Chapter 9

Summary: Callie & Arizona AU fic. Arizona is lost in a whirlwind of circumstances, relying on her motorcycle to give her clarity. Will this ride lead to the change that she needs, or lead to further hurt and heartache, or is this just the journey that she needs?

Chapter: 9/?

Disclaimer: All characters from Grey's Anatomy belong to the Queen that is Shonda Rhimes… I only wish I was old enough and wise enough to come up with them first….

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Callie had finished getting ready, and right on time there was a knock at her door. Giving herself a once over, she moved to open the door. Her breath hitched at the sight that greeted her as the door opened. Standing in front of her, blonde curls dropped perfectly over bare shoulders. Arizona was not lying about the sexy dress, a dark pink halter dress, hugging her breasts just tight enough. The dress was form fitting down to her hips, where it the dropped just above her knees. Exposing the blonde's legs for Callie to drool over, as she eyed her down to the silver stilettos. The brunette's mouth was suddenly dry at the sight. "Uh…" she breathed in unable to form words just yet. "y-you uh, you look beautiful."

The blonde's mind was just starting to catch up, as it had immediately turned to mush as soon as Callie was revealed from the other side of the door. Her tongue was immediately heavy, as she drank in the beautiful Latina. Callie had her hair pulled back in a mohawk like ponytail, dressed in a black long-sleeve dress. Stopping a good four-inches above her knees, the dress was tight enough that the blonde could paint a pretty good picture of what was beneath it. In that moment, she could have easily decided to keep the Latina in and worship her all night.

"Th-this is for Sofia" bringing up her hand in front of the brunette she offered a piece of paper. On it was drawn princesses Tiana, Jasmine, and Mulan along with a very likely depiction of Sofia in a very Cinderella like pose.

Surveying the drawing, Callie quickly picked out her tiny Latina princess. "This is so sweet, Sof is going to love it. Thank you." She took the picture and placed it on the fridge door. "This is really beautiful Arizona."

"Nothing in comparison to you." Standing against the doorframe, the blonde was still struck at the Latina beauty she was preparing to take out. "If a thousand painters worked for a thousand years, they could not create a work of art as beautiful as you." She held her hands crossed in front of her, smiling flirtatiously.

Curling her finger over the bridge of her nose, the brunette slightly looked down at the floor before snapping her head back up "Did you have lucky charms for breakfast? Because you look magically delicious!" Callie had moved across the room, closing the distance between herself and the blonde.

Moving her hands up in down in a bowing motion, Arizona smiled "all right, you win. That was pretty good." She took the Latina's hand in her own. "Are you ready?"

The two women made their way out the door down to Arizona's all blacked out Lexus ES. Callie released a breath at the sight of the car. "I have to admit, I was a little worried you would have a motorcycle down here." She chuckled lightly.

"No, no…you can't get on my bike until at least the fifth date… I'm not sure you could handle that ride just yet." She laughed at the double meaning of her words. Opening the passenger door she stood back for the brunette to climb in. Taking stock of the Latina's long tanned legs as she curled them inside the car, she was grateful for the short length of the Latina's dress. Moving to the other side of the car, she quickly climbed in.

"So, now are you going to tell me where we're going?" Callie turned towards the blonde; taking in in how the woman's dress rose slightly, she appreciated the view.

"Eyes up here Calliope.." A pale finger gently lifted the brunette's chin. "And I'm not telling…you're just going to have to wait and see."

Pulling away from the curb, Arizona carefully maneuvered through the city streets. Callie watched the blonde intently, taking in how she controlled the wheel, shifting gears perfectly. She wasn't a fan of motorcycles, but from the way Arizona was commanding this car, she suddenly had a strong desire to see her dictate the movements of her bike.

Lost in the thought of seeing the blonde on her bike, Callie hadn't realized they had pulled up to the restaurant until her door was opened pulling her back to reality. Bare arm outstretched, Arizona offered the brunette her hand "milady…"

Resting her hand in the pale one offered in assistance, she stood out of the vehicle. Taking in the appearance of the restaurant "I have been wanting to come here for months…" Arizona had asked Mark for a little bit of advice on the perfect restaurant. She had found out that Callie had wanted someone to bring her to The Georgian, a four-star french restaurant. Red painted lips spread into a smile as Arizona placed her hand at the small of the brunette's back, leading her into the door.

"Reservation for Robbins…"

"Dr. Robbins, right this way.." the hostess led the couple to their table. Turning to the blonde "Jess said to let you know that you have the best table in the house, and she has something special prepared for you."

"Thank you so much, please tell her I said it better be good; I have a woman to woo here" the last part, she lowered her voice to keep it between herself and the hostess. As the young woman turned on her heel towards the kitchen Arizona pulled the chair from the table, motioning the brunette to take the offered seat.

"Jess?" Callie waited for the ped's surgeon to sit before leveling her with a raised eyebrow.

"Jess, she's an old friend. Our dad's were stationed across the pond together. She's a kick-ass chef, but don't tell her I said that. This…" she motioned around them "..is her place… she's done pretty great for herself."

"Have you eaten here before?"

"Not in a while… I was her guinea pig way back when while she was learning to cook." Seeing the look on the brunette's face she knew exactly what the ortho surgeon was thinking. She didn't want any hiccups on this date, so she thought she should put the Latina's worries to rest sooner rather than later. "She's not an ex… just a really good friend, probably my only childhood friend really, well more like and older sister. Plus, she's as straight as they come… and she and Jr. have always had this on again off again situation. And that would be kind of a bad move to bring you to an ex's restaurant for a first date…"

Smiling at the revelation of the blonde "Yeah, that is true. Your plan of wooing would have taken a big hit." Picking up the glass of wine that had just been poured and placed in front of her, she took a sip "So… any idea of what she's preparing for us?"

Placing her glass of wine back down "Uh, no.. But I assure you, it's going to be some kind of party in your mouth…" maybe she shouldn't go there with the party in your mouth.. Arizona quickly switched gears "so how's little miss Sofia?"

Callie dipped her head releasing a small chuckle "So that drawing of her and glitch that you made for her… she made me frame it and hang it on her wall. She made sure to tell all of her stuffed animal friends that her friend Zona made her a drawing with glitch."

"She is a pretty cool little lady Calliope, you're doing an amazing job with her…" thinking about what she wanted to ask, she paused for a minute.

Before Arizona could ask her next question, Callie could see what was brewing in the woman's head. It was an obvious question to ask. "You can ask…"

"Where's her father? At first I thought maybe it was Mark…" her thought trailed off.

"Uh, no-no, not Mark… Uh, her father, George… he passed away about a week after she was born… I don't think I've ever seen that man happier than when he held his daughter in his arms. We had been divorced for months, so I wasn't even sure if I wanted him in the delivery room… but he was great in that moment." Callie could see blue eyes trying to put it all together in her head "Full disclosure.. I was married to George for about three months… we-we just really weren't right for each other."

"You were married… to a man…" she squinted as she thought about it. Swallowing the lump that formed in her throat she decided to go back to that later "do you mind if I ask how?"

"He… he was hit by a bus. He saved a woman that had stepped onto the platform, she uh.. she wasn't paying attention…by the time he got back to the hospital everyone worked on him, but he didn't make it…"

Looking into the brunette's eyes, Arizona could see the emotion flash through at the memory. "I'm sorry…you don't have to talk about it if you don't want to. But I can tell that it still affects you…. I'm here to listen Calliope."

It touched Callie, here they were on their first date and Arizona cared enough to make herself available to listen to her talk about her ex husband, the father of her child. It was a general rule of thumb; if you want a second date, don't bring up the ex on the first. Arizona had gone through the trouble of bringing her to one of the best restaurants in the city; she didn't want to ruin it with the baggage of her past.

Arizona could see the internal battle raging within the brunette. She understood the hesitance to delve into a conversation about her ex husband on their date, with it being their first of many hopefully. But, she wanted to be there for the brunette, she wanted to be with her, and part of being with her was, being understanding of her past. "Its all right Calliope…" she squeezed the Latina's hand in support "you can talk about it. You're not going to scare me away."

"Hmm…George… he was a very sweet guy. I look at Sofia sometimes, and I can see the goofy look he used to make… We didn't work, but I know he would have been an amazing father…But he's not here, and Sof just has me.. I'm not sure that it's enough sometimes." The patterns the blonde was drawing in her palm were soothing to her during a topic that was more than rocky.

"First, Calliope you are doing a great job with Sofia. I mean it, look at me.." she cocked her head in attempt to capture the brunettes orb's. "You are a great mother. I'm a ped's surgeon, trust me, I can tell a good mother when I see one" she assured her date. "Can I ask a question?" she wasn't sure if she should be asking right now, but with a nod from the Latina she kept going. "You speak very well of him to be an ex… why-"

"Why were we divorced?" Callie cut in finishing the question. "Like I said, we weren't right for each other. He..uh.. he cheated on me… but really, we should have never been married in the first place… piece of advice. Don't up and run to Vegas to say 'I do' when you really don't… George was a good man, he just wasn't good for me."

"He cheated on you…. Was he blind… how could anyone cheat on you? You Calliope Torres are amazing, and it is a privilege to have you on my arm tonight." A genuine smile spread across the Latina's face. "I'm going to do something now…" Moving around the table closer to the brunette "I'm going to kiss you now." She stopped just short of plump red lips, teasing the brunette just a bit.

Eyes closed, she awaited the feel of slender pink lips but didn't feel them. Peeking through one eye, the blonde had just stopped short. Placing both hands on the blonde's cheeks, she pulled her in for a slow, but still explosive kiss.

Before the two could pull apart the clearing of a throat could be heard. "Ahem, you going to keep playing kissy face, or you going to sit your ass down and eat this amazing food I just put together for you?"

"Your timing sucks Jess.." Arizona pulled away from the Latina, wiping her thumb across the red lips in front of her. Turning around she pulled her old friend into an embrace "It's great to see you lady" Moving back into her seat, the waitress sat the entrée down in front of her. "Jess, this is Callie, Calliope this is Jess; french cuisine extraordinaire."

Before Callie could speak, the chef turned to Arizona "Quindi questo è il medico a caldo?" [So this is the hot doctor?]

Callie sat back suspiciously eyeing the chef whipping her head around when Arizona spoke up "Italiano davvero Jess? Si prega di essere bella, me piace molto il suo." [Italian, really Jess? Please be nice, I really like her.] The ortho surgeon was awestruck at the foreign dialect pouring from the blonde's lips. She wasn't familiar with the language, but she did hear the ped's surgeon say Italian. Immediately she could feel her center throb in want for the blonde surgeon. Picking up her glass of wine, she needed to soothe the dry throat that had just taken her over.

"Va bene, va bene, se lo dici tu Zo. Ma meglio come il cibo, o lei e sempre messo fuori dalla porta sul retro." [All right, all right, if you say so Zo. But she better like the food, or she's getting put out the back door.] Jess was very protective of her friend; she knew Arizona had an aptness for picking the wrong woman and giving her all. Turning back to the brunette, the chef offered her hand. She had to give it a little extra to get the brunette's attention, as she was still in her lust-daze.

"Uh, h-hi n-nice to meet you" the brunette shook herself to clear the daze. "Thank you so much for the arrangements, I've been wanting to come here for a while.

Being a fan of the chef's food was a quick way to her heart. "Nice to meet you as well. Zo here hasn't stopped talking about you." Getting a sharp look from her friend, Jess thought it best to wrap it up. "I'm going to get back to it" she motioned over her shoulder towards the "enjoy you two."

Looking down at the beautiful display "first, uhm this look delicious, but what is it? And that.." she motioned between the blonde and the retreating chef "..what was that?"

Using her fork as a pointer "That is Bourbon Glazed Muscovy Duck… it is amazing. And that, that was Jess…"

"And how many languages do you speak?"

Chuckling "a few… but Jess pulled the Italian out on me…in a French restaurant, haven't used that one in a while…" leaning into the brunette "maybe I will give you a few lessons…" she offered the brunette a suggestive smile; there wouldn't be any innocence in these lessons.

The two women enjoyed their meal before giving the chef their goodbye's moving on to the next part of their date. Walking around to the side of the restaurant, Arizona brought Callie to a staircase. "All right, I need you to trust me a bit. I promise you, these stairs are completely safe… follow me."

The stairs led to the rooftop, decked out in white Christmas lights, there was a hammock set out in the middle of the roof. Hand in hand, Callie followed the blonde over to the hammock. Sitting, she patted her hand next to her for the brunette to sit. "There aren't many places in the city that you can actually see the stars, but here…" she looked up at the sky

"The view is perfect." Taking in the blonde's profile, Callie completed the blonde's sentence. Reaching across, she ran her hand through blonde locks. "You are stunning…"

Blue eyes turned, meeting the browns of the Latina "are you going to kiss me or do I have to lie to my diary?" Turning her body, she couldn't hold back. Moving forward, their lips met gently. Within seconds, tongues were caressing each other. Pulling back for a breath "This is amazing, but we need to move a little."

The two women turned, laying long ways diving right back in; their lips met, passionately massaging each other. Callie took hold of the blonde's hip, pulling her in closer. Needing more, Arizona was now on top of the brunette. Hands moving up the Latina's sides, a pale hand brushed past the brunette's breast causing Callie's breath to hitch.

Taking hold of the blonde's ass, Callie pulled the woman into her. Biting down gently into the blonde's bottom lip, she then caressed it causing a deep moan to erupt from the blonde. "Calliope.." she breathed as the two took a break, pressing their foreheads together she caressed flushed cheeks of the brunette.

"How's this one? You spend so much time in my mind, I should really start charging you rent." Arizona laid her head in the crook of the brunette's neck, laughing lightly.

"You're a dork, you know that right?" she laid kisses at the base of the Latina's neck. Slowly pink lips ascended a trail of kisses up to the awaiting earlobe, gently sucking the skin at each spot. Pausing at the earlobe, slender pink lips enveloped it, pulling it in between her teeth causing the brunette's back to lift off the hammock.

In that moment Callie wanted to flip them over and make the blonde scream her name in ecstasy. Her libido was raging, so she knew she needed to halt their actions immediately. "Uh, Ari-Arizo-na… we have to stop." She could see the worry take over the blonde's face, thinking maybe she did something wrong. "I want to, trust me, I really want to keep this" motioning between them "going, but if we do, then I won't have much more control…. We…we should talk.." having the blonde's perky breasts pressed up against her own, was making it difficult for the Latina to think fluently beyond her libido. Rolling over on her side, she created space between herself and Arizona. "I like you, like really, really like you… and I am the queen of moving way too fast. So… I need us to talk, because I really want to do this right." Callie didn't want to be all 'hi, I'm Callie Torres nice to meet you, I love you' anymore. She wanted substance, depth, chemistry; she wanted a mutual relationship where she wasn't the only one in love. It wasn't just her that she had to think about anymore… she had a daughter that she also had to consider in her relationships. Plus, for some reason, she felt like she could really fall in love with the ped's surgeon.

Understanding the plea of her date, she laid on the hammock staring into the emotional eyes of the brunette. During the silence, the chocolate orbs were telling Arizona everything running through the brunette's mind. "I agree… but now I wish I had a very cold shower. So… you have to tell me something absolutely embarrassing…please."

Squinting, the brunette wasn't exactly sure of the conversation change but she would go with it for now. "hmm, most embarrassing moment.." skipping the whole 'George I love you...no response..' thing, she quickly recalled "so, way back when…during my lowly days as a resident, I used to live in the hospital, in the basement." The blonde was immediately intrigued and completely amused "so sometimes I want to just let go, so I turn up the music and dance in my underwear.."

"You used to live in the hospital and dance in your underwear…in the hospital.."

Before she could laugh, a tanned finger pressed against slender pink lips "not the embarrassing part, well in retrospect, I guess that is pretty embarrassing…but anyways, one night the chief walked in on me, mid booty shake…" she covered her face to hide the blush.

In her defense, Arizona did make an attempt to stifle her laugh. But it didn't work, a fully belly laugh broke out at the Latina's expense. "The chief, like the chief, as in Chief Webber walked in on you, in your underwear… I would have had a heart attack."

"All right, motorcycles… you have to explain that to me.. You're a ped's surgeon that draws Disney characters, and speeds around on a motorcycle…"

"One day Calliope, one day I will get you on the back of my bike and you will get it… I started riding when I was fifteen.. I'd watch Jr. and he would burn rubber, and do wheelies… It looked so cool." You could see the excitement shining through her "There was no stopping my determination to get on a bike… the tricks are cool, but the ride.. The ride is indescribable.. Sometimes life just doesn't make sense, but when I have my helmet on, cutting through the wind at eighty-plus mph, it… it puts things in perspective."

Looking into the mesmerizing blue eyes, she could see the passion the blonde held as she spoke. "It sounds amazing, not for me, but amazing none the less"

"When you're young, new in school and practically the only lesbian, and being a lesbian in a military family…my family has always been completely supportive, but everyone isn't a member of higher thinking. Jumping on the back of my bike helped me a lot. When I'm riding, everything outside the track stops existing… the negativity, the homophobia, the stereotypes… it all just stops mattering for a while." Callie gently caressed the blonde's side while she spoke, sensing the woman needed some form of connection at the moment. "I have to ask… how long have you been attracted to women?"

"Because I was married to and had a baby with man…" she could see the answer reflected in the eyes looking back at her. "I've known probably since I was sixteen that I was attracted to women… for me it's not the physical form that attracts me, it's the soul, the being… I mean don't get me wrong, the physical attraction matters, but it's not everything… How I wish my abuela would have understood that.." the pain of not being accepted for simply being who you are is a fierce battle.

Her parents had accepted her, but the blonde could understand not being accepted as she was raised on military bases where coming out was abominable in the eyes of most. "Your grandma, she raised you after your parents passed?"

"She did, God bless her soul… she did her best, but it's pretty difficult to raise a pre-teen and a teen that just lost their parents."

"Alright… favorite color?" the date had started getting pretty heavy, she wanted to put a smile back on the beautiful woman next to her.

"I would usually say red, but the more I look into your eyes… I'm going to go with blue.. yours?"

"Pink or purple… depends on the day. Hmmm, ever been arrested?"

"Absolutely not. Are you some kind of secret criminal Dr. Robbins?" she could see blue eyes quickly avert, there were clearly use of handcuffs in the doctor's past. Brown eyes squinted as the Latina's head cocked awaiting a response.

"Alright here's the thing… so when my brother's dare me to do something, I just have to do it." She bit on her lip in the most adorable way.

Lifting the blonde's chin to meet her eyes "What did you do?"

"So, I may have used my science wit for evil in high school… Tim and I snuck in school in the middle of the night to set off a stink bomb in the principal's office…after gluing everything down to his desk…"

Gently smacking the blonde's arm, Callie laughed "You are a bad girl.. no one could tell just looking at you. You have this whole other side to you." Waving her finger in front of the ped's surgeon "you are a total badass…"

"I cried, like a newborn baby… the cop felt so bad he dropped us off home. The colonel was not impressed at. all. That was the first and last time I swear…"

The two women lay there under the stars, Arizona cuddled into Callie tossing fun stories back and forth for a while longer. "All right, I could stay here in your arms all night but, I should really get you home."

Callie helped the blonde up pulling her in for a searing kiss. Goosebumps spread over the blonde as she felt the Latina's tongue peek out, seeking permission to enter her mouth. Parting her lips, the two melted together perfectly complimenting the other.

"Calliope if you keep kissing me like that, I'm going to have to forced to do very, very dirty things to you tonight…" she went back in for another kiss before pulling away. The two, made their way to the blonde's Lexus and back to Callie's apartment. "Don't move" she ran around to the other side of the car opening the door offering her hand to the Latina "milady…"

The two women made their way up to the brunette's door, but not before a full make-out session in the elevator. "Thank you Arizona; tonight was amazing." Here they were again leaning against the blue door, Arizona pulled into the Latina, lips pressed together. "How far do you have to go?"

"No, not to far… I'm staying at the Archfield until I find a new place…" Arizona could feel the brunette tense in her embrace just a bit. Straightening herself quickly, she made a valiant effort to cover it up. "Is that hotel haunted or something?"

"Uh no, not haunted. You like it there?" she nervously bit her lip.

"Oh my gosh, it's beautiful there… but hopefully I can find a new place soon." She went in for another kiss. Her lips pressed to the plump ones of the brunette was quickly becoming her favorite thing to do. "Calliope, I don't know what you're doing to me.."

"What I'm doing to you? Ma'am…I don't know that I've ever had a better first date.." hands pressed firmly into the blonde's hips, she pulled the woman flush against her. "You. Arizona. Robbins. Are. Amazing."

"Trust me, you ain't seen nothing yet baby." Their tongues dueled for control again; she massaged the inside of the brunette's mouth as if trying to memorize every aspect of it. Pulling back, their foreheads pressed into each other's "Alright Calliope, now you have to go to bed so you can dream about me all night…" she smiled cheekily as she stepped back, taking the Latina's hand.

Turning the key in the door, she pushed it open, turning back to the blonde; she offered one more kiss good night.

"Buona note, e sogni d'oro. Ho intenzione di sognare su di te per tutta la notte." [Good night and sweet dreams. I am going to dream about you all night.] Seeing the brunette shiver, Arizona offered a knowing smirk. She had affected the Latina just the way she'd hoped.

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"Callie it is six a.m. you better be calling to tell me the damn hospital burned down"

"Addison, I waited until it was morning. Wake your skinny ass up, please…."

"I'm up, I'm up… what's going on?"

"She's amazing Addie… she took me to this French restaurant that her friend owns. It was amazing! and not just the food, and she speaks Italian, Italian Addie. But beyond the French food and the Italian.. We laid under the stars and talked. We talked about everything and nothing; it was perfect. And her lips, I can't even tell you-"

"Stop, please don't tell me about her lips…"

"We didn't do anything except kiss, I told her I want to do things slow and right. And she agreed."

"All right, now back to the whole ped's surgeon thing…"

Callie had to laugh at that "yeah, I know.. a ped's surgeon that rides some kind of custom motorcycle, and draws pictures of Disney characters for Sofia. By the way, she is already in love with Sof… I have to show you the pictures she drew for her."

"Blonde hair, blue eyes, female, surgeon… sound like someone else we know? I'm not trying to be a Debby Downer or whatever, but I have to look out for you Cal.."

"She's nothing like her Addison, I swear to you. She's sweet, and she listens, like she really listens… it's not the same.." she started on cloud nine, but now she was a little defeated at the mention of her ex.

"All right I'm sorry. She sounds great Cal… but I'm going to reserve judgment until I actually meet her."

"You're going to love her. Do you hear me…it's been one date and she's completely ruining the whole badass reputation I had built up…"

"She really is…must have been some kind of kiss she left on you. Now, I have another hour before I actually have to be awake so I'm going back to sleep now. Love you Cal"

"Love you Ads.." hanging up the phone she quickly dressed before heading to work. She really was feeling amazing after her date, but there was one thing that was bothering her a little. Checking her phone one more time, there was still not message from the blonde that invaded her dreams all night. The brunette had been expecting to hear from her last night after she left, or at least this morning, but nothing…

Stepping out of the elevator she made her way to the nurses station to check in. With each step closer, she noticed the sight of two flower bouquets. One bouquet consisted of about a dozen white lilies; the other was a bouquet of colorful wild flowers in the most beautiful arrangement. "Dr. Torres, these were delivered for you just a little bit ago. I can place them in your office for you if you would like.."

"Please do…" she led the nurse to her office, opening the door. Once the nurse passed on her way back out of the office, the brunette couldn't wait to find the card. Looking through the arrangements, she found two cards.

Reading the smaller one that was attached to the wild flowers 'For Sofia, a beautiful assortment for the most beautiful little girl. Look underneath the flowers for a surprise. –Your friend Zona.' Looking under the basket she found a Disney DVD of Frozen, with another note attached. 'I'm not sure if you already have this one or not, but maybe one day we can watch it together.'

Callie was amazed, more so in awe of this woman. She'd never had anyone to pay such attention to her daughter. Not only was she accepting of the tiny Latina, but she went out of her way to make her feel just as special as her mother. Moving on to the lilies, Callie pulled out the card 'I had an awesome time last night Calliope; I hope we can do it again soon. You are amazing. If kisses were snowflakes, I'd send you a blizzard… I won't be able to get you out of my mind all day. –Zona'

'This woman is going to ruin me yet'

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