Callie reached home and hoped that her mother would be out, but of course she was there. She told her she was going to Arizona's so she probably figured she spent the night, but she didn't have the time for questions.

"Hey mum…", she greeted, rushing to her bedroom.

"You okay?", her mother asked, seeing she was in such a rush.

"Yeah, fine, I'm late. Can you check my bag if I have everything? I have to do something…"

So she went to the bathroom and locked herself in. She took her phone out of the pocket of her jeans and browsed, looking for a florist in Seattle. She saved the phone number and dialed it.

"Good morning, how can I help you?", a melodic voice answered.

"Hi. I want a bouquet of yellow tulips, delivered…"

She gave the lady Arizona's address, agreed on the details and hung up.

Then she went to finish packing her belongings and got to the station just in time to catch her train to Portland.

Arizona was feeling guilty for how she treated Callie and was also sorry that she wasted her last time with the brunette before she had to leave. It was her usual to be a little bit cranky when she woke up, but she already knew Callie was going to leave soon in the morning, so she had no excuse. She just wished she could spend her whole life cuddled in bed with the brunette and after what happened the night before she just couldn't pretend to be happy to see her leaving. She was still in bed, inhaling her pillow that smelled like Callie and she was torn about whether to text Callie or not but then she decided she had to focus on her books, on the following Tuesday she was going to have a very difficult exam and she really had to get some studying done while Callie was away. An hour into the books and Arizona already felt the need to take a break, so she went about to make coffee, but the bell rang. She wasn't expecting anybody, so she thought it was the mail carrier and just went on with her coffee. The bell rang again, so she went to answer.

"Miss Robbins?"

"That would be me…"

"I have something for you…"

"Okay, second floor".

She unlocked the door and wondered what it could have been, but she didn't quite have the time to think of anything because in a matter of seconds a tall guy with a blue hat appeared on the other side of her door with an enormous bunch of yellow tulips in his hands.

"Thank you…", she said.

The guy just nodded and smiled and disappeared running back down the stairs.

She looked at the flowers, in awe. They truly were beautiful. She inhaled their scent and then turned them to find a small card attached. She could just imagine who had them sent.

Arizona,

These flowers are for you. I hope you like them.

Thank you for the amazing date and for being so amazing.

I'm going to miss you.

Your Calliope

She was not the emotional kind of girl, but she felt a hot tear rolling down her cheek. Of course Callie had them sent after she left her place. So that meant she sent her tulips even though that morning Arizona treated her like crap.

Damn it, I'm such an idiot!

She went to the kitchen to find a tall glass that would do as vase for the flowers, put some water in it and then the tulips, and brought everything back to her room. She put them on display on her desk. She wanted to call Callie, but she wasn't sure if she was going to be still on the train or if she already was in Portland, so she wrote a text for her instead.

'Calliope, thanks for the flowers, they are very beautiful, almost as much as you are. I'm so sorry for being that cranky this morning, I'm just missing you so much. Be awesome, text me when you can. XX'

She went back to her studying, now sure that she was already in love with Callie.

Callie reached Portland after a little bit more than 3 hours on the train. She spent the travel studying and looking outside, thinking of Arizona. She got a message from the blonde thanking her for the flowers and apologizing for that morning, but she didn't reply. There was nothing to say. She just wanted to make sure the blonde was okay and that she knew Callie was really into whatever they had going on.

At the railway station her colleagues and friends Vanessa and Marie were waiting for her. They hugged tightly, happy to see each other again after quite some time. They exited the station and hopped on the backseats of a waiting cab.

"So, Torres, did you hear about the castings? We are so going to be chosen!", Vanessa said, always very confident in herself and her friends.

"Yeah, so these castings are really taking place during this exhibit?", Callie asked.

"They are! I'm so excited… It's LA girls!", Marie exclaimed!

"LA?", Callie asked.

"Yes, what did you think? These are the good events… We get to be the sponsors of very important events, big conferences, V.I.P. meetings, charity dinners… We get to meet thousands of important people and if we get to be in their pictures or something, the whole world is going to see us!", Vanessa explained, excitement clear in her voice.

"Well, you are exaggerating…", Callie said.

"What? Don't tell me now you don't want to leave your crappy town anymore, Torres…"

Callie grimaced but didn't say anything, Vanessa already understood.

"So, what's the big news? C'mon, spit it", Marie pried.

"No news…", Callie answered, not looking into her friends' knowing eyes.

"Oh my God! You're seeing someone!", Vanessa stated, not even bothering to put the sentence as a question. "Who is he? Do we know him?", she asked then.

"No, you don't…", Callie answered elusively.

"We want details", Marie went on.

"It's new, okay?", Callie said, hoping to stop the questioning from her friends, feeling slightly uncomfortable. Not that she was ashamed that she was dating a girl, just she thought her friends weren't the right people with whom she should share her new relationship just yet.

"Well, must be important, then!", Vanessa didn't give up. "It's new and yet you don't want to go to LA because of him…"

"I didn't say that", Callie said, now completely annoyed by the interrogation.

Luckily the cab reached their hotel, so Vanessa and Marie helped Callie checking in to their common bedroom and forgot temporarily about Callie's dating life. Her friends already claimed for themselves the king-size bed, so for her there was a small bed near the window left. She placed her belongings on it and went to the bathroom. She took a moment to look at her reflection in the mirror and for that moment she stopped seeing herself as the girl who had to show off her body to feel good, beautiful and appreciated. Now Arizona was the one to make her feel confident about herself. But Arizona was going to become an awesome lawyer someday, whilst she wasn't. She could be a paralegal with the degree she was getting soon, but she didn't like the job. She had asked herself many and many times what made her pursue law school in the first place, she liked the idea before starting the courses, but she understood right away that that wasn't a career for her. So she hadn't many other chances. Being a model was her only one. She sure would have been proud to be chosen to go to those big events in LA, but she wasn't so sure if that could be what she was going to do for her whole life. Besides, you can't be a model forever, soon enough comes a day when you have to stop because you're not 20 anymore and they throw you away and replace you with a much younger, much skinnier girl. Still, she was in Portland now and she had to stay there for the following three days, so she washed her face with some cold water and went back to the room. They caught up on their lives and future plans, Callie talking way less than the other two girls. They then went to the gym to work out. Exercising did good to Callie and helped her release a little bit of distress and stop her train of thoughts just for a little. They exited the gym and went back to their room to get ready for the first show of the exhibit that night. While she waited for her turn in the shower, Callie shot a text to Arizona.

'Hey you… About to get ready for the show tonight. What are you up to? Miss you. X'

She liked Arizona's idea to put an 'X' at the end of every text a lot. She saw that Arizona was typing so she kept staring at her phone, ignoring Marie who was on her bed watching something on her IPad.

'Hey! Not much, studying… Go be awesome at the show; you are the most beautiful girl ever. X'

Callie smiled and blushed at the same time. Arizona said she was the sweet talker, but she definitely was not the only one in their relationship. She felt instantly more at ease with what they were about to do.

They put on the very thin black bikini they gave them for the show and covered in with a silk robe. They headed to the beauty ward of the hotel to get their hair and make-up done. After she was done she headed back to her room to go to the bathroom and alone in the elevator, she took a picture of herself in the mirror. Even though she did it quite often, she suddenly felt a dork. She sent it to Arizona, asking her if she liked what she saw. Arizona replied right away saying she looked perfect.

They went to the show which lasted too much for Callie's likings, she was bored to death and as soon as they let them go she ran back to their bedroom and went on with her bed-time routine. She was about to enter the bathroom when Vanessa came into the room.

"You okay Callie?", she asked, concerned.

"Yeah, I'm just very tired, looking forward to sleep…"

"We are going out drinking, it's a small pub just around the corner… C'mon, just for a drink… There are a lot of the guys from the staff".

"Go have fun, I'm fried, really…"

"What did you do last night? You got laid, didn't you?", Vanessa asked smirking.

"You said it", Callie answered, again not wanting to get into detail with her friend.

"Really, Callie, let's go out, put that dress back on".

Knowing how insisting her friend could be, she put the dress and heels back on and agreed on a drink. She could use it actually, and she enjoyed spending time with her friends, but she really was tired. They reached the small pub, which was really packed, ad went to look for their group. They found Marie deep into a conversation with a very good-looking guy. They approached them and another guy came from behind and asked them what they were going to drink. Callie went for a Sex on the beach, while Vanessa ordered a Mojito. The guy came back after a couple of minutes and placed their drink orders on a small table in front of them. The guy stood next to Callie and started talking to her.

"So, I'm Jason. Callie, right?"

"Yeah, how do you know?"

"I'm one of the judges of the castings for LA and I personally selected you to take part in these castings", he explained, flirtatiously.

"Oh, thanks, I guess?", Callie chanced.

"No need. I was endeared by you and I must say you look even better than in the pictures".

"Thanks…", she really was flattered because of the castings, but she didn't like the flirting. Just a couple of weeks before, she would have. She could have even gone back to Jason's room that night. Not that she was proud of that, but she had some one-night stands. But now she was with Arizona and the thought of doing anything with that Jason guy didn't even cross her mind.

"So, what do you do in your life, Callie?", he asked, sounding genuinely interested.

"I'm graduating pre-law soon. I'm not going on with studying, though".

"Why not? If I may ask…"

"I don't like it… I've never had, actually. But I felt like I had to get at least the pre-law degree, just because I don't like quitting the things I start".

"So you're quite the resolute kind of girl, that's good in life, it can take you anywhere you want. That and your very good looking body and face. And seems like you're smart, too. Tomorrow you just have to be there at the castings and I'm sure you'll be chosen".

"And what is this whole LA thing?"

"Didn't they tell you at your agency?"

"No really… Vanessa and Marie told me something but I don't really know what it is".

"Well, it's a well-paid job, for the whole year. It starts in September and then you have to take part to a whole bunch of big events with well-known people. It's like two or three events a week so the rest of the time you're free. Next year you might well be chosen for the following year too. And being in LA you have the chance to meet famous fashion designers and maybe be chosen for their commercials. Or for the magazines. It's a big opportunity".

"Yeah, I can see that…"

"But?"

"No buts… It's just… I would have to go live in LA, right?"

"You would live in a very beautiful flat all by yourself, in an apartment building by the sea where all the other girls live, so you'd have your privacy and spaces but you'd never be alone. I can show you some pictures".

He took his phone out of his back pocket and started sliding some pictures of a very beautiful building and some of the flats. A gym, the pool, green areas. That place was a dream.

"Wow, I must say, it's very beautiful!"

"You like it, don't you? Let me get you another drink…"

He left for the bar and Callie looked around searching for her friends, but she couldn't see any of them. So she grabbed her phone and lit up the screen, turning it off right away, disappointed that there wasn't any message from Arizona. Oh God, Arizona.

Jason came back with two drinks in his hands, giving one to Callie. The pub started to get emptier, so they managed to find a table with a booth and they took a sit next to each other.

"I forgot to mention, Callie, that if you have a significant other in your life, they can come to LA with you, you can have whoever you want living with you in that flat…"

"Oh, that's great!", Callie exclaimed, getting excited at the thought of her and Arizona living together in LA. Well, she left out a small detail, they weren't even together and of course Arizona wanted to stay in law school in Seattle, it was sure the best and it was better to stay in the same university where you went to pre-law. She was thinking way ahead of herself, she knew it.

"So I'm assuming by the smile on your face you indeed have a significant other in your life, don't you?", he asked, politely, now quite stopping the flirting.

"Well, yeah… It's very new but I can see myself spending my life with her", the small amount of alcohol drunk without having dinner making her spill the pronoun 'her' before she could take it back.

"Her, huh? I would never have seen it coming", he stated.

"Yeah, me either, actually".

"So, she is your first?"

"Yes, she is…"

"That's lovely", he said sweetly.

"Thanks, Jason, you're very nice. I think I should head back, I've been awake for a whole 20 hours, I'm tired. Thanks for the drinks and I'll see you tomorrow…", she said, standing up.

"Let me walk with you? I have a room in your hotel too…"

"Fine".

They exited the pub and walked the short distance to the hotel. They parted ways in the hall, before they took the elevators to their respective wards.

"See you tomorrow, Callie, it was nice spending the evening getting to know you! Good night!"

"Yeah, same… Good night".

She reached her room and within a couple of minutes she was already sleeping.

Next day her roommates woke her to go to the castings. They had breakfast, got ready and walked to the big hall where the castings were held. She spotted Jason in the jury, and he winked at her. The castings lasted almost 4 hours and at the end they told them that the three of them all made it. Callie excitedly sent a text to Arizona informing her that she got the job in LA. She got an answer from the blonde, who sounded excited for her. Of course she was, she didn't know what that meant yet.

The following two days in Portland went by really fast, and before she knew it, Callie was back home, lashing out on her mother everything that was on her mind. Starting from the job offer, ending with her concerns about her relationship with Arizona. When their talk ended, Callie texted the blonde goodnight and went to bed, tired as hell, her mind running thousands mile per hour. On top of everything, she had one of her last exams coming up on Wednesday, she had to study.

I don't know anything about law school or modeling in the US, everything is made up just for the purpose of this story.

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