INTERTWINED
CHAPTER-11
A/N: Happy New Year everyone!, May God Bless you all! and your loved ones. Happy reading, now that I have some free time at my hands, do expect some steady updates...
"Change is the law of nature, we all know , yet we mind,
but what scares me more, is your love bestowed upon me in every kind,
don't let it change, don't let it fade, even when we put years on unwind,
cause I will never get over the way our hearts shine,when for the first time, we let our souls get intertwined."
Assault, Molest,Abuse, Assail, Accost, Attack, Rap..., No of course not!, Arizona shook her head slightly, on the absurd thoughts running in her head, running, now that's the right choice of word, cause she was doing exactly that , after her little incident with Callie, where in she literally assaulted her...close to rap..
"No of course Not!", Arizona said that, with a volume, to lower down the voices in her head, but all she got in return was a weird look from the nurse, who was holding the test results. Arizona politely thanked the nurse, and took off to give the results to Dr. Herman.
But now, after being on call, or voluntarily being on call from 4.00 in the morning, she was free, like take a nap, go home get showered, get a spa, body massage, free, free...But all those routes goes through the locker room, and what are the possibility, that she would find Callie there?, like seriously what are the possibility?...
She quietly made her way to the locker room, decision was made, she was going to en-cash the hot tub bath at her apartment, God, she deserved that. So, on reaching the locker room and finding it empty, she was slightly disappointed of what, she dare not name it, so with a huff, she moved towards her chubby to get hold of her things, but inside was a huge box of assorted donuts and chocolates with a note attached to it, it read
"If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life." - Calliope Torres
Now Arizona was smiling , shine and high,and boy if that was not the epitome of being romantic, she had no clue, what could be...her thoughts was interrupted by a sweet voice from behind
"You know, if I didn't knew that you are an intern at the country's most rigorous hospital, I could swore, you were avoiding me...So are you Peds Surgeon?", Callie asked with a total smug expression.
Arizona fully turned in Callie's direction and rested her back on the cool metal of her locker and answered in a full flirtatious manner, not that it was intended, but according to her, there is no other way to have a conversation with Callie Torres.
"Well, I will neither confirm it, nor deny it...But, it does seem like, that your are keeping a tab on me...So are you ?"
Callie was glad that she was sitting on the bench placed in the room, cause there was no way , her legs could have borne the Dr. Torres out of Arizona's mouth, so gathering all the strength , she stood up from the bench and entered Arizona's personal space, with some space between them nevertheless and whispered
"Why? Peds Surgeon, Am I keeping you from something..."
"Well..I umm..was gonna go home and drench myself in the hot tub" and as soon as these words left Arizona's mouth, she could visibly see the color draining off Callie's face, the close proximity had made Arizona blurt things out without any train of thought and now here, they were staring into each other, wit their breaths becoming labored with each passing seconds.
Callie quickly caught upon her senses and widen the gap between the two asked Arizona what she really wanted to ask,
"Well, that sound amazing... but, you know,if you had some time free...um later in the evening...you ..you could join me for dinner?"
Arizona has never heard something so adorable before,or maybe she finds everything adorable that Callie does, she could see how nervous Callie was, so she decided to play little further.
"As in a date?"
"No...I mean...we,but that...", Callie was having a hard time getting correct words from the mouth and seeing the disappointment stretched across Arizona's face, she was mentally kicking herself.
"Oh, you know...I have hundred errands to run...so I am not sure..", with that Arizona turned, ready to leave, as soon as possible, so much for playing a little further, but before she could move some steps further she found herself being trapped against the cool metal of the locker and Callie's body, who's hands were near her hips, she wasn't trapped , trapped, but it was clear that Callie desperately wanted to get her words in.
"Peds Surgeon, I have never done this before..., whatever 'this' is, but I do feel something, a need to do something..., so I may not play this by the rule book , cause I don't know that book, so bear with me...So we can consider the dinner as a pre-date?"
Arizona chuckled slightly and said,"A pre -date?, really Calliope!"
"Well yeah, cause I will need time so plan our date,... cause it has to match your beauty", Callie finished the sentence in a whisper, cause now, at this very moment, she was showing her vulnerability at the best.
Arizona looked into the eyes of Callie, felt the emotions coming out of them in full force, so she slowly place her hand on Callie's cheek and whispered ,"Pick me at 7.00, Calliope".
Hearing the affirmative answer, a sweet smile took over Callie's face and she moved away from Arizona to let her pass, but when Arizona was at the door of the intern's locker room, Callie called her name and asked
"Hey, Peds Surgeon!"
Arizona effectively stopped in her tracks and turned to see, why Callie was calling her name
"So...you think you can manage your hundred errands?", Callie asked in a teasing manner.
"Don't push it , Calliope!", with that Arizona left for her home, leaving a amused Callie behind.
Callie didn't know, how long she stood there grinning like an idiot, but it was the noise from her pager that finally shook her from the daydream, once, she realized that it was from Dr. Bailey, she wasted no time in fleeing from the locker room, cause she wanted to finish all her work before 7.00, at any cost.
So now with everything going as planned, Callie Torres was all ready to pick up her pre-date from her apartment. So there she was gathering all her strength to push the bell of Arizona's apartment, so after five minutes of contemplation she finally pushed the bell. Callie was a mixture of nervous and excitement,but she was certain that this was the correct thing to do.
And then finally Arizona opened the door and Callie was certain that she had definitely did the right thing. After openly staring at Arizona for few minutes, Callie found her voice
"Wow!, who knew, working hundred errands can make you look stunning?"
"C'mon Calliope, you are not letting it go, are you?",Arizona asked
"Nope", Callie simply answered and gave Arizona the bouquet of roses.
"Thanks, Calliope...let me just put these in water, come inside", Arizona replied shyly.
Callie entered the apartment and watched Arizona put the flowers in water, she was wearing a simple black skinny jeans and a blue top,with a black jacket, but to her she looked miraculous,she couldn't stop staring, if Arizona wouldn't have called upon her, she would have never stopped staring.
"You ready to go?", Arizona finally asked, she was fully aware of the eyes that were upon her.
"Sure", Callie replied knowingly,but held back a little.
"What?", Arizona asked confused as she realized Callie wasn't following her.
"Nothing, you are really beautiful Arizona", Callie said with all honesty.
Arizona's heart was soaring with emotions, the simplicity and sincerity of Callie were overwhelming,she never wanted this felling to away ever, she couldn't muster any response, so she simply took Callie by her hand and out of the apartment.
Now they sat inside a warm and cozy dinner where Callie took them, both nervous to start a conversation, cause it would be the first time, where they will be having a conversation about them, as they have finally admitted that they were a they.
"So, how come you know this place?", Arizona asked, well after all they needed to start off the conversation.
"Oh, umm actually Cristina found this place,whenever me and Mark use to visit her , we made sure we came here, place is fantastic and the food is even more fantastic", Callie replied in an excited manner.
"You three seem pretty close", Arizona wanted to know every minute detail of Callie's life.
"They are my only family Arizona...well them and Joe, Mama Yang, Mrs. Sloan and Madre", Callie nervously chuckled.
"Well to survive, all it takes is a handful of trustworthy shoulders...I stole that from my brother", Arizona said with a glazed expression.
"Your brother, what's he's doing now?", Callie asked excitedly.
"Well..he..umm..he passed away two years back, on his tour of Iran, was a Marine...God..I miss him Calliope", Arizona said with few un- shed tears in her eyes.
Callie immediately felt bad, so she move away from her seat and joined Arizona on hers and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.
"Hey..Hey I'm so sorry Peds Surgeon...Seeing the way you remember and adore him all I can say, is that wherever he is now, he is looking down upon you, he's sharing your laugh, crying along side you, he is always with you Arizona, always.", Seeing Arizona freely shed some tears, Callie gently cupped Arizona's face and removed them with her thumb, and that all it took for Arizona to engulf Callie in a warm embrace.
Arizona has never felted so protected in her entire life she was so thankful for the woman in her arms, and even more when she felt those lips on her forehead , God be true, she was falling for her and they were just on their pre-date.
Falling out of the embrace,they couldn't even put a word in , as they were interrupted by a middle aged woman, who ran an excited squeal upon seeing Callie
"Oh my gosh! Callie Torres in flesh, Girl come here", with that she opened her arms signalling Callie to join her in.
Callie complied with her wish and gave the woman a warm hug, and then turned to Arizona,
"Arizona this is Betty, the owner and the Head Chef of this place, and Betty this is Arizona."
"First of all, the head chef sounds way too fancy for this modest dinner and secondly Arizona as in?", Betty asked in a teasing manner
"Well Arizona and I work in the same hospital, she is my...well..not exactly...but we are...so...I mean...we haven't...so i'm not sure...but I can...", it was official that Callie Torres was rambling and even though Arizona was finding it endearing and extremely cute, she decided to put her out of misery.
"We are on pre-date Betty and it's extremely nice to meet you", Arizona said while shaking hands with Betty.
"A pre-date, wow!, you youngsters...so that means I'll get the specials for you and leave you two alone for whatever you do on a pre date", Betty said that and winked at Callie, before effectively leaving them alone.
"So?", Arizona asked
"So...I need to use the restroom for a minute and then we will dig into our specials", Callie slightly squeezed Arizona's hand and left her to go the restroom.
Once, she was inside she relieved her bladder and washed her hand, gave herself a mental pep talk and a simple note that she will not restrict her feelings towards Arizona, not in any way whatsoever. So with that thought in mind she rushed towards their booth, but upon reaching there, she couldn't find Arizona anywhere, she looked around and even inquired with Betty but..
Nope..No trace whatsoever.
She checked her phone
Nope...No message whatsoever.
Now Callie was beyond confused...what could have possibly gone wrong?
A/N: So?... Read, Reveiew as always and be on a lookout for myother stories that I will soon be posting!. Love you all!.