Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, I just like to play with them a little...that sounds sooo wrong. Anywho, these characters and all of their glory belong fully to Shonda Rhimes, abc, and all of those great people.
sorry for the wait. happy reading.
Chapter 6
::..Arizona's POV..::
Walking out of the chief's office in SGMW, I make my way to the elevator. 'This is a pretty cool hospital, I can see myself working here'. I think, stepping on to the elevator.
When I get off and start walking towards the exit, I'm stopped in my tracks by a familiar voice calling my name.
"Arizona! Wait up!" I turn to see Calliope coming towards me.
"Hey, Callie." I say with a smile.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" she asks.
"I was just leaving, actually." I answer.
"Me too." she tells me as we began walking towards the exit. "So, about the other night," she begins, and I nod for her to continue, "I had a pretty good time. It was nice, ya know, just being able to get to know you and I was thinking that maybe we could do it again sometimes…as friends." she adds when she sees the look on my face.
I can't help but smile. I really shouldn't. We really shouldn't and, sure, we're pulling the whole 'friend' thing, but Callie has a girlfriend and I like her and according to Google Translate, she likes me too. Nevertheless, my lips don't listen to what my brain is saying, and the total opposite of what I am thinking comes out. "Yeah, I had a good time, too. And, I don't see why we couldn't do it again sometimes. As friends." 'Yes I do.'
"Great. How about now, are you busy? Andrea is working, and I'm starving." Callie asks as we near the parking lot.
"Ah, sure. What do you have a taste for?" I ask.
"There's this place not too far from here, they have the best pizza in the entire world. It's close to here if you don't mind the walk?"
"Are you talking about that place near the aquarium? What's it called—Leaning Tower of Pizza?" I ask and Callie nods. "I love that place." I tell her as I lead the way out of the parking lot.
"What a coincidence." Callie says following me.
4 minutes later, Callie and I are walking into the pizza store. It was a nice little place, but it was hot as hell inside, so we decide to eat at the tables that they have set up outside.
"Before we were called in the other day, you were saying something about moving around a lot?" Callie asks.
"Yeah, my dad was a marine, and we moved around a lot when we were younger." I tell her, taking a bite of my pizza.
"Oh, that makes sense now—the whole name thing, the battleship. The U.S.S. Arizona, right? That's how you got your name, yeah?" Callie asks.
"Yupp."
"That makes your name ten times cooler in my book." Callie confesses.
"Yeah? You into history and war and all that?" I ask curious.
"Not really, it's just cool that there's a history behind your name and it didn't come from the state like most people would initially think." Callie tells me, sipping her soda.
"Well, thank you." I smile.
She nods, "So, you know Teddy?" Callie asks.
"Yeah," I tell her, happy at how easy conversation is flowing again. "We met through my brother and became super close. We're not as close as we were, but we're still really good friends. I'm sure we'll get back to where we were when I start working." I finish.
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, yeah. You're looking at the new Head of Pediatrics Surgery at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital." I tell her, pointing to myself. Unable to contain my grin, I let it show.
"What? No way, Arizona, that's—that's great!" she tells me, standing up to hug me. I stand up too, and we awkwardly hug over our pizza. Well, the hug wasn't awkward, just the positioning of it was. The hug was perfect.
..::Callie's POV::..
Sitting back down from our hug, I fake another smile. This—this was not good. This was bad, actually. Yes, having Arizona work at SGMW was really, really bad. I like her. I like her sooo much and we haven't even known each other that long. Not to mention the fact that I have a girlfriend. A girlfriend who, in the 8 months that we've been together, can't even hold a match to the feelings that I have for Arizona Robbins. Liking her from a distance was bad enough, but now—now, she'll be near me. She'll be near me and she'll be looking at me with those amazing eyes, and she'll be smiling and dimple popping and just invading all of my senses. All the time, the woman who has been on my mind constantly will be in the same building as me. What if I do something stupid?
"When do you start?" I ask.
"The 7th at 11." she says, eating her last bite of pizza. There is a little sauce on her lower lip and as soon as I am about to tell her, she subconsciously licks it off. It wasn't meant to be sexy, I'm sure, but I'm also sure that my heart stopped beating for a second…or two.
"So soon?" I playfully ask, pushing the many dirty thoughts that I just had to the back of my mind.
"Callie, that's 2 whole days," she laughs, "Besides, don't act like you wont be happy to have we around more."
"Oh, I will." I mumble, and we both laugh.
"So, how's the house search going? You guys find anything yet?" Arizona ask, and I swear I see a bit of disgust flash across her face.
"What was that face?" I ask her as we clean up our pizza.
"What face? There was no face." She quickly tells me.
"Yeah, okay." I tell her with a look that tells her I know she's lying. She shrugs and then asks about the house search again.
"Well, no, Andrea's still looking." I answer.
"Why aren't you helping? It's gonna be your place too." she says, standing so that we could leave.
"What?" I ask confused, "No, no, no, this is just for Andrea." I tell Arizona. "Yeah, she's buying a house, and I'm just helping her look for one, but I'm not moving in. I like my apartment." I laugh.
"Good to know. When do you have to be back at the hospital?" Arizona asks me.
"In about an hour, I have a surgery, but I'm on call so…" I tell her.
"Yeah, I know how that is. You don't want to stay at the hospital, yet you really can't risk going anywhere because you might get called in." she tells me as we walk back to the hospital parking lot.
"What are you up to after this?" I ask, not wanting her to go.
"I have a bunch of things to fill out for the hospital before I start." she says when we walk into the parking lot.
Walking her over to her car, I turn to look at her. "So," I began, "I had a really good time again." I tell her with a smile.
"Me too." she tells me, and for a second, we just look at each other.
"Calliope," she breaks the silence, "I—I have to tell you something." she finishes, almost shyly.
"What is it?"
"I contemplated whether or not I should tell you, ya know? I'm a fan of minding my own business unless it has to do with work, but…but you're great, and you don't deserved to be treated like this…" she tells me, and I'm a bit uneasy at how suddenly the mood changed.
"Treated like what?" I ask, trying to catch her wandering gaze. "Arizona what are you talking about? Spit it out." I say with a nervous chuckle.
"Okay…well, a little while ago, I was at the market. I went to pick up some things for Tim because he had just had surgery—but you know that, because you did the surgery," Arizona say, softly smacking herself in the forehead in the classic 'duh' action.
"Arizona, you're rambling. Just tell me what you need to tell me." I tell her, a bit above a whisper, finally catching her eye. She looks so nervous.
"Right. So there was this couple, and they were kissing and I didn't really care that much, except for they were blocking the Oreos that I wanted. I asked them to move and they got angry." she tells me, taking a deep breath. I'm so confused right now, but anything that is making her this nervous must be serious, so I continue to listen, "One of the girls—I think that it was—No—I— I know that it was your— It was An—"
She's cut off by my pager and I can here her let out of sigh of frustration. Looking down at it, I can't help but roll my eyes at the timing.
"Crap. Arizona, I have to go. Finish this over lunch on the 7th? If you're not too busy with all that first day stuff?" I tell her, backing towards the hospital entrance.
She looks a bit frustrated, but I make she that she agrees before I turn around and jog to my locker to change into my scrubs.
A/N: I know what you're saying. You all are probably like "Whaaaaat all this time and you give us the short update? Zig, you suck. We hate you!"
Yeah, well…
I'll update soon. And, this time, I actually do mean soon and not in like 40 years.
