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My medical jargon is basically non existent , that being said, things will happen how I want them to happen, its my story after all. :)
No beta for the next few Chapters, so please, take it easy, I know there IS probably mistakes, but hey, no bodies perfect.
Finishing Chapter 8 today, will post later on in the week. When I post them close together, I don't seem to get as much feedback and I love your feed back and Ideas, it helps me out ALOT.
I have so many Ideas coming to mind for this Story. Its going to be an exciting ride. Enjoy.
Chapter 7
Feeling a hand squeeze her right breast, moaning at the feel, Arizona begins to stir. Peeking an eye open, to see Callie's left hand cupping her breast in her sleep. Laughing, she thought back to yesterday evening. It was everything Arizona could imagine, plus so much more. She's never felt so.. alive with someone in that way, in her life. Yes, she's had good sex, great even, but she's never had that spark with anyone, that.. connection. Not even with JoAnn, and she thought JoAnn was the love of her life at one time. But with Callie, no, last night wasn't sex. She didn't want to admit it, not this early into their relationship. But last night was love making. That kind of deep connection, it only happens when you are truly in love with someone, with all your heart and soul.
Pulling up the cover that has managed to slide down to their waist over night, she snuggled into Callie. Brushing the hair out of the brunettes beautiful face, thinking her girlfriend was still asleep, she whispers "Is this what love is suppose to feel like?" With a kiss to her cheek.
Feeling the covers being pulled up over her body, and the blonde snuggling in closer, Callie began to wake. The blondes finger tips brushing at her temple, caused her to unwarily moan, barely catching the blondes hushed words. Callie was beyond belief. How is it possible that this women really exits? Its early, so early in their relationship to be declaring love, but that's what she feels. A flood of terror then relief fills Callie, at her girlfriends oblivious words. She was already afraid of losing the blonde, but hearing that Arizona could possibly be feeling what she's felling, warmed her heart, her love has always been one sided, but something about Arizona told Callie that this was going to be different.
Callie was always the to declare love in her relationships, it was never reciprocated. She always wore her heart on her sleeve, and Arizona was no exception. But this.. this was different. Images of yesterday filled her mind. Arizona laid out beneath her, naked on the blanket, then the blonde hovering above her, the kissing, the caressing, pure ecstasy. Yeah, that's an image that is forever burned into her retinas. Their connection they shared. She couldn't even begin to describe it. She's had sex plenty of times, albeit with men. But what she shared with Arizona, it wasn't a quick lay or sex. No. That was love making pure and simple. That's the only thing it could have been. Just like Arizona said, Life Affirming, and that made Callie a nervous wreck on the inside. What would her family think? Her friends seemed to not be bothered, but her religious family, yeah that was a different story. Even though she's never looked at another women, kissed, touched, much less had sex with one before, she knew Arizona was the one. She's only known this women for three weeks, and the blonde does things to Callie on the inside that no man has ever accomplished.
Feeling Arizona's breath on her neck slow, thinking the blonde was sleeping again, she whispered. "I think so." and drifted back into a light sleep.
At Callie's words, Arizona stiffened, realizing Callie had heard her thinking out loud. As quickly as her body stiffened, it relaxed. Her body feeling relief, knowing Callie was feeling the same way, and not wasn't just one sided, made the blondes heart swell more. She was in love, plain and simple. With Callie everything seemed uncomplicated and so natural.
Feeling the brunette squirm, Arizona lifted and rested her head on her hand. "Hey." She breathed.
"Mmm, Hi." Callie hummed, with a kiss to her blonde. Pulling back with a pout, "Morning already?"
Laughing at the cuteness of the brunette, Arizona pulls her in for another kiss. "Morning already, baby."
"I don't want to leave you." Callie whined.
"You're not leaving me baby, were just going home."
"You know what I mean. We've not left each others side since we met, and you may be sick of me, but I can't get enough of you." Callie huffed. "You've been all mine for three weeks now, and I don't want to share you with anyone, much less go back to the city, where YOU don't live." she pouted.
"Its only for a few days, tops honey. I promise." Arizona said with a smile. Loving that the brunette was feeling the same way she was.
"Why are you all smiles? We're not going to see each other for, god knows how long?" Callie said throwing her arms up.
"I'm smiling, because, I can't stop thinking, how happy I am to have found you." She said with a soft kiss to Callie. "Moron."
"So, I'm the crazy in this relationship?" Callie asked, cupping the blondes face.
"Hmm.. Just today, tomorrow I'll be the crazy one." Arizona said with a giggle.
"I will be moving into the City by the end of the weekend, even if I have to move into a roach infested apartment." Nodding her head, "..and I can't get enough of you either, baby."
A smile finally graced Callie's face at Arizona's confession. "I wont let you do that. I don't want you to rush, because of me. I want you to pick the apartment that suits you, you're the one having to live in it."
"It wont be rushed." Arizona said pulling Callie on top of her. "Now, How about I show you.. the Robbins Method?"
"Mmm.." Callie mumbled in delight… letting out a loud playful squeal in the process.
Sunday Morning, Callie woke up early and excited. Its D day. Today's the day, Arizona was moving into the City, and she is ecstatic, just at the thought of having the blonde closer. Jumping out of bed and hopping into the shower. She wanted to be ready to walk out the door when Arizona called her with the address to her new apartment. Getting out of the shower, she began blow drying her hair with a towel still wrapped around her body, not hearing her phone or pager ringing for the second time. As she began to put on her makeup on, her cell phone began to ring again. Running to her nightstand to answer it, thinking it was Arizona calling.
Not looking at the screen, she answers. "Hey, bab.." She purred, thinking it was her hot girl.
"Torres, wake the hell up. I've been trying to call you." Cristina yelled.
"There has been a building collapse, ETA fifteen minutes. Get here now."
"I'm up, and I'm not on call Cristina, call someone else, I'm busy." Callie huffed.
"Well get un-busy, cause the chief is demanding all attendings, all hands on deck."
"Damnit!" Callie growled. "Okay, I'm on my way." hanging up the phone she quickly dialed Arizona's number, getting the blondes voicemail. "Hey Ari, I.. damnit I hate this but.. I'm sorry, I can't make it today. I know I promised to be there, and I really wanted to see you, but Cristina called and said there has been a building collapse and its all hands on deck, so I have no choice but to go in. I'm so sorry. I miss you baby." She hangs up, gets dressed, throws on her shoes and rushes out the door, cursing this day already.
"Perfect!" she spits out as soon as she shuts her apartment door. "Hello, I need through, hospital emergency here." Callie yells through the hall.
Packing up their supplies, and discarded materials from the apartment across from her. A man pokes his head out of the newly remodeled apartment. "What seems to be the problem ma'am."
Getting more pissed off by the minute, Callie yells, "What the hell is going on? I'm a doctor, being paged in for an emergency, on my last day off from vacation, so get this shit out of my way, NOW.
Another man, comes and clears a small path for her to squeeze past. "I'm sorry ma'am, just trying to get this apartment finished for its new occupant today. "Whatever" she huffed. Rushing past the junk pile, mumbling something about ignorant imbeciles, she quickly crosses the street, entering the hospital, fuming mad. Today was suppose to be their day. She hasn't seen the blonde in two days, although they've talked on several occasions, it just wasn't the same. She was addicted to the gorgeous blonde already. Feeling a pang in her chest, she walked threw the hustle of the hospital doors, missing her girlfriend terribly.
After heading up to the attendings lounge, and changing into her new navy scrubs, she heads for the pit. Making her way through the crowded ER she reaches the Ambulance Bay. "What do we got?" she growls.
"Building collapse, housed several offices and a day care. Several casualties. Incoming 5 year old, crushed pelvis and legs. ETA 1 minute." Meredith Grey finishes, with a faint sound of sirens in the air.
Taking charge of the patient as soon as she was loaded off the bus, the ambulance driver goes over the details and meds that's been administered already. "Someone page O'Malley in Ortho, now, tell him to meet us in the OR. Little Grey, call the OR and tell them were on our way. Lets move people." Callie orders, running up to the bus.
To say Arizona was disappointed was and understatement, when she heard Callie's voice-mail. She really missed her girlfriend. Deciding to take her time checking and rechecking her old apartment to make sure she's not leaving anything behind.
After several walk-throughs of her place, she made her way downstairs, seeing the movers were loading the last of her furniture and boxes into their truck, giving them her new apartment key and a piece of folded up paper with the address and number of her new apartment and she tells them to go ahead and start unloading her boxes in the designated areas of her place.
Making her way into the City, she was in no rush to watch the movers unload the boxes and because Callie wasn't going to be there, she choose to stop and check on the clinic, to make sure everything was coming along on schedule for her opening. Walking threw the back door of her building she is greeted with the face of her mother.
"Hey, Mama."
"Zona, well what a surprise sweetie, I wasn't expecting you today. How are you, honey." Barbra asked, pulling her daughter in for a hug.
"I'm great Mama, really great." Arizona said smiling, thinking about the gorgeous girl who makes her life worth living again.
"When did you get back?" Barbara asked.
Pulling back out of her mothers embrace, looking around the newly painted walls of the waiting room. "Uhh.. Friday. Sorry I've not called, I've been busy packing and stuff for the big move and all. The uhh.. movers are…" looking at her watch "..unloading my boxes as we speak." She said. "Wow, mama. You, daddy and Teddy have this place looking amazing. The kids will love the Disney theme. I can't wait to see the patient rooms. Things still on schedule?"
"Thank you, Zona, but it was all you and your ideas, we just put it to action. Actually, we wont be finished for a few more days honey, You're going to have to push the opening back a week. I'm sorry." Barbara said.
"That's totally fine Mama, I don't mind. Just gives me a little more time to get settled, and set my office up. Thank you so much for all your and daddys help."
"No thanks necessary baby." Seeing a spark in her daughters eyes she hasn't seen in over a year. "So what's her name?"
"What?" Arizona asked shocked. Her mom always had a knack for reading her.
"What's her name, I want to hear about this women that has put the sparkle back in my little girls eyes."
Blushing, Arizona answered her Mama. "Calliope. She's amazing Mama." Arizona said with a huge grin. "You uhh.. You know her in fact, well knew her. You wont believe it really, Mama. You.. remember when we used to go camping at the river?" Seeing her mother nod, she continued. "You remember the Torres' that camped in front of us, across the road?"
"Yes, yes of course I do dear. Sweet family. Your brother loved that those Torres girls. Let me think… their names were" Barbara paused, and thought for a second. "I think Aria.. and umm.. Carrie.. Carle.. No.. no, that's not it.."
"Callie" Arizona stated.
"Yes, yes." Barbra said shaking her head up and down. Aria and Callie… wait, I was asking about your new women. So, why are you asking me if I remember the Torr..?"
"Calliope." Arizona cuts in.
"Zona honey, I think the sun has got to you these past few weeks you've been gone."
"No Mama, I'm trying to say that Calliope is Callie Torres."
"You're kidding me?" Barbara gasps, pulling up chairs for them both to sit in.
"No." Arizona said shaking her head, smiling and taking the offered seat. "She was there camping, alone like myself, I didn't know who she was. I had cut my hand open, she heard me yell out in pain. She cleaned me up, fixed my hand and.. we some how found out who each other were and we went from there."
"So, tell me all of it." Barbara said excitedly. Arizona was never one to shy away from telling her mother everything in her life and Calliope was going to be no exception. She could talk about Callie all day. She found herself wanting to stop complete strangers on the street and tell them what an amazing girl she had.
Arizona talked to her mother for over an hour about the camping trip that changed her life forever. Telling Barbara everything, barring the intimate details of course. No parent needs to know that.
"So, you're telling me she's never…"
"No, Mama, she's never been with another women, and you know how I feel about newborns. I stay away from them at all costs. But with Calliope…" Arizona paused, tears forming in the corners of her eyes. "…every things just different. I've never felt this way before Mama, I know.. I know she's it for me."
"Oh Zona, I'm so happy for you, baby." Barbara says, pulling her baby in for a hug.
"It scares me Mama, she told me she was falling for me like I was her, but in the back of my mind I can't help but think she is just having some kind of fling or or vacation or something in lesbian land and she'll realize it sooner or later and it will tear me apart…" Tears started slowly rolling down her face. "If I break one more time, I'm done for Mama, there will be no coming back this time. Calliope has all the power to break me for good, and that scares the shit out of me. Because I can't.. I can't lose her." she finished, crying into her mothers shoulder.
"Zo, listen to me honey." Barbara said, cupping her daughters face in her hands. "If she loves you half as much as you love her, you have nothing to worry about. You hear me?"
Thinking back to their time at the river and the many conversations the two had shared, even in the past two days apart. Arizona felt ridiculous. She knows Callie loves her even if she's yet to say it out loud and she knows she isn't a fling.
"Yeah, thanks Mama, and I do. I do love Calliope. I'm just.. It's jus too early to say it to her. I don't want to scare her, even if I know she feels it too. I'm just being a moron. Over analyzing the situation, because it just seems too good to be true. Someone that gorgeous, interested in me."
"She's be crazy to pass you up dear, you are amazing, my beautiful girl." Barbara whispered, cupping her daughters face.
"Thank you Mama, for everything." Arizona said with a kiss to her mothers cheek. "I'm just upset, she was suppose to meet me at my new place this morning, but she got paged in to work. I.. I just miss her." she finished with a sigh.
"You know where she works right? Go see her, take her lunch." Barbara said.
"I'm sure she's busy. Plus, I'm not sure people at her work, besides her close friends, know she's dating a women, and I don't want to push our relationship out in the open like that, not if she's not ready. I wont do that to her."
"Since when can't friends buy friends lunch? Go! Get that girl some food, she's probably starving."
"I'll think about it. I've got to go Mama, I got a lot to get done today. Thanks for the talk." she said, giving her Mama another kiss and walking towards the door. "I'll talk to you soon. Bye, I love you."
"Love you too, honey." Barbara yelled, as Arizona shut the door.
Thinking about what her mother said, she put a plan into action, hoping Callie wouldn't be upset with her. After making two quick stops, she pulls up next to her new apartment complex. Letting out a sigh, she grabs the two recently purchased items and stepped out of the jeep, noticing the movers were finished moving her things upstairs. After retrieving her key and settles the bill, she makes her way across the street.
Stepping into Seattle Grace Hospital, she see's the over flow of injured patients and family members, seeing first hand the reason her girlfriend was paged in. Mumbling to herself that this was a bad idea, she forces herself to walk up to the reception desk. After getting directions to the Peds wing, she headed for the elevator. Stepping off the car, she walked to the nurses desk.
"Can I help you?" A nurse asks.
"Uhh.. Yeah, I'm looking for Callio.." Clearing her throat, she corrects herself ".. I'm looking for Dr. Torres, is she busy?"
"Arizona?"
Turning around, her eyes meet the chocolate brown she's been craving for two days.
"Wh.. What are you doing here?" Callie asked surprised.
"I.. I'm sorry.. I.. I shouldn't have came, but.."
"No. No, I'm glad your here" Callie said. "Come, follow me." Walking in front of the blonde, Callie led them to the attendings lounge. She felt bad for not swooping Arizona up in a huge hug when she saw her, but she knew how the nurses here liked to gossip, and she didn't want to subject Arizona to that mess, not yet.
"I'm sorry, I..uh.. I got your voice mail, and.. I just.. I just couldn't go any longer without seeing you. I uh, I hope you don't mind" Arizona states, walking up to Callie and taking her in an embrace. "I really missed you." She finishes with a kiss.
"Mind? Of course not. No ones ever visited me at work before. Thank you." She said with a kiss. "..and I missed you too, baby. What's this?" Callie asked, seeing the blonde holding a bag.
"I know you had to leave in a hurry, so I figured I'd bring you a late lunch, that is.. if.. If you haven't already eaten and you have time?" Arizona said, opening up the bag and placing it's contents down on the table. Looking back at Callie's unreadable face. "If not that's okay." The blonde just shrugged, and started to pack the lunch back up, knowing showing up out of the blue was a bad idea. "I.. I should have called. I didn't.."
"No, no, it's totally okay Arizona." Callie said cutting her off. "I have about thirty minutes or so before my next surgery, and I AM starving. Thank you baby." Callie said. Setting down at the table, she glanced back up at the blonde, "Chinese? My favorite. How did you know?" She said, grabbing Arizona's shirt pulling her down for another passionate kiss.
"Lucky guess.." The blonde shrugged, secretly proud of herself.
"..and, this..." Arizona said, pulling out a single long steam pale yellow Wilki Gerbera flower out from her back pocket, "...is for you, milady."
"Arizona... " Callie said, with tears forming in her eyes. No one has ever really spoiled her the way the blonde was, and they've not been together a month, let alone went out of their first date.
"Why are you upset?" Arizon asked, brushing the tear that slipped from Callie's eye, away from here cheek.
"I'm not upset, it's just, no ones ever treated me this way before."
"It's nothing really, but I did it because your my girlfriend, Calliope. I want to show you how special you are to me. I mean it's no grand gesture, but..." Arizona was cut off again.
".. But it IS like a grand gesture." Callie said, standing up to embrace the blonde. "No ones ever bought me a flowers or brought me lunch."
"Well, technically it's a flower, but..." The blonde said giggling, with a shrug of her shoulders.
"But, it's everything" Callie purred. "You're too good to me baby. Now, shut up and kiss me like you mean it."
After making dinner plans with Callie for that evening, she left the hospital and headed to her apartment to unpack. By evening, Arizona had unpacked several of her boxes. Thirty minutes ago, Callie had texted her, saying she wasn't going to be able to make dinner because she was pulled into another emergency surgery. Getting exhausted from all the unpacking she decided, after hearing her stomach growl to head out and grab a quick bite, leaving her cell phone on the counter.
"Hey Cal, were going for drinks after we finish up here, you up for it?" Meredith asked handing off her last chart to the nurse.
"No, You guys go ahead, I'm going to catch up with Arizona, see if she wants to catch a late dinner." Callie said walking towards the elevators.
"Okay, maybe next time, and bring Arizona. I really like her." Meredith said as the elevator doors closed.
Callie felt exhausted, walking out of the hospital. All she wanted to do was see her girlfriend. Checking her phone to see that she had no missed calls or texts from her girl. Thinking she must be busy unpacking her apartment. Calling Arizona and receiving no answer, Callie decides to just go home and crash.
Walking into her apartment building, she see's the elevator doors closing. Hurrying towards to closing doors. "Hold the elevator." Callie yells, but its too late.
Thankfully the second elevator door open right after, dropping a couple off. Riding the car up to the fifth floor to her apartment, exiting, she starts to down the all to her apartment. But the sight she is seeing before her stops her in her tracks. Two women, walking arm in arm, in the apartment across from her home and closing the door, in a fit of giggles. That is not what shocked her though, what shocked her was one of the women laughing was a beautiful blonde. Her blonde.
Dropping her pale yellow long stem flower, she received from the blonde at lunch, feeling her heart shatter in a million pieces. Knowing it was too good to be true. "What the fuck."
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