AN: First; I'm very happy that you all cheer for Callie to go to San Francisco and stick up for her woman (and for herself?). Second, you guys… I'm really enjoying writing this story and your excitement just makes me even more excited about writing it. I must've gotten my writer's joy back. So thank you!
AN/2: This one's for Lianne, you know why!...and because she's never had a Coconut Latte!
AN/3: It's actually 3am in my country now. I've worked my butt off to finish this chapter, so you'll have to bear with the typos ect. ENJOY!
Arizona's POV
Groaning Arizona grabbed her phone…7:03 am, two hours till she had to face the crowd of horrible ideas and possibly potential new children's book authors. She couldn't help but feel a tiny bit excited, though. She could mold these newborns into little geniuses and make thousands and thousands of children worldwide…or at least in America…smile and enlightened in the magic their worlds were actually able to hold. Rubbing her eyes with her free hand, Arizona climbed out of bed; the bed that had tried to keep her warm last night but unfortunately had failed. The only thing that actually succeeded in making Arizona feel the right warmth was Callie. And right now that source of warmness was so far away. She sighed heavily as she headed for the bathroom to get ready for her class. Before disrobing completely she began typing on her phone.
Good morning Beautiful,
How was your night?
I'm up and I'm cold, and I think it's caused by the lack of your warm body next to me. I miss you and I can't wait to see you again.
Hope you save a lot of butts – make me proud!
xxx – A.
P.S. I smell like you.
Grinning at the display she pressed send and tossed the phone onto the nightstand. She really missed Callie, she like really missed her. It was a feeling she didn't thought possible. They'd only been apart for 24 hours but her thoughts kept circling back to the last time she'd touched that magnificent body and the image of future encounters she planned on having with that said body. She thought about how those deep brown eyes could turn her whole day with just one look into them. It was like a wave with a magic wand. Callie had so suddenly dropped down…from heaven and…into her life and lightened up every shade of grey and black and other dour colors her life had been covered in. Callie had made her entire world sparkle in indescribable colors, colors no human being would never be capable of ever attempting on describing. They were so pure and just- they were all just Callie.
As Arizona slid into the shower cabinet she glued the picture of Callie to her mind…not that it ever disappeared anyway…and let the spray caress her skin, prickle her soft spots and wash away all her worries of a certain other woman turning up in her life yet again. Shaking her head to get the latter woman out of her head, Arizona squeezed the shampoo bottle and coated her hands with the white mass, swirling it into her wet hair. The smell of coconut filling Arizona's nose as she let the soap sink into her every pore as it slid down her naked form.
Entering the classroom, Arizona was met with soft chitchat from every pupil and she quickly got taken back to when she was one of those hopeful and eager writers herself. Slowly walking down the stairs to where the big desk was situated, Arizona smiled to the students she passed on her way. Looking one last time at her phone to see if Callie had replied, she tugged her phone back in the front pocket of her jeans with a small sigh…she must be in surgery. When she finally reached the desk she placed her bag upon it and lifted her head to gaze at the awaiting faces. As Arizona let her eyes wander the big room where her students were sat in bows almost all the way up to the roof, her eyes caught sight of the same blue eyes she'd looked into the night before in the hotel bar. Quickly removing her eyes from the ones trying to lock themselves upon hers, Arizona cleared her throat to get everyone's attention.
"Good morning, everyone. I hope you've all got a good night's sleep and did your homework?" Arizona raised her voice and smiled. "Today's the dream day. Who's got a childhood dream for me?"
"I dreamed of you, Miss Robbins," a voice spoke as the room filled with laughter and sexy whistling. A round of 'me too's' mingled in the air as Arizona awkwardly smiled.
"Oh, is that so?" Arizona chuckled. "And what would your name be?"
"Andrew. Andrew Watts."
"Well, Andrew. I really appreciate you being honest about your dream," she smiled, making the entire room chuckle. "But that wasn't your task for today's writing lesson, was it? I'm not sure I'd fit into a children's book."
"No, ma'am," Andrew winked at her.
"Dude, she's like…not into you," the young man sat next to him slapped the back of his head and the room burst into another fit of laughter.
"Now," Arizona tried. "Let's get on with the dreams. Who would like to start?"
"I once dreamed about my bunny being sucked into a volcano," a young woman revealed.
All the while Arizona nodded, consulted, guided, and answered as well as she knew how to, she felt those eyes on her the whole time. It was like they drilled themselves into her left side, making Arizona want to vomit…why did she have to be here, her class wasn't even until 2pm? Arizona kept a smile on her face the entire class through, though. At 11:30 she called it off for lunch break and the minds of the students were once again focused on chitchatting and not coloring and interpreting dreams and turning them into possible cartoons or heroes.
Heading to the canteen to grab something to eat, Arizona once again felt gawked. Stopping in her tracks, she turned her head and was instantly being pulled into a pair of eyes she didn't want to drown in.
"Hey, A-doll," Nelly tilted her head and shoot Arizona a big smile. "Great work in there," she motioned to the door with her chin. "You really got'em hooked. The boys, too."
"Nelly," Arizona sighed. "Don't."
"Oh, come on, Arizona. I thought we talked about it last night? I thought… I thought we-" Nelly's voice laced with sadness as it came out as a whisper. "I thought we were good…now?"
Arizona dragged Nelly into a free conference room by her arm. Closing the door and raising her hands, Arizona took a deep breath. "Nelly, you need to go. I can't have you around me anymore. Last night was the last time. I can't see you…not here, not at the hotel, not anymore. I'm with Callie and I love Callie, not that I need to explain anything to you. I don't owe you one bit. Why can't you just do us both a favor and stay out of my life…for good this time?" Arizona begged because she wasn't above begging at this time. She needed Nelly to back off and she needed space.
"But… Arizona, I told you I was sorry," Nelly's blue eyes pierced Arizona's soul. Once those eyes had actually been able to bring her soul happiness but now all they did was open old wounds Arizona thought had been healed long before. Apparently not quite. How come she didn't squirm when looking into them? How come she didn't want to throw Nelly against a wall and yell? Arizona shook her head in attempt to clear her mind. How come it didn't help? How come she still didn't want to yell at Nelly? "I'm so, so sorry, Arizona. Can we please start over?"
"No," Arizona deadpanned as she reached for the doorknob. "There's nothing to start over. Yesterday was last time we ever had a conversation not regarding a professional errand. It's done, Nelly," she stated flatly as she opened the door. In the second the wind from the door's opening brushed her face it hit her. Nelly didn't matter; all the things in the past didn't matter. She'd risen above, she'd moved on. And for her to completely do that had to mean that she'd found something else to fit into that void, and she had…Calliope Torres.
"Arizona," Nelly tried, grabbing Arizona's wrist. "Please?" she kept her in place but Arizona wriggled herself out of Nelly's touch.
"Miss. Robertson," Arizona nodded as she spun around on her heels only to stop dead in her tracks at the sight that greeted her. "Calliope?"
Arizona hadn't in her wildest imagination expected Callie to appear in San Francisco let alone at the university. But now she was face to face with those delicious eyes she'd been dreaming of last night…and all her life…but they didn't look like they used to. Arizona knew what kept them from glowing and instead coated them in a membrane of discourage and anger. And definitely heartbrokenness, it was clear to everyone present; even Nelly who had placed herself next to Arizona, waiting for the two women's interaction.
She didn't take her eyes off of Callie, she couldn't. Arizona was paralyzed and her heart pounded so hard she thought her chest could burst any minute. There was really no reason for her to feel the way she felt but the look upon the glorious face of her girlfriend made her whole world crash. Knowing that she once again was the one causing that face to break broke Arizona's heart anew. Stepping closer to Callie, she slowly crossed in on the Latina's space. Callie hadn't spoken, all she did was look. But she didn't look at Arizona anymore. Just as Arizona was about to reach for Callie's hand and try to explain, Callie flew right pass her. "Callie?"
Callie didn't stop, her feet carrying her to her obvious goal as Arizona could only stand by and watch her girlfriend roar. "I thought I told you to keep your hands to yourself?" Callie spit.
"Excuse me?" Nelly smirked.
"Callie, she isn't worth it," Arizona tried calming her girlfriend down but decided to let her roll the minute she'd let the words out. She was very interested in finding out what Callie would want to say at this point.
"You heard me!" Callie stepped one step closer to Nelly who automatically withdrew an inch. "I don't know what that incident before was all about, but what I do know is that I remember me telling you to stay away from my girlfriend. And seeing that you kinda seem to have forgotten I'd remind you again. Stay. Away. From. Arizona!"
"You don't get to say what I shall and shall not do," Nelly bit.
"Oh, but I do," Callie smirked. "Especially when you think you can roll all over MY girlfriend," Callie's face hardened as she emphasized 'my'. "And me," she added.
"You sure about that?" she asked while smirking, though her voice started to get hoarse. "She sure as hell didn't mind last night."
"Shut up, bitch!" Callie yelled as she invaded Nelly's private sphere.
Arizona felt awful. The woman she loved more than life itself and the woman she once thought she had loved with all she'd got were standing in the middle of her current work place yelling at each other. And she was the one to be fought over; like a piece of meat or furniture on auction. It wasn't okay, not here. She really had to stop it but how do you stop to very competing and strong willed women? Arizona balled up her fists and smugly smiled to herself. They weren't just women; they were lesbians.
"You shut your ugly mouth right now before I do it for you," Callie snapped as she looked down upon the shorter woman and drew her arms back in preparation. Nelly ducked her head an inch as she forced herself to keep her stare at the fiery Latina above her.
"Callie? Nelly?" Arizona tried reasoning with the two wound up women but they didn't seem to give her the time of day anymore. "Stop. You can't, not here." Neither of the two women acknowledged Arizona, they just kept growling and looking at each other. So Arizona didn't see any other way out than to play her best card; the card of words.
"Hey! People are staring and I'm not gonna have you two ruining anything for me after only 24 hours," Arizona raised her voice but not too loud. "You need to behave."
Nelly laughed as she looked at Callie. "Is your girlfriend telling you how to behave now?"
"Actually, I think she's telling you to behave," Callie huffed but couldn't hide the small smile slowly finding its way upon her lips.
Arizona slid in between the two women, looking Nelly straight into the eyes. "Go. Now!"
"Arizona, I can fight my own battles!"
"I know. But this is not your battle to fight, Callie," Arizona countered still looking at Nelly.
"But it is," Callie placed both hands on Arizona's shoulders and pushed her gently away so that she once again was facing the blue-eyed intruder. "She won't have anything to do with you, why can't you just get over it? You screwed up big time in the past, gotta burn heaps, huh? Knowing that you won't ever get that back?"
"Who says I won't?"
"Every fiber in my body and every reasonable thought there may be in your mind," Callie spoke between clenched teeth.
"Okay, that's enough!" Arizona finished, once again sliding into the fight but this time her gaze found the one of her girlfriend's. "You made your point, Calliope," she nodded as she pleaded for Callie to soon come back to Earth.
"Yeah, even though I'm-" Arizona cut Nelly off.
"Enough!"
"What said now?" Callie spit looking pass Arizona's head to find Nelly's eyes.
"Okay, that's it. No more sex for you! And no more …" Arizona couldn't come up with anything she could withhold regarding Nelly. She didn't really care about Nelly right now. All she cared about was not making a scene but seeing that that already was too late, she might as well go all in. Withholding sex was the best card Arizona could come up with for Callie to shut up and it had worked. Her girlfriend had slammed shut like an oyster. Sensing it really was time to take this scene into another setting she quickly spun on her heels to look at Nelly. "Miss. Robertson, I think that was all."
Pulling Callie away from Nelly and shoving her into the room she'd shoved Nelly into minutes ago, she closed the door and brought her lips upon Callie's in a rough and controlling kiss, pinning the taller woman against the wall. Arizona pressed her lips hard against the smooth ones before her which at first had resisted her touch but quickly let their guards be taken down. She pushed her tongue into Callie's mouth not waiting for an invitation, moaning at the extraordinary heat only Callie possessed. Arizona was able to taste the perfection that was Callie's incredible taste, all the way down in her stomach as she gave her entire body a free pass to devour the sensation of finally being able to be this close to her girlfriend. Placing both of her hands on Callie's hips she drew herself flush against the hot body. Arizona was incredibly turned on! Having just witnessed the woman she loved with everything she held dear defend her, fight for her, claim her was something she'd never experienced before. As unprofessional as it might have looked and as wrong as it really was, she'd so not trade it for anything. She'd be able to talk her out of it if she were to be called to the headmaster's office; she had after all her eloquence perfect rehearsed.
Callie's hands found their way to Arizona's shoulders only to snake their ways up her neck to rest on both of her cheeks. She felt a rush run through her body, making all her veins vibrate and echo in pleasure as Callie sucked her tongue into her mouth. She turned her head left to create more friction and then right again, Callie then turned her head left as they kept on sucking and nipping. Arizona let her one knee find Callie's jean clad core and pressed it hardly against it, rewarding her with a cry in surprise and appreciation. Callie grinded herself down on Arizona's knee whilst kissing Arizona's air out of her lungs. Arizona really couldn't remove her lips from Callie's if her life depended on it, but seeing that she needed air to keep living which meant living with Callie, she knew she had to. Arizona broke the kiss making both women whimper at the loss of contact.
"Ahhh," was all Arizona was able to form, keeping her knee in place between Callie's legs and balancing on her one foot.
"I don't hope that was what you and Nelly were doing in here just before," Callie played, slowly circling her core on Arizona's knee as she bit down her lower lip.
"Shut up and kiss me!" Arizona grinned as she looked straight into the brown orbs she loved fiercely. They were now filled with love and lust and something Arizona couldn't quite distinguish. But whenever she thought of Callie, whenever she looked into her eyes, she saw love. She saw her life reflected in love and she felt heaven and eternity collide. And she knew what that had to mean.
"I still need to know what the fuck she meant by mentioning you 'didn't mind last night'," Callie stated but her actions told Arizona that that wasn't what her girlfriend needed from her right now.
"Of course you do," she smirked before claiming Callie's luscious lips once again, pushing Callie harder down on her knee as she leaned the upper part of her body closer to the soft chest. "I've got 20 minutes before going back to class, you really wanna spend them talking about another woman?"
"I thought you said no sex?" Callie raised an amused eyebrow as a moan escaped her beautiful mouth.
"Yeah, well… I lied."
Burying her nose in Arizona's neck, Callie inhaled. "You do smell like me!"
"Told you," Arizona chuckled before she nudged Callie's head up with her chin and sealed their lips in a kiss of passion.
I actually really enjoyed writing this chapter, how did you like the drama? And what's with that night in the bar?
Go rock my socks, leave your favorite cake WITH frosting and spread some love ;-)