A/N Thank you for so many encouraging comments. It seems that you're having as much reading it, as I am writing it!
Knocking on the door to Callie's apartment, Arizona is a little nervous and embarrassed after the previous night's events. Which is why she wanted to take her out to dinner at the new French restaurant. Dressed in heels and a cocktail dress she feels more in control of the evening, which she definitely needs.
"Wow!" Callie says as she opens the door. Arizona is wearing a gorgeous blue dress that totally sets off the blue in her eyes, her short hair hangs in big loose curls around her face.
"Wow, yourself, do you not have a mirror?" The blonde says smiling so big, her dimples are on full display. Callie is wearing a red dress that hugs her in all the right places. Stepping in close to her, Arizona cups her face and lightly kisses her.
"Thank you again for last night. You're amazing and very kind to look after me." She says looking into soft brown eyes.
"Well, I learned a lot about you and tequila last night. Let's just make sure you don't drink it without me next time." Callie says winking playfully.
"Oh god, that bad?" She asks dropping her head into her hand.
"Let's just say at one point, I was convinced that you had more than two hands." Callie says laughing.
"I was hoping that was just a dream and not a memory." Arizona says through her hands.
"Hey, it happens." Callie says pulling her hand away from her face. "Now tell me where are we going for dinner all dressed up?"
Maximilien is located downtown and has a beautiful view of the bay, Puget Sound and the mountains. Arizona timed it so they would arrive and be seated just before sunset. And she picked a French restaurant, so she could show off a little for Callie.
"What an amazing view!" Callie exclaims as they are led to their table. "We're going to have a perfect view of the sunset."
Beaming, Arizona waits for her date to be seated, then she let's the Maitre'd seat her as well.
The waiter arrives with two glasses of Champagne that the blonde had requested when she made the dinner reservation that morning.
"A Votre Sante!" Arizona says clinking their glasses together.
Watching Callie, she can tell that the brunette is enjoying this as much as she is.
"So do you speak French or just have the toast memorized?" Callie asks teasing but also curious.
Arizona smiles and then leans forward and whispers in her ear, "Je suis honoré d' avoir une si belle femme avec moi ce soir." (I am honored to have such a beautiful women with me tonight.)
Quivering, Callie says, "I'm not sure what you said, but I liked how it felt when you said it."
Laughing at the sexual tension, Arizona takes another sip of her champagne and playfully fans herself. "We may not make it to dinner at this rate."
"Shouldn't we have menus?" Callie asks, suddenly realizing that it's odd not to have been offered a menu.
"Uh, I may have already ordered for us." Arizona confesses.
"Really? Wow." Callie says laughing nervously.
"I hope that you don't mind, I just really wanted to take care of you tonight and you know, thank you again for last night." She explains.
"Well, I'm really intrigued now." Callie admits.
Looking up, Arizona nods and the waiter brings over the appetizer, it is roasted goat cheese with walnuts and honey, served with crostini, paired with a glass of chardonnay for each of them.
Watching the sunset together, Callie can't help but swoon a little over the blonde. She was a little worried after last night, that Arizona was too young for her, even though they are barely five years apart. But tonight, she's not worried at all, she's quite impressed that the blonde put this together on such short notice, and rather hungover at that.
"What are you thinking about?" Arizona asks softly.
"I am thinking about how you did all this with a hangover this morning." Callie says turning to look into her blue eyes.
"Ha, well I was pretty motivated to erase the impression that I made last night." She confesses.
"Okay, I will admit. I was a little worried about you after last night." Callie confesses.
"I knew it! Well, I would have been too." She adds laughing. "Thank you for giving me another chance."
"Well, you asked me to dress up, so that earned you another date right there." The brunette says flashing another smile.
After dinner they decide to walk along the waterfront, before heading back. It's getting a little cool out, so they decide to head back to the apartment. Arizona quickly calls a cab and they are back at their building by ten pm.
They already know that they both have to work fairly early the next morning, but Arizona insists on walking Callie up to her door.
Come in and I'll make coffee, Callie offers. Not wanting the night to end just yet, the blonde agrees.
"Make yourself at home," Callie says as they enter the apartment. "I'll just be a minute." She says as she turns to go make the coffee.
Grabbing her hand, Arizona pulls her back into her arms. "I don't want coffee. I want this." She says kissing her.
"Oh!" Callie says slipping her hands into Arizona's hair and deepening the kiss. "Much better than coffee." She says thickly.
Backing the blonde up to the counter, Callie reaches around behind her and pulls her closer. Arizona has one hand on her waist and the other on the back of her neck with her arm touching her breast. Pulling away to catch her breath, the blonde confesses. "If I don't go now, I won't be able to."
Callie looks at her trying to focus and catch her breath. "Damn, yes. You're right. Okay." She says pulling away from the blonde. "Thank you for an amazing night, Zo." Callie says closing her eyes and pressing her lips on the blonde's cheek.
"Thank you Calliope. I really enjoyed tonight. And I look forward to going out again soon." She says moving to kiss her one more time.
Mark is standing in the hall the next morning when Callie's door opens. He waits as she locks the door and turns around.
"Where's Arizona?" He asks.
"She didn't stay the night, if that's what you're asking?" Callie says annoyed.
"Oh, well when she told me about the date she had planned, I just assumed she'd still be around." He explains.
"She told you about the date?" Callie asks.
"Yeah, we're friends remember?" He reminds her.
"Hmm, right. I still don't understand how that happened." She says staring at him curiously.
"We have a lot in common." He says defensively.
"Now that really worries me." Callie says turning to leave.
"Hey, I'll walk over with you." He says locking his door,
Walking to work the next morning, Arizona checks her phone. Oops, she has missed calls from Nicole last night and a few text messages from Colleen, well she'll just have to talk with them and explain that she's seeing someone. Then she wonders if Callie feels the same way. It's really too soon to think of themselves as girlfriends, but they are definitely dating, aren't they?
Walking in with Mark, Callie can barely hold up her end of the conversation. She has spent so much time with the blonde this week, she can't remember what it was like before they met. Is it too early to think that we're dating? Callie wonders. I don't think she's seeing anyone else, so maybe we are seeing each other.
"Mark how do you know when you're dating someone?" Callie asks him.
"Well, when you don't want to date anyone else, I guess." He says shrugging.
"That's not helpful." She says as they enter the elevator.
Coming out of her first surgery, Callie gets a page to go to the front desk. "Hey, Stevens!" She calls to the blonde resident. "Go to the front desk and find out why they paged me. I've got to write up post-op notes."
Walking up to the front desk, Izzy sees a beautiful flower arrangement. "Uh, Dr Torres sent me, you paged her." Izzy says to the woman at the desk.
"Yes, these were delivered for her this morning. Can you take them too her?" She asks.
"Uh, wow. Yeah, is there a card?" Izzy asks.
"Right here." The woman points it out to her.
"Got it." Izzy says lifting the flower arrangement and glancing down at the card, but she already knew that arrangement wasn't from the hospital florist. This should be interesting, the blonde thinks as she gets on the elevator to go back up to Ortho.
"What is that?" Callie says as Izzy approaches with the bouquet.
"It's for you." She says pulling out the card and handing it to her.
Reading the card, Callie couldn't hide her smile if her life depended on it. "Okay, um, would you take those to my office?" Callie asks, slipping the card into the pocket on her lab coat.
"Sure", Izzy says, taking the office key that's handed to her.
Walking down the hall, she sees Meredith. "That's gorgeous! Did Alex send you flowers?" She asks confused.
"No, they're for Dr Torres." Izzy explains.
"Wow, who sent them? I didn't even know she was seeing anyone." Meredith says walking beside her friend.
"She has the card. I don't know who it is, but this is a nice arrangement." Izzy comments.
Walking over to the surgical board, Callie looks to see if Arizona is in surgery and she is in OR 5 and is probably about done. Hoping to catch her, the brunette walks quickly down the hall. And turns the corner, just as Arizona walks out of the OR.
"Hey." Callie says walking up to her.
"Hey Calliope. How's your morning?" Arizona ask, wondering if the flowers she sent have been delivered.
"Amazing morning so far." She says smiling at the blonde. "I was wondering if you were free tonight, I feel like cooking and I'd love to make you dinner." She says licking her lips nervously.
"Oh, well I am available tonight. Is there anything I can bring?" She offers.
"Just an appetite. I'll take care of everything else." Callie says leaning in, then adding softly "I'll thank you for those beautiful flowers later too."
Standing there trembling from having the Latina's body so close to her, Arizona reaches out and grabs her hand and pulls her close. "How is it possible for you to make me tremble without even touching me?" She whispers thickly into Callie's hair, smelling coconuts and lime.
"I'm not sure, but I intend to investigate the matter thoroughly." She says breathing in the smell of Arizona's rosemary mint shampoo.
Knocking on the door, Arizona takes a deep breath. She really wants to let Calliope know how she feels, but at the same time she is a bit freaked out by it.
Cristina opens the door and says, "Come in." And then walks away.
Coming around the counter, Callie says, "Cristina! Sorry Arizona, please come in."
"Hi." Arizona says leaning in to kiss her lightly. "It smells wonderful in here." She adds smiling.
"It's chicken piccata." She explains. "Come over here and I'll get you a glass of wine." She says gesturing to the stool in front of her.
Looking around, Arizona sees the flowers on the bar. No wonder they cost so much, that's an amazing arrangement, she thinks to herself.
"Thank you, this is nice. Is it a Pinot Grigio?" She says as she sips the white wine.
"No, it's a Viognier." Callie says pointing at the bottle.
"Hmm, I like it. Nice and crisp." Arizona says looking at the bottle.
"The winery is nearby, we should go out do a tour." Callie suggests carefully. Worried because that's kind of a thing you do with someone you're dating.
"Oh good idea. I haven't explored the area yet. Have you done a wine tour since you've been in Seattle?" The blonde asks.
"No, there was a regional wine tasting downtown that I went to with Erica, but we didn't like the same kinds of wines and well, in retrospect, that may have been one of the signs." Callie says reflecting a moment.
"Well, we have similar tastes, so we should totally take a wine tour." Arizona responds, pleased at the opportunity to suggest a weekend trip. Now she has to know that I'm serious about her, the blonde thinks.
Glancing up at the blonde, then quickly looking back down as she makes the salad. Callie is trying to contain her excitement, Arizona just suggested a weekend trip, that has to mean something. People don't plan weekend trips unless they are dating right?