Author's Note : Turtle , that line was said by Arizona . Sorry that I made you confused . And I know I have been slowing myself down in updating this story , but I won't stop update this story . Just be patient :D Thanks for the previous reviews .
Chapter 12 is up , happy reading !


As I say goodbye to the way of life

I thought I had designed for me

Then I see you standing there

I'm all I'll ever be

But all I can do is try

Try

An hour after that , Arizona found herself standing in front of a hotel room that according to Ryan , the place that Callie was staying in . It wasn't too far from The Empire which made Arizona questioned if this was really Callie's room . She cleared her throat and gave three solid knocks on the door , waiting for the person from the inside to open the door .

From the other side , Callie was in a bathrobe as she was about to take her bath . But that was when she heard someone was knocking on the door .

Callie's eyes went wide right after she opened the door as she saw Arizona .

"You didn't go to meet the people from NST ." Arizona said .

"That's none of your business . You are not my friend . You don't have to worry about me ." Callie replied angrily .

"Are you menstruating right now ?" Arizona asked innocently . "You are always angry nowadays . Not like the same Callie I knew back then in Baltimore ."

Callie clenched her teeth . "You left Arizona ! Without words , you just left and disappeared ."

"And this …" Callie's was pointing her index finger toward Arizona . "This is all too much for me . I am still pissed and hurt with the way you pushed me away like I was a person with a contagious disease ."

"Cal…"

"No , you keep your mouth shut ! I am not finish speaking yet ." Callie barked . "You make this hard , Arizona . Not me ."

"I know it's my fault , Calliope . And I am trying to make things right . So , please .. Let me make this right again ." Arizona looked down on her sport shoes , her face completely changed . "I am sorry ."

Even though she was mad right now but Callie was starting to feel sorry when she saw Arizona's sad face . No matter how hard she tried not to let Arizona messed up with her life again , she would always care about the blonde . And Callie knew even after those months without blue eyes , her feeling for Arizona had stay the same . It never changed . She would always care and she couldn't resist herself from caring about the blonde . Like right now . She wanted to hold Arizona . She wanted to forgive Arizona for what she had done . But that little thing inside of her heart , called ego , wouldn't let her .

"Please leave , Arizona . I am still mad . And when I am mad , I would say things that I shouldn't say ." Callie sighed .

"I couldn't leave . Not like this ."

"You ruined me , Arizona . And then last night you ruined my chance of getting my work published . So please , if you are really sorry … Stop ruining things for me ." Callie said flatly , trying to hide her feeling .

"And this morning I ruined your meeting with those NST people too . But don't worry , I promise that I would make things right again ."

"Arizona , I might be pissed at you right now but that brunch with NST ? I ruin it myself . I am .. afraid to meet them , I am afraid that my work isn't that good and at the end , they would say no . So no , it isn't your fault . It is mine which I begin to regret 'cause I gave up without trying ." Callie shook her head . "And please . Don't use the word 'promise' on me again ."

Arizona felt really bad by now . She broke her promise and Callie wouldn't trust any of her promises again . But she knew that this wasn't about her right now . This was about Callie . She had to make it up to the Latina after all of unfairness that Callie had to went through for the last four months .

She would make anything possible for Callie even if it meant that she had to use her power in business world to make it happen .

"They will call you again , Calliope . I know it's hard for you to trust me again , but I will still say it … Trust me . Just have your cellphone beside you all the time , they will call again ."

"So you could predict the future and what gonna happens now , after months of disappearing yourself to God knows where ?" Callie rolled her eyes . "Don't give me false hope ."

"Things will be right again , Calliope . I know you are upset . And everything that I say are meaningless to you right now . So I will wait until you are over being upset . And we will have our talk ." Arizona turned around . "Have a good day ."

Callie just stood there as she watched Arizona left . What was going on with Arizona ? She was obsessed with making things right . Callie decided to delayed her shower and sat on her bed instead .

Arizona Robbins . Two words . Fourteen letters . A beautiful mysterious blonde with a damaged soul . She looked skinny than before this . Callie couldn't help it but felt a little bit worry when she saw Arizona again for the first time last night . She looked like she had lost a lot of weight .

Callie sighed again . Maybe this was her chance , maybe she could break into the blonde's cold heart . Callie's brain immediately playing back everything that happened for the last four months .

The late night drive to her coffee shop where she said it out loud that she liked Arizona was the last time they saw each other . Callie was surprised by ths sudden radio silence that Arizona gave her . Judging by the last conversation they had , she really thought that they were good . But what happened instead was the reversed version of it .

Days by days , month after month , she just kept waiting for the blonde to visit her at the coffee shop . It was useless , Arizona never came . So after two months , Callie decided to gave herself a closure ; that Arizona didn't want anything to do with her anymore . And she couldn't help it but felt like she was nothing to Arizona , not even a friend . She was only someone for Arizona to use when needed and discard when she was no longer useful .

Like a toilet paper .

It wasn't like she didn't at least tried to contact Arizona . She wanted to find Arizona and ask her what the hell happened with both of them but she didn't have Arizona's phone number . She didn't get a chance to ask for blue eyes's phone number . And she didn't have much information about Arizona , the real information . All she knew was , Arizona owned a big company in Seattle , called Sullivan Group . There was once when she thought of going straight to her office , but should her ? What if she went there and found Arizona but the blonde acted like she didn't know her ? That would be hurt for her to take it in . So she decided to forget everything about the blonde , the same thing Arizona did to her . But did she really managed to do that ?

Callie sighed heavily . All of those moments they had spent together in Baltimore , she thought they were real . And the way Arizona treated her , she thought it was genuine . Turned up it wasn't . Arizona's disappearance was a big slap to Callie . She lost a friend . And she felt like maybe after this , she should just shut her feeling away as it would only scared people away . After all , this was all happening after she told Arizona that she liked her . She couldn't help it but kept wondering on what if she didn't tell anything regarding her feeling to Arizona that night ? Would they still be friends ? Would Arizona still stopped by at her coffee shop every morning ?

Her cellphone suddenly rang , killing her thoughts away . It was a call from an unknown number .

"Hello , who is this ?" Callie asked right after she pressed the green button .

"I am Michael Schuester , from NST ."

Callie quickly sat up on her bed . "NST Publishing ?"

"Yes , you didn't come for the brunch . Were you having a little problem finding the restaurant , Miss Torres ? I am still hoping that I could see you and your work by my very own eyes ." Michael replied .

Callie was speechless . Michael Schuester called her with his private number and basically begging to see her ? What the hell is happening ? "I … umm .. I totally forgot about the brunch we were supposed to be having today ."

"Then , let's discuss about your work over coffees tomorrow evening ." He suggested .

Callie covered her mouth with her hand as a respond of a complete disbelief of what she just heard . "Are you really giving me a second chance ?"

"That's absolutely what am I doing right now . I am really intrigued with your work , Miss Torres ." Michael said .

"Well … I am .. uh flattered by that . And tomorrow .. err coffee . That sounds great ."

"Splendid . I will send you an address once I find a suitable place for us to meet . Have a good day , Miss Torres . Looking forward to see you tomorrow !" With that , Michael ended the call .

Callie put down her cellphone as she found herself staring at the wall . She just couldn't believed it . Michael Schuester just called her and agreed to give her another chance . This isn't a dream , right ?

Oh , damn . What Arizona just said was true . She said that they would call and they did .

A few firm knocks on the door made Callie slightly jumped from the bed . She raised her eyebrows as she didn't expect any guess or anyone from the room service . Callie slowly opened the door , revealing a man from the room service . He smiled as he carried a plate , it was covered and she couldn't see what was actually on the plate .

"Excuse me , I didn't order anything . You got a wrong room , I think ."

He put it down on the dining table . "You are Miss Torres , right ?"

"Yeah …"

"That means I'm in the correct room . It is from Miss Robbins ." The man said before leaving .

Callie looked at the dining table suspiciously , she couldn't wait it any longer as she quickly pulled the cover . Her eyes was met with a white empty plate . Yeah , empty . Except there was a small paper glued on the plate .

Call me when you are ready . - Arizona

Callie read it out loud , her forehead wrinkled . Below the words , there was a phone number .


1640hrs

Sullivan House , New York

When Arizona walked into the lobby of the tall building she was quickly greeted by Nathaniel's secretary .

"Miss Robbins ." She stood up , obviously shocked with the surprise visit by the CEO . The blonde quickly fixed her hair . "You are here ."

"Lauren ." Arizona showed off her dimples , signaling she was clearly in a good mood . Lauren Boswell , she had been here since this branch first opened . One of a loyal worker that this company was lucky to have . "Is Nathaniel here ?"

"Yes , he just got back from the meeting with the Taiwanese people . He's inside ." Lauren smiled sweetly .

"Thanks , I will just go in ."

"Do you want anything ?" Lauren chased after the blonde . "I could make you a coffee ."

"It's okay , Lauren . But thanks for asking ." Arizona disappeared into the office before Lauren could even held open the large wooden door for her boss .

Nate was buried with the paperworks as he didn't realized someone had just entered his office . His focus remained on the paper until he took a sip of his coffee and looked up . He looked at Arizona with a shocked face , almost choked on his own coffee .

"Ari ." He quickly stood up as he walked toward Arizona .

Arizona just stood there with a smile on her face . Before she knew it , she was already in Nate's arms . "I see , you are making a lot of progress during my absence ."

"Glad that you are back ." Nate broke the hug .

"Glad to be back . Heard that there was a meeting going on just now between you and the Taiwanese ." Arizona just went straight to the business matter .

"Well , they are proposing to be our only supplier for the cements ."

"What happened to the Chinese ?" Arizona raised her eyebrows as she took a seat .

"We are still with them , but the Taiwanese offers cheaper price ." Nate sat in front of her .

"We have to make sure their quality is as good as the company from China . It's okay to spend more for better quality ." Arizona gave her professional opinion .

"I am still comparing the quality of the cements from both companies ." Nate replied . "So .. how are you ?"

"I am great . Feeling so good for the last four months that I've spent there ."

"You spent extra one month , I thought you were not coming back again ." Nate said jokingly .

"Enjoying the CEO seat much that you started to worry when would I take it back ?" Arizona let out a small laugh .

Nate just smiled , letting Arizona mocked him as he walked to his messy working desk and took the New York Times before she returned back to Arizona . He handed the papers to Arizona , waiting for her respond .

CEO of Sullivan INC finally might have found the one ?

Arizona silently read it as she stared on her photo running toward the stage yesterday . Well the only upside to it , she looked like the female version of Batman ready to fly again . She focused her eyes on Nate , trying to guess if the man was angry or upset . "I am sorry , I should have told you about this . I met someone …"

"Ari , chill down . I am not mad . I showed that papers to you because I was shocked and kind of impressed . What a scene you made last night ." Nate was laughing .

After Joanne died , Arizona took care of him . She took over the sister job from Joanne without any hesitation . She just did it without any complaint . Nate respected her for that and he knew he couldn't repay Arizona's kindness with money . She made him felt like he still had a sister even after Joanne died . And he would always admired the way Arizona handled their company . In fact , he wanted to be like Arizona .

"No , seriously . I should have told you that … that .." Arizona tried to find the more accurate word to explained what kind of relationship Callie and her had right now , but she failed .

"That you are in a relationship ?"

"No .. Not in a relationship . It is just .. I am trying to get to know her ." Arizona chose her words wisely .

"Does she makes you happy ?" Nate looked at Arizona . Happiness . That was the only thing that Nate hoped Arizona would get . She had everything except happiness . And Nate knew that and he also knew Arizona deserved happiness more than anyone else in this planet .

"I don' know , maybe … a little . The only thing I know is , she makes me questions the way I see the world . She makes plans fail . While I am a very well organized person . But she's a very nice person . For now , I want to go out and explore things , explore her . And see what we could have together , is that okay ?" Arizona asked .

"That thing you just explained in lots of words is called dating ." Nate chuckled . "And of course it is okay . I am in your team . To be honest , Joanne would be happy to know that you are dating again ."

"Really ?" Innocent voice asked .

"I know her , she always wanted the best for you . And she wanted you to be happy ." Nate replied with a smile . "Why would you think that I would be angry because of this ?"

Arizona stared into Nate's brown eyes , the same colour of her late wife's eyes . "Because she's your sister . I don't know what would you feel if I go out with other people other than your sister ."

"I would kill you if you went out or cheated on her with other woman while she was still alive . But she's gone now ." Nate replied . "And you get to move on ."

"Thanks , Nathaniel . Whatever is going to happen , there will be no change . I am still your sister . I would still take care of you , that's my promise to Joanne ."

Nate smiled and nodded .

Arizona's phone rang as she quickly excused herself from Nate's office . She knew who was calling her as she was clearly waiting for that call ever since she asked a man from the room service to put her number on the plate and gave it to Callie .

"Hello ." Arizona answered as she entered the conference room .

"Arizona ." Callie said in a serious voice before she started to scream happily like a person that just lost her mind . "Michael Schuester CALLED me ! He'sgivingmeanotherchancetositdownwithhimandtalkaboutmyworktomorrowevening !"

Callie didn't have to tell her , she already knew it as she was the one who set it up . As in exchanged , Arizona had agreed to an interview and also a photo shoot for NST Business Insider magazine . A smile was on Arizona's lip by now as she could heard the person on the other line was breathing hard after saying those words in just one breath . "I am going to add a little salt to the wound and say …"

"I told yaa ." Arizona said in a husky voice .

Callie had to gulped down . Hearing Arizona's deep voice wasn't helping the butterflies in her stomach at all . The butterflies were flying all over the place inside of her stomach by now .

Arizona waited for a few seconds but a silence was the only thing she received from the brunette . She awkwardly cleared her throat before began speaking again . "So , you are ready ?"

"Ready of what exactly ?"

"To go out with me ."

"Did I say that I wanted to go out with you ?"

"But you are calling my number right now ." Arizona was amused .

"What is the connection between me calling you and me going out with you ?" Callie didn't understand .

"You read my note , right . That small paper ?

"Call me when you are ready ?" Callie read it back .

"There was something else I wrote . Flip the paper now ." Arizona was desperately trying to hide her laughter .

Callie did as what she told to do . "Will you go out with me ..?"

"Flip the paper and read again the first sentence . Now read it all together ."

"Will you go out with me ? Call me when you are ready . - Arizona ." Callie read it again as she slowly realized that Arizona was tricking her . "You tricked me !"

"Whatever ! You call me , so you are still going out with me ." Arizona was still hiding her little giggle , trying to maintained her serious attitude .

"I don't … know that there was another sentence on the other side of the paper !" Callie tried to fight . "You ! This is the second time you did this kind of thing to me ! Not fair !"

"What about tomorrow night ? We could go stroll around the city ." Arizona completely ignored what the Latina just said .

"Arizona Robbins !" Callie screamed on the phone which made Arizona quickly pulled the phone away from her ear .

"Calliope Iphegenia Torres , see you tomorrow ." Arizona pressed the red button , ending the call . With that , she burst out laughing .

Now , who's in charge again ?


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January 17th 2017

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