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Callie

Chapter 16

The week had passed by at a snail's pace and it felt like an eternity before Callie sat on the plane next to Ted headed to his home of Tampa, Florida. The week had been painful at best. After spending all of Friday crying her eyes out while lying in bed, Callie dreaded having to go to work the next day. Immediately after arriving at the hotel, Cal had sought out Ted and cried out all the details of her amazing gone horrible week at home. Ted had, of course in true best friend fashion, offered to kick John's ass. She'd, of course, refused. She was already embarrassed for how she'd unleashed her feelings onto him, having Ted complain about her broken heart would only deepen the wound. And, as expected, Cal's week had not been without seeing John. They'd seen each other around the arena's they'd been in and he'd make sure to smile at her but the empathy she saw was enough to make her turn around and leave.

"Hey, you okay?" Ted asked Callie from the seat next to her on the plane.

She turned to him and shrugged. "It's just hard," She said and looked down when she felt the tears return. She was starting to think she'd cry every day for the rest of her life; it was never ending. She'd always heard people say they'd cried so much they had nothing left. Ha! So untrue! She'd hate to know how much she would have to cry for it to stop.

He let out a sigh. "Aw, baby girl," He said as he intertwined her fingers with his. "You're breaking my heart."

She choked back a sob as she leaned onto his chest. "I'm sorry," She sobbed out.

He pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "Shh, don't be sorry. You're allowed to be upset."

"I just wish I wasn't so damn emotional!" She said angrily

He pulled his hand from hers, instead deciding to wrap is arm around her, rubbing her arm up and down comfortingly. "Try to get some rest, we've got a while until we land," She nodded and wrapped her arms around him. She'd been crying herself to sleep all week; it was nice to have someone hold her.

Ted leaned his head on the headrest of his seat and shook his head. When she'd told him what had happened, he couldn't believe it. All the times he had told her she deserved more and she would reply that something with John was better than nothing…and now, she'd ended it. He was proud that she stood up for herself but it killed him to see how unhappy she was.

He heard the couple that was across the aisle whispering to each other and he turned his head to see what was going on. He received two smiles as the man pointed to Cal. "Your girlfriend?"

He looked down at Callie as his arm tightened around her on instinct. He looked back at the couple and shook his head. "She's my little sister; she just got her heart broken."

The woman put a hand up to her chest as if she felt Cal's pain. "Aw, the poor girl, anyone that would break that beautiful girl's heart is stupid." Ted couldn't agree more.

"She's lucky to have a brother like you," The man added as his hand reached out to grab his wife's.

He smiled at the compliment. "Thank you,"

Callie barely even remembered the plane landing much less arriving at the DiBiase house but when she woke up the next morning, she was tucked into the bed in their guest bedroom. She pulled herself out of bed, pulling on the sweatshirt she'd been wearing yesterday. When she opened the door, she immediately heard Ted and his wife, Kristen, talking in hushed tones. Once Callie walked into kitchen, she saw the two of them making breakfast. They must have heard her enter because they both turned to face her at the same time. Callie offered a little smile. "Morning,"

Ted walked over to her and wrapped her in a big bear hug. She couldn't have asked for a better greeting. "You doing ok?" She nodded. "You pretty much passed out on the plane last night, I didn't want to wake you, who knows how much sleep you've been getting," He shot her a warning look that told her she needed to start taking better care of herself. "I carried you out and when we got back here, Kristen changed you into some sweats." She nodded, that explained it all.

Ted stepped away and a second later she was pulled into a hug by Kristen. "Cal, I am so happy you're here," Especially because of what has just happened, she thought to herself. "You need anything?"

Cal smiled at her friend and shook her head. "I'm good,"

Kristen walked away for a second and came back with two cups of coffee, handing one to Cal. "Come on, we're gonna have ourselves a little girl talk while Ted finishes making breakfast." Callie looked at Ted and he nodded in confirmation. Obviously these two had been waiting for her to wake up so she could talk with Kristen. She followed the woman outside to the nice little patio couch, table and chair set they had.

"It's beautiful here," Cal commented as she took in the backyard. She'd of course visited plenty of times but she hadn't been back in a while. The weather wasn't too bad either; a little morning chill but actually kind of comforting when dressed in sweats and a sweatshirt.

"All right, come on, talk to me," Kristen said as she took a sip of her coffee from her spot on the couch.

Cal let out a sigh, knowing she was going to have to talk about it eventually. She pulled her legs up to her chest and held her coffee cup still on the top of her knees. "I'm assuming Ted already filled you in."

She nodded. "Yes, he did. You can tell me again if you feel like it," She shook her head. "Ok, that's fine. Anything you want to say?"

Cal kept her eyes firmly on her coffee cup. "I feel like I should have listened to your husband."

Kristen tilted her head to the side. "Oh no, what'd he say now? You shouldn't take him too seriously." She joked to lighten the mood.

Cal let out a small laugh as she finally made eye contact with her best friend's wife. "I just wonder if I had stopped things earlier, if I could have saved myself the heartache."

Kristen nodded as she watched her friend take a sip of coffee. "I could understand that." She paused. "But at the same time…Cal, would you honestly rather have not loved John at all? Would you have preferred to never have gotten to know him and fell for him just so your heart didn't hurt so bad?"

Cal rolled her eyes. "Yeah, all that 'it's better to have loved than not loved at all' crap." She offered a small smile. "I'm glad I fell in love. It's nice to know I'm actually capable of it."

"Honey, of course you are," Kristen commented.

Cal continued, feeling the tears coming once again. "Why couldn't I have fallen for someone who loves me back?" She looked at Kristen. "Why couldn't John just love me back?"

Kristen's heart gave little thud as she reached over to clasp her friends hand. "Honey, everything happens for a reason. Maybe things with John didn't work out because you're going to find someone new, someone worth your time."

But I don't want anyone; I want John, Cal whined to herself. But she just smiled at her friend and nodded. "You're right. It just hurts a lot right now."

They were silent for a few minutes as they held each other's hand in support. "Did Ted tell you what he did on the plane yesterday?" Cal asked and continued when she saw her friend shake her head. "Well, he thought I was asleep but he told this older couple sitting by us that I was his little sister," She beamed. She'd never had any siblings so it was nice to know Ted thought of her like that.

Kristen smiled as she thought of her husband doing that. "Well you know he loves you like family," They shared a smile. "In fact, just last week we had his family over for dinner and his brother saw that picture of you and Ted hanging up on the wall. Brett asked Ted why he has that picture up but not one of the two of them together."

Cal smiled, already knowing Ted's response. "I'm prettier than him."

Kristen laughed and nodded her head. "That's exactly what Ted said." The two continued to talk, catching each other up on what was going on in their lives.

A few minutes later, Ted slid open the door that led to the backyard. "All right women, I'm finished slaving away in the kitchen!" He yelled out. They laughed as they walked inside to eat breakfast.

John tried to enjoy himself while he was out at the club with Mike but he just couldn't; he was too busy remembering his falling out with Callie last week. Hell, who was he kidding, he'd been thinking about it all week.

He stared down at the drink in his hand as he remembered the look on her face when he would smile at her whenever he'd seen her around the arena this week. Every single time she looked like she was going to break down and cry.

He felt terrible that he hadn't said anything after she'd basically ended things last week but she hadn't really given him a chance. Not that he'd really know what to say, but hell, he felt awful for just letting her think she didn't mean anything to him. Just how much she meant to him though, was something he was trying to figure out.

"JoMo!" Mike yelled as he weaved through the crowd to get to his friend. "Man, I've been looking all over for you," He said with a wide grin as he slapped a hand on his back. "You see those girls over there?" Mike asked as he pointed to a blonde and brunette. John nodded as he took a sip of his drink. "You get the brunette, I'll take the blonde," He said proudly. John looked up at his friend in wonder. He had taken Callie's rejection a lot better than he had originally thought. Shit, John was taking his 'breakup' with Callie a lot worse than Mike, and he'd thought Mike had had it worse for her than he did.

John shook his head and turned back to face the bar. "It's cool man,"

Mike looked at his friend in surprise. "You want the blonde then?"

John let out a laugh and shook his head as he placed his drink on the table. "Sorry dude, I'm just not in the mood. I think I'm gonna get out of here,"

Mike furrowed his brow. "You sure?" John nodded. "Are you alright man? You've been a little down lately."

John just shrugged. "I'll see you later man," He said as he slapped his friend on the back before heading toward the exit.

A/N: Just a chapter to see how John and Callie are dealing with things. Thanks for all your amazing reviews, i love them! :) Keep 'em coming.