CHAPTER -2
A/N: Since, it was requested, I have tried my best to give a perspective on things, how it would have progressed from where we left.
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"I think I lost you"
"I don't want to fix us"
"Not Anymore"
The words were ringing in the head of Arizona, she couldn't place the feeling or emotion she was encountering at that moment, was it resentment, anger, frustration?, or a complete misunderstanding?, she was at a loss, again. She didn't know how long she stood in that supply closet, but she had a clear clarity of two things.
1. She was all alone in the supply closet.
2. She had to get hold of Callie and make her listen,by hook or by crook.
With that thought in mind, she went in search of her target. After searching the floor for few minutes, she finally spotted the brunette entering an on-call room, seeing that Arizona increased her pace, so that she can catch her in time. Therefore, even before Callie could, close the door, she barged into the room.
"How Long?", Arizona's voice was slightly high, but it was determined.
Callie hadn't realized that she was being followed and she wouldn't have guessed it to be Arizona, so she turned and answered "What?".
"I asked How... Long?", Arizona's voice was breaking, but it had an unique conviction to it.
"Arizona... I'm not getting you" Callie answered confused.
"You've not been getting me for years Callie!, so .. how long is my punishment?, Arizona was trying hard to keep her emotions in check but that didn't aligned well with her volume.
"Punis..Ari..I", Callie didn't know where all of this was going.
"Every convict who gets punished, has a term of his punishment, a TERM!, so what's mine?, cause I have lost the count of times I have been dragged and judged all over gain." Arizona's voice was definitely high now.
Arizona saw that Callie was trying to get her words in, but she beat her to that, cause it was high time, she led her perspective in.
"No, I am not finished!"
"I cheated on you...I did...and believe me..Please believe me when I say that I am boring its repercussions,... every time when I wake up in the morning and realize that I am not in my house anymore, or when I cook Sofia's special and realize it's not my time with her and especially when...I get up in the middle of night..and...call your name...its takes a minute to come face with the truth that...you are not there, So..I am doing my time Callie, I am,... so how long you are going hold that mistake on me?". Arizona's eyes had glistened and she no longer knew, where all of this was going.
"Cheating is not a mistake!, It's a choice, you chose that!" Callie's eye had also filled with tears and her volume had picked up as well.
"It's a MISTAKE!, cause I didn't CHOSE to get along with that!, I didn't chose Boswell, I don't plan to have anything with her, there is no future there, my CHOICE, my DREAM, my LIFE is YOU, it always have been and it always will be!" Arizona was shouting and wiping her tears simultaneously.
"How many people you have slept with, since we were apart?", Arizona asked as soon as she got hold of her emotions.
"What kind of a question is that?" Callie asked, she still was reeling out from the previous statement that Arizona had made and now this had slightly hurted her a little.
"Just answer me", Arizona said it in a pleading tone.
"None". Callie answered.
"Why?", Arizona asked, she really wanted Callie to see her point.
"I don't know!", Callie was starting to get frustrated.
"Because it's difficult, to attach emotions, feelings with the person you are getting intimate with and want to have a future, ..it's difficult.
Boswell felt... easy.
Blaming you for the leg,... felt easy.
Loving you..it's not easy, cause it consumes me and I love every second of it". Arizona finally had her words in, there was nothing left to say or do, exhaustion had finally took a hold on her, so she slumped down on the floor of the on -call room, with her back supported by the door.
"I don't know anything, anymore Arizona, we try again, it doesn't work, we broke it off,...it doesn't work.., so I don't know what to do anymore." Callie was exhausted too, she had seen a whole new point of view, she felt tired, so she also slumped herself down next to Arizona.
The room was dead silent for several minutes,Both of them were pondering upon the facts that were laid down the table after such a longtime, both have been hurting and both have hurted each other.
After the long stretched silence, suddenly Arizona spoke
"So, I visited Sofia in the daycare, she was drawing Cinderella...Again?"
"Yeah, apparently the gown Cinderella wore is light blue and not dark blue.., so as soon as she realized that, she ripped off the page and started all over again." Callie replied.
"ALL OVER AGAIN"
Suddenly, it all seemed clear, what was going wrong in the first place, it seemed within the reach of both, something that can be done again.
As blue and brown eyes locked with one another, they both knew what the other was thinking, it was as simple as difficult as it can be, but it was worth a try, they were worth a try to start with a clean slate,... all over gain.
"Maybe we shouldn't talk as much"
"I wanted to know, if you will come home"
"I love you and you love me! and none of the rest things matter"
"I can't live without you and our ten kids"
"I love you..You do...I do...I love you too"
"I think you'll know"
Arizona got up from the floor and straight ed her scrubs and lab coat out, Callie following the suit as well and then Arizona stuck out her hand and said
"Hi!, I am Arizona Robbins, Peds Surgery and Neonatal"
"Hi!, I am Callie Torres, Ortho". Callie said while shaking hands with Arizona both had dazzling smiles on their faces.
And just like that, the baggage of hurt, acquisition,resentment, misunderstanding... didn't matter...NOT ANYMORE.