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Chapter 4

Arriving back at Callie's home Arizona feels a light flutter in her stomach. Just the idea of spending time with the singer alone over a meal makes her feel all giddy like a love-struck schoolgirl. Callie is already busy in the kitchen, wearing a purple t-shirt, short cut-off jeans exposing her long tanned legs, and her hair falling straight down over her shoulders. Even without all her glitz and glam, she looks stunning. Arizona can't help but smile at the sight in front of her.

"Okay, superstar impress me." This gets her a cocky smile from the singer.

"Don't worry I will." Callie takes out the onions holding it up in front of Arizona. "Remember our deal?" Arizona hesitates for a minute. But when Callie gives her, her signature glare she reluctantly takes the bag.

"Fine. This meal better be worth my precious tears." Callie just rolls her eyes and continues with the chicken.

Arizona takes a large knife from the knife stand and Callie watches as the blonde starts chopping the onions.

"You've got some knife skills," Callie says extremely impressed.

"Just one of my many hidden talents." This just gets a chuckle from the singer.

Callie is floating around the kitchen. She stops behind Arizona reaching around her to grab the salt. Arizona holds in the gasp when she senses the singer's body so close to hers. She tries to get her mind to focus on chopping the onions, but when she smells Callie's perfume her senses are kicked into overdrive and her mind goes blank. A sharp pain brings her back to reality.

"OW!" She drops the knife and grabs her throbbing finger. "Son of a bitch!"

Arizona spins around, her face scrunched up in pain. Callie's eyes go wide in horror when she sees the blood-covered knife.

"Arizona, are you okay?" Callie grabs a dishtowel and wraps it around her finger. "Here sit down, let me take a look."

Arizona sits down on a stool at the breakfast bar. Whispered curses and moans fall from her mouth. Callie takes the bloody towel away to look at the damage. There is a deep cut running diagonally across Arizona's left index finger.

"Oh, that's deep. We better get you to the Emergency room."

"No, I'm fine. It's just a scratch." Putting on a fake smile as she wraps the towel back around her finger.

"You almost cut your finger off, it's not a scratch." Callie starts searching for her car keys.

"Callie really please, I'm okay. I just need to stop the bleeding. Do you have any teabags?"

"Seriously?" The singer stops her frantic search giving Arizona a 'you have to be kidding me' look. "Arizona now is not the time for a tea party!"

"No, it's for the bleeding. Now, do you have any?"

Callie grabs a few teabags from her cupboard and hands them to the bleeding blonde. Arizona places one of the bags under cold running water, squeezing out any extra water. She places the teabag against the cut and applies pressure.

Seeing as Arizona is set on not going to the hospital. Callie starts cleans up the blood in the kitchen. Putting the red-stained onions in the trash.

"You are officially banned from my kitchen. You are not allowed past this line." Callie draws an imaginary line with her finger, while she gives Arizona a stern look.

"Yes, boss."

"I still think we should go to the Emergency room you may need stitches?"

"It's fine. See, the bleeding stopped." She takes away the towel and carefully pulls the teabag off to show her.

"Wow, where did you learn that?" Callie grabs the first aid box off the shelve to patch up her injured assistant.

"All I'm going to say is if you play Cops and Robbers with my brother you need to learn these little tricks."

Callie takes out some alcohol wipes to clean the cut. Arizona flinches at the sudden burn created by the alcohol wipe on the cut. "Stop being a baby." Callie teases. She can feel blue eyes watching her closely as she works.

After making sure its thoroughly cleaned Callie takes out a Hello Kitty band-aid.

"Sorry I don't have any with a butterfly design." This gets her a disappointed look from the blonde. She wraps the band-aid around her finger. "That should do it. How does that feel?"

Arizona brings her finger closer for inspection. After staring at the Hello Kitty band-aid for a few seconds, she pulls out her best pout. "It still hurts."

Callie smiles at her adorable assistant, reaching out she takes a hold of Arizona's hand and carefully brings the injured finger to her face. A shiver runs down Arizona's spine when soft lips touch her finger.

"There we go, all better." Callie gives her a big smile and a wink before going back to her cooking.

Arizona just looks at her finger, suddenly regretting not busting open her lip. She leaves Callie to complete dinner without her help. Instead she offers support from the side-line. Callie moves around the kitchen like an expert. With a big smile on her face, it is pretty clear that this is something she loves to do.

Instead of sitting at the table, they end up eating on the couch while watching reruns of an old sitcom. "Wow, this is amazing! Hey, if this singing thing doesn't work out for you this can be your back up plan." Taking another mouthful full, Arizona closes her eyes as a satisfactory moan slips from her lips.

"This is the part where I say I told you so." Arizona sticks her tongue out at her making the singer laughed. They eat with comfortable small talk flowing between them.

"So, today at rehearsals I sort of walked in on Owen and Cristina in the supply closet." Callie lets out a chuckle at the scrunched up look on the blonde's face. "You don't seem surprised?"

"No, they have been hooking up for a few months now. They try to keep it secret, but everyone already knows."

"They are not very stealthy, are they?" Callie shakes her head. "Are there any other couples I should know about?"

"Hmm, Jackson and April used to be a thing but not anymore. So, that just leaves Owen and Cristina. How about you, got your eye on anyone?"

Arizona can feel her cheeks turn red.

"Oh, there is someone! Who is it? Is it Alex because he has been checking you out?" Forgetting all about her food, she is now more interested in finding out who is making the blonde blush.

"Karev, no!" Just the idea of her and Alex makes Arizona feel sick.

"Why, is he not your type?" Callie gives her a raised eyebrow.

"Not even close to my type." She sees the blonde starting to shift uncomfortably in her seat. She decides not to push the subject anymore. Callie starts thinking if Arizona has let anything slip to who she might have a crush on when the realization hit her. A smile pulls at the singer's lips, how could she have missed it?

Arizona can see by the look on Callie's face that she knows. Her embarrassment hits her full force, now her boss probably thinks she is some creepy stalker. She drops her head in her hands, prying for the Earth to split open and consume her.

"Hey, it's okay Arizona, actually I'm very flattered by it."

"You're just saying that because you feel sorry for me." She mumbles in her hands.

"No, I'm not." Lifting her face from her hands she can see the honesty in Callie's face.

"Thank you for the great meal Calliope," Arizona says with a smile on her trying to change the conversations to a lighter tone. Callie catches the use of her full name, but she doesn't say anything about it. When Arizona says it, she kind of likes it.

"You're very welcome Arizona." They just look into each other's eyes.

"I almost forgot, I got us donuts!" Arizona breaks the silence, jumping off the couch and rushing into the kitchen to get the box.

Callie just smiles as the blonde disappears into the kitchen. Great just what she needs her perky assistant on a sugar high.

-x-x-

It's been a week since their dinner. Everyone is a little stressed out, they leave tomorrow for Las Vegas the first stop on the tour. The band has been practicing none stop, Bailey is full-on Nazi mode raking up her phone bill checking and double-checking everything. Arizona is right on her heels her phone glued to her hand, making sure reservations are made, travel arrangement is ready, and accommodation is reserved. Basically, everything the singer is going to touch first has to get Arizona's stamp of approval. Food and water are forgotten and sleep is for the weak. She is living off coffee and donuts just to keep her energy up.

It turns out that Arizona did need two stitches. When Callie asked her about it she just brushed it off. After their dinner things are different between the two, a good different. When their gaze meet it would last just a few seconds longer than it normally would.

During rehearsals, each band member is taken to a back room where a doctor's exam room has been set up. Everyone gets a quick check-up and receives a flu shot. The last thing you want while you're in the middle of a tour is a sick band member.

Arizona rolls back in with a very cranky looking Lexie behind her.

"I hate doctors." Lexie whines while rubbing her arm where the needle just pierced her skin.

"You'll live Little Grey. Calliope you're next."

"Did roller girl just call you Calliope?"

"Shut it, Yang!" She playfully punches the drummer on her shoulder.

"Whatever you say Calliope." This gets a death glare from the singer.

Arizona is talking into her Bluetooth earpiece while checking the details on her phone. They call ends just as Callie reaches her side.

"You're a busy one?" Callie comments as her assistant's fingers fly across the screen.

"Yeah, just making sure I didn't miss anything before we leave." All of a sudden Arizona feels a little dizzy and takes a shaky sidestep.

"Hey, Arizona are you okay?" Callie asks as she places a hand on the blonde's arm to steady her.

"I'm good, I think I just turned around too fast."

She takes another step and collapse, luckily Jackson is nearby and grabs her just before hitting the ground.

-x-x-

"Arizona?" A faint voice calls out to her. "Arizona?" This time is louder, she opens her eyes to find a very out of focus Callie standing in front of her.

"W-what happened?"

"You fainted. It looks like a combination of exhaustion and dehydration caused it." Dr. Lucy Fields tells a still fogy Arizona. After she fainted, they brought her to the makeshift exam room, where Dr. Fields examined her.

"When is the last time you took a break?" She doesn't answer, just a guilty look on her face. "Arizona?"

"So, I have been a little busy lately." She crosses her arms in front of her.

"Arizona! You still have to take care of yourself." Callie hands Arizona a bottle of water. "Here drink this, and you are staying right here in this chair where I can keep an eye on you."

"But there is still so much more stuff to do before..." She starts to argue.

"No! I am your boss you will do as I say. You will not leave this chair until Dr. Fields here says so." Commands a very pissed of singer, leaving no room for argument. Arizona's eyes are wide in shock. Callie is not normally someone who pulls rank, but she just felt this overwhelming need to protect the younger blonde. Maybe it's because they became such good friends in a short time or the childlike innocence that Arizona has. Callie just doesn't want anything bad to happen to her - ever.

Arizona drops her gaze to the floor and just nods. Instantly feeling bad about yelling at her, Callie lowers herself in front of Arizona so she can look in those blue eyes. Taking one of Arizona's hands, she feels the blonde tense at the touch.

"Arizona, I know you are just doing your job, and you are amazing at it. But almost chopping off your finger and now fainting, you need to learn to slow down and take a breath. Don't make me put you in a plastic bubble." This gets a smile from the blonde. Callie takes a piece of blonde hair and tucks it behind her ear. Arizona has to admit it feels nice knowing that she cares about her.

"Okay now that the crisis is averted, Ms. Torres we can start your exam." Callie gives one last look at Arizona making sure she is okay and moves to the examining table across the room.

Dr. Fields completes her exam. "You are in perfect health, Ms. Torres. You are cleared to go and perform in front of thousands of people as soon as you get your flu shot."

"That's great, but do you have any shots to help calm my nerves?"

"I have to say you are a brave woman for going out there each night." Dr. Fields says as she takes out a new syringe.

"Each time before I go out there I curse myself for picking this career, but once I hit that stage it feels… right. Like it's where I'm supposed to be." Callie doesn't even flinch when Dr. Fields pushes the needle into her arm.

Arizona can't help but smile listing to their conversation, she doesn't miss the sparkle in Callie's eyes when she talks about singing. Callie sees the goofy smile on the blonde's face. "Hey, you feeling better?"

"Much."

-x-x-

It's the morning they are leaving for Vegas where they will kick off the tour. Everyone can feel the excitement in the air. Callie is in her home gym stretching in front of the mirror, getting ready for her last workout with Shane before heading out for 10 months. She sees a pair of pink and white trainers appear in the mirror, her head snaps up finding a very perky blonde looking at her.

"Sorry I didn't mean to startle you."

"It's fine, I just zoned out a little." She looks the blonde up and down. She is wearing a light pink tank top with black shorts and her hair is pulled back in a messy ponytail. There is something different about Arizona and it's not just her clothes. "What are…"

"Those things you said yesterday got me thinking. Your right, I need to start taking better care of myself. So, I was wondering if I could maybe crash your workout session?" She asks with a shy smile on her face.

"Um yeah, of course. Shane said something about running a few miles is that okay with you?"

Arizona nods her head enthusiastically. "That sounds perfect, I can't wait to hit the road."

"Please just tell me there are no wheels attached to your shoes."

Arizona lets out a giggle "Nope, they are wheel free."

There is something Callie has been wanting to talk to her about ever since their dinner. Figuring now is as good as time as ever. "Arizona…"

"Okay, who is ready to get a little sweaty?" Shane comes jogging in.

-x-x-

The three start their jog, Shane takes the lead while the two women follow him. The only thing breaking the morning silence is the sound of three pairs of feet hitting the ground. Each of them in their own little world. At some point, Arizona manages to get ahead of the singer. The blonde's beautiful legs moving effortlessly underneath her. Before she knows it Callie's gaze is glued to the woman in front of her studying every muscle movement, every line, and curve of her body. Callie realizes she is playing with fire and uses what little strength she has left to get in front of Arizona. Yes, Arizona is hot, really hot. But she is her assistant she can't be thinking like this about her.

Shane starts to slow down as they approach the singer's house. Shane collapses against one of the trees on the front lawn. Callie is bent over with her hands on her thighs trying to catch her breath.

Arizona tips her head back taking a drink from her water bottle. Callie watched as a stray water drop rolls over her chin, down her neck, across her chest until it reaches the edge of her sweat covered shirt making it cling to her perfect body. Callie feels her heart rate increase instead of slowing down.

"I'm going to go take a shower." She runs into the house trying to put as much distance between her and the blonde as possible. Standing in her shower letting the hot water soothe her aching muscles. Her mind starts to wander back to her blonde assistant.

-x-x-

At 11:00 the tour bus is being loaded up. Inside the bus band members are fighting over who gets what bunk. The guys stay to the front of the bus giving the back to the women, which has is a little more privacy. Callie makes her way down the small walkway between the bunks when she meets a very exciting blonde relaxing in her bunk. She is greeted with a dimpled smile, and Callie is sure her smile is just as big. Callie drops her bag on the bunk in the back of the bus.

"Hey, why do you get the biggest bunk?" Asks a very annoyed Cristina.

"Because I paid for this bus."

"It's only good manners to let your guest pick first."

"Well, this is what you get for calling me Calliope." She whispers in her drummer's ear as makes her way back down to Arizona's bunk. The blonde crosses her legs so Callie can take a seat. "So, are you excited to hit the road?"

"Super! I can't believe this is happening. All the months of planning and now it's finally here. How about you are you ready?" Arizona can see the singer is a little stressed out as Callie's hands play with the label on the blonde's bag.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Falling into a comfortable silence. "Arizona there is something I …"

"Callie!" A voice from the front of the bus yells. Not believing this is happening for the second time, Callie hangs her head back in defeat.

"I'm busy!"

Owen's head pops into the bunk. "Callie, there is someone there to see you."

Callie has no idea who it could be, almost everyone she knows is already on this bus. Looking over to the blonde if she might know, but she is just as confused. Callie makes her way to the front of the bus. Her jaw drops when she sees who it is standing there.

"Aria?" Callie breathes out.

"Hey, sis room for one more?"