AN: Thank you guys so much for the reviews, and the personal messages. Flashbacks are in bold and italics…
Finally with the latest chapter, sorry it took long. I am writing tests and it sucks coz I can't update as fast as I could before. Anyway here's the next chapter, it's not Beta'd just wanted to post it coz my FF is just going bananas, so sorry for mistakes.
Chapter Eleven
Five hours had passed and the two attorneys were at a stalemate. From the look of things, they were going to be spending the weekend in this small, dirty freezing cell. Lucia and Daniel had left four hours ago, after trying and failing to get both women to stop bickering, so they could get to mutual ground.
It was now evening and both women were, exhausted, tired, hungry and cold. Arizona was sitting in the left corner of the cell near the toilet, staring at the dark wall across from where she was sitting, while Callie was lying on top of the single bunk bed, facing the ceiling. They hadn't said a word to each other ever since their parents left.
Callie started laughing uncontrollably. The blonde turned and looked at her like she was crazy, the brunette was still laughing hysterically, except now she had tears in her eyes from all the laughing. Arizona decided to ignore her and turned to face the other way, she was tired and she wasn't in the mood for Callie's craziness. Callie couldn't help stop herself from laughing, the situation was not funny but how did she move from date from heaven to cell from hell.
"Will you just stop laughing? Enough already!" the blonde had had enough of the laughing it was now getting on her nerves. It seemed like the blondes plea was making the brunette laugh even more, she finally stopped laughing because she was now struggling to breathe. "You know what's so funny? What's funny is the fact that I was on a date with a gorgeous woman, who planned the most romantic thing I have ever witnessed in my whole entire life and she did all of that for me, FOR ME" she said as she stood up.
The blonde turned to face the Latina, "Oh drop the act Calliope, we both know that you don't like attention, you prefer watching movies on the couch, foot rubs and quiet nights at home. All that over the top stuff she did was just not you, so don't act like I ruined the best date of your life." Callie was shocked not only at the fact that what the blonde was saying was true but also at the serious pissed off tone that Arizona was using, she was used to a stern Arizona but never a pissed off one.
Callie took a step back to compose herself. "You don't know me. You think you know me but you don't. I am not the same person that I was ten years ago, I have changed and I think it's time you accept that" she said in a calm voice.
"It's true you have changed, you are not the sweet, kind and thoughtful Calliope that I knew. That Callie was always smiling, she would never treat the people that work for her as non-existent, she would NEVER fight for people that were on the wrong side of the law, that Callie would never just dismiss me like I am nothing to her. You are right you most definitely have changed and to be honest I don't like this new you."
To say Callie was shocked would be an understatement, the words coming out of the blondes mouth were doing something to her, hurting her? She was definitely sure that it wasn't her heart because she wasn't sure that she had one. It had been ripped apart by so many different people, people that used her, took advantage of her kindness, hurt her in ways she couldn't imagine.
Arizona didn't feel anything at that moment, she was just so fed up, but the minute she heard a silence fall between them she knew something was wrong. She then turned around to look at the brunettes face and she saw there were tears streaming down her face. She immediately felt a ping in her heart, she was shocked at first seeing the brunette crying, she had never seen the brunette cry before.
"Are you...Are you crying?"
"I... uh I haven't changed but you uh you need to understand something." she said slowly walking in circles. "But if you feel like I have changed, you need to know that, that means that you changed me. Did you hear me Arizona?" she said stopping in front of the blonde and staring her in the eye.
"You changed me. If I am a monster than you have yourself to thank."
"I did an awful thing but that was ten years ago you need to get over it Calliope. I have been paying for that all my life Callie. I have been unhappy and miserable for all these years. Trying to please you and trying to please my family, it is tough Callie." she said holding back a sob.
They both had tears streaming down their faces, they both needed each other so much yet it felt like something was holding them back, it felt like someone was building a wall in between them and every time they saw each other it kept getting higher and higher.
"I feel like I have failed you in ways that I can't even explain, but I have trying my everything to make things right. But you left me Callie, you left and never looked back. You never came back to Miami. You just left." the blonde was now uncontrollably crying, she hated feeling this way. She promised herself that she wouldn't ever be this vulnerable ever again but then again this was Callie. Her Callie.
"You chose your father over me." she said a bit louder than she meant.
"He is my father Callie." the blonde challenged in an even louder voice.
"After everything, everything that he has done to me. EVERYTHING. I don't care whether he is your child, you chose that monster over me. I gave you a chance in the morning for you to give us a chance to even be in the same page again, and you chose him. You chose him again Arizona." Callie was now trembling in anger or was it sadness?
"I would never ask you to chose between me and Lucia Callie. Never I don't ev-"
"You wouldn't have to ask me Arizona because it would always be you. You watched while your dad call me a whore, I-"
"Why are we even fighting Callie. Tell me why are we fighting. I don't know what we were even fighting about. I loved you and a couple of hours ago I thought I did but I am not too sure anymore." the blonde said in low sad tone. She moved from where she was standing and went to go sit down in the single bed that was in the cell.
Callie stood motionless, hearing those words come out of Arizona's mouth. All this time she had been the one on the constant attack, all these years she had hated what Arizona did to her but now hearing those words come out of her mouth she wondered if it was too late. After composing herself, she quietly walked over to where Arizona was sitting.
The blonde could fill the bed dip but she made no move to look. They both didn't know where to start. Arizona was sitting tightly fidgeting with her hands trying to keep warm, she wasn't sure whether it was the cold room they were in or it was the tense atmosphere but the blonde was freezing. Callie noticed this and she took both of the blondes hands and held them tightly in hers.
Although the room was dark, and the only light shining into the cell was from the small window from the top of the cell, Callie could clearly see the blonde. Every one of her facial features were illuminated beautifully, her sharp nose, and tiny mouth, this natural innocent look of the blonde reminded Callie of when they first started dating.
"Do you remember when we stole Mrs McKiney's banana's to feed Aria's pet monkey that we were supposed to be 'baby sitting'" the brunette said with a hint of a laugh.
The blondes head immediately shot up and looked at the brunette as if she was crazy, why was she bringing this up. The brunette carried on speaking with a small happy glint in her eye "You insisted that monkeys only ate banana's, and you just wouldn't let up, and I remember we didn't have any banana's at home because no one at home liked them, so you said we should go steal Mrs Mckiney's, I thought it was the most ridiculous thing in my life."
"In the movies monkeys always eat bananas Callie, I don't know what world you live in."
"I don't know what movies you watch honey but in my movies the monkey is always high." she said matter of factually.
"The movies you watch Calliope...Rated R and they should come with at the very least ten warnings" Callie laughed at how ridiculous the blonde was being. "There is nothing wrong with my movies mkay?"
"mmkay...?" the blonde said eyeing her suspiciously.
"What?"
"Why are you telling me this? Why do you all of a sudden want to be nice to me, when you have done everything in your power not to be? Was it because of what I said earlier when I said that I-" Callie cut her off before she could finish.
"Did you know that I moved to LA?" the Latina said in a high pitched voice, the blonde remained quiet just looking at her, "Yeah when I left Miami, I moved to LA and I waited tables." the look on Arizona's face was comical, she could never imagine the infamous Lucia Torres' child waiting tables.
"Oh yeah now just imagine my moms reaction" the brunette was now laughing uncontrollably, "she...she was terrified" they were both now laughing leaning against the wall. They finally stopped laughing, when Callie decided to speak again.
"I just stopped you know. I started painting, designing and doing everything art related." she said with a smile. "You really did that?"
"Uh yeah I was broke and I had no money and I was free. I was having the time of my life, I was smoking weed day in and day out and I was painting. My mom was still pissed that she lost her company, she didn't want to talk to me. " Callie said laughing,"One month in and it wasn't fun anymore. I had bills, I needed a job so I tried a waitressing gig. Worst experience of my entire life. Broke plates everyday, and they had the nerve to say I had an attitude can you believe them?"
"Uh Calliope I hate to break this to you but uh you have a tiny attitude problem."
"Yeah right! I was an awesome waitress."
"mmhm mmhm..." the blonde said thoughtfully.
"I'm sorry." Callie said after a long peaceful silence.
"For what?"
"For leaving. One look at you that day you first walked in to T&A, and I started asking myself how I survived all these years without seeing your beautiful face."
"What exactly are you saying Callie?" she said in a hopeful tone."
"I'm saying, that sometimes love is not enough." seeing the disappointed look on the blondes face she quickly added "I'm saying I love you and we can be friends." she added with a smile.
"Friends?"
AN: I don't know...I don't think they can be just friends what do you guys think?
