Final chapter!
ARIZONA'S POV
I wake up lying on the cold tiles in the bathroom and when I look up I see my mom standing with a smirk.
Every time I woke up last night I was in the bathroom and then after a few seconds I threw up. I really had too much to drink last night.
"Arizona" She said shaking her head laughing "Haven't you realized yet that alcohol isn't something for you?"
"Mom please I don't need any lectures okay, I already feel like crap" I tell her, she loves rubbing it in my face.
"Fine, but if you don't get ready soon you'll be late for work" She says and turns to walk out
"What?" I yell after her and my mom turns around "I can't work, I mean I REALLY can't work, I feel like crap" I tell her. My head is going to explode, my whole body feels limp, I'm fairly convinced that I'm going to throw up again.
"Well you should have thought about that before drinking on a weeknight" She tells me, duh like I don't know that
"Yeah well I didn't and I'm calling in sick today" I tell her
"You can't do that Arizona, I have a lunch meeting at 12 and I can't leave Callie alone" She tells me, I can hear the panic in her voice
"Sure you can, Callie will be just fine I've showed her everything. And if there's a problem she can call, me or you. Although she's probably going to call you" I say sadly
"What? Have you two been in some fight?" She asks
"No I mean yes, but it doesn't matter she'll be fine" I tell her and thank God she drops it.. Then I start to feel that feeling in my stomach before I run into the bathroom to puke.
Great. Just. Great
I can't see my mom's face, but I can't totally picture her smiling.
CALLIE'S POV
I wake up with a headache. I didn't drink a lot last night, but a lot happened which gave me a headache. The weather outside isn't making anything better. It's raining and the clouds are almost black. All I want to do is to sleep.
However I need to go and work.
With Arizona
Perfect.
While I'm getting dressed Aria runs in and shuts the door and lies down in my bed and pretending to sleep.
"Uhm Aria" I ask her shocked by her coming in like a storm
"Callie if dad asks I slept here" She says looking scared
"What?" I say and then I see what she is wearing "Are you wearing what you wore last night" I ask her
"Yes okay..I slept at Mark's" She says and she looks happy
"Eww that's just eww and now you're in my bed." I say a bit disgusted that my sister slept with the village whore.
"I've showered" Aria says plainly
"Okay whatever" I look at my watch "I'm going to be late" I say walking out of the room
I hear her ask how things went with Arizona, but I pretend that I didn't hear what she said.
I run down the stairs and grab a banana, not the perfect breakfast but it'll do. Quickly I take my car and drive to work.
When I come inside I see Kate.
"Good Morning Mrs Robbins" I say smiling
She looks up from filling out some forms
"Hi Callie, and it's Kate to you. I'm glad to see that you're feeling better than Arizona" She says laughing
"What do you mean?" I ask her
"Let's just say that Arizona is 'sick' today" She says with air quotations and I laugh.
"Oh so she's not coming to work today?" I ask her
"Nope, I'm going to be here til lunch. Then I'll have a lunch meeting and you'll be here alone until we close" She says and while I'm happy that I don't have to deal with Arizona I really don't feel like being alone.
"Are you sure I'm going to be able to handle everything on my own?" I ask her, I'm not quite sure I'm ready to be here alone on my second day.
Kate laughs at me
"Oh dear you'll be fine. Arizona said that you will do fine." She says smiling and I can't help myself from smiling at the fact that Arizona has faith in me. But no I'm angry with her I shouldn't smile at her words.
The time went on during the morning and customers came and went. When I got back from lunch it was Kate's turn to leave.
"I'm leaving now. If the day continues to go slow you can close up earlier. Here's my phone number if you need anything. You have Arizona's number too if you need help, she's probably feeling a bit better now" She said and left me her number and she could see that I was a bit insecure
"Don't worry everything will be just fine, what could go wrong?" She reassured me and smiled.
"Thanks..um yeah I don't think there's going to be any problems"
"Oh I almost forgot, here's the key for the drawer in the desk. There's some extra money there if you run short of change in the cash register. I think there are but you can check" She said handing me the key and pointing at the drawer.
"Thanks" I tell her and she hugs me before leaving.
I look out through the window and I can see that it's starting to rain again. Great no one is going to go shopping for books on a day like this.
I move over to the desk and slump down in the chair and I remember that she told me to check if there was change in the drawer.
I open the drawer and I can see that there are a lot of papers. Some drawings that were made by a child were in there and I can recognize that Arizona made them. With flowers, butterflies, her parents, her brother all in pink clothes. I laugh at the drawing.
When I continue to check through the drawer it feels like I'm prying. But Kate gave me the key so it isn't prying right? I can feel something in the bottom under a stack of papers and when I finally pick it up I smile.
It's a picture of me and Arizona on the day we graduated. We both look so happy, who knew that the day after would change everything. I take a good look and draw my finger on her face. How can she make me feel so much?
She hurt me when she read my notes. However who was I to write a novel about her? Should I really be angry? Clearly she still loves me and I love her. Even though I may have not wanted to admit it to myself I do.
That's why I care so much what she does.
If she loves me and I love her why am I having this monologue with myself?
I need to see her.
I need a plan though. I quickly gather my stuff and lock the store. The rain is pouring heavily now and I think I just got my idea.
ARIZONA'S POV
Ouch my head how is it possible that it hurts this much? The rain isn't helping either.
I deserve it though, I read something that is private to Callie even though it's about me and I totally deserve this headache. Maybe I should go down to the bookstore?
No bad idea that would just piss her off even more.
But she got mad last night, that means she cares right? Maybe she wants me to chase her?
Hmm I need a plan...when I sober up because I don't think I'm sober yet.
* RING *
Oh the doorbell I take a quick look in the mirror to see if I'm decent and I put on a shirt and a pair of softy pants and move slowly to the stairs since my head is aching.
* RING * * RING *
What the hell, stupid salesmen. I shouldn't answer the door but if I don't they'll just come back. I heard them the first time
* RING *
"I'm coming" I yell so that they can stop ringing and I could feel a jolt of pain in my head when I yelled
As I'm walking to the door the doorbell rings again
"WHAT?" I yell through the pain in my head when I open the door. It takes me a second before I register who is at the door. It's Calliope...a wet Calliope. In the pouring rain with wet hair and her t-shirt is white.
"Um hi Arizona is this a bad time...I can leave" Callie says she probably saw that my jaw was down at my feet.
"You're not a salesman" Is all I get out and she looks at me with confusion
"No...I'm not...look this is a bad idea I'll just come back later" She says starting to turn away.
"Calliope" I call after her and I should probably say something else but I don't know what. "You'll get pneumonia" I say like I'm her mom.
And then I give her a smile and she gives me one back and quickly comes towards me and grabs my hand and pulls me out of the house.
"Callie what are you doing?" I yell and start to scream when I feel the cold rain running down my back.
"We're going for a ride" She tells me and pushes me into the car. Not gently, she really pushes me.
"Callie what the hell, I haven't even locked the door" I yell although I am a bit intrigued what she's up to.
"Don't worry this won't take long" She says giving me a devilish grin.
Okay maybe I'm not that intrigued. Maybe she's going to murder me.
She starts the engine and starts to drive, we sit in silence and I can feel that she's looking at me.
"Arizona you're shivering" She says worriedly when she sees that I'm shaking.
"Well I'm sick and you pulled me out of the house in the pouring rain and now I'm going to get even more sick" I tell her angrily although she can see that I'm not really mad.
"Oh shut up" She laughs "You're not sick, you're hungover...served you well" She says the last part silently and I let it slide.
"Are you going to tell me where we're going?" I ask her
"Nope" She simply says.
After a few minutes we arrive at the bus station and she gets out of the car and opens my door.
"Callie if this is a mean joke then I can tell you that it's not funny" I say remembering the last time we were at this bus station in the pouring rain.
"It's not a joke, I wouldn't do something like that to you" She says smiling and I actually believe her. "Come on now" She says and I follow her.
She then stops abruptly at the same spot as last time and looks me in the eyes.
"Arizona I need you to promise me to be quiet now when I talk. Which I know is a hardship for you, but if you don't I'm going to get distracted and I've put a lot of thought into this" She says and I just nod.
She takes out a picture out of her pocket and gives it to me. I then see that is a picture of her and me at graduation. My God she is pretty.
"Wher-" I start to ask her where she found this but she cuts me off.
"No talking remember?" She says and I nod
"Arizona...the last time we were here I was confused and you told me that you loved me. I didn't know what to do so I got on the bus, because it seemed like the easy way out. I later learned that it wasn't. It was a big mistake. I hurt you so much that day and I need you to know that I was hurt too. Then I came back and saw you and I relived all of those feelings. I didn't know how to write that kissing scene in the novel until I saw you again. The rest is done, it was the last part. These last days have been tumultuous and you've been angry, I've been angry" What?
"In that pic it's you and me Arizona on our graduation day. Two best friends. I had no clue that everything would change the day after. When I saw it today I knew that I had to see you. Because I love you Arizona and this time I'm not leaving, not now not ever. I love you and I think you love me too and all this fighting isn't worth it. Because at the end of the day I'm miserable without you. So Arizona if you'll have me I want you to go on a date with me" She says and I'm stunned. I literally can't move. I can feel tears burning in my eyes
"Now you should say something" Callie says with a nervous smile and I'm still silent. Say something "This was a bad idea" Callie sadly says.
"You love me?" Is all I can muster out.
"That's all you got from all that?" She asks frowning
"No...yes...I mean no it's just a lot, but really you love me?" I say still not convinced
"Yes! Why is that so hard for you to believe?" She asks me
"Look at me! I'm a mess and stuck in this hole" I say to her crying
"I want you to be my mess and I want to be with you. It can be in this hole or it can be somewhere else" She says smiling.
Before I know it her lips are on mine and Callie moans into the kiss. We're standing in a crappy bus station. The rain is pouring, but nothing else matters because Callie is here with me. The kiss becomes more intense with tongues softly exploring each other. My hands are at her sides pulling her in even more. Our shirts are so wet and sticking against our bodies. I can feel droplets hitting my face. I've never felt this way before. I could kiss her all day every day like this.
We pull away for air and put our foreheads against each others and just stand like this for a few seconds.
"So where are you taking me on our date?" I ask her
"I was thinking of my parents house in France" My eyes widen "It's maybe too big for a first date, but all those years ago I should have brought you with me instead of having some pervy Frenchmen hitting on me when all I had on my mind was you" Ha! She didn't hook up with Frenchmen.
NO ONE'S POV
"Why didn't you come back?" Arizona asks Callie. If she missed her so much why didn't she come back? Arizona wondered
"I couldn't face you after everything" Callie says sadly and there are tears in her eyes. "So France?" She asks smiling through the tears.
"I'm sorry" Arizona says before turning away. Callie stands shocked. Arizona then turns around and gives her a super magic smile. "You're not going to stop me" Arizona laughs and Callie's face turns from disappointed to a shake with her head.
"Come here" She says pulling Arizona in for a quick kiss "That was mean" She says making a totally fake pout.
"When are we leaving?" Arizona asks her and her face lights up.
"Whenever you want" She says and they start to walk to the car
"I really hope that the novel is dedicated to me" Arizona says hopefully
"Why would I dedicate it to you?" Callie teases
"Because if it wasn't for me humiliating myself you wouldn't have a story. Remember that when you have a best-seller" Arizona says smiling
"I wouldn't have you either, and you didn't humiliate yourself"
"Calliope" Arizona says
"Okay maybe a little, but you made me realize that I love you. And when or if I have a best-seller you're going to be next to me. But I was thinking of maybe not even publishing the book" Callie says and Arizona's eyes widen.
They reach the car and Arizona takes Callie's hand
"I won't force you to do anything you don't want to, but I want a house of our own in France and not being at your parents" Arizona says, she couldn't believe that she was talking about having a house together with Callie.
"Wow u-haul here we come" Callie laughs and Arizona starts to giggle "How do you even know that it would be a successful book?" Callie asks
"Because you're my girlfriend and I'm awesome. In case you didn't know that rubs off" Arizona says proudly
"Girlfriend, I like that" Callie says
"I love you Calliope now lets go and pack" Arizona says getting in the car
"But who is going to help your mom at the bookstore?" Callie asks
"First of all I haven't had a vacation in God knows how long. Second she'll find somebody else" Arizona says.
"Maybe Sadie's interested" Callie laughs and Arizona burst out in laughter
"She can have Mr Jennings!" Arizona laughs and they continue to laugh at the cost of Sadie.
The girls drove away to pack for a vacation that was well deserved.
A/N: Well that is the end! Thank you everybody for the support. I really loved writing this, it was an idea that came up in my head when I couldn't sleep. Now 7 chapters later it's ending. I'm a bit sad actually, I kind of have a lot of ideas, but not enough time to write a sequel. Maybe in the future.
If someone wants to make a naughty chapter about the sex on a beach in France at sunset a lá April Kepner feel free. Just tell me first :)
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