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Arizona had thrown her suitcase in the trunk and told the cab driver to take her to the closest hotel he could find not caring about the cost just wanting to be away from Callie and her house as quickly as possible. She should have used more forethought before barging into her best friend from over 10 years ago home and demanding to stay until she was better. Hell she didn't even know the person living in that house anymore. The Callie that she knew was never cruel or judgy or mean… she was loving and compassionate and cared for everyone she ever meet. The person in the house behind her was none of those things, just a shell of a person she used to know. And that made Arizona upset.
Arizona was halfway into the cab by the time Callie made it off the porch.
"Arizona wait…" Callie called from behind.
Arizona turned just enough to see her former best friend running, well more limping, towards her and let out a huff sounds as she blew a deep breath out of her lungs. She was going to need to take a few more deep breaths if she was going to make it through this situation without blowing up. Arizona rarely got angry but when she did you did not want to be on the receiving end of one of her rants.
"Arizona wait please don't go… I'm … I'm… I'm being an ass. You can stay here lets just forget about the last couple of hours and start over. I'll go back in the house and you can come knock on the door again and we can just start over" Callie rambled while playing with her hands a nervous habit that she apparently still did from her younger days.
"No, I'm good thanks" came Arizona's response. "You obviously don't need me you seem to be doing fine on your own… I mean you are still breathing at least. I would hate for you to feel like I'm your… what did you say? Babysitter or nurse."
"Arizona. I'm sorry…" Callie stammered out never being one to let people be upset with her. "I'm really sorry…"
Finally hearing the compassion and heart of her former high school best friend did little to calm Arizona's sour mood. "I really don't want to hear it at the moment Cal" Arizona shot back a scowl on her face while making her way into the backseat of the cab and slamming the door.
"Arizona please…" Callie cried.
Leaning into the front seat of the cab she asked the driver to back out of the driveway as safely as possible with the hysterical brunette clutching to the side of the car. As they backed out Arizona watched Callie's eyes lose even more of the sparkle they once held. When the cab made it onto the street Arizona turned to have one last look at the house she had just left. What she saw she didn't expect. On the grass in the middle of the front year on her knees sat Callie crying with her face in her hands wearing only her pajamas. Arizona could see Callie's body shaking from the sobs escaping her as the cab pulled farther down the road and out of sight of the house.
Callie sat on the grass in her front yard sobbing uncontrollably her hands pushing into her eyes trying to stop the never ending stream of tears as they fell. How could her body still be making tears, there's no way my body should have this much water left in it Callie thought to herself. Callie sat there on the grass crying until the tears finally dried. It took a good twenty minutes before she finally was breathing normally and only crying on occasions when she thought about how her life had turned out. She finally lay back onto the grass and looking up into the now dark sky noting the vast amount of stars above her. She sprawled her body out of the cold snowy ground not really feeling the coldness on her body even though she wasn't wearing a coat and started laughing.
Giggling like a little school girl Callie lay there on the snowy ground in nothing but her pajama shorts and a thin t-shirt looking into the heavens and laughing at all the thoughts running through her head. 'God never gives you more than you can handle' that saying in particular sticking out to Callie as her body continued shaking from laughing.
"Well God I think that you are gonna have to help me out here because I don't feel like I can handle this" Callie laughed into the air. She lay there a little longer just staring into the sky finally closing her eyes and relaxing.
Callie was brought back from her relaxation as the sound of footsteps in the snow neared her. She could hear the crunch getting steadily louder and slowly opened her eyes preparing to see something horrifying… thinking that no normal person would walk into her yard at 10 pm to just say hello. She was surprised to see puffy bright blue eyes staring back at her.
"Hey" came a whispered greeting from Arizona.
"Hi" came Callie's stammered response. Trying and failing to sound like she knew what the hell was going on. "I'm sorry" was the next thing out of Callie's mouth trying her hardest to convey the emotions that she felt through those two simple words.
Callie's eyes looked so full of emotion that Arizona had a hard time keeping herself together. The Callie before her was so different than the person that she knew in high school and yet Arizona also saw some of the same person she used to know as well. Callie's eyes were always so expressive. "I'm sorry too" came a whimpered sign from Arizona.
"Arizona you didn't do anything wrong. I was the one out of line. I am honestly surprised that you came back… I didn't expect to see you ever again. I mean I literally yelled at you to leave me alone… I told you to leave Seattle and go back to Boston…." Callie's words breaking her own heart as she remembered her actions. "I didn't mean it… I don't want you to go… I'm miserable alone and you have no where to live… the least that I can do is offer you a bedroom after the way that I treated you. At least until you find a place of your own. Living in a hotel gets old very quick… I remember that."
"Cal I really don't want to intrude. I just came back to say that I'm sorry for how I treated you and for calling you out on not being ready to begin healing yet. I remember what that is like and remembered that being alone was the worse but if you want to remain on your own I'm sure that you will be fine" Arizona stammered out holding in tears as she remembered her own past.
"Arizona what are you talking about? How can you know how I feel? You didn't lose your family… your husband…" Callie questioned this time with only curiosity and not the bite from their argument earlier.
"It doesn't matter right now Cal… What matters is making sure that you are alright. I told your Mom that I would help you to get passed this… and I will if you will let me of course. Callie I really don't want to bombard you. I'll just be close by at the Hamilton Inn down the street if you want to talk or want some company."
"Ari really I mean it please take one of the extra rooms. It's just me here in this big house and I don't need the room anyways… Living in a hotel is not OK… Please even if you just stay until you find a place of your own" Callie pleaded using her puppy dog eyes that always worked on Greg.
"Are you sure Cal?" Arizona hesitantly asked.
"I'm more than sure! It's the least I can do and you can save the money that you were going to spend on that dump of a hotel you were going to stay at" Callie responded with a smile.
"I can't promise to be good company though…" Callie said with sad eyes.
"OK… if you are really sure. I'll just stay out of your way as much as possible… you know let you be" Arizona hesitantly responded.
"Thanks" Callie said a little quicker than she anticipated. "So where is your bag?"
"At the hotel… I already paid for the night so I'm going to go back there and stay tonight. I'll let you get some rest on your own" Arizona said. "I'll come by tomorrow afternoon and bring my stuff… I don't start work until next week so I should be able to line up some house viewings and be out of your hair before then."
"There is no rush" Callie said. "See you tomorrow… Hey why don't you come by before lunch and I will cook for us. I haven't cooked in a while and it would be nice to have someone to share a meal with."
"Sounds good" Arizona replied. "See you then."