Chapter 6

"Sleep tight, baby." Arizona kisses her daughter on the cheek. "Call me if something's wrong, okay? I'll leave your door open." She tugs Liv in and walks away from the bed.

"Bye, momma." Liv holds her teddybear, which callie got her, tight.

"Good night, Liv." Arizona turns the light off and walks away. She walks over to the kitchen and pours herself a glass of wine. She leans against the counter. Her exams have gone well so far, her child is back home and now, she has a week off. She takes a sip of her wine and walks back into the living room where she turns on the tv. A woman with long, dark hair talks about her new cookbook. She looks like Callie. Arizona smiles. Callie. She thinks about the soft lips and the warm tongue of Liv's beautiful doctor. The kiss was so unexpected, but so… Great. Arizona had needed the contact with Callie. Not even with Callie, just the contact. But the contact was with Callie, which made it extra special. Arizona startles when the doorbell rings. She puts away her glass and walks over to the front door. While turning on the light, she opens the door. Callie immediately turns around and looks at Arizona. Her eyes are red and filled with tears.

"Callie? W-what are you doing here?" Arizona holds on to the door.

"I uhm… I…" Callie swallows loudly. "Can I please come in?"

Arizona steps aside. "Sure uh, yeah. Come in." Callie walks past the blonde into the living room and turns around to see the surprised look on Arizona's face. "Is something wrong, Callie?"

Callie looks straight into the blonde's eyes. She sighs. "My boyfriend asked me to marry him."

Arizona nods. "Well, that's great, congratulations." She smiles.

"No. No. He asked me to marry him and I ran away. I ran away, without answering his question." Tears run down her face. Her mascara is smeared and her eyes are red from crying. Arizona just looks at her. "I couldn't say yes. I just couldn't."

Arizona nods again. "But uhm why? And, well, why are you here?"

Callie covers her face with her hands. "Don't you get it?" She takes a few steps towards Arizona. "I'm so in love with you." She lowers her eyes and starts to cry, again. Arizona opens her mouth to say something, but nothing comes out. "I've never been in love with a woman before. I don't know these feelings and I'm so, so very confused." Callie drops herself on the couch. Her body is shaking.

"Callie, I…" Arizona takes a seat beside her and looks sympathetically at the brunette. "I'm sorry."

Callie looks up. Her eyes catch the worried eyes of the beautiful blonde next to her. "It's not your fault. Not at all." She sighs.

Arizona keeps looking at her and, without thinking, places her lips on Callie's mouth. Callie pulls back a little, but then surrenders to the warmth of Arizona's mouth. Their tongues find each other. Callie moans softly and places her hands around Arizona's neck. Arizona kisses the brunette softly on her lip and looks at her.

"I like you, Callie, I like you a lot."

Callie shakes her head. Ze places a finger on Arizona's lips. "Sshh, stop talking. Please." Arizona closes her mouth. Callie gets up. "Shit. I shouldn't have come here. I mean, Liv just got home, you must be busy with… stuff and I-I'm getting married." She zips up her coat and walks to the front door.

"Yeah? Are you really getting married?" Arizona stands up. Her eyes are blank and her arms hang down her body.

Callie stops and just can't turn around. When she turns around, she won't resist the temptation to kiss Arizona. She can't look at Arizona right now. "I'm happy, Arizona."

Arizona walks over to Callie. "And you're in love." She stands right behind Callie. "With me."

Callie takes a deep breath and suddenly turns around. "Stop, Arizona, please. Don't make things harder than they already are." Her eyes fill with tears for the umpteenth time. "I don't know what to do!"

Arizona places her hands on Callie's hip. "Then at least stay. We can talk about it. This."

"I don't know what to say to you."

"Well. Then we don't say anything." She takes Callie's hand in hers. "I don't want you to go."

"I have to. He's… He's waiting for an answer." Arizona lets go of Callie's hand and nods.

"Yeah. He's waiting for an answer."

Callie sits at the table with her laptop in front of her. She looks at a website with beautiful wedding dresses. "Mark?"

Mark looks around the corner of the kitchen. "What's up?"

"What do you like? I mean, concerning wedding dresses."

Mark dries off his hands and walks over to his fiancée. "I like everything you like, babe. And something that accentuates your breasts, of course."

Callie grins. "Thought so." She scrolls down the page when Mark kisses her neck. Normally she would've gotten towering goosebumps, now she only thinks about one thing: Arizona. She puts away her laptop and turns around.

"Honey, I'm pretty tired." She gets up. "And I have a surgery really early in the morning, so…" She kisses him on the mouth. "Good night."

Mark looks at her when she leaves the room. He'd expected a lot more from this evening. "Cal?" He walks after her. "Did something happened? Are you okay?"

Callie turns around and shakes her head. ""Nothing happened. Don't worry." She blows him a kiss and walks straight to their room.