A/N: Hope this answers some questions! Enjoy!

The soft glow from the fireplace illuminated a peaceful sleeping brunette's face just enough for Arizona to admire the satisfied expression of her sleeping form. Light danced across her naked body covered loosely by a single sheet and a small smile appeared across bruised lips. Facing the brunette perched up on her elbow, her eyes began to trace up and down Callie's gorgeous body, replaying the events from the night before. Yesterday was so much more than she imagined it would be, and ended with a cherry on top – literally. She had been up for about a half hour, admiring the soft, pulsing breaths from the most beautiful woman on the planet.

"You're staring" Callie's raspy voice managed to croak out after feeling blue eyes rake over her for what seemed like hours.

Arizona could do nothing but smile as the sleepy Latina struggled to keep her eyes closed. She had been caught red handed, but admiring Callie was worth every second. Taking full advantage of the naked flesh readily available, Arizona placed soft, wet kisses along her girlfriend's collar bone, ending on her bare shoulder.

Sleepy eyes finally popped open and captured the gaze of soft baby blues. There was a hint of fear in the eyes that Callie didn't miss for a second, but quickly ignored by brushing loose strands of blonde hair back behind Arizona's ear before placing a soft kiss on her exposed shoulder.

"You're still staring" she responded softly.

With a slight chuckle, Arizona responded, "I like the view."

"Mmmm I bet I know what else you like" Callie husked before pushing Arizona on to her back and claiming her lips once again. Loosening the grasp of the warm blanket wrapped around the one person captivating her mind every waking hour of the day, she finally revealed perky breasts she had been dreaming about for hours. Even after hours and hours of pure bliss the night before, Callie couldn't get enough. The sweetness of her skin mixed with the scent of sex filling the air seemed like the perfect way to start her morning. But before she could continue her quest of a morning dose of Arizona, gargling noises from the blondes tummy reminded both women about the lack of food consumed in the past twelve hours.

A small giggle fell from Arizona's lips before Callie had the chance of claiming them for their 'good morning' kiss. Pulling back from the kiss, another grumble was heard from the blonde.

"What do you have in there? A baby tiger?" Callie giggled before running her fingers across the toned flesh holding in the noises.

A playful smack was placed against Callie's shoulder before pushing Callie back onto her side to try and calm the beast hidden within her abdomen. "Ha. Ha. Very funny. I'm hungry."

"I do recall you having a lot to eat last night" Callie smirked seductively.

"I hardly count whipped cream, chocolate sauce, and my favorite meal of Calliope actual food." An early dinner was had at the festival, but after a long night of extracurricular activities, energy was at an all-time low and food was at the top of the priority list.

Callie rolled over to try and locate her phone. She figured judging by the light attempting to shine through the living room blinds it was morning, but time became irrelevant at some point in the night.

"It's quarter to nine. How about we get dressed and I take you to breakfast." Callie rarely made it out of bed on the weekends this early for breakfast but when she did, she really enjoyed going to Hal's Diner just outside of Beaufort.

"Breakfast sounds perfect."

About an hour later, the couple slid into a booth at Hal's, Callie sliding in next to her girlfriend instead of sitting across from her. Even though they had just spent an entire day and night together, she couldn't get enough of feeling Arizona's skin against her own. Lacing their fingers together, the couple quickly read over the menu before a waitress took their orders. It wasn't long before two cups of piping hot coffee were placed in front of them and they began to talk about their busy week coming up.

"So I was thinking" Callie started before taking a quick sip of coffee.

"Calliope Torres, thinking?" the blonde joked before mirroring her girlfriends actions.

"Ha. Ha. Do you want to know what I was thinking about or not?" she glared.

Seeing the blonde smile and happily shake her head, Callie continued. "Yesterday was perfect. It was everything I hoped it would be and so much more. And I know that we haven't really been able to spend a lot of time like that together, with working on the cottage, you traveling back and forth to Boston plus trying to keep your own clinic here afloat, but I really want to try to make time to do things like that more often…maybe not with so many people, but almost like a planned date night. Once a week. Maybe more if there's time. But really have time set aside where we go out, or travel, or walk up and down the beach."

Arizona began to think about all of the running around they had been doing over the last month and realized Callie was right. Sure, there was a lot of things they didn't have control over, but one thing they could control was setting aside time to really be together. "I think that is a great idea" she smiled and leaned over for a quick peck on the lips anxiously awaiting a response.

Callie felt a new rush of excitement pulse through her veins. "I already have our next date in mind" she smiled and kissed waiting lips once again before they were interrupted once again by the waitress placing their food order in front of them. Callie watched as Arizona pour almost the entire bottle of syrup onto her pancakes before shaking her head and diving into her own plate of food. Comfortable silence quickly fell upon them.

Towards the end of their breakfast, the sharp ding of the bell against the diner door alerted the patrons that new guests had arrived. A sharp, piercing voice made goosebumps trail up the back of Arizona's neck when she heard her name fall from scathing lips.

"Well if it isn't Arizona Robbins and her flavor of the month" the voice echoed through the diner. Patrons surrounding the couple briefly glanced up to peak at the new guest but quickly returned their gaze towards their own meals, keeping their ears out for the town gossip. The guest trudged over to their table and leaned against the boot so that she was now directly in front of the couple.

"Wow, taking your hook up to breakfast I see? That's a new trick in your book, Robbins. No longer hit 'em and quit 'em? Or did I ruin the surprise for later?"

Callie immediately recognized the guest as the woman from the festival last night. Her snide comments about Arizona were quickly resurfacing and anger began to boil through her veins.

"Get the fuck away from me, Joanne."

Arizona suddenly felt small. Her heart was beating out of her chest and all she could think about was running out of the diner as fast as she could, but she was trapped in the booth by her girlfriend and eyes from surrounding patrons that were no longer trying to hide the fact they were listening.

"Oh baby, what happened to you? I remember you begging me to stay, not get away from you. Weren't you on your knees when that happened? Or I might be confused…you seemed to spend a lot of time on your knees, it's hard to keep track."

Callie's boiling point ruptured and quickly stood from her seat in the booth before coming face to face with woman throwing malicious remarks towards her girlfriend. She knew all eyes from the patrons in the diner were turned towards them at this point but she didn't care. No one offended her girlfriend like this and she was sure not about to stay around to fall into the obvious trap she was trying to lure her into.

"What the fuck is your problem? Apparently you didn't get the hint last night that I don't want to talk to you and by the tone of my girlfriend's voice, neither does she. Apparently you can't hear, but my girlfriend asked you to stay the fuck away from her. And me too while you're at it." Callie turned her back from the smug looking woman and focused her attention back on Arizona while she scooted out of the booth behind her. Catching a glimpse of hurt and embarrassment in Arizona's eyes, Callie's heart broke. She quickly threw money down on the table and led Arizona towards the door.

"I'm just trying to look out for you. You're playing with fire dating that one. If fucking you is called dating. Did she tell you she loved you yet? Promise you would be together forever? Is she sleeping around on you yet?"

Callie could barely hear the words dripping with hate from the woman's lips as she quickly followed Arizona out the door and over to the parking lot towards her car. She knew the woman was trying to get a rise out of them and she was not about to let it get to her.

Arizona on the other hand was a different story. She couldn't help that every time she was near Joann, doubt boiled back into her mind. Joanne made her feel worthless, self-conscious, and disgusting.

They quickly got into the car and Callie drove out of the parking lot towards the town. Chancing a look at Arizona, she saw defeat. She was gazing out the car window, resting her forehead on the cool glass. Tears were unable to be hidden and a slight tremble of adrenaline was visibly seen rushing through her veins.

Callie pulled the car over at the closest, safe spot she could and parked the car at the very entrance Callie first pulled into Beaufort almost four months ago.

"Take me home Callie" Arizona meekly whispered against the glass.

"Arizona, talk to me" Callie whispered. "You don't have to defend anything that horrid woman said, but I want my girlfriend to talk to me." Callie chanced resting her hand on the forearm that was holding Arizona's head up. Before letting Arizona's thoughts get the best of her, she quickly got out of the car, race around to the passenger side, and pulled Arizona out of the car and into a tight embrace.

"Let go of me Callie" she gritted her teeth, fighting to break free of Callie's arms, failing miserably. The truth was, feeling Callie's arms wrapped around her washed a calming feeling over her body. She felt her heart rate slow by the second and the sound of her blood pumping in her ears dissipates.

"Shhhh, it's okay sweetie. I'm right here" she whispered over again over again, soothing her girlfriend. After what seemed like hours, she finally felt her girlfriend relax in her arms. At the change in expression, she chanced attempting to meet Arizona's gaze. She quickly wiped matted blonde hair out her face to reveal tear-ridden cheeks and puffy red eyes.

"Oh sweetie. Don't let her get to you like that. This is exactly the type of reaction those types of people try to get from saying stupid things like that."

Sniffling, Arizona finally met Callie's gaze. Looking into her eyes, there was no judgment. Just trust, devotion, and love.

Arizona was confused. Callie had not reacted to Joanne's crude words as she expected. Any of the other woman she dated ran the opposite direction when they ran into the wrath of Joanne, but Callie was different. She stayed right by her side and through her own feelings and thoughts out the window. She had actually expected Callie to have asked about 'her' already after seeing them talking at the festival, but instead, continued making her feel safe by pulling her in closer. Gathering up the courage, she finally started the conversation she was putting off having.

"I am so sorry Calliope" she started, immediately dropping her gaze after apologizing only to have her chin raised again and a soft kiss placed against her lips.

"Arizona, you have nothing to be sorry about. And you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. She obviously has some sort of vendetta against you. With people like that and how she was attacking you, I know she was just trying to hurt you."

Silence once again fell between the couple as Callie just held Arizona against her chest, lightly stroking blonde locks that were falling down her slumped shoulders. Arizona was running ever scenario through her head, everything that had played out with Joanne showing up over the last two days. She was confused by Callie's reaction because she had never experienced support in this situation before.

"So?"

Puzzled, Callie loosened her grip just slightly to be able to look at Arizona's eyes, but instead of finding baby blues staring back at her, they were fixated on her necklace. She didn't care, as long as she was talking.

"So what?"

"Is there anything you would like to ask me?" Arizona was holding her breath.

Uncomfortable silence began to creep in. Truth be told, Joanne certainly led Callie to believe there was some kind of history between her and Arizona but never actually had the chance to go into details. In the past, Callie would have turned into a jealous three-headed monster, but ever since fleeing Seattle, she embraced a new way of life and started building a wonderful relationship with the beautiful woman in her arms.

"Yesterday, she didn't even get a chance to give me her name before I walked away from her so I'm not even sure what to ask, honey. And today, that was nothing but pure spite and hate." She kissed Arizona's temple, directly over her scar, as a sign of love and trust. "We all have a past. What I care about is the future."

A wave of relief flashed before her eyes. Not that she wanted to hide anything, it was just that she didn't want the lies surrounding Joanne's head to be the truth that Callie accepts. Arizona wiggled out of Callie's embrace and started pulling her down the path and onto the beach. The crisp air was refreshing and exactly what Arizona needed to clear her mind before continuing this much needed conversation with Callie. Taking a seat near the water's edge, she felt Callie wrap her arm around her shoulders.

"We dated a little through the end of high school and broke up when we went to college. She went to Duke while I went to John's Hopkins before finally ending up in Boston to finish my residency with Addison. We ran into each other one night at Joe's when we both came home for winter break and started dating again. Things really became serious when she moved to Boston to live with me."

Pausing before continuing, she took another deep breath. "I was so stupid and left myself vulnerable. I let myself become happy. And at one point, towards the end, I actually thought she might be the one. It seemed like everything was going great. Until it wasn't."

Hearing Arizona describe her past relationship with this Joanne woman was a tough pill to swallow. The thought of another woman touching, kissing, loving her Arizona sent a fire of anger into the pit of her stomach, but again, she knew everyone had a past. Hell, hers could come back to bite her in the ass any day now. She couldn't become jealous of something that happened so long ago. Sensing her hesitation, Callie quickly took Arizona's hand in hers, kissed the back of it, before intertwining their fingers together.

"You don't have to, Arizona."

With a finger against her chin raising her face to become parallel with the woman across from her, Arizona finally met Callie's brown eyes. Those brown eyes were filled with comfort and love. Something Arizona had only felt around Callie. Joanne never made her feel this way, nor any of the others.

"It was Valentine's day. We spent the entire day doing one of those progressive dinners. You know the ones where you have a drink at one place, then go to another place for appetizers, so on and so forth."

Callie simply nodded her head.

"Well we came back home" Arizona closed her eyes, embarrassed to be telling her current girlfriend about having sex with her past girlfriend, but needed to finish the story. "Had, dessert and when we were just about to fall asleep, she got out of bed, and walked into the living room without a word. I guess she didn't realize I was awake or whatever, but after a few minutes of shuffling around, I heard the front door click shut."

A lone tear escaped her eye. It wasn't for sadness, it was for anger, range, resentment. It was quickly wiped away by Callie's thumb before she crawled around behind the blonde and pulled her against her chest.

Leaning against Callie, she shut her eyes, taking in the warm embrace around her. "I was sure she had just stepped outside to maybe run to the store or pick something up. I laid there staring at the ceiling for what seemed like hours before making my way into the living room. On the back of a napkin was the word 'sorry' left on the kitchen counter. The next morning, a moving company stopped by to get all of her stuff."

Silence filled the space between Arizona and Callie. Callie was trying to process everything she just heard. Ghosted. Who would do such a thing to such a wonderful, beautiful, smart person. And how she did it was even worse. Before Callie could respond, Arizona continued.

"A week later, Tim died. I was devastated. Everything around me seemed to be crumbling by the minute. If it wasn't for Addison and Grandma Bernie, I don't know who I would be today. They put up with all my shit when I started acting out. It wasn't until years later that I realized they gave me just enough space to still be able to keep an eye on me. But I made a lot of mistakes during that time. Hurt a lot of people. I didn't realize it, but it was me who was hurting."

"Joanne appeared at my door one cold, snowy day, almost two years later. I was shocked to say the least. I hadn't heard from her since the night she left. She rambled on and on about how she made a mistake and she wanted me back. She even got down on one knee and proposed" she said almost in amusement. "The girl I was with at the time appeared in the background of my apartment and Joanne started yelling at me, saying I was a cheating whore and that I was, and I think I could quote her words exactly, 'too broken to be able to be loved by anyone.' Without even so much as a good bye, she got up and left again. From that day forward, she made it her business to trash my name to anyone and everyone around Beaufort, Boston, hell I went to Philly once and someone knew about me. Every time I run into her, whether it be on a date, with a friend, or even with my grandma, she makes a point to let that person know of all of the terrible things she things I did. It took a long time to get my reputation back. And to think, this all started when she walked out on me."

Taking a deep breath before finishing, "Yesterday, when I saw you standing with her at the festival, I was afraid you would hear the demented version of the story she tells and be scared off. She tells it much differently. Something about me pining for her, me cheating on her with all of Boston, how I am damaged goods, how no one could ever love me again. For a while there, I thought maybe it was true. But I really have grown and accepted what actually happened versus what stories she has out there. And when I saw you disappear from the deck yesterday, my heart sank. For a minute, I thought my worst fears came true."

Focusing her attention back on Callie, she looked deep in her eyes. "For a minute there, Joanne flashbacks resurfaced, but were quickly wiped away when I saw you front and center of the stage with the biggest smile on your face."

Callie placed a quick kiss on Arizona's lips once again before she continued.

"Today at the diner, I thought for sure you would have doubt, or think different of me. This isn't the first time this has happened and I'm sure it won't be the last, but each time, it hasn't turned out in my favor."

"Well this time is different, Arizona, because I meant what I said at the cottage. I'm not going anywhere. I know that the love we share is different. You make me feel something that no one else has ever made me feel. I know what we have is real and no one is ever going to take that away from us. So what if some home wrecker wants to try to start something. Let her. Because, I will be the first one to stand up and defend you every day of my life."

A smile finally broke on trembling pink lips and love was filling blue eyes back up. Arizona's heart was racing, but in a good way.

"Callie, it wasn't until I met you that I realized I was never was actually in love with Joanne. I spent a lot of time thinking that everything she said was true. Sure, she was my first serious girlfriend, but it wasn't love. The love I thought I had for her doesn't stand a chance against the love I have for you. She never made my heart race or butterflies go crazy in my stomach. She's never made me so nervous about what to wear or where to take her on a date. She's never made me feel so loved and cared for. Only you have been able to do that, Calliope."

"And I plan on continuing to be that person for you every day, as long as you'll have me. I am in this, Arizona. Joanne will never change the way I feel about you."

Callie quickly leaned in and kissed soft lips before whispering "I love you" getting "I love you too" in return.