AN: So I mentioned last chapter that I wasn't going to update for a while because of finals. Well, finals are done and for that matter so is my sophomore year of high school, and I finally finished writing this chapter. I probably would have updated earlier but I kind of got obsessed with these two web series that I found on youtube. They are called Out With Dad and Anyone but Me. If you have time, check them out.
Also, thanks for all the reviews I received last chapter. It was funny to see some of you trying to find out words that start with ch-
Anyways, enough of my rambling. Enjoy the chapter!
Chapter 22: What the Hell?
As Arizona headed down to the lobby, she was stopped by a nurse.
"Dr. Robbins, you have a Rachel Sanchez waiting for you in the waiting room."
"Thanks."
Arizona headed to the waiting room and found Rachel.
"Hey Rachel. What are you doing here? I thought you were leaving this morning."
"I was but I decided to stay here for a few more days. I was thinking that I might move here. I've had a job offer and I'm really trying to decide whether or not I should take it and right now I'm leaning towards taking it."
"That's great. It would be awesome to be able to hang out just like old times."
"Yeah but I need to decide fast so I can find a place to stay."
"Well I would offer for you to stay at my place until you find an apartment of your own but I'm not going to be living there for long."
Arizona immediately noticed her slip up and hoped Rachel didn't notice but she had no such luck.
"You and Callie are moving?"
"Not exactly." Arizona gave Rachel a sad smile.
"What do you mean?"
Arizona just stayed quiet.
"Zona, talk to me." Rachel said, using Arizona's old nickname form high school. "You know you can tell me anything. Did something happen between you and Callie? Did you break up?"
Before Rachel could ask any more questions, Callie came walking up behind Arizona.
"Hey babe. Oh hi." Callie said as she noticed Rachel standing there.
"Rachel this is Callie Torres, Calliope this is Rachel Sanchez, my best friend from high school." Arizona made the introductions as Callie and Rachel shook hands.
"So I'm finally meeting the famous Calliope Torres."
"It's-"
"Callie. Yeah, Zona told me you only let her and your parents call you Calliope. I wanted to see if it was true."
"Zona?" Callie asked with a perplexed look on her face.
"It's what everybody called her back in high school. So I've heard a lot about you Callie."
"I've heard a lot about you too. I don't want to sound rude but weren't you supposed to leave this morning?"
"She got a job offer and is thinking about accepting it." Arizona finally cut in.
"That's great. Arizona can definitely use more friends. She has the SGMW doctors but the only ones she really likes to hang out with are Teddy and Alex."
"Hey! I have friends outside the hospital. Besides, you only talk to the SGMW doctors too." Arizona defended herself.
"Yeah but I like to hang out with all of them not just two of them. We need at least one friend that both of us like to hang out with that's not a doctor."
"I'm guessing that's your way of saying you like me." Rachel said, amused by Callie and Arizona's small argument.
"Yes,"
"Well the feeling's mutual. I approve."
"Thanks."
"Yeah hate to break this up but back to the issue at hand. We have friends that we both like t hang out with. There's Julie and the rest of that group."
"I hate to break it to you Arizona, but your gold star lesbian friends don't like me."
"Gold star lesbian friends?" Rachel and Arizona asked in unison.
"Yeah, you know, never been with men only women. Anyways, the point is they don't like me and for that matter I don't like them."
"They do like you."
"No they don't because you're only the second woman I've been with. They think I'm a newborn just like you did. Plus it also doesn't help that Julie is a part of that group. She really hates me because of what I did."
"What did you do? You did nothing to her."
"Seriously? I kind of stole you from her."
"Wait, who's Julie?" Rachel asked all the while thinking that this argument was better than cable television.
"Julie is the woman Arizona was on a date with when I decided to confront Arizona for turning me down when I asked her out."
"You seriously did that?" Rachel asked.
"Yeah…" Callie went on to explain exactly what she said.
'Oh great, my best friend and my soon to be ex-girlfriend totally love each other. This is just going to make breaking up with her a lot harder than it already is.'
Finally having enough, and remembering what she had to do back home, she decided to cut in.
"Okay I call a truce. My gold star lesbian friends hate your guts so what was it that you wanted to tell me?"
"Oh right. The chief asked me this morning if I could work an extra hour and I said yes so my shift ends at 11 now so I'm getting home later than I expected."
"Alright, I'll see you later."
"Okay bye." Callie gave Arizona a quick kiss. "It was nice to meet you Rachel."
"You too." Rachel replied.
Once Callie was out of ear shot Rachel turned towards Arizona.
"So… from that conversation I'm guessing you two didn't break up, but by the hole you're burning on her back I'm guessing she did something that you don't approve of and she doesn't know you know yet."
"Oh yeah."
"What did she do?"
"I'll tell you as soon as we get to the apartment."
As soon as they got to the apartment, Arizona went straight to the bedroom and started packing all her clothes. Rachel just stood by the doorway staring at her.
"Arizona, what the heck are you doing?"
"I'm packing."
"I can see that but why are you packing."
"I can't take it anymore. I planned on doing it tomorrow but she just won't stop lying." Arizona continued to ramble incoherently under her breath.
"Who won't stop lying? Zona, what is going on?"
Arizona just ignored Rachel and kept on packing.
"ZONA STOP!" Rachel yelled as she grabbed both of Arizona's hands to stop her from packing.
Arizona looked up at her on the verge of crying.
"Zona please talk to me." Rachel whispered.
Arizona started crying and Rachel pulled her in for a hug.
"Please just talk to me."
"It's Callie." Arizona managed to say between her sobs.
Rachel waited until Arizona controlled her crying before talking.
"What about Callie?"
"She lied to me tonight."
"What are you talking about?"
"She said the Chief asked her to work an extra hour but that's not true because when I asked the Chief earlier today what time Callie's shift was over he told me it ended at 10."
"So she lied to you once, maybe she had a good reason. You don't have to get like this."
"But this isn't the first time she has lied to me. She has been lying to me for the past few days."
Arizona went on to explain what was going on. By the time Arizona was done, Rachel was too shocked to say anything. She had seen the way Callie looked at Arizona, with nothing but love, but then again, she had seen something else in her eyes. It had looked like doubt and a little e bit of guilt but she had brushed it off as her imagination.
"Is there any way you are misinterpreting everything?"
Rachel, just like Teddy and Arizona, did not want to believe that Callie was really cheating on Arizona.
"How could I misinterpret anything? What else could it be? And now I need to call my parents and do everything tonight because I can't take it anymore."
"Do you want me to stay here with you while you call your parents?"
"Actually can you give me some privacy? Don't leave the apartment; just wait in the living room, please?"
"Of course."
Once Rachel left the room, Arizona took a deep breath before she dialed her parents' house number.
"Hello?" Barbara answered.
"Mom?"
"Honey, what's wrong?" Barbara could tell that her daughter was trying to hold back tears.
"Is dad there? I need to tell you guys something."
"Yes he is, just hold on a second."
After a minute of silence Daniel came to the phone.
"We're here Arizona, what's wrong?"
"It's Callie…" Arizona once again went on to explain everything that had happened.
Once Arizona was done, her parents spoke up.
"Honey, I don't think Callie is cheating on you. I know her; she would never cheat on you. You're probably taking things out of context." Barbara tried to reassure her daughter.
"What else could it be?" Arizona asked.
"Maybe she is just pl-"
"Barbara, leave Arizona alone." Daniel cut in, "It does sound like Callie is cheating on her and she needs to deal with it."
"But Daniel-"
"Now Arizona, you have to promise me that once you get off the phone with us you will go confront Callie-"
"That's what I'm planning on doing."
"I wasn't done yet. When you confront Callie, you have to promise me that before you break up with her, you hear her out. Listen to her explanation on why she has been doing what she has been doing."
"But dad, I don't think anything she says will make this right-"
"Promise me Arizona. You don't want to do anything you'll regret later jus because you didn't have all the facts."
"Okay I promise dad but I don't think it will make a difference."
"Good, now we'll talk to you later. Bye."
"Okay, bye."
Once she hung up, she sent Teddy a text.
'Teddy, confronting Callie tonight. Meet me in front of hospital in 5 minutes. - A'
A second later, Teddy replied.
'Okay, meet u there. - T'
"How'd it go?" Rachel asked as Arizona walked out of her room.
"Good. My friend Teddy is meeting us outside the hospital so I can confront Callie."
"Alright, let's go."
As they walked across the street to the hospital, Rachel broke the silence.
"You going to be okay?"
Arizona took a minute before she answered.
"I honestly don't know. I really thought she could be the one."
They met Teddy outside the hospital and walked in together. As a nurse was passing by, Arizona stopped her.
"Do you know where Dr. Torres is?"
"I think I saw her up in the ortho wing about five minutes ago."
"Thanks."
Once the nurse left, they got on an elevator and rode it up to the ortho floor.
"You ready for this?" Teddy asked right before the elevator doors opened.
Arizona was about to reply, "As ready as I'll ever be" but when the doors opened, what came out instead was, "What the hell?"
Teddy and Rachel looked towards where Arizona was looking at. Nothing could have prepared them for what they were witnessing. There was a circle of hospital staff but that's not what shocked the three friends, it was what they were standing around. There, in the middle of the circle, were Callie and Erica kissing as everyone looked on with shocked expressions on their faces.
AN: Remember, if you kill me now you'll never find out what happens next. Next chapter playground Arizona shows up so that's something to look forward to. Please Review!