Disclaimer: This is AU. I do not own any of the characters from Grey's Anatomy, this is purely imaginative writing most of the contents might not be true or match with how things work in reality bear with me this is just an imaginative work.
A|N: This is my first writing so please be nice with the criticism, I pay a lot of attention to details so the story might be stretched a little but with time I'll start to adjust and make it all come together, I'm open to your thoughts and opinions, this story is purely creative. Enjoy!
A|N 2: THIS IS AN IMAGINATIVE WRITING…SOME THINGS DON'T TALLY WITH REALITY! The rape case can't be completely discussed because that would be a spoiler for what's coming!
Chapter 4
Heartbreak is something we have or will go through at some point in our existence; maybe from an event that doesn't even concern us like plane crash that claimed a lot of lives or from a sad story of someone else's life but the one that is more common is the one from our loved ones.
"Okay I get the fact that you're heartbroken but what does it have to do with me?" I said yelling from the edge of the bed at the skinny woman spread out on the bed like she was trying to make a snow angel out of my sheets
"You were the devil whispering in my ear to date Andrew and now? Now he has left" now she was covering her face with a pillow
"I remember that part I don't remember shoving your tongue down his throat though, that part must have wiped out"
"Yeah amnesia! Asshole!"
"Arizona is going to here sometime today and I don't need her seeing you laid here yelling 'it's over' all over the place"
"This is what our friendship looks like?"
"We'll edit this new development in our friendship contract later today ill pencil it in"
"I hate you"
"You love me, now get up, shower cause you smell like cheese and a little essence of feet" now she was throwing pillows at me
"I need breakfast and lunch and dinner in this bed, I need the clothes to graft into my skin" she said now covering her entire body with the sheets, "And I need to listen to some Taylor something songs to set the mood"
"Oh don't be a drama queen this isn't healthy, the Taylor something songs could help though heard she's really down there with the break-up songs"
"Arizona won't even know I'm know I'm up here I will be as silent as a grenade"
"You do realize that doesn't make sense right?"
"Before you pull the string thingy that makes it explode it's pretty silent"
"Fine! Would you shower at least? You smell really funny" all I got in reply was a middle finger sticking out of the sheets.
"Alright don't shower you can keep smelling funny, you want breakfast?"
"I want pizza, and cake, and ice-cream, and a jar of Nutella"
"We don't get fat Teddy, that's not us now get up before I come up there for you"
"Leave me alone!"
"If you don't get up I will call Henry and tell him Andrew left" at the mention of her husband finding out that her boyfriend broke up with her she sat up and pulled the covers off her face
"You wouldn't dare"
"I'm desperate Teddy, now come downstairs and let me make you something edible" she got up and took my hand that was proffered out for her. We walked down the stairs and into the kitchen took me hours to clean up the mess we both made in the living room the previous night, I think I'm ready to beg Richard for my job back right about now but I'm not the one going to cry 'Uncle'. She sat down on the kitchen stool with her head flat on the cold marble kitchen table while I brought out the eggs and started cracking and with the coffee brewing in silence when her cracked voice broke the stillness,
"I was meant to all G.I Jane about this but no I was attachment freaking Barbie" my laughter was loud enough to make her laugh too
"What the hell?"
"That's what Arizona called it, apparently the blonde hair and long limbs made it look more like it" I couldn't help the laugh cause a couple days ago I was the one on the other end of the laughter and it felt good to be the standing one, she fell quiet again guess her mind was working overtime,
"Want me to call Henry? He always has the right humor for everything even at a funeral" she let out a breath with a smile
"Going to see him today, he said something about a device they want to implant into him or something, he was pretty happy about it so I guess that's positive"
"You going to talk him about all the things stewing in your mind or you're going to keep pretending you don't like him"
"You're going to tell Arizona?" she sneered walking over to the fridge to grab anything that would quell the horrid taste in her mouth and frozen peas for her head
"Touché, how about we never mention this again?" now pouring the eggs on the hot pan
"Sounds delightful…it's just too easy you know? I help him with his insurance and then we just what? Fall in love? Feels like a story" holding the peas to her head and the cold juice to her left boob which I'm determined not to ask about
"What's wrong with a good story?" I asked a little puzzled while serving up the eggs on her plate and pulling the bread from the toast and pouring her some coffee, "He likes you so what's the emotional hurt for?"
"Heck if I know, Love and its crazy ways of making people act silly"
"Oh so you admit its love" I said hunched over the counter with my elbow on the counter top and my palms holding my head steady with a strange grin
"Shut up" she smiled and chomped down her food like it was about to grow wings and take flight, I just stood back and watched her unleash her inner beast on the food "Are you going to talk to Webber anytime soon or are you still feeling proud?" she asked without looking up from her plate
"I don't want to talk about it" I shrugged and started circling kitchen pretending to put things back in place and opening and closing the fridge
"Okay fine. Avoid that all you can but you're coming in on Monday you're going to have to talk to him, you can't avoid that forever"
"When that day comes" I gave her a crooked smile she just shook her head, glanced at the clock and was ready to start her day with a partially full stomach, she got up awfully fast and went upstairs leaving me to ponder, then I started cleaning up the kitchen which took longer than usual because I was stalling knowing if I stepped upstairs Teddy was going to make that a discussion and I wasn't ready to hear her pick on my acts. After cleaning I was back on the couch with my laptop looking at my old cases anything to keep my mind away from Arizona or Richard Webber or my job that might be hanging in the balance, looking over the video from the 'rape' ADR and all the signs from Amelia say I should look into this some more but this was a cover-up so I wasn't allowed to push the case further than that and I could ask for a fresh pair of eyes for a new perspective but the words that were uttered in that video is a side of me that I didn't want anyone to know I had, sat on that spot watching it over and over for how long? I wasn't even sure myself.
"What video is that?"I slammed my laptop shut, startled by the new company I didn't seem to hear because I was lost in thoughts now hoping she didn't see anything
"Just an old case its nothing" I played it off as nothing and I guess she just wasn't in the mood to press on "That was fast"
"Yeah have to get to the hospital for Henry will you be at lunch at Johnny's?"
"Arizona is coming over" I replied now taking the laptop off my lap and placing it on the coffee table and circling the couch to Teddy "He'll be fine" I said placing my hands on her shoulder and giving it a squeeze.
"I know that" she gave a shallow sigh and a sharp nod and she was out of the door and again I was alone in the quiet house, moments like this make me wonder why I didn't opt for an apartment, And now I have to get ready Arizona would be here any minute.
"Okay what do you think about this one?" Arizona said standing in front a rough looking man with a look on his face that seemed like he was being subjected to torture
"I'm a guy dude, we don't get chills over girl clothes" he said with a nonchalant tone as he leaned back and took a long sip from his cold beer "So this date jitters happens with lesbians too?" Arizona shot him a death glare from the mirror which made the man get up and exit the room
"ALEX COME ON! I need your help" Arizona exclaimed to her long time friend and temporary roommate but she gets no reply in return, she peeks at her alarm clock and looks to her closet again and this time with more indecision than the last time but sheer determination to put on the first thing she picks this time but that determination was short-lived when the first thing she picked was her old shirt with oranges lounging on the sun on the front, "Why is this so hard?" heavy sigh, her hand running through her blonde curls and holding them off her face. After hours of battling with clothes in her closet she decided casual would seem better than her other ideas she walked in front of the mirror and the view wasn't that bad she was fully clad in navy blue skin tight jeans and knee boots and a low cut top that just happens to be cleavage friendly with a sweater jacket and her hair straightened and well styled she was ready to go.
"How come when you were pretending to be straight with me for that date you never looked this good?" Alex asked from the couch as Arizona grabbed the grocery bag and was heading for the door
"I never liked you" she replied as she slammed the door shut leaving a somewhat shocked Alex alone in the apartment, she was out of the building and hailing a cab in record time and calling the address Callie had texted her the previous night to the man behind the steering, on other days the road would have been busy but on the day Arizona had hoped for that it was a free and straight ride. It was a beautiful neighborhood and a rough front lawn obviously she doesn't spend most days at home"Okay she's just one girl" she tells herself as she steps out of the cab and sights the huge house that fit the address, she took a deep breath and the damp air filling her lungs and offering some clarity and comfort, she walked up to the door and rang the doorbell
'Okay maybe she's not home' she rang the doorbell for the second time 'maybe this is the wrong address' and for the third time 'maybe an axe murderer blew through here and is holding her hostage' as a writer one of her flaw and quality was an active imagination. Just then she started to consider option one the door flung open to reveal a beautiful curvy Latin woman with dark hair, brown eyes and an amazing smile, clothed in a loose Tee-shirt and leggings and blue socks with flip-flops obviously dressed for a comfortable free day and looked breathtaking either way
"You look amazing" Arizona complimented, Callie just stood there slack jawed it was a little inappropriate but that's the result Arizona was expecting when she put on that top
"You're too polite, you used the doorbell?"
"Wasn't I supposed to" Arizona replied with a hint of confusion, "You know I could just make the pancakes out here on your porch"
"Ha ha that's funny! Come on in" Callie stepped aside and pulled the door open a little wider for her to step through, it was beautiful big house with a really high ceiling and a spacious living room with an opening that led to the kitchen on the far west of the room and a dining table that obviously has never been used in the living room just by the glass sliding door that led out into the yard, it was a dark room the drapes obviously dimming the rays of light into the space.
"Here I got you something, kitchen?"
"You're giving me your book? Winter winds, that's my gift?" Callie pointed to the kitchen and followed Arizona while flipping through the book
"It's an autographed copy" Arizona said with a hint of pride at the book she'd given Callie while unloading the groceries on the kitchen marble slab
Callie faked a gasp "For me?" another fake gasp that made Arizona raise an eyebrow while giving her a playful stare "Oh my God it's like Christmas morning"
"Shut up and read" Arizona cackled while setting up to make some food, she got hold of some mixing bowls and started moving up and down the space like she had been there before opening cabinets and picking things, Callie sat on the kitchen stool and leaned on the marble top flipping through page but mostly watching Arizona cook in her kitchen, almost like a fantasy only the things she was thinking aren't happening…yet!
"So you're going to tell me why you're free? Lawyers don't usually get free days like the ones you're having" Arizona asked while cracking the eggs into the batter and watching Callie for any slight shift in her demeanor
"This is my 'take a walk' moment to cool off or something" Callie shrugged and continued with the book with hopes that Arizona wouldn't go deeper
"You hulked out at work?" now mixing the batter and adding some water and adding the chocolate
"I did what? What's that supposed to be" Arizona whipped her head up from the batter like Callie just asked her to marry her
"You have never seen the hulk? The gamma infected man that turns green when he's angry?"
"Green like vegetable?" obviously clueless Callie gives Arizona a sheepish look with the question
Arizona's mouth hanging open while slowly shaking her head "You're hopeless in a cute way, but you're hopeless still"
"Oh so you admit I'm cute?"
"That's all you picked up from the entire statement?" Arizona stopped what she was doing, had her hand akimbo with the other flat on the counter and a raised eyebrow
"All that pertains to me babe" Callie shrugged and smiled at Arizona their stare lingering a while longer than needed but neither eager to find another object of attraction to set their gaze on, Callie offered her a cup of coffee into a mug and offered it to her and the first mixture was poured onto the pan and flipped just in time to avoid it getting burnt,
"Show off!" all she got from the Latina after flipping the pancakes and serving them up on the plate
"There, taste it" Arizona said setting the plate down in front of her, Callie took the fork cut a piece and stuffed it in her mouth and crumpled her face' Arizona expecting a reply
Callie cleared her throat after swallowing gave her a cute smile "I'm not dead yet so I guess that's a good thing" Arizona chuckled and shoved her playfully
"Want to be my sous chef? Arizona asked as she poured the second batter onto the pan
"Oh? You're finally letting me touch something?" Callie stood up and circled the table to Arizona's side of the center piece marble table
"You can touch anything" Arizona replied with a look obviously begging for the double meaning in that sentence to be understood and Callie taking the hint that wasn't all so faint
"Oh really?" moving closer to Arizona and wrapping her hand around her waist to pull her closer into her, Callie breathed out in a low tone "what about that? Can I touch that?" she got nothing from Arizona that signaled she didn't want her to go forth with whatever she had in mind, Callie's other free hand moves to Arizona's face her thumb ghosting over her cheek "can I do that?" Arizona's gaze falls on plum lips and back to Callie's eyes, each able to feel their breath washing over their faces and Callie takes that as a green light and presses her lips on the waiting lips, no protest from Arizona whatsoever as their lips move together like a practiced dance Arizona's hands snaked round Callie's neck to pull her deeper into the kiss, Callie's hands wrapped tight around Arizona's waist pulling her body closer into hers, it started off soft and easy but now tongues battling for dominance and hands roaming body parts as Callie's hands give Arizona's tight behind a soft but demanding squeeze with gets a moan out of the blonde, they break apart when oxygen became a necessity,
"You can definitely touch that again" words out of Arizona through jagged breaths, bruised lips and flushed cheeks their foreheads resting on each others' "I think the pancake is ruined" finally breaking free from each other's grasp and tending to the seriously burnt flap cake that had made a sticky dark mess on the pan, she turned the gas off but right now Callie wasn't worried about the mess she just wanted to continued what it was they started a couple minutes ago that rendered her breathless in a really good way, she moved up closer behind Arizona so close her front was pressed firmly against Arizona's back and she could feel Callie's breath on the back of her neck, Callie's hand round her waist again and the other pushing her gold tresses away from her neck as she trailed soft kisses down to her shoulder, Arizona lets out a supple breath at the feeling of the soft lips against her skin and tilts her head in the opposite direction to allow Callie more contact,
"Arizona turn around" warm breath washing over her neck and hands under her shirt against her bare skin causing a warm feeling in the pit of her stomach and between her legs
"Callie I can't…we just…" trying to speak in between moans her hands palm flat on the counter "can't… just slow…." She lets out another soft moan as Callie sucks on her pulse point and hands under her shirt brushing against her breast lightly which in turn makes Arizona turn to face her using her hands as a barrier between her and Callie both hands pressed firmly against her chest to prohibit further movement "stop!"
"Give me a reason to" baby blue eyes now dark with pleasure stare deep into brown, and once restricting hands now wrapped around Callie's neck to pull her in for a searing kiss filled with so much emotion either can't believe considering they had only been seeing each other for days, Callie pressing her body further into Arizona who was fine with her back pressed against the counter as cream hands grab a fist full of raven locks and tanned hands under Arizona's shirt for a deeper connection, momentary breaks to catch their breaths before their lips were back on each other's, tongues involved in this dance and soft moans from the both of them filled the kitchen and this was fast becoming frenzied when a sweater jacket was being pulled off and tossed somewhere in the kitchen, plum lips leave the pink and bruised lips and was on her neck and sucking on just the right point to elicit a moan from the blonde, Callie scooping Arizona up from the back of her tights and placing her on the counter top without breaking the kiss that had grown from soft to possessive and filled with need in just a little while positioning herself right in the middle of Arizona's legs for a better connection, Callie started tugging at the bottom of Arizona's shirt hinting it was time for it to come off and join the sweater wherever that was, Arizona locking her ankles around Callie's waist which pressed their bodies even closer together, Arizona raised up her arms while Callie pulled off the offending item covering all the parts her hands could be groping with that out of the way soft lips were on her cleavage in no time, Arizona's head fell back and a gasp escaping her lips, hands digging into Callie's neck to urge her further down that path and Callie taking just the right hint pushes her bra aside and envelopes her breast with her mouth with a gentle suck and a loud moan ripped through the kitchen, both lost in the heat of the moment to notice the doorbell blaring through the house,
"Callie…the bell…there's…the door" Arizona speaks out through muffled breaths but Callie was way too busy to pay attention to the trigger happy fingers pushing the doorbell button
"Whoever it is will go away" but was she wrong the ringing continued and even more relentless, she stops knowing the mood has been slightly dampened and will be worse once she steps out of the kitchen to pay attention to the interruption, she put her head on the crock of Arizona's neck and sighed detaching herself from the blonde and quick peck on her lips and she was off to yell at the unwanted company, Callie held on to the door handle ran her free hand through her hair to smoothen it out and straighten up herself and then she opened the door,
"Mark? Are you kidding right now? Why? Why do you have the worst timing ever?" stepping out to join a confused looking Mark on the porch
"What did I do? Wait! You're not even going to let me in" he replied in a confused tone
"NO!"
"Okay? Why do you look like that? Like you have been face planting something" his eyebrow raised his mind obviously streaming for reasons why I would be flushed after the realization hit him he whispered in a low tone "Blondie is here? And you two?"
"I'm outside talking to you how do you think that's going?" her arms crossed over her chest with a deadpan stare
"Derek proposed to Meredith today and they want to celebrate at Giovanni's tonight" he said obviously stalling cause of something else he had in mind
"And what Mark? What? Let it out"
"Erica Hahn is back she just got off training wheels to practice again a few weeks ago and she's in Seattle thought you might want to know seeing as you were the reason she got banned to practice in the first place" his sight shifting up and down her face as he watched her process the new information
"We don't talk about this, we don't! Happened years ago and it stays there" Callie replied with all the calm left in her "I'll be at Giovanni's tonight"
"Callie" Mark murmured
"We don't talk about it! See you tonight" she walked away and back into the living room she wiped her face and tried not to let the recently received news affect the rest of her time with Arizona as she made hurried steps into the kitchen
"You really don't have to do that, I liked this scene better minutes ago with less clothes" Arizona tending to the dishes looked over her shoulder to find Callie leaning against the threshold with her arms crossed over her chest and a grin
"Callie I don't want to do this, I have done fast, I have done quick and…" Arizona turned around from the sink and leaned on the center marble counter
"Wait! What exactly are you talking about?"
"Get your mind out of the gutter Calliope, I meant relationships I like you and I don't want to rush whatever this is" staring right into brown eyes which mirrored genuine care back in return
"Alright I respect that, so how do people usually take it slow from practically dry-humping each other?"
"I read somewhere that people go on dates and try to know each other better and they…" Callie interrupted her fact sharing moment
"Go on a date with me then, not as friends this time" Callie walked over to Arizona who had a dimpled smile and a playful grin "I mean it cause I really like you"
"I thought you'd never ask" full dimples out on display "but first you're stuck with that before you can get into my pants" she pointed to the novel on the counter Callie ditched before their intense moment of heat
"If I had to read a book to get into a girl's pants I wou…" the realization of what the sentence was shaping up to sound like hit Callie when she turned to face Arizona who had her face scrunched up waiting for the end of that sentence
"You want to finish that?"
"Nope! Not at all" Arizona chuckled and again Callie was back on a barstool and flipping through the novel she was holding and staring at Arizona only this time all hints of subtlety gone "But we can still make out?" laughter bursting out of thin pink lips
"No!"
"Cuddle?"
"Maybe"
"We could just hightail to a nunnery you know?" Arizona loving the fact that she had Callie cornered just couldn't stop laughing at the words coming out of the Latina.
More hours of listening to Arizona's list of change in my home video collection and my song playlist and everything about my décor, she at one point called my house a bat cave and pancakes were finally served. It was the most amazing time I had had in a very long time and it felt so natural how we could joke about anything and be serious about everything I wanted more of her right now and every other time of the week and hours of the day she was all I could think about and it felt amazing. After she left later in the day I left the house for Giovanni's to congratulate Derek the proper way,
"The man of the hour everyone Derek Shepherd single no more, Cheers!" glasses clanked and shots we're thrown back and more alcohol to be guzzled before the end of the night "Drinks on me tonight!"
"Thanks Callie, thank you so much for coming"
"And miss Derek Shepherd the Law man of the month's proposal party? Heck no!" he laughed threw back another shot
"I want to find Mark" I yelled over the noise of the crowded section of the restaurant
"He should be at the bar I saw him there a couple minutes ago" he pointed over his shoulder with his thumb
"Alright thanks" walked over to the bar but not before saying "hey Derek! Congratulations I'm happy for you" and made my way over to where Mark and Bailey and were laughing about everything that passed them in the bar obviously intoxicated,
"Where's boozebag she should be the loudest at the bar right about now?" I said taking my seat next to Mark
"Boozebag?" Miranda with a bemused look mixed with intoxication
"Altman" Mark replied causing Bailey to snort tequila from her nose while laughing so loud
"Well she's really drunk" I said giving Bailey an amusing stare
"She said something about carpeing the diem and going to see Henry" Mark answered while talking a long pull from his beer "Oh and how being celibate was killing her life essence"
"Sounds a lot like something drunk Teddy would say, at least she's getting something"
"You and Blondie didn't happen?"
"No she's taking things slow which I'm fine with" I said with a shrug and ordered for more shots cause only that can cure being left high and dry
"When Jamie said that a couple months back I remember you saying you weren't waiting around to be the Romeo in her story, Blondie got you cornered down cold"
"No she doesn't"
"So are we going to talk about this Erica thing? Or we just going to avoid that she's in Seattle for only God knows why"
"I don't think it's anything, she has family here she could be here for personal reasons Mark not everything has something to do with something, leave the lawyer in you outside the door and drink"
"Going to talk to Webber?"
"Tomorrow, free days don't just work well with my DNA"
"Speaking of DNA you might want to give Blondie a heads up that your father will be wandering into town soon"
"She's not going to meet him, it's going to be brief and quiet I can't have her hating me before we can even get a chance to figure out what we are" Mark chuckled
"He liked Jamie though"
"Jamie was a figure head she would suck up to anything and anyone for acceptance, Arizona is nothing like that she's just so down to earth and natural"
"Down to earth and natural? Why don't you just propose to her already Cal? You really like this one I can tell"
"I have a feeling I will screw this up somehow, I keep waiting for the other shoe to drop"
"Sometimes good things are good things maybe this is the good karma you have been waiting for"
"I Hope"
"Think I'm going to get out of here, I need to get home to my girlfriend she's not on-call tonight" guzzling the last of his beer and he was off the stool with a quick peck and promise to rendezvous the next day he said his goodbye to the rest of the gang and he was out the door.
I hung back at the bar for a much needed thinking session which never seems to happen in that quiet house of mine, random thoughts about why Erica was back in town and how to deal with an overbearing father and thoughts of Arizona seemed to cross out alternating feelings. I had barely known her long enough to call her my girlfriend but the fear that I might screw things up and never see her again was starting to chew holes in my mind and this side of me she'd never met feels like the start of our biggest problem yet to even surface. So the best thing to do is hide this part from her till I am confident she feels something profound enough to overshadow the flaws I clearly possess.
For those that say I need a beta I tried but it's coming up as an error here. Why is Erica back in town and why won't Callie want Arizona to meet Carlos?