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A couple of weeks had passed and aside from the odd fight in Angelo's between the surfer gang and a couple of locals, they stayed pretty quiet. Casey and Sofia became a couple and although Callie wasn't completely on board with the idea, she decided to put her own feelings aside for her daughter's sake. The boy seemed nice from what Callie had seen of him which admittedly wasn't much as work was keeping her busy. Callie came downstairs to see Sofia already awake, head in her books studying for her upcoming exams.
"Well I'm impressed" Callie smiled. Sofia was unlikely to ever get out of bed before noon on a weekend. "Studying your HSC's?"
"Course" Sofia smiled. "I'm actually thinking about heading over to Casey's to revise for a little bit"
"Alone?" Callie raised her eyebrows.
"No" Sofia shook her head. "Maddie and Xav will be there too"
"I believe you" Callie smiled as she grabbed a banana of the counter to take to work with her.
"Also can I go to a party tonight?" Sofia asked.
"Who's party?" Callie asked.
"You don't know her" Sofia told her. "She goes to school"
"Where does she stay. Do you want a lift?"
"Nah Casey's sister will probably take us over. She's going to some event in Yabbie Creek tonight anyway some singles night or something"
"Ah" Callie was tight-lipped at the mention of Arizona's upcoming single's night. "I want you home by 11 Sofia"
"That can be arranged" she smiled. "Come on I'll walk with you to work"
The Robbins' really didn't live all that far away from Callie and Sofia so Callie was left with the majority of the journey alone. She was pleased to see that Maddie and Xav were in Casey's place and Sofia wasn't lying to her like she had when she told Callie that Casey wasn't coming to the movies. She walked into the diner for her regular. Colleen was serving as usual, in conversation with Arizona.
"Ah Serge" Colleen greeted Callie. "I'll get your usual" she pottered off to fix Callie's order up for her. Arizona turned around.
"Good morning" she smiled. "It's a beautiful day out there"
"That it is" Callie replied slowly. "So Sofia tells me you're alright taking her and Casey to a party later"
"Sure" Arizona nodded. "What time do you want her home for?"
"11" Callie told her. "You working the bar tonight?"
"Probably" Arizona told her.
"Really?" Callie raised her eyebrows. "I'm sure Sofia mentioned something to me about you going to a singles night. Perhaps I'm mistaken"
"Wait a sec Serge, you sound almost jealous" Arizona pursed her lips. "I had amazing chemistry with this hot woman a while back" she told Callie. "Like really hot"
"Oh really?" Callie widened her eyes. "What happened?"
"She turned out to be a cop who thinks I'm a bad girl" Arizona sighed. "It's a shame really"
"I'm sure you'll get over it" Callie smiled sweetly.
"That is true. I'm not sure she will, though. She always pops in for pizza when I know it's just to come and see me" Arizona replied. "If that's how she wants to spend time with me then she's going to end up with a bad set of love handles".
"A little big headed" Callie replied. "Maybe she just likes pizza?" she questioned, making a mental note to herself to stop going to Angelo's restaurant so much. Colleen came back with Callie's coffee.
"There's good money in the coffee business" Arizona noted as Callie paid for her coffee. "Angelo's is actually thinking about starting up takeaway coffee's" she told Callie. "You know, in case you're looking for another convenient excuse to drop by and visit me, Calliope"
"Coming for dinner is not a convenient excuse" Callie argued.
"Well I just find it funny how we conveniently bump into each other all the time" Arizona raised her eyebrows.
"It's a small town" Callie replied. "And with an ego as big as yours, it's pretty hard to avoid"
"Well it's big…but it's not that big" Arizona stepped closer. "I'm actually pretty modest"
"Yeah you seem it" Callie replied as they walked out the diner together. "Just have my daughter back by 11 okay?" she questioned walking away from Arizona before she got even more under her skin.
"So Serge we have a case here. There was a robbery in the Yabbie Creek last night and word on the street is that Tim Robbins is behind it so they can sell cheap alcohol at Angelo's" Teddy filled her in as Callie reached the station.
"You're kidding" Callie replied, glancing over the case file. "They left the owner of the place in some state" she observed a photo of a beaten bloody man. "Can he remember seeing anything?"
"Nope" Teddy sighed. "Apparently they came out of nowhere and it was dark and none of them showed their faces?"
"More than one guy?" Callie asked.
"He can't remember exactly how many but definitely more than two" Teddy shook her head. "Do you reckon Angelo knows about this?"
"I sure hope not" Callie replied. Angelo was still their friend and they didn't want to see him being led down a path he shouldn't be going down, despite his money issues. "Right, I'll go and check this out" she muttered, knowing she was going to see Arizona again and that Arizona would love every moment of it.
Callie walked over to Angelo's. It was early morning so there wasn't a lot of business and wouldn't be until a lot later. Arizona couldn't hide the smug look on her face as she saw Callie come into the restaurant.
"We meet again" she pursed her lips. "It's a little early for pizza Serge" she raised her eyebrows. "And I know you were eager about the takeaway coffee but you need to give us a little more time"
"Is your brother here?" Callie asked. "I really need to talk to him about an incident in Yabbie Creek last night. Do you know where your brother was between 3 and 5am last night?"
"I imagine he was sleeping" Arizona replied as she dried the cutlery ready for the restaurant opening at 12.
"Can you verify that?"
"Well, I don't creep into my brother's room every hour to make sure he's still in bed so no I guess I can't verify that" Arizona replied sarcastically. "What is this incident anyway?"
"We have reason to believe your brother and a couple of his mates nearly beat a man to death and stole some liquor to sell here at Angelo's"
"Well Tim isn't here and I have no idea of this incident"
"And I should just take your word for it?" Callie questioned.
"No" Arizona said. "Why would you ever believe anything I said?"
"Do you have any idea of when your brother will be back?"
"No idea" Arizona told her. "But I'm sure you're in here often enough to see when my brother is back for yourself"
"I'll be sure to check back later" Callie muttered making her way out of the restaurant and back to the police station. She was fairly certain that if Tim was involved, Arizona knew nothing about it and Callie didn't have a warrant to check the place yet.
They found Tim a little later on after he'd returned from Mangrove River visiting his mother. He was surprised to see two coppers in his restaurant.
"What's all this?" he glanced at Arizona who shrugged.
"Something happened last night they think you and the boys were involved"
"What happened?" Tim questioned.
"Mr Robbins we have a warrant to search the premises" Teddy showed him the piece of paper.
"Where were you between 3 and 5am last night?"
"I was sleeping" Tim told the officers.
"Can anyone verify that?"
"Not last night, no" he smirked at his own joke. Callie decided to continue.
"So you and your boys didn't go to Yabbie Creek to steal liquor"
"Not unless we did it in our sleep Serge" Tim told her. "We were all good boys tucked up in bed by 10"
"Are you trying to be funny?" Callie raised her eyebrows.
"I don't know – is it working?" Tim asked her. Callie decided to ignore him as she waited for Teddy to search the alcohol.
"How can you possibly prove if alcohol is stolen or not?" Tim asked.
"Serial numbers, receipts" Callie told him. "We'll make sure we'll catch whoever did this"
"Oh I hope you do. Can't have them stealing business away can we?" Tim raised his eyebrows.
"This stuffs clean" Teddy came back with a sigh. "There was a receipt that proves the purchases I counted the bottles"
Callie shut her eyes. She was so certain that Tim was behind this but it turned out, for now, he was clean.
"Sorry to disappoint that I run a clean business" he smirked. "See you later ladies" he called out after them as Callie and Teddy left the restaurant, annoyed that they hadn't found anything concrete enough to charge Tim Robbins with.
Callie was watching Sofia get ready. Actually to be more exact, Callie was watching Sofia try on a bunch of different outfits before Arizona and Casey came to pick her up for the party. They ate dinner at home, there was no way Callie was stepping foot back into Angelo's again that day. She'd never known someone to be so infuriating and so big headed in all her life and Arizona Robbins was definitely both of those things.
"You look great Sof" Callie commented for the fifth time as Sofia presented her next outfit. "Just go with whatever you feel most comfortable in I mean it's just a party"
"Yeah but Kayla is really popular and everyone is going to be there" Sofia told her mother.
"There's going to be no booze at this party, right?"
"No" Sofia shook her head. "And even if there was I wouldn't drink any of it. Definitely not worth the hassle of receiving a lecture from a cop about underage drinking"
"That's my girl" Callie beamed.
"So Arizona will have me back by 11. What are you going to do tonight?"
"Paperwork. TV" Callie shrugged. It was her normal way of spending a Saturday night.
"Maybe you should hit that singles night with Arizona. Isn't that the one you went to ages ago?"
"I'm guessing so" Callie told her.
"And you met that girl but it all fizzled out, right?"
"Right"
"Maybe you'll meet another girl?" Sofia questioned.
"I think I am happy enough spending my nights in front of the TV" Callie told her as there was a knock on the door. She opened the door to see Casey and Arizona and she invited them in.
"You look different out of your cop gear" Arizona commented as Casey went over to Sofia and kissed her. "Nope I don't want to see that and I'm sure Serge doesn't want to see it either"
Callie was finding it hard to concentrate. Arizona was wearing the tightest little skirt and the tiniest little top that Callie found herself staring at her. A little knowing smile from Arizona suggested she had done this purposefully and whatever game she was trying to play, she had definitely won.
"We better make a move on" Arizona replied. "Enjoy your night Sergeant" she grinned as she walked outside behind Casey and Sofia ready to take them to the party.
It was half an hour later when Callie heard the door go again. She hadn't been able to get Arizona off her mind, or that seriously hot outfit she was wearing. She answered the door. Arizona was on the other side. She looked nervous.
"Is something wrong?"
"No" she shook her head. "Can I come in?"
Callie took a moment to decide, before inviting her in. They stood a foot apart from one another.
"So what do you want? If it's not about Casey and Sofia. Do you have some information on your brother that I should know about?"
"I was on my way to singles night and now I'm here" Arizona told her.
"And I have no explanation for that" Callie tilted her head to the side a little. "So do you want to give me a reason?" she questioned.
"Calliope" Arizona whispered as she brought her hand up to touch Callie's cheek. Callie flinched.
"Touch me" Callie began. "And you'll regret it"
"No" Arizona smiled shyly shaking her head. "I can't ever imagine regretting touching you" she took another step forward as Charlie grabbed her arms and held her against the wall.
"You've got quite the grip, Serge" Arizona commented. They were inches apart and Callie could smell the perfume Arizona was wearing, the scent of her shampoo. Her heart began to pound.
"Are you going to behave?" Callie questioned, still holding Arizona's arms in place.
"No"
Callie let Arizona's arms go with a sigh. Smirking, Arizona reached out to touch Callie again, only this time she didn't resist. Arizona pulled Callie close towards her their lips meeting for the second time, only this time there was a lot more passion, like they had an addiction for one another that they couldn't control.
"Bedroom" Callie gasped as Arizona began to kiss her neck and her hands freeing Callie of the t-shirt she was wearing. "Now"