The how-to-get-over-the-love-of-your-life handbook
Personal note: If been sooo busy, so I haven't had any time to write. But here's the new chapter.
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Chapter 9: How to deal with another heartbreak
Callie was in a very good mood, when she walked to Joe's to meet up with Mark and some of the others. Arizona had a late shift and was unable to go, but she had insisted that Callie should go. So now Callie was standing outside Joe's waiting for Mark, who had just texted that he was on his way.
She had only been standing there for a couple of minutes before Mark showed up. He was looking at the ground while walking, but Callie failed to notice this in her happy state. She was just smiling brightly when he came up to her, though his face showed almost every emotion but happiness.
"Hey Mark." Callie said, her smile widening when her friend come up to her.
"Hey Cal." Mark said a little less enthusiastic.
"Mark, I have great news! Everything went perfect with Arizona's dad." Callie began.
"Cal…" Mark unsuccessfully tried to interrupt.
"I mean I was terrified before he showed up. But when he did… Mark, we talked and laughed and joked… and…"
"Callie…" Mark tried again.
"I'm on fire… I didn't screw up, I told him and he totally understood… and… and we had family dinner."
"Cal…" Mark tried for the third time, but he was still being ignored.
"A family dinner, can you believe that Mark? We actually had a successful, non-awkward family dinner… And Arizona…" Callie tried to continue, but this time she was cut off by a yelling Mark Sloan.
"Callie!" Mark yelled.
"What?" Callie said a bit annoyed.
"I need to tell you something." Mark said as his eyes filled with sadness.
"Mark, what is it? Is Lexie okay?" Callie said, now with concern in her voice.
"No, Lexie's fine… It's Arizona…" Mark started.
"Arizona! Oh my God, is she okay? Mark, what happened? Is she hurt?" Callie began to blurt out the questions and Mark quickly realized that he had to continue fast.
"She is not hurt, Cal... She's fine… Or well at least until I get a hold of her… Then, after that, she might not be so fine…" Mark continued, angrily mumbling the last part.
"Why would you hurt her? Mark, didn't you listen to me, everything is great. No, you know what everything is awesome." Callie smiled to herself, but she still couldn't figure out where Mark was getting at.
"Cal, there is something you need to know…" Mark started again, sadness still evident in his voice.
"Oookay?" Callie said, still very very confused.
"And please don't hurt Lexie, she didn't mean to find it. She is already mentally beating herself up about it…" Mark tried to stall what was about to come.
"I promise I'll not hurt Little Grey. What is it? What did she find?" Callie responded.
"Lexie went to Arizona's office, because Arizona asked her to, and she found a ring Cal… a ring… a wedding or engagement ring…" Mark started to repeat most of Lexie's story.
Now Callie had a huge smile on her face.
"Well, but that great right? Why are you looking so sad?" Callie said as her smile faltered a bit, when she saw that Mark was still very sad looking.
"Cal… I'm sorry…" Mark knew he had to tell her what Lexie had seen. But he had to apologize first. He had to make Callie understand that he would never want to hurt her. He is only telling her this, because he wants to save her from even more pain later on.
"Sorry about what Mark? I'm really confused here." Callie said with confusion written all over her face.
"It wasn't your name… In the ring… It wasn't your name… It was another girl…" Mark said looking Callie in the eyes for the first time.
Callie gasped as she felt her knees give up and she fell to the ground. Mark quickly catched her and carried her to the wall so that she had something to lean on. But when he let go, Callie slid down the wall and sat at the ground sobbing.
"Why… I m-mean how? She…" Callie tried through the sobbing.
Mark sat beside her and held her while she cried.
"I don't know Cal… I'm so so sorry…" Mark tried to comfort his best friend.
"I think you need to talk to her…" Mark continued. "Go home, talk and figure this whole mess out… Maybe it's not even hers, maybe she is just holding it for a friend… I… We… Just wanted you to know… We thought you deserved to know." Mark tried.
"I know, thanks Mark… I have to talk to her… I just thought what we had was special… Maybe it wasn't…" Callie said and tried to stand. "I'm going home. I… I have to know, Mark… I have to hear it from her, she owes me that much right?"
"Yeah she does…" Mark said as he helped his friend to her feet and saw her walk off towards her apartment.
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Arizona had just gotten home from her late shift, or she had just gotten to Callie's place. But it had started to feel like home by now. She did spend almost every night here. Somebody knocked on the door. Which was weird since almost everyone they knew had a key to the apartment. If it wasn't Christina, Meredith, Owen, Mark or Callie, then who was it?
Arizona moved towards the door and what she saw when she opened the door broke her heart.
Callie had knocked on the door to her own apartment. She stood on the other side with tears pouring down her face. When Arizona tried to catch her eyes, she just looked away.
"Why?" Callie asked with a trembling voice.
"Why what? Calliope what's wrong?" Arizona said as she moved forward to comfort her girlfriend in her arms, but Callie took two steps back as soon as Arizona approached her. Arizona stopped and looked at Callie with concern and hurt.
"The ring… who is she?" Callie said, now with anger in her voice.
"What ring? Calliope I don't understand what's going on…" Arizona responded.
"The RING Arizona… The ring in your office… The one with another girls name on it… That ring!" Callie almost yelled.
Arizona stood there in shock for a few seconds before realizing what Callie was yelling about.
"Oh…" Arizona mumbled. "You found it…"
"Hell ya I did, or well Lexie did, but I sure do know about it! Were you ever gonna tell me?" Callie said, becoming more and more angry.
"Callio…" Arizona tried to interrupt, but Callie wouldn't let her.
"After the family dinner, I thought… I don't know… Apparently I'm stupid or something… I thought you loved me… I… I thought what we had was special..," Callie continued, while becoming more aggressive.
Arizona flinched when Callie talked about them in past sentence.
"Who is she? Huh, who? Arizona!" Callie said as she slammed her fist into the doorframe.
It hurt like hell, but she didn't care. She was mad and hurt and well her medical career wasn't really on her mind right now.
Arizona jumped as Callie's hand collided with the doorframe and turned her gaze to the doorframe. Then she looked back at Callie wide-eyed, and a slight trace of fear in her eyes.
"Calliope listen…" Arizona began as she tried to suppress her fear. "The ring… The ring that you for some unknown reason assumed was for someone else… some… some girl… Yeah well, it was for some girl… The only girl… you, Calliope."
Callie's expression didn't change at first, but then when Arizona's words sunk in she looked at the blonde in confusion.
"What?" Was all she could say.
"The name in the ring Callie." Callie's heart tightened when Arizona used her nickname. "It's my mothers name, or well, it's her nickname… A nickname that my dad gave her… It was her ring… The one my father proposed with… I was gonna change the name to Calliope, but I was too busy at work… I guess now I don't have to…" Arizona's voice broke as she started to cry silently, tears falling down her cheeks. She pushed pass Callie and ran to the stairs. Callie just stood there completely lost and confused. After five minutes of staring right ahead she turned her gaze to where Arizona had walked five minutes ago.
Shit!
She thought as realization dawned on her.
"Arizona!" She yelled as she started to run down the stairs.
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First Callie's heart broke... Then Arizona's heart broke... Now they are both heartbroken.
Spoiler:
Callie goes to Arizona's apartment.
I'm not giving much away this time, you'll just have to wait and see.
Personal note:
This chapter was short on purpose. Please don't hit me for it ; )
I promise the next one will be longer... Way longer. : )
