It already started / I tried to stop it but I already know / you are something I should do without, but I won't / I'm under the table / just keep wishing I'll come out but I don't / you are something I should do without, but I won't

-under the table, banks

Arizona Robbins was pretty confident that junior year was going to be awesome for her. This was her third high school after all, she had to have it figured out by now. Her dad also promised her that they wouldn't move again until after she finished high school so she made herself a promise to start out on the right note.

Callie Torres was so sick and tired of that hell hole. A school with only 350 kids was bound to get boring pretty quickly and she was so tired of being ashamed of who she was. It's not like you can be openly bisexual without any backlash at a Catholic school. There was only one other lesbian at the school who unfortunately was her ex girlfriend and all the closeted ones were exactly that: closeted. What she wanted to do was leave and get herself a girlfriend but she had 2 more years left in this place and all she wanted was out.

"Cal, Ms. Montgomery needs you in the student office," Callie's best friend Meredith smiled as she approached the girl's locker. Callie and Meredith had met in their AP physics class during sophomore year and had instantly become friends; they really had no other choice considering they were the only two sophomores in a class full of juniors, but they carried that friendship all the way until junior year and now they were really good friends.

"It's the first day of school, what the hell could she possibly need from me?" Callie sighed as she turned around to face the shorter girl.

"I don't know, but I have to go, I'm meeting Derek down in the cafeteria for breakfast," Meredith said, mentioning her boyfriend.

"Get me a bottle of iced coffee," Callie said, handing her friend a five dollar bill.

"Of course," Meredith laughed, putting a comforting hand on her friend's shoulder. "This year is going to go great, don't stress yourself out."

"Thanks Mer," Callie sighed. "Cristina here yet?" Cristina was Meredith's best friend since they were kids. She took a while to warm up to Callie but the three of them have been close ever since. Meredith and Cristina were obviously closest but they were both more than willing to accept Callie into their group and were supportive of her sexuality as well.

"She's on her way," Meredith replied. "Get to the office before Montgomery thinks you're a no-show," she laughed as she walked off.

Callie sighed slipped her phone into the back pocket of her black jeans and closed her locker before making her way down to the office. "Mrs. Montgomery, Meredith said you wanted to see me?" she asked, knocking on the woman's half open door.

"Yes, come in darling," the woman smiled, motioning for her to sit down.

"I like your new name plate thing," Callie said with a hesitant laugh as she felt down.

"Thanks! I feel like Ms. Addison Montgomery sounds so much better covered in glitter," she laughed.

"Did you need me for anything?" Callie asked.

"There's a new student in your class this year and I thought you'd be a good person to show her around. You have all of the same classes except she's got a study hall when you're taking PE," Addison said. "Would you be willing to? I can try to find someone else if you don't want to?"

"Sure," Callie shrugged. "What's her name?"

"Her name is Arizona Robbins and she just moved here from Tacoma. This is her 3rd high school and I'm sure she has it all figured out by now but I figured you could be her first friend," Addison shrugged.

"Okay," Callie shrugged.

"I wasn't gonna mention this but I just want you to be prepared…" Addison started hesitantly. "She's got a prosthetic leg. I don't know the situation or anything, but I just wanted you to be aware so you're not staring or anything. I know you won't, I just wanted you to know."

"Oh. Okay," Callie shrugged.

"So why don't you go get your books and everything sorted and then I'll meet you at the main office in like 5 minutes?" Addison asked.

"Okay," Callie replied as she stood up. She got her books from her locker and stopped in the bathroom before walking across the school to the main office.

"Hi Callie," Addison smiled as the girl approached her and Arizona. "This is Arizona."

"Hey," Callie smiled, shaking the girl's hand. The girl was slightly shorter than Callie and had blonde hair and the brightest blue eyes Callie had ever seen. She was gorgeous, to say the least. Her eyes only stopped for a second on the girl's left. She could only see a little bit of Arizona's pale skin under her skirt and the rest of her leg was metal and plastic.

"Hi!" Arizona smiled excitedly.

"I'll let you two get to know each other," Addison smiled. "Arizona, don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions Callie can't answer."

"Okay," Arizona smiled as the woman walked away.

"I'll show you where your locker is," Callie smiled as she led the girl towards junior hall. "Ms. Montgomery said you moved here from Tacoma?"

"Yeah, my dad is stationed here for awhile," Arizona replied. "What about you? Have you been here awhile?"

"Too long," Callie laughed. "I've known all these people since I was a kid. Even before high school."

"You must have a lot of friends though," Arizona said as they stopped at her locker.

"Like 4," Callie laughed. "You'll get to meet them soon. Meredith is downstairs eating breakfast with her boyfriend Derek, Mark is probably in the gym shooting 3-pointers, and Cristina is-"

"What about me?" Cristina asked as she walked into the hallway. "Hey, who's this?"

"This is Arizona, she's new this year," Callie said.

"Hey, I'm Cristina," the girl smiled, shaking the blonde's hand.

"It's nice to meet you," Arizona smiled.

"Callie I'm gonna go downstairs with Mer, I'll see you 3rd period," she said.

"Okay," Callie said as she walked away. "Mer and Cristina are basically sisters," she laughed. "They both take a little while to warm up to, but they're really sweet."

"You don't have to introduce me to your friends, y'know," Arizona shrugged. "I can find my people if you'd rather I not tag along with your group."

"This is a small school, trust me I'm doing you a favor," Callie laughed.

Arizona opened her locker and hung her backpack inside before getting her things out. She hung a few gay pride magnets inside the door and Callie's eyes grew wide. "You-"

"I'm a lesbian, out and proud, Arizona smiled. She paused for a minute, a look of hesitancy taking over her face. "And I understand that this is a Catholic school and that people have their opinions and such, so if you want to walk away, I understand. I'll find other friends if you and your friends aren't okay with it."

"No, I-" Callie cut herself off, a smile growing on her face. "Come here." She led the girl to her locker and tentatively opened it up. She knew how some lesbians felt about bisexual girls. Her own ex girlfriend had told her that she wasn't enough of a lesbian to be with her anymore. She just hoped Arizona would be supportive.

"Hella bi and hella fly," Arizona read one of the magnets out loud with a laugh. Callie had a few more bisexual pride magnets hung up and Arizona read all of them with a huge smile on her face. "Well I'm glad I'm not the only openly LGBT+ person at this school. Are there any more?"

"Erica Hahn, my biphobic asshole of an ex girlfriend," Callie laughed bitterly. "And a couple of clearly gay guys who are still in the closet."

"Oh shit," Arizona laughed in reply. "I'm not biphobic, just so you know. I believe every single sexuality is valid and beautiful. Especially cute bi girls," she winked.

Callie felt heat rise to her cheeks as she shrugged off the comment. "My friends know about me and they're super supportive. They'll do the same for you."

"I'm glad," Arizona smiled.

"So just get your stuff and I'll show you around," Callie said, closing her locker. "I'm gonna run downstairs, I'll be right back."

Arizona nodded and Callie walked downstairs to the cafeteria. "Montgomery gave me a hot lesbian with one leg to show around," she said as she sat down next to Cristina and across from Meredith.

"That's quite the description," Meredith laughed. "How do you know she's a lesbian?"

"She told me!" Callie smiled excitedly. "And she also hinted at me being a 'cute bi girl.'"

"What the hell is up with her leg?" Cristina wondered. "Or lack of it."

"I don't know," Callie shrugged. "She'll tell me when she wants to."

"You're not the least bit concerned?" Derek wondered and Callie quickly shook her head no.

"She's a brand new friend, I'm not going to make her feel uncomfortable," she explained with a shrug. "Which means you guys need to shut the fuck up when you meet her. She's in our lunch."

"We'll be on our best behavior," Meredith smiled. "Go find her and show her around. You can introduce her to us later."

"Thanks," Callie smiled as she stood up from the table and took the bottle of iced coffee with her. "Thanks for the coffee, Mer."

"No problem," Meredith laughed. She glanced up at her friends as the raven-haired girl walked off. "I haven't seen her this happy...ever," she smiled excitedly.

"I hope this works out, she really needs a win," Cristina said with a shrug.

Callie had had a rough few years and all her friends were rooting for her.

"I've got a brother named Tim and he's at boot camp for the army," Arizona said proudly. She and Callie had concluded the tour and were currently sitting in their first period class way before it was supposed to start. "He's off in Texas."

"Woah that's so cool," Callie said excitedly.

"Yeah, he's the greatest," Arizona agreed. "My dad is a colonel in the marine corps. He's stationed here for now."

"Is it scary having your family in the military?" Callie wondered.

"It's okay when they're both on base but I just feel this constant anxiety that they're going to get deployed," Arizona sighed. "It's okay though, I love it because we get to move to so many places and meet so many people."

"Well I'm glad you came to Seattle because I think we're gonna be really fast friends," Callie smiled. "Hey do you live on base?"

"Not this time. My dad promised me that we'd stay here long enough for me to finish high school so we bought a house."

"That's good," Callie replied.

"What about you? Do you have any siblings?"

"Yeah, a sister named Aria," Callie shrugged. "She turned 3 a couple of weeks ago."

"Awww oh my gosh I love little kids," Arizona squealed. "I'll have to meet her sometime."

"Yeah," Callie let out a nervous laugh. It's not like she didn't want to explain her family situation to Arizona. It's just she wasn't even comfortable talking about it herself. She didn't want to admit that the last time she saw her sister was after the little one had just turned one. It made her feel like an awful person knowing she wasn't able to watch her baby sister grow up. "Sometime, for sure," she lied.

"Good," Arizona smiled.

They looked up as Mark walked into the room and sat down next to Callie. "Who's the new chick?" He asked, glancing over at Arizona.

"Why don't you ask her?" Callie said sarcastically, rolling her eyes at the boy.

"I'm Arizona," the blonde said, shaking his hand. She couldn't help but notice how his eyes cast down to her cleavage, then to her leg, then back to her cleavage. Her smile didn't falter though; she was trying to keep a positive attitude.

"Mark," he replied to Arizona before turning to Callie. "You got yourself a hot one."

"Just shut the fuck up and stop acting like a dick to every girl in this school," Callie said, forcefully but playfully pushing him away.

"Anything for you, babe," he smirked as he stood up and walked out of the room. "I'll be back later, I'm gonna go catch up with Derek."

Callie rolled her eyes at Arizona. "I'm sorry, he's like that with everyone."

"Except for you, apparently," Arizona pointed out.

"He's my best friend, that's why," Callie shrugged, hoping Arizona wouldn't question any further. Her and Mark's relationship was complicated, to say the least.

"I get it," Arizona shrugged. "You're like...one of the guys to him…no offense." She decided not to ask about the 'babe' thing for the time being.

"None taken, that's as close as you can get to explaining my relationship with him," Callie laughed in return. She was hoping Arizona would forget about that encounter by the end of the day.

Lunch had come around and Callie had managed to catch up with Arizona in the lunch line after her PE and Arizona's study hall. "Don't get the chicken sandwich, it tastes like lead poisoning," Callie laughed as Arizona scanned over the menu. "Or the burger. Pretty sure there's no real meat in it."

"Well then what do you recommend?" Arizona wondered with a laugh. "I usually bring a lunch but I didn't feel like packing one today."

"Most days I get either pasta or salad," Callie said. "The chicken noodle soup is okay too, but the rest of them suck."

"I think I'll go with the pasta," Arizona decided as she got herself a bowl and scooped some pasta into it before doing the same with the marinara sauce.

At the group's usual lunch table, all 4 of them kept looking back to where Arizona and Callie were standing in line. "This entire school has been talking about blondie all day," Mark said, mentioning Arizona.

"Don't call her blondie," Meredith said, slapping his hand away from her potato chips. "She'd probably be just as offended about that as I was."

"What are they saying?" Cristina asked. "I haven't been paying attention."

"Stuff about how she's a lesbian," Derek shrugged.

"Are you kidding me?" Mark asked incredulously. "She's the hottest girl here and she's a lesbian?"

"Good news for Callie," Meredith shrugged with a laugh. "Really good news."

"People have been saying stuff about her leg too," Derek shrugged. "There's rumors going around about what happened to it."

"She hasn't said a word about it, how could there be rumors?" Cristina asked, rolling her eyes. "This school is such bullshit."

"Should we ask her about it?" Mark asked with a smirk.

"Don't you dare," Meredith said, pointing a finger at Mark. "We're gonna carry on with our day and be good new friends. Like Callie said, she'll tell us when she's ready."

"Hey," Callie said as she and Arizona approached the table. "This is Arizona."

"Hi," the blonde waved shyly, recognizing Mark and Cristina from the morning. Cristina seemed nice but she still had mixed feelings about Mark.

"Sit down," Callie whispered with a smile as she sat down.

"I'm Meredith," the other blonde smiled.

"Meredith, Derek, and you already know Cristina and Mark," Callie said, pointing out each person at the table.

Arizona nodded excitedly. "It's really great to meet you guys."

"You too," Derek smiled. "Are you from around here?"

"I'm from Pennsylvania actually," Arizona laughed. "My dad is a colonel in the marine corps and he's stationed here for awhile. We lived in Tacoma before this."

"How many schools have you been to?" Cristina asked.

"3 high schools including this one, 2 middle schools, and 7 elementary schools," Arizona laughed. "I'm here until after I graduate though."

"Good, plenty of time to get to know you," Callie smiled.

"You look hot today," Mark said to Callie with a smirk.

"Shut the fuck up," Callie laughed, playfully pushing him away.

"I would've thought you were from Arizona," Meredith mentioned with a laugh.

"I'm actually named after the battleship U.S.S Arizona. My grandfather was on it during the attack on Pearl Harbor and saved 17 men before he died," she said with pride.

"That's amazing," Callie said with a smile. "I'm named after my grandma."

"I didn't know your grandma's name was Callie," Cristina said.

"It wasn't, it was Sofía. But she was an amazing singer and Calliope means 'beautiful voice.'"

"Calliope," Arizona smiled, letting the name roll off her tongue. "It's beautiful."

"Thanks," Callie said shyly. Every time that girl complimented her, every ounce of self control she had went out the window and she melted into a puddle of love. The first time it felt like Arizona was flirting. This time just felt like a really genuine compliment. Callie couldn't deny it felt nice though.

"Hey," Callie said, slightly out of breath as she caught up with Arizona at her locker after school.

"Hey Calliope," Arizona smiled as she pulled her backpack out of her locker before closing it.

Callie felt herself blush at Arizona using her full name but quickly brushed it off to finish what she had to say. "So there's this bakery a little while away from here. It's in walking distance but it's kind of far so I understand if you don't want to but they've got really good coffee and banana bread. Do you want to go with me?"

"Sure!" Arizona smiled. "We can drive you know. I've got my car here."

"Alright," Callie agreed.

"I actually go have to ask the counselor about something but I'll catch up with you in like 5 minutes. Is that okay?"

"Yeah that's great," Callie smiled. They parted ways and she went into the gym to catch up with Meredith and Cristina.

"Hey babe, come over in like an hour, my parents won't be home," Mark said as he approached her, a basketball in his hand.

"I've got plans," Callie said apologetically.

"We haven't had sex in like 2 weeks," Mark whined.

"Sex with you is most definitely not my main priority," Callie laughed and rolled her eyes at the boy. "Now go play before they sub you out." Most days after school, the basketball team had scrimmages in the gym. Meredith, Cristina, and Callie met in there to hang out for awhile after school before going home.

"She's falling for Owen again," Meredith sighed to Callie as the dark haired girl sat down next to her. Cristina had had a crush on a guy named Owen last year and over the summer she had decided that she was over him. Unfortunately seeing someone for the first time after a few months can bring back old feelings.

"Unrequited love," Callie laughed, reaching over Meredith to poke Cristina in the ribs. "Mark was trying to fuck me tonight but Arizona and I are going to the bakery."

"So many people are talking about her it's not even funny," Cristina said. "Sooner or later she's gonna hear it."

"And we'll be there to support her when she does," Callie shrugged. She spotted Arizona across the gym and stood up from the bleachers. "See you guys tomorrow."

Arizona waved at them with a smile as Callie walked up to her. "Hey, you ready?"

"Yeah," Arizona smiled. "Thanks for waiting."

"No problem," Callie smiled.

The first day of junior year had been the best first day of high school for both of them. They were so glad to have met each other and become friends so soon.