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Chapter Fifteen
Arizona's POV
"Arizona?!" Callie says again, "I thought- I thought you were coming back tomorrow."
"Uhh, yeah I was, but I wanted to surprise you tonight. I caught a red-eye. You said you had something to tell me. Was—was that what you wanted to tell me, about her?" I say looking at the door behind Callie where some girl just left, still in shock about what I just witnessed.
"Arizona, no, I mean yeah I wanted to tell you about that, but you have the wrong idea." Callie says trying to sober up. She reaches out to walk towards me, but I take a step back.
"Don't." I say.
"Let me j-just explain."
"Callie, you're drunk. Clearly you went out. I'm just going to go over to my place." I say while grabbing my duffle bag and head towards her front door.
"You're right, I am a little drunk, but it's seriously not what you think. That girl is my sister, Aria. She came in town and we had dinner tonight. She wanted to go out to a club, so we did." Callie says taking off her heels and walking up to me at her door.
"Seriously, Callie? I don't have time for this. Sleep it off. I was going to suggest we have breakfast tomorrow, but it seems that you have other plans so just let me know when you have time for your girlfriend." I spit out before I exit her apartment.
I get back to my room tired from a long flight. I wanted to come back tonight because really seemed like she needed to tell me something important. I expected her to be in her apartment, but when I opened her door all I saw were plates and what seemed like dinner for two. I wasn't freaking out too much because maybe Callie had a friend over or Mark and Sofia stayed to eat. So I decided to wait, clearly she would be coming back soon, it was getting late. At one point I started to get worried, but before I could decide to do something she unlocked her door and came home. I definitely wasn't expecting to see her in a skin-tight dress and heels. I don't even think I've seen her dressed up like that before. Then she was with an equally attractive girl wearing a revealing outfit as well. When I saw them together my stomached dropped. Surely I didn't think Calliope would cheat on me, but maybe that's what she wanted to talk to me about. Thousands of possibilities are running through my mind and a tear falls to my cheek. I thought we were good, I mean we just said we love each other less then a week ago. I finally succumb to my thoughts and fall asleep.
I'm woken up by a constant knocking on my door. I look to the clock on my nightstand and see it's just after nine in the morning. I quickly put on a robe and answer my door.
"Callie, w-what do you want?" I say mad that I was woken up and still upset at my girlfriend. She walks into my apartment with donuts and coffee and set them down on the counter.
"Really?! You wake me up and think that coffee and donuts are going to do the trick? I want a fucking explanation of what I saw last night, but I can't even look at you so please just leave."
"Okay, I'll leave just let me say something, please." She says pleading.
"Callie, not ri—" She cuts be off before I can continue.
"After I left you at the airport me and Sofia went to the T Hotel for lunch with my sister. She came in town the same day you left and we planned to meet up. I haven't seen her in years, only talked to her through e-mail and phone calls that I told you about earlier. I know I was a little wasted last night, but what I said was true. She came over for dinner and then we went out. She came back to me place because she was drunk and I was going to have breakfast with her this morning before she left. That is what I wanted to talk to you about. I wanted to tell you the full story in person." Callie finishes before rubbing her forehead and taking a seat.
"So when I leave you sister comes in town?"
"Yeah, but it was a total coincidence, babe."
"Don't 'babe' me, Callie. That's bullshit."
"No, I swear when I talked to her earlier she said the 27th, and that just so happened to be the same day as your flight." She says getting up and walking towards me.
"So you talked to her, and still didn't tell me?" I say angrily.
"She called me last week and told me."
"So why didn't you tell me, Callie?! It seems like you wanted me gone when she came in town?"
"I hadn't seen her in years, I wasn't ready for you two to meet yet. I didn't know how she would react to me and my situation. She had never even met Sofia. I just didn't want—"
"You didn't want me around, no I get it Callie. You don't want me around your friends or family. I mean I've only met Mark and that's because he's Sofia's dad. I met Cristina when I had to find you at the hospital, but I haven't met any of your other friends. I know you're not close to your family, but this seems really shady." I say raising my voice and moving to sit down on the couch.
"It's not like that Arizona, I love you. You can meet whoever you want, but my family can be cruel to people who aren't like them. When I didn't go to business school they basically didn't talk to me after that. Then the whole girlfriend situation in medical school followed by me having a kid out of wedlock, it's just a lot, and that's only me."
"Callie I can defend myself."
"I know you can, trust me I know you don't need me to defend and protect you, but I can't help it. I'm not going to knowingly put you in an uncomfortable situation. I would never do that, Arizona. I love you so, so much. I just wanted to get a grasp on things before I introduced you to anyone." Callie says defeated and sitting on the coffee table in front of me.
"Callie, I—"
"I know last night looked bad, but it was just two sisters hanging out. You know that's not me. I don't do clubbing. I hang with you and Sofia as much as I can. She just wanted me to get out and loosen up. Nothing happened besides us drinking a little too much."
"I believe you." I whisper out.
"What?"
"I said I believe you, Callie. I just—I don't know, everything just happened kind of fast and it looked like something more. I mean you're sisters, she's really pretty."
"Thanks." She says looking down.
"You know that's not what I meant. She's pretty, but you're beautiful and I love you." I say grabbing her hands and getting her full attention back.
"Arizona, I'm sorry. When you got back today I was going to tell you about everything. We actually had a really good lunch and it seems like we are getting on better terms. I was so happy with our lunch and dinner I couldn't wait to tell you." Callie says with a smile.
"I'm happy for you, I know your family is a stressful topic for you. If you told me about her coming in town I would've stayed and supported you."
"I know and I love that about you, but I think I just needed to do this on my own. I promise next time you can come."
"Yeah?"
"Yeah." She says before grabbing my face and pulling her in for a tongue-filled kiss. After we break for air she leans back a little, "I missed you so much, babe. I would never do anything to hurt you."
"I know, I really do. I guess sometimes I need to hear it." I say shyly.
"Well anytime you need to hear it, just let me know and I will tell you over and over again."
I pull her to sit next to me on the couch and I lean my head on her shoulder. We sit in silence for a few minutes just happy to be next to each other again.
"You know Aria would really like to meet you?"
"I want to meet her too."
"She invited us to breakfast, I told her I had to talk to you first to make sure everything was okay." Callie says quietly.
"We're good. We just needed to talk, but I would love to have breakfast with her this morning."
"Great, I'll let her know. We should probably get dressed and head over to the hotel."
"Okay, I'm going to take a shower and change, then I'll meet you over at your place."
"Sounds good, you can just let yourself in."
"I know…someone gave me a key for Christmas….hmmm, I wonder who that was?" I say playfully.
"Probably some crazy lady" Callie says laughing, then kisses me on my forehead and gets up and heads back to her place. Thirty minutes later I'm sitting in her apartment waiting for her to finished getting dressed. She comes out of her room in jeans, a sweatshirt, and has her hair in a bun.
"Well don't you look like a ray of sunshine?"
"Ha-ha. I'm still hung over a little bit, and I just want to be comfortable."
"You look gorgeous to me, love. I'm ready when you are." I say getting up and putting my hands around her waist and leaning up for a quick peck on the lips.
"Mmmm, I missed you." She says putting her hands around my waist and kissing my neck.
"Hmmm, how much did you miss me?" I ask dropping my voice slightly.
"This much!" Callie says before suddenly lifting me up. I put my legs around her waist and she walks us over to the breakfast bar and sits me down and stands between my legs. She continues to lick and nip at my neck and I move to give her more space. Her hands come up to my back under my shirt and she starts roaming her hands all over me. I lift her face and bring her lips to mine. Our tongue duel for dominance rapidly, but then we slow down and enjoy our tongues learning each other's mouths all over again. We break for air and she moves her hands from my thighs to the top of my jeans and starts unbuttoning them.
"Babe, I'm loving this so much, but I want to meet you sister before she leaves and I'm starving."
"Well I could think of something I could eat right now." Callie quips back sexily.
"Calliope!"
"Okay, okay let's go." She says backing up and letting me hop off the bar. We fix ourselves up and head out to breakfast. We arrive at the hotel twenty minutes later and Callie takes my hand and we walk over to where Aria is seated.
"Morning Aria" Callie says and Aria's face lights up with the same smile I see on Calliope all the time. She gets out of her seat and embraces her sister in a hug.
"Aria, meet Arizona, babe this is my sister Aria." Callie says. I go to shake her hand, but she surprises me by giving me a hug as well.
"It's so nice to meet you, Arizona. Anyone who loves my sister deserves a hug from me." She says before we all sit down.
"You know, Calliope if you didn't already have a girlfriend I would be embarrassed by how you are dressed."
"Oh shut it, Aria. I'm tired from last night, I had to win my girlfriend back this morning, and so I just wanted to be comfy this morning."
"Fine, whatever. I'm sorry about last night, Arizona. I didn't mean to cause any trouble."
"It's fine, I just wasn't expecting what I saw."
"What? You mean two smoking hot Latinas dressed up and falling all over each other?" Aria deadpans.
"Uhh...yeah." I say back a little flustered.
"Aria…" Callie sighs.
"All I'm saying is that if she came to Miami what she saw last night wouldn't have been a huge deal."
"Then it's a good thing we are in Seattle." Callie snaps back.
"Whatever. So, Arizona, "Aria says looking right at me, "how do I know I can trust you with my sister and my little niece?"
"Uh, you don't have to answer that, Arizona. Aria, what gives you the authority to even ask that?" Callie interjects.
"I know I haven't been around much and we don't talk often, but I'm still your sister."
"Calliope, it's okay." I say putting a reassuring hand on her forearm.
"Yeah, Calliope let her talk." Aria says with a knowing look towards her sister.
"To answer your question, Aria. I love you sister and Sofia with everything I have. I protect the things I love, so you can trust that I will do everything in my power to keep them happy." I answer calmly.
"Good enough for me!" Aria says with a sudden burst of energy.
"What the hell, Aria?!" Callie asks surprised.
"I just had to do my intimidating sister act, I trust you Callie, just wanted to see your girl sweat a little." She says sending a wink towards me. We laugh and settle on lighter topics. We order our food and Aria is telling me about their club adventures from last night.
"I invited you and Callie to Miami if you ever want to get away from his sad-looking Seattle." Aria says between bites of her pancakes.
"That would be nice, I haven't been to Miami before."
"Oh you'll love it! We can go to the beach, rooftop restaurants, shopping, or even some nightclubs. There is just so much to do. Since you're dating a Torres girl you'll get the VIP treatment all around town. We're basically royalty down there." Aria says excitingly.
"Aria, please…" Callie says.
"Geez, Callie lighten up. You used to be a crazy, party girl. Always dropping our last name to get the best of everything. You can't help the family you're born into. Just accept it and move on. Being rich isn't a bad thing, our family worked hard to get in our position of status."
"I understand that, but that's just not me anymore. I don't want to raise Sofia like that. We live a modest life here." Callie tries to explain to Aria.
"I get that, but a few days in Miami won't hurt her. She's too young to understand everything, plus she already has a trust fund set up for her so like it or not, she'll make her own decisions with her money in a few years."
"Wait, who set up the trust fund?"
"Dad did. Even though he doesn't approve of everything, Sofia is a Torres and family, you know how dad feels about family. She can't touch it until she's eighteen anyway."
"Well when you get back tell him to cut it off. I don't want her to have a trust fund."
"Babe…" I say to calm Callie down.
"Oh Callie get over it, we're rich. She's going to have money. If not from dad, she'll get it from me. I won't deny her anything."
"She's my kid, Aria."
"I understand, but she's my niece and my family. Regardless of how mom and dad treat her I will always be there for her. Not only with money, but with whatever she may need."
"Calliope, there is no need to stress about this now. Sofia can't even walk yet. I just think you and Mark should talk about this when the time comes. Right now she can't do anything with the money." I offer my thoughts to the conversation.
"Listen to your girl, Callie." Aria says.
"You just met Sofia the other day and now you want to pull the 'family' card?"
"Fair enough, I'm sorry. I'll try to be around more. I'll come to her first birthday; I'll even set up a room for her in my house. I'll be around more, Callie. We're on better terms now. She may not have a relationship with her grandparents, but I'll be damned if they will stop me from being in my niece's life. It's not fair to Sofia. She's innocent in all of this." Aria answers candidly.
"Callie, come on…" I breathe out.
"Actions speak louder then words, Aria. I want you to be in her life, I really do, but I need to see it. You have to accept Arizona, and me and eventually Mark when you meet him. I know this is all new to you, but that isn't an excuse to be ignorant."
"I hear you, sis. Now, can we just finish our breakfast please?" Everyone relaxes again and we continue eating and talking. Aria and I get to know each other more and find out we have a few things in common. We end breakfast so Aria can finish packing and get to the airport.
"Arizona, it was very nice to meet you." Aria says giving me a goodbye hug, "You too, I'm glad we got to meet." I reply.
"Same here, I'm not sure why Callie was hiding you." She says suggestively to Calliope.
"I wasn't hiding her, Aria. She was out of town." Callie responds to Aria while embracing her in hug as well.
"I know, I know. Look, take care of my niece and hopefully I'll see you guys soon. I love you, Callie."
"Me too. Thank you."
Calliope and I leave the hotel hand in hand and are headed back to our car. "Babe, I really do think she means well." I try to comfort Callie, "I hope so, but I've been in this position with her before. Time will tell." She says turning to me and give me a kiss on the cheek. "Thanks for coming this morning, I'm glad you were here."
"There isn't a place I rather be, love." I say back.