Callie lifted her head to eye her alarm clock. "Shit!" She screamed as she got out of bed. "Shit, shit, shit." The brunette mumbled as she clumsily threw herself together, oblivious to whether or not she looked decent and definitely unaware that she hadn't put on a bra, brushed her teeth, or even fixed her hair. She grabbed her keys and flew down the stairs to her car. She looked a mess and was due to pick Arizona up at the airport in twenty minutes.

Arizona was sitting on a bench outside of the airport, waiting for her ride that had promised to pick her up promptly at four. However, in the five or so years that she had known Callie, she knew that chances of the brunette being on time for anyone or anything, was dismal. The blonde smiled and pulled a book from her bag and began to sift through the pages, thanking her intuition for having the sense to bring herself something to keep her occupied while waiting for Callie.

The Latina looked at her clock. 4:53. "Shit, shit, shit." She peeked above her steering wheel and through the traffic that stood at a stand-still in downtown Baltimore. She was already late and knowing that she was realistically still another 45 minutes from Arizona, she picked up her phone to text her waiting friend.

Running late. Be there in half an hour.

Callie threw her phone on her seat and peered through the traffic again, somehow trying to will it to move faster. She settled back into her seat and put her head in her left hand that rested on the driver's side window. "Fuck." She muttered.

Arizona was well into the sandwich she had brought herself to snack on and halfway through chapter five of the book she was reading when her bag buzzed. She pulled out her phone and read a text that she already knew was coming from Callie. She smiled and began a reply.

I know. Nothing changes, love. See you in an hour.

As nonchalant as Arizona had been with her text, she couldn't help but feel an overwhelmed joy inside of her to see Callie. It had been a grueling three weeks since she had seen her friend and she was thankful for the downtime alone on the airport bench to get rid of the nerves she had been having for the past few days. The blonde was excited as anything to see her best friend, but nervous as anything in knowing that, for the next three days, she was going to have to hide like hell the fact that she was in love with her.

Callie tossed her phone aside, knowing Arizona's ETA was more probable than her own. Since she was already late, she decided to detour to a market near the airport to pick up flowers for Arizona.

The brunette walked up to the vendor guy, who greeted her warmly. "Hey there. How can I help you sweetie?"

"Hey," Callie said as she eyed the small selection of flowers behind her. "Do you have any lilies?"

The vendor frowned. "No lilies, sorry. Too late in the year for me to carry them. "Who are they for?"

"A very special friend of mine. She is, uh, my..." Her voice trailed off as she thought. "She's my best friend."

"Well, girls do love roses. I have some of those. $5.99 a dozen."

Callie smirked. "Actually, most girls don't love roses. And the ones that do are the ones that just think they do because that is what Valentine's Day says they should like."

Callie caught her thoughts trailing off. "Do you have any daisies?"

The man nodded and wrapped up a daisy bunch around a few slices of brown tissue paper. "Girls really don't like roses?"

She handed him a five. "Girls like the gesture." She smiled. "But when it somes to flowers, roses are a little too cliché these days."

"I will keep that in mind."

"You do that." The brunette smiled a goodbye to the man, grabbed the flowers and headed to her car. After buckling herself in and looking at the time, she sped off to the airport.

Arizona was rounding out chapter seven when a black car skidded to a halt at the curb in front of her. She squinted through her sunglasses and noticed the profile of a girl she could only know to be Callie. She abandoned her bags and rushed to greet the girl in a hug.

"Calliope!" She hugged her as hard as she could and it was reciprocated. "I thought you'd be maybe an hour late, but three? Come on!"

Callie picked the smaller girl up for a better embrace. "Ahh, I missed you Arizona!" She kissed the blonde on the cheek and set her down. "I'm sorry I'm late. Traffic was terrible. And I overslept."

"At four in the afternoon?"

Callie giggled. "Well..."

"Well?"

The brunette reached into her car and grabbed the flower bunch she had bought for Arizona. "Well, these are for you." Callie smiled. "Since I was late and all."

Arizona breathed in the flowers as Callie retrieved her belongings from the park bench and shoved them into her backseat. After shutting the door next to them, Callie leaned against it and cocked her head.

"I like lilies. But they didn't have them."

"Daisies are my favorite, Calliope."

"Really?"

Arizona nodded with a crinkle in her lips. "Really."

"Well, that saves me for being late then I guess?" Callie said as she opened the passenger's side door for her best friend.

"Maybe a little." The blonde tucked herself down into the seat as Callie closed the door for her. Arizona took in a sharp breath as she waited for Callie to join her in the car.

"So, I thought maybe I could cook you some dinner tonight." The brunette said as she fastened her belt and punched her car into drive. She looked at the blonde. "Sound good?"

Arizona nodded. "Sounds perfect."

"And the tomorrow night, I want to take you out to meet some friends I have met in school. Maybe some dancing?"

"Oh yes, I can definitely do dancing." Arizona looked at Callie and down to the flowers, wondering how she was going to get through this weekend undetected. "Maybe some drinking too?"

"Drinking is in order then." Callie fled through the traffic. "Though I have no tolerance anymore. I study all the effing time."

Callie and Arizona enjoyed dinner in the harbor before retreating a few blocks down to Callie's apartment. After stuffing Arizona's bags into the bedroom, they made their way to the balcony and gossiped over a bottle of wine.

"Soooo, Derek has a girlfriend now."

"Really?

"Yeah. She is really nice."

"How'd they meet?"

"At the bar, of course."

"Name?"

"Meredith."

"Cute."

"Kinda."

They talked for hours and when night turned into morning, the two girls tipsily made their way off of the balcony and into the bedroom for sleep.

With jetlag on her side, Arizona woke before Callie the next morning and cooked breakfast for them both. They enjoyed pancakes and bacon on the couch with 'An Affair to Remember' playing on the TV. Their afternoon was filled with shopping in Georgetown with coffee before and after. In the evening, the caught dinner at a small Spanish restaurant on the way home.

"So, you up for going out tonight?' Callie asked the blonde as she played with her phone.
Between bites of tortilla, Arizona mumbled. "Oh, yeah. For sure. Brought a dancing dress and everything."

Callie clicked her phone shut and rested her elbows on the table. "Good then, it's all set. Let's get outta here and go home and get ready."

Two hours later, Callie and Arizona were showing their ID's to the bouncers at Pearl, a decent nightclub in downtown Baltimore. Callie took Arizona's hand and guided them through the crowd to a table where her friends were waiting to meet them.

"Hey guys!" Callie let go of the blonde's hand to greet her friends with a round of hugs. She stepped back and offered an introduction for Arizona to the lot.

"Cristina, Mark, April, Teddy, Lexi, Miranda, this is Arizona. Arizona, these are my peeps from med school."

Arizona extended her hand and gave multiple hugs within the group. "It's so nice to meet you all."

After a few rounds of drinks, the group began to pair off. Mark and Lexi danced while Cristina and Miranda ventured to the other side of the bar to find a place to smoke. Teddy, Callie, Arizona and April sipped their drinks from the table, watching the others from afar.

"Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day"

A handsome guy approached the group. "Hey ladies." He looked between the four girls before turning to Arizona and then back to the others.

"I was wondering if I could borrow your friend here for a dance." He turned back to the blonde. "If that is okay with you, of course."

Arizona smiled and took his hand. "I'm into the ladies, but I would love to dance. I love this song."

Callie smiled and the others giggled as they walked off to the dance floor. A few minutes later, Cristina and Miranda returned to the table with a round of shots for everyone. "So, Callie. THAT is your muff-diving friend?" Cristina said, setting down a handful of glasses.

"Yang! Watch your mouth." Miranda yelled over the music.

"Oh, uh uh. Not today, Mama B. We're not at the hospital so stop bossing me around." Cristina turned back to Callie. "Seriously, Callie? She's hot!"

"Her name is Arizona." April said politely.

"Whatever. She's hot."

Callie rolled her eyes and looked out to the dance floor. She down her two shots of tequila, along with the two still sitting in front of Teddy.

"Hey! Those were mi-"

"You're the DD tonight, Teds." The brunette said as she pulled her hair up into a messy ponytail. She smiled at the group and left for the dance floor.

"Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She won't believe me
And it's so, it's so
Sad to think she don't see what I see
But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say..."

Callie found her best friend and gentleman dance partner mid-way through the crowd of bodies. She approached the pair. "Mind if I cut in?"

The guy kissed Arizona's hand and thanked her for the dance and then turned to Callie. She stepped back and smiled. "Not with you, though you are cute and all. She nodded towards Arizona. "With her."

He stepped aside politely. "Sure thing. Ladies," He said as he nodded his head and walked off. Callie turned to her friend and giggled.

"When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are..."

They danced amongst the others on the floor. For Callie, it was a rather platonic dance, though her genuine gratitude and love came out in the lyrics. Arizona, however, romanticized the dance with her best friend in her head. She fought her thoughts, tooth and nail, to make sure she didn't let on how she was really feeling.

It only got harder for the blonde as the night went on. The group continued drinking and alcohol, as Arizona knew all too well from being a bartender, was an inevitable catalyst for emotions, flirting, and bad decisions. For years, she had been witness to seeing drunk people make fools of themselves. And now, she was on the opposite end of it.

A few hours later, the group found themselves sitting on the floor in Callie's apartment playing a game of truth or dare.

"How old are we, people?" Miranda said and she plopped down on the floor. "We should be playing backgammon or something. We are grown ass adults and we are playing high school drinking games."

"Oh come on, Bailey. It's fun." Mark said, setting beers in front of everyone.

"Okay, Arizona. Truth or dare?"

Arizona, who had been in full conversation with April and Teddy, absentmindedly replied with a giggle, "Dare."

"Kiss me." Yang looked at Callie with a smirk, wasting no time in getting the game going.

"Robbins, I like the penis. But you're hot. Sorry." Yang said.

"Uhh-" Arizona managed to get out, looking at her best friend.

"It's true, you kinda are." Callie said.

The blonde smiled and crawled over to Cristina and planted a firm kiss on the brunette. "There."

Cristina mouthed to Callie through her teeth. "Hottttt."

The game went on with lap dances, confessions and a few make-outs here and there. And finally, the inevitable came. "Kiss Arizona." Teddy had given Callie the one dare Arizona had not wanted to be handed out. Suddenly, her drunken, laughing demeanor had turned to an hesitance.

Callie looked at her friend, who was sitting next to her. She smiled wide. "Why not?"
Her smile and her eyes made Arizona comfortable again. "Okay then, Calliope. Give me what you got."

Callie took her best friend's words to heart. She put her hand on Arizona's cheek and inched her face closer to the blonde's. Before their heads were touching, she leaned slightly to the right, closed her eyes, and placed her lips on Arizona's. The blonde breathed sharply into Callie's mouth as she wrapped her fingers through Callie's hair. The soft act evolved into a passionate one as Callie parted Arizona's lips and deepened the kiss. A couple of moans and thirty seconds later, it was over and it had left both girls, as well as their audience, a bit stunned.

"Damn Arizona, you're a good kisser." Callie said.

"Hey, why didn't I get a kiss like that?" Cristina complained.

Arizona giggled and took a long swig of her beer with a shrug. "Sorry Yang."

Not long after, the group decided to call it a night. Callie's guests bunked down in the living room with pillows and blankets while she and Arizona headed for sleep in the back bedroom. After turning out the light next to her, Callie rolled over and spooned Arizona from behind. "I love you, Arizona. I'm so glad you are here."

Arizona knew that her friend had only meant what she had said in a friendly way, but played along with a giggle. "I miss you too Calliope. You should come back."

Within minutes, Callie was settled into a slumber, still with her arm wrapped around Arizona. The blonde nestled into the embrace not knowing whether to be happy or to cry. After a long sigh, her thoughts were taken over by sleep.