Arizona woke the next morning, sun in her eyes, sprawled flat on her back, still on Callie's bed with Callie's head still in her lap. Looking around, reminding herself of where she was and why she was there, she sat up slowly, trying not to disturb the sleeping goddess in bed with her. Realizing her desperate need for some water, Arizona carefully lifted Callie's head off of her lap and onto the pillow beside it, sliding silently off the bed. Tiptoeing out of the room, she tried to be as quiet as possibly knowing it was probably still pretty early in the morning. She couldn't help herself, she had been getting up with the sun since as far back as she could remember. Growing up on Marine bases will do that to a person.

Making her way into the kitchen, Arizona debated just leaving while she searched the cabinets for a glass to fill with water. She had no idea how Callie would feel about her still being here in the morning or about last night in general. They had their own issues they had yet to talk about and Arizona didn't want Callie to feel forced into dealing with it first thing in the morning. Especially after the night she'd had. Remembering back to the night before; to the tears is Callie's eyes and the marks on her body, Arizona decided she couldn't leave. Not without at least making sure Callie was really okay in the light of day. She made her way back to the bedroom, quietly pushing the door back open and easing her way inside.

"I thought you left." Arizona hadn't noticed the absence of the Latina's light snores as she shut the door behind her. Turning around, she could see Callie's eyes were just barely open, looking at her.

"I just needed some water." Holding the glass out to Callie, offering her a sip, Arizona couldn't help but stare at the bruises that had become darker overnight. The finger outlines wrapping around Callie's wrist made Arizona's blood boil as Callie began to lift her hand off of the bed. Noticing the blonde's reaction, she quickly put her hand back down.

"No, I'm okay. Maybe in a minute…" Sitting up with her back leaned against the headboard, Callie looked up at Arizona, unable to quite read the look on her face. "Thanks for staying with me last night." Arizona's eyebrows raised as Callie continued. "You didn't have to do that, but I'm…I'm glad you did." She looked down at her hands, suddenly nervous for some reason. Getting off of the bed, she stood across the room from the beautiful blonde, unsure of what to say or do.

"I wanted to stay with you." Arizona noticed the frown that formed just at the edges of Callie's mouth and her eyes narrow slightly at her words. She could just guess what the brunette was thinking about and kicked herself for being such an ass. "Callie…"

"Look, you don't have to explain yourself Arizona. I shouldn't have gotten so upset. I was just drunk and having a bad day and whatever. And you have every right to say whatever you want to say and feel however you want to feel and we've known each other what? A week? Why should you trust me? I mean, what reason have I given for you to? Granted, how much time is a week, but still, I…I get it. I can see where it's coming from and I don't blame you for anything."

Arizona, noticing no end in sight to Callie's sudden ramble, tried softly to interject to try and explain. After a couple of failed attempts to get the brunette's attention, she took a large step forward so she was standing directing in front of the taller woman, carefully resting her hands on Callie's forearms to stop her pacing.

"Calliope, I lied!" The Latina immediately halted her ramblings. She blinked a few times, obviously very confused at the blonde's sudden outburst.

"You…you what?" Callie shook her head and pulled it back in question.

Arizona sighed, running her hands through her hair. It was now or never. "I lied. I was lying to Teddy last night, okay? I obviously didn't know you were in there, and I know that doesn't make a difference, but what you heard was me lying to my best friend about you. Because I do like you, I really, really like you. And I haven't liked anyone like this in a very long time." Callie thought back to the name she heard Teddy mention. Amy was it? She thought this was not the moment to bring that up and instead continued to listen to what Arizona had to say. "But you had a boyfriend and we've known each other for a week and so I freaked out when Teddy put me on the spot about it. Sometimes I call things wrong and my first reaction is to freak out and pretend things are different. It was stupid and I'm sorry you had to hear it and I wish I could take it back." Feeling Callie pull away, Arizona stopped and looked into her eyes for the first time since she began her speech. The look in them made Arizona brace herself for whatever Callie was going to say.

Callie wasn't sure why she'd taken a step back. She was both excited by Arizona's words, and still so unsure of how to take them. Arizona's hands on her definitely wasn't helping. Callie wasn't so sure she wanted to tell Arizona the truth about how she felt, just to have her pull away again. Truth be told, she'd wanted Arizona since the moment they first met. Still, she couldn't help but continue to feel the sting of Arizona's words from the night before.

"So let me get this straight: you act like you like me, basically straight up hit on me right after stepping off your train, didn't try to stop me from kissing you the first night you were here, then agree to just wanting to be friends. Then, continue to look at me like…that." Nudging her head towards the blonde to point out the, not in the slightest bit vacant, stare that Callie had noticed was frequently plastered on Arizona's face when they were together. It set Callie's heart on fire and sent chills through her body if she looked back for too long. "Which, let's be honest here, is not a friendly look. You look at me like that and bite your lip at me all week. Then you tell your best friend how you can't trust me, and how I'm not what you're looking for, but hey! That turns out to be the lie! I mean, which is it Arizona? I don't know what to think or how to feel because you keep saying one thing to me, and then acting completely different. So now is it what you say that I should believe? Because if…"

Arizona could tell Callie was back into her rambling. She would have smiled, finding it rather endearing at how fast the Latina just took off, if she hadn't been talking so frantically this time, waving her hands in the air. The smaller woman could see this going on forever if she didn't do something drastic. So she did the only thing she could think of. If Calliope needed to know the truth, she would just have to show her.

Neither woman was prepared for the shockwave their touching lips sent through their bodies. Arizona had grabbed Callie's face so fast, and kissed her with such conviction, that it shocked Callie at first, but once she realized how fantastic Arizona's lips felt on her own, her whole body began to relax and she could react only by wrapping her arms around the shorter woman's waist and holding on for dear life. Callie winced as her hurt lip once again began to throb, but she put her hand on the back of Arizona's head as the blonde tried to pull away because she wasn't ready for the kiss to end. The blonde happily complied because she wasn't ready for it to either. Her stomach had flipped multiple times already in the short span of this amazing kiss.

Finally parting lips, they both tried to catch their breath. Their foreheads were pressed against each other, hands still in the same places, as they breathed each other in for a few seconds.

Callie smiled, Arizona's lips were so soft and told her everything she needed to know. "You lied." She looked into endlessly blue eyes, a new sparkle in them that she knew matched how she suddenly felt as soon as their lips touched.

A small laugh fell from Arizona's mouth. The kiss had worked. Not only had she finally been able to taste the perfect lips belonging to the bombshell standing before her, but she could tell by the huge, positively stunning smile she was now smiling back at that Calliope now knew the truth. "I lied."


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