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General POV
It was almost 6pm but Callie was sitting in front of her laptop . Her shop already closed by now . She was working on her novel project . It was her first attempt on trying to get her e-novel turned into a book . Hopefully someone would publish it . She cracked her neck before continued tapping on the keyboard .
Callie used to be a journalist at Seattle Spectator . She worked there for almost ten years . She even had her own column in the newspaper . Her boss had given her the privileges to write anything she would like to write as long as it was an interesting topic and useful for readers . But after nine years of working together , her amazing boss finally quit .
Callie couldn't help it but cried on Jack's last day in Seattle Spectator . He was Callie's teacher in the world of writing . He never stopped encouraging her to pursue her dream of becoming a published author . He was awesome and relaxed . He was basically the opposite side of Megan , her new boss . After nine years of working comfortably together , knowing each other things . Jack quit his job .
He was replaced by a grumpy , control freak woman . That woman was a devil . Nothing like him at all . She put an end to Callie's column , claiming Callie's writing wasn't fresh and not enough attractive to attract more young readers to read their newspaper . Well , other newspaper's company was having the same problem too . Because of the internet , younger people nowadays preferred to read news from online . And it wasn't her fault that young generation didn't read a news straight from the paper , right ? Out of other people , why did her boss blamed her and only her ? Was it because of her sexuality ? Maybe she was a homophobic ?
So after that her boss hired a young journalist called , Dylan Dickhead . Dickhead wasn't his last name but Callie called him that because he could be a total dickhead sometimes . And it was even truer he was a dickhead when Megan gave Dylan a permission for him to handle the column that Jack at the first place created for Callie . Without warning , she was kicked out from her own column . Callie was pissed . But she remained calm and tried her best adjusting to the new changes . For six months she just nodded and said yes , letting Dylan bullying her . Under the new leadership , she learned nothing but had herself tormented by Megan and Dylan . She realized that she would never be good enough for her bosses . After six months her old boss left , she finally tendered her resignation . What did she feel after quitting ? Regret ? Sorry ? Sad ? No , Callie felt refreshed . She felt like all the heavy rocks on her shoulder just got lifted .
Even though her father was a millionaire , Callie refused any help from him . Using her savings from all those years as a journalist , she opened a coffee shop with Mark . For fun . A good investment , though . She wanted to stand on her own feet . And she knew she couldn't afford her life with her online novel . How could she when she didn't even receive one cent from it , at least not until it got published . It was her hobby for now . But she couldn't stop writing and she couldn't stop trying to turn her hobby into becoming her income , her job . Because deep down , she always knew that her passion was writing .
"Kitchen is clean ." Lexie suddenly appeared from the kitchen .
"Thank you , Lexie . Are you going back straight to your home ?" Callie asked .
"Honestly , I don't feel like going home . The house feels empty without Mark ." She took off her apron and hang it on the wall .
"You can crash here if you want ." Callie was referring to her loft above the shop . Yeah , daughter of a hotel tycoon lived in a loft . It wasn't a big place but it was comfortable enough for her to live alone for now .
"You sure ? You don't mind me staying here tonight ?"
"I don't . You can take the bed , I will have the couch ." Callie replied . "Besides , you are Mark's girl . I have to take care of you ." Callie laughed . Major Mark Sloan . She knew Mark for almost fifteen years now . They had been best friend since the first time they met at Joe's . Mark was hitting on her shamelessly that night , she laughed whenever she thought about it . They both just seemed to click very well .
Lexie sat down in front of Callie with a cup of Mocha in her hand .
"Have you heard from him ? When he will be back again ?" Callie tapped down the spacebar . Mark was currently in a mission . In Afghanistan .
"Nope , nothing ." Lexie answered . "I want him to quit his job so badly . Everytime an unknown number calls me , I couldn't help but feeling scared . It might be from his superior officer , calling me to tell that he's …"
"I know ." Callie cut off . She held Lexie's hand . She knew that feeling . On Christmas last year , she told Mark maybe it was time to quit but that man was stubborn . He said to Callie that he wasn't feeling to quit his dangerous job anytime soon .
"Or when someone knocks on my door when I know that I am not having any visitor coming on that day . It is just a very scary feeling . And I tried not to think about it .. But with the empty house and nothing to do , I couldn't help it but overthinking ." Lexie added , upset .
"He will be alright ." Callie tried to calm down the younger woman in front of her . "And you are clearly not . You need to tell him what you are feeling while he's away . Tell him , he will understand you ."
Lexie sighed . "I wanted to but when he's back , all I feel was .. 'He just got back and maybe he was tired' . He needed rest and the last thing he needs is me pressuring him to quit ."
"You need to tell him , Lexie . Let him know . He's one hell of a stubborn man but maybe you can do something about that . And you guys would make a cute baby ." Callie winked . "Or babies ."
Lexie blushed immediately seconds after that . She shook her head . There was once when Mark wanted a baby but Lexie shot down the idea , telling him she was too young for family . But now , maybe she was ready but Mark never revisited the idea after she rejected it . She was actually waiting for Mark to popped out that idea again .
"Hey, Lex ." Callie called , killing the other woman's thought . "I wanted to ask you something ."
Lexie looked at the Latina . Callie always had this face when she wanted to dig something . She called it the 'Interviewer's Face' . "What is it you wanted to know ?"
Callie closed her laptop . She bit her lower lips before finally asking her question . "About the blonde the other day ."
"Which blonde , exactly ?" Lexie raised her eyebrows . She couldn't catch up .
"The blonde that came in here three days ago ." Red lips answered .
"Can you give me more details ? I couldn't remember which blonde ."
"The angry blue eyed blonde . Furious , enraged . Wrong order . The one that I accidentally showered her with a coffee ." Callie said one by one .
"Oooh , that one ! Dr. Arizona Robbins ." Lexie stopped . "Umm , not a doctor anymore . Why are you asking ? Is she was detected by your active gaydar ? You totally have an awesome gaydar , because yes , she is gay ."
Callie slapped the brunette's hand . "No , just asking . You know her ?"
"My sister used to work with her . She was a Chief of Peds Surgery at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital ." Lexie explained .
"Was ? I thought surgeons make a great salary . Why did she quit ?" Callie took a sip of her coffee , eagerly waiting for the answer .
"Well .. about that . I don't really know ." Lexie was shifting uncomfortably in her seat .
"But you knew something ." Callie narrowed her eyes .
"It is not my story to tell ." Lexie decided to keep her lips sealed . "You should ask her by yourself , if you are really interested in her ."
"If she ever come here again . I haven't seen her for three day after the stupid incident ." Callie said , upset . Losing a customer because of her clumsiness ? She moved her head to the left and right . She wasn't good when it came to facing the public . The morning crowd at her coffee shop made her nervous . People watching her somehow made her think that she was doing it all wrong .
The keys jangled in her hands as she aprroached the the big wooden door . She slipped the key into the dead bolt and turned it . Arizona entered her empty house after a very long day at work . She turned on the light before putting down her leather briefcase on the table . She walked toward the television inside the living room , turning it on to tried to kill the silence . She slowly smiled when she saw the photo frame on the coffee table in front of a television . It was a photo of her and Joanne .
Just as she was about to buried herself into a deep old memories her cellphone suddenly rang , startling her .
She stared at the phone screen before answering it , it was her mother . Arizona exhaled , tired . She seemed to know the reason on why her mother called . This time , who was the unlucky person on the earth that mom tried to pair me off with ? Slowly , her finger touched the green symbol and dragged it to the middle .
"Mother ." Arizona answered , not so excited .
"Arizona , how are you ? Are you still at the office ?" Barbara was happy to hear her now estranged daughter's voice .
She used to call Barbara every two or three days but now Barbara was the one that had to call her . Arizona wasn't a bad daughter . Her husband , Colonel Daniel Robbins had his own money from his monthly pension . They both didn't need any money from their kids but Arizona never stopped giving them money every month via bank transfer even when she didn't talk to them for months . Barbara wasn't offended with her daughter's sudden changes in behavior . She knew Arizona was wounded . And now she was only trying to help her . She couldn't just sit back and watched her daughter distancing herself from everyone . She was her only daughter .
"No , mom . I'm at home . And I am fine , just like you asked me two days ago ." Arizona said .
"Are you free tomorrow , Arizona ?"
Arizona sighed . "Who is it this time , mom ?"
"Camilla Porter . You remember her ?" The older woman asked .
"No , I don't ." Arizona replied quickly . Even if she knew who Camilla was , she would say she didn't know her . It was easier that way .
"Camilla is my high school friend's daughter . The one that visited us on Thanksgiving two years ago with her mother . She is a model and she's very beautiful . She's in Seattle until tomorrow night ."
"Whoaaah , a model ? Now you are pairing me up with a model , mom ? Seriously ?" Arizona asked in her dramatic voice .
"Last time I set you up with a teacher , you rejected it . I figure maybe you would like the model type this time ." Barbara said .
"I would like you to just leave me alone , mom ." Arizona sat down on the brown sofa as her hand grabbed the photo frame .
"Arizona , I am doing this because I love you . Your father and I , we both won't be long ... We are both very old . We just wanted to see our daughter happy again . We don't want you to be all alone when we both are gone forever . Please consider about it ." Barbara tried to talk her daughter down .
Arizona was touched by her mother's words . "I am happy , mom . You both don't have to worry about me . I know how to take care of myself . I am a grown up woman ." She was staring at Joanne's photo while saying those words .
"No , you are not . You don't even know how to cook . You need someone to take care of you ." Barbara replied on the other line . "Arizona , it's almost five years since Joanne …"
"Fine , mom . I will go see her tomorrow ." Arizona interjected , she didn't want to hear anything about Joanne from someone else . Not from her mother or from anyone . No one understood it better than herself . But wait … Maybe , Joanne would understand too . She put the photo frame down . "And she's not brunette , right ?"
"Lunch date ?" The older woman asked excitedly . "And no , she's not a brunette ."
"I have a site visit tomorrow ." Arizona was rubbing her neck . "Is she a morning person ? Can she wake up super early ?"
A morning coffee date was better than no date at all , Barbara thought . "Of course she can . Wait for a minute , I will give her number for you to call her and …"
"No , mom . You set the date ready for me . I will just show up where I needed ." Arizona cut off . "Tell her to meet me at a coffee shop called , Cubano Café . 8am sharp ."
Cubano Café
The Next Day
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Today she was looking casual than the any other working day , wearing a red blue checkered shirt and a blue jeans with a pair of black boot . Her favorite aviator was perfectly placed on the table . She was glancing on her watch for a few times by now . Almost half an hour already passed but Miss Camilla Porter still hadn't show up . Arizona took out a few papers from her briefcase , deciding to read it while waiting for her supposedly date .
She would wait for another ten minutes for that woman . If she still didn't show up , she would leave . She had other important things to do than wasting her time waiting for someone who clearly didn't understand the meaning of punctuality and obviously didn't value and respect other people's time . She hated that kind of person . And at the end , it was unlikely that she would actually like this Camilla Porter . Same with what happened with the other women her mother set her up with . They were only her one time date .
But what if Camilla showed up ? And she actually liked her ? Maybe she was a very interesting person . Something about the model would drawn her in ? Arizona shook her head , laughing at the crazy thought . If she really wanted to move on , she would do it without her mother's help . The thing was , she refused to find somebody else because she didn't want to move on . She wanted to stay like this forever . Unattached to anyone so that she didn't need to feel it again . She didn't need to feel the pain of losing someone she loved all over again . She took a sip of her coffee , no , she didn't want to feel that . Even the pain of losing Joanne was still here and it seemed like didn't want to stop .
Callie was looking at herself in the mirror . She tucked a few of strand of hairs behind her ear . Satisfied with her appearance , she grabbed her phone and got herself ready for the day . Walking down the stairs , she saw a familiar blonde sitting alone at the table near the window . It was the blue eyes from the other days . Callie's eyes lit up and without herself realizing it , she was smiling .
Lexie noticed the staring . She was grinning behind the counter now as she mouthed a 'Go' to Callie .
Callie walked toward Lexie , raising her eyebrows . "Why are you grinning like an idiot ?"
"I saw you staring at her ." Lexie giggled . "If you are really attracted to her , just go to her table and make a conversation ."
"I am NOT attracted to her , okay . I was staring at her because I was debating with myself wether to go there and apologize again ." Callie denied . But Lexie knew that Callie liked that blonde . "And she seems busy ."
"Just go , Callie . Do not make up excuses . She is … just over there ." Lexie said in an encouraging tone .
Callie looked at Lexie questioningly . Why is this woman so excited for me ? She shrugged , she would just go ahead . She carefully made her way toward the blue eyes's table . Suddenly , a tall blonde bumped into her . Without saying sorry , the blonde just walked pass her and took the seat in front of the blue eyes's table .
Callie sighed emptily . Blue eyes was on a coffee date with a hot tall chick . She couldn't help it but felt a little bit down . She turned around and her eyes's met with Lexie's . She just shook her head toward the younger brunette .
Arizona was reading the draft . Her eyes was busy focusing on the white paper , making her didn't notice the blonde that just took a seat in front of her .
"Seems a bit preoccupied over there ." A voice interfered Arizona's reading . She was smiling .
Blue eyes was scanning the tall blonde in front of her . "Miss Porter ." Arizona said , trying to be formal . She put down the papers and extended her hand .
"Just Camilla , please ." She glanced at Arizona's almost empty cup . "I am sorry that I made you wait . Morning traffics !"
Arizona glanced at the watch on her wrist for a while . Camilla awkwardly watched the very quiet blonde . "It's okay . It wasn't that long . I waited for you .. for only … hmm thirty three minutes .
"Time means nothing for a high class model like you , ain't that right ?" Arizona added flatly . She was hoping that this date would be over soon . But then she remembered her mother . She wouldn't be pleased if Arizona treated this woman in front of her badly . Arizona waved her hand at the waiter . The young man walked toward them .
Lightless blue eyes finally met the other over excited blue eyes . A fake smile plastered on her face . "Coffee ?"
"A cup of latte ." A smile beamed on Camilla's lip . It was a little too over sweet smile .
A smile that was convenience to use to captured someone's heart . Unfortunately , Arizona didn't like her that way . "And I will have another round of Americano , triple ." She said to the young man as he wrote the order down on a piece of paper .
"Hardcore , huh ?" Camilla asked , trying to create a conversation once the waiter left . But Arizona only gave her a puzzled look .
"The way you like your coffee ."
"Oh , it's just something that I drink everyday ." Arizona said as she checked her phone . Not really paying attention to the blonde in front of her .
Camilla couldn't help it but feel offended by the way Arizona treated her but decided not to let it get to her . Maybe Arizona needed some more time . She didn't want to rush it . She liked Arizona and her charisma . Arizona was the kind of person that Camilla felt suitable to start a relationship with . She had her own company and she was very damn good - looking . Camilla didn't have to do anything for the rest of her life if she ended up with Arizona . The blonde was loaded . She could totally see herself flying to wherever she wanted every weekend .
"It's been two years since the last time we met . But that wasn't the last time I heard about you ." Camilla tried to talk to her again . "I never stopped follow your updates ."
It took a few seconds for Arizona to gave her respond . "Are you telling me that you are stalking me all this time , Miss Porter ?" She took of her eyes off the phone screen . Their gazes finally met .
"I don't have to stalk you . The news of your company for the next biggest shopping mall project in Seattle was all over the place ." Camilla was staring deep into the other woman's eyes . "And you … All of your charity works with the kids around the world , I am impressed ."
Arizona laughed , a fake smile was on her face . She couldn't help it but felt the whole conversation with the blonde woman in front of her was nothing but fake . She wasn't impressed , she was trying to wooo me . She decided to play it along . "I am flattered . It is nothing , really . I'm just doing my part in making the world a better place ."
"You are a good woman ."
Arizona shook her head . If she was really a good human , Joanne would still be here . They would still share the same bed . And she didn't have to go to all the dumb dates that her mother set her up with . Like this one . "Let's cut to the chase , Miss Porter . Why should I be interested in you ?"
"Woah .. That is pretty direct . I don't expect that kind of question on a first date ." Flirty eyes answered .
"I don't like to waste my time . We should ask each other whatever questions we have in our mind while we still have our time ." Arizona spoke . "God knows , maybe this is going to be our first and last date ."
The blonde woman was still smiling . Maybe she thought Arizona was joking with her .
Callie didn't usually do this . This was out of her routine . She wouldn't do serving the customer job , normally . It was always Hannah and Connor's task . But she wanted to send this order even though Hannah wouldn't let her . Hanna said she was the boss and that she shouldn't do anything . But she wanted to see if the blue eyes still remembered her . And most importantly , who was that blonde with her ? Maybe she could peeked into their conversation while sending the order .
So , here she was right now . Nervously making her way toward the couple's table . Callie tried to breathe in and breathe out several times as she was approaching them .
But it seemed like 'clumsy' was her middle name . She accidentally tripped herself and fell on the floor with the tray . Half of the beverages splashed on her customers's clothes , most of it was on the dress of the blonde woman that was sitting in front of the blue eyes .
Callie couldn't move , not because of the hot beverages was now slowly flowing down on her hands but she was afraid of the respond she would get from both blondes . Still on the floor , she was silently cursing herself . It was her second time moment of clumsiness with the same customer . She didn't know what to do now . The only thing going on her mind was that she had to prepare herself because she knew she would get a yell by the blue eyes .
"Oh , shit . My dress !" Camilla yelled . "What the fuck ? Are you blind ?"
Arizona said nothing but stood up . She tried to remain calm but she knew in any minute , she would had herself burst into laughter . She was secretly hoping something like this would come up , so that they had to cut short their date . And then this happened . The very same woman from the other day was on the floor . Arizona walked around the woman before she extended her hand . "Hey , are you okay ?"
Callie was hesitated to grabbed the soft and smaller helping hand . She was very embarrassed and she was scared of the blonde . But blue eyes's hand slowly wrapped around her right wrist as the other hand was supporting the Latina's body . Sparking blue eyes ran into the sorry dark brown eyes .
Arizona knew the other woman wanted to say sorry for the trouble . She just nodded at the Latina . She wasn't mad at all . Nope , she was mad . She was mad at the fact that she couldn't laugh right now . She really wanted to laugh . Arizona's gaze fell into the blue eyes in front of her that couldn't stop swearing while trying to get rid of the coffee stain on her dress . Her dress was soaked through .
Arizona cleared her throat . "Maybe this is a sign . For us to end this date . You have to get change ."
"The hotel that I am staying in is not far from here . I can go change my clothes for a while and then I will be here before you know it . We can continue with our date . Maybe at the other coffee shop ." Camilla said but her eyes was on Callie . She was angry with her . The waiter had ruined her date with Arizona .
Arizona took a quick glance on her watch . That wasn't going to happen . Camilla wasted half an hour of their one hour date and Arizona had to wait for her patiently . She was not going to do any waiting activity anymore . She had enough . She had a lot of works to do . "I'm afraid our time is up . I should be in my office in fifteen minutes ."
"But thanks , though . It's a wonderful date ." Arizona added nonchalantly .
Camilla wanted to open her mouth to say something . It was barely a date to her . They never even had a chance to drink their coffee .
"I am very sorry that I ruined your date ." Callie said apologetically to Arizona . She quickly received a death glare from Camilla .
"It's okay ." Arizona said to the Latina with a dimpled smile .
That was a very cute smile Callie ever saw . Blue eyes didn't only have an intense eyes but also a sweet and cute smile . It melted her heart a little bit . And she was actually a warm - hearted person . Unlike the other day .
"You should go back to your hotel , Miss Porter . You smell like coffee ." Arizona said to the other blonde with a slight hint of sarcasm . "Usually , I would offer all of my dates a ride but I couldn't offer it to you . I don't want my car to smell like a coffee ."
Camilla was staring sharply at Arizona right now . Her face was hit with a pang of humiliation . She shook her head a few times before she left . Just when she arrived at the front door , she turned around . "Keep up with that arrogant shitty behaviour of yours , Robbins ! Maybe you thought with your sad story everyone would pity you but judging by your behaviour , no one would ever put up with you and your pathetic life !" And Camilla yelled before she left .
Arizona's eyes was still at the door even though she already left . Fuck it . She wasn't asking for sympathy from anyone . She didn't walk around telling people her story . It was her mother that did it . She didn't ask people to pity her . And she was sure as hell that she wasn't anyone charity case . Without realizing it , her face redened .
Callie's dark brown eyes went wide in shocked when she heard the yell from the other blonde . She thought both of them were on a date . Why was the other blonde so upset ?
Callie looked at the blue eyes in front of her . She wasn't sure what to say to her because right now , blue eyes was slowly turning red . She was angry . But with who ? With her or with the blonde that just left ? Her thought was soon interrupted by Hannah , she arrived at the table with two small towel and a tray . With a smile , she gave Callie one of the towel to wipe her hands . Callie step aside to let her worker cleaned the table .
"I am so sorry . This is the second time I did that . I am so … sorry ." Callie shook her head .
Arizona turned around to face the brunette . "Shhhh ." She shushed her . The brunette just saved her from a disastrous fake date . The least she could do now was not be mad at her. But still , Callie wouldn't stop talking .
"I know you are mad . You know what ? You don't have to pay anything today , tomorrow or the day .. after tomorrow . For one year , you can get free coffee everyday . Any coffee . Any..thing you w-want ." Callie stuttered as blue eyes walked toward her .
"Anything that I want ?" Arizona narrowed her eyes .
"I mean anything .. related to a coffee ." Callie shifted , uncomfortable . Arizona's intense eyes was staring right into her eyes . "Well , if you ask me to buy you a new car .. I can't give you that ."
"No , not a car . But you did say 'anything I want' , right ?" Arizona raised her eyebrows playfully . "As a punishment of you being clumsy and careless ."
"I only of-offered coffee ." Callie stuttered over her word .
"Oh , I so damn well could pay for my own coffee ." Arizona grabbed her phone that was on the table . She slid the phone into her side pocket . And she gathered the papers together and held it firmly against her chest . Her left hand took out a few notes from the other pocket of her jeans as she placed it on the table .
"You didn't have to …"
Arizona cut off . "Yes , I have to . I will think of something else as the punishment ." She put on her aviator , ready to leave .
"Thank you again for saving me from the horrible date just now , Miss … ?"
"Calliope … Torres ." Shit ! Callie wanted to take back what she just said . Why on earth did she introduce herself with her full first name ? Because for some people , Calliope was a quite weird first name . But it wasn't that weird compared to her middle name . She was silently hoping she could hide herself under the table now . "But you can call me , Callie ."
"Calliope . Hmm …" Arizona nodded her head .
Callie just stood there , not moving at all . That was the first time she heard someone pronounced her name right on a first try . Her name was perfectly pronounced by Arizona .
"Calliope ..." Once again the name escaped from Arizona's pink lips .
"Oh , come on . It means music . It's not really weird , right ?"
"I was about to say , unique ." Arizona replied . "It's a unique name .
A smile crept onto Callie's lips .
"I will see you around , Calliope ." Arizona walked away with a small giggle . But she suddenly halted her movement . "I haven't introduce myself yet , right ? I'm Arizona Robbins ."
"Knew that already ." Callie replied , followed by a small laugh .
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Monday 28th November 2016
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