Hanging By A Moment
Hanging By A Moment
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: I've been getting a lot of question from you guys, I've answered the people that have asked me in private message but they tend to be about the same so here it goes.
What happened to your stories?
I wasn't happy with how they turned out the first time so I've decided to start all over again.
Are you writing the sequel to this story?
Yes. I'm doing this whole story all over again. In due time, that will include the sequel.
I posted a review and I didn't see it in the reviews section, did you delete it?
No. I would never ever ever delete an unflattering review. Its okay if you don't like this story or don't agree with it and want to express it on the given forum. Its your right to have an opinion. I wouldn't ever take that away from you. For some reason some reviews aren't showing but the notifications have arrived to my email and I've read all of them. I've also read all of your PMs and have answered all of them. If I haven't please let me know and I'll fix that right away.
Chapter 2:
Since coming down to Miami the last thing that Callie has done is work. It's been two weeks and so far she has successfully avoided going to work with her father. Carlos Torres is the owner of a luxury chain of hotels. This makes him a very wealthy man, which by default makes him a very powerful man. Callie is happy her dad wants her to work for him but something in the back of her mind tells her that this also could be a mean for Carlos to have some control over her life. However right now she's just going to focus on curing the crippling hangover she has right now. Since she's been back she has gone out with Mark almost every night. They've missed each other and have been bonding over multiple shots of tequila.
"Callie, you have to drive Arizona back to her house." Aria said as she barged into Callie's bedroom.
"I don't need to do anything." Callie said not taking her eyes off the book she was reading.
"Come on. Her brother can't pick her up." Aria said. "She needs a ride home."
"Sucks to be her, I guess." Callie said enjoying giving her sister a hard time.
"Come on." Aria said. Already deeply regretting what she was about to say, "please?"
Callie deliberately took her sweet time to give an answer to her sister. A few seconds passed before she responded.
"Okay, fine." Callie said and Aria sighted with relief. "Give me a moment to change and I'll drive your friend home."
"Yes!" Aria said. "Thank you! You don't have to get all dressed up, its not like you're taking her out on a date."
"You don't know that." Callie said putting her book on top of the mess that was her nightstand. She gave Aria a cocky smirk just to tease her.
"Calliope. Don't." Aria said in a warning tone.
"God, I'm just messing with you." Callie said putting on some jeans that were on the floor. "I would never."
"Whatever you say, Calliope." Aria said not believing a word her sister was saying. "We'll be waiting for you downstairs."
A few minutes Callie went to the living room in jeans and a t-shirt her hair wavy and sort of messy, even dressed so simply and with no make up in her face she still looked stunning. Or at least that's what Arizona thought when she saw her enter the room. She didn't know how she was going to survive the whole ride to her house with Callie in the car without making a fool of herself.
"Let's get you home, Blondie." Callie said jiggling her car keys.
"Arizona, her name is Arizona." Aria said annoyed at her sister.
"Okay then. Ms. Arizona, lets get you home." Callie said.
"Okay." Arizona said standing up nervously from the couch. "See you later, Aria." She said giving her friend a quick hug.
"Text me when you get home." Aria said before she let go of Arizona.
"Geez, Aria, you're so needy." Callie said breaking up the moment between Aria and Arizona.
"Shut up." Aria said.
The silence was heavy inside Callie's car. It wasn't awkward but it wasn't exactly comfortable either.
"You need to tell me if I'm going the right way." Callie said breaking the silence.
"You're fine." Arizona said. "You need to take out your ID for when we get to the base."
"Right." Callie said.
A few seconds passed and the heavy silence filled the car again.
"So you're dad is a soldier? Or perhaps your mom?" Callie asked trying to make conversation.
"Dad. He's a Marine." Arizona said.
"Oh. Cool." Callie said.
"Yeah." Arizona said.
"So why don't you go to school on base?" Callie asked. "That's a thing, right? People go to school on base."
"Yes. I have a scholarship, that's why I go to Aria's school." Arizona answered. "They have a great science program and I want to be a doctor so I'm just getting a head start."
"Career oriented." Callie said. "I like that in a girl."
The moment the words came out of Callie's mouth she regretted them. She knew that flirting with Arizona was wrong. She knew that even entertaining the thought of something happening with Arizona would cause problems with her sister. Everything about Arizona screamed danger.
Arizona was blushing and unable to make any eye contact with Callie. She was always nervous around her. One could say that, even though they had seen each other only a handful of times, Arizona was already crushing on Callie.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." Callie said.
"Its fine. You didn't." Arizona said.
They fell into silence once more.
"Hey, do you want to grab a smoothie before I drop you home?" Callie asked. "They make some good ones near the beach. We can go if you want."
"You mean Nico's? I love that place." Arizona said shooting a big smile Callie's way.
"So you're in?" Callie asked.
"Yes!" Arizona said.
After finding parking and getting the smoothies Callie suggested they walk around the beach while they drank their smoothies. Arizona was more than happy to spend more alone time with Callie.
"What did you get?" Callie said eyeing Arizona's lips sucking on the straw.
"Banana/strawberry." Arizona said. "How about you?"
"Peanut butter." Callie said.
"Ew." was Arizona's response. "Sounds gross."
"Its totally not." Callie said. "Here try it." Offering her smoothie to Arizona.
Arizona took a sip of Callie's smoothie. Callie's eyes stayed trained on Arizona's lips. The set of baby blue eyes and those lips where proving to be a difficult combination for Callie.
"Okay so it's not totally gross." Arizona said. "But is not super delicious like my smoothie."
"Lemme try yours." Callie said taking Arizona's smoothie, their hands touched briefly making them both feel a sort of electric shock run through their hands. "You're right. This is better. I think I'm going to keep it."
"No. Give me." Arizona said reaching for her smoothie.
"Come get it." Callie said. They stared at each other for what felt like forever. If Arizona were any other person, by now Callie would be nipping on her bottom lip. "Here," Callie said giving the smoothie back to Arizona. "Let's get back, Phoenix."
"Mmm I'm not named after the State." Arizona said as they walked from the beach back to the car. "It's a common misconception, though."
"No? What are you named after?" Callie asked curiously.
"The Battleship." Arizona answered. "My grandfather died in it."
"Oh, I'm sorry about that." Callie said. "If it's any consolation, I've never met my grandparents. They're in Cuba. We can't go there, they can't come here…"
"Yeah, that's a sucky situation. I'm sorry about that." Arizona said thinking about how much she loved spending the summers at her grandmother's house, she thought about how much her life would be much worse without her grandmother in it.
"S' not your fault." Callie said.
"There is such a thing as empathy, jerk." Arizona said placing a playful punch on Callie's shoulder.
"I know." Callie said. After a beat she said, "You should stop flirting with me."
"What?" Arizona asked with a mixture of embarrassment and surprise. "I am not flirting with you. I'm not even into you like that."
"Whatever you say, Arizona like battleship." Callie said.
After they reached the car, they got in and rode in silence for a few minutes before Callie decided to put on some music. Out of the speakers a song from The Decemberist came out.
"Turn it up." Arizona said. "I love that song."
"You do?" Callie asked surprised. Arizona was too into the song to answer with words so she just nodded her head.
"But there's this nagging suspicion
That won't leave me alone tonight
It's just that everything I try to do
Nothing seems to turn out right
We laid on our backs
And stared at the ceiling
Messed with your slacks
But ended up just holding your hand" They sang in unison the whole song.
They were in the middle of another song when they got to Arizona's house. Callie stopped the car in front of the blonde's house. Truth be told, neither one of them wanted their time together to end.
"Thank you for the ride." Arizona said toying with her seatbelt. "I had a lot of fun."
"Anytime." Callie said shooting a smile to Arizona. "I'm glad you had fun. You're a fun girl, Arizona like the battleship." She said winking at Arizona.
"Well, look who is flirting now." Arizona said as she opened the car door. "See you later, Calliope." She said before she was out of the car.
"Touché." Callie said after Arizona had closed the door behind her.