AN: The songs on this chapter are :
Rihanna – Where have you been / Shakira – Addicted to you /
Britney Spears – Criminal / The Wanted – Glad you Came / Pink – True Love
It´s past 10:00 pm. Mark and I are at Arizona´s event , Mark told me he came to check on Arizona and her team but I know he came because he is lonely and it´s a high society event with gorgeous women, amazingly dressed. This kind of women he can´t find at places he usually is invited. We are here for a while. We have been introduced appropriately by Arizona to Teddy Altman , Lexie Grey even Cristina Yang.
She explained to me that Lexie Grey is her gallery manager and she take care everything related to it, expositions, artists, sells. Cristina Yang works with someone named Dixon on authentication department; she is the best on this field.
When I asked about Teddy her answer was "Teddy is Teddy, the omnipresent"
Tonight event is to introduce April Kepner a new artist very talented, Lexie is taking care of everything walking around with Kepner introducing her for everybody. I learned from her that Arizona events are different because she likes to do the unusual; she always put a stage and invites a band to perform alive after the exposition so they usually have 2 hours of people doing small talk with the artist and then they start the musical event.
Now Lexie Grey is on stage to present the start of musical event.
"Ladies and gentlemen , Robbins Gallery tonight proudly presented for you Ms. Kepner work - Amor amore compensatur and to celebrate this talent now we start the musical event. Please be aware from Monday on Ms Kepner could be contacted through our gallery. Enjoy the rest of evening" – she looks to DJ and immediately a Screen starts to show a video with Kepner work while the band starts to play alive Rihanna song "I've been everywhere, man Looking for someone Someone who can please me Love me all night long
"You know I choose this song to start because reminds me you" Arizona says in my ear while wrapping her arms around my waist , making jump and relax immediately "I've been everywhere, man Looking for you, baby Looking for you, baby Searching for you, baby Where have you been?"
"Hey you . I miss you." I say with a soft tone laying my head back on her shoulder " I met a lot of people but I haven´t seen your parents, are they here?" I ask. "
She tenses a little and answer " Yeah , they will appear eventually , they have a radar to this kind of thing , you know "
'Cause I never see you out
Are you hiding from me, yeah?
" What kind of things? "
"Changes on my life " she answer serious and worried at same time I look at her she is looking around the place, Now I realize she seems to be hiding me for her parents I remember since I arrive she gave me attention but not too much intimacy even now she is holding me in her arms but her eyes are scanning the place. Strange, Teddy told me her parents know she is gay and they are ok, so why is she hiding our relationship?
Where have you been? All my life, all my li-i-i-i-ife...Where have you been, all my li-i-i-ife? Where have you been, all my li-i-i-ife? Where have you been, all my li-i-i-ife?
It´s past Three am , traditional guests had leave the place a long time ago and now only party people are here , everybody is dancing and enjoying , there are a lot of alcohol : Tequila , Whiskey, Wine , Cocktail. Arizona´s team seems to like party a lot they are all wasted Cristina is dancing around with a girl I think she is Lexie sister, they are friends and they make funny of everybody. Mark asked Lexie to dance and they are having a great time too, I haven´t seen Mark that happy ever. Teddy is dancing with this doctor guy I really don´t remember his name and April Kepner the honored of the night doesn´t know how to drink, she is in a really bad shape almost striping on stage but this guy Alex Karev is helping her, Arizona said it´s ok Karev is her head of security and a really decent man he will never do anything bad to Kepner.
A Latin beat starts " Finally " Arizona says with her hands around my waist moving at rhythm of the song with a wide dimpled smile , " Debe ser el perfume que usa""
I look at her raising my eyebrow " Finally?" "Me besaste esa noche"
" It´s Shakira , Callie, I am dying to dance this song with you" she says smiling " My two favorites Latin at same place , wow"
" Cual si fuera el único día de tu boca Cada vez que me acuerdo"
After she said that I have a glare that says explain " Before you Calliope , Shakira was my favorite Latin , now I changed " I give her a hard glare and she keeps going
" Relax , I am so into you I choose all songs and they all about you, Cristina had to leave while I was doing the selection otherwise she would have killed herself , her words " she says playful tone and we both laugh.
"Son tus ojos marrones Con esa veta verdosa Es tu cara de niño Y esa risa nerviosa"
We are dancing around each other, Arizona has now her back into my front , ""I'm addicted to you" then she turn around and we dance and our hands move around our body very seductively "Porque es un vicio tu piel " she puts her hands on my neck and kiss me very passionately our tongues are dancing at beat of the song "Baby I'm addicted to you
The song finishes and a new one start Arizona stops the kiss and look to me with a confused glare " I didn´´t pick this song " we look to the stage and Cristina Yang is there smiling to us.
" Wow Zona , Now , you are SOOO screwed " I really drunk Teddy yells at our ears making both of us look from Cristina to her , she just sign with her head to the entrance of the dance floor , an old couple are standing there looking at us. Arizona freezes.
Arizona looks at me, sigh deeply and she says in a concerned tone.
"Calliope, it´s time to meet my parents" she takes my hand and when we are standing in front of her parents the song Cristina Yang choose says " Mamma, please don't cry, I will be all right All reason aside, I just can't deny, I love that …"
" Mother, Father , I thought you guys were at Teddy´s place. I didn´t know you are still here" she asks confused, her mother stare at her and her father answer.
" We were. We left by 9:00 but your mother said we should come back to make sure your drunk asses don´t get closer any wheels, her words , we are the designated driver for Teddy , Cristina and you" he smiles tenderly.
"Well, I am OK I got a police escort. Mother – father this is Calliope my date" Arizona says smiling proudly.
I offer my hand to her father , instead he come forward and hug me.
" Handshake , non-sense any woman makes my angel grin like that deserves a big hug " he states with his arms wrapped.
" Thank you Mr. Robbins. It´s a pleasure to meet you " I say very happy
" No one call me Mr. Robbins , Call me Daniel or Colonel " he says
" Fine and you can call me Callie or detective Torres no one goes to Calliope either " I say very confident.
At this point Arizona´s mother that until now was smiling, look at her daughter with a scare glare and Arizona lose her color.
"You are detective Callie Torres , Portland PD " her mother asks me in tone very unpleasant and still exchange hard looks with her daughter. Arizona just look like was caught with a hand on cookie jar.
"Yes, I am, madam " I answer confident and looking both woman try to understand what is going on.
" How did you meet ?" she asks now only focus on me
" I came here 5 days ago , following a lead on a case I am working for 18 months and she asked me on a date " I say wide grin and look back to Arizona still no color in her face.
" That is amazing , my angel lucky day" Colonel says smiling
" In fact Dad , that was exactly the first thing Callie told me , She just burst in my office and said you look like Church lessons angel " Arizona says to her father smiling and they both laugh heartily.
" Arizona Robbins , Are you really thinking about going on with this ? her mother looks straight to her with a defiant stare , Arizona just nod , then her mother looks to me " I am sorry Callie you seem a very nice woman but you and my daughter is NOT GOING TO HAPPEN , enjoy the party , Arizona is going home with us now and she apologizes but she will not bother you ever again"
"Barbara" "Mother " Arizona and her father say at same time while I am just standing stunned.
"Mrs. Robbins , I understand your daughter has a social status and a lot of money , and you think I am poor cop taking advantage of that, but you are wrong , very wrong , in fact my father is as richer as Arizona , my family owns a chain of hotels and I cut him off my life because money and social status doesn´t matter to me I choose became a cop instead run my father chain and he cut me off , so don´t worry the only reason I am with your daughter is because she is amazing and even I met her for 5 days all I can think is having her in my life." I said confident and proudly and give her my hard glare.
"Callie, don´t worry I am sure my wife is not expressing herself well, after all Arizona ´s legacy is of marines. She come from a family four generations on military service, we stand for the same values that you as a police officer stand, we can´t be more proud of her choice , right Barbara" the colonel says very polite staring his wife.
"Right, I am sorry detective Torres, It´s not your actions I am worried about, it´s hers" Barbara says looking straight to her daughter.
"Callie, excuse me " Arizona says gentle and grab her mother arm and they step away while the Colonel and I stand there astonished in our silence we hear the song playing on background "
"The sun goes down
The stars come out"
Arizona and her mother are a few feet away and I can see by their body language they are having a strong argument.
"And all that counts Is here and now My universe Will never be the same I'm glad you came"
The Colonel is chatting with me trying to diverge my focus from mother / daughter argument and I am pretending give him full attention when I see Barbara takes her phone and sends a message, Arizona gets even more nervous and look around, a couple minutes later Cristina Yang , Lexie Grey , Alex Karev and Teddy Altman pass by me and go straight to Barbara side. Even Yang and Teddy are really drunk they seem be aware of the discussion and seems everybody is agreeing with Barbara, Arizona is really pissed now, everybody just cross arms in front of chest "You cast a spell on me, spell on me You hit me like the sky fell on me, fell on me" Arizona just storms out and come back in my direction.
"And I decided you look well on me, well on me
So let's go somewhere no-one else can see, you and me"
" Let´s get out of here " Arizona grabs my hand and we leave her gallery with all eyes on us.
We are in Arizona car she is looking straight ahead and didn´t say a word since we left her gallery I am just sitting there looking at her. I can´t get tired of that.
Then we reach our destination, I am very surprised I was thinking we are going home and don´t even realize the different path.
"Arizona , What are we doing here ?" I ask surprised
" Peninsula Park is one of my favorite places in world I love to come here , just to walk in a path of roses , I would love to share a walk with you" Arizona answer me lovely " They are about to open , would you ?" she asks shyly.
"Sure Arizona , it´s amazing I would love that "
She opens her car truck and takes a bag then she holds my hand and we start our walking. Peninsula Park is amazing you walk through a path of over two acres packed with nearly 9,000 traditional rose plantings. Inside she finds a perfect spot we sit there. She takes a blanket from her bag and put over our shoulders it´s past five am and there are a chilling breeze, she wrap her arms around me and I rest my head in her shoulder. We stay like that just enjoying until the sunrise it´s unbelievable beautiful , she then put her hand on my cheek and caress me, I lean and kiss her. We keep kissing and caressing softy for a while, soon I see in her eyes a shadow of sadness.
" Sweet , Are you ok ?" I ask concerned.
"It´s about my argument with my mother and my team, I need to make a decision " she answer sadness in her voice
" Is this decision about us ? Do you want to break up ?" I ask sadness and worry in my voice
" No , definitely not , I don´t want to leave you I love you, but I also love my team , they are my family, and I have obligations with them , I can´t put my feelings over them. I was raised to be a good man on a storm , to protect people I love…- " she answer so fast I don´t think she is thinking she is just spitting words out of her mouth.
" Wait! Wait Slow down angel, you love me? And how that is a problem to your team?" I ask grinning and confused.
She realizes what she just said aloud and opens her mouth to say something but nothing is said for a while
" Arizona , angel are you going to answer ?" I ask tentatively
"I know you going to think I am crazy .. but I do love you since the first time I put my eyes on you , first sight love" she answers confident and kisses me deeply.
I broke just a little our kiss " Crazy as it is but I feel the same , it´s like I have been waiting for you all my life .. Like I knew you before " I take a deep breath " If you are crazy I am too because I love you too Angel " we keep kissing passionately.
Arizona and I are having a heated kiss then she just jumps up suddenly.
"Let´s go."
"Why? I like what we were doing." I pout
"No, we have to go home. We are awake for 24 hours. We need have breakfast and some sleep."
Back in her apartment, I look around her fancy living room and she take me to her kitchen , it´s perfect , so perfect seems like a photo shooting set.
"So , how often do you use this kitchen ?"
" Teddy , Lexie and my mother use the kitchen when they are here , I usually do microwave or put take outs on dishes "
"haha … Really , so it´s a set up , you brought me here to cook for you" a playful tone
"Busted " she puts her hands in air signaling surrender.
After I fix us some food, we are eating and chatting about my life, my career, my family in Miami, past relationships we finish our meal. I stand up and take the dishes to the sink while Arizona remains silent a cup of hot cocoa grasped in her hand. I go behind her and put my hands on her hips, I bury my nose in her hair and take the scent of her, and I lean down and put my lips on her neck. Arizona's head move to the side. Her body leaning against my body and my hands wrap around her waist. She puts down the cup and turn around pulling me into a passionate kiss. Then she takes my hand our fingers intertwined and we go to bed, we are really exhausted she just hold me close her arms holding me , my head on her chest , almost immediately we fall asleep.
I am running after someone but I am far away other cops are running too , then everybody opens fire , I yell stop , stop , but the criminal doesn´t stop and SWAT is there a sniper shoots and the criminal fall on ground I try to get closer by I am walking too slow , everything is in slow motion the other cops the sirens , the time is slowing and a song is playing in background " Sometimes I hate every single stupid word you say Sometimes I wanna slap you in your whole face There's no one quite like you" while the songs plays I get closer and closer and now I am standing over the body; is Pink Mask , she is on the ground dead still wearing the mask "You push all my buttons down" I get on my knees and anxious remove the mask I gasp and scream.
NO NO NO I LOVE YOU NO NO NO its Arizona face dead.
My eyes open suddenly; my heart rate still sky high, it was a nightmare, FUCK MARK SLOAN AND HIS THEORIES, the song is still playing a look around it´s Arizona cellphone.
"At the same time, I wanna hug you
I wanna wrap my hands around your neck
You're an asshole but I love you"
"It´s Teddy, it´s her ringtone" Arizona sleepy voice and reaches her cellphone and answer coldly " Set the jet. We leave tonight at 7:00 " then she closes her eyes , soft snore tell me she is asleep again.
What she said. Leaving my eyes wide open.
It is two pm and I open my eyes to find Arizona sitting on bed her back against headboard, she somehow had me resting over her, my head over her left shoulder and her left arm holding me tight . She had woken up about an hour ago, but stayed in bed, her right hand caressing my hair.
" Hey angel " sleepy voice " You are ready to tell me now about your phone call , you leaving?" I ask with caution.
" Yeah, I have previous appointments and everybody are worried I would bail because I met you, but I can´t. I have to do those things I will be away for a while" Arizona touches my cheek softly and look straight in my eyes while telling me this and I can see a dark shadow of sadness in there.
I panic and stand up so quickly that now I am dizzy, standing in the front of her bed I start to ramble in Spanish " ¿Me dejas? [are you leaving me] No creo que todo el mundo haga lo mismo [don´t believe you are doing the same everybody else] - Creía que eras diferente [I thought you are different]"
Arizona stands up and she puts both hands over my shoulders and look at my eyes , then she waits quietly until I stop talking.
" I am not leaving you , I am not like your ex, I will come back , I love you " she states with emphasis in each word , each sentence.
Then I wrap my arms around her neck and kiss her deeply and when we broke the kiss I hug her and we stay like that for a while just in each other arms until I can hold anymore and I start to sob. She looks at me and catches my tears with her thumbs.
" shhh , it´s ok I will be back .I promise"
I roll my eyes up and shake my head to stop new tears and take her hand to lead us to the bathroom " I think I saw a tube in here Since you are leaving soon , I will rub your back and you wash my hair and then if you behave well maybe I do my best dish chicken pickata," I say with a husky voice trying to improve our mood and forget it´s our farewell.
She grab my waist and whispers in my ear huskily "well ,it´s a Jacuzzi we can ´t waste with only back rubs and hair washes , I am thinking in better use to that " she seductively looks at me and start to remove our clothes, we are on tube she has her legs around me , we kissing passionately our tongues fighting , our hands exploring each other body
"I need you" I plead , we mirror each other and our touch starts slow and softy then faster and deeper.
"Mmmm... Calliope Oh Calliope I am so close Calliope… God"
" Yes Say my name OH god Arizona I am oh Arizonaaaaa"
We are getting our breath under control , afterglow eyes " If you are still up to, you can rub my back and I wash your hair" she says and we both burst out laughing
"Just give me the bath sponge ,angel"
One hour later we are in kitchen cooking together I am wearing a borrow BATMAN Boy Shorts and Oxford T-shirt just chatting , until dinner is ready then we sit together , she stares at me for a couple of minutes in silence like she is processing something.
" I would rather die than see you hurt " she whispers while taking a bite of chicken I don´t think I was supposed to hear that so I pretend I didn´t.
We finish our early dinner and we decide spend our last moments watching a movie she chooses Ocean´s Eleven we watch it cuddling and stealing kisses now and then when the movie ends trying to avoid the elephant in the room I start a discussion about the movie.
" It´s kind weird watch a movie about successful robberies with a robbery detective. It´s like show to a dying patient A walk to remember , it´s just mean" I say in a playful tone
" Come on , it´s a great movie , the team is cool , they punish the bad guy in the end and the guy Ocean gets the girl also they have a genius plan nobody gets until it´s too late, best plot ever" she says excited " Kind has resemblance with your girl Pink Mask , don´t you think"
" Not really , I mean first Pink Mask it´s not my girl you ARIZONA ROBBINS are , second she will not get away in the end , I may have a lead on her , it´s almost over to her, sorry in my movie no one gets the girl and run free." I say very confident.
She has Cheshire cat smile " Question best make out contest hot Bad Girl with mask versus Fancy Art Gallery Director " she raises an eyebrow.
"YOU always" I answer without hesitation.
She gives me a dirty look "Well, as the winner I claim my prize "
She just jump over me and lay me on couch and top me we are now on a hot make out section her hands are running on my body Her right hand on my butt and her left hand in the edge of my Oxford t-shirt . I can feel the flesh of her fingertips slip under the material and tickle my skin. Her fingers are moving higher and higher under my t-shirt. Her lips on my neck giving me open mouth kisses I take her lips in mine then I nip at her bottom lip, eliciting a moan of desire. We are so focus in making out we don´t hear Teddy break in.
"Arizona, where are you it´s 6:30, we need to go- " Teddy sees me and stop " I am sorry I didn´t know"
Arizona pushes herself off me while I straight my t-shirt. She deeply breaths and sigh "It´s ok Teddy, we are just waiting for you" Arizona kiss me soft , hug me and stand to pick her suitcase on the door she looks back to me still sitting in the same spot " Stay here as long you want Calliope"
I run to her and hold her tight and whisper in her ear "Please be careful"
Then I hear the elevator ring, she steps in and it closes, and at that, the tears come falling down unrestrained.
AN 2 : NEXT CHAPTER CALLIE LEARNS MORE ABOUT PINK MASK