CHAPTER 1:
"Oh my god! I cannot do it again; I am so tired of fighting All. The. Time…. It's like every time I try to talk it seems to piss you off?" Callie screamed from the other side of the dinner table.
Another row has erupted on the dinner table; 3rd time this week.
"Oh! It's my fault? is it my fault that I want to have a decent conversation with my girlfriend? … is it my fault that I want to tell her about the surgery I just did and for once, just once don't want to talk about what Sofia did all day with your EX-WIFE?" penny retorted. "I understand that you miss her and you want to know everything about her… and believe me, I miss her too… but today was supposed to be our time...we were supposed to have this romantic dinner and talk about us… do you even know how long it has been since we talked heart to heart… or just talked properly?... Hell! It has been 3 weeks since we have been even remotely intimate with each other let alone have a decent conversation." Replied penny standing up from her seat.
"Are you saying it's MY fault that YOU had a busy month, or I had surgeries back to back? It's not like I did it on purpose. We have been just busy… and I believe that it was you who turned down my advances last weekend" Callie huffed.
"Callie! For the last time. I. Had. A. Bad. Day, I was not in the mood, how hard it is for you to understand?" replied penny.
"Oh! believe me, I understand very well… it's always the same either you have a long day, or a bad day or a long surgery… I do understand I am a surgeon too… but you just implied that the only reason that we didn't have sex in the last 3 weeks is because of me." Callie replied trying to control her frustration.
"I never said…huff! you know what? I can't do this, I am going to bed" penny replied meekly and left for the bedroom.
Callie stood there for a few moments and took some deep breaths. She then picked up her wine and sat on the love chair in the living room. Silent tears falling from her eyes.
It has been one and a half year since Callie moved across the country to be with Penny. She was finally having a … an uncomplicated life and she was happy… at least she thought she was. But since the last few months, things have started to go south for them. They were fighting more…talking less. On weekends either Penny will go out with her friends and Callie will spend her time with Sofia. They have stopped trying to work towards each other and now, the hole they dug for them was getting deeper.
It was not always this bad. They really had a great time here. Callie was doing miracles with bones in her hospital. Sofia was having a great time at school and was learning so much. She was happy with her new friends. Penny with her grant was busy with her work and was doing exceptionally well, as well.
For a long time, it all felt like a well-oiled machine. They would drop Sofia school, go to work, and save lives, come back and have good family time. Even Sofia started to like Penny and finally, everything was falling into place. There was love and laughter and it was home… their home.
Now, here they are, with Penny in her room doing God knows what and Callie sitting in the living room staring at the blank wall, thinking "how the hell it all got so messed up?".