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Once they'd gotten back to the apartment, Callie was surprised when she realised Arizona had come up with the perfect opening line. The melody had been sorted too, a nice slow song which Callie was surprised actually came out of her. It was no melody she'd ever thought of before. Morning soon crept around and Callie was beginning to get a little pissed off with Arizona's lack of lyrics since the first opening line. Arizona stretched out in the chair and placed her notepad on the coffee table beside her.
"Breakfast" she yawned. They'd been up all night and if Callie wasn't going to let her sleep, the least she could do was give her breakfast.
"I don't eat breakfast" the Latina woman dismissed her and began to play the same tune on the piano. Arizona stared at her as though she was mad.
"You don't eat breakfast?" The blonde almost shrieked, not imagining a life where she went without breakfast on a daily basis. "Why?!"
"I don't know" Callie shrugged as she stopped playing the piano. "I fell out of the habit, I tend to eat later"
"I need to go out and get breakfast" the blonde exclaimed, knowing she wouldn't be writing anymore unless she was fed soon. "You coming?"
"You can't go yet" Callie pouted, her fingers beginning to play the same tune. She opened her mouth to sing. "I've been living with a shadow overhead" she sang before stopping to look at Arizona. "What's next?" she asked.
"There'll be no more rhymes until I'm fed" Arizona sang back. Callie glared at the blonde woman, who was giving Callie her sweetest smile.
"Oh come on" Callie drawled. "I've been living with a shadow overhead…"
"I could be inspired with just a piece of bread" Arizona finished her line. Callie sighed.
"You're not funny" Callie told her. However, she found herself standing up obeying Arizona's wishes.
"I wasn't trying to be" the blonde simply replied.
"You're definitely not going to give this up, are you?" Callie asked, although she already knew the answer. She went and grabbed both their coats. Arizona took hers gratefully.
"No and I'll be stopping off at the grocery store for breakfast items so I won't be eating out for the whole two weeks"
"Clever" Callie sighed, opening the door. "Lead the way then"
Arizona gave her a huge smile, thrilled she'd gotten her own way. Callie felt that familiar pounding in her heart as she saw Arizona's eyes sparkle. They made their way down to a local café, which thankfully wasn't too far from Callie's house. Arizona placed her order, which almost made Callie's eyes widen. Callie ordered just a coffee. When it came to taking their seats, Callie began to speak.
"You sure eat a lot for breakfast" she laughed as the waitress came over with the fruit bowl, the croissants and the eggs and bacon for Arizona. Arizona gave Callie a huge smile.
"This will probably inspire me for the rest of the day" the blonde grinned taking her first mouthful. "Mmm this is good" she groaned, before taking a forkful of eggs and bacon and holding it up to Callie. "You should try some"
"I'm good…thanks" Callie laughed. Arizona didn't retract the fork, instead waving it in front of Callie's mouth. Knowing she wasn't about to give up, Callie gave in and took the mouthful of eggs and bacon.
"Mmm that's good" Callie replied, chewing the mouthful before wiping her mouth with a tissue. "Thanks"
"You should definitely eat breakfast" the blonde started to lecture on the importance of breakfast and how it set you up for the day. Callie pretended to listen, but her eyes kept drifting towards the notepad of lyrics she'd forced Arizona to bring with her, just in case she was inspired any more. Arizona noticed her focusing on the pad.
"I have more" she admitted. "I'm just not sure if it's any good"
"No please, even if it isn't it can always be tweaked" Callie ensured her.
"Okay, so I was thinking after I've been living with a shadow overhead it would be I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed"
"Why a cloud?" Callie asked, questioning Arizona's choice.
"Because it's a metaphor for feeling lonely and scared of your choices" Arizona revealed. Suddenly it began to make more sense to Callie.
"Ahh" Callie replied. "That's good, really good. You're deep, I like it"
Arizona blushed at little at the compliment but decided not to overthink it in case it made her blush even more. She continued on with what she'd been brainstorming.
"And then…" she sighed, knowing the next two lines were definitely a reflection of her past with Lauren and that revealing them to Callie would let Callie know for sure she'd had it rough in the past. Arizona pondered over whether to reveal them but decided to anyway. They were good lines and after these two weeks she would probably never see Callie again anyway.
"Then what?" Callie asked, noticing Arizona had been silent for a while. Taking another deep breath, Arizona decided to continue.
"What I had in mind was, I've been lonely for so long, trapped in the past I just can't seem to move on" she replied, speaking each word so slowly, whilst keeping a stiff facial posture that was determined to convey no emotional information. Callie smiled at her.
"It's perfect" she smiled. She could tell Arizona was reflecting on her past and now she knew that she was hurt in a past romantic relationship. Callie would never force someone to open up, especially if they didn't feel comfortable with it, but she was glad Arizona was able to share little bits of her past with her by putting them into lyric form. "So verse one, I think it's done"
Arizona had finished the eggs and bacon by this point and was starting on the croissant. She glanced up at Callie with her big blue eyes.
"You think?" she replied mid mouthful. "I don't think they're good so we might have to tweak them"
"No I like them" the Latina replied. "They're good lyrics, they go well with the melody I've composed. You should have more confidence in yourself"
Arizona gave her a small smile.
"I should" the blonde sighed. Callie wondered if some big revelation was going to start shooting out of her pretty mouth. Arizona shook her head a little, deciding it wasn't the time. She continued to eat. "I'm going to take the fruit to go" she muttered. Callie couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but knew she hadn't known Arizona long for any personal stuff. She was an open book, most of her secrets could probably be found out by conducting a quick google search. Arizona meanwhile, was a closed book and somehow, Callie couldn't help feeling a little jealous that Arizona had that option in her life.
Arizona paid the bill, including Callie's coffee which she was grateful for as she'd actually forgotten to bring her purse. Like Arizona said earlier, they stopped off at the store for some breakfast replies.
"I thought you said you were a disaster in the kitchen" Callie recalled what Arizona said to her in the kitchen last night. Arizona turned around and glanced at her.
"I am, but I've mastered toast, cereal and fruit" she grinned.
"Of course" Callie smiled. Arizona placed different things in her basket.
"Although that breakfast was good, I don't think you'd take too well to me going there for a while every morning" Arizona commented as they got to the till. "Oh and quick question will we be going to sleep tonight?" she asked referring to their all-nighter. "Because I don't think my body is built for going days without no sleep".
"Same here" Callie revealed, yawning. "We will definitely be going to sleep tonight, I might fall asleep at any second"
"So when is your next meeting with Jo Wilson?" Arizona continued. The cashier's eyes widened at the mention of America's current biggest superstar but this was ignored by both Callie and Arizona.
"I'm not sure, I think Mark's coming round later so maybe he'll have more details" she revealed.
"Great" Arizona muttered sarcastically, having taken an immediate dislike to Callie's manager.
"What? You don't like Mark?" Callie asked, knowing he could be a little too much at times. "He's a nice guy"
"That may be true" Arizona replied. "Did you ever have a thing with him?" she asked.
"What me and Mark?" Callie spluttered in disbelief. "No, he's my best friend and he's married. And even more importantly he's a male" she laughed.
"He just seems very flirty" Arizona muttered.
"That's just his personality. Trust me you will get used to it" Callie laughed again. "Besides, he absolutely adores his wife and daughter, he would never betray them"
Arizona nodded as she paid the cashier. Callie offered to take some of her bags.
"Thank you Calliope" she smiled, before realising she'd called Callie by her first name. Arizona began to blush really quickly. "I'm sorry, I googled you"
"No it's fine" Callie smiled, actually liking the way Calliope sounded coming out of Arizona's pretty mouth. It seemed a fair contrast to when her parents called her Calliope, which was mostly when they were annoyed with her.
"Your name is pretty" Arizona commented. "Calliope" she repeated.
"So is yours" Callie commented.
"I'm not named after the state" Arizona interrupted. Callie nodded, glad she was clearing that up because up until now Callie had in fact presumed she was named after the state Arizona.
"Then what we're you named after?"
"I was named after the U.S.S Arizona" Arizona revealed, which took Callie by surprise. "My grandfather was serving on that ship before the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbour and he saved 19 men before he drowned" she continued. Callie could tell she was proud of her name and her grandfather who gave up his life so that others could live.
"That's beautiful" Callie smiled. "You must be so proud"
"I am Calliope, every day I'm proud" Arizona smiled, before the smile suddenly dropped and the colour drained out of her face as though she had seen a ghost. "I have to get out of here" she gulped, running as fast as she could out of the grocery store. Callie looked around to see what had spooked Arizona out so much but couldn't see anything. Unsure where Arizona was going, Callie began to chase after her. She soon caught up to the blonde, who was outside the supermarket clutching her chest and taking really deep breaths.
"What the hell Arizona?" Callie asked as she came up to the blonde. Arizona glanced up at Callie's with tears in her eyes.
"I saw someone I really thought I wouldn't see" Arizona gulped. Callie opened her mouth to question her but Arizona continued talking. "I don't want to talk about it, just let's go back to your house and write this song" she muttered, barging past Callie. She was determined to put that little episode to the back of her mind and Callie knew better to question her on it. Knowing Arizona was unlikely to open up, Callie followed her trying not to think of what it was that made Arizona this freaked out.