Somebody to love chapter 1
Joe's bar is pretty empty this Tuesday afternoon; most of the SGMW people are either working, on call or at home. Callie and Mark have been sitting at the bar for quite a while though. Some would say that sitting in a bar on a Tuesday afternoon isn't normal, but not these two.
"Here's one for you Cal" Mark says whilst he is raising his beer up in the sky.
"Mark you've said that 10 times already"
Callie elbowes Mark a little in the side and them both start laughing.
Callie had won the million dollar grant, or more precisely her department had. However Callie practically did all the work.
The pair ordered another round of shots and beer. They have been celebrating all night and you could say that they were both fairly intoxicated.
"So when's Blondie coming?" Mark asks Callie while sipping on his beer.
"She's in surgery" Callie looks at her watch "She'll be here soon enough"
Callie was extremely happy that she won the grant, she and Arizona had been a bit competitive the last few days, but by the end of the day Arizona was happy for her girlfriend. She knew how hard Callie had worked with the cartilage research. Arizona had surgery this evening so they decided that they would meet up at Joe's after work.
"Did you see the look on Derek's face when the chief announced that you won the grant?" Mark asks Callie while he's laughing at the image of Derek in front of him.
"Yeah, it was pretty hilarious Mark, McDreamy was so pissed" Callie laughs almost as hard as Mark now, but Mark's face turns serious in an instant.
"Why do you call him McDreamy? He's not that 'dreamy' anymore" Mark does airqoutes to show his point.
"Yeah he is Mark, McDreamy's hair is irresistible, gay girl or straight girl, we want that hair" Mark looks defeated. He has always felt like the second runner-up after Derek.
Callie sees the disappointment written all over Mark's face so she tries to cheer him up.
"But hey Mark" She tries to get his attention but his eyes are on his drink "HEY" She grabs his face. "Derek may have that badass hair, buuuuut you Mark have better abs than he does. And Lexie will come around okay? And then you'll have the girl of your dreams just like I do"
Callie has a big smile plastered over her face when she talks about Arizona. Mark starts laughing again out of nowhere and that confuses Callie.
"What?" She asks him
"Oh Cal, I was just starting to think about Lexie." He pauses and Callie nods for him to continue "And the time when she asked you how gay you were on a scale of one to gay."
Callie looks at him surprised over that Lexie had told him about that. For Callie that was a hilarious moment.
"She told you about that?" Callie says before sipping on her beer.
"Yeah you know Lexie, she couldn't keep anything hidden from anyone"
Mark was smiling the whole time he was thinking about Lexie, she was the girl that changed him. Sure he was willing to change for Addison, but Lexie really made him feel complete, how corny that may sound.
"So Cal how gay are you on a scale of one to gay?" He teases her.
Callie looks over to him and laughs, but after a few seconds she realizes that he was being serious.
"You're being serious?"
"Yeah" He answers like it's the most normal thing in the world
At first she's a bit annoyed over the question, it's a little labeling. But they have both had their fair share of alcohol so she decides to go with it.
"Well Mark I don't know. I haven't really looked at anyone in that way since I got together with Arizona. I don't know maybe a 7?" She laughs.
"So you're still interested in men? You haven't switched teams completely?" He asks.
"Yeah you could say that, I don't know, I really don't. I haven't really thought about it a lot. I'm just going with the flow right now. However sex with a woman is better with a man. No offence Mark, you're probably the best guy I've had, but you aren't anywhere near Arizona's league". She says looking like she is dreaming about the sex at this moment.
"Non taken" Mark says a bit annoyed and silence follows.
They have ordered one more round and Callie is watching over her watch every 2 minutes, she is starting to worry about Arizona. Maybe the patient didn't make it? It was a simple hernia, but still it could go wrong. She and Mark have been sitting quiet for a few minutes now and she can't wait for Arizona to come. Callie is starting to feel like the max limit is soon to be reached and she doesn't want to reach it before Arizona comes.
"So Cal, we should see how gay you are" Mark says with a smirk
Callie is a bit oblivious at this point so she asks him.
"What are you gonna do? Make me pee on a gaydar stick?" She laughs and he joins her laughter
"No, I'm gonna kiss you and we'll see if you feel anything. I'm a man so.." He trails off.
Callie looks around and sees that the bar is pretty empty.
"I don't know Mark" She knows that kissing Mark isn't right really, but they are just friends and she has been a bit curious whether or not she still gets butterflies by kissing a man.
She leans in and kisses Mark after the internal mental discussion she's had with herself. She can feel his scruff against her cheek and his lips aren't near as soft as Arizona's.
They both start laughing in the middle of the kiss, now they have their foreheads against each other.
"Nothing Mark, I didn't feel anything." She laughs
"Me neither Callie, I wished you were Lexie the whole time" They hug and she gives him a quick friendly peck on the lips.
She suddenly hears someone dropping something and when she turns around she sees that Arizona dropped a bottle of wine. The only thing Callie could think of was how long Arizona had been there.
She can see that Arizona stands frozen and Callie can see so many mixed feelings in her girlfriends face. Anger, Hurt, Betrayal and even some Calmness.
Suddenly Arizona starts laughing, but not like she's amused by something.
"I knew it all along, I knew it, but I trusted her and now here I am" She looks over to Callie with hate in her eyes.
Mark hadn't noticed that Arizona had seen them kiss. He didn't even consider it being a real kiss. He sways over to Arizona and puts his arm around her.
"Geez Arizona, why did you do that for? Me and Cal have almost emptied Joe's bar and you come here with extra booze…great…but then you drop it…not great. But I'll be nice so here, you can have the rest of my beer".
Arizona gives Mark a death stare and Mark has been around enough women to know that he is in trouble. She removes his arm from her and slaps him right over his right cheek. She didn't think it would hurt as much as it did to slap him. Mark was shocked, but the slap hurt so much that he didn't really think about it
"Stay the hell away from me Mark" Arizona says and she can see that Callie gets of her bar stool and is coming nearer her. "And you…you" Arizona scoffs "You I trusted" And then her face turns serious and she stops before continuing "You know what you don't deserve me talking to you"
Arizona turns around to leave the bar and as she comes out to the cold Seattle air she starts crying, she sits down on the pavement heartbroken.
Inside Callie turns to Mark and they both have the same look on their face.
Stupid alcohol
"Go get her Callie" With that Callie goes after Arizona
Mark feels bad for his friend; if he would have known the outcome of the whole gayscale he wouldn't have kissed Callie. He thinks about going after them, but knowing that he isn't Arizona's favorite person he decides not to go. Instead he starts cleaning up and he can see that Arizona had bought a bottle of Château d'Yquem, which is pretty expensive.
Sure the dinner they had together a few weeks back went well, but he could always feel that Arizona doesn't trust him.
When Callie comes out she sees her girlfriend sitting on the pavement, she can feel that it starts to rain.
"Arizona, it's freezing out here, come on lets go in" Callie says but Arizona ignores her.
Callie stands behind her and starts to cry, Arizona then gets up and turns to face Callie. Arizona's face is swollen from all the crying.
"You don't get to cry Callie" It's barely a whisper, she tries to get past Callie, but Callie stands in her way.
"Where are you going? Home? Because then I'm going with you" Arizona laughs at her words.
"Aaw Callie you melt my heart with those words." She pauses to regain composure "I've been such an idiot. I've always known that there was something between you two. But you…you Callie convinced me that you were just friends. Well I've got news for you, you got me okay? How long has this been going on?
Callie feels shocked by her words.
"There is nothing going on, okay?"
"Well it looked like something else to me. You don't make out with your 'friend'." She stops, like she is exhausted before continuing. "You know I had a good surgery today. A simple one but a good one, after it I decided to go and buy a nice bottle of wine to celebrate. Joe's is a great bar, but they don't have wine this good. If I came here earlier you wouldn't have been caught." She starts crying again.
"Look Arizona, there is nothing, NOTHING going on between Mark and me. We were talking about Lexie's gayscale and somehow we ended up trying it" Callie can see that Arizona looks at her with disbelief, Callie being drunk right now and having trouble explaining the situation isn't helping her case. "It's not important though, what's important is that there is nothing going on with me and Mark, I love you Arizona, and only you" She gives Arizona a smile and gets closer to her, their faces are just parting a few centimeters right now.
"I can't do this anymore Callie, I need to go" She starts walking away
"Where are you going?" Callie yells after her.
"Home…to pack, I need to get away for a while…alone"
She walks away from the love of her life. Arizona can't believe Callie could do this for her. She was her everything, she still is, she still loves Callie, but somehow loving someone isn't enough. You can't just say 'I love you' and everything will be fine, you need to show it. Kissing Mark Sloan is a hell of a way to show love.
She's going home to pack; Arizona had booked a flight to Austin, TX to visit her family with Callie. She is going to take her ticket and fly back home for a few days. She doesn't know what she wants to do, all she knows is that being in a sick love triangle with Mark and Callie isn't something she wants. Sometimes it's even a square or a pentagon if you add Lexie and Alex to it.
She picks up the little box from her pocket with the ring she was going to give Callie and throws it out on the street. Now it's really over.
Callie stood heartbroken watching Arizona walk away. She couldn't think clear anymore. Callie knew how Arizona felt about Mark and still she played games with him and even kissed him. Of course Arizona thought there was something going on, but Callie couldn't help herself from being disappointed. After the whole baby-thing she thought that Arizona had started to trust her more. Now she can see Arizona being smaller and smaller and she can see Arizona dropping something.
As Arizona cuts a corner Callie starts to run after her to see what she dropped. She knew that Arizona didn't want to see her, but she should still give her back what she lost.
When she reaches the spot where Arizona dropped something she can see a little black box. She is looking all over the place trying to convince herself that Arizona dropped something else. However she knew that Arizona had dropped no scratch that she had thrown away this box.
She picks the box up and opens it. When she sees the ring she gasps and the tears are coming. Arizona must have spent a fortune on this ring by the look of the size of the diamond. Throwing it in the street gutter meant only one thing.
Arizona hates her
It's over
Crap