Thank you for the reviews! Hope you enjoy this chapter. A little bit of calzona cuteness (personally to help me get over the most recent greys episode but I won't share any spoilers) :)
Arizona kept glancing over at Callie. That kiss they shared outside was ridiculously hot and only made Arizona realise how much she wanted Callie. Her eyes were beginning to undress Callie and when Callie turned to stare at her she immediately guessed what Arizona was thinking.
"Later, I promise" the Latina woman whispered and Arizona had never been so desperate to leave a social situation before. Whilst they were outside, Jo had taken Cristina and Edwards into a separate room so they could sing a part of the song together. Arizona was feeling more nervous by the second.
"Calliope" the blonde murmured, nausea beginning to take over. "I can't" she whispered, referring to performing in front of America's biggest superstar. Callie took the blondes hands in her own and stared into her big blue eyes.
"Yes you can" Callie ensured her, squeezing her hands tightly. "Just look at me when you feel freaked out" she smiled.
"And what, you're going to make it all better?" Arizona teased, liking the fact Callie had taken on the role of protector. Callie stuck her tongue outing reply, as Jo Wilson came back into the room. Cristina Yang and Edwards followed and from the looks on both their faces, pissed from Cristina, fear from Edwards, it didn't look like their performance had lived up to expectations.
"Thank you for your time. I'll see you again once the two weeks are over" Jo Wilson told them.
"We can do it again" Cristina butted in, but Jo held up her hand.
"Honestly I don't have much time today" she smiled. "And I have to listen to Callie and Arizona before I can get going to the recording studio".
Cristina made a pfft sound, but knew it was useless arguing with Jo. Nothing would change the outcome. She glared at Callie and then snapped at Edwards to follow her out the door. Once they had left the property Jo Wilson rolled her eyes.
"I feel sorry for Stephanie right now" she smiled at the pair. "I hope you don't treat Arizona that way Callie"
"I don't" Callie smiled at Arizona, before realising they were still holding hands. Jo Wilson suddenly clocked this and gave them both a huge smile.
"I can see that" she grinned. "You're writing a song with your girlfriend? That is the cutest thing" she squealed. Callie smiled.
"We haven't err exactly figured that out yet" Arizona filled Jo in.
"At least you're getting somewhere" she muttered. Callie shot Arizona a glance.
"Is something wrong?" Arizona asked Jo. Jo sighed a little.
"It's Alex"
"Your manager?" Callie questioned. Jo nodded in response.
"He comes off as a total jerk around other people but with me he's the sweetest guy" Jo began.
"Do you like him?" Callie suggested. "As in relationship type like him?"
"I don't know if I could be with a guy who acts like such a jerk to others" Jo sighed. "I wish he would show that side of himself more. But he didn't have the greatest upbringing so maybe that is just how, he deals with things"
"Well he's not going to make any new friends with an attitude like that" Callie muttered. "He seems even grouchier than normal today"
Jo bit her lip at Callie's last comment.
"I may have had something to do with that" Jo replied taking a deep breath. "He kissed me, I brushed it off. We haven't had time to talk about it"
"Maybe you should" Arizona offered her advice.
"Coming from the one who was so late this morning because they were avoiding the talk" Callie teased. Arizona pretended to roll her eyes.
"All I'm saying to Jo is, sometimes the talk can be good. And obviously you seem to like him otherwise we wouldn't even be having this conversation"
"I suppose you're right" Jo admitted. "Maybe if your song triumph's Yang's, you'll see how it plays out"
"Yang's song? How was Yang's song?" Callie questioned, nervous at the fact she and Arizona were about to perform the song they'd been working on. What if it wasn't good? What if Yang's was better.
"It was good" Jo admitted. Callie slumped back in her chair, knowing that she was foolish to think that Cristina Yang could produce anything less than good. "Shall we get on?" Jo asked the pair. "I'm due in the recording studio soon and I really want to hear what you guys have come up with"
Callie and Arizona both nodded and followed Jo into another room where there was a selection of different instruments to play.
"So what instruments have you been using?" Jo asked, taking a seat on a cream leather Sofa opposite.
"I have a piano at my place so just the piano" Callie filled her in. "However, I think the tune will sound nice with the guitar too" she added, taking a seat at the piano. Arizona stood awkwardly beside her, not knowing where to sit or what to do. Noticing this, Callie shuffled along to make room for Arizona on the piano stool.
"So, do you have a name for the song yet?" Jo asked.
"We do" Arizona answered for both of them. "It's called way back into love"
Jo smiled at them both. Callie took a deep breath as she began to play the opening to the song. They decided that they would sing the first verse and the chorus to Jo, so that Arizona wouldn't have to do much singing, aside from joining in with Callie on the chorus. Luckily they both knew the lyrics off by heart, so they weren't going to forget those words any time soon. The familiar melody to both Callie and Arizona soon filled the room. Callie began to sing her verse.
"I've been living with a shadow over head, I've been sleeping with a cloud above my bed. I've been lonely for so long, trapped in the past I just can't seem to move on" she sang. Arizona took a sharp intake of breath and began to join Callie in the chorus.
"All I wanna do is find a way back into love. I can't make it through without a way back into love. And if I open my heart again, I guess I'm hoping you'll be there for me in the end" they sang, pouring all their emotion into the chorus of that song. Callie gave Arizona a huge smile, proud of the woman for pushing through and not letting her nerves interfere. They both turned to face Jo.
"There is another verse" Callie told her. "Before the chorus begins but I thought maybe you'd just want to hear a little bit" she revealed. "Also the first chorus is going to be shorter, we just thought it would be best if you heard the chorus altogether rather than the two lines for the first part" she rambled.
"I liked it" Jo grinned at them both. "It's going to be a tough choice" she admitted. "But you guys had so much emotion, it's the perfect love story" she smiled. "Falling for one another whilst writing a love song" she added, looking at her watch. "I really have to go" she admitted. "But great job and good luck with the rest of the song" she told them. Alex Karev walked back into the room. "Alex will show you out" she gave him a small smile, which he barely returned and nodded, beckoning to Callie and Arizona to follow him.
"The song sounded good" he spoke, still gruffly but both were still glad of the compliment.
"Thanks" Callie smiled at him. Alex gave her a smile back for the first time. "For the record, Jo didn't mean to brush you off"
"She told you?" he replied, his cheeks flushing bright red. "Whatever" he brushed it off.
"You know you don't have to be closed off with everyone" Arizona told him. Callie shot her a knowing glance as if to say she was one to talk about not closing people off. Arizona dismissed this glance and continued talking. "Don't avoid the talk"
Alex pondered this momentarily before replying with his usual whatever. Arizona sighed a little, knowing there wasn't much more she wanted to say to him. Besides they were nearly at the door and the cab was waiting for them. They both said goodbye to Karev and made their way down the path.
"So…when we get back?" Arizona widened her eyes, remembering what Callie suggested earlier. Callie smirked at the blonde.
"Oh…definitely" she winked, stepping into the cab. A huge grin spread over Arizona's face as she followed Callie into the cab.
"That…was amazing" Arizona panted as she curled up in Callie's bed. A huge smile was plastered on her face and she pulled the covers up closer, aware her naked body was on show.
"Aww" Callie pouted, now that Arizona was fully hidden. "Spoilsport" she pulled Arizona in closer to her, trying to pull the covers back down.
"Calliope" Arizona giggled, trying to fight the Latina. "Stop it" she blushed. Callie gazed at her.
"You are beautiful" she smiled, pressing her lips gently against hers. Arizona gazed up at her.
"Can we agree that this isn't going to get messy?" she glanced up. Callie could see the fear in her eyes. "I really don't want things to get messy, Calliope"
"I promise that things won't get messy" Callie answered her. "The only thing that changes between us is the fact that we can now kiss and have sex whenever we want" she grinned, with a gleam in her eye. Arizona giggled.
"But not too much of that" she told Callie who looked all pouty again. "We still have a job to do after all" she told her, sitting up. "Where are my clothes?" she questioned herself, looking over Callie's bedroom floor for them.
"You look a lot better without them" Callie grinned, observing a naked Arizona walking around her room. Arizona shot her a glance. "I seem to remember taking most of your clothes of downstairs" Callie added.
"Actually maybe I'll shower first…if that's okay. We can keep writing later" Arizona smiled.
"Shower?" Callie raised her eyebrows in a knowing way. "Now that you mention it…I could do with a shower" she narrowed her eyebrows at Arizona who instantly got the hint. A small smirk spread across her face.
"Maybe we should share?" she raised her eyebrows. "I'm a big fan of saving water" she whispered holding out her hand for Callie to take.
"Now that you mention it, so am I" the Latina woman smirked back.