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This chapter was hard. As I have said before this story is based on the truth so for the most part this chapter was written by my fiancée Kristin324. She experienced me having nightmares, A LOT! So to make it more realistic she wrote it. I hope you guys enjoy! Reviews me make smile, follows make me smile and favorites make me smile.
Thank you again!
Arizona pov
She has been laying here for two hours. Two long and excruciating hours of staring at the ceiling, her hands folded on her stomach, afraid to move. This was harder than she thought it would be.
Sure, she knew it wasn't going to be easy laying in the same bed as the beautiful Latina but she didn't think it was going to be this bad. When they had called it a night the awkwardness had begun.
She pulled up and parked next to Callie's car, she took a deep breath and looked at herself in the rear-view mirror. "What am I doing?!" she frantically asked herself,she smoothed down the friz of her curls and added nude lipstick to her soft pink lips. She sighed heavily and fidgeted with her bracelets as they jingled against her porcelain skin. She needs help, we are going to be here for her... why did i agree to this? She thought to herself as she looked at herself one more time in the mirror and stepped out of her car, going to her trunk and gathering her suitcase. She didn't have much but what she did have was enough to get her by. Closing her trunk and walking towards the door that led inside. She reached the stairs and cursed the owner. Mentally telling herself that she should find the time to talk to him and convince him to install elevators. Who wants to walk up five flights of stairs? The blond thought to herself. Arizona took another deep breath and began to climb the stairs breathing heavily as she tried to haul up her suitcase.
"You need some help?" Arizona heard from behind her. She spun around, and smiled softly.
"Hey," She replied putting the suitcase on the stair and leaning against it.
"Hey blondie, moving in?" She saw the slight shimmer to his eyes and she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah...sorta... Yeah, I guess I am." she stuttered embarrassingly.
"Well, that didn't take long. Already swept Callie off her feet, didn't you, tiger? Arizona saw him throwing her a wink and arching an eyebrow. She felt herself blush even though she knew he was wrong on so many levels.
"Ha-ha funny, Mark." She faked a laugh. "Now are you going to help a lady in need or not? It's getting way too hot outside and my hair is getting frizzy again!"
Arizona heard him chuckle and in two short steps he was beside her taking her suitcase and nodding to the top of the stairs. They climbed silently and after a few minutes she mumbled a thank you and he nodded. When they reached the fifth floor they stood awkwardly at Callie's apartment door. She noticed he took out a key and opened the door.
"Ladies..hot blond ladies, first." he said with a smirk.
"Well then I think you should go first." She giggled and he shot her a glare then smiled from ear to ear and walked in before her. Arizona shook her head and laughed.
They stepped inside the apartment and the scent of Callie assaulted her nose.
"Hey, I found her having trouble with her suitcase on the stairs. She belongs to you I assume." Arizona heard Mark say and she watched Callie's cheeks turn a slight pink and she smiled, that beautiful breath taking smile. It made her shiver.
"Yeah, she belongs to me." Arizona heard Callie whisper jokingly.
"Well then you two have fun! But I would suggest giving her a key," The blond watched Mark cross the room and give Callie a kiss on the forehead and then whisper something in her ear that made Callie burst with laughter. For only a moment Arizona felt intense jealousy and was envious of Mark's relationship with Callie. She wanted so badly to make her laugh that way and to be able to kiss her forehead. She also felt slightly hurt, were they making fun of her?
Arizona looked around the room and noticed Addison wasn't there. Her stomach tingled and she felt nervous and excited to be alone with Callie. It was dark out and she realized how late it really was. Remembering she had an early shift she decided it was best to get some sleep. Arizona watched Mark leave, giving him a small smile as he shut the door behind him.
"I'm gonna go to bed..." The blonde noticed the nerves on Callie's face.
"Yeah, yeah. Uhm, me too.. Early shift and everything." Arizona was just as nervous as the brunette. She pointed at her suitcase, "Your room?" She asked.
"Yeah, I'll make some room in my dresser tomorrow. Maybe I'll go out and buy one." Arizona saw that the brunette smiled genuinely and walked over towards the bedroom. Arizona followed her lead. "I sleep on the side closest to the door, if you don't mind." Arizona noticed a small blush creeping up on Callie's cheeks.
"That's fine, I sleep everywhere." The blonde giggled and she saw how it made the Latina smile.
"I'll just go and get ready for bed." The ped surgeon saw Callie pointing towards the bathroom that was attached to her bedroom. "You can change in there if that's okay?"
"You don't have to ask if I mind or ask permission, Callie, this is your house." It was something Arizona had observed Callie did a lot. "I'll do whatever you say." She added in a low voice and she saw Callie's eyes widened. Arizona facepalmed herself, "Oh gosh, I didn't mean it that way." Her cheeks now lobster red with embarrassment.
She heard Callie laugh as she walked into the bathroom. She quickly grabbed her suitcase and opened it. Grabbing a tank top plus some sweatpants to put on. Normally she didn't really wear anything besides panties to bed but let's face it... That would be super awkward. She got dressed, slipped under the covers and waited for Callie to come back from the bathroom.
Callie walked out and brown eyes met blue ones. She was wearing a long sleeve shirt and sweatpants. It's like 90 degrees out but Callie was fully covered in clothes. The only reason the blonde could think of for why Callie would wear a long sleeve shirt to bed is to cover up her broken and bruised body. Even though her limp was getting better the bruises on her arms, legs and basically entire body would probably have turned a dark blue color by now.
"Callie..." Arizona started looking at the Latina. "You know you don't have to hide from me." She saw the brunette flinch.
"Is it that obvious?" Arizona heard the soft whisper coming from her perfect, beautiful lips.
"It's like super hot out and you're wearing a long sleeve shirt..." Arizona explained hesitantly trying not to hurt the brunette's feelings.
"Yeah, I guess that doesn't really make sense."
"I've seen you when you came into the hospital. Even then I thought you were beautiful." It slipped from her lips before she even realized what she said.
"B-beautiful?" She heard the Latina stutter.
Arizona's cheeks again turned a lobster red. "Yes." Was all she said.
"You think I'm beautiful?"
"I think you're gorgeous." How to stop this word vomit? Help me, God! She thought to herself.
Arizona noticed the caramel colored skin turn into a slight pink shade.
"I'll just go change, again." Arizona watched as the brunette walked over to her dresser and took out another shirt before she left to the bathroom again.
Within the next minute Arizona saw Callie came back and walked over to her side of the bed. Slipping under the covers, immediately covering up her arms. "Goodnight, Arizona." She whispered.
"Goodnight, Calliope."
Arizona tried to keep still, to not move a muscle. She tried to picture in her head where Callie's limbs were so she wouldn't touch the brunette even though she so desperately wanted to. She slowly tried to move on her side, it was the only way she could fall asleep and she forgot to mention that to Callie when they got into bed together. Sighing she inched her body, rolling over to her side, stopping and holding her breath as each movement would make the bed bounce slightly and Callie stir a little in her sleep. Finally letting out a deep breath she put her hands under her cheek as she faced Callie's sleeping form. She instantly felt more sleepy and tired but she didn't want to close her eyes just yet. She was in this warm bed, under the covers with a breathtakingly stunning woman and nothing didn't even happen. It felt nice and even with the awkwardness she didn't want to be anywhere else in the world. Her eyes roamed over Callie's peaceful face and she wondered for a moment what the woman could be dreaming of.
A yawn escaped her lips and she closed her eyes for only a second. However, it must have been more when Arizona was abruptly woken up by the rough movements of the woman next to her. Arizona's eyes popped open, she sat up on her elbow and looked over at Callie. She noticed the pain expression on the sleeping woman's face and then suddenly felt a slap on her thigh. Arizona moved her leg away slightly and stared at Callie. Her arms started moving fast as her legs started kicking Arizona's feet. "Calliope.." Arizona whispered softly as she moved closer to Callie but then quickly moved back to her pillow when she saw Callie painfully jerk her head to the side back and forth. She heard Callie mumble in her sleep. "Callie, wake up! You're having a bad dream," Arizona said loudly deciding then to try to stop her movements. She reached over and pinned her arms to the bed and hovered on top of her, "Callie!" Arizona frantically said trying to wake her up. But it seemed it only made the situation worse. She heard Callie scream no and her arms struggled to escape Arizona's grip. She felt her legs moving quickly under the blankets.
Arizona felt her heart racing and tears form in her eyes. "Callie please wake up!" She said and leaned back into her side of the bed, letting her grip off Callie's arms. Arizona panicked and didn't know what to do next. "Callie, wake up!" she screamed loudly repetitively. She watched Callie fight off whatever or whoever she was dreaming about and it broke Arizona's heart. Tears rolled down her cheeks and she felt helpless to the situation. Hearing Callie's mumbles and her protest for it to stop affected Arizona more than she thought it would. Finally after several more attempts to wake up Callie, Arizona leaned over again towards Calliope and yelled in her ear, "Calliope! It's me, Arizona you are having a bad dream, its not real. You are safe, I'm here with you... I'm right here, please wake up." Arizona whispered. She felt Callie slowly release the tension in her body and start to relax. Realizing it was working she soothingly whispered in Callie's ear again, "I'm here.. It's Arizona, I'm here, you are okay. You're safe. I'm here." A small smile of accomplishment spread across Arizona's face as she watched Callie relax more and then heard Callie whisper "Arizona" softly. After a few seconds Arizona saw Callie open her eyes. The blond breathed a sigh of relief and started to back away from Callie and towards her pillow. She felt a hand grab her arm, "Don't go" She heard Callie whisper as she snuggled close to Arizona. She nodded her head to no one in particular and laid down next to Callie, taking her hand in hers, closing her eyes and started to relax.
Callie pov
Callie stretched her arms and legs when she started to wake up. Even more exhausted then she was when she went to sleep last night she opened her eyes and realized her bed was empty. She turned her head to look at the alarm clock and groaned at the time. 7:30am. She also noticed a glass of water with some pills on her nightstand. She flipped her legs over the edge and sat up. Underneath the pills laid a note.
Good morning Calliope,
Here is your medication. If you need me, text me.
-A. :)
She smiled at the note. Callie grasped the pills and threw them in her mouth, taking a big gulp of water swallowing down the painkillers. Her muscles were sore but her bruises weren't as dark as last night. She knew it'll only take another day or two for the bruises to be completely gone. Her leg was feeling a lot better and she was relieved to be able to walk almost as good as normal again. She took a shower and got dressed before heading out to the parking lot. She stepped in her car, happy to be finally able to drive again and started her car up.
She got out of her car at her point of destination and walked towards the tall building. She entered the sliding glass doors and into the lobby, stopping at the coffee cart she ordered 2 different kinds of coffee. She walked up towards the elevators, deciding that she already took 5 stairs this morning, when she left, that it would be too much for her leg to climb some pushed the button and waited less than a minute for the ding and she got in. She pushed on the button that would bring her to the third level of the hospital and got out when the elevator arrived. She had a smile on her face and it felt good to be back even if she wasn't back for work. She walked over to the nurses station.
"Excuse me, do you know where I can find Dr. Robbins?" She smiled at the nurse who was wearing pink scrubs.
"She's doing rounds, let me check." The nurse returned the smile. "She should be in room 304 right about now."
"Okay, thank you!" She turned on her heels and walked towards the room. She looked through the window and saw, like the nurse told her she would, Arizona stand next to a little boy's bed.
She waited outside of the room for the blonde to come out. After two minutes the door opened and blond curls started walking away from Callie. "Arizona!" Callie beamed. She followed the blond. "Hey, Arizona." She lightly tapped the blonde's shoulder and she turned around.
"Calliope?" A beaming smile, "what are you doing here?" Callie blushed at the smile. This women in front of her was so beautiful. Just feeling her eyes on her made her blush.
"I'm feeling a lot better today so I brought you a coffee." The latina offered her the cup.
"Awh, thanks, Calliope" She melted every time the perky blond let her name roll off her lips.
It didn't go unnoticed that Arizona looked exhausted. Dark circles underneath her eyes. "Are you okay, Arizona? You look tired." Callie observed.
"Oh, yeah, no, I'm fine. Are you okay? You had a rough night." Callie noticed Arizona's smile that didn't quite reach her eyes and the only thing she saw in those were worry.
"Rough night?" Callie asked in confusion. Yes, she woke up exhausted but she didn't think that was because of a rough night.
"You had bad dreams, didn't you?" Callie noticed Arizona being confused now as well.
"Did I?" More confusion crossed Callie's face.
"You were kicking and mummbling, I woke you up." The brunette was clueless.
"I guess I did then, I'm so sorry. Is that why you're so tired? Because of me?" Guilt hitting her hard. She didn't remember having a bad dream but obviously the blond had a rough night.
"No, no... don't apologize. It's okay, Calliope, really." Callie noticed the blonde let out a small yawn and her eyes widen. She heard the blonde giggle afterwards as she chuckled.
"Yeah, yeah.. I don't really believe you," Callie jokingly said. It made Arizona laugh and Callie started to follow her as they walked slowly back towards the elevators.
"I feel really bad," Callie trailed off as she pressed the down arrow button on the white wall. "If you find it more comfortable to sleep alone, I can give you my bed and I can sleep on the couch." She watched Arizona enter the elevator.
"No!" She heard the blonde protest, then saw her shyly look away. it was adorable. "No, I mean I'm okay sleeping next to you. I just have to get used to you having bad dreams.I -" She saw Arizona blush and look away.
"You what?" Callie asked curiously as she stepped closer to the beautiful blonde, smelling her perfume and taking a deep breath discreetly.
Shyly she noticed Arizona avoiding her eyes, "I like that my voice calms you down. I noticed it last night," She waited patiently for Arizona to finish, " At first it was scary and I had no clue what to do. I panicked, yes me a pediatric surgeon panicked," She heard Arizona chuckle, "But then after awhile, I started to whisper in your ear, my name.. Telling you that you were safe and I was there for you and it calmed you down and it actually helped you and I... I really enjoy helping you Calliope," Callie saw Arizona's blue eyes meet hers and she felt her body shiver and she felt the need to just grab her and hug her and an image of a hot steamy make out session popped in her head, it made her smile but she knew that would be too soon. Callie shook her head of the image and stepped even closer to Arizona and in one quick smooth motion, she pulled the beautiful blonde close to her and gave her a hug, wrapping her arms around her slim waist and tightening her grip, her face buried in the soft blonde curls, she felt Arizona hug her back just as tightly. It felt amazing and she felt her heart racing as the smell of Arizona's skin attacked her senses.
"Thank you, Arizona." Callie whispered in the hollow of the woman's neck, feeling the blonde's body shiver against hers.
She pulled back out of the warm embrace, feeling a slight emptiness. "I'm not surprised that it's your voice that calms me down seeing as you have one hell of a beautiful voice," Callie stated and gave the blonde a playful smile. She saw Arizona's eyes widen and her cheeks turning a slight pink. The ding of the elevator brought them out of their intense moment and reality crashed into them as a group of doctors yelling and arguing piled into the elevator. Callie and Arizona hurried out of the mess and into the busy hallways of the 1st floor.
A feeling of awkwardness and silence swirled around them as they stood facing each other.
"Well, I guess I'll see you later tonight?" Callie asked as she tossed her coffee away in the trash can near the elevator doors.
She watched Arizona avoid eye contact as she nodded her head yes and then taking a sip of her own coffee. Her eyes watched the blonde's soft pink lips drink from the styrofoam cup. For a moment she felt the heat between her legs rise. Squirming, she looked away and noticed Addison walking towards them from the other side of the hall.
"Hey, It's Addison!" Callie exclaimed and turned towards Arizona as they both meet Addison halfway.
"Where were you last night?" Callie asked the redhead. She noticed the slight concerned expression on Addison's face as she looked at her but then it changed to a small smile when her eyes roamed over her's and Arizona's.
"I came here, to ask Dr. Webber if it was possible for me to stay here and work for some weeks as I stay and be with my best friend," Callie heard the excited tone in the redhead's voice as Addison came closer to her and wrapped her arm around Callie's shoulder.
"What did he say?" Callie heard Arizona ask, noticing her eyes staring at Addison's arm. Callie shrugged her shoulders and stepped away from Addy.
"He said I could, of course I am the best at delivering babies," Her joking matter made Callie and Arizona laugh.
"Well, I'm headed back home. See you two later?" Callie asked and saw the two women nod their heads. She waved at them as she walked towards the exit of the hospital. She felt her phone vibrate and a grin appear on her face.
Thank YOU for the hug.. :) -A.
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