I want to start by saying sorry for the long wait. I'll try to do better at updating. Hope you like this new chapter.

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CHAPTER 13

The rest of the afternoon after Callie's doctors appointment was a extremely quiet. Neither of the girls knew how to talk about what happened. Should they just forget it ever happened or do something about it…go on a date maybe? Each had their own idea of what they wanted to do. Arizona wanted to forget it ever happened, Callie needed Arizona to be her best friend. Arizona wasn't sure how to act and neither was Callie.

Grocery shopping between the two was off putting. Each took a cart of their own and made their way down the aisles placing food and personal items into the carts. Anytime they would catch a glimpse of the other woman they would turn the cart the other way and pretend to need whatever why found there. At one point Arizona was looking intently at a box of condoms just to avoid eye contact with Callie, the audacity of the situation was comical to Arizona. She was a gold star lesbian and had no need to expose her eyes to a box of condoms. Arizona vowed from then on to just act normal. What was the worse that could happen? She couldn't see Callie kicking her to the curb over a kiss that probably didn't mean anything to her anyways, it was just the heat of the moment.

Callie wasn't faring much better than Arizona. She was walking up and down the food aisles thinking about anything except food. Her mind was stuck on the kiss she had shared with her best friend, a kiss that she actually liked but didn't know what to do about. She wasn't ready for a relationship. Hell she wasn't even ready to date. Callie was throwing random items into the cart not really paying attention to what they were when her phone began to ring. Pulling out her phone she looked at the screen seeing a picture of her beautiful best friend… one of them anyone… just not the one currently taking over her mind.

"Hey Addy" Callie said with a sad and distracted voice.

"Hey Cal" Addison said back a smirk evident in her voice. "So that appointment was interesting. How are you feeling about all that?"

"Confused, and not ready to do anything about it" Callie laughed into the phone.

"Confused about what Callie… Twins means their are two babies. Do you need me to go into the medical definition of how these things happen?" Addison said back coyly.

"Not what I was talking about and you know it!" Callie didn't have time for jokes she was freaking out. "What am I going to do Addy?"

"Buy two of everything" Addison laughed into the phone.

"Okay I'm just gonna go… you aren't helping" Callie shot back. "Bye."

"Cal wait, I'm sorry. Having twins is exciting news, I'm happy about that. You get to have the little girl you always wanted and you also get to have a little version of Greg. It's like a little gift from above or something… You know I'm not religious." Addison answered back truthfully.

"I know Add my mind is just stuck on everything else that happened in that exam room… you know really it's just stuck on one moment in particular... the kiss" Callie said stopping mid aisle and looking at the contents of her cart before sighing.

"Yeah I thought that you might be stressing out over that" Addison said "why don't we do lunch tomorrow and you can fill me in on how things are going and how this situation came about. Until then though talk to Arizona Cal… standing in the middle of a grocery store with a cart full of junk food is a little pathetic."

"What? How do you? Where are you Addison?" Callie shot back looking around her for any sign of Addison.

"You can hang up now Cal" Addison said putting her hand on Callie's shoulder from behind.

"Addison! What are you doing here?" Callie said smiling and giving Addison the biggest hug possible.

"I'm here to make sure that you don't stress out about this situation with Arizona. Stressing out while pregnant isn't a good thing especially when you are having twins." Addison said with obvious worry in her voice.

"Obviously I know that Ad. I'm just worried about confronting Arizona about what happened…" Callie said looking down at the contents of her cart and concluding that she should just leave it abandon somewhere and start over.

"What are you worried about? The fact that you liked it?" Addison said a knowing smile on her face.

"What? Who? How do you know that?" Callie said head snapping up and locking eyes with Addison as she waited for an answer.

"Callie I know you and I love you but you wear your heart on your sleeve. I haven't seen you as happy with anyone as you were with Arizona before you kissed her. I loved Greg you know that and I know that you loved him too but Callie he isn't coming back and I know that he would want you to move on and be happy. If Arizona makes you happy then I say go for it." Addison said laughing down at the cart still situated next to them. "I think that you might want to ditch that in the baby food aisle and start over."

"Wait… You are okay with this? I mean no spiel about Arizona being a woman and to watch out and not get your heart broken and all that?" Callie said shock evident on her face. "It's not like it matters anyways. I'm a mess Addie. I can't even think about dating let alone a relationship. Arizona deserves someone who can give her what she wants and that isn't me."

"How do you know that isn't you?" Addie shot back quickly. "Maybe she wants to pursue this with you. It's obvious you like her Cal, you wear your heart on your sleeve. Maybe she likes you too. Maybe you are exactly what she needs."

"How am I suppose to know that?" Callie asked.

"How couldn't she want you Cal? You are a catch and you're smoking hot." Addison said taking interest in a box of Lucky Charms on the shelf in front of her.

"Arizona probably has women lining up for her. She is gorgeous Addie. She could have anyone she wants. She doesn't want this hot mess" Callie said motioning to her body with a sadness in her voice.

"Have you ever thought that maybe she wants you?" Addison asked back honestly.

Callie threw her head back laughing. "Yeah I believe that about as much as I believe that cereal you are holding is healthy."

"Listen Callie all I'm trying to say is don't sell yourself short. Pursue a relationship or don't I don't care. All I'm saying is she makes you the happiest I have ever seen you, Greg included, and the Arizona I saw in that exam room was acting like more than a best friend. I have seen many men less worried about a simple ultrasound than Arizona was with you. She cares about you Callie." Addison said looking directly at Callie so that she really heard what she was saying.

"Thanks for the support Ads. I hope that you are right. I just don't know if I'm ready for a relationship but I'll think about it." Callie said smiling.

"What is it that you are going to think about?" Arizona asked as she rounded the corner and walked into the breakfast aisle that Addison and Callie were frequenting.

Callie looked stunned to see Arizona and began floundering for words before Addison stepped in and saved that day.

"I was just asking Callie if she wanted to come by the hospital tomorrow and grab lunch with me." Addison said smiling at Arizona. Callie, who was now standing behind Arizona, mouthed thank you to Addison.

"Oh I see. I have worked at said hospital for more than a month now and she has never come to have lunch with me. I must admit I'm a little jealous." Arizona said popping a dimpled smile at Callie to show she was mostly kidding.

"Well how about you join us then? Maybe then I can get Callie to at least leave the house." Addison laughed.

"Wow. Now you two are teaming up on me. This is so not fair." Callie shot back.

"Come on Cal. You need to get out of the house come have lunch with us. I get off at two tomorrow anyways so just grab a cab to the hospital and after lunch I'll drive us home." Arizona said looking at Addison and nodding.

"I don't know…" Callie shot back.

"Please Cal? Please?" Arizona said pulling out the cutest pout Callie had ever seen melting her on the spot as blue eyes shined into hers begging her to come to the hospital for lunch.

"Alright fine, but only if you do me a favor" Callie started.

"Already on it. I'll be back in two minutes with a new cart, there is no way you are eating any of the crap you managed to throw in this cart." Arizona said taking a box of Trix out of the cart and examining it. "None of this crap has any nutritional value." Throwing the box back into the cart she moved herself behind the filled cart and began to head towards the front of the store; stopping when she found a clerk and explaining that she found the cart in an aisle unoccupied and was hoping they would be willing to reshelve the items. Leaving the cart with the clerk Arizona continued on her way to get a new cart almost skipping.

"Well I now know how to get you to do anything." Addison whispered in Callie's ear startling her out of staring at Arizona's skip steps.

"Huh?" Callie said not quite hearing what Addison had just said.

"I said, I now know how to get you to do anything." Addison said again this time a little louder.

"How's that?" Callie said confused.

"Just have Arizona beg" Addison smirked.

"Shut up!" Callie shot back.

"What it would totally work and you know it" Addison said smiling. "Now I have some shopping of my own to do you love birds buy some healthy foods for those babies and I'll see you both tomorrow at 12:30 for lunch. Grab Arizona from the peds floor and meet me at my office we can all walk to the cafeteria together."

"Sounds like a plan! See you then." Callie wrapped Addison in a firm hug.

"Bye Cal." Addison said back before turning and heading off towards the other side of the store just as Arizona walked up with a empty cart.

"Alright Cal lets do our grocery shopping together like we planned and talk about all of the rest of this stuff later." Arizona said guiding the cart down the aisle.

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Two hours later and Callie and Arizona were home, groceries had been unloaded, and they still hadn't talked about what happened in the exam room after finding out Callie was having twins.

Avoidance had become their favorite new tactic. They were unsure how to bring it up so they just acted like everything was the same and for the most part it worked. Callie went about cooking dinner and Arizona went to study a case she was going to work on at work tomorrow.

Upstairs Arizona wasn't getting much studying done. She could not stop thinking about all of the feelings she was having for Callie. That kiss they shared in the exam room made Arizona feel things that she didn't think even existed. She always assumed that sparks between people were a thing only found in fairy tales but she felt them. She felt them for her best friend. Her straight best friend… At least Arizona thought she was straight. She hadn't heard any different. Oh yeah, and Callie was pregnant with TWINS! Arizona never saw herself with kids… Well not until recently and even then she was just planning on being 'aunt Zona'. Arizona's mind was piling up the reasons that she should pack up her things and leave, walk right out the front door and never look back. But looking at her suitcase felt wrong. How could she leave her best friend Callie? Her pregnant best friend that she promised she wouldn't leave. Arizona doesn't break promises, she is a good man in a storm, she prides herself on being reliable.

Arizona shook her head and cleared her thoughts knowing that their was only one way to deal with what had happened. To give Callie a get out of jail free card per sae. After all Callie was hormonal and probably didn't mean for the kiss to happen anyways.

When dinner was done Callie called up the stairs to Arizona just like she had done for over the past two months. Dinner brought easy conversation and laughter just like it had throughout their past and things were really going well. Until Arizona popped the pretty pink bubble they were in.

"So all this avoiding the elephant in the room is wonderful but are we ever going to talk about what happened today? I personally would like to never find myself staring at a box of condoms ever again." Arizona winced as she thought about her time at the grocery store and then downed the wine in her glass quickly.

"Wait… What?" Callie said. "Are you seriously that disgusted by condoms?"

"Yes. I'm a gold star lesbian Callie… I find everything penis related makes me want to gag." Arizona scowled before shaking her head and coming to her senses. "Hey, no changing the subject! We need to talk about that kiss."

"I would rather not." Callie said under her breath.

"What was that?" Arizona said back with an inquisitive look on her face.

"Nothing." Callie said back grabbing her own wine glass which was filled with apple juice and downing the contents without even thinking.

"Callie you just lost your husband and you are pregnant. It's understandable that you acted out of excitement and kissed me. I'm not going to say that I didn't like it though. Callie you are gorgeous and you are my best friend I would be crazy not to have enjoyed it. I also know that you are straight and that nothing can come of that kiss so lets just try to forget it happened." Arizona said.

"But…" Callie began.

"No but's Cal. It's fine. We are still fine. Now lets stop acting like it's a big deal and move on. You need me to be your best friend and you need to relax and not worry about anything. Being pregnant with twins is a lot to handle both physically and emotionally."

"I know." Callie answered completely thrown by the one-sided conversation having in front of her. How could she tell Arizona she wasn't trying to forget the kiss? Did she want to tell Arizona? She was torn about everything going on in her head and didn't know what to do. Callie did know one thing though. She was not ready for a relationship no matter how much chemistry she felt in that one kiss.

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