'And by the power invested in me by the state of Washington I hereby grant Calliope Iphigenia Torres and Arizona Elizabeth Robbins separation of their civil partnership on this day the 28th January 2011'
That was it. Just one line; it took one line less then ten seconds to end their two year marriage. Their five years together. It ended too soon for both women not that either of them would admit it.
'So we are all agreed my clients trust fund remains untouched' Callie's lawyer looked to Arizona and her lawyer for confirmation.
'Yes, as long as Ms. Robbins gets to keep the home in which they resided during their two year marriage'
'Ms. Torres is fine with those arrangements'
'Then I guess we're all done here'
The two lawyers and the civil partnership judge shook hands and left the dull conference-looking office room with just Callie and Arizona contained in it.
'Where are you going to stay?' Arizona asked unable to look Callie in the eyes focusing intently on the desk in front of her.
'Where I've been the last few weeks Arizona, at Marks' Callie replied while glaring at Arizona. She softened as a look of hurt shone over Arizona's face. 'At least until I find a new place'
'How long do you think that will take?' Arizona seemed desperate for an answer.
Callie let out an exhausted sigh.
'I know you don't believe me Arizona but I didn't sleep with Mark before or after we broke up and for the life of me I can't understand where you got that information but I swear to you that whoever told you that I did is no friend of yours'
Whatever defences Arizona had let down in the last few minutes were put up again and she started to get angry as she rose from her seat and looked Callie dead in the eye.
'Do not for one second Calliope think that me wondering when you were going to move out of that assholes apartment has got anything to do what ye get up to behind closed doors. The fact that you are still lying to me after all this time makes me know I made the right decision going ahead with this divorce. The only reason I want you out of that place is only because I don't want you living anywhere near me longer then you have to'
'You can't honestly expect me to believe that you feel nothing for me'
'I don't care what you believe but let me make this perfectly clear Calliope. I feel absolutely nothing for you, but I do expect you to believe this; besides anything work related this is the last time you and I will have any contact with each other'
Arizona ignored the shocked look on Callie's face.
'Goodbye Calliope'
And with that Arizona picked up her things and left Callie for what she hoped would be the last time.
2 Years Later
'Arizona wake up we're late again' a green eyed auburn haired woman giggled to the blonde haired blue eyed woman still asleep in their bed. She got no response so she nudged her again. 'Arizona come on get up'
'Shhhh Sophie five more minutes that's all please' Arizona begged her girlfriend now finally awake.
'Well maybe if you didn't keep us up half the night you wouldn't be tired now so come on please lets get out of here'
Arizona admitting defeat proceeded to drowsily get out of bed. ' I'm sorry I have needs and you Soph are exceptionally good at fulfilling those needs'
'Hmmm flattery will get you in an on-call room at lets say 3:00?'
'Looking forward to it already' Arizona answered with a smug smile on her face while buttoning up her trousers.
'Time of death 2:45pm..….dammit that's the third patient I lost this week' Callie announced to nobody but herself as she began to scrub out. She was joined by her brightest orthopaedics resident who had scrubbed in on Callie's latest gruelling surgery as per usual. Needless to say Callie was in a crappy mood and decided to take it out on the closest person to her.
'Dr. Wallace how about a coffee? I mean just because your screwing my wife doesn't mean we can't be friends right?'
'Dr. Torres please'
'Oh sorry I forgot you want to keep personal life separate from your work life. You know which is fine I mean you get to go home to that ass every night; if I remember correctly Arizona was a good lay. Very vocal too which is a plus if your into that sort of thing'
Callie knew she was out of line but she couldn't help herself. If she was honest it tortured her that she had to work with Sophie all day everyday no matter how good she was at ortho. She also wasn't surprised when she seen Sophie take a step towards her with a devilish glare in her eyes.
'Dr. Torres I respect you I really do, I respect your talent in orthopaedics, I respect you as my teacher and I respect the relationship you once had with your ex-wife so what I ask in return is that you respect my relationship with her now and I also want you to respect that if you ever speak about my girlfriend the way you spoke about her just then I promise you whether it loses me my place in this program or not I will take you down.'
With that Sophie stormed out of the scrub room. After a few moments never one to back down from an argument Callie couldn't help but go after her. It didn't take long for the Latina to spot her; she was about to confront her again when she saw the auburn haired woman being dragged into an on-call room by none other than the subject of their argument. Arizona Robbins.
