AN: I am so so so sorry this took so long to get out! Life got in the way, and this is honestly the first time in like two weeks that I have been able to work on this. It makes my day when I get an email telling me Someone has left a review. Sooo make my day and leave me a review! I"ll do my best to get the next chapter out as soon as possible. hope everyone enjoys this chapter!

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Callie's POV

Damn! I am exhausted! And it's only lunch time!

It's my first day doing my community service at Puppy Love, and Arizona wasn't lying when she said it was hard work. It was a little after 12 when we finished up all the cleaning in the kennels, and now we are sitting down to eat lunch.

Arizona is leaned against her desk waiting for our lunch to heat up in the microwave, when she looks at me with a proud smile and says "you kicked ass today. I've never trained someone and not wanted to kill them half way through the morning." Pausing for a second, she smirks then adds "You're a good student."

"Well I did have a great teacher" I say giving her a flirty wink. What is with me and flirting with this woman? Maybe she hasn't noticed….

"ahh, but the great teacher is even greater if she has a great student!"

I let out a loud laugh at that. "okay, okay I get it. We make a good team." I say smiling up at the pretty blonde staring down at me.

"No, no Calliope. We make a great team." and just as I was about to tell her I hate when people call me that, she gives me one of the most beautiful, dimple popping smiles I've ever seen, and I forget why I hate when people call me that. It's a Super magic smile.

I know it's rude, but I can't help but stare at her, and I think she's okay with it, because she's smiling and staring right back.

We're both broke out of our little staring contest by the dinging of the microwave. I forgot to bring my lunch from home, so Arizona offered to share hers with me so I wouldn't have to go into the city to buy something. Nothing is said between us as she goes about fixing us both a plate and then sits down at her desk.

"Oh my God, Arizona! This lasagna is amazing!" I say as I take my first bite of lasagna.

"I know! It's like an orgasm in your mouth. Mmmm so good." she moans out while taking a bite.

Well, that was oddly arousing...Woooah Torres. What? I have no idea where that thought came from. Clearing my throat so I can speak I ask, "did you make this? Cause if so, you're gonna have to give me the recipe."

"God no, I burn water. If you see me with a frying pan, you're better off assuming that I plan on hitting someone with it, because I don't cook!" she laughs out while making the most adorable face. "My mom made this last night. I go over once a week and have family dinner with her and dad, and she always sends me home with the leftovers."

Me and Arizona hit it off right from the start this morning, it's like we've known each other for years. We made small talk and kept each other laughing throughout the morning. There's just something about her that is drawing me in, making me want to get to know her.

"well tell your mom, that I said she is a phenomenal cook. Seriously what does she put in this? It's addictive." I ask my blonde companion as I put another bite of the cheesy goodness in my mouth.

Arizona is leaning back in her desk chair with her feet propped up on her desk, swinging her fork around with a thoughtful expression on her face. "crack. She puts crack in it."

I nearly spit out my food at that, laughing I say, "well if that's the case then, this right here, is some high quality crack."

"Oh my god, Callie! I've been eating my mom's lasagna my whole life. Does that make me a crack baby?!"

We're both Laughing at our absurd conversation, and it feels so nice to be able to relax and just be. The last few months..well year really, has been so incredibly difficult. Between Dominick and his crap, my parents and all the secrets, along with a few other things, life has really thrown me for a loop. I feel so broken and alone. I miss my-…

"..Callie…..Callie...hey Callie?"

"what?" I unintentionally snap "sorry, sorry. I was just thinking about some stuff."

Looking at me with concern, Arizona puts her fork down and asks "hey, are you alright? You look like you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. You can talk to me, if you want...we don't know each other all that well, but if you need a friend, I've been told that I'm a pretty awesome one." she says giving me a small smile.

"Thank you, but I don't want to burden you with my problems." I smile back at her, but it quickly falls "actually, can I tell you something?"

"You can tell me whatever you'd like, your secrets are safe with me."

"well, ummm…you remember when I asked you about the owner of this place?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"Apparently your boss, is my grandmother." I say looking down at the floor. After I few seconds of not getting a response, I look up to see Arizona with a confused look on her face. Pretty sure I made that same face, when I found out.

Finally Arizona speaks "I...don't understand. I've been with Rosa for nearly ten years, and she has never had family visit, she talks about a daughter, and a granddaughter, but she always said that she lost them, years ago. She spends holidays with me at my parents' house...Callie, what's going on? Does she know you're here?"

I give her a sad smile and shrug my shoulders. "I'm not sure if she knows who I am, or that I'm here. The last time my family had any contact with her, I was two years old."

"you're telling me, that you and your family has lived here, in Seattle for the past 23 years while Ms. Rosa, one of the most amazing people I know, has had to spend more than two decade's worth of Thanksgivings, Christmases, and birthdays without her family?"

I watch as she pushes out of her chair to stand in front of me. She looks upset, trust me honey, I am too.

"Callie? Please explain all this to me. Because right now I'm seriously contemplating kicking someone's ass."

Taking a deep breath, I look up at the ceiling and back down to meet blue eyes, that are full of fire. "I promise, I will tell you everything I know, okay?" I get a nod in response, so I search my brain to figure out how to continue. "I come from money. Both sides of my family are...very well off. My family, they like to flaunt money, and I absolutely hate that they do. I don't think that my wealth makes me better than anyone. The only reason I'm driving a Range Rover is because my old car was totaled last year, and it's my dream car, and when I graduated med school, I felt like I had earned it…. But anyways from what I've been told, my grandmother felt the same way I did. She never wanted a life full of fancy galas and limos. She wanted a simple life, working a job that she was passionate about. Her and my grandfather fought about it all the time, because he didn't think women should work, but instead stay at home, raise the kids, and have dinner on the table when he came home at night. So, when her husband died, she sold the house and bought this place." I say gesturing around the room. "All my life I have been told that story, except the ending was different, up until Friday night." I look up to the quiet blonde, seeing that she has calmed down a bit and I continue, "my parents told me she moved back to Mexico and cut all ties from the life she had here. The last time they saw her was right after my second birthday, and they got into this huge argument, and she walked out of our house...out of our lives for good." I hear a gasp fall from Arizona and I feel my throat tighten from trying to hold back my tears. "My parents told me that, she no longer felt obligated to stick around after my grandfather died, and now after hating this woman my whole life for abandoning us...I find out it was my mother who abandoned her."

By now I have tears in my eyes, and I can't keep them from falling down my face. "Mama won't tell my why, all she keeps saying is some crap about reputations and-" I'm cut off by the sob that I can no longer hold back.

The next thing I know, Arizona is kneeling in front of me, wiping my tears away and she gently says "hey, don't cry. It's going to be alright Callie, we'll figure this out. You and me, we make a great team remember? I promise I'll do everything I can to help you get to the bottom of this." She cups my face with her hand, and I can't help but lean into it and close my eyes.

"Callie...I don't really know what to say…I can call Rosa and have her down here in 15 minutes, if that's what you want." she says as she moves her thumb back and forth over my jaw, trying to comfort me.

Sniffling and trying to process all the feelings that are running wild inside me… some about my grandmother, and others about the blonde kneeling in front of me. This person who I've known for less than a day, makes me feel safer, than my own parents ever have. I reach up and place my hand over the pale one still cupping my face.

"Thank you so much, but I think I need some time." I feel her start to pull away, but my grip around her hands tightens and I quickly continue "you have no idea how much meeting her means to me, but I need to be in the right mindset. When we meet, I need to be thinking clearly, so I can ask the questions, that I've always wanted to ask her."

"Alright, I can respect that. But whenever you're ready, you just let me know, and I will be right by your side... that is, if you want me to be."

"Honestly Arizona? I wouldn't want anyone else except you there when we meet. I can tell my grandmother is very special to you, and I am so very thankful, that you and your parents were there to be the family she deserves to have."

Smiling Arizona pulls her hand away, and stands, reaching her hand out for me to take she pulls me up and into a comforting embrace. We stay like that for a while, neither of us willing to let the other go. I nuzzle my face into her neck and I can't help but notice how good she smells. Closing my eyes, my hold around her tightens. She feels so good.

Finally, we end the hug, and both take a step back from each other.

"Arizona? Will you maybe tell me about her?"

"absolutely! What do you want know?"

"Anything, just tell me. Please?"

Arizona walks over to the couch and sits on one end and motions for me to take the other end. I walk over and take my seat, as I do Dax walks over and puts his head in my lap, and I start rubbing his head.

The blonde smiles at us and says, "he can sense you're sad, that's his way of trying to help."

I lean down and kiss Dax on his nose while replying with "well, him and his mama both are doing a great job." I look up to see a blush work its way onto her face.

"It's cause we're awesome" she says, while grinning from ear to ear.

Chuckling I can't help but smiling at how adorable she is.

I watch Arizona as she moves her head side to side, trying to figure out where to start, after a few seconds she says "your grandmother is an amazing human being, Callie. She's very stubborn, but she's the type of person you'd be lucky to have in your life. She can make you laugh when you want to cry, she'd give you the shirt off your back if you needed it. Not to be judgmental or rude when I say this but, I'm honestly having a hard time understanding how someone could do something as cruel as what your mother did, to Ms. Rosa. She is a remarkable woman, a great mentor, and an amazing friend. She has come to feel like part of my family. To be honest, I kind of think of her as the grandma I never had. See, both sets of my grandparents, passed before I was born, so I never had the chance to know them… do you mind if a share a story with you? You told me your secret, so can I tell you mine?" she says, as she folds her hands in her lap and starts to play with her fingers. She starts chewing her lip, so I know what she is about to share with me is making her anxious.

I give her a small smile and say, "of course Arizona, you can tell me anything."

Nodding her head, she takes a deep breath and starts to talk.

"Ms. Rosa, has been my rock many times over the last few years. I umm, lost my brother a few years ago, he died in Iraq. He was my best friend, and I was absolutely devastated...I shut everyone out, I couldn't process what had happened and it was like my whole body just went numb. I was a zombie. I didn't do emotions, I didn't talk, I didn't yell or cry. I didn't even cry at his funeral. It was like someone had come in and scooped out all of what made me, who I am, and I was just a hollow shell of the person I was before his death. My parents, they tried to help me but nothing they did worked. I wasn't myself for a long time. Then one day, while I was volunteering here, your grandma came marching in the kennels, grabbed my arm and pulled me into her office...that's when she told me about her family. She didn't tell me what happened, but she said she lost them, and that it was okay to cry for Tim, because she cried for her family. She said it was okay to fall down sometimes, just as long as I get back up...she ummm.. she told me she had a granddaughter, that she would never get a chance to see grow up, and sometimes at night she would cry for her…. "I let out a quiet sob, at the last bit that she has just shared. She cried for me? Arizona pauses to give me a minute to process what she just told me, and after a minute, I'm able to pull myself back together. I nod my head for her to continue as I wipe the tears from my cheek.

"Callie, she was crying for you...That day, as she was telling me about her beautiful, brown eyed granddaughter, was the first time I had seen tears in her eyes. She is the strongest person I know, and she showed me her weakness, she showed me it was okay to miss Tim, and to cry for him, and then something inside me snapped, all the emotions I had been holding in, all came rushing out of me at once, it literally took my breath away. I fell to my knees, and your grandmother sat down beside me, and pulled me into her lap. We sat in her office for I don't know how long, arms wrapped around each other while we cried. I cried for my brother, while she cried for the grand baby she lost all those years ago." stopping to take a breath, she wipes a tear from her eye. "After we cried all we could cry, we sat and talked for hours. I told her about all the trouble me and Tim used to get into... and she told me about the times she did have with you, and how much she loved you. she wanted to be there for you, Callie. She said that she dreams of finding you one day, and that she longed to hold you in her arms again, and tell you how much she loved you."

By this point, I'm not even attempting to fight the tears streaming down my face. 'maybe things would've been different, if she were there…'

I feel the cushion beside me dip, and Arizona is pulling me to her. Without a second thought, I wrap my arms around her waist as she guides my head to her shoulder.

"iii juuust d-d-don't understand h-how mama c-could do this t-t-to our familyyyy!"

Arizona rubs her hands up and down my back, while whispering in my ear "shhhhh honey, I've got you. it's okay, you're okay. Everything is going to work out."

I'm fighting to pull myself together, but I'm so heartbroken, and confused. I can't seem to get my brain to slow down. So many thoughts, are running through my head, it all becomes too much and I start to hyperventilate.

Pulling out of our embrace Arizona takes my hand and places it over her chest. "Callie, calm down for me, you're gonna make yourself pass out. Deep breaths...come on, breathe with me." It doesn't take long for Arizona to calm me down. Her voice alone, could calm the roughest of storms. "That's it Callie, good. Good girl. Keep breathing with me." after she is sure I'm not going to pass out she pulls me back into a hug. I've calmed my breathing, but my mind is still racing and the tears haven't stopped falling.

'How could my mother do this?...how can Arizona do that?…. All because my grandma followed her heart!...Arizona is so amazing, we barely know each other and she's holding me while I have a mental breakdown...I can only imagine how heartbroken Abuela must be….why do I feel like I can let my guard down around her?.. will Abuela be able to forgive me?...Arizona makes me feel safe...I wonder if I'm anything like her...How is it that I feel so safe in this woman's arms?...I hope I've made her proud... Your nose is running all over this poor girl's shirt, Pull yourself together Torres!...

It's as if she can read my mind when she pulls me closer and says "It's okay to cry. Just let it out. We'll sit here as long as you need. Trust me Callie, Rosa will be so happy that you're here." tightening my hold around her waist is the only reply I can manage right now.

For the next few minutes, neither of us speak. When I finally pull away from her, she reaches to the coffee table, grabs the box of tissues, and holds them out for me to take. "I'm so sorry Arizona, I didn't mean to fall apart like that, I'm just so overwhelmed." I tell her as I try to clean myself up.

"Hey, hey, no apologies. You just had your world turned upside down…" 'for the hundredth time in a matter of months'. "you have no reason to be sorry, I was more than willing to give you a shoulder to cry on" giving me a mischievous smirk she adds "although I'm not too fond of all these boogers you left behind."

I feel myself blushing, and I hide my face in my hands as I mumble, "Oh my God, I am so sorry Arizona!" way to go, doofus. "I-I-I'll get it dry cleaned for you…"

"No need for any of that, it's just an old t-shirt"

I don't even hear her reply, as my head shoots up, when a better idea comes to me, "no better yet, I'll just buy you a new one!"

"You will do no such thing!"

Still not hearing a word leaving the blonde's mouth, I continue rambling "Yeah that's a better idea, right? Right! What store did you get buy it from? I'll go there, as soon a-" I'm cut off by a pale hand covering my mouth.

"Callie! Shut up!" she says with amusement. I go cross-eyed when I attempt to look down at the hand silencing me, making the blonde giggle. I glare at her, which only makes her giggle some more. 'she's so adorable, I just want to snuggle her…' I roll my eyes at myself, 'So much for badass Callie Torres…'

Watching me with amusement, she gives me a dimpled smile, and while still holding her hand over my mouth she asks, "can I say something now?" since I can't speak, I nod my head.

"about time." she mumbles, which gets her another glare...that causes more giggles… feigning annoyance, I huff and cross my arms, waiting for her to speak.

"Anywaysssssss, as I was trying to say earlier, I'm not worried about the shirt. Seriously. This shirt," she points at her shirt, "came off the fifty-cent rack at Goodwill, so please don't worry about it. Okay?" she looks at me, like she wants me to reply...but her hand is still over my mouth. I raise an eyebrow at her, but she doesn't seem to get the message.

Sighing, she looks to the ceiling and says "If it would make you feel better, we can go over to the thrift store and I'll let you buy me a shirt. Off the fifty-cent rack. Is that what you want?" when I don't give a reply, she looks at me and says, "would you say something?!"

'Does she really not realize her hand is still on my face? Maybe she needs a reminder….' she's still staring at me, and I look straight into her baby blues, as I stick the tip of my tongue out and run it over the palm of her hand. I meant for it to be funny, but when I hear her breath hitch, I know funny is not the response I'm getting…I expected her to pull away instantly, but instead, I watch as her eyes go wide, and her mouth drops open just a little. 'I think I like this reaction better anyways.' I swear I hear her let out a soft moan, andit suddenly feels like the temperature has risen 100 degrees. 'yep, this reaction is definitely better!'

Then all too soon the moment is over, when the phone starts to ring. Arizona yanks her hand back, and with a blush and a smile she makes her way to her desk to answer the call.

'It's official. I have the hots for Arizona Robbins...'