Disclaimer: See Chapter 1. Lyrics are from If It Kills Me by Jason Mraz. All I own is the character Mary and her family.
Hello,
tell me you know
Yeah, you figured me out
Something gave it
away
And it would be such a beautiful moment
To see the look on
your face
To know that I know that you know now
And
baby that's a case of my wishful thinking
You know nothing
Arizona was trying to be understanding. Though there had been moments, looks, caresses, words that indicated otherwise, she had convinced herself that Callie didn't want her. What she didn't expect however if that Callie would run to Mark. Of all people, Mark Sloan? She realized Callie was lonely and hurt and wanted to forget everything but really? Callie had stopped hanging out with her so much and avoiding her. Arizona was incredibly confused. She thought maybe Callie was freaked out by their moment during karaoke (in which she'd been sure Callie knew that she wanted more than friendship) but Callie assured her it wasn't an issue. She couldn't take this; she wasn't a teenager anymore, angst was not her thing.
Arizona needed a third party. She needed someone to help level her head. She thought for a moment then smiled and picked up her phone.
Elsewhere…
Callie sighed. 'What am I thinking?' First it was just one time after a particularly hard surgery. Her first instinct had been to call Arizona but she felt like she might be leaning a little too much on the peds surgeon lately. She also found that she started to loose trust in herself around Arizona. Arizona would smile or laugh and Callie would feel a small tinge in her heart or Arizona would look at her a certain way and it had Callie thinking things she never thought would be possible. Now she was sleeping with Mark. Well they didn't do much sleeping and though it was good, it was getting old and Callie knew it. She knew she was just avoiding something but what she couldn't figure it out.
She sighed again and decided to get some fresh air. She walked outside and came across the one person she'd been trying to avoid; thankfully it seemed Arizona was on the phone. Callie would have walked to a different side of the hospital but she was intrigued by the way Arizona looked and the excitement in her voice. So she hid a little out of sight and listened in.
"Come on I need you. Please? You know you want to see me?" said Arizona. She knew Mary would cave; it would just take a few more minutes of coaxing.
"Oh come on Zone. You really can't handle it yourself?" Mary sighed. She did want to see Arizona but unlike Arizona not only did Mary have a job but also a wife and kids, she didn't have the freedom to pick up and leave for a vacation. She knew though that Liz would understand and if Arizona really needed her, she would come.
"No and I'm lonely and I need someone who loves me and my awesomeness" said Arizona.
Mary could hear her pout over the phone. "Fine, fine but I have to bring Ana with me." Liz would kill her if she left her with all 4 of their children and Ana was the only one young enough to not have to take off school.
"Why would that ever be a problem for me?" asked Arizona. She would welcome any opportunity to see her goddaughter.
Callie was confused. Who on Earth was Arizona talking to and how did they get her to smile like that? She also felt a little guilty. It was her fault Arizona was feeling lonely. Callie sighed and apparently a little too loudly because Arizona turned around and saw her.
"Ok call me with the flight details and I'll pick you up. Love you!" said Arizona as she hung up her phone. She had a look of disappointment on her face, "Hello Calliope did you need something?" She sounded a little colder than she would have liked but she wasn't the one avoiding Callie for no reason.
Callie thought of a million things to say and knew that none of them were good reasons to spy on Arizona's conversation. "Um no I was just trying to get some fresh air." She indicated toward nothing in particular.
"And you expected the best air would be somewhere near a bush with you crouched down like a cat." Said Arizona as she cocked her head to the side a little. 'Though you did look absolutely adorable' thought Arizona but kept her face straight.
"Um no." said Callie. She hated being caught and attempted to change the subject. "So who was that on the phone?"
"Why?" asked Arizona. She wasn't trying to be this mean but she was hurt and it wasn't her fault that Callie had tried to cut her out of her life.
"Can't I care?" asked Callie. Why was Arizona being so ridiculous? She knew that she wasn't being the greatest friend but it couldn't be that bad and shouldn't Arizona be happy that she's taking steps to heal?
"You sure have a funny way of showing it." Said Arizona as she walked past Callie into the hospital. 'Hurry Mary' she thought as she made her way to the nearest on call room to cry.
