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Chapter Twelve
"Hey office boss. friend."
Arizona's head was popped into Callie's office, the brunette looked up from what she was typing with a dazzling bright smile.
"Come on in, I don't want to just see your face, I want your body too." seeing the playful look on the blondes face, "Could you take your head out of the gutter please." she said as the blonde walked into her office.
Arizona held up her hands in a way of surrendering, "Hey hey hey, I didn't say anything, So I guess that you should take your head out the gutter." she took a seat on one of the office chairs in front of Callie's desk. They were silent for a moment.
"So uh I haven't seen much of you since our stint in prison." The blonde inquired, trying to see exactly what lines to tread through.
"I've been around, you could say." Callie added with a forced smile.
"You've been hiding right?" Callie looked away from her avoiding eye contact, "And you've been avoiding me." she stated.
"For the past three weeks I have been the hot topic in the office break room. I walked in there the other day and conversation just stopped. Like I mean they literally just stopped and looked at me. So I am hiding."
"Since when did you start caring about what other people think of you? Mmmmhm?" she said with a small smile.
"Oh I don't care what they think of me but uh I uh.." she faltered with finishing the sentence, Arizona looked at her willing her to finish "I just don't want people thinking things ya know?"
Arizona understood what she was saying but didn't know what to think or feel about what she was saying. "Is the thought of other people thinking we are together, that awful to you Calliope that you have to hide from your own employees? Because if that's the case then I will lea-"
Callie stood up and cut her off before she could finish off what she was saying, she walked over and stood next to the chair that the blonde was sitting in. She wanted to take the blondes face into her hands but thought that, that would be too much, she wanted to take her hand into hers but decided against that too. So for there was now a awkward moment and both could feel it.
"Arizona. I just don't want you to be in the middle of every single disaster that is in my life right now. I need for our friendship to work because this is our last chance."
"I also need for us to work Callie because frankly I am not getting younger and I need for my life to stop being about only you. I need to focus on my career, you already successful and established Callie and me...I just..." Arizona was getting frustrated with her life, everything was just spiraling out of control. She needed a constant in her life, and she was hoping that it would be Callie, but at this rate that things were going she now didn't know.
Callie could sense and feel the frustration coming out of the blonde. She immediately crouched in front of her and turned the chair so that she was facing her. "I know that uh this is hard and this is tiring. But we both caused a riot a month ago, stopping traffic, crashing cars, prison stints and love declarations. It's too much for me, I'm trying my best to just move past what happened between us. I'm..I'm trying to not lo-" before Callie could finish what she was saying the door to her office opened, she jumped up ran
"YO Torres, you will not believe what I they wrote about you this time. Apparently your mate Jenny is just a teensy bit pissed?" Mark shouted from the door still looking at his ipad not noticing that he interrupted. When he looked up he could see from the Latina's face how agitated she was. His associate was wringing her hands, obviously finding the floor very interesting and his best friend was paging through blank empty pages that were on her desk.
Mark smirked obviously realizing that he disturbed something either emotional or sexual. He was hoping for the latter. "Ladies..why you wound up tight? Am I disturbing something? Were you about to feel her up Torres, cause that would mean I arrived at the perfect time."
"Mark is there something you wanted." the Latina answered a bit irritated with her friend.
"Oh I was just wondering where my lapdog was, she has some tasks that she needs to complete for me, but if you two are busy then, I'm just going to..." he said with a wide smile and pointing at the door.
"Mark, could you not." Callie said noticing the disapproving look from Arizona.
"Well Blondie. I need you to prepare for MY deposition with Pure Water Pty(Ltd), set up the camera and make sure we have enough copies for all parties.
"Can't you have your assistant do that? " the brunette asked. "No, It's fine Calliope, it's uh my job."
"Callllliiiopee?" Mark snickered. "We can talk later" Arizona said as she stood up and quickly left the office closing the door that was slightly ajar.
Mark looked at his friend now that the blonde was gone, she had this look on her face. He had seen glimpses of that look ever since he met her, when she was with her wife, with her daughter and when she was in court. And now he saw that look whenever she was with the blonde and he didn't like that one bit. Callie knew that Mark was on to her and everything she was feeling she
"You are married."
"She wants a divorce Mark."
"You have a child."
"Oh you mean the child that she won't let me see."
"Well if you stopped all this nonsense, you would have them both in your life." he said in a agitated stern voice.
"Mark just listen to me." she pleaded. She wasn't sure why she was pleading to Mark, was she trying to compromise with herself or with the situation? "NO, Callie. She is a junior associate, a child with absolutely no experience."
"You don't know anything about this, we have a history together that you know absolutely nothing about. I love that 'child' ,we have a connection. Now I am not doing anything with her okay? We are just friends. And even if I was doing something with her it is none of your business. This is my company, my relationship and my life so BUTT OUT Mark." she was now getting pissed and soon entering the point of no return. Mark could see the anger slowly making it's way into her, he knew that he had to chose his next words carefully.
"Torres."
"Mark..."
"I rest my case." he said surrendering the topic, choosing to keep his friendship rather than winning an argument.
"Why rest your case so early counselor, the heat too much for ya?" he moved closer to her, and gave her a hug. He hugged her tightly for a couple of minutes. At that moment Callie felt like all of her life stresses melted away with that hug, she didn't realize how much she needed it until that moment. "I love you kid. And whatever you need for me to do, all you have to do is ask."
"Thank you Mark." Callie said in a hoarse voice, as she let go of him.
"Sort your life out Callie before it's too late"
"Calliope Torres as I live and breathe. Is this really you." Addison said as she sat down in the table that the brunette was already seated in at a Cafe that was situated in the corner across the street.
"I missed you too Addie." she sarcastically replied.
"Is it just the two of us today?" she asked looking at the four seat square table that they were sitting in. "Uh Cristina is supposed to meet us but she is still held up in court, apparently Meredith was also supposed to join us." Callie laughed looking at the distasteful look on Addie's face. "Relax she won't show if Cristina's not here. So I guess it's just the two of us for now." she added with a smile.
"Boy am I grateful that I don't have to deal with that twelve year old." the redhead scoffed. "Would you please get over it, that Derek triangle you had going on is so last season." Callie said laughing.
"Where have you been miss thang?" Addie asked as she opened the menu. Callie just wanted to have a relaxed day and not deal with any of the things she had yet to sort out, so she didn't want to answer Addison's question because she knew that she couldn't and wouldn't be able to lie to her friend. Fortunately for the Latina she was saved by the waiter who came to their table to take their order. Their table was at the back of the restaurant in the corner so only a couple of people would be able to see them.
Callie specially booked this table because she was a bit tired of the eyes constantly staring at her whenever she was in public. "I will have the Caesar salad and a tall glass of red wine please." her friends head popped up from the menu with a raised eyebrow, "Don't judge me Addie, I know it's midday and I still have to go back to the office but you should be grateful that it's only wine, right now I could use a scotch...neat."
"No judging here." her friend answered. Addie placed her order before looking at her friend. She could see the stress lines on her forehead, teabags under her eyes due to lack of sleep and she lost a huge amount of weight, she also couldn't get over the fact that Callie ordered a salad she usually ordered the unhealthiest meal on the could see that something was bothering the Latina but could also sense that she didn't want to get into it. So she decided to talk about her screwed up life.
"I think I've hit rock bottom."
"Why?" Callie said glad for the change in topic. "I'm sleeping with Karev."
"Who is Karev?"
"Callie you really need to get out of that office and know the people that work for you. Karev is the finance department associate, I believe you call him CK because of the Calvin Klein campaign he did during law school."
"Oh CK. Uh isn't he hot or something?" Callie said distractedly as she answered a text she received in her phone. Addison snatched the phone from her hand, "Could I get some respect please? We are having a conversation here."
"Sorry" the brunette mumbled. "That was my mother texting and asking me if am I still locked up with Barbie." she said using her hands to make air quotation marks.
"I can't believe she left you in prison to the hands of Erica Hahn." Addison said laughing. "She not only left me in prison she freaking left the country, said she has business to take care of. I believe her last words to me were "Don't have sex in prison darling, try to keep the little dignity you have left"" she did not say that Addison said laughing loudly and attracting a couple of peoples eyes.
"Could you lower your voice please i don't need people looking at me." Callie whispered harshly. "I'm sorry Cal, really I am." she said trying her best not t laugh. "But your mom is a boss though."
"I can't believe you just said that."
"Neither can I." The waiter dropped off their food and drinks. "So did you bribe Erica to let you go." Addie asked curiously. She was wondering how the blonde and the brunette managed to get out of there with just a slap on the wrist because Erica was known for giving out maximum punishment.
"My mother took care of it."
"What do you mean 'she took care of it'?" Addie asked now nervous, exactly how powerful are the Torres women.
"I have no idea. All I know is I am grateful I didn't have to spend another night in that cell. It was cold, dirty and just plain nasty."
"Well don't you want to know how exactly your mother 'handled' this case. I mean what if it's illegal stuff Callie, do you want that on your record?" Addison was still shaken up with how things were handled. It was as if she was getting a glimpse into Callie's world and she wasn't liking it.
"Okay. If I tell you this I need you to promise to keep it between me and you. " she said looking into the redheads eyes. "Uh ok-okay" Addison hesitated before she answered. "Well Erica and I have a history, we went to the same school but she was a couple of years ahead of me. We were always competing because we always found each other in similar cases. Till we met head on in the Robbins case."
"Robbins case? Thee Robbins case? Do you mean the case that made your entire career?" before Callie could answer the redhead, she heard Arizona's laughed muffled with another woman's, she could hear that they were in the restaurant but wasn't sure where. She re-positioned her chair to move to the left, she finally was able to see the blonde sitting with another tall, skinny honey-blonde haired woman. They were both laughing at something and holding hands. Holding hands. Arizona was holding hands with someone else.
Addison was now looking at the direction that Callie was looking at. She smirked when she saw the jealous look that her friend was now wearing. "What are looking at there Cal?" she asked with a hint of humor.
"Nothin-nothing. So what was I saying?" the brunette answered. "Her name is Teddy Altman."
"What?" the Latina asked clearly confused at what Addison was saying. "The woman laughing with Arizona. Her name is Teddy Altman."
"Arizona? I don't have the faintest idea of what you are talking about"
"Do not play dumb with me Calliope Torres or else I will walk over there and invite them over to join us." Callie's mouth opened animatedly "You wouldn't dare."
"Try me." the redhead dared.
"Fine okay okay I was looking at their table. Are you happy now?"
"No, why would I be happy because of your pathetic-ness? You are pathetic Torres." the blonde said as she took a sip from her drink. "Says the person who is sleeping with CK." Callie said with a wide smile. "Oh at least he is good in bed. When was the last time you got some Cal? Huh?" seeing the blank look on her friends face, the redhead added "That long huh?"
"You just hit below the belt. That's not fair Addie" Addison laughed at the pout the Latina had on her face. After a brief silence the Latina decided to just ask or else Addison would torment her till forever. "How do you know this Teddy?"
"Callie. You need to get out of Torres World where only you and your mom live in." Callie scoffed "I am serious Cal. Do you even know the name of the receptionist on the first floor who greets you every morning"
"Of course I do." she scoffed. "Oh yeah? So what's her name?"
"It's Ari-Morga-Nico- you know what just answer the question." the redhead just shook her head "We worked together in my previous firm. I think she is still a paralegal there. She is a really great person."
Addison noticed that Callie was not listening to her, she was looking over at the blondes table. Callie was getting irritated with the way that Teddy was looking at Arizona, how she kept touching her hand, and so she did what anyone in her position would do. She stood up and decided to walk over to their table, she couldn't believe that Arizona was dating a paralegal, what about her?
Addison could see the look on Callie's face, she knew that look, that look meant trouble. "Callie don't even think about it." Addie said but it was a bit too late because the Latina was already on her way. So she stood up and followed her.
Arizona was still laughing at something that Teddy was saying when she heard a voice "mmhm mmhm" Callie said staring down the blonde with a raised eyebrow. "Callie...and Addison." the blonde said in a high pitched guilty voice.
"Ladies." Callie said coldly looking at Teddy. The taller blonde felt a shiver down her spine from the cold, freezing, ground swallow me kind of look that was being thrown to her from the brunette. Callie Torres was already intimidating by just being alive and breathing but now with the added stare, Teddy wanted the ground to just swallow her up. "Hi.." Teddy said in a meek low voice.
Addison could see how scared Teddy was and Callie was having fun with intimidating the poor woman, so Addison stumped at the brunettes foot willing her to stop whatever she was doing. "Ow" Callie yelped feeling Addison's stiletto grind into her shoe.
Arizona noticed the interaction between the two women and snickered. "What was that for?" Callie whispered to the redhead in a not so quiet manner. "Don't even pretend that you don't know." Addison said to her then turned to face the women that they rudely interrupted. After a few seconds of awkward quietness, Arizona decided to speak up. "So is there anything I can do for you boss."
"Boss?" Callie scoffed not believing that the blonde just said that. Was she trying to hide them? Wait is there even a 'them' to hide? But the blonde never called her 'boss' before. This was just confusing. "I don't know Arizona is there something you can do for me?" Callie said.
The blonde was now so confused. What exactly was Callie's problem? Was she-? No way? Callie never gets jealous. So she couldn't possibly be..."Nope. Nope there's nothing to uhm" realizing that she was being rude, Arizona decided to introduce Teddy. "Oh I am so sorry, this is Teddy Altman, Teddy these are my bosses Callie Torres and Addison Forbes Montgomery"
"Teddy and I go way back don't we Teds?" Addison said pulling her into a hug. "Well we don't know each other at all now do we?" Callie added sarcastically rolling her eyes. Arizona was getting tired of Callie's attitude. "Is there something in particular that you wanted from me?" Arizona challenged
Callie was now sensing a bit of anger coming from the blonde, when she came over she had merely acted on impulse, and it was now becoming clear that she was jealous. So she found herself being stared at by three women all asking answers, "I actually came to speak to your friend.."
"ME?" "Teddy?" Really?" all three women said together.
"Yes you Ms. Altman." Callie said now looking at Teddy.
'Why me?" the blonde squeaked out. Arizona was now curious as to what Callie was going to say to her friend, how did she even know Teddy?
"I have heard a lot of things about you and what an astounding paralegal you are, and I was wondering if you would mind joining us at Torres and Associates?" Callie added with a smile, she surprised herself at how fast she thought of that.
"I uh don't know what to say." Teddy chocked out. She looked at Arizona and back to Callie, and she knew a little bit of info about these two and she knew exactly what Callie was doing. She knew that the brunette thought that she was dating Arizona and she wanted to keep an eye on her, and the taller blonde didn't like the thought of that. She had been rejected countless times at T&A and she wanted to be hired on merit not this way.
"Well Ms Torres I have to say this is an unexpected surprise, but I'm not too sure of your intentions. Do you want me for the job or just to keep tabs on me?" Teddy asked with an arched eyebrow. Addison was snickering next to Callie but immediately stopped when Callie gave her the side eye. Arizona was also shocked at her friends attitude but more amused at Callie's reaction.
"Ok Ms Altman, offer is off the table, I was-" as she was talking Addison elbowed her slightly and subtly pointed to the entrance of the restaurant. When Callie looked over she noticed Jenny walking in wearing shades, "Crap" Callie said as she calmly took backward steps from Arizona's table. She went to her table to pick up her purse and headed for the back exit, which goes through the kitchen.
Callie was hiding outside the kitchen door at the back entrance of the Cafe. She laughed at herself and how ridiculous she was being.
"Calliope Iphigenia Torres." she turned and made eye/shade contact with Jenny.
"Grown ass woman who is supposedly a lawyer, hiding outside near a dumpster just to avoid a woman." Jenny said with a weak smile. Callie looked at her and how awful she looked and the guilt went straight to her heart.
"I am so very sor-"
"Save it Torres. I know you said you don't date or do relationships but I went ahead and put myself in that situation anyways."
"No it's not like that I swear it's just-"
"You have a history together right? I know and that's why I'm saying don't apologize." the model said.
"How do you? How do you know that?" Callie said shocked.
"I told you to stop with the acting surprised thing, I mean you can't be Callie Torres and still expect people not to know stuff about you. AAAAAND it's all over the internet, seems like your 'lover' was screaming about your past that day." she said with a bitter voice.
"Jenny."
"It's fine Callie. I mean I just saw you sneaking out when I walked in and if I wasn't so heart broken I would have died with laughter. How can you run so quick with those ridiculous heels that you have on?" Jenny chuckled looking at Callie's shoes.
"You are going to make some woman very happy one day." Callie said with a serious face as she took of Jenny's sunglasses and wiped away the lone tear on her cheek.
"So are you going to stop running when you see me? Because I jog every morning and I know you jog too and we are bound to see each other and there aren't many bushes in Laxi" she said trying to lighten the mood.
"We could run together?" Callie offered.
"Sure."
"Hi my friend." Callie said entering the associates cubicle. Everyone's face was shocked at seeing her there as she hardly moved from the exec's space.
"Hi there friend." Arizona shocked but not wanting Callie to see, so she just smiled politely. "What are you doing here?" Arizona said looking around at the other first year associates and noticing their disapproving faces. After that prison stint she did with Callie she was now on everyone's hate list, although they never showed it too scared of what Callie might do to them.
"I want to invite you out for some friendly dinner tonight. Think you can make it?" Callie said with a bright smile.
"Uh yeah sure what time?"
"Hows seven?" Callie said now sitting on top of Arizona's desk. "Seven is good. " Arizona said trying not to look at Callie's long sexy legs, which was proving to be difficult as the brunette was swinging her legs and her skirt was riding up. It was getting hot.
"Is this to make up for the Teddy thing that happened the other day?" Arizona asked. "What Teddy thing?" Callie asked confused.
"You know my friend that rejected your job offer, at the Cafe we were in? Ring any bells?" the blonde said as she stopped typing and looked up at her 'friend'
"Oh that, uhm no don't care about her. Even forgot about that, that happened."
"Mmhm okay." the blonde said. Seeing that everybody was now not only staring but listening to what they were talking about Callie took that as her queue to leave, she stood up "I'll meet you at Tiff's right?" Callie confirmed again with Arizona to which the blonde nodded.
They both left the cab with their shirts buttoned down and bra straps on the way down. They had left Tiffany's after having one too many drinks, they called a cab over to pick them out and they had just had a hot, steamy make out session in the cab, on the way over to Arizona's. Fortunately for both the cab driver and them, Arizona's place was not too far.
The minute they jumped into the cab Arizona's hands were all over Callie. It really had been a very long time. They had a nice quiet dinner, they had talked about everything that didn't involve the past, they made jokes and reminisced about the past. After dinner, they decided to just chill and relax at the bar and that's when the shots kept coming. Until the bartender felt that they had, had enough.
They were now outside Arizona's door and Callie was now topless her shirt somewhere outside in the bushes, Arizona's jean zip and buttons were undone, but at least she still had her shirt on, but it was also undone.
"Arizona open thheeee door" Callie slurred. "It is open." the blonde laughed.
"If it was open you wouldn't be still outside." Callie said now freezing.
"Calliopeeee someone locked the door." the blonde said pushing the door and it not opening. "Honey I believe you did that. You know what just give me you keys" Callie demanded as she made her way over, she took the bag and took out the keys and quickly opened the door. Before she even closed the door, Arizona's lips were on hers, it was a drunk and sloppy kiss which Callie quickly reciprocated.
They tried making their way upstairs but they kept bumping into things, they broke two lamps already and they were laughing the whole time. Arizona kept thinking that she was about to have drunk meaningless sex with her 'friend' and that in turn kept making her laugh, while Callie was thinking that she was breaking every rule she ever made for herself. Sex with the help, sex with Arizona, Robbins, Robbins.
By the time they reached the blondes bedroom they were both naked, they stood still for a while just looking at each other. Callie's eyes were blurry from all the alcohol so she could hardly see the blonde, and so was the case with Arizona. They slowly made the way to the bed, with Arizona on top of the brunette. They started with slow kisses, a peck here and there but they could both notice that something was amiss. Something had changed from the stairs to the bedroom.
Arizona was nibbling Callie's neck, the brunette's eyes were open and looking up at the ceiling. 'This feels wrong' Callie kept thinking. Yet she willed herself to just shut her eyes and forget about what happened in the past. Arizona was now sucking and Callie's full toned breast yet, she could feel how stiff the brunette was. She could hear Callie holding in a moan and trying her best to be silent.
After twenty minutes of excruciating, unpleasant and non-responsive sex. They both lay next to each other, facing up at the ceiling eyes wide open. After another fifteen minutes of silence Callie started laughing, Arizona joined her. They both laughing so hard with tears in their eyes.
"That was the worst sex of my life" Callie said in between the laughing.
"Talk about awkward vibes" Arizona added.
"What happened?" Callie asked trying to stop herself from laughing but thinking about what just happened she started laughing again, "Just shut up Calliope." the blonde said in a joking manner.
