Saturday seemed to come around very fast for the both of them, Arizona feeling slightly anxious at the idea of going for the first time in Callie's city and going out to dinner with the brunette. She definitely felt something for that gorgeous, hot girl, even though she had trouble admitting it even to herself. This time dinner was an excuse, she was sure, Callie didn't really feel the need to buy her dinner in return for their lunch, the reason was different, she was sure about it. She had a good time with Callie the other day, she liked talking to her, even though she found her a little bit superficial. She was fine with the small talk, always better than the talk about lessons, exams, finals, graduations and so on, but she felt not completely at ease talking about clothes, make up, nails and photos, which seemed to be Callie's favorite topics.

They met at the railway station, Callie picking her up with her car and escorting her under her umbrella, seeing that Arizona didn't bring it. They headed to the restaurant that Callie picked for their date, and they both felt like they had been friends for a long time. They ordered and then started talking about the weather and the rain. Arizona was feeling a little bit unease, more than she ever had before around the brunette. Just the day before, after Callie and Arizona had lunch together, a girl told Arizona she liked her. And even though she was absolutely certain she didn't have feelings for this Coleen, who by the way happened to be a lot younger than her, she kind of realized she could really have feelings for a girl. She always thought people fall in love with who they are meant to, regardless of the gender of the other person, but she never had feelings for a girl before. But now there she was, talking with Callie about the rain. She had absolutely no idea about the brunette's love life, but she thought she couldn't waist that chance. Hell, Coleen was 17 and she already knew she liked girls and even had the guts to tell her.

And I can't stop talking about the weather. C'mon Robbins.

"So, uh… You know that yesterday after our lunch date something kind of funny happened to me?", Arizona started, still unsure about where the conversation could lead.

"Really? My life is so boring right now…", Callie answered, flashing her beautiful smile, "tell me everything about it!"

"So, I am doing this internship for the university at an association where we basically babysit kids and things like that. There is this 17 year-old, Coleen, who is the daughter of the director and she has always been kind of clingy with me. And I really hate human contact, but for some reason I couldn't ask her to back off, maybe because I don't need the director to hate me, maybe because I felt like she could use a friend… Turns out she likes me, like, likes me… And even though she knows there is no way I like her back, she just told me she likes me and she knows it's not possible for us to be together, but she really wants to anyway… Can you imagine my face when she declared herself to me? I mean, it never happened before that a girl liked me that way…"

Callie started laughing but Arizona noticed it was a nervous kind of laugh. And in that moment she was kind of sure that Callie liked her that way too. But the brunette didn't give away anything more.

"Wow! This is really funny!", Callie replied, after having stopped laughing. "And you didn't see that coming?"

"No! No way in hell! I mean, I could tell she liked girls, but not me. She is like 5 years younger than me".

"Well, this doesn't mean anything, does it?", Callie asked without really thinking. As she noticed Arizona's confused face she started rambling, trying to explain. "I mean… You know?... I think that you fall in love with whoever you're meant to fall in love with… You can't decide… So it's not really a matter of age, or color… or even gender…", and with that she blushed so hard and stopped her rambling before getting herself into more trouble.

But Arizona's features softened. And a big, dimpled smile crept on her face. She was at a loss. She always thought Callie was a little bit superficial, and that's exactly why she didn't understand right away that she was having feelings for her. But now she said that thing. Realizing the brunette was waiting for an answer from her, and was also looking kind of worried, Arizona tried to put into words what she was thinking, without giving too much away.

"Wow, I'm impressed. In a good kind of way, I mean. This is exactly what I feel about love. Really, the exact same thing. I know it might not sound true to you, I just told you I don't like Coleen because she's too young, but really. She is too young in the sense that we are too different, we could never be something, maybe not even friends".

"Why shouldn't I believe you? I don't know you that much, but I feel like you're no liar. Anyway, what did you tell her?", Callie asked, genuinely interested.

"Well I was at a loss… So I just told her that she was right, I didn't have feelings for her", Arizona answered.

And Callie, sensing that Arizona was holding back something else she tried to be bold once again and asked:

"Wouldn't it have been easier to tell her you don't like girls?"

"Well, you said it yourself, I'm no liar… And I just told you I think I just fall in love with the person, not their age, color or gender… And even though I don't fall often and it never happened with a girl before, it would have been a lie if I told her that I don't like girls…"

They were both speechless, thinking fast and staring into each other's eyes. Arizona's blue and Callie's brown eyes. So different colors, yet both so deep and expressive.

"I'm sorry…", Callie was the first to speak.

"What for? Don't…", Arizona was starting thinking she came on too strong and she didn't mean to make Callie feel unease.

"No, really, it was a stupid question, you just told me that you don't choose who you fall in love with based on their gender and yet I ask you that… Sorry", Callie apologized, blushing.

"No, it's fine, we are just getting to know each other so it's fine if you have questions… Besides, I was the one bringing up this topic. Maybe we should just talk about something lighter, so to speak…"

"Yeah, you're right. So, do you like your salad?"

"Oh, yeah, it's really tasty. How about your fish?"

"It's good. I've been here so many times I think I already tried everything on their menu…"

And with that they both started laughing and the conversation was back to the funny part, they forgot for a moment about the feelings they had for each other and just talked about their diet and summer bodies and topics Arizona personally found superficial, but always better than the ones they were discussing before.

All in all, she was glad she brought up the topic, it kind of gave her hope that Callie felt something for her too, but it was way too soon to let the conversation become too deep.

They kept chit chatting until Arizona realized she had to leave because she needed to catch the last train to Seattle. She was a little bit sad she had to put an end to that beautiful dinner, but there was no other possibility. Callie paid the check and then drove Arizona back to the train station. She quickly parked her car and followed Arizona to the platform and waited with her for the train. Neither of them was speaking, until they saw the lights of the incoming train, when they both started saying almost together:

"So... uhm…"

They giggled and then Callie motioned for Arizona to go on. So the blonde started speaking.

"Well, Callie, thank you so much for this evening, it was really a good dinner and I liked spending time with you".

"My pleasure, Arizona…"

They were staring in each other's eyes, when the train stopped and opened the doors.

"We should do it again, Callie, even though now our debts are cancelled".

She laughed nervously.

"Yeah, you're right… Well, you better get on that train. Goodnight Arizona", Callie said, sadness in her voice.

"Thanks again, Callie… Goodnight".

They hugged lightly and awkwardly. And Arizona could swear she felt Callie's lips somewhere over her face, but she didn't have time to really process what was happening. She quickly hopped on the train just a second before the doors closed and she found a seat in an almost empty carriage. She looked outside the window and she just spotted Callie watching in her direction, before the railway station disappeared and the train went into the night.

Arizona kept looking outside the window, even though all she could see was the lights of the carriage reflected in the glass. She was still feeling Callie's lips on her face. She was not even sure it was meant to be a kiss or what that meant, if it just happened while they were hugging or if Callie meant to let her know she felt something for her. Hell, everything was so confusing.

The weekend went by as fast as usual, Callie spending some time with her family and Arizona with her friends in Seattle. As the next week started they both hoped to run into each other at the university, neither of them wanting to be the first to text the other. But the courses were coming to an end, finals were around the corner and the only course they still had together was Webber's, which was also going to end soon. Therefore, Arizona was almost never at the university and neither was Callie, but seeing that she didn't live in Seattle and her only chance to run into the blonde was at the university, she decided to go to some elective classes just in the hope to see the blonde around. But after three days of no luck she decided to give up.

It would have been so easy to just text her.

But why isn't she texting me? She was the one who suggested we should see each other again.

She wasn't sure if the blonde had really caught up with Webber's course and was going to attend classes that week, but she decided to give it a last try. She was wasting way too much time, going to Seattle everyday with no reason, and with the finals coming up she really should have spent her time in another way. Webber's lesson was on Thursday at 5 p.m. When Callie woke up that morning, she was about to text the blonde and ask her if she would have been at Webber's class, but then she decided against it. She was feeling so confused, she didn't get why Arizona didn't text her after their dinner. Then she had a flashback and she realized, she almost kind of kissed the blonde's face by mistake. She really didn't mean to, but it just kind of happened. But the kiss was so soft, and Arizona gave nothing away. She thought she didn't notice it. Yet she didn't text her. And Callie wasn't the kind of person who caves in first. She kept checking the blonde's updates on her social networks, and she noticed Arizona did the same, but they didn't text. For what she knew, Arizona was not the one to cave in first either.

Callie took a train to Seattle in the early afternoon and met with Maggie and Amelia before the lesson to catch up a little bit. They didn't see each other that week, so she felt the need to tell them about Arizona. Just, she wasn't sure she was ready to process her feelings out loud. She was sure they wouldn't judge her, but she wasn't sure they would understand either. Anyway, they had this habit to meet up a little bit before classes to catch up once in a while, and when Amelia made the proposal, she wasn't about to turn her down, not after spending all the week by herself, with the thoughts of Arizona eating her.

She listened for a while to Amelia going on and on about her new boyfriend and about how awesome he was and what they did together, what they had planned and stuff like that. Then it was Maggie's turn, who went on and on about her new job as a waitress and about the crush she had on this guy who was working with her and who asked her to get drinks that weekend and how excited about it she was. Neither of them seemed to notice that Callie was a little bit too silent.

And then, all of a sudden, Maggie blurted out:

"And you, Callie, how did lunch with that Arizona chick go?"

Callie felt herself blush and couldn't look at her friend in the eyes. She was glad Maggie was still on 'that Arizona chick' terms, it meant she didn't suspect anything about her crush for the blonde.

"Uh, good… Why are you asking?", Callie asked back, instantly regretting her question.

"I don't know… You were all weird last Friday before that lunch… Just asking".

"Oh, no, I was just tired".

There was a moment of silence and then Amelia asked:

"Wait, why did you go to lunch with her? I thought you kind of hated her?!"

"No, I don't… It's just… I don't know girls…", and for a moment she was about to share her thoughts with her friends, but then she realized it was almost 5 and they had to get to class and her heart was already beating too fast thinking that maybe the blonde was there.

"What is it, Callie? Spit it", Amelia said, kind of harshly, just like she always does.

"It's nothing. Let's get to class".

And with that she stood up and started walking to the class.