mientosz : Thank you ! I am so glad that you like it .
Lena : You are very welcome :)
McAwesome : Callie wouldn't have to wait too long until Arizona punishes her , hahaha ! This is the chapter .
Calzonafan123 : It is going to be explained , soon …
Helena : Thank you for both of your reviews on both chapter . I had to google translated it , glad to know people from outside of my country is reading this story too :D
bluesky25 : Yeah , Callie's clumsiness would always fit right in into Arizona's well organized way . They would fill each other's blank spaces and supporting each other . About Joanne , it would come up soon .
AZsgirl : Something really terrible … Thank you for the review :)
Author's Note : Firstly , I would like to apologize to the readers as this chapter doesn't give you (yet) all the explanation you've been waiting for . I wanted to make this one and the supposedly next chapter all in one chapter but then it will be too long . But I promise that this story is slowly going to the explanation part of Arizona's past , please be patient with me :) Chapter Three is up , just a short one but please do enjoy !
Disclaimer : I don't own anything of this show , just borrowing the characters until they got back together on the screen .
Two Days Later
Sullivan Group Inc
General POV
Arizona was in the meeting room when the phone in her pocket vibrated . She had put it on silent mood earlier before she entered the meeting .
Arizona tried to ignore it as she focused herself at the bald man that was standing in the middle of the room but to no avail , the buzzing that her phone was making , made her felt uncomfortable . She slowly moved her body to slid the phone out of her pocket easily .
Under the table , she checked her phone . Three missed call from her mother , Arizona arched her eyebrows . The phone then vibrated again . Arizona wasn't sure that she should picked it up or not since she was in the middle of a meeting . But it might be an emergency .
She looked at the person next to her . It was Nathaniel 'Nate' Sullivan , Joanne's younger brother . Also her only sibling . Nate worked at Sullivan Group right after he graduated from business school . He held forty-nine percent of the share in the company . While Arizona took care the other fifty-one percent from Joanne's side . He seemed to noticed Arizona's behaviour . Without talking , he raised his eyebrows questioningly at Arizona .
"It's a call from hometown . I need to answer this . Might be an emergency ." Arizona leaned in toward him as she whispered .
He just nodded , giving Arizona a 'go' .
Arizona quickly stood up and exited the room . Her mother's number was on the speed dial , she held the phone to her ear as she waited impatiently .
"Mom ! What happened ? Is dad okay ?" Arizona asked , worried . Her father had a few history of heart attack before this .
"Oh , he is so fine but you aren't . Why Arizona , why ? I set you up with my friend's daughter but why you couldn't be nice to her ? Even if you are mad at me , please … Don't take it all out on other people ." The older Robbins spoke . "Camilla told me …"
"Mom ! I am in the middle of a meeting . And please don't tell me that you called me just because of Camilla complained to you about me ."
"What is happening with you , Arizona ? How long are you going to keep holding onto your old memories ?"
"Mom .. I am hanging up ." Arizona replied , not very excited when her mother brought up her topic . She rubbed her face using her palm a few times , trying to calm herself .
"Where did the person that we raised her up so well gone missing ?" Barbara kept pressuring . "And don't you dare hanging up on your own mother , Arizona !"
"Mom , stop it ! Okay ? Just stop it . I have a girlfriend and that is the reason why I wasn't excited with the date you set me up with Camilla ." Arizona blurted out spontaneously , hoping her mother would just dropped this thing .
"What ?" Barbara asked excitedly . "And you didn't even think to tell me ?"
Arizona began regretting what she just said . It was a lie . An unplanned one . "It .. it was too … soon and still new . I don't want to raise anyone's hope . We only started seeing each other for a month ."
Moody , loner , quiet , unhappy . Now she had to add more thing to the list . Liar .
Barbara on the other line was chuckling . "You silly … How long the relationship is , it doesn't matter . What matter is , you started dating again , Arizona !"
Arizona was rubbing her head now . She always had headache every time she received a phone call from her mother .
"What's her name ?"
"Mom , I have to go ." Arizona ignored her mother's question .
"Hmm . Still trying to keep it low , aren't you ?" Barbara asked . "Nevermind , perhaps she can tell her name by herself because we are having a family dinner this weekend ."
"Tim is coming home ?" Arizona was excited with the news . They always had a family dinner when Tim came back from his mission . That was the only time their small family could gather together . But her mother was saying something weird . Why would her non existent girlfriend told them her name by herself ?
"And your mysterious girlfriend will come to the dinner too ." Barbara didn't ask but she was giving an order . "We would like to know this lady that magically opens your heart to start dating again ."
"You made it sound like I am dating a witch . She's not coming . It … it is too soon , mom ."
"You don't want to argue with me , Arizona ." With that , the older woman hung up the phone .
Arizona's eyes immediately went wide . Okay , since when did my mother started to hang up on me ?
Nate suddenly got out of the room . He was looking at the blonde worriedly as his eyes was trying to read Arizona's face . "Is everything okay ?"
"Do you happen to know where I could rent a fake girlfriend for a weekend ?" Arizona sighed heavily . She was indeed in a deep trouble .
It was three days before the weekend .
Arizona pulled over as her eyes watched the shop across the road . This was her last effort of saving her own ass . It might be a crazy idea but she had no other choice . She had spent her past two days thinking about this upcoming weekend of bringing her imaginary girlfriend to meet her family when she should be sleeping .
She had done a lot of thinking . Maybe the brunette boss at the coffee shop would actually agreed to this insane idea . Arizona smiled , she knew she had the power of convincing other people . No , not convincing but forcing . After all , the brunette still owed her something in return of her two clumsy incidents .
What was her name ? Arizona's forehead was crinkling as she tried to remember the Latina's name .
Calliope Torres ! She took a deep breath as she crossed the busy street . Arizona pushed the pale red door to the coffee shop . It was quiet . Weirdly quiet .
"Dr. Robbins !" Lexie Grey looked up and saw the blonde . She was wiping on one of the coffee table just now .
Arizona cleared her throat , uncomfortable with the way Lexie just called her .
"I am sorry , it's a habit ." Lexie replied . "How can I help you ? We already closed but it wouldn't hurt if you want a cup of your usual coffee ."
"I am actually looking for Calliope ."
Lexie raised her eyebrows in confusion . What ? Now they knew each other ? "She went out to do some grocery shopping . You want me to tell her that you came by ?"
"Hmm .. Can I wait here ? It's kind of important for me to see her today ." Arizona replied .
"Sure … Sure you can . Take a seat . I will go get you a cup of coffee ." Lexie smiled and turned around . This was getting more weird and weird . Since when Callie became friend with her sister's former superior ? She glanced at Arizona as she took out her phone from the pocket of the apron . She typed a quick text to Callie .
You didn't tell me that you are now friends with Arizona Robbins ! - Lex
She got a response from Callie immediately after that .
Why are you suddenly talking about her ? - C
Because she's here ! And she's waiting for you . - Lex
Whattttt ? Why ? - C
Dunno . Please come back fast , Callie . She is making me nervous with her quietness . - Lex
Cubano's Café
She had to cut short her shopping session when she heard from Lexie that blue eyes was waiting for her at her coffee shop . Callie spent her ride back to the shop thinking about Arizona . What was the reason of the blonde to troubled herself looking for her ? Did she finally found the perfect punishment for her ? If she did , what was it ? Hopefully , it wasn't something embarrassing .
Callie quickly jumped out of the car as soon as it stopped moving . It was very lucky for her to get a parking space right in front of her shop at this hour . And it really helped for her as she bought many things at the supermarket just now . She opened the passenger door and hugged three paper bags altogether . As soon as she reached at the door , she struggled herself to got herself in .
Arizona from the inside just emptily watched the Latina who was fighting with the half glass and half wooden door , not bothering herself to helped the brunette at all .
Lexie ran to the front door as she held the door open for her best friend . At first , she thought Arizona was going to held the door for Callie .
Callie knew a pair of blue eyes was staring at her as she awkwardly put down the paper bags on the counter . She fixed her shirt and hair before slowly making her way to the blonde's table .
"I heard you are looking for me ."
Lexie tilted her head as she hid under the counter , trying to listen to the conversation between Callie and Arizona .
Arizona turned her head around . Satisfied when she saw no one else was in the room , she turned her head again as she fixed her eyes on the questioning dark brown eyes . "I have a proposition for you ."
Callie looked at Arizona , signaling for her to continue . Oh , God she could melt with that intensity of stunning blue eyes if Arizona didn't stop looking at her too deeply . It felt like Arizona's staring eyes was penetrating her soul . And sometimes , she felt like those eyes was undressing her .
Proposition ? Meaning what ? A joint venture ? Callie was having a conversation silently in her heart .
Arizona didn't plan to wait long , instead she just went straight to the point . "I WANT you to be my fake girlfrend for a weekend and meet my family . Since you are still in debt with me , this is the perfect way for you to pay it off ."
Callie was shaking as she laughed uncontrollably soon after she heard what Arizona just said .
Meanwhile Arizona felt insulted . She tapped the table a few times to get the attention from the Latina . "I am not joking ."
Callie finally stopped laughing but a smile was still on her red lips . "Are you serious ?"
"Do I look like I am kidding ?" She shot back .
"Okay , so this is serious . First of all , you should started your first sentence with a question mark . That should be a question not an order . Because I am not one of your worker or colleague , Miss Angry Most of The Time and Egomaniac The Most Self -Centered Human I've Ever Seen ." Callie replied sarcastically . "And yes , that is what I've been calling you inside my head since the first time we met ." Isn't it 'blue eyes' I always called her ?
"Showered twice by coffees when all you wanted to do was having a drink would make you always mad ." Sarcasm was in Arizona's voice . "And I am honored that you created a nickname for me . That means I am special to you . The one that would always be in your mind ."
Callie slumped back in her seat , slightly annoyed . Arizona Robbins was breathtakingly beautiful , especially when she smiled but her attitude ? She knew from the day she said she would give the blonde anything , it would all went wrong and the blonde would ask her to give weird things . And in this case , asking her to do weird thing . "When will you finally stop talking about what happened ? It was an accident ."
"Accidents . You bathed me twice with coffees ." Arizona reminded the brunette .
"Seriously ?"
"Mhmmm ." Arizona nodded .
"Do you realize that what was I offering the other day didn't include me pretending to be someone's girlfriend ?"
"You said you would give me anything ."
"That is my point exactly . I would give you anything because my clumsiness gave you troubles the other days . Give ! Not be … your fake girlfriend in front of your family …?" Callie stopped for a while . "God , that sounded so sick ."
Arizona bit down her lips . Calliope Torres was her only hope and she just refused .
"Why don't you just tell your family that you don't have a girlfriend because no ones actually could stand with your attitude ." Callie spoke .
"My mother would set me up for another date if I told her that ."
"Mama's little daughter , aren't you ?" Callie mocked her .
Under the table , she gripped the tablecloth , hard . Arizona was trying to held back her tongue from saying things that she shouldn't . Calliope Torres was one of a kind . Most people wouldn't dare arguing with her like the woman sitting in front of her did right now . She was giving Arizona a headache of uncertainty . And she had a smart mouth . Too smart that her ego felt challenged by the Latina .
Callie stared at the worry face in front of her . It looked like she was the blue eyes's only option . For just a moment , she felt sorry for her . "Arizona , we don't even know each other that much for us to pretend that we are dating . In love . Even if I agree , your family wouldn't buy it . They wouldn't believe that I am dating you . It would be awkward . Very awkward ."
"That can be arranged . If you agree , I would send you a file containing my details . And you will do the same too . Besides , we have three days to read and memorize important things about each other ." Arizona's replied .
"Wow , you really think about this deeply ." Callie scoffed . "Can I believe you , Miss Robbins ? Can I really be sure that you are not a scammer before I give you all my details ?"
"Lexie knows what kind of person I am . Or do you want me to make a paper of agreement ? That also , can be arranged ."
Callie just looked at Arizona . The blonde talked to her like she was a client .
"What ? I am a business person . In business , that's the way we do . Papers . Black and white ." Arizona explained when she felt like she was being judged . "So how ? Be my girlfriend for this weekend and all of your debt to me will be erased ."
Callie stared at Arizona . The blonde was trying to play it cool but she knew that Arizona actually needed her to say yes . And she was getting annoyed with Arizona's attitude of making her mistake looked like a real big deal . It couldn't be end up so badly , could they ? All she had to do was smile , listening , talking about herself , holding each other hands and smile some more . It was easy , right ?
But the part where she had to lie to someone , no , not someone but a whole family was making her uncomfortable . Especially she had to lie to a parents and made it looked like that their daughter was in a healthy relationship . Could she endure that for a weekend ? Callie shook her head , she had to go with this shit or else , the blonde would always bragged up about this .
"Okay . But I am only doing this out of pity ." Callie shrugged .
"Okay ." Blue eyes simply said before she left , appeased with the answer she received from Callie . Today is a total success .
"You really are going to accept her so called proposition ?" Lexie suddenly appeared with a bag of chips that Callie just bought from the supermarket . Both eyes were watching Arizona that was now crossing the street .
Callie looked up and shook her head in disbelief . "Were you eavesdropping my conversation with Arizona the whole time ?"
She just nodded her head with her mouth still chewing on the chips .
"Hey , that's my chips ." Callie took the bag from Lexie's hand .
"Are you really going to do it ? Pretending to be her girlfriend in front of her family ?"
Callie ignored the question . She just wanted to enjoy the freaking chips .
Any reviews are really welcomed . It will makes me feel this story is going to the right direction .
Wednesday
7th December 2016
0445hrs
