CHAPTER 12 – WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
ARIZONA'S POV
"So you guys kissed? And then what happened?" Teddy asks me.
Last night after Callie showed up at my room to find Joanne here, she was furious. Storming off and returning to the bar with our friends. I wasted no time getting rid of my ex-girlfriend before following Callie to the bar. After a heated argument, or more like Callie telling me exactly where I could go, I chased her down the sidewalk. Declaring my love for her in the middle of a street wasn't the romantic moment I had hoped for, but when I least expected it… she kissed me. But now I am more confused then I was before the kiss.
"She said, I love you too.. but I don't know if I can trust you. And left me standing in the street." I say to my roommate.
"Oh wow, that is confusing." She agrees.
"Tell me about it. At least when she was yelling at me I knew what she was feeling. This… this is confusing and driving me insane. I told her I loved her, she kissed me and said it back.. then just took off." I say, throwing my arms over my face while laying on my back.
"Have you tried talking to her today? I'm sure she has had a chance to calm down and sleep off the tequila."
"No, not yet. I'm kind of scared to see what she will say. Do I call her? Or text? Or do I just show up at her room and try to talk to her that way? Tell me what to do Teds." I beg.
"You need to think of something Arizona. You are the one that messed up. And then you go and make things even words by having Joanne here. I still do not know what the fuck you were thinking there." Teddy tells me.
"You're right. Look, I'm going to run a couple of errands. I'll be back later sometime. I'll text you." I say to Teddy before getting up and heading out of the dorm.
After stopping to get coffee and bagels from Callie's favorite little spot off campus, I make my way towards her dorm. Hoping that Addison stayed at Dereks or will at least let me see her. Addison has pretty much moved into Callie's dorm room since Christina and Meredith were always at hers. The last thing I need is someone being Callie's personal watch dog and not letting me talk to her. But enough is enough. I need to see her, I need to fix this, and I need to get my girlfriend back.
All of the courage and guts I had on the way here has managed to desert myself the second I find myself standing at her door. Bag of bagels in one hand, coffee in the other I try to find the nerve to knock. Before I built myself up, the door swings open to reveal a red headed Addison wearing work out clothes.
"Oh. Hi. She is in the restroom… pretty sick from last night. I'm going to Derek's so we can go to the gym… uhh, good luck." Addison says before walking past me, leaving the door to their room open so I can go inside.
Looking around the room I see that Callie must have stripped right here in the middle of the floor when she got home from the bar. Her dress and her heels in a pile. I set the breakfast down, and I swallow my nerves. On the desk next to the bag I brought I see a picture frame lying face down. Lifting it up, I see that it is a photo of Callie and myself at a party. A huge smile on my face, while Callie is placing a big kiss on my cheek. It makes me sad to see that she has it lying this way, but I try to convince myself that it just fell down. I stand it up just as I hear Callie sounding extremely sick in the restroom. Ignoring my own nerves I whip open the door and immediately am at her side. Pulling her hair back, she must have assumed that I was Addison because when her eyes looked up to notice it was me her eyes quickly closed.
"It's ok babe. I'm here. I got you." I say trying to soothe her. Running my hand up and down her back while she emptied the contents of her stomach.
"W-when did you get here?" She finally asks as she pushes away from the toilet and leans her back against the bath tub.
"I, uh got here a few minutes ago. Addison was leaving and let me in. I hope that's ok." I say looking down at my hands. Suddenly very unsure if my presence here was a good idea.
"I'm glad you are here." She said almost too quietly for me to hear.
"You are?" I ask, hoping that I heard her correctly.
"Yes. I am." She says and I smile.
I honestly want to wrap my arms around her and not let her go, but I know that right now she feels like total shit, so I decide to wait. Helping her to her feet, she goes over to the sink to brush her teeth and I give her a moment in the restroom alone to clean up. I am standing in her room, looking out the window when I hear the door open and Callie appears looking a little better.
"Feel better?" I ask.
"Yeah. Except for this wicked headache, I feel a lot better. I just needed to get that liquor out obviously. Would you mind looking in that drawer on my desk and see if I have an asprin?" She asks and I quickly nod before opening the drawer.
When I open the drawer, I move a few papers around looking for the asprin, and I notice a white envelope with my name written across it in Callie's handwriting. I grab the asprin and close the drawer. Walking over to Callie I had her the pills and she grabs a bottle of water from her night stand. Quickly swallowing the medicine and laying back on her bed.
"I brought you coffee and bagels. I didn't know how you were feeling, or if you would be hungry, but I know you love that little shop." I say searching for something, or anything to say.
"Coffee sounds amazing right now. I'll wait on the bagels though if that's alright." Callie says.
Handing her the coffee, I watch her take a long sip before setting it down and returning to her lying position.
"Well, I uh, I'll let you rest. I should go so you can sleep." I say turning towards the door. But I feel Callie's hand grab my wrist, stopping me.
"Stay." She says, and for the first time our eyes lock on one another's. "Lay with me Arizona." She pulls me towards her, and I climb behind her, wrapping my arms around her. My face nuzzling into her neck.
"I'll stay as long as you want me to Callie." I whisper into her ear.
"Then you won't ever be leaving." She says while shutting her eyes and pulling my arm tightly against her chest. No more words are said as I feel Callie's breathing become steady and her light snores fill the air. Closing my eyes, I let myself fall asleep as well. Completely content with her in my arms.
CALLIE'S POV
The sound of a ringing phone filling the air wakes me from my sleep. Letting my eyes flutter open, I feel Arizona's arm around me pulling me closer to her. I smile to myself. Remembering the way it felt to fall asleep with Arizona next to me. I had missed her like crazy.
"Uhhh, make it stop." Arizona mumbles from behind me.
"Arizona, babe, we need to wake up. It's 7:30 at night. We literally slept all day. And that is YOUR phone ringing, not mine." I say while sitting up.
Arizona pulls the phone out of her pocket and answers it. "Hi mom. Yea, yeah I'm fine. Sorry, Callie and I were taking a nap. Yes, well… I think so.. I don't know mom. Let me call you back tomorrow ok? I will, I promise. Love you and daddy too. Bye."
"That was a quick conversation. Everything alright?" I ask Arizona.
"Yeah, it was my mom. When she heard me say that you and I were taking a nap she started asking me 101 questions about us." She says and we both laugh.
"I think we need to get something to eat. I am starving, and feeling seriously dehydrated." I say to the blonde.
"Like, go get something together?" she asks, and I can tell she is still confused.
Walking over to the bed, I take a seat next to her, and grab both of her hand placing them in my lap.
"Arizona. Look, I know that things have been horrible. And I believe you when you tell me that nothing happened with her. Even though I am still pretty hurt, I can't help how I feel about you. I know I was pretty drunk last night, but I'm pretty sure you said you loved me, and I said it back. Because I do. We haven't been together that long, but I know this is right. What we have is real. And I want to try to work things out. Because calling you my ex-girlfriend feels so, so wrong." I say, and I see the tears in her eyes fall down her cheeks. Reaching up and wiping them with my finger, she grabs my hand and holds it against her cheek.
"I do love you Callie. And I am so, so sorry. I swear, I will never hurt you intentionally ever again. And I think that what we have is very real as well. And if you will give me one more chance, I will spend every day earning your trust back." She says and I can see nothing but truth in her eyes.
Leaning over I kiss her lips softly. Opening my eyes as we pull away, our foreheads resting together.
"So you are my girlfriend, again?" I ask.
"Yes. A thousand times yes." Arizona says with a huge smile, wrapping her arms around my neck.
We share one more kiss before breaking away and standing.
"Let's go get some food, ok?" Arizona says.
We both walk out of the door, feeling much happier than I have in the past week. A long, long, painful week without Arizona I have to admit.
We make it to a little burger joint right off of campus, and order our food. We catch up on gossip about our friends, laughing and stealing kisses. Luckily we are in a booth, closer to the back of the restaurant and Arizona places her hand on the back of my head and pulls me into a much more passionate kiss than we had yet to share today.
Pulling apart only because the need for air in my lungs, I look at my girlfriend and smile.
"Do you want to get out of here? Addison is staying with Derek tonight since Lexie and Mark went out of town… so I was thinking we could have a night alone." I suggest.
"That is an AWESOME idea. Let's go…" She says before we share one more hot kiss.
Dropping a tip on the table, Arizona grabs my hand and leads me out of the restaurant and towards my dorm. During our walk, we went from simply holding hands, to my arm around Arizona's shoulders and her arm around my waist. Holding each other as closely as possible. Deciding to cut through the quad to save time we notice our group of friends standing around talking and laughing.
"Well, well, well. Look what we have here." Addison says loudly.
"So you two love birds made up obviously." Christina adds.
"Yeah, well can you blame me? I mean she is incredibly hot." I say back while winking at Arizona. A smile quickly spreading across her face.
"It is about damn time. We were getting seriously sick of listening to the lesbian heartbreak saga. Seriously, it took everything I had not to write a country love song about you two. You provided us with ample ammunition for it. Those songs are all about losing you wife or your dog or whatever." Christina says causing everyone in the group to bust our laughing.
"Well, we would just love to stay and hang out with you comedians, but we are going to the room to watch a movie." I say before beginning to pull Arizona away.
"You mean 'make a movie'. Just don't use my video camera… OR MY BED!" Addison says and once again they all die laughing.
"Just for that, we will use your bed first" Arizona yells back towards them as we walk away.
Oh I plan on using every free space of that room tonight…. We have an entire week to make up for…
