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As Arizona awoke the next morning, thoughts of Callie immediately invaded her mind and a smile spread across her face. Last night with Calliope was amazing. And if Arizona didn't know any better she would say that it almost felt like a date. They had both dressed to impress and the looks she swore Callie gave her last night would suggest that she was a little flirty. And then that almost kiss…thinking about it makes Arizona's heart melt and she knows that she is in dangerous territory. Callie could never reciprocate her feelings and that these thoughts are only making things worse. Maybe they didn't almost kiss. Maybe I made that up in my head…wishful thinking, Arizona thinks to herself. But she can't help herself. Arizona Robbins has been in love with Callie for so long and she is in deeper than she has ever been before.
She needs to call Teddy now! She has to talk to someone about this. Looking at her clock she realizes that it's 4am in Seattle, but she doesn't care. Teddy would want the details from last night. Hopefully she had an early shift.
"Hello", Teddy says a little groggily.
"Oh my god Teds, did I wake you? I'm so sorry. I'll just call back later."
"No, it's okay Zona…I'm just catching a quick nap in an on call room. Wait…you wouldn't be calling me this early unless you needed to talk about something. Did something happen? Did you and Torres finally have sex?" Teddy didn't miss much.
"No Teddy! Of course not!" Arizona exclaims.
"So then what is it?"
"I feel like I'm making stuff up in my head about last night and I'm falling even more for her."
Teddy realized she was going to need to draw it out of Arizona. "Well what are you making up? How was dinner?"
"Dinner was amazing and Calliope looked absolutely breathtaking. We sat and talked for hours. Looking into her eyes literally took my breath away and I could have stayed there forever. Before we knew it we were one of the last couples there."
"Couples?" Teddy asked.
"Teddy, you know what I mean. I don't know why but it felt like a date. We were both dressed in super sexy outfits, the restaurant was romantic, Callie remembered I liked white wine and had already ordered a glass before I arrived…and then when we left I could swear we almost kissed, but I know I'm making all of this up. I mean, I'm just seeing what I want to see because…" Arizona trailed off not able to admit what she was feeling out loud.
"Because what Arizona?" Teddy already knew the answer, but she wanted to hear it from her best friend.
"Because, because I love her. I am in love with her and have been ever since high school. She is the only one for me, but unfortunately I am not the only one for her."
"Arizona, you don't know that. And people don't make up that they almost kissed another person. I think you guys almost did. You just need to go for it! What have you got to lose? Being Callie's friend is pretty much impossible at this point and if she doesn't go for it at least you tried. Instead you'll always be wondering 'what if?' Are you going to see her again?"
"Yeah, she's making me dinner at her place tonight."
"That's perfect! Just go for it Arizona. If not I know you'll regret it. Oh I've got to go, I'm being paged"
"You're right Teddy and thank you for being an amazing friend!"
"You're welcome…let me know how it goes."
"I will, bye."
Teddy was right…what could Arizona possibly have to lose at this point?
Callie was making her way to the hospital when thoughts of last night and Arizona popped in her head. She didn't understand what she was feeling for her blonde best friend, but she knew it excited and terrified her at the same time. If she were being honest with herself she always had a crush on Arizona. The time she had spent with her were some of her happiest days and on a few occasions she had thought about kissing her, but she wasn't gay…she loved men.
Hopefully Arizona didn't pick up on the subtle flirting I was doing with her or the moments I would gaze when she wasn't looking, Callie thought to herself. And thank god that cab driver interrupted something that would have become awkward. Callie definitely didn't want that kiss to happen.
Callie needed to talk to someone about last night and not just anyone, but her best friend. Luckily Callie spotted Mark fairly quickly, grabbed him, and dragged him to an on-call room.
"Cal, I'm flattered and you're hot, but I'd like to keep our relationship strictly plutonic."
"Mark, you're such an ass. I didn't not drag you in here to have sex with you. I need to talk."
"Okay Torres, what's up? Oh this is about your date last night isn't it?" Mark asked with a devilish grin.
Date? What? No, it was not a date! Although it kind of felt like a date."
"I knew it!"
"Knew what?"
"You totally have feelings for this woman. Anytime you ever talk about her your face lights up and you get this huge grin."
"I do not!" Callie exclaimed defensively.
"You do too. So what happened?"
"Well she walked in and she looked amazing…I mean hot!" Callie stopped when she realized what she had just said out loud.
"Go on…it's okay Cal."
"Well we had an amazing time and caught up and talked for hours. She actually admitted to me that I was the first woman she was ever attracted to," Callie said with a smile.
"She said that to you? Oh, she totally has the hots for you."
"No she doesn't. That was years ago Mark."
"Okay Torres, continue."
"Well she paid for dinner and then when she was getting into her cab I swear we…we almost kissed," Callie said in almost a whisper.
"What? And you don't have feelings for her?"
"I don't know Mark. Everything is so confusing and I've only ever been with men and…"
"Did you tell her about…"
"No," Callie said cutting Mark off. "I'm going to tell her tonight."
"Oh tonight? So you're seeing her again!" Mark said excitedly.
"Yeah, she's coming over for dinner."
"Listen Cal, I know this is different and new and scary, but you can't help what your heart wants."
"Okay, where did Mark go?"
"I know I'm usually not a sap, but I just want you to be happy and let's face it, you haven't really been that happy lately. As a matter of fact your mood kind of changed once…"
"I know Mark, I know."
"Listen I gotta go, but good luck tonight."
"Thanks…I'll talk to you later."
Maybe Mark was right…you can't help what the heart wants.
What is Mark referring to? We'll find out in the next chapter, which I will try to get done soon!
