Callie could feel the warmth of Arizona's body behind her as she started to wake up. A smile spread across her face as she remembered the recent events between them. She looked at the alarm clock. Good; still a a few hours to sleep before work. Callie realized she wasn't the only one awake when she felt Arizona's lips on her shoulder. Callie arched her back in pleasure, and pushed her body closer to Arizona's. This resulted in Arizona planting more kisses on Callie's neck, who groaned, and turned around to face Arizona.
They stayed that way, just looking into each other's eyes; smiling, before they started kissing. At first they were kisses of affection, but then they turned into something deeper and more passionate. They made love for the second time that night, and Callie thought it was even better than the first time around.
After, they both fell asleep: legs entangled and bodies close together like they were trying to be one single form.
Callie only got a couple of more hours of sleep before she was woken up, but not by her alarm clock: the phone was ringing. Who could be calling at this time? She reluctantly left the warmth of Arizona and the bed. Arizona woke up when Callie went to answer.
Callie put the receiver to her ear. "Hello?"
Arizona looked at Callie and heard her ask who the person on the phone was, and then Callie looked right at her with a puzzled look and said "Yes."
Callie held out the phone and told Arizona it was for her. Arizona sat up and didn't understand at first "For me?!"
"Your friend, Joanne" Callie said.
Arizona got out of the bed and took the phone from Callie's hand. Callie walked over to sit on the bed as Arizona greeted Joanne, who began by asking Arizona about the woman she had just talked to. Arizona quickly dismissed her as 'just a friend' and asked Joanne what she wanted.
"No need to be feisty. I know it's early but still, you need my help not the other way around." Joanne replied to Arizona's demand.
"Sorry. Tell me." Arizona offered.
Joanne told Arizona she had managed to get hold of most of the files she had asked for. Joanne explained that she had attached them as encrypted files in an e-mail addressed to Arizona.
Arizona felt the adrenaline start pumping at this news. She couldn't wait to see what the files could reveal.
"I appreciate it Joanne." Arizona had just remembered Callie was in the room with her, and wanted to end the call as quickly as possible.
"I'll call you back later, OK?! Bye." Arizona put down the receiver slowly.
Before she had time to turn back to face Callie, she heard her ask "Who is Joanne?"
Arizona felt the surge of adrenaline being replaced by a feeling of anxiety instead. She decided to be as truthful she could without telling Callie too much, and without making Callie a part in her mess; her very dangerous mess. "She's just someone I work with."
"How did she know you were here, at my house?" Callie asked.
"Eh, well... I sort of used your phone the other night to give her a call." Arizona felt that this conversation was not going to end well.
"Oh... I see." Callie said with a disheartened tone.
Arizona didn't know what to say, she didn't have a good explanation for not telling Callie about using the phone; not without telling her too much about the whole situation.
"I thought you said there was no one to call. When I asked you. You said there was no one. So, I'm having difficulties understanding why you would not ask me to use the phone?" Callie's tone was a bit harder this time.
Arizona was caught off guard with that question. "Um... well..." She didn't know what to say so she settled for "It's complicated."
Callie snorted. "Isn't that what you told me last night about your having a boyfriend?! Maybe you could tell me about him then?!" Callie challenged.
Arizona again decided to give Callie part of the truth. "There never was a boyfriend."
Callie raised her eyebrows in disbelief. "But you told me your boyfriend had done this to you?! Did you lie about that?"
"I didn't lie. You just assumed it was my boyfriend who had done this; I just didn't tell you it wasn't." Arizona heard how stupid that sounded as soon as the words had left her mouth.
Callie crossed her arms over her chest as she heard Arizona's explanation. "So, you're saying that not telling someone that they are mistaken is not a form of lying?!" She frowned.
"No, I'm just saying... I don't have a boyfriend." Arizona sighed.
"Then who did this to you?" Callie demanded.
Arizona looked down, and was reluctant to answer because she knew it wouldn't go over well with Callie.
"Well?! I think I am entitled to know since I was the one who helped you."
Arizona looked at Callie, and opened her mouth to say something, but changed her mind. She figured saying 'it's complicated' would only make matters worse.
Callie stood up, and with anger in her voice asked "Does Joanne know?!"
Callie could see the guilty look on Arizona's face. "Is she your girlfriend, or is she also 'just a friend', like me?!"
Arizona realized that Callie had heard Arizona dismiss her as simply being a friend, to Joanne. "No, not at all! Joanne is just a friend, and the only reason I told her about you being a friend is just because I didn't want her to put her nose into my personal business." Arizona assured Callie.
Callie wasn't sure what to make of all this. A couple of hours ago she had felt happier than ever; adoring the woman standing in front of her, and now, she felt she didn't even know who the woman standing in front of her was. Her expression changed from anger to hurt as she asked Arizona why she had slept with her.
Arizona took a step forward, and reached out to touch Callie, but she drew away. Arizona put her hand down to her side. Callie looked at her own feet.
"Because I think you're a beautiful, kind, and intriguing woman." Arizona said with as much honesty, and sincerity in her voice as she could.
Callie felt part of Arizona's compliment sink in, but at the same time she wasn't sure Arizona was being honest, considering she had lied about a simple phone call.
"I'm sorry I can't tell you more about Joanne, or about why I used your phone without asking you about it. I'm asking you to just trust me on this, and I swear I would never do anything deliberate to hurt you. And Callie..." At the last words she lifted Callie's chin up to meet her own eyes. She saw that there were tears in her eyes, and that made her sad. She continued: "Whatever you think of me now, I want you to know that this night with you was the best thing I've done since... I don't know when. You were great, and me being an ass to you now does not change that. OK?!"
Callie didn't answer but she brushed away a tear that had escaped her eye while Arizona spoke. She really wanted to believe what Arizona said, but she was too upset right now to accept what she was told. She couldn't say anything to Arizona, because she knew her voice wouldn't hold. She looked at Arizona through teary eyes, and then walked out, into the bathroom and locked the door behind her.
Arizona closed her eyes and reproached herself for not handling this better. Fuck. In spite of Callie walking out, she hoped that her lack of response was not only a bad sign, and that she might come around, or at least let Arizona convince her that she had nothing but Callie's interest at heart.
Arizona temporarily forgot about Joanne's e-mail, and sat down on the bed. She wasn't sure how long she had been sitting there when she heard the bathroom door unlock. She looked up, and saw Callie enter the bedroom, her black hair was still a bit moist, and she had her bathrobe on. Arizona didn't dare say anything to disturb her. Callie didn't want to talk to Arizona anymore so she just grabbed a clean set of clothes and went back into the bathroom to change.
When Callie walked out of the room the second time, Arizona put her face in her hands and fell back on the bed, and gave out a groan. She heard Callie going to the kitchen, and heard her making breakfast.
Callie figured she might as well go in to work a bit early. That would at least get some distance between her and Arizona.
She was just about to leave when she saw Arizona standing by the kitchen island.
"Look, I'll be gone when you get back from work this afternoon. I'm sorry it turned out this way, I really appreciate everything you have done for me, but I wont stay here if it makes you uncomfortable."
In spite of everything that Callie had just found out, she wasn't sure why, but she didn't want Arizona to leave. "You can stay." She said before she turned and walked out the door.