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*Okay, I am sooo sorry for the delay I had a family emergency pop up. All is well now though, and I hope to get back on track with quick updates. Enjoy.
Chapter 9 "What's Love Really Got To do With It?"
Callie's POV
This week of work has been a lot of things. It has been extremely challenging with all the medical jargon in this weeks episode, also its been kinda hard doing the emotional scenes. I love what I do and I respect everyone I work with so much, so a challenging week is a good week. A certain blonde has made it particularly special.
Arizona has truly amazed me; I have never worked with someone so great. I can't keep the huge grin off of my face every time I get to work with her. She is so professional on set, yet never standoffish. The crew and cast adore her and I feel a sense of pride. Keeping this relationship under wraps hasn't been easy. I would even settle for a quick kiss, but we have had no alone time with 14 hour days.
I usually end up crashing in my trailer and Arizona likes to go home most nights to prepare for the next day. Im excited this is our last day of shooting for this episode, and then we will have a few days off. I plan on spending every moment kissing every inch of my girlfriend. My phone lights up and I smile when I see it's a text from Arizona.
"Hey babe, word on set is that a seriously hot hot woman is going to be arriving soon ( ;"
I am walking through the doors at that exact moment and I see Arizona in the corner of the soundstage, set up to look like Sara's apartment, with her head buried in her phone. I smirk and type a quick reply.
"Hmm that's funny because I am undressing this insanely hot woman with my eyes right now"
I see Arizona's brow furrow, then her head snaps up and her gaze finds me. The most amazing dimpled smile pops out, and I can't help swaying my hips a little more than normal as I saunter over to her. She looks gorgeous it's a little unusual on set to see her out of scrubs. The tight skinny jeans she has on, have me drooling pretty obviously, but then my eyes travel to her low cut black top and I know I need to advert my eyes before people start to notice.
"Hey, I was just thinking about you." Arizona gives me a small wink, it's a very small gesture but im so turned on by this woman, she doesn't have to do anything, and I want to jump on top of her. Trying to cool myself down after my very bad thoughts, I throw her a small grin. "Good thoughts….or bad?" I know im playing with fire but I don't care.
She pretends to ponder this for a minute and then replies in a whisper as she leans in close to me. "Bad Calliope, very bad." I have to physically take a step back; her words mixed with her intoxicating scent are too much for me. I try very hard to not let my mind wonder back to the amazing night after Arizona's party. The things that woman did to me that night have consumed my thoughts, making everything difficult to do. We are the only members of the cast on this sound-stage, but the crew gossips almost as bad as we do. If we want to stay in our happy bubble for a little while longer I have to control myself.
"Okay ladies, good morning. We will probably be here for a while I really want to get this scene right, after all it is going to close the show." Catherine Avery has been an amazing director and ive loved having her on set. I just start to realize this is the first time ive gotten to have a big moment at the end of an episode and I start to get excited. I look over at Arizona and my smile starts to fade. She doesn't look as happy as I would have hoped. "Hey is everything ok?" I don't want to pry, but hell she is my girlfriend. "Yeah, im fine." I totally don't believe her but I leave it alone for now.
The day has been long and doing the same emotional parts of this scene a million times, from every angle, is starting to wear on us both. Arizona has been brilliant as usual, she really gets into character and I know she is exhausted. Crying on cue has never been something I could do easily, but she has got it down. We take a quick break before the last part of the scene, I can tell Arizona has something on her mind I just don't know what it could be.
"Do you want me to get you coffee before we start back up?" I would do anything for her so coffee is no problem at all. "No thanks, Im just ready to get out of here its been a long one." She looks back at the table obviously debating whether or not to eat the doughnut she has been eyeing all day. "Alright well we just have this last part and we are out of here. Do you want to come to my house tonight?" I haven't spent the night with Arizona since 'our' night together and im really really hoping she will come over. "Um, im not sure tonight is a good night." Before I can say anything else we are called back over to finish up the scene.
I get on my mark and Arizona does as well waiting for my cue to say my next line. The director yells action and I start my lines. "Shh, baby come here you did what any doctor would do, you fought for him. He didn't make it through, but you did everything you could. Sometimes, we lose, its painful and you think you cant do it anymore, but you are a Doctor Jess, its who we are." I have pulled Arizona in my arms as I give my lines, then pull back to look into her eyes, Arizona doesn't say anything. I raise an eyebrow at her and she looks terrified. "Um, Arizona?" She shakes her head and mumbles something then she yells that she is ready and we start over.
I do everything exactly the same only this time when I pull her back to look in her eyes I see something completely different. The fear that was there before is gone and I wasn't exactly sure what it had been replaced with. I saw intensity there I had never seen before, it made me momentarily forget what was coming…..
Arizona's POV
Shit. Shit. Shit. Shit. I completely freaked out. I thought I could do this. I am an actress I play pretend for a living. This is not supposed to be difficult. What makes this worse is that Calliope has no clue why im being so crazy, and of course she doesn't. I am the crazy woman who fell in love with the sexiest woman alive, after only dating her for a day. Okay, in my defense anyone would fall in love with her, and I had been in denial with myself about actually being in love with her until only yesterday. I know its crazy but I know that if I say those words, while looking in her eyes, acting or not, im going to mean them.
I had been trying to act like I wasn't in love, and that I could 'act' my way through it, but I knew the truth deep down. I knew it probably the first time I saw her face to face. It just hit me. I wouldn't have admitted it though, things like this in life just don't happen, or so I thought.
Yesterday I walked into my trailer to see a picture in a beautiful silver frame that Callie had left for me. It was a picture we had taken for the show of us looking like a real couple. Shonda had wanted us to have a few pictures for later episodes. I was looking at the camera but what I noticed most, was the way Callie was looking at me. Like I was the only person in the world that mattered. Then it hit me. Calliope Torres was the only person in the world that mattered to me. I know its too fast and I know its probably the furthest thing from her mind, but I am in love with her.
Im pulled from my thoughts when I hear Catherine yell action again. This time when Callie pulls me in her arms it all hits me. I love her, and im going to tell her. Im hoping she takes it as me acting my ass off, because I don't want to scare her off. But ive already made the decision to say it the way I would say it to Callie, not Sara. If im going to say it, im going to mean it, because I really do mean it.
She pulls back and looks into my eyes. I have a passion for this woman, in this moment, that I have never experienced in my life. Looking into her eyes I say what my heart has been feeling for a month. "I love you." I almost feel like Callie is genuinely asking me when she replies "You do?" I give her a very sure nod and say "I do." Catherine yells cut and tells us a million things about it being a pleasure and how great the scene was, I barely hear her and give half hearted replies as I keep an eye on Callie. She seems to be fine, but I do notice she keeps throwing glances my way, while she talks to Catherine.
Walking back to our trailers im really starting to think I pulled it off as just reading my lines. Callie has been silent the whole walk, I only say something when we reach my trailer door.
"Do you still want me to come over tonight?" Callie is quiet for what feels like forever and then says something that makes me heart beat way too fast.
"I do." The way the Latina woman is smiling at me is making me super nervous.
"You do, want me to come over?" I cant help but question her.
The response I get is the most passionate heartfelt kiss I have ever gotten in my entire life. Callie kisses me like the world is going to end. When she pulls back there are tears in her eyes.
"I do, Love you too, Arizona."
*A/N: Again sorry for the delay, but Im back! Im excited to get things moving along because there is soooo much in store. ( :