This is my take on how Callie and Arizona are reunited. This is set in the current season. Penny and Callie have broken up. I will try to keep the characters true to themselves. This is rated M for future chapters as there will be smut and other situations. Your reviews will determine if you would like me to keep updating this story! Kayla
Arizona had butterflies. She took a nervous breath as she smoothed out her red dress, the red dress. She set her eyes on her target, Callie. Callie was leaning against the nurses station signing off on a chart. Her brunette hair was hidden under her purple scrub cap, she wasn't wearing any make up, but that was fine with Arizona. Callie gave a small smile to the nurse who took the chart and went to file it. Now was her chance, while they were alone.
"Callie, can I um, talk to you for a moment." Arizona stumbled.
"Wow, wow you look amazing," Callie said taking in the blonde from head to toe, "wait, are you going out tonight? Because you're supposed to have Sophia and I really need to go grocery shopping and pay the-."
"Calliope, stop." Arizona held up her hand to stop Callie's rambling. Her name felt so good coming off of her lips. "I have something I need to say to you and I have to say it now, or I won't and Ill regret it for the rest of my life. I love you; I am in love with you. I know our marriage falling apart was my fault, I do. If I could go back and change it I would, but I can't. I will apologize to you every day if that's what it takes, but I can't, no, I won't let you walk away again. I meant what I said all those years ago, I can't live without you and our ten kids. Calliope, I hope you're the end of my story, I hope you're as far as it goes. Please give me, give us another chance." Arizona finished and gently cupped Callie's face in her hands and gave her the softest of kisses before walking away.
It was about ten at night when there was a knock on Arizona's door. She felt her stomach flip as she looked through the peep hole, to see her ex in the hallway. She hastily brushed back her hair and swung open the door with a smile. "Callie."
"You cannot just profess your love for me in the middle of the hospital, kiss me and then walk away!" Callie huffed. "You are supposed to wait and hear what I have to say in return!" She tossed her hands in the air.
"Okay, why don't you come in and tell me what you have to say." Arizona invited.
"Fine."
Arizona had been perched on her couch calmly looking at Callie who was across the room pacing in front of the fireplace for a good ten minutes before she spoke. "Callie, you're not communicating. I can't read your mind, I need you to say something." The blonde coaxed gently.
When Callie finally looked up at Arizona, she had tears in her eyes, all the anger and frustration she was oozing previously was gone. "I love you too Arizona, I'm still in love with you, it's always been you." She choked out.
Arizona smiled and patted the seat next to her, "Come here." As soon as Callie sat down next to her Arizona took her in her arms. "I am so very sorry for hurting you, and for being selfish and demanding and for not appreciating everything you did and sacrificed for me. You gave me Sofia, and a family, and unconditional love, and I never thanked you for that. I promise things will be different this time. "
Callie allowed herself to stay in Arizona's arms as she wiped away her tears and spoke. "We aren't just going to jump back in, we are going to take things slow, get to know each other again, remember why we fell in love with one another. And we are going back to therapy to deal with our past and figure out how we are going to make this work, how we become a family again."
"Okay, if that's what it takes I'll do it." Arizona promised kissing away the last of Callie's tears.
"Calliope," Arizona whispered, "will you go on a date with me?"
Callie laughed, "Yes."
"Okay, I'll pick you up at 9 on Saturday morning." The blonde beamed.
"In the morning? What kind of date happens in the morning?" Callie asked.
"You will just have to wait and see, but now you need to go, because it's late and we are both emotional and if you stay I'm positive we would break all the guidelines you just set for us."
"You're right." Callie said she caressed Arizona's cheek as she moved to the door.
"Callie?" Arizona asked.
"Yeah?"
"Please don't change your mind between now and Saturday." Arizona breathed.
"I promise, goodnight Arizona." Callie smiled as she closed the door behind her, and for the first time in what felt like forever, she felt joy.
Before crawling into bed, Arizona checked on Sofia, satisfied that her daughter was down for the night she crawled into her own bed and smiled up at the ceiling. The weight that she had been carrying around finally felt like it had been lifted.
When Saturday morning came, Arizona dressed in comfy sneakers, jeans and a sweater. She fed Sofia and had dropped her off at Meredith's to spend the day with Zola. She felt her heart skip as Callie climbed into her car.
"You ready to go?" Callie asked.
Arizona smiled at the brunette. "Almost, I need you to put this on please." She handed Callie a blind fold.
Callie frowned, "Are you planning to take me out into the wilderness and leave me there? And you're going to blindfold me so that if I survive I won't recognize where it was you took me."
Arizona giggled. "No I'm not going to leave you in the wilderness; the blindfold is so that the surprise of where we are going isn't ruined. I promise to bring you home safely after our date."
"Fine." Callie grumbled as she tied on the blindfold.
They drove in comfortable silence, Arizona's right hand resting lightly on Callie's leg. Callie was dressed in skinny jeans and grey leather boots, a grey sweater and the pink vest Arizona had given her. Her hair was tied back in braids, she wore minimal make up just mascara and lip gloss. She was breathtaking.
"We are here." Arizona said as she parked the car. "You can take that off."
Callie took off the blindfold and looked out the window. They were at the zoo. "The zoo?" Callie asked.
"You once told me that going to the zoo, and having a picnic lunch while you feed the ducks and your date buying you something from the gift shop would be your idea of the best first date. I know this isn't actually our first date, but you said you wanted to start over, so I thought this could be our new first date." Arizona explained.
Callie smiled in awe, "I cannot believe you remembered that."
"I remember a lot of things." Arizona whispered as she leaned in for a kiss. "Now, let's go see some animals."
They started with the big cats then the reptile house, followed by the elephants and Callie even got a picture of Arizona feeding a giraffe. They had just passed the howler monkeys, when Arizona froze.
"What's wrong, Arizona?" Callie asked noticing that Arizona's hand was no longer in hers.
"I'm afraid of them." Arizona answered looking like a small child.
"Afraid of what? The monkeys? They are just loud, that's all." Callie explained.
"Not those, those." Arizona answered pointing the Orangutan enclosure.
"You're afraid of Orangutans?" Callie laughed amused.
Arizona closed her eyes and took a deep breath, "When I was in kindergarten we went on a field trip to the zoo, I was little for a five year old, so when we got to the orangutans and they had a glass viewing wall, I was standing right up next it watching this particular orangutan, the next thing I know its screaming, flailing its arms and flings himself onto the glass directly in front of me. I have avoided them ever since."
"I never knew that about you." Callie smiled.
"It's not something you just drop into casual conversation, like 'oh by the way I'm terrified of the orange primates because one scared me as a child'."
"Tell you what, we don't have to stop and look at them then, you walk on the inside so that if by chance one of them decides to throw themselves up against the glass they will end up scaring me and not you." Callie teased moving Arizona to the inside of the walkway.
"I'm glad you think this is funny." Arizona tried not to smile at the brunette.
"How about these?" Callie asked holding up to elephant key chains.
"They are adorable." Arizona smiled, "Is this what you want?"
"Yes, and this" Callie answered leaning in for a kiss. "Best first date ever."
"I'll see you Monday at five for our first session with the counselor?" Callie asked as she climbed out of Arizona's car.
"Yes, I'll be there." Arizona promised. "Hey, Callie?"
"Yes?"
"I love you."
"I love you too."
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