Disclaimer: I never owned, do not own and will never own Grey's Anatomy (unfortunately) but I do own this story.

Okay so I got some really good (and frustrated) reviews for the last chapter…that was great! So I finished pre-writing this when I woke up this morning and typed it right after (with a few breaks of course). So here it is guys, Chapter 12 of MyMarine.

Enjoy!

It was Monday morning and Arizona was sitting in Biochem class. She was eager for Burke to finish his lecture because she needed to get away from the eyes that had been trained on the back of her head since class started. She knew why she was being watched, she had been MIA for all of Sunday. She had not answered any calls or IM's and the only person who knew where she was had been sworn to secrecy. After Saturday night she had to get away and the only place she could go was home, so that's where she went. Her parents were overseas with her uncle and so the house was empty. That day she stayed in, cleaned the house from top to bottom (not that it needed to be cleaned) and ignored the IM's from Rockstar and the numerous phone calls from said person and Mark Sloan. Despite trying to ignore the source of the problem, the image of that woman kissing Callie was burned into her mind, there was no way to get rid of it and despite the betrayal that she felt, the most prominent emotion that went through her was anger, but it was directed at neither Callie nor the blonde bimbo but at herself. It was only a few nights before that she had told herself that having anything that was more than a friendship with Callie was a bad idea but what happened, what she saw Saturday night made her jealous and peeved at Callie for allowing that to happen. Persons who were not interested in someone did not get jealous and upset by that someone's actions. It was there that she realized that no matter what she told herself to help her get over Callie would not work because there definitely was something different about her. She was not like the other newborns that Arizona had known, not like the ones Arizona had accused her of being. Even with this revelation, she woke up Monday morning dreading going to Biochem class and so she moved through her morning sluggishly to ensure that she arrived at her seat just seconds before Burke walked in.

Arizona looked at her watch and willed the last five minutes to pass so she could escape Callie and her chocolate brown eyes. Burke's deep voice droned on as he gave the class their reading assignment and told them what he expected them to take away from the reading. When he finished speaking, the moment Arizona had been waiting for had since class started had finally arrived.

Burke placed his papers in his briefcase and locked it, "Alright I'll see you all on Thursday."
There was a cacophony of bags being zipped, papers being ruffled and the occasional creaking of a seat as someone got up. Arizona was one of the first persons to get up and when she turned around she avoided the gaze of the soft brown eyes that were pleading with her. She grabbed Teddy's hand and pulled her towards the door. The taller blonde furrowed her brows at her best friend before looking towards the back of the room and finding Callie's eyes on them…on Arizona actually.

When they had left the lecture hall and they were walking across the Quad Teddy spoke, "She's really sorry, you know."

"Excuse me?" Arizona asked looking up at the woman walking beside her.

"Callie. I was talking to her –" Teddy began only to be cut off by the other blonde.

"Oh so you two are friends now. Peachy," Arizona said, walking faster to get away from her roommate.

"Arizona, don't be like that!" Teddy ran after her and spoke when she caught up to her again. "She really likes you. You should give her a chance and let her explain."

Arizona turned to glare at the other woman, "This is none of your business, Teddy."

"No, but you are my business. You're my roommate, you're my best friend, and you're my sister, Arizona. You are my business and right now you're screwing with your life because that girl really and truly likes you; she's deeply sorry that she hurt you and she wants to make it right but you're not answering your phone, hiding away for the weekend and just completely ignoring her."

Arizona's cold, blue eyes looked at her, "Stay out of this, Theodora."

"No." She continued walking beside Arizona, "This is more than the kiss isn't it?" the shorter woman was staring daggers into her but Teddy did not care, "Because Morgan cheated on you last year and you took her back. It had to happen again before you allowed me to force you to let her go. A girl kissed Callie and you're up and ready to let her slip away."

"Don't bring Morgan into this," Arizona said turning on her best friend. "Don't you dare compare Callie to her!"

The two had stopped walking by now, "Then what is it, Arizona?"

She looked around and dropped her bag under the shade of a tree, falling to sit beside it seconds later. Teddy followed her lead and Arizona looked around them again. She leaned in despite no one being around, "Callie's a newborn and I don't date newborns."

Teddy looked at her pointedly, "Seriously Arizona?"

"Yes seriously. They're too…uncertain, all they want to do is experiment and I'm not up for that now or ever again. I've had my fair share of newborns and hell's gonna freeze over before I find myself with another one."

Teddy shook her head, "I should have known that it was a stupid reason."

"It's not stupid, Theodora. I've been gay since forever. I was a little gay fetus and I don't have time to babysit and nurture a newborn lesbian," Arizona said plucking at the grass around her backpack.

"Okay, you're right it's not a stupid reason but come on Arizona, give the girl a chance. Since I've known you you've been in four relationships and none of them have been as into you and concerned about what you think and feel as Callie has been and you two haven't even been on a date yet," Teddy said, watching Arizona take interest in the grass around them.

"All of that's great and all Teddy but I can't date her. I've set boundaries for myself and I'm not gonna change them for Callie."

Teddy shrugged, "It's your call, do what you want but I'm telling you this as your best friend, you're making a huge mistake, Arizona." She continued plucking at the grass as Teddy spoke, stood and left her alone.

Her phone rang a minute and a half after Teddy left, it was her mother.

"Hey Mom, what's up?" she abandoned the green stalks growing around her in favor of lying on the grass.

"'Zona, baby. How are you?" Barbara Robbins' voice came through the device, her Bostonian accent thick.

"I'm good, Momma; I just got out of class. How was your trip?"

"It was great! We had so much fun and your dad got a tan, your uncle caught the biggest fish I have ever seen and I have so many pictures to show you, darling," Barbra gushed.

"That does sound great," Arizona responded.

"Yeah. How's Christian? Has he gotten better?" Barbara asked, concern for her nephew sounding in her voice.

"Not much. His doctors are still saying that there's a chance that he won't wake up but they're still holding on," Arizona said as she closed her eyes and saw the image of her cousin lying on the hospital bed.

"Oh dear. We were planning to go to the hospital today, do you want to meet us there?" Barbara asked her daughter.

"Sorry, I can't meet you, Momma. I have this research project to work on and I visited Chris yesterday."

"Oh okay, darling. Here's your father, he wants to say hi." The phone was passed from the matriarch to The Colonel and his deep voice boomed through the earpiece.

"Arizona, honey, how are you?" When she was a child Arizona was never close to her father. With him being the authoritative figure that he was, she was more afraid of him. But with Tim's death they had come together as a family to support and comfort each other. Daniel Robbins had become protective of his daughter. He had outright told her no when she suggested ending her education to join the Marines like the Robbins before her. Her mother told her how her father was unable to sleep for days after she had told him because he had nightmares of his only living child being blown to bits in a desert somewhere.

"I'm good, Dad. I'm just really tired from all the work and other stuff that's been happening,"

Daniel's voice was concerned, "You need to get more sleep, sweetheart. Even Marines have to shut down sometimes."

"I know, Dad. I will soon, I promise."

"Okay, honey. Arizona, were you here while we were gone?"

"Yes, I was there yesterday, why?" she asked sitting up.

"Because the picture of Timothy that was on my desk is in your room," the Colonel explained.

"Oh yeah. I just wanted to get off campus yesterday so I went home and when I was going to sleep last night I wanted someone to watch over me because you weren't there."

"Oh, it's okay sweetie," Daniel said softly to his child. "I think I heard your mom telling you that we're going to be visiting Christian today right?"

She retook her position and looked up at the leaves of the tree, "Yeah she did but I can't come tonight because I have to meet with my partner and get some work done on our research project."

"Okay, honey. I hope we'll get to see you soon."

"You will, Dad. I'm thinking about coming home sometime during this week and maybe spending a night."

That would be great; your mom really misses you," the man said.

Arizona smirked, "I miss you too, Dad." Daniel laughed along with his daughter.

"Well I'm going to leave you now. Get some sleep, honey."

"I will. Tell Uncle hi for me please."

"Will do. Love you," there was another shout of 'love you' in the background.

"I love both of you too." With that the call ended and Arizona was left looking at patches of dark green against a sky blue background.

A few hours later, at two thirty, Arizona met with Mark over a late lunch and to her pleasure the conversation was mostly on Biochemistry and their research but of course it could not stay that way forever.

Mark bit into his shiny red apple, "What's up with you and Torres?"

"Can you please keep focused, Mark," Arizona said, skipping her page with way more force than necessary.

"I am focused but she's my best friend, you're my friend and neither of you have been the same since Saturday night," Mark said placing his half eaten apple in front of him and leaning forward to rest his weight on his arms that were folded on the table.

"She's your best friend so talk to her about it. We," she gestured between herself and him, "are research partners so we talk about our research and not my personal life, got it?" she glared at him.

He spoke again and Arizona rolled her eyes, "You asked me a while back if I was going to tell you not to hurt her or I'll hurt you and I said no but I'm going to tell you now. If you ever hurt her, it will not be pretty for you. She likes you, she really likes you and yes, Callie falls in love easily but you're special to her Robbins, but if you break her like those two bastards before you did…you will not like me." Arizona could do nothing but watch as he collected his books and apple and left the table, discarding his fruit on his way out of the dining hall.

She had believed that she had two friends but they had both refused to take her side, Mark was understandable, Teddy not so much. She knew they both wanted what was best for her and it seemed as though they thought Callie was best. But despite what they thought, she could not find it within herself to think the same. Yes, she was still attracted to the other woman but that did not matter because Callie was a newborn and she was being kissed by another blue-eyed blonde.

Arizona took up her backpack and books and left for her second class of the day. Although Arizona, and almost every other student, disliked Professor Stark, she had to admit that his course was one of the most interesting that she had taken. An hour and a half later she left the lecture hall and headed to her dorm. As she expected Teddy was not around even though she usually was at that time. Arizona threw her bag on her bed and changed into her workout gear. She grabbed her racquet, her balls, her glasses and gloves along with her iPod and its dock.

Fifteen minutes later she was at the Athletic Center and for the next hour she channeled all her anger, hurt and frustration into hitting the little red ball against the clear walls. She stopped when she noticed someone watching her from behind. She stopped the ball and turned to face her visitor. Blue eyes rolled in their sockets when Arizona saw who it was.

"You're really good at this," the woman said opening the clear door to enter the court.

"That's why I play on the team," Arizona responded, wiping away the sweat that was on her face and arms.

"Oh. We have a team?" she asked.

"Have you ever been on this side of campus before today, Addison?" Arizona asked and her tone was snarky.

The redhead scoffed, "Yes. I've just never been to the lower level before."

"And I'm guessing that you don't keep up with sports news around the campus either, do you?" Addison shook her head and Arizona rolled her eyes again. "I know why you're here and I don't want to hear about how I'm fucking with my life by what I'm doing," okay so maybe not all of her anger was directed towards the ball that was sitting on her racquet. Addison nodded understandingly and Arizona continued, "Who sent you here anyways?" She took a sip of water from her bottle.

"Callie, Mark and Teddy," Addison answered, taking a seat beside the pink iPod sitting on the dock paying rock music around the court.

"Oh great," Arizona said sarcastically. "They couldn't do it so they send you to get the job done. Don't waste your time, Addison."

Addison looked at her, I spoke to all of them before I came here; I know about Erica kissing Cal, I know about the 'newborn' thing and I know that Mark threatened you earlier so I won't go into any of that. I'll just say what I need to say and leave."

After a minute of contemplation Arizona sat in front of Addison and turned down the volume on her iPod, "Give me your best shot."

"Okay. I'm gonna start with the Erica thing," Arizona's jaw clenched but she nodded, "It might touch on the newborn thing just a bit but bear with me, okay?" she nodded again. Addison took a breath, "Honestly, I didn't know that Cal and Hahn had a thing going on in college but now that I know that everything makes sense. That summer she left on, what I thought was a whim, to go to Botswana to help in the Peace Corps."

Before Addison could say anything else Arizona cut her off, "Callie was in the Peace Corps?"

Addison nodded and continued, "I spoke to her when I could and she sounded happy but I knew there was something else, I just couldn't place it. Anyways, she came back the week before we started school here and it was like she was a whole other person. I've known Callie since she was six, that's seventeen years and never have I seen her as broken as she was that week. I just thought that it was because of something that had happened in Africa; now I know that it's because she had to come home to a place where she had planned to be with her girlfriend and had realized that it really was not going to happen. She tried for months to get over whatever it was and when that didn't work she started screwing Mark," Arizona's eyes closed for a few seconds and her hands formed tight fists. "That went on for a while until Mark held some kind of one man intervention and she began the process of fixing herself. What I'm saying is that I watched her singlehandedly put herself back together after that bitch ripped her into a million pieces and left her." Addison paused for a while before continuing, "Cal's strong, she doesn't need our help but the fact that she came to us about you means something, Arizona. You mean something to her. Hell she came out because of you. If that doesn't mean that you're special to her then I don't know what does," Addison said looking into blue eyes. "That kiss that you saw Saturday was not Callie's fault. She's done with Erica; she only wants you and knowing that I know that Callie would never, ever kiss Erica willingly. You have to believe her when she tells you that. When it comes to love Callie doesn't play. If she likes you then she likes you no matter what but what I've seen her show to you is more than a simple attraction, Arizona, she wants you and all she wants is for you to feel the same."

Arizona hung her head to avoid Addison's gaze, "I do but it's so hard doing that with all the hurt and pain I've been through with relationships like this."

The redhead leaned forward and placed a hand on Arizona's arm, "I'm not going to tell you that Callie won't hurt you but I can promise you that she will never hurt you intentionally. She adores you and I think that what happened Saturday night has hurt her more than you think." Addison let her hand fall and leaned back against the clear wall. "Yes Callie is new to this whole lesbian thing but being a newcomer has never stopped her before. The Peace Corps thing, I believe that that was the first time any Torres I know has ever physically gone somewhere and helped out. I mean they do send money, and lots of it, to places and organizations in need but Callie was the first to send herself and she still sends money every six months to the orphanage that she helped build…Aria definitely didn't do that."

"Excuse me?" Arizona asked.

"Ignore that last part about Aria," Addison said with a wave of her hand.

"Okay, but you said that Callie is from money?" Arizona asked furrowing her brows.

"Yeah, you didn't know?" Addison asked tilting her head to the side.

Arizona shook her head, "We haven't gotten much opportunity to go into family details," she was being snarky again but Addison brushed it off.

"Okay well yeah, she is; her dad owns hotels here and in a couple other countries." She continued as though she had not just revealed a big part of Callie's life. "Did you know that she was the only freshman in our college's senior choir? The choir wasn't for upperclassmen only it's just that you have to really wow the choir masters and usually only upperclassmen do that but Callie did too at her first audition. She ended up playing a major part in them winning gold that year and the years after that," Addison smiled, she was proud of her best friend. "Oh and she said that I should tell you that she makes an excellent chicken piccata that you'd be missing out on if you don't change your mind and believe me, she isn't lying," the blanket of red behind her danced slightly as she nodded. "So…despite being a newbie I'm sure Callie can handle herself. She'll show you that not all newborns are the same. She's strong and honorable, she can handle her own. Don't tell her that I told you this, okay?" She continued when Arizona nodded, "When we were in high school one of our classmates had to get a few dozen stitches because he was taunting Cal. The kid, J. Homer Schoenfeld was a dick, he was prissy and uptight and someone should have done what Callie did to him earlier in his life. He was always calling Callie his muse and she ignored it until one day he took it too far and she snapped. She broke his nose and his jawbone; he cried like a bitch baby and Callie got off almost scot free because the principal had spoken to him about it before."

"Homer's muse? Cal…Calliope?" Arizona mused. "Callie's full name is Calliope?"

Addison nodded, "Don't call her by it or tell her that I told you, she hates it." Arizona nodded not really paying attention to what the woman in front of her was saying. "I just want you to realize that Callie thinks you're special and that you're worth it and she only wants you to feel the same way about her and stop with the 'she's a newborn' nonsense because that has never stopped her and it won't this time. She's not going to back down until you tell her to her face that you don't want her and I know you can't do that because you still do and she knows it too so get your act together and go out on that date that you asked her out on and if you find that she's like the others then tell her and leave her be, That's all I ask, okay?" Arizona nodded and Addison got up to leave. "By the way, you need to tighten your grip on so that your back-court backhand shot doesn't go flying all over the place. The shot needs a whole lot of control so tighten up," Arizona looked at Addison stunned and watched her leave.

She turned up her music and took up her racquet and ball before placing her glasses on her face and resuming her practice. She played for the next two hours without knowing it and when she stopped her blonde hair had come loose and was matted to her forehead and her tank top was wet with sweat. She wiped her face and drank the rest of her water before lying on the court. Addison was right, tightening her grip on the shot did help her game a whole lot. But that was not the only thing the redhead had been right about. She was right that Arizona knew that Callie was worth it, what other reason was there for her feelings not leaving despite everything she told herself about the woman not being right for her? Arizona had realized that she still wanted the Latina but because she was so stubborn she had refused to allow herself to believe Callie and to believe in Callie. And so she did what she normally did when she met a problem, she ran…and this is where Teddy was right. Unlike the other girls she dated, newborn or not, Callie chased her and the evidence was on her phone, the dozens of unanswered IM's, missed calls and voice messages from Callie and Mark and the interventions that their friends staged was proof that this woman was not just another girl. Arizona knew what she had to do but first she had to shower and change.

An hour later she was sitting on her bed with her phone in her hands. Her chat screen was up but she was too nervous to type anything. After a few minutes of silently encouraging herself she began typing.

The_Marine: Hey, we need to talk. Can you meet me at Big Ben at 9:30?

She was surprised when Callie responded soon after.

Rockstar: Okay sure.

Arizona sighed in relief. She had an hour and fifteen minutes before she had to tell Callie what she thought and what she felt. Maybe she should have taken her parents' offer to visit Christian tonight; it would have saved her from having to do this. No, she had to do it, she wanted to do it. Callie had to know, she deserved to know. Arizona spent the next hour making notes for her research and with fifteen minutes left she left her room.

The night was cold and she contemplated going for a sweater but she could not risk the chance of Callie showing up and not seeing her there. She wrapped her arms around herself and walked quickly across the Quad and to the tree standing in front of Pierce Hall. There was no one there but then again, Callie had five minutes to show up. Arizona sat with her back to the tree watching a few people mill around the campus. The chapel bell rang signaling nine thirty.

When the chiming stopped a voice spoke from behind Arizona, "I didn't think you'd actually show up."

Arizona turned around and looked at Callie who also had her hands wrapped around her body even though she was in her jacket, "Same here."

The Latina sat in the same position as the blonde but to her right, "So what did you want to talk to me about so badly that you came out of hiding?"

Arizona took a breath, "I've had quite a day. I got my ass handed to me by three of our friends, one of whom is my best friend and roommate."

"Arizona what are you getting at?" Callie asked turning her head to look at the shorter woman.

"You're not hearing me, Calliope, sometime –" Arizona began.

"Did you just call me Calliope? I'm going to kill Addison!" Callie growled.

"Before you do that hear me out okay? Sometimes I panic in the moment and I call it wrong…I misjudge a situation. So…if you're up for it I'd like to take you to dinner."

Callie said nothing for a few seconds she simply stared a Arizona dumbfounded before shrugging and getting up, "Maybe."

It was Arizona's turn to be shocked, "Maybe?"

Looking down at the smaller woman, "Yeah; my schedule's kinda insane right now so I'll get back to you." Callie walked off leaving Arizona nodding in surprise. She took a few steps away before stopping and turning around, "How's uh tomorrow?" Arizona chuckled before breaking out into a huge dimpled smile to signal yes. When Callie saw this, her own face grew a smile to mirror the blonde's, "I'll see you tomorrow then, Marine."

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