Chapter 4

"Sleepy head, get up-we need this room for some serious patient", April teases Callie while waking her up, "morning, how is your head?". "I am okay", Callie is in fact too tired. She could not sleep last night- whole night she kept thinking about their happy time when they were truly happy. She tiredly sits back on the bed, while April starts her regular check up. "Callie, you didn't bother to call me last night", Penny runs towards her and gives her a tight hug. Callie even does not bother to reciprocate the hug or to answer her. April notices the sudden change in Callie's demeanor towards Penny.

-"Arizona, you will fall, stop running", Simi calls from behind. "I am already late; I want to see her before I go to the OR". Arizona in fact has brought Simi, so that she can clarify last night's confusion. Moreover, she does not want to play this game anymore. While thinking how she is going to tell the entire thing to Callie, she enters into Callie's room only to find Penny lightly stroking Callie's forehead-apparently it seems that Callie is sleeping. The forehead which she kissed last night- Callie wanted her to kiss. Hearing the noise of the door, Callie opens her eyes and the happiest smile fades away as soon as she sees Simi behind of Arizona. Likewise, the loving-worried eyes of Arizona also become icy. Well, she does not need me.

-"Ookkay…feeling good, I guess", Arizona cannot control the frustration in her tone.

-"Yeah, last night I was feeling bad, since Penny was not there", telling this Callie wraps her arms around Penny for the first time in the whole morning. April stops at the door watching this, who has again come back to tell Callie, that she can go home.

-"Yes, true…last night you were too lonely and I am sure that you missed her like anything", telling this Arizona drags Simi next to her by her wrist and laces their fingers. "Simi wanted to meet you, although she was too tired after last night", telling this Arizona gives a seductive smile to Simi. Simi smiles back not knowing what she could do in between these two women.

Oh! I was right then… she is sleeping with Simi. How dare she brings her to me…, Callie looks at Penny and she also laces both her hands with Penny, "honey, please take me home". I thought, you truly have feeling left for me…after yesterday and last night… you asked me to kiss those bruises and you were so jealous and now!, Arizona cannot think of anything else. She just knows that she cannot continue doing this anymore, "take care Callie. I came to tell you that Sophia is at the daycare, take her with you", telling this she leaves quickly.

-"Ari, so?"

-"I am stopping this game right now"

-"okay- if you think so"

-"But we can be friends, right"

-"Yes, we can and we are. I do not want to lose a friend like you," saying this Simi hugs Arizona. Arizona also hugs her back. Callie observes the entire scene from the hospital reception with the saddest eyes. She leans down to Sophia and tells, "You will not leave me, right?"

After the surgery, April follows Arizona to the call room.

-"Is there anything I should know"

-"April- I do not know what you are talking about", although Arizona instantly knows what she is talking about.

-"In the morning, I had a feeling that Callie and you were behaving strange"

-"You got that wrong April"

-"you know one of the interns was gossiping that she saw you kissing on Callie's forehead last night"

-"that was not kissing- Callie was missing Penny and I just kissed her forehead", Arizona knows that hiding this fact will mess the situation more.

-"haa…. You did kiss her…I mean, isn't it weird?"

-"see, April, now we are friends, so that was just a friendly gesture"

-"you two are friends, since when?" April finds herself in the most foolish thought in her life, Callie and Arizona could be friends and in fact they were the best friends, when they were married, but not now. Right now they can be anything else, but not friends. Arizona is almost annoyed, "April, I too busy with other things in my life to do anything with anybody else". "Yes, you are so busy that I have not seen you around for last couple of days… and I hear about a new girl", Teddy pokes Arizona from back.

-"Teddy, ya..I am sorry," Arizona warmly hugs her. Teddy always gives a comfort whenever she is in some mess. Nowadays, although she is more close to April, Teddy always has been her consoling friend. Teddy laughs and invites both April and Arizona for coffee. Three friends head towards the cafeteria. At least, for next half an hour I can stop thinking about someone, Arizona almost sighs.

At the cafeteria, April starts, "you know the interns were discussing what Penny told them about you and Callie". Although Arizona is annoyed as she has brought the conversation again, but this is too crispy to avoid, she raises her eye-brow as a question mark.

-"Penny told them how Callie was not ready to change her emergency contact from you to Penny"

-"This is a hassle, so nobody wants to change this", Arizona also knows how lame she sounds. Teddy smirks at the comment but remains quite.

-"Even the house she bought on both of your names, she was not willing to remove your name from the paper", this revelation makes Arizona's heart flatter. Only they know how important that house has been for both of them. She simply says, "Oh!". Now the last piece of information, "Callie was almost about to break up with Penny, when Penny wanted to throw your wedding album", April looks at Arizona saying this. Her blue eyes are now full of water, "I do not want to listen to all these, April please," she almost pleads and leaves the table slowly.

As Arizona comes back to the PED floor, she only tries to busy herself with the tiny humans, who are far from all these worldly problems, but she cannot stop thinking, if Callie had feeling for her why she never came back… the things which April said if these were true then why Callie never looked back to her.

At Callie's apartment

Callie comes back to her bedroom once Sophia is off to bed. Sophia has been always too close to Arizona. Her bedtime stories are all about Arizona, mama is that, mama is this, how mama makes faces, how mama teaches her roller skating, it was not a problem before, but now these sting Callie. Penny rolls over Callie and leans for a kiss. Before she could initiate the kiss, Callie moves her from top of her, "we need to talk". Penny somehow knows what is coming. She is not a stupid. She could sense Callie's change of behavior since last few days, although she does not know why, "I am listening". "You know, this is not working. You have been so good to me but I cannot give you myself to you somehow", Callie looks at Penny with a guilty face. Does not matter she gets Arizona or not, she knows that she cannot continue with Penny. The blonde simply says, "So we are breaking up". "I am sorry, Penny". It does not hurt Penny in fact. She always has felt that for Callie, she has been a kind of distraction. Callie only spent time with her, but never let her enter into her life completely. They never had a full life, for example, Callie never asked Penny to be a part of Sophia's life. Penny always wondered how Callie religiously would take Arizona's help whenever it is about Sophia. Penny gets up and starts dressing. "Bye Callie, somehow I too was not happy into this relationship", saying this she leaves taking her purse.

Callie lies back on the bed. She needs sleep to get over everything.

Note: when I started this story, I only wanted to write about the happy moments. But, now I find writing about Callie and Arizona could never be free of drama and high emotions, especially as I wanted to write closely to the original plot of GA. But, trust me there will be happy moments… soon…

Initially I wanted to write only a chapter per week, however, I simply could not stop thinking about the CalZona…so only way to soothe myself is to write about them.