Title: Because of You I'm Breaking [Chapter 1]
Author: JCapzona
Rating: NC-17
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Disclaimer: All television shows and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings ext. are the properties of their respective owners. This work is non-profit and simply written for fun. Reference to persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be factual.
Summary: Arizona confronts Callie about her decision to raise a child with Mark after Sloan decides to put him up for adoption. *this is my first attempt at fan fiction, let me know what you guys think, i encourage criticism but go easy on me =) thanks for reading! **sorry for the shortness of this chapter. just wanted the first chapter to be the argument scene! I promise to make up the MIA word count in the next chapter!***
The frostiness of Callie's apartment had nothing to do with the barrage of hail hammering against the edge of the open window. The tense aura of the room drove a shiver down its occupants' spine as silence suffocated the rapidly deteriorating harmony of the conversation. The once perpetually blithe Arizona spoke with forced calmness, unable to hold her tongue any longer.
"We'll take care of the baby... together... we'll love him really well..." Arizona repeated the words spoken just this afternoon by Callie as she stared firmly into the solid brown eyes of her girlfriend. "That's what you said. We'll take care of the baby. That's what you said Calliope. I heard it."
"Oh come on Arizona! He's a good man, he needed help. He's my best friend!" Callie striked back in defence, sensing the implication behind Arizona's words.
"Yeah! Yeah, Fine! I know! I know he's your best friend but there's a difference between being there for your best friend and OFFERING to take care of a child with someone!" Arizona blazes, her serenity no longer lingering on her detached expression as her voice quivered and became increasingly strained.
Callie let her jaw drop in shock at how sharp of a turn the conversation had taken within seconds. "OH. So now you're going to CONDEMN me for helping my best friend!? IT'S MARK ARIZONA. IT'S MARK. He needed my help and that's all it was. He's just my best..."
"Friend. Your BEST FRIEND who sees you changing in the hall. Your BEST FRIEND who used to sleep with you. Your BEST FRIEND who just found it ABSOLUTELY NECESSSARY to rub your body all over when you had the chicken pox. Your BEST FRIEND who you spend hours upon HOURS talking on the phone with and your BEST FRIEND who sleeps in our bed REGULARLY now and your BEST FRIEND who you have now decided to raise a CHILD with." Arizona yelled with fury etched into her creased dimples as she stared at Callie with a hardened expression.
Arizona had been lenient. She had pushed her boundaries time and time again to accommodate Mark's growing presence in her life. She had been patient for his invasion to pass. But this was too much.
Callie took a deep breath before resuming the argument with a more tolerant sigh, "Ok. The child thing isn't even happening." She explained in hopes of toning down the hostility of the atmosphere before continuing, "It's not even an issue anymore! Sloans gone and..."
"What if she hadn't left? You didn't know she was going to leave, you didn't know and you still offered to raise a CHILD with him." Arizona attacked with nothing but animosity in her contorted voice as she jabbed her finger pointedly onto the kitchen countertop. She paused as she examined the returning expression on Callie's face before continuing with a cold whisper, " You didn't know and you still agreed." A shimmer of sadness flickered fleetingly across Arizona's brilliant blue eyes before it fogged over with determined aggravation. " I ... I can't do this. I can't do this anymore..I..." Arizona stammered as her pager beeped with 911 flashing across the black and white LED screen. Within a second she'd already begun striding towards the door with a mix of fury and finality, her eyes cold with tears of frustration welled up.
"OH. SO you're just going to leave?! It's JUST Mark Arizona. It's JUST Mark!" Callie hollered fruitlessly as Arizona slammed the door to her heated defence. At the abrupt end to their first serious fight, Callie slumped down and ensconced herself onto the couch whispering the plea "It's just...Mark..."
Callie was left with nothing but her own silently growing distraught and the hollowness of her apartment. A wintry breeze danced onto her cheeks from her window still ajar but was swallowed instantly by the numbing sensation of her beating heart.