Disclaimer: I do not own any of characters here.
A/N: I have this idea for years. I used to write this story years ago but I change some story line here for Calzona. With Sara leaving Grey's, I will missing this couple so much. I can't watch Grey's without Callie because she was the reason I watch Grey's. The story will be light than 'Assassin's Love'.
And I want to give BIG THANK to my lovely beta, RikNik. Without her, I couldn't post this story.
This story will be entirely Arizona's POV. I chose to be Arizona because I want to be the person that falling for Callie. I know it silly. Anyway, let's start this new story.
~YOU, ME & HER~
**CHAPTER ONE - FIRST MESSAGE**
My feet feel so heavy. Feels like I'm dragging a chain with a metal ball at the end of it. My head is spinning, my heart aches. Today is my bad day. Ever! I just lost my job because I was fighting with one of our colleagues over my girlfriend. I was so mad when I came to know that my girlfriend - ex-girlfriend - was cheating on me behind my back with our colleague! Dammit! I was so stupid for not seeing it weeks ago when Joanne told me she will walk Katherine home because I still have work to do at the hotel restaurant. When Joanne came to me and confessed that she and Katherine had slept together a few times without my knowledge, I didn't think twice to punch her in the face and made her nose bleed.
"Stop it, Arizona!" Katherine shoved me off from Joanne. "Are you out of your mind?" she asked in yell.
"My girlfriend slept with my friend; yes I'm out of my mind!" I shot back.
"It was your fault! You weren't there when I needed you! You're too busy to spend time with me. All you think about is your job!"
I shook my head in disbelief with what Katherine had just told me. "I was working my ass off for us, Kate! For us! For our future savings! I do it for us!" I stated over and over again. "I want the best for you. I want to buy the ring so I can propose to you," I said sadly. Her eyes widened hearing my words. "You cheated on me because I want the best for our future!" I could see the guilt on her face but it was too late.
"Ari…" Katherine grabbed my hand, but I pulled it back immediately with force.
"Don't touch me! Don't touch me with your dirty hand!" I warned her.
"I'm sorry…"
I chuckled by force. "Sorry? You should feel sorry for yourself because you just lost someone who loved you entirely."
"Oh my God! What happened here? Joanne?" my boss suddenly appeared and took a look at the bleeding whore behind Katherine. She lifted her head to look at me. "Arizona! What you have done?"
"Don't worry, Mrs. Adams. I quit!" I took off my name tag and slammed it hard on the table next to me before walking out from the restaurant without turning back.
I take a deep breath as I am standing in front of my apartment door. Here I am, no job, no money, no girlfriend, maybe in a month it will be no home too. I take out my keys and unlock the door. As I walk in, I feel a pair of eyes looking through into my head. "What?" I ask Cristina, who is having cereal for her dinner while walking to my room in slightly pissing off tone.
"I knew!" she said loud enough for me to hear her once I'm in my room.
I poke my head from my room door, with a confused look on my face. "You knew about what?" She didn't say a word, just continued chewing the cereal with an annoying crunching sound. I thought I hid the cereal box from her because I want her to get proper dinner instead of cereal. Then my head clicked. Owen, Cristina's boyfriend is my supervisor. Correction, he was my supervisor now. So he must have told Cristina the whole story. "It's none of your business!" I said totally annoyed with people around me talking about me behind my back before slamming the door loudly.
"It is my business if you don't have a job and can't pay the rent!" I hear her yell from the kitchen.
I huff at it. She is right. It is her business if I can't pay the apartment rent on time. My body slid down against my door wall trying to cool off my anger. I let the tears escape my eyes that I had been holding in for hours. I feel so tired holding it that long. Now I am alone. I hate to cry in front people. It makes me look weak. I pull my legs against my chest and wrap my arms around it. I feel so cold, so lonely. The memories with Katherine of the last year and a half surface in my mind. I still can't believe how she could have done this to me. Being far from my family, I put all my trust and hope on her. But after what she has done to me, it hurt. I feel suffocated thinking back to the moment Joanne told me about her and Katherine. How could Katherine have done this? More warm tears roll down my cheeks as I cry in silence in my empty and cold room.
After a few minutes of crying on the floor, my eyes stare at my laptop on the bed and I wipe my tears with the back of my hand. I put down my bag on the floor next to my bed before slumping my weak body on my bed. The bed, not the best bed, but it is enough for me to have my own space to sleep at night.
I lean my back against the bed head and put the laptop on my lap. When I turn on the laptop, it has Adele's picture for wallpaper. She is my favorite singer. I smile to myself. At least I can do something to distract me from thinking about my bad day. I put on the headphone and play Adele's songs from my iTunes. Her voice never stops giving me goose bumps. Listening to Adele's 'Set Fire to the Rain' song I sing along while I start to surf online.
I click on the Adele's fan forum website. That was like my second home where I have friends online. My eyes caught one new thread 'Adele in London'. I click on the thread title and read some posts there. I haven't been online for a few days and I missed the latest news and gossips about Adele. They shared pictures of Adele's performance in her latest concert that had been held in London. Some of them had pictures taken so close to Adele. I'm so envious of them. I wish I could be there with them to witness Adele's performance live. I click on the reply button and type my message.
~zozo~:
Ah! I'm so jealous of all of you. You guys met her! *sulks and cries in the corner*
I press the enter key and put down my laptop on my bed before sliding out from my bed. I walk to my drawer and pull out my pajamas to wear tonight. I strip down my street clothes and throw it into my overload dirty clothes basket. I have to remember to do laundry tomorrow morning. Sigh. I put my pajamas on and slump into my bed again. I am wandering around the forum and read some other threads before me going back to the earlier thread. Clicking the last page, I read a few messages for me.
Lexiepedia:
Zozo! Where have you been? Aw, I'm sorry that you missed it. Let's hope you could make it if she come here in States *hugs Zozo*
teddy_not_the_bear:
OMG Zozo! We missed you there. If Adele comes to the States, I will drag your ass to her concert ;p
April90:
Zozo, it was fun, but it will be great if you could join us there. Looking forward for her concert in States *fingers crossed* Here we took the picture just for you!
A small laugh escapes my mouth when I read my online friends' comments. The picture that April had on her post, made me smile wider. It had the picture of the three of them holding the sign 'Zozo loves Adele'. It made my heart warm by their action. They knew I couldn't make it to the concert and I had requested them to put that sign for me in hope Adele would see it. I have been too busy lately at the restaurant and when I'm home; I was falling asleep because of exhausting work hours. It's always fun to talk with them. We have our own real life problems, but when we were online, we put it aside and only talk about Adele and some other random things. Sometimes we chat on the forum, sometimes on Twitter and sometimes we chat privately on Skype. They had asked me to go to Adele's London concert a few months ago, but I cannot afford to buy the ticket and pay for the journey expenses. So now here I am looking at their pictures at the concert, London meet up. I wish I could meet them one day. I only see them on Skype video calls and their pictures, but have never met any of them. To be honest, I never post my picture on the forum. Only these three know how I look like in real life.
~zozo~:
Yeah, let's hope she will hold a concert in NY so I can go *group hugs*
Lexie, Teddy and April are the closest ones to me. We talked a lot before I met Katherine. Katherine never understands me chatting with my online friends rather than having sex with her. Sometimes I need space where I can do what I want. Maybe Katherine wasn't the one for me.
As I post my reply, I saw one notification of a private message. Wondering who sent me the message. Clicking on mail picture, I stare at the unfamiliar name on my laptop. Badass_T. Badass huh? I smirk while clicking on the message in my forum profile.
Badass_T:
Hi Zozo,
Just want you to know that I didn't get to see her too. So don't cry. One day we will see her face to face. You and I will see her together.
T
I don't know how long I was staring at that message with a small smile on my face. It is not that I never get any private messages from strangers since I'm quite popular in this forum because I post everywhere and am one of the moderators. But getting a message like this during my bad day, it lights up my day a bit. I click on her name and it brings me to her profile. My eyes study her little information. Knowing she is a female and from her posts total I could tell she is not an active member even though she has been registered on the forum for almost a year. I click the back button then scroll down the page before clicking the reply button and try to be nice to her.
~zozo~:
Hi T,
Why T? I should call you Badass instead of T. ;p Anyway, what made you think that I will agree to see her with you since this is the first time I think I see or talk to you here?
Zozo
I giggle lightly when I press the send button. I click on the YouTube website to see some fan video of the London concert. I even watch the video from Teddy where Adele was performing 'Hello' but I hardly hear her because I could hear Teddy's sequel loudly in that video. I really wish I was there and could share the excitement with her. When I click back to the forum tab and refresh it, I got a message again. Smiling, knowing who the sender is, I click on my message icon and then click the message to read her reply.
Badass_T:
Haha! No, you can't call me Badass because it sounds wrong. Beside, you don't have any idea how badass I am in real life. Anyway, you don't want to see her with me? You will miss the big time here ;p
T
After reading that message, I was wondering if she is flirting with me? Lucky I am alone in this room. If we have video call I will look like an idiot smiling while reading her message. There is something about this woman that warms my heart. I glance at the laptop time. It's past midnight, so I decide to reply her one more before going to bed. I click off the light and adjust myself to lie on my bed. I put my laptop on my side and type the message slowly since I'm in a laying position.
~zozo~:
Well, Miss T, I barely know you, why would you think I want to go with you? Who knows you are serial killer? (I hope not) I think I will just go with my friends. Thanks for asking though. I'm so flattered by your offer. Anyway, I had a long day today and it is past midnight here. So, I have to go to sleep now. Good night, T. :-)
Zozo
My eyes feel so heavy. After all I had a long day today and it has totally worn me out. Before I call it a night, I refresh the page and see her reply. Lazy smile appears on my face as I click open her message.
Badass_T:
Oh God, I'm not a serial killer (I don't think it's enough to convince you though) Anyway, you will change your mind once you know me, Zozo. ;-) Good night, Zozo and sweet dreams. I hope we can talk again.
T
P.S.: Dream of me ;-)
I grin after reading her last message. Sure, she is flirting with me. See you in my dream, T. Maybe tomorrow will be a better day and I'm looking forward to talking to you again too.
A/N: Let me know what you think... ;)
