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CHAPTER 10
"Why can't you just come with me today? This is not funny."
Arizona sighed and let her shoulders drop before she turned to face her wife to answer. Her heart got heavier and sank even more when she let her gaze meet Callie's. It hadn't exactly been tough to choose between not going with Callie and going with Callie to Los Angeles when Chief Webber had presented his suggestion. But the last week had been a total chaos in Seattle Grace Mercy West's pediatric department and the blonde had to postpone the trip to Los Angeles a few days. Which was the exact reason why her Latina wife stood in front of her wearing a pair of very pouty lips right now.
"It's just three days baby" Arizona tried but even she herself could her the weakness in her attempt to sooth the situation.
Not since they got together the first their professional lives had gotten so much in the way of their personal lives. This last month had been beyond crazy. The two women had practically just met each other in the door to their home when one of them had gotten home and the other one was on the way to work. The whole situation had been taken its toll on both of them.
"I miss you" Callie said and stared deep in to Arizona's baby blue eyes.
The Latina saw the obvious exhaustion in her wife's face. Callie swallowed and closed her eyes for a short second. She so wished she could just take the blonde in her arms and just be close to her right now but the place they were in wasn't exactly the right one for something like that. They stood in the hospital's lobby where they had ended up since Arizona just had gotten Callie's page and had ran down to say a quick good bye to the Latina who was on her way to the airport.
"I-I miss you too", the blonde said truthfully, her voice broke a bit.
Arizona was just about to continue speaking when Callie moved closer and put her arms around to hug the blonde tenderly. The Latina smiled in comfort when she felt Arizona relax completely in her arms and lean in to respond to her action. This was the closest they had been in weeks. Or so it felt though part of it was true.
"I can't wait for you to get to L.A" Callie whispered in Arizona's hair making the blonde shiver slightly. "To be alone with you again. Just the two of us."
The blonde made herself more comfortable in to the arms she was in so much need of right now.
"Have I told you how much I love you lately?" Arizona mumbled and rested one of her cheeks on one of the Latina's shoulders. "I feel like it was ages ago I was able to tell you that, which makes me sad since I've made a promise to myself to tell you that everyday for the rest of our lives."
"I love you too" Callie whispered back while using one of her hands to stroke the blonde's back up and down in loving motions and the other one to play with her fingers in her wife's hair.
The magic moment was destroyed when they both registered the taxi that pulled up and stopped outside the hospital's main entrance. Callie reluctantly let Arizona slip out of her arms.
"Call me when you land?" the blonde asked gently and took a step back to give the Latina space to gather her bags.
"Promise" Callie nodded and smiled one last time before she turned and walked out to her taxi.
Arizona sighed once again and gave the Latina's back one last and longing look before she decided it was for her best that she should head back to her Ped's unit. This was going to be a long three days…
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"Are you okay?" Teddy Altman said and studied her best friend closely where the blonde sat behind her desk with piles of papers next to her.
"I'm fine…I'm fine" Arizona said and gave Teddy a tired look. "I'm just tired that's all."
"Are you sure?" the cardio surgeon asked.
She knew she was pushing Arizona and that was a dangerous call. The blonde could be stubborn as hell and the cardio surgeon knew that the ped surgeon usually was really strong. But it was something in Arizona's eyes that told her that there was something more than the blonde just being tired and missing Callie. Teddy couldn't put her fingers on it but something seemed wrong. As she waited patiently for Arizona to answer her question she prepared for the blonde to get irritated instead. Teddy was in for a real surprise when her best friend's eyes were filling up with tears.
"Hey" the cardio surgeon said softly and got up from her seat and walked around the desk to put her arm around the blonde's shoulders. "What's wrong?"
Arizona answered with a new load of tears and sniffled loudly which made Teddy get down on her knees close to the blonde.
"It's…nothing…really", Arizona sobbed. "I'm just…I don't know."
"You're exhausted Arizona" her friend commented tenderly. "You have been working non stop for weeks and even though you're a doctor and a surgeon and our work hours can be a little crazy from time to time this is not healthy. You should just go home and get a good night's sleep so I can take my well-rested best friend to the airport tomorrow morning so that she can go see her wife who I'm sure is longing for her as much as she does right now…okay?"
Arizona laughed through her tears and used the back of her hand to dry her tears.
"You're quite good at being a best friend. Thank you."
Teddy winked playfully towards the blonde and squeezed one of Arizona's shoulders in comfort.
"I can be a best friend when I want to be" she smirked and got up on her feet again. "But let me just point out one thing for you. I only consider myself having one best friend right now…"
The cardio surgeon lowered her voice a few octaves before she continued.
"Which is something I never thought I'd gain again…"
"Oh Teddy…" Arizona's voice broke again and a new set of tears invaded her blue eyes.
She knew Teddy had lost her best friend in Iraq just before she had started to work at Seattle Grace Mercy West. It was the first time they'd been talking in these terms with one another even though they both had been aware of it long before. Even so, it warmed Arizona's heart to hear Teddy talk like this.
"You know I love you, right?" the blonde said sincerely and got up on her feet to give the cardio surgeon a big hug. "And I have to add, I'm so grateful that you exist."
"Does that mean that you're going to listen to me?" Teddy said and smiled widely when they broke the hug.
"And go home?" Arizona replied. "I wish I could but I have a tone of charts and papers to go through and…"
"Can't Karev do that for you?" Teddy cut her off and wrinkled her nose. "Those papers do not include brain science do they?"
"No, but…"
"No buts!" the cardio surgeon once again cut her off and pointed one of her slender fingers towards the blonde. "Page him and explain what needs to be done so that you can leave this nut house and go to L.A for a month."
The ped surgeon opened her mouth to complain again but gave up when Teddy gave her one look that said it all.
"Fine" Arizona huffed but smiled at the same time. "I will."
"You will do it now when I'm still here so that I can see for myself and be sure of it" Teddy pointed out.
"You're a tough bargainer" the blonde laughed and reached for her phone to page Karev.
In that moment Arizona was more grateful than ever that she was lucky to have a friend like Teddy. And she couldn't wait for the time to pass so it could be tomorrow…quickly.
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"I'm taking that this 'we're going to have a child'-thing means that everything is just perfect between you two?" Addison Montgomery said and giggled slightly when she saw the expression in Callie's face whenever the talking involved a certain Arizona.
The two women had spent every free minute together since the Latina had got to L.A and Addison had insisted that Callie should stay at her place until Arizona got in to town.
"Dare I say more than perfect?" Callie sighed happily and took a sip from the wine they had ordered in while they waited for the food. "A relationship without drama is greater than I'd thought it would be. Although we have had our share of the drama already…"
"Amen to that" the red head joked and lifted her glass. "Let's drink to that."
"But I haven't seen much of her this last month" the Latina pointed out. "We haven't been apart this long since we got together. If you can call it be apart. It's just been crazy at work and a total chaos for Arizona in the pediatric department. She is exhausted."
"Well, don't you two have the weekend off here to start with?" Addison asked and lifted her eyebrows in a questioned manner.
"Yeah, we do" Callie replied and immediately got a dreamy look in her eyes.
"Hey!" the red head pouted. "I'm still here you know. Get those dirty thoughts out of your head right now!"
The Latina shook her head slightly and laughed softly.
"We just have to attend to a dinner that the Children's hospital will throw tomorrow night. Arizona's flight doesn't arrive until later tomorrow so she will join me on this dinner just after it has started."
"Oh" Addison said and pretended to think for a short second. "But that only means that you the first time you will get to see your woman again she is going to be all dressed up in a sexy dress and not in scrubs. Which also must mean that you're in for a long and hot foreplay?"
"Shut up!" Callie said and almost choked on her wine.
"You're blushing!" the red head triumphed. "You must be starving. For sex."
"Speaking of sex then" the Latina cut Addison off with a smirk. "How are things between you and this Sam?"
"Changing the subject" Addison smiled. "Nice one Torres. I thought we were going to discuss how I am going to help you and your woman to get a baby?"
"We have a whole month to discuss that", Callie pointed out. "But it now hits me that you haven't said one word about Sam since I got here. Is everything okay?"
Addison sighed and put her glass back on the table as their dinner got served.
"We're…fine. At least I think we are. It's just been tough with Naomi and their daughter and everything. And now he is out of town, as you know. He will be back on Sunday so I was thinking that you and Arizona maybe could come over for dinner then since I know that Sam would love to meet you?"
"Sure" Callie hurried to say and nodded at the same time. "I'm sure Arizona would love that."
"It's a date. Now let's eat before the food gets cold."
The two friends continued to enjoy each other's company that wasn't so often to be seen. Callie was so glad that Addison Montgomery was a part of her life. Even though Mark also was a best friend it wasn't just the same as having a girl as a best friend as well…
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In Callie's opinion the next day went far too slow for its own best and when the day slowly turned in to evening and the darkness covered Los Angeles she couldn't be more impatient that she already was. Dressed in a dark blue dress that showed just enough cleavage and hung equally enough loose she had attended the dinner that was hosted by The Children's hospital in the Beverly Hills Hotel a few blocks away from their own hotel. The Latina smirked when the thought of Arizona crossed her mind for the millionth time in the last ten minutes, knowing that the blonde fore sure would appreciate this dress since it left some of her back bare, something the ped surgeon never said no to.
Callie tried to focus to be a part of the conversation she was in for at the moment with some top surgeons from the Children's Hospital's orthopedic department when she noticed that some of the men's attentions suddenly drifted towards the other end of the room. The Latina turned her head in the direction they all seemed to completely stare in. Callie quickly registered that it wasn't just her conversation partners that looked. Every man in the room seemed to have lost all of their concentration to whatever it was disturbing the rhythm. The Latina struggled to see what the hell it was that was going on when she felt her mouth go completely dry. Arizona. The blonde seemed to be very insecure with all the attention she had drawn to herself and Callie couldn't recall the blonde looking this stunningly beautiful ever before. (Minus their wedding of course.) The Latina felt like she couldn't move and when Arizona finally discovered Callie across the room and started walking towards her she felt her knees go weak. The blonde wore a tight, very tight and short black dress that showed off her perfectly shaped legs, which also scored a higher result because of the shoes. Black, high heeled stilettos with stripes that got a bit high up on her ankles. The dress with long sleeves covered her upper body completely but due to its tightness it left a whole lot to imagine. The blonde hair was up, not in its usual pony tail but in something that looked just perfectly messy and showed her neck just as perfectly. Callie didn't say a word. It seemed like the whole room went quiet as Arizona strode through it to get to the Latina. The blonde herself seemed completely oblivious to what was going on around her and she only wanted to get to her wife whom she had longed for like crazy ever since they had said their good byes three days ago.
"Sorry I'm late" Arizona said in an almost small and insecure voice when she reached Callie and the Latina's company.
Callie had to give herself a mental kick in the head to get back to reality again. The Latina shook her head slightly before she gave her wife an appreciating look from head to toe making the blonde blush when it became obvious to her what was passing through Callie's mind that exact moment.
"Hi" the Latina said softly and couldn't help but leaning in a place a small kiss on Arizona's cheek.
It could've been so easy to get lost in the blonde's eyes right then and there. But this wasn't the place and Callie knew it. Therefore she let everyone believe that she was satisfied with the small kiss on her wife's cheek before she turned to the men around her to introduce the blonde. The look in their faces said it all. They were very curious and eager to be introduced to this blonde beauty that had joined them.
"Everyone…"the Latina cleared her throat before she continued. "This is Dr. Arizona Robbins. My colleague…and wife."
Sharp breaths were heard from the three men standing in a small circle around them and were drooling like hyenas.
"Pleasure to meet you gentlemen" Arizona smiled and stretched her right hand out to say hi to them properly.
"Dr. Robbins!" one of the men that were named Stuart Grant said a returned the blonde pediatric surgeons smile. "You're the same Dr. Robbins from Seattle that won the Carter Madison grant?"
"That would be me" Arizona replied politely. "And you are?"
"Dr Stuart Grant" he said and blushed to the fact that he had forgot to introduce himself. "Orthopedic surgeon at the Children's hospital. "We're honored to have you and Dr. Torres with us. These are my colleagues Dr John Anderson and Dr Steve Faulkner."
Callie studied her wife's interaction with the three men in silent. At first the Latina thought it was unbelievable that Arizona seemed so unaware of the men's admiration but when the blonde turned and gave Callie a small smirk it became obvious that she in fact was aware.
"You know" Dr. Anderson started and waved with his arm at Callie and Arizona. "You two are very famous already at our hospital. In fact, I think your names are quite famous at every hospital over the whole west coast."
"Is that so?" Arizona said and tried so hard to be interested in what these three surgeons had to say to her right now.
It wasn't that they not seemed nice, cause they did. But already the blonde was trying to figure out how she was going to be able to live this whole dinner through when the only thing she wanted to do right now was to go back to the hotel with Callie and be naked.
They all chit-chatted for a few minutes until the Latina cleared her throat once again to speak out her wish to talk to her wife in private before the dinner was going to be served. Arizona eagerly followed Callie who had one of the blonde's hands firmly in her own and led her through the room.
"Are you trying to kill me?" the Latina breathed out and drew Arizona around a corner where they could have some privacy.
"What?" the blonde questioned innocently and the same time tried to look very cute.
Instead of continue the verbal conversation Callie decided that valuable time was passing by and pushed Arizona against the wall. Gentle kisses were off topic and one second later the blonde released one of her soft moans when their tongues dueled in a heavy make-out session up against the wall.
"It's not possible to miss anyone more than this" Arizona panted out and tilted her head to the side to give the Latina access to her neck with her lips and tongue. "Do we have to stay?"
Although the blonde's plea was as much serious as it was a joke Callie felt like crying. To feel Arizona this close again was like a dream.
"Baby, you have no idea how much I want to leave right this second", the Latina whispered between hot and open-mouthed kisses that left wet trails on the blonde's burning skin.
The desperate need to be close was interrupted when they both heard voices and steps coming closer to them forcing them apart. Arizona bit her lower lip in disappointment and tried to hold back a whimper at the sudden loss of skin-on-skin contact.
"Okay, so tell me" she almost whined and looked Callie straight in the eyes. "How long do we have to stay then?"
Oh, and the next chapter is definitely rated M ;)