over me, I'm not judging you nor reading your mind, why would I do that in the first place. I'm stating a fact so we would know what we are now to avoid mislead things to anything" Callie shouted back, Erica knew that Callie is starting to be pissed off.
"I'm sorry, I just had a tiring day and found out my wicked friend tricked me, I hate asking favour to anybody but I don't have any choice do I? Pffftt… all I want to do is to lay on bed and sleep." Erica gently said it; it is shown in her face that she's really tired and sorry for being so grouchy.
"We better go home so you can relax and sleep, you really look tired, sleepy and not in the mood tonight Erica; so we let's call it a night, we can still go out some other time right?" Callie waves her hand to the waiter and asked the bill. Both of them raised brow when the waiter told them that the dinner was fully paid by Dr. Kawolska.
In few minutes both women are driving in the main road. Erica let Callie lead the way, she just kept a short distance and she gives horn time to time so Callie will know that she's still behind. She wonder when Callie drove the way going to her place and she was open mouthed and swallows harder when Callie stopped her car 3 houses away from her house.
She silently loathes herself for not knowing that Callie is here in New York and living near her place. She keeps blaming herself for being so busy at her work that she didn't have the time to be aware of what's going on around. But there is only one person that comes on her mind that knew all about this.
"I swear I'm going to husk your skin Agata for keeping this thing to me, damn stupid moron ass polish woman" Erica groaned, she tightens her grip to the wheel.
The first thing that Erica saw when she comes in the house were the boxes of Callie's stuff, it's everywhere that you can't even walk coz the boxes are scattered.
"Wow, this is meantime for you, it looks like that you are going to live here forever Cal, hey tomorrow is my off you want some help to set up these things, com'on Cal I wont accept No lets say its payback time for adopting me tonight." She rolled her eyes and smiled at Callie.
"Who told you I'm gonna turn your offer down, jeez I really asked god to send me an angel to help me arrange this entire thing, I think He answered my prayer, He sent you to me" Callie beamed.
"Angel? Yeah angel of darkness" Erica pouts.
"Ummm, can you wait here I will take some clothes for you, or if you want you can go straight to the first door left, that's the master's bedroom if you want to take a shower, I will just knock on the door to hand you the nightwear clothes." She starts to look to the boxes.
"It's going to be a long night Erica, probably the longest night of your life" Erica said before she turns the knob of shower faucet