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"So tell me about the new girl, Arizona Robbins? That's quite a name." Teddy leans back in the hard plastic chair opposite of Principal Webber, who is in his swivel chair and sitting at the large wooden desk, eyeing the folder about the new student. "An army brat that has lived all over? Barely staying anywhere for more than a school year?" Teddy looks up from the folder.
"She is a very bright girl, stays involved, even with all that moving around." Richard offers the Student Services a Jolly Rancher from his jar on his desk, his wife had told him that candy would make him more approachable. "It's her first day, she'll be here at first bell, and since it's already October she will be a little behind, but from her file I am certain that she'll catch up fast. I just need you to show her the ropes, give her the grand tour, and be her first friend."
Teddy accepts the hard candy, picking grape, her favorite. "I'm sure she'll be fine, but I'm surprised she even tires, she'll be lucky if she's still enrolled here come graduation, the way her family seems to crisscross the map" Teddy thought to herself how much that would suck, no stability. She would never want that, even though she does plan to enlist after graduation. So maybe she'd wait to have kids, until her service time is over.
"Well she does try, very hard might I add. She has a 3.8 GPA, is enrolled in 3 AP classes, and she already emailed me about starting some club."
Teddy was lost in thought, thinking of enlistment and babies, what her future was going to be, not even hearing Mr. Webber's words. It was the warning bell that snapped her back to reality, five minutes till first hour. Where is the new kid?
As if on cue, a perky little blonde girl with a camouflage backpack steps into the office.
"Hiya" Arizona says with a smile, sticking her hand out to the older gentleman. "You must be my new principal Mr. Webber?"
Richard eyes Seattle Grace Mercy West High School's newest student. She reminded him of a puppy, full of energy, happy with the world, and her hair reminded him of a golden retriever. He smiled at his own comparison. "Yes I am Miss. Robbins," taking the young woman's hand in a handshake, "Welcome to Seattle, and if your record is any indication of your potential as a student, we are happy to have you here"
"Thanks" Arizona said as she pulls her hand back out of the handshake, turning to the other person in the room. Smiling at the stranger before giving a small wave, "Hi. I'm Arizona"
"I'm Teddy, Theordora, but everyone calls me Teddy, I'll be your guide today" Teddy tries to offer her warmest smile, trying to figure out what kind of parents name a child Arizona.
"I'm named after a battleship" Arizona said noticing the look Teddy was giving her, "My grandpa saved 19 people before drowning himself" shrugging her shoulders while standing on her tippy toes for a second, "That's why my name is Arizona"
"Oh, ummmm…." Teddy didn't know what to say, a little embarrassed. "That's very interesting. Do you have a nickname? Like Ari or Zona or something?
"Most people just call me Arizona. No one has really given me a nickname since I was like 12. My best friend used to call me battleship. She was the only one that gave me a nickname."
Before Teddy can respond the first hour bell rings, class is starting and the halls should be empty within the minute, expect for the few stragglers. "Well, we should start our tour, Arizona, it's a big school." Teddy says awkwardly, trying to act casual.
"Super!" Arizona said smiling wide, showing off her dimples, "Let's go! Led the way trusty guide!" Arizona motions for Teddy to walk in front of her.
"Have a wonderful day girls" Mr. Webber tells them as Teddy stands to leave, "And Miss Robbins, if you need anything you can always come to me or Miss Altman here, don't be afraid to stop by."
"Okay thanks Mr. Webber" giving him a small wave before following Teddy out the office door.
The girls exit the main office and enter the hall, it was almost empty expect for the usual stragglers who were running late with pop tarts and bananas in their hands as they struggle with their locks on their lockers. Teddy is almost ready to spew off her pre written speech about the school when one of the tardy students call her name.
"Hey Teds!"
The student has scruffy brown hair and just a hint of stubble, one earbud in, and black sweatshirt with the hood up. He quickly pulls down his hood and pulls out his IPod to hit pause and wrap the earbuds around it before stuffing it into his pocket.
Teddy smiles to herself, "Arizona, This is Henry. Henry this is our newest student, Arizona Robbins. And Henry aren't you late for U.S. History?"
"History is history" Henry says shrugging his shoulders "It's in the past" turning to the new kid, "Hello I'm Henry. Nice to meet you!"
"Arizona" she says smiling at the boy in front of her, "Nice to meet you too"
"Henry get to class before Mr. Troop gives you detention, I have to give the new girl a tour" Teddy says as she nudges Henry in the direction of the social study wing and grabs Arizona intent to head in the opposite direction.
"Okay mom!" Henry jokes as he walks to his class.
"He's cute" Arizona says as she follows Teddy, raising her eyebrow at her in questioning.
Teddy visually blushes at Arizona's comment "He's nice, a little too laid back, but he, he's nice." Teddy can feel how she sounds. "We're sorta dating. Kinda. I don't know"
"How can you be 'sorta' dating someone?"
"Well, we are dating. We met on the first day, I helped him around too. And then last month he was taking about how he didn't have a date to homecoming. So I took him. It was supposed to be as friends, but he kissed me. So I think we are dating"
"But you don't know?" Arizona asked a little confused.
Teddy bites her check, "We talk every day, and he's friendly and we joke around and everything. Plus he's the only one who calls me Ted, even though he knows it bugs me, but like in a joking way. So maybe we're dating. But now it has been three weeks and he hasn't kissed me again and I'm embarrassed to ask him if we're actually dating or not. Besides…" she freezes, realizing that she is rambling and thinks how crazy she must sound to Arizona.
"Besides what? Come on tell me! You can't leave me in the dark like that" Arizona says jokingly lightening the mood. "Besides you're supposed to be nice to the new girl. Remember?"
Teddy lets herself relax, "Besides, I'm afraid that if I ask him, that he'll say no."
"Well being afraid is a good thing" reaching out and stopping Teddy from walking any further, "It means you have something important to lose" Smiling, "But you're going to drive yourself crazy not knowing if you guys are dating or not."
Teddy looks at her feet, not looking at the energetic new kid in the eyes. "We should keep going, this is the math department, and social studies is that way, where Henry went. Let's go this way. Science is around the corner."
Nodding her head, not wanting to push her. Following Teddy as the walls go from red for math, to green for science, "Science is one of my favorite subjects" Arizona says as they wonder over to an empty classroom, empty expect for a single girl bent over a microscope. "Who's that" pointing to the girl who was in the classroom.
"Cristina Yang. Class valedictorian, perfect 4.0, straight A student. Mrs. Burns teaches freshman biology, but doesn't have a first hour, so she lets Yang use the equipment as long as she cleans up after herself." Teddy taps her knuckles on the wood of the open door, "Cristina, meet our new student, Arizona Robbins."
Not looking up from what she was doing, Cristina asks in a monotone voice, "What's you major?"
"Uh…?" Looking from Teddy back to the girl in front of her, "I don't know yet. I was thinking of becoming a doctor. But I haven't decided yet."
Cristina scoffs, finally looking away from her specimen, but still not looking at the girls in the door way, now concentrating on her spiral bound notebook, filled with tiny, neatly written handwriting. "You're a senior right? And you're undeclared. That's just irresponsible." She finally makes eye contact with Arizona. "And there is no undecided in medicine. If you want to be a doctor, you would know, you would have passion, you would have desire. A need to cut and heal and diagnose. We will be out here in less than 7 months. And then it's the real world. And if you can't figure it out, then step out of the way and leave med school to the professionals." Cristina turns her eye to Teddy, "Now, if you wouldn't mind, I have a muscle I to dissect before Trig next hour."
And with that the girls leave the doorway, Teddy closing the door behind them.
"Well she is just a ball of sunshine" Arizona said chuckling.
Teddy actually laughs, "She's just stressed because she has ACT testing in two weeks. But she can be intense. Just wait for one of Grey's parties, she and Yang are thick as thieves, and they both get wasted and usually sing. It's quite entertaining."
"Sounds fun! I can't wait!" Arizona laughs trying to picture the girl she just met drinking and singing, "So what's next on the list?"
Teddy leads her down a hall that looks like a dead end, expect for the door that leads outside, leading to what looks like an empty field and some trees in the distance, she opens the door and holds it open for Arizona. Once outside, they could both see the sports fields, a football field, and goal posts at each end with rickety soccer goals under each, a pathetic team is kicking the ball back and forth, a gym class.
Around the field is the running track. Half a dozen kids are doing laps, most lazily power walking in the giant circle, one is sprinting like it's a marathon, "Our athletic area, gym class is going but the older kids are Cross Country Varsity members. They get first practice because there is a meet on Friday, which means a party Friday night that will most likely spill over to Saturday. The girl who looks like she is trying to set a record is Meredith Grey, the party's host. I'll introduce you, and she'll invite you."
"Okay!" Arizona said as she looked around to find the girl Teddy was talking about, "Wow she's really fast, and I didn't think anyone could run that fast"
"The joke is she's running from her daddy issues. He took off when she was three and came back last year with a new wife and two daughters. The older one, Lexie, is a freshman here. She is one of the only kids in school who has never been to a Meredith Grey party"
"Oh wow" Arizona looks at Teddy, "that's a little messed up don't you think? Coming back with a new wife and kids then sending the oldest to the same school as your former daughter goes too?
"Well he got a job here or something, and it's the best high school in town. Most people don't bring it up, but as your guide, I feel it's my duty to catch you up on all the hot gossip." Teddy giggled as she grabbed Arizona's arm and leaned over the fence that surrounded the track. She waved her arm in the air, "YO GREY!" she gets Meredith's attention flagging her down, the runner slows her pace until she gets in front of the two girls.
"What's up Altman?" Meredith asks with annoyance in her voice, "I'm running here"
"I can see that. You're always running, or drinking" Teddy smirks and then proceeds to put her hand on Arizona's shoulder, noticeably more confident with Henry away. "This is the new girl I was telling you that I would be showing around. Arizona Robbins, she's a happy, bundle of joy named after a warship. And I think that she might just give you a run for your money at the beer pong table Friday night." She raises her eyebrows at the obvious hint towards an invitation.
"Oh the hell she will" Meredith says smirking at Teddy before looking to the girl in front of her, "I have been the beer pong champion for the last 5 parties, there is no way you're going to bet me!" Looking back at Teddy, "Make sure blonde here" nodding her head in Arizona's direction, "comes to my party on Friday?"
"Consider it done. As long as you get Yang to down some tequila and freaking relax" They both laughed, "Now, get the lead out before the leather heads try to kick you off the field."
"Okay!" Arizona says before quickly adding, "Oh by the way, I'm totally going to win" winking at the girl, "and it's nice to meet you"
Meredith gives Arizona the death glare for a few second before nodding her head, "We will have to wait and see" smiling at the blonde, "It was nice meeting you too, Bye Teddy" waving to her friend before continuing her run.
Teddy loops her arm around Arizona's arm as she leads her back to the school, "Congratulations, your first day and you're already invited to a party, now that's impressive. Teddy smiles.
"Well I have a wonderful wing woman" Arizona said smiling back at Teddy.
Looking around the cafeteria with her lunch tray, Arizona looks for a place to sit. 'I hate being the new girl' she thinks to herself as she begins to look for her tour guide, 'maybe she won't mind me sitting with her for now'.
Teddy is at her usually table, with her group when she seeing Arizona awkwardly standing with a tray in her hands, scanning the room for a place to sit. She shoots her hand up in the air and waves it to get her attention.
Seeing something in the corner of her eye, Arizona turns and sees Teddy sitting down at a table. Smiling at the girl she walks towards her, until she was standing in front of her. "Mind if I sit with you and your friends?"
"Of course not" Teddy says as she scooches over to make room, "Everyone, this is Arizona Robbins, don't worry, she's cool, I checked her out" Everyone scoffs at Teddy's joke, "Arizona you remember Henry from this morning and this Owen he's in ROTC with me, and this is girlfriend Amelia Shepard" Teddy gestures to each of them as they all nod and smile at the new girl.
"Nice to meet you all" Arizona says as she sits down next to Teddy. "Nice to see you again Henry" shooting Teddy a pointed look.
Owen speaks up, "So where are you from?" He pauses for a moment, "Arizona is it?"
"Yes Arizona it is" she smiles, "But I'm from all over. My dad transfers a lot because of work" shrugging her shoulders, "so don't be surprised if one day I suddenly disappear" laughing at herself.
"Do you play any sports? I'm on the basketball team, and Amelia plays field hockey"
"I used to play basketball" Arizona says sadly, "But I had to quit because of my dad's traveling."
Teddy swallows what she had been chewing, "Yeah, but Mr. Webber mentioned you wanted to start a club? You know we already have a lot of clubs, like Spanish club, Model UN, FFA, FBLA, Cooking club, Stock Brokers Club, all kinds of stuff"
"Oh yeah" Picking up a carrot and biting into it, "I wanted to start a GSA club"
"What does that mean?" Amelia asks.
"It means Gay Straight Alliance" Arizona said looking around at the people around at the table, "It's basically a club where straight people and gay people come together.
There's a moment of silent as everyone exchanges glances, unsure how to respond. Owen is the first to make a noise. He clears his throat and his voice wavers just slightly as he asks, "So…uh, which one are you?" A stupid question, he knows it and Amelia reminds him, hitting his arm with the back of her hand.
"Don't be rude!" Amelia states before looking at Arizona, "I'm sorry don't mind my stupid boyfriend" shaking her head, "I think a GSA club at our school is awesome! I would totally join it!"
Blushing Arizona looks down at her food, "it's okay. He has a right to ask." Taking a breath before looking up again, "I am the G in GSA and thanks Amelia that means a lot"
"That cool, and I wanna join too" says Teddy, who then takes her turn to hit Henry's arm, glaring at him to volunteer as well,
"I think it's a good idea. I would join too." Henry joins in before quickly adding, "I mean a friend of Teddy's is a friend of mine"
Teddy blushes and just stares at her corn and before she could say anything a very audible 'Damn' can be heard throughout the cafeteria, catching everyone's attention, bring their eyes to what is known as the jocks table, where the wide receiver, a ladies man named Mark Sloan, is rubbing his arm, and a beautiful curvy, dark skinned girl in a Boston Red sox Jersey, dancing a victory dance, claiming to be the 'Arm Wrestling Queen of SGMW' as she flexes her muscles.
Looking up Arizona instantly looks at the beautiful woman. Noticing the way she flexes her muscles, "Who's that?" she all but whispers to the table, turning her head to look at Teddy but not being able to keep her eyes of the girl, looking at her body openly.
Owen answers her, "Callie Torres, softball star, but in the off season she hangs out with the football team, especially Sloan. Rumor has it they're friends with benefits."
Mark doesn't even look over, just smirks at the mention of friends with benefits and takes a bit of his apple.
Teddy speaks up, "But then again the rumor mill also says that he has the hots for that red head, Addison Montgomery. She's the class president and last month she was Homecoming Queen, and her king was the Elvis wanna be, and quarterback, Derek Shepard, a.k.a. Amelia's big brother." Teddy smiles across the table at the rebel in a leather jacket who automatically rolls her eyes at the mention of her older and only brother.
"But what about Callie?" Arizona asks not really caring about the other stuff they are telling her.
"She's nice, gets good grades, set a school record for softball last year, plans on getting an athletic scholarship and go to med school next year" Teddy rambles all of this while staring at Arizona who in turn is staring at Callie from across the room.
"But is she dating anyone?"
Owen asked the question "Didn't she get all hot and heavy with O' Malley?"
Teddy answered, "They were really serious, really fast, and then he screwed the cheerleader and they broke up."
"And then didn't she go for Hahn?" Amelia pips in.
Owen looks surprised, "That foreign exchange kid? I thought they were just friends"
Teddy speaks up, "Nope, I heard Yang caught them in the Chemistry Lab, lips locked and shirts off."
"Who's Hahn?" Arizona asked as see looks away from Callie to look at Teddy.
"She's a foreign exchange student, who if you ask me has stayed a little too long." Henry says speaking for Teddy, "She's not the nicest person out there, but every now and again she nice"
"She?" Arizona asks hopeful, moving her gaze back to Callie.
Teddy smiles, seeing the gears turn in Arizona's head. "Yep. Cute, smart, blonde, new girl. I showed her around. Just like you."
"Cute?" Arizona pouts, "How cute? On a scale of 1-10, ten being the best?" She asked turning to the guys.
"You divided by two." Teddy jokes, "Plus you get extra points for being nice and sweet and having a soul."
"So Hahn could never stand a chance? Because I have a soul?"
Owen figures out what these girls are saying, "Wait so you like Callie? Like, like like" Which warrens him a groan and eye roll from his tablemates.
"Owen!" Amelia exclaims. Slapping him in the back of the head. "Stop being stupid"
Arizona isn't paying attention anymore to what happened at the table, all her focus was on Callie. Smiling at the girl who was now arguing half heartily with Mark.
Teddy leans over, almost whispering in Arizona's ear, but they all can hear her. "Want me to introduce you?"
"Would you?" Arizona turns wide eyed to Teddy.
"Of course, it's my job to make sure you like it here. And I think Callie could help with that" Teddy winks at Arizona and starts to stand up.
Arizona immediately stands up too, ready to follow Teddy. Rubbing her hands nervously together.
"Well. Uh" Owen looks at his girlfriend for help but she just signs at him. "Good luck" and he gives them both a thumbs up.
"Thanks" Arizona says giving Owen a strange look. Leaning into Teddy she whispers so that no one else can hear, "Owens a little strange"
She smiles, "Yeah, he just doesn't know what to say most of the time. A man of very few words. But he has a heart of gold." She scoffs at a thought, "And he's the only guys not afraid to date a Shepherd girl."
"Why would guys be afraid to date Amelia? Does she have a disease or something?" Arizona laughs at her own joke.
"Oh, it's not just Amelia. She has three other sisters, Liz, Kathleen, and Nancy. And their big brother, the caption of the football team, is very protective of them. Their dad died when they were little, and he takes care of them all."
"Oh okay. That makes sense" Arizona said smiling brightly at Teddy before clapping her hands. "Now introduce me, please"
Teddy walks over and playfully punches Callie in the arm, not seeing who it was, the athlete spins around looking like she is ready to fight. But Teddy just stands their and smiles. "Callie, I thought our new student would like to meet the 'Arm wrestling queen' as you call yourself." Teddy giggles at her friend before stepping aside, "I introduce to you all, Arizona Robbins."
"Hi" Arizona said sticking out her hand for Callie to shake. "Robbins" shaking her head, "Arizona" cursing herself. "I'm Arizona Robbins. Nice to meet you"
"Arizona?" Callie smiles, taking the odd girls hand. "Nice name. My really name is Calliope, but since I'm not a freaking flower, they call me Callie"
"Calliope" Arizona repeats, trying out the name. "I like it. It is a super pretty name" flashing her dimples in the other girls direction.
Callie slightly blushes at the compliment but quickly changes the subject. "Well with that hand shake of yours, you going out for softball in the spring? You should." She smiles.
"Uh no." Taking her hand back, "I'm not the softball type"
Mark buts in, coming up behind Callie, "Well have you considered being a cheerleader sugar? Because you are hot and I bet you are pretty flexible." Mark looks her up and down and winks at her before Callie hits him.
"Be nice scum bag." She turns to Arizona "Sorry about him. But you should really consider coming out in the spring, you could be good."
"Oh I'm already out, no need to wait till spring." Winking at Callie, "But softball isn't my thing. Standing out in the heat and not getting much action… I'm an action kind of girl"
Callie gets a funny look on her face. "What do you mean you're out?" trying to make a joke, "Like for soccer or tennis?"
Biting her lip and looking down at her feet, "No, not for soccer or tennis"
Mark, who is right behind Callie leans over to Derek, "Wait, so is the new girl gay? Cause that's hot." Making his usual smirk and goes for a high five, only to instead be elbowed in the stomach by Callie.
"Shut up nimrod. Don't be rude."
"Yes I am gay" Arizona says, "its fine. I'm okay with him thinking it's hot. It's not like he's going to get any from me" smirking over at Mark, "Sorry"
Mark just gets a stupid smile on his face again, "Well then can I watch?" as he raises his eyebrows in questioning. Callie this time kicking him in the shin.
Derek puts an arm around Mark's shoulder, "Come on buddy, let's go leave the ladies be and go get a soda."
As the turn walk way, Addison speaks up, "Sorry about Mark, he's, well he's Mark" she chuckles to herself, "You get used to him pretty quick"
"It's alright" Arizona said getting a good look at the student in front of her. Noticing the red hair and makes a connection to her earlier conversation with the others, "You must be Addison"
The junior socialite smiles at being recognized by someone she's never met. "Yes I am and you're the new girl, Arizona Robbins. Teddy said she would be showing you around today. Nice to meet you."
Trying not to glare at the woman she just met, Arizona gives a fake smile, "Nice to meet you too"
Callie clears her throat, to get the new girls attention again, "So, what brings you to Seattle?" she asks awkwardly.
"My dad was transferred out here for work" Arizona says as she moves her gaze back to Callie.
"That's cool…" she trails off, "Um, do you play any sports?"
"Used too. Haven't played for about 5 years."
"What did you play?"
"I played basketball, was the point guard"
Teddy decides to play matchmaker again. "You know, Arizona is coming to Grey's party Friday night. She might even become our new beer pong champion. You coming Cal?"
"Oh totally" Callie smiles and jabs Arizona in the shoulder "And you might be able to whoop Mere, but I'll eat my hat if you can out drink me"
"We will just have to wait and see now won't we?" Arizona says smiling at Callie, lighting up her eyes.
Callie cocks her head at the challenge "Are you trying to get me drunk?"
"Maybe I am. What are you going to do about it?" Biting her lip, she takes a step forward placing both her hands in her back pockets, only leaving her thumbs and pinkies showing, as she raises her eyebrows in questioning.
Callie actually blushes, a rare sight, as she realizes that the new girl is flirting with her and that she was actually flirting back. 'Eric was a onetime thing, wasn't she?' she asks herself. She doesn't know, which just flustered her more, "Oh, I uh…I have to get something out of my locker" she says before making a beeline for the locker room, only pausing to turn around and shout, "I'll see you at the party on Friday"
"What just happened?" Arizona questions, looking over at Teddy.
Teddy just shrugs her shoulders, it seemed to be going well until Callie ran off. Addison, who was sitting at the table with a low fat yogurt in one hand, and a spoon in the other, and with a smile on her face. "She likes you" she signs as if it were a school yard chant. "She really likes you. She's just nervous, you should go talk to her."
"Uh…" Looking away from Teddy to look at Addison, "Are you sure? I don't want to make things worse"
"Look" Addison says, pointing her spoon at the girl she has known for 5 minutes. "She is a Catholic daddy's girl who is 18 and just figuring out she likes a girl, she's gonna need a little push"
"Uh…" Shrugging her shoulders, she turns to Teddy, "Where did she go?"
"Locker Room." Teddy answers, pointing in the opposite side of the cafeteria. "Though the gym"
"Thanks" Arizona says tapping on Teddy's shoulder before all but running in the direction she pointed.
Pushing the double doors open to the locker room, Arizona stands in the entrance, not sure which direction to go in. Standing on her tippy toes, she tries to look over some of the lockers but sighs because she isn't tall enough. Grumbling Arizona walks through the locker room, looking down each and every row with no luck. 'What is she? Magic?' Arizona thinks to herself, chuckling before turning her focus back to the task at hand. 'If I was a newly discovered lesbian girl, where would I go?' Thinking back to 8th grade when she first came out to her best friend/crush before the light bulb went off in her head. 'Bathroom.'
Slowly walking over to the bathroom area of the locker room, spotting the woman in question, with her back to her. Standing at the entrance, leaning on the doorframe to the bathroom for a minute, Arizona's eyes go over the figure who was slightly bent over with her head down, leaning against the sink with her hand covering her face so that she couldn't see. Not wanting to startle her, Arizona speaks in a voice close to a whisper, "Hey."
Callie jumps, she didn't hear Arizona come in, and she was so quiet. 'It must be those little feet' she thought. "Oh hi" she looked around, embarrassed, her eyes not staying on any one place. "Sorry I ran off like that, I just, uh, wanted to make sure I had my helmet to go to the batting cages after school." It was a quick lie, and kind of a bad one, but believable enough.
"And where exactly is this helmet you speak of?" smiling softly at the nervous girl in front of her.
"Uh…" Okay, not so believable. "I forgot it actually, so I guess I can't go after school. Oh well"
And with that Callie tried to exit the restroom, but quickly realized that she would have to push Arizona out of the doorway to do so, so she just freezes.
"You know people talk" Arizona pushes herself off the door, "Cause you know its school and people talk" stepping so that she is standing in front of Callie.
"What do you mean?" Callie asks, a little embarrassed, half knowing the answer.
"I mean… I have heard rumors about you." Smiling at the girl in front of her, "And I noticed that you were a little embarrassed. And that's okay. It's okay to not know how your feeling." Looking straight into Callie's eyes, "And once you're not so embarrassed, people will be lining up for you."
Callie blushes again, twice in one day. "Look, I already got guys asking me out every day, and I don't need it. I dated O'Malley, I told him I loved him, and he slept with that little cheerleader Isobel Stevens. Then I slept with Mark, but now he's crushing on a freshman. So I'm fine. I'm single. I'm fine" Callie was speaking quickly, not sure why she brought up Mark, let alone George. She was nervous, not sure just how much the new girl had heard, about her and her ex's.
Giving Callie a half smile, "That's not what I'm talking about"
Callie's eyes drop to the floor, her voice no more than a whisper. "You mean Erica."
"Yes" Arizona replies in the same voice, "but hey" reaching out she puts her hand on Callie's check, lifting Callie's head so she was looking at her directly in the eyes, "it is okay. I understand"
Callie rushes into explanation mode, almost the same thing she's said to more than a dozen people since Erica left, "It was like a onetime thing, didn't even mean anything, she was an experiment and it didn't mean anything, I still like guys, I mean…" She's ranting and she can hear it.
Smiling at the woman in front of her, '20 seconds of courage' Arizona thinks before running her thumb under Callie's eye socket, looking down from Callie's eyes to the lips in front of her. Leaning forward, she places her other hand on Callie's empty cheek. Before connecting her lips with Callie's. Kissing her softly for a few seconds before pulling away.
Biting her lip, she slowly walks backwards, "I'm hoping it's not a onetime thing" turning around she walks out of the bathroom and exits the locker room with her hand covering her smiling face.
Arizona is gone. Her feet don't seem so quiet as before Callie thinks as she counts Arizona's steps until she hears the doors swing shut. Callie doesn't move, she can't. She's frozen. Waiting for the world to get back to its normal pace. Because it slowed down the moment that Arizona's thumb made contact with her cheek. 'It couldn't have been more than 30 seconds, could it?' It felt like forever, in fact it felt like it was still happening. She finally finds herself able to move, if only to bring her hand to her cheek, where her hand had been not long ago. It still felt warm. Her finger tips brushed her lips. If she closed her eyes, she could still picture it, Arizona right in front of her, kissing her. The rest of Callie's body catches up to time, she falls backward, against the wall between the sink and garbage can and she sinks to the dirty floor. Her head falls to her hands in her lap. With her eyes closed she whispers to herself.
"It wasn't just a onetime thing"
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