A/N: Thank you soooooo much for showering so much of love on this story. Every review is a kind of award for me. Thank you sooooo much!
And I know that some of my readers are busy in term-end final examinations… so this chapter is for you to unload your stressed mind!
"My craving is not lust,
I crave to be one with you…
I crave to see where I end and you begin "
Chapter 13
After minutes, they pull from each other due to lack of oxygen but keep staring at each other, still breathing little high. Callie smiles a little, while brushing Arizona's cheek with trembling fingers.
"Hey... You two... " both Arizona and Callie jump out of each other, as Adi yells from the car window.
Callie quickly gets off from Arizona and Arizona embarrassingly stands up.
"I cannot believe that in this freezing temperature... You two here…," Adi makes a typical funny face, raising one of her eye brows, "come inside quickly...let me take you to room to finish your business."
Now Arizona is more self-conscious. She looks at Callie expecting a super annoying smile. Instead, she finds Callie with a face plastered with contemplation. For the first time ever, Arizona sees a kind of confusion in Callie's eyes, but there is more than confusion. It is sincerity, an honesty which Arizona has always looked for in Callie.
"Let's go in," Callie says inaudibly.
"Why are you behaving weird?" Adi asks, still smiling. Both are very quiet, as after getting into the car, none of them have spoken a word. "Anything wrong?"
"Nah! We are just cold." Callie replies looking at Arizona. Arizona's hair is dump, her coat is soaked and her lips are pursed with each other. Is she cold? "Are you feeling cold?" Callie asks concerned. "Adi, why aren't you turning on the heater?"
"Callie, it's not working properly. But just half an hour more. We will be at the hotel."
Callie quickly moves towards Arizona and wraps her shoulder with her arms.
"Callie!" Arizona tries to stop her.
"Please! Just let me," Callie says in the most convincing tone Arizona has ever heard of. Callie spoons Arizona more into her. Arizona does not know, what has got into her. She too nuzzles a more into Callie and rests her head on Callie's shoulder, almost hiding her face in Callie's crook. Why is everything changing suddenly? Whatever Arizona has thought, whatever she has planned, whatever she has known are turning into something else. This woman, whom she used to dislike so much is occupying all of her. Should it be stopped? Arizona looks up and sees how Callie is too looking at her. Those deep brown eyes are so truthful today. They are like mirror that Arizona can see only herself and no one else. Arizona has always dreamed of a life partner, who would love her no matter what, who would always be with her at every step of her life, not matter what!
"Are you feeling okay?" Callie asks softly.
"Okay? Have you ever hold anyone like that before? She is not only okay, she is the luckiest woman in the world..." Adi cuts in looking at the mirror, laughing.
Arizona snuggles a little more into Callie's arms. Does it feel like this when we fall in love? To be with Callie is like fulfilling. Callie is the only person, who has the ability to give Arizona an insane blood rush only by the way, she takes Arizona's name. Arizona has always thought that falling in love should be a slow process, where you know exactly when you have fallen in love. But, now she knows it's nothing like this. Arizona would never know when she has started falling for this woman, when her disliking has turned into unfeasible cravings, when her craving has turned into unfathomable love to spend a life with his raw woman. Now, she knows that probably love wouldn't be picture-perfect with Callie, but life would be worthless without her Calliope.
True, Callie thinks. She has never felt for anyone the way she has started feeling for Arizona. She has never believed in love or to be exclusive with anyone. But, Arizona has made her feel each of those cheesy feelings, she has always laughed at. There is nothing left in her without Arizona. The way she wants to protect her from rest of the world, she doesn't think that she would ever feel this for anyone else except this woman in her arms. All she wanted was to avenge the slap and insult, but now all she wants is to know this woman more, to hold her like this, to kiss her for the rest of her life. Is this only a heat of the moment? Or is she falling for this arrogant woman in her arms? Callie pulls Arizona tighter in her arms, in a way that no one can ever take away the electricity that is passing between them, the intensity that is bringing them closer and the force which is breaking the wall between them.
Both Callie and Arizona looks out of the glass window- it's still snowing- everything is blurred, snowy, white and magically beautiful.
A/N: Well, tell me what are you expecting in the next chapter? You gotta tell me, if you wanna see a quick update. Kick my mind with some crazy ideas!