A/N: I'm so sorry, I know I was supposed to update yesterday, but I updated my other story 'Guns and Scalpels' instead. It's new, it's fresh and it kinda feels nice to write something without having to worry too much about timelines and amputation and all that pain, but you know a different kind of pain.
Chapter 31: Arizona
Present Day
I patiently waited for what seemed like hours even though it was probably close to like ten minutes. I checked my phone one more time, seven minutes.
It has been seven minutes since I paged Callie into an on-call room.
Last night's dinner went… as well as it could. Yes, Sofia did cry for about half the time during the entire dinner, but there were minimal fights and that too got resolved rather quickly.
Callie and I almost had a fight too. She yelled at me for no reason. I admit it, Finn told me about his no skating rule, but I could see that he was getting a little anxious around the house, not knowing what to do or say as I looked after the final touches for dinner. So, I suggested that he could help me out with setting the table while he skated back and forth. I knew the floors where even so he wouldn't trip and if he did I made sure I didn't hand him anything heavy or sharp that could injure him if he fell.
But then Callie came down the stairs and saw him skating and tried to unload on me. I guess Nicole's idea was working, I told her that I didn't want to be yelled at if she could just tell me what was wrong and why she was upset and we sorted it out.
Who would have thought that communication was the way to go?
Sounds stupid right?
But I couldn't get the moment we shared at the kitchen counter out of my head, it was just playful touching but it was so hot. I shouldn't be turned on by the woman who caused me so much pain, but I was. Her butt looked really great in those pair of jeans that she was wearing and I was sure she hadn't worn them before, at least not in front of me.
Callie claims that my butt is better than hers, but good lord her butt is… quite admirable too.
I checked my watch again.
Nine minutes.
Where was callie?
I know it sounds kind of lame but when Callie and I were together whenever we paged each other, it was hardly ever for a consult… or if you think about it, it was for a special consult, if you know what I mean.
I haven't kissed her since yesterday when she told me about her pregnancy. That was still bothering me, I wanted to see the reports but the clinic at Los Angeles wont give me her files no matter what I told them. I even called and pretended to be her OB-GYN, but they won't release it. I'm scared that if I get Callie to talk about it again she would either shut me out or well yell at me.
Just then I heard the door opening .
"I was paged? To the on-call room?" Callie says as she enters the room but keeps the door open. Well, I guess it's great that her mind didn't go to sex right away. If the situation were reversed and if it was she who paged me, I would have definitely thought that it was a booty call.
"Yeah" I said as I put my phone back in my pocket "I thought that maybe we could talk? About dinner?"
"Sure" Callie replied as she finally closed the door behind her.
"Hey! Why aren't you wearing scrubs? Did you just come? Um…. to the hospital?" damn it I can feel my face heating up. She was wearing this really sexy green coloured blouse that complemented her skin well along with these slacks that made her legs look extra long.
Callie had long legs, but wow. She looked really great.
"No, I-I just have post-ops so I figured why bother? I should be out and about in like two hours if there are no complications'' she replied.
Oh yeah, she wasn't a regular attending here at Grey Sloan she was here for her research. I don't know why I just kept forgetting it.
"Oh right!" I replied as I took a step in front of her.
"So dinner?" she asked.
Why was Callie being so… not her, all of a sudden? Yesterday we were flirting all throughout dinner and now she appeared to be so closed off. What happened?
"I guess, it went all right? Maybe we can have Finn and Sofia interact a little more? Maybe we could take them to the park together?"
"Yeah, that sounds great, just let me know when and where and we will do that" she said but I… I don't know something just doesn't feel right.
"Sure" I replied. I shouldn't push her, right? We are in the fun part of the relationship, where every touch was exhilarating.
"Was there anything else you wanted to talk about?" she asked.
I shook my head.
"Well, I guess I'll return to my post-ops then?"
I nodded. Something was definitely bothering her. I could tell. But did I really want her to leave?
I…
guess...
No, I didn't want that.
I don't want her to leave when there was something clearly bothering her. Just as Callie put her hand on the handle. I took a couple of steps forward before I nudged her shoulder and forced her to look at me.
"Arizona-" she started but I sealed my lips on hers cutting off whatever she was going to say.
I felt Callie being a little reluctant at first but when I gently bit her bottom lip she moaned and pulled me in closer. That was a great sign. So, I pushed my tongue into her mouth as my hands went to her waist to keep her close.
I walked her back towards the door, but I guess I was too hard because her head hit the door pretty with a loud thud, but it didn't look like she cared about it as her hands came up to frame my face. I felt her tugging my hair out of my ponytail before she grabbed a fistful of it. This time I moaned as the pulling turned me on even more than I already was. I brought my hand up to her shoulders and gently pushed her coat off her. I heard a gentle thud of it hitting the floor, but I don't think she thought twice about it.
But then Callie put her hands on my shoulders and pushed me away.
"Arizona… I-I can't do this"
Last night
"Finn, you just have one more bite to go, come on you can do this!" Callie said as she picked up his fork, stuffed it with some chicken that I had made for dinner and brought to his lips.
"No, I'm full," Finn whined as he turned his face away.
The dinner was going well, Callie and I nervously looked at each other but the only conversation we really had was when we helped the children with their food.
Sofia had already finished eating, in fact we all had and we were waiting on Finn.
"Dum dum can't even finish his food" Sofia said as she looked at Finn.
"Sofia!" I warned. She had been doing this throughout dinner, well both Sofia and Finn had been passing comments about each other. Finn had even said some words to her in Spanish and by the look on Callie's face, I don't think they were terms of encouragement.
I barely understood what he said apart from a couple of words here and there but they barely made any sense to me. Based on the things Finn has said to me in English, I can only imagine what he must have said in Spanish. But it was cute watching them talk to each other in Spanish. But that only seemed to anger Sofia more.
"Oh yeah? How about now?" Finn challenged her as he opened his mouth and took a huge bite of the fork that Callie was holding up.
"Whatever, at least my mother didn't have to feed me"
"Sofia, that's enough" I said as I stood up and started gathering the plates and bowls together.
"He started it!"
"That's it Sofia Robbins Sloan Torres, go to your room" urghh I hated it when my father said these words to me so I know that Sofia wouldn't be thrilled about it either.
"But, Mommy-"
"No, off to your room sweetie!"
"Fine!" Sofia said before she got off the table.
"Finn! You are on timeout too" Callie said.
"What? But I finished everything on my plate"
"Oh no mister, I had to force feed you the last three bites and you broke two rules"
"But Mommy-"
"But Finn!" Callie said as she mocked him in his own voice.
Callie had her strict parent mode on, something I found insanely hot and sexy. Finn gently jumped off from his chair and started walking towards, well I wasn't really sure what timeout meant.
"Not so soon mister, empty your pockets"
What? That was weird, what could he possibly have in his pockets? Finn stuck his hands in his jeans and pulled out a car and handed it to Callie. Oh yeah! He was playing with it a while ago before he walked up towards the corner of the room and stood there facing a wall.
That's new.
But I guess she can't really tell him to go to his room, you know, in my house. Callie looked up at me apologetically but I just smiled at her. We knew this would happen, it was nothing she or I should be sorry about, we had a truck load of other things to be sorry about.
I took the bowls in my hand to the kitchen and placed them in the sink. I was about to turn around but then I felt a warm body being pressed against my back encircling me with her arms as she placed the last couple of plates in the sink.
"You forgot these" she whispered as she leaned in closer into my ears before nipping at my earlobe. I could feel goosebumps dotting up my arms.
God, this woman knew how to push the right buttons. Before I could press my body into her Callie took a huge step back forcing me to turn around. She had a playful smile on her face. She was teasing me the worst part of it all was that it was working.
Present day
"What?" I asked breathlessly.
"I-I can't do this… not here" Callie replied.
"Do you.. not want to do this?" I asked timidly.
Had we come this far for nothing? Was I reading things wrong? Callie was really flirty last night and gave me all the signals that told me that she wanted me too, so then, what was wrong now? What had changed between last night and now?
Callie suddenly leaned in and brushed the hair out of my eyes before leaning in and placing a gentle kiss on my lips. It wasn't hot or passionate, it was just a light peck.
"I'm sorry, I meant that I can't make out with you in an on-call room" she replied before she placed another kiss on my forehead while her hand rested on my cheek.
"Why?"
"Because Arizona… I" Callie took a deep breath before she spoke. "Everytime I even think about you and I in an on-call room, Dr. Boswell pops up into my head and ruins it"
"Cal- I… I told you it was a mistake, that I never wanted to hurt you"
"Yeah, I know and I… I forgive you and I believe you, but I cannot forget it, she was touching you in here, maybe in this very exact room. As much as I want to and trust me I want to, I just… I can't do it in here" she said as she retrated her hand and took a couple of steps back. I think she anticipated a fight coming on and she was probably right. I do feel a little angry.
But I need to calm down. I was going to use my words. I was going to tell her exactly what I was feeling and not be baited.
"I… I understand, I just… I wanted to touch you and kiss you and I don't know where else to do it. At my house there's Sofia and I don't even know which hotel you are staying in. I don't think I would want to make out around Finn either"
Callie looks at me for a second before her mouth breaks out into a smile.
"What? Why are you smiling"
"I… we are living at the Archfield, Finn and I. Room 2203"
"That doesn't really solve the problem you know" But Callie's smile just widened. "Okay, what is it?"
"I spoke to my dad, he's coming to town tomorrow for like three days. I figured he could watch Finn and maybe we could get Sofia a sitter and actually go out for dinner, just the two of us or we could order room service and just hang out in our PJs at my hotel.
"Calliope Torres are you asking me out on a date?"
"No… yah… umm would that be okay, is that okay with you?"
"Yes Calliope, yes!" I said as I leaned and kissed her. I was about to deepen the kiss but then before she could pull away, I did. We were going to honor each other's wishes this time.
If she says that she can't be intimate in an on-call room, that just means that I have to get creative. But yes, Carlos coming to town does solve our one very important problem.
"PJs sound nice, maybe we could order pizza?" I suggested.
"Are you trying to recreate one of our dates?"
"Maybe..." I whispered.
"Well if my memory serves right, there was nudity involved" I smiled. Throughout all the years and all the dates that I had been on that was one of my favorite dates.
"I'll bring wine," I said as I gathered my hair up back into a ponytail before Callie handed me my hair tie back.
"Great! Can't wait!"
I knew something was still bothering her and deliberately chose not to share, but I guess her asking me out for a date means she does want to spend more time with me and that too without our kids.
I broke her trust and I can understand why she doesn't want to confide in me, but that just means that I have to do everything in my power to change that.
A/N: So, how was that?
