Everything was ready. She, was ready. She glanced around the room to make sure, her mind mentally checking things off the list she had made for everything she needed to be done. She finally locked her gaze onto the mirror in front of her and focused on the reflection it gave her. She smoothed her palms over the skinny black jeans, erasing the invisible creases she had and made sure the laces for her newly purchased white chucks were tied. She had a simple black t shirt underneath her fitting white dinner jacket, her shoulder length blonde hair left in soft curls. She finally smiled, happy with her appearance.
Today was going to be her day, the day she got the girl. Yeah, the blonde was definitely happy. She had waited the appropriate amount of time after the brunette's last break up, so she wouldn't be dubbed as a rebound or be seen as taking advantage of her. She had asked for advice on the best way to ask someone out, granted she didn't tell anyone it was for the brunette who had stolen her heart. She laughed as flashbacks of some of those stories came back to her.
Three months ago, she walked into her house that night with hope. Hope that her best friend felt the same way she did. Hope that she could have the same old school love that both teenagers had talked endlessly about. Just hope.
Three months ago...
The blonde was splayed across her living room couch mindlessly watching reruns of some cooking show her mom and her loved to watch together. Her mother currently in the kitchen, moving around preparing dinner. The older blonde had obviously noticed her daughter's sullen mood these past few months. She too noticed the increased absence of a certain brunette best friend and because of it Arizona was here sulking on the couch once again.
Arizona felt her phone chime against her stomach, to which she answered it quickly because it was Callie's specific ringtone. She heard sniffling over the phone "Callie.." no answer "Calliope, are you okay?" Arizona asked, concern evident in her tone
"Arizona, can you come over I- I... I'm sorry are you busy? you're probably busy... I'm gonna..." the sniffling woman quickly got out before being interrupted
"Calliope, give me five minutes" the blonde stated before hanging up, leaving no room for an argument. The blonde jumped off the couch and with a determined tone told her mothers that she was going over to Callie's.
"Make sure you're home for dinner and bring Callie with you!" Barbara called out to her daughter before she heard the front door slam shut.
Arizona took off at a full sprint towards the brunette's house about two blocks away. She was worried about the brunette, of course she was, and the fact that she had a crush on her, only magnified those feelings. The brunette recently entered a relationship and so naturally Arizona hated the girl she was with. Arizona hated the way the girl would treat Callie, hated the way she made Callie feel small, blaming the brunette's concerns about their relationship on her insecurities. By the time she knew it, Arizona was knocking on the front door of the Torres' household, huffing from the sudden stress she put her body under, her anger slowly dissipating.
Once she was let in by Carlos Torres, Arizona made her way up to her best friends door. Before entering Arizona took a deep breath in, preparing herself for the heartache she knew she was about to feel. Quickly exhaling, she pushed the wooden door open and the sight she was met with broke her heart. The Latina was sat cross legged in the middle of her bed, posture slumped and her big brown eyes now red and puffy had tears flowing freely from them down her face. Arizona rushed over to her, gathered the broken girl in her arms and just held her, struggling to fight her own tears from falling.
"She cheated on me" Callie sobbed and held onto Arizona. No words were spoken between the two. Arizona gently rocked her best friend while Callie cried over her broken heart.
After Callie's sobs died down, she moved her body so that she was laying down, her head resting in Arizona's lap, while the blonde lazily ran her fingers through her hair.
"Mom made your favorite tonight, she wants you there and she's not taking no for an answer" Arizona said just looking at Callie "So lets get you freshened up and we'll talk on the way there. Oh and tonight is definitely sleepover night". Arizona reluctantly got up from the comfortable position they were both in and held her hand out for Callie to take.
"Well, well. Are you trying to say I'm a mess Zones? because damn! way to give a girl a break" Callie teased, dramatically feigning shock
"Lets get this train moving Torres" Arizona shot back before grabbing Callie's hand and pulling her toward the bathroom.
That night, back at her house, Arizona knew she had to tell Callie how she felt, she didn't want to keep it in any longer. She sat back at the dinner table and watched how Callie easily held a conversation with her mom and how she would quickly switch to firing playful insults with her older brother, Tim. Fast forward to later that night, after Callie broke down and told Arizona what happened with her relationship she couldn't help but be enamored by her. Callie had leaned into Arizona while watching The Lion King. Arizona cherished these moments and wouldn't deny hoping that someday they would be more than friends
As they lay in Arizona's bed, Callie on one side Arizona on the other, Callie whispered "Why can't I get someone to believe that I'm enough? Arizona, why am I not enough? Am I that hard to love that everyone I date, cheats on me?" she turned and looked at the blonde, eyes glossy from the tears threatening to spill
Arizona wanted to scream that Callie was enough, more than enough. She wanted Callie to know that she was a goddess and that if she gave her the chance, Arizona would show her what it was like to be loved unconditionally. She wanted to say that she was in love with Callie and that she would never hurt her.
Instead Arizona went with "Callie I don't know why those assholes treated you like that, but don't even believe for a second that you're not worth love or that you aren't enough. You are more than enough and one day some woman is going to sweep you off your feet and make you feel everything. when that day comes you're going to look back and laugh because you're going to be so glad that you went through heartbreak to know what true love is". Arizona isn't one who usually prays but in that moment she found herself praying that she would be the one to make Callie happy.
"ok" Callie simply said before moving to cuddle with Arizona.
Arizona knew that she was only 18 and that many would say she couldn't possibly know what true love was, but she did. Because it was this moment, where her heart was calm, the warm feeling spreading through her body and the uncontrollable smile breaking out onto her face as Callie held onto her, that she knew she loved Callie
Yeah... she definitely needed a plan to woo the beautiful woman. And soon.
