Author's Note : Thanks for reviewing the last chapter , lovingfanfic2death . And to my usual readers , Nat , mientosz , bluesky25 , Lena , Calzonafan123 and all including the guest ! Thank you for your reviews . Sorry that I kind of leaving this story hanging . Chapter 10 is here , happy reading . Just a short one .
That night
Do you remember ?
When I said those words too soon
I said those words and I still mean it
Now , I couldn't take it back
Those words were yours
You carried them in your pocket for months
And I would imagine you took it out of your pocket as a reminder sometimes
Four Months Later
SeaTac Airport
It was late in the night when the plane safely landed at Seattle . The city that she missed . But even though it was late , the airport was still busy like always . Arizona walked with the backpack on her back as she checked her passport a few times , just to be sure that it was in place . Arizona move forward on the sleek silvery tiles of the airport . She had spend another extra one month in Malawi and now she really missed her home and also the penthouse . Arizona forced her brain to choose which place she should go first . The penthouse or her house with Joanne ? Arizona decided that maybe she should stay at the penthouse for tonight . It was located near to the city and also near to the place that she wanted to visit the very first thing in the morning tomorrow .
Arizona was smiling by now . She had a plan ready in her head for tomorrow .
Who knew her journey over there got herself thinking deeply about her life . She had witness the live of people over there , despite with the lack of facilities but they just keep going on with their lives .
"You family must be proud with what you doing now ." Ukuu said in a thick African accent . "You boyfriend or husband lucky to have you ."
Arizona was taking a little break with her team and Ukuu's family . She was helping the family to build a new solid house . "No , I don't have a boyfriend or … husband ."
"Soon you will have ." Ukuu replied . "You have a heart of gold , Miss Robbins ."
She smiled a little . When Ukuu mentioned about boyfriend or husband , the only image appeared on Arizona's mind was the Latina .
"Sorry ." A man said and walked away .
Arizona was brought back to the busy airport when a man accidentally bumped into her , shoulder to shoulder . She didn't know what was happening to her . The feeling that she felt right now , she hadn't feel it in such a long time .
Until now .
She walked to the nearest metal bench . Before she sat down , she took out her cellphone and dialled her private driver's number . Not everyone knew that Arizona had her own driver as she never felt comfortable sitting on the back seat of her car . She only used the driver service on special and formal occasion .
"Miguel , I hope you are still awake . Could you pick me up at the airport now ?"
Cubano's Café
8am in the morning and Arizona was standing there in front of the coffee shop . Arizona took off her aviator as she pushed the pale red door . This place hadn't change much since the last time she was here . Except for the arrangement of the tables . Arizona looked around , admiring one of many places that she missed in Seattle while she was away in Malawi .
Her eyes was searching for the Latina but she failed to find her . She only saw Lexie , who was standing behind the two younger workers . She was given a pair of suspicious questioning eyes by Lexie .
"Good morning ." Arizona said , half smiling .
"Good morning , can I take your order ?" Hannah asked .
Arizona was looking at Lexie , hoping that the brunette would start saying something to her . She wasn't here for the coffee . She needed to see Callie . "Is she here ?"
"She ? Who ?" Lexie asked with her unwelcoming voice as she moved away from the counter .
Arizona followed her . "Callie ."
"Oh , you still actually remember her ?" A thick sarcastic was in Lexie's tone .
Callie looked sullen right after she came back from Baltimore , where she spent her weekend over there with the Robbins's . She was oddly quiet . Everyday , she sat at the table near to the door . It looked like she was waiting for someone . And Lexie noticed that Arizona never came here after the weekend she and Callie had spent together . So , she put two and two together and knew the reason on why Callie was unhappy . The blonde was the reason . There must be something happened over there .
"I don't know what she told you . Maybe she told you something and now you are picking side …"
"She didn't tell me anything , Arizona . She doesn't do much speaking lately . To be accurate , since she got back from your parents home in Baltimore ." Lexie was almost piss that the blonde accused her of picking side . Arizona still didn't want to admit that it was her fault that Callie went mute on everybody . And she had the nerve to made it look like she was the innocent person here .
If it wasn't because she respected her enough , she would probably ask her to leave upon the first step Arizona took inside the shop . But she respected the blonde . And her sister , Meredith spoke highly of Arizona .
"Lexie , I really need to see her ." Arizona said in a low tone but not wanting to sounded desperate .
"She's not here ."
"Where is she then ?"
"Why do you even care ? You disappeared for months and Callie is now actually doing something for herself instead of waiting for someone who obviously is so self - centered . So , you tell me … Why should I reveal to you where is she right now when you are actually going to destroy her again ? Why ?" Lexie leaned against the wall , both of her hands on her chest while her eyes was giving Arizona a judgey look .
"I am trying to fix this , please trust me ." Arizona's gaze fell down on the floor as she finished her sentence . She hated feeling helpless and begging like this . It wasn't in her nature . Arizona liked power , control and plans . She couldn't control the situation before this , the deaths of her family . So she started to control things , people and feelings .
"I knew that you are all fucked up inside , Arizona . With all due respect and sorry for the language but I don't want you to drag her down into your fucked up life . So , just please . If you want to fix it , then fix ! But if you do something stupid again , I wouldn't hesitate to kill you . My boyfriend is in the army , he taught me how to handle a firearm ." Lexie warned the blonde before she finally revealed Callie's current location . "Callie is in New York for a writer conference ."
"That is all I need to know ." Arizona nodded , humbly , she knew she deserved all that yell from Lexie . "Thank you ."
Lexie wrote down the details of the venue of where the writer / publisher conference held on a paper . She shook her head as she disappeared into the kitchen .
While Arizona turned around and started making call to her personal assistant cum secretary . "Evelyn , get me a flight ticket to New York . Right now . I'm heading straight to the airport ."
New York
All eyes in the enormous room were set on her as she climbed up the stage . Callie took a deep breath as the dark brown eyes nervously looked around . She felt like wanna pee in her purple cocktail dress right now . Callie wasn't the woman that was comfortable standing up on a stage with a lot of people staring at her . She didn't realize it was a bad idea until now . This whole open reading in a writer conference in order to find a publisher for her book was about to gone wrong , she knew it .
She tried to steady herself as she took a really deep breath , which wasn't a good move since the microphone was right in front of her . Now everyone in the room could heard the sound of her breath .
"She was … is … is a broken that is forced to live … live to .. live out ." Callie stumbled over her words . What the hell was going on ? She couldn't arranged her own words .
The room was awfully quiet , not helping to calm down the nervousness inside of her at all . Callie closed her eyes before she opened it again , she looked around as all of the people in the room were still staring at her . But that one pair of eyes caught her attention . The blue eyes that was so recognizable by her . The face she never thought she would see it again .
Arizona Robbins . There she was , making an emotionless face again as her gaze locked with Callie's , never blinking her eyes .
Arizona was standing at the back of the room , looking stunning as ever with a black trench coat . Underneath the coat , she was wearing a black dress that stopped above her knees , showing off her athletic looking legs . She had the same look when she asked Callie about the order , the first time Callie laid her eyes on Arizona . She wasn't mad nor smiling . Her eyes was filled with intensity but as Callie kept on staring deep under those blue eyes , she started to realized that it was still looking so empty .
Callie still had her eyes on the blonde but her head was feeling dizzy by now . What is she doing here ?
p/s : Dear , I know that you are emotionally and mentally messed up due to your past relationship , but I will keep on loving you . Even when you don't .
Monday
January 9th 2016
0145hrs
