CHAPTER 37
Next morning the two women prepared breakfast together and ate on the roof top terrace.
Callie had some project proposals she had to go through, and while she did that, Arizona read a book. They listened to music and it was all very cozy. Arizona was enjoying her day off.
In the early afternoon they went for a walk in Central Park and shared an ice cream in the sun.
Back at the hotel Callie stopped by the reception to get a news update by Tim and place an order for dinner.
As they were standing at the reception, a woman's voice suddenly rang out.
"Callie Torres? I'll be damned!"
Callie turned around and when she saw who had called out her name, her eyes lit up and her bright smile illuminated her face.
"Jeanne Ascot!"
Arizona watched as Callie hugged the other woman.
"I haven't seen you for years. How are you? Well, obviously you're doing pretty good. I saw the article in The Times and I heard about the Pinewood transaction, but how are you?" she asked Callie.
"I'm great" Callie was all smiles "How have you been? And what are you doing in New York?"
"I've been so busy, Callie. And I'm here for the Ted Talks on innovative steel construction"
As the two women chatted, Arizona was staring at them. Jeanne Ascot was gorgeous. And she appeared to be of the same business world as Callie. Callie seemed really happy to see the woman.
"How long are you in town for? We should have dinner"
"Until Thursday. Dinner would be great!"
"Call me and we'll find a time" Callie handed the woman a card which Arizona knew held Tim's phone number.
Then the two women hugged and said bye.
Callie turned around and finished her business with Tim and then she – finally – turned to face Arizona.
"Ready?"
Arizona swallowed.
"Yeah"
They went up to Callie's place and dinner arrived soon after that.
Arizona was pretty quiet during dinner, and Callie assumed that she was probably still a bit tired after the long shift she'd had the day before.
They watched the news and when Callie turned off the TV, Arizona barely noticed.
The brunette crawled across the couch and kissed the blonde. She let her hand wander down Arizona's front and started opening the buttons of Arizona's shirt.
Arizona put her hand on Callie's chest to hold the brunette back.
"Callie, I'm…I'm really tired…sorry"
Callie's insatiable appetite for sex made Arizona think about how many other women Callie had had and how many more women there were out there like Jeanne Ascot who looked amazing and who stimulated Callie's passion for business. It made her stomach hurt.
"Oh, okay" Callie seemed a bit surprised.
"Can we just go to bed and…sleep?"
"Sure"