Disclaimer: I do not own any of the character's. They are from Greys Anatomy. This is AU.
A/N: Ok well this is my first ever FanFic I wrote so please don't me too tough! I hope this doesn't resemble any other fanfic out there but I dont read them all... But If it does sound like someone else's work I am sorry and don't be too mean. Anyway I hope you enjoy and please say if you want more!
It was another beautiful day in Los Angeles,California. Callie Torres was spread across her bed snoring loudly into the big room. Her alarm started beeping loudly to signal her it was time for work. She opened one eye to check the time. 7:30. She closed her eye and let out a yawn. She stretched out her body and leaned over to turn the alarm off. Callie rubbed her sleepy eyes and moved to the edge of the bed. She gave one last big stretch and slowly brought herself to a stand. She went over to the window and pulled her curtains back. She winced as the bright sun shone down on her through the window. Ugh,i hate mornings. She spun around to find her room a mess. Different items of clothing were spread across the room. She noticed something red in the corner of her eye. Her bright red lace bra hung over her bedside lamp. Callie smiled at the memories of last night. Callie and her girlfriend had a lovely dinner at their favorite Italian restaurant "Gino's" and then stumbled drunkenly into there apartment late that night and well, the rest is history. Callie and her girlfriend's relationship has been a little rocky these past few month's but Callie finally think's their getting back on track. She walked across the room grabbed her robe that was hanging on the back of her door and went into the bathroom for a shower. She always felt refreshed after she took her shower and she felt like she had finally woken up properly. She patted herself dry and put her robe on. With her hair still wet and dripping, she went to the kitchen and made some coffee. She clutched the cup tight to her chest and inhaled the smell of the coffee beans. She walked into the next room to take a seat on her sofa when she stood on something soft. She jumped back and dropped her mug, spilling her coffee all over the new expensive cream rug. "Oh no,Sushi I'm so sorry!" Callie said while picking up the angry cat. Callie hugged the cat tightly and kissed it gently on the tip of its nose. The cat gave a grumpy meow and jumped out of the Latina's arms. Crap,this stain is not going to come out easily... Callie picked up the mug and set it down on the coffee table. She stared down at the big ugly brown stain. She tilted her head and sighed. Her girlfriend was going to kill her for ruining her new rug. Callie knew there was a stain remover spray underneath the kitchen sink, so she ran and grabbed it. She sprayed the now darker stain and began to wipe at it with a towel vigorously. The stain lightened up a little, but still wasn't in a hurry to come out. Callie didn't realize the time and loaded more of the stain remover on the rug. She quickly did herself up and threw on some clothes. Before she left for work she went to check to see how the stain was doing. Oh no.I cant believe this?! How did it get bigger!. The stain had gotten progressively worse. It had spread covering half of the rug. Callie ran her finger's through her hair and began biting her thumb nail. That was a nervous habit she had. Sushi brushed up against Callie's right leg and purred up at the worried woman. Callie picked her up and rubbed behind her ear. "Oh Sushi what are we going to do? She's going to kill us!". The cat looked up at her with green sparkling eyes, it was as if she understood every word Callie was saying. She put her paw up against Callie's cheek and meowed loudly. Callie laughed and put the cat down. Just then her phone rang. Her bestfriend Mark was calling. "Hey Mark, I know I'm running late but I had an accident and I'm stuck here trying to fix it. But I'll be down to work soon" she said quickly. "Woah, slow down there Torres. I barely heard what you said. Listen Bailey will be here in 20 minutes so I'd get your ass down here. You know how she is on Monday's. I'll try and stall for you if your not here on time, But I can't promise anything". Callie knew exactly what Bailey would do if she found out she was late. "Got it, Thanks Mark I owe you one. See you soon" and she hung up. She looked back down at the rug. Well,there's only one thing to do.. She rolled the rug up and dragged it to the coat closet. She shoved it deep into the corner, behind a bunch of jackets. Okay,now I just hope she doesn't notice. Callie grabbed her leather jacket and key's and ran out the door of her apartment. She had 10 minutes to get to work. Bailey's going to kill me.
Arizona Robbins pushed the door's of her apartment complex open. She smiled as the rays of sun hit her skin. What a beautiful morning. She headed over to her mint green Vespa and put her matching helmet on. She started the engine up and began to head into town. She stopped at a coffee shop and picked some coffee and muffins up for herself and her employee's. She then headed straight to her shop. Arizona and her best friend Teddy Altman ran there own business together. They loved that place and put all their work and hard earned money into it making it the best gardening center around. She parked her vespa behind the center and made her way through the back of the building. Her fellow co-workers were all there with their purple aprons on ready for the days work. "Hi guys! I brought everyone some coffee and muffins" Arizona said cheerfully and set the coffee and muffins down on the table. "Okay so plan for the day, Alex your going to be unloading all of the new flowers into the empty shelves at the back of the store, April your going to be on checkout and Teddy you and I are going to work on the garden, that fountain still isn't finished." Arizona said while grabbing her apron and slipping it over her head. They all nodded at her and started to dig into their breakfast. "Why are you always so happy in the morning boss, I don't think it's normal." Alex mumbled through the muffin he had in his mouth. "Hey crumbies!" Arizona said frowning at Alex as crumbs flew out of his mouth and onto the floor. He shrugged his shoulder's and wiped his around his mouth with his hand's. Arizona gave him a disgusted look and handed him a napkin. "Thanks" he said as he wiped the remaining crumb's of the muffin off his face. "Okay guys,time to get to work!". All four of them stood up and went to do the work they were instructed to do. Arizona was glad she could be outside to finish the fountain. It was such a sunny day it would be a shame to spend it inside. Her and Teddy started to plant colorful tulips around the fountain. "I'm so excited for this garden to be finished Ted's,we've been working on it for so long and i just cant wait for the public to see it!" Arizona said with a big grin on her face and clapping her hand's excitedly together. Teddy laughed at the bubbly blonde. "I know,everyone's going to love it Zona. We can finally show what we can do, we could be transforming people's nasty old gardens into beautiful one's very soon" Teddy said grinning at Arizona. Teddy was Arizona's best friend. They have known each other since they were thirteen and became best friends instantly. They both went to the same school's and even the same collage were they did three years of getting a bachelor of business degree, where they learned how to run their own business. When the two of them were young they always loved planting things out their back gardens. Flowers,trees's and plant's. They loved watching things grow and feeling the satisfactory of eating freshly home grown products. The two knew they had the green thumb at a young age. So when they were out of collage they decided to start their own business. What better shop to open then a flower and garden center. It started off just the two of them owning a tiny shop in the middle of nowhere. They then began to get more and more costumers and could afford a bigger place. Now there business was booming and they were opening a new part of the center. They are going into garden design. The two had always dreamed of designing and decorating garden's, but now they had the money to move toward's that dream. They couldn't be happier. The two finished up planting flowers around the big fountain. It was white marble with detailed flowers going around the entire fountain. The men would be there early tomorrow to put the water in. Then the fountain will be finished. The two women stood back and looked at there hard work. Arizona jumped up excitedly and wrapped her arms around Teddy's neck for a big hug. She was jumping up and down giggling. Teddy returned the hug and did a little celebration of her own with a silly dance.
Great,Baileys here already. She looked at her bosses car as she pulled up into the car park of her work. She grabbed her sketch pads and locked her black BMW. She pressed the button for the fourth floor on the elevator, which brought her to her work floor. She was hoping she could sneak in without her boss, Miranda Bailey knowing she had come in late. The door's of the elevator opened and Callie stuck her head out and looked left and right. Coast is clear, time to run for it. Callie then began to run through the row's of tables that people were working on. The sound of sewing machines and ripping fabric filled the air. Callie worked as a fashion designer for a big clothing line, Este. She always loved fashion ever since she could remember. She used to match different clothes together and dress people up when she was at a very young age. She loved art in school and was very good at it. She recognized her talent's and wanted to keep with art and fashion. So she decided to go to collage and study just that. She was top of her class when she finished and easily got a job at this well known company, and now here she is. She loved her job and the people that came with it. She had met her best friend Mark Sloan in her first year of collage. He too wanted to go into fashion. The two ended up getting a job at the same place,which they were thrilled about. She loved the perk's that came with this job also. The fashion shows, famous people and one thing she loved the most was getting to keep some of the clothes. Callie quickly sat down at her desk and flipped open her sketchpad. She tried to slow her breathing down as quickly as possible, so it didn't look like she just ran here. She looked up slowly to find a small woman standing in front of her desk. One of her eyebrow's was raised and her hand was on her hip. If looks could kill.. "Hi Miranda" Callie said with an awkward smile. The smaller woman narrowed her eyes at her. "Oh don't you Miranda me Callie Torres! You were late, Again! This is the third time in a week!". Callie looked down at her shoes. She knew this didn't look good at all and she really had no explanation to give. Other then, well that she was just late. "Now what do you have to say for yourself?". "I'm so sorry Miranda, I got up this morning and then I stood on a cat and coffee went all over my girlfriends new rug. Which by the way she is going to KILL me for, so then I ended up hiding it in the closet. Now I'm just praying she doesn't notice. " Callie said quickly with worried eyes. She heard someone laughing quietly behind the smaller woman and looked to find her best friend Mark sitting at his desk with a cup of coffee in his hand, laughing at the scene that was going on. She gave him such a glare that he stopped laughing and whirled around in his chair. She looked back at Miranda who did not look let out a sigh. "If I catch you late again Torres, I will personally kick your ass. Got it?" Miranda said sharply. "You got it. Thanks Miranda." Callie said with a small smile. Miranda turned around to see that Mark had eavesdropped into their conversation and was laughing into his coffee. "Excuse you, don't you have work to do Sloan?" she said and gave him a little smack on the head. "Hey! I was just drinking my coffee and minding my own business. " He said while rubbing the spot Bailey hit him. "Mmmm-hmmm" Miranda said and walked back to her office. Callie burst out laughing when the woman closed the door behind her. "That's what you get Markie" she said while sitting back down at her desk. "Whatever clumsy, how's that rug doing?" he said with an amusing smirk. Callie gave one of her death glares. Mark knew to back off. When Callie gave that stare, he knew she wasn't happy. He turned back to finish off his sketch. She looked at the most recent sketch she was working on. Everyone was told to work on festival outfits since summer was coming up and there will be plenty of people looking for outfits for them. Callie drew a girl with long wavy brown hair with a light blue flower crown around her head. Then a white flowy crop top with little blue flower's on it, a pair of light wash high wasted short's and a pair of brown desert boots. She finished it off with a gold necklace and a few gold bangles. Mark looked over Callie's shoulder at the sketch. "Nice Cals, I'm sure they'll love this.". A smile came to Callie's face. "I hope they do". Callie loved when they chose one of her creations to come to life. She always felt proud to see it walking on the runway and she loved it even more when she saw random people on the street walking around in them. She picked up her design and walked over to the box. The box was were the designer's dropped off any design they wanted to send in, and then they would get sent to the headquarter's in New York were Este herself would look at them. If she liked it, then it would be made in a week depending on how much detail needed to go into making it and then it would be in the next fashion show. Callie was one of the lucky few Este had time for. Etse liked Callie and liked the way she designed thing's. Callie looked at the sketch one more time and and was about to drop it in the box when someone said something behind her. "Cal,let me see your design" a curly haired Cristina said as she approached her friend. "Sure Cris, if you let me see yours" Callie said to her eager friend. "Whatever" Cristina handed Callie her sketch and ripped the Latina's out of her hands. Cristina stared down at it not saying a word for a minute "It's alright,mines better though" she said with a wicked grin. Callie laughed, "Thanks Cris, yours isn't so bad either". Cristina's was more darker then Callie's. It had more black's and plum's then the colour's Callie had chosen. Callie held her sketch for the last time and dropped it into the box. Please pick mine.
Finally it was home time and Arizona couldn't wait to get to the food market. She loved picking out what she was going to make for dinner that night. She locked up and waved goodbye to her co-workers. "Teddy I'll see you at my place at 8 for dinner, Don't be late!" Arizona said while putting the keys into her bag. "Don't worry I wont!" Teddy shouted from her car. Arizona had a bunch of daisy's she was going to put in a vase when she went home. Daisy's were her favorite flower of all. She put them in the basket at the back of her vespa and tied them in tight. She hopped on and whizzed up to the market before it closed. She drove by the beach. The sun was just about to set so the sky was a beautiful orange and pink colour. Arizona inhaled the smell's the beach had to offer. She loved the beach, it was one of her favorite places to be in the world. She had such fond memories of her and her brother Tim when they were younger here. A sad smile came to her face at the thought of her big brother. I miss you everyday Timmy. She pulled up at the side of the market. Phew,it's not closed. She grabbed her purse and walked over to the fruit stand first. "Hi Linda,hows the business?" Arizona asked the woman standing by the stand. "Arizona! Oh it's going well,you know the usual" She said as she lifted a new box of apples onto the table. Arizona carefully looked at each apple that was on display. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted a glistening red apple. She went out to reach for it when another hand bumped into her's. She pulled back and looked up at the other woman's face. A beautiful Latina woman stood before her. Wow,she is so beautiful.Arizona let out a little laugh and smiled her best dimpled smile at the stranger. Callie couldn't take her eyes off the stunning blonde. Okay,who are you and why aren't you in my life?. Callie smiled brightly at the perky blonde. "Look's like we both want this beauty,huh?" Callie said with a cheeky wink. The blonde felt her cheek's getting hotter. She has the prettiest smile in the world. "Uh..." Really Arizona?All you can say is uh?Say something!. Callie chuckled at the blushing woman. "How about you take this apple and I'll find another one?" Callie said and picked up another red apple. "See this one isn't half bad either,right?" she said and plopped it into a plastic bag. Arizona smiled and nodded. Callie grabbed the perfect apple, put it in a bag and handed it to blue eyed beauty. "Here you go" It's perfect just like you. "Thanks! I guess I should ask your name since we both have good taste in apples?" Arizona asked taking the bag off the other woman. "I'm Callie Torres, And you?" she stared into the beautiful blue eyes. "I'm Arizona Robbins. It was nice to meet you Callie Torres" she smiled brightly up to the now not so strange woman. Arizona paid for her apple and walked over to the vegetable stand. She stopped and turned her head around "Oh and thanks for letting me have the apple" She said with a smile and turned to walk to walk away. "No problem beautiful" Callie whispered so low no one else could hear except herself. She watched mesmerized as the blonde walked away. I hope to see you again soon Arizona Robbins.
Callie opened the door of her apartment struggling to hold the two grocery bag's with her other hand. "Babe,it's me! I am going to make such an amazing dinner for you tonight.". Callie slammed the door shut with her foot. She stood waiting for an answer. "Hello? Is anyone home?" she shouted into the empty apartment. Just then Sushi came sprinting out of the bedroom and ran up to Callie meowing loudly. "Hey baby girl! Are you hungry? Did Erica not feed you?" Callie said as she set the grocery bags down on the counter. She picked the cat up and rubbed under it's chin. The cat purred up at her favorite person in the world. "Come on let's feed you,you must be starving". Callie set the cat down next to it's bowl. "I can't believe Erica didn't come home and feed you. Poor baby. Don't worry I'll give out to her when she's home." Callie said pouring the cat food into the bowl. Sushi stuffed her head into the bowl and began to dig into her food. Callie decided to start dinner. At this rate she didn't care if Erica was home or not. She was starving and Erica hasn't been home much at all lately with work. Callie made homemade spaghetti and garlic bread, Erica's favorite. She was going to make it for her because Callie had planned for them to have a nice evening just the two of them. But I guess something had come up at Erica's work. Callie sat at the lonely table. She poured herself a hearty glass of red wine and drank away the night thinking of the dimpled blonde she met today.
Arizona pulled the chicken out of the oven. "Perfect!" she smiled widely "Teddy grab the wine out of box its by the door" Arizona shouted to her friend in the next room. "Got it!" she said in return "Honestly Zona do you not think I wouldn't have opened the wine yet?" she said with a smile. Arizona laughed a little too hard. Teddy noticed her friend was giddy and was humming a happy song. "Okay who did you meet today?" Teddy said while pouring the two of them a glass of wine. "What? Who said I met someone? Can I not just be happy?!" Arizona said blushing a little. "Okay,I know your usually always happy but this is too tell me!" Teddy said giving her friend a play full hit on the arm. "Hey!.Well actually when I was at the food market today I started talking to a beautiful woman. Like Teddy she was so beautiful,I couldn't keep my eyes off her. At one point I was speechless!" Arizona laughed a little at the memory of her going blank. "Really? what was her name? Did you get her number? will you see her again?" Teddy asked quickly. It had been a long time since Arizona was excited about a girl. After Arizona had a bad break up with her long term girlfriend Sarah a few month's back she hasn't been herself today that was. "Teddy relax,I only met the name is Callie and that's all I know. I'll probably never see her again anyway. Oh,but she did let me have that beautiful red apple in the fruit basket" Arizona pointed to the apple. "Oh flirting and apples. Nice" Teddy said laughing. "You have to meet her again Zona, ask her out next time. You deserve a little fun". "Maybe..I hope I do see her again. Anyway after dinner you have to help me pack up the rest of the stuff in my bedroom. I still cant believe I'm moving tomorrow and I've barely finished packing!" Arizona said running her hand's through her hair. "We'll get it done,don't worry!" Teddy said grabbing her glass of wine. "Okay lets eat!".
Callie woke up from a nightmare. She was lying on the sofa sweaty and hot. She didn't have any idea what time it was. Callie pushed herself up a little and felt a sharp shooting pain go through her head. She put her hand up to her head. I think I had a little too much wine.. She reached out to grab her phone. It was four in the morning.Crap I must of passed out like five hours ago. She stood up and headed to the bedroom. She was shocked to see the bed was untouched. She was sure Erica would have been in by now. She went through the messages on her phone.No new messages.. Where are you Erica?. Just then Callie heard the familiar keys unlock the door. She walked tiredly over to meet the blonde haired women. "Where have you been?! You've been gone since six this morning! Erica you can't just not come home. I was making dinner for us and you never showed. Oh and you forgot to come and feed poor Sushi! She was here starving when I got home!" Callie looked angrily at the woman. "Woah Baby, your giving me a headache. I was out with a couple of work friends. No big deal. Maybe I don't come home often because-" The blonde let out a little drunk hiccup. "You always nag me! nag nag nag. Just Stop!" The blonde said slurring her word's and pointing a finger at the angry Latina. Callie could smell the booze the minute the blond started talking. Tears weld up in Callie's eyes. "All I do is love you Erica. But I get nothing in return. I'm sick of this." Callie said as a tear fell down her cheek. Erica just gave the woman a blank look and walked right passed her and flopped onto the bed. Callie's mouth dropped open slightly. This is getting too much. Sushi went over to Callie and rubbed against her leg to show some love. "Thanks Sush" Callie whispered through her tear's. She went into the kitchen and took an aspirin for her headache. Callie sadly walked back to the sofa and fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
"Arizona hurry up! The last box was just loaded into the truck!" Teddy shouted from the front door of Arizona's now empty apartment. "Coming! Just saying my final goodbyes!" Arizona looked around her familiar bedroom for the last time and smiled. To be honest she was pretty happy she was moving . There was too many memories in this apartment she wanted to forge. She walked to the front door and smiled at Teddy."Okay, I'm ready to leave Teds". Teddy put her arm around her best friends shoulder's and the two exited the building for the last time.
Callie walked outside her apartment door to grab her mail. She noticed moving boxes piled outside the vacant apartment next door. Ugh great, probably another weird ass neighbour. She grabbed the mail and heard the elevator door open. A person holding a big vase of flowers came waddling up the corridor. The flowers were blocking the strangers face. Callie watched as her new neighbour struggled to find her keys in her pocket while holding the flowers. Callie seen the vase slipping out of the person's hand's and she ran over to catch it. "Woah, that wouldn't have been good" Callie said as she adjusted the vase in her hand's. She looked down to see a pretty blonde familiar face look up at her. A big smile spread across her face. "Arizona Robbins? Right?" Callie said to the smiling blonde. "Yeah! Callie Torres, nice to see you again! Do you live here?" The blonde asked showing her best dimpled smile. There's those killer dimples.. " I do actually,right next door!". Yesss. "That's awesome! Here let me take those! Thanks for saving my flowers!" she said going to grab the vase, when her hand touched the warm Latina's. Callie jumped at the touch and dropped the vase on the ground. She stepped back and bumped into a pile of boxes, that fell with a thud. She turned to look at all the clothes and CD's that were covering the floor. She covered her face with her hand's. That's great Torres she now think's your an idiot and her underwear is all over the corridor. Arizona looked around at the mess and up at Callie who looked so embarrassed. "I am so sorry! I'll help you clean it up! I'm so clumsy. Sorry!" Callie said peaking through her hand's. The blonde broke out in laughter, which made Callie laugh. The two of them were in knot's laughing they didn't notice the other presence watching them. Callie turned to see Erica standing at the door with her arms folded. The laughing slowed down. "What's going on out here?" Erica said crossed armed and eyeing Arizona up and down. Arizona looked at the woman and back at Callie. "Um.. Arizona this is Erica... My girlfriend". Oh Callie I was hoping you wouldn't say that...