Fifteen minutes later the cab is pulling up in front of another bar. It looks packed and Callie realizes most of the people are wearing something with the words Bachelor party on it.
"All these people are with you guys?"
"What can we say we party hard." Jason smirks holding a hand out to help her out of the car. Jesse pays the cab driver and motions for Callie to follow him. As they enter a huge roar of applause erupts in the bar. Angel and Jason take exaggerated bows before they are pulled away by various people congratulating them.
"This is pretty impressive." Callie whistles as she takes in her surroundings. "This whole bar must be rented out." Callie thinks out loud.
"It is!" Jesse looks pleased with himself as he hands Callie a drink. "It was my idea to get family and friends to chip in to rent a place."
"Wow..." Callie looks at Jesse truly impressed. "You are one hell of a little brother." Jesse shrugs a little embarrassed.
"He has been my hero since we were little kids. It is the least that I can do." Callie raises her glass and toasts Jesse. She has barley finished taking a drink when she notices a crowd has gathered and is yelling encouragements. As Jesse and Callie get closer they find Angel and Jason dancing in the middle of the crowd. Jesse joins in as Jason and Angel begin a very spirited dance to sugar hill gang's 'jump on it'.
"Come on Callie!" Jesse already has her hand and is pulling her towards the dance floor.
Callie shrugs and downs the rest of her drink and dances her way onto the dance floor much to Jesse and Jason's delight. Angel comes up to her side clearly excited to have a dance partner with some skill and together they dance the rest of the way. By now the crowd is roaring with approval when the song switches to a Latin beat, Selena's Como La Flor. Callie makes a sound between excitement and getting chocked up especially as the crowd begins to sing along quite well to the Spanish lyrics. Callie looks at the three men. It is Angel that accepts her silent request and both are soon flying around the dance floor in natural sync. By the end of the song loud applause meets Callie's ears and this time she is the one to also take a bow. She notices the many phones pointed at her and Angel and can only imagine how many times she will end up on YouTube.
"Shots!" Jason calls out enthusiastically. Callie is asked to pick this round and she falls back on another favorite of hers other than tequila of course, southern comfort. The shot goes down smoothly and Callie is ready to head back out to the dance floor when she spots someone that makes her go pale.
"Hey Callie are you okay? You look like you are going to faint." Jesse follows Callie's line of sight and smiles when he sees his cousin. Jesse waves and she gives a nod of acknowledgement to her cousin her eyes never leaving Callie.
"That's my cousin Erica but seriously Callie do you need to sit down? Callie can hear herself make an unintelligible sound and the last thing she sees as Jesse, Angel and Jason circle around her in concern is Erica moving through the crowd towards them.
"I am okay really. I think the alcohol caught up to me while I was dancing is all. I just need to sit down for a little while." They look at her uncertainly but Callie waves them off.
"Seriously go enjoy yourselves. I'll be back out there before you know it." It takes a little more persuading on Callie's part but all three men head back out on the dance floor with promises to check up on her. She loses sight of them just as Erica reaches her. Callie doesn't know what to do or say as her past stands before her.
"Hi Callie." Erica offers unsure herself of what else to say.
Later Callie will blame it on the alcohol but honestly as she starts to black out she knows she is about to hit the ground because Erica tipped the scale of all the things she could handle.
Erica can see it before it happens so when Callie starts to fall Erica's drink is already out of her hand. She catches Callie and gets her into a chair. Fortunately many of the party goers are too wrapped up in the festivities to notice much else. Erica makes sure that Callie won't fall off of the chair before taking a closer look. She had played a million different scenarios in her head as she walked across the bar but this was not one of them. Callie is already starting to come to and Erica steps back but only so far still worried that she might topple off the bar stool.
"I have never actually had someone faint due to my presence before. I am sure a few people have gotten close but those were mostly interns and it was out of fear." Erica takes a drink from her glass. "Maybe this is a bad time to say hi"
Callie puts her face in her hands. "This cannot be happening." Callie groans. Erica sees the look of distress across Callie's face and her heart sinks. She wasn't exactly expecting them to braid each other's hair but the fact that Callie has that look on her face because of her cuts more than she expected.
"Look I know this has to be a little crazy for you I know it is for me. If you want we can pretend like this never happened and go on living the lives we were leading." Callie does not respond so Erica takes this as her cue to leave.
"Bye Callie." Erica looks a little upset but the emotion is quickly erased as she turns to walk away.
"Wait Erica I am sorry. You know I am not always the best with sudden change." Erica raises an eyebrow at Callie.
"Okay, okay I pretty much suck at it. Even so I have come a long way from the person I was when we were together believe it or not. I would really like to catch up if you have some time?"
Erica considers the offer for a moment. This is the woman that broke her heart and even though it seemed like it happened in another life she still remembers the pain. But then again she is no longer the same person either.
"Okay. I am staying at the Archer Field maybe we can get a drink?"
"Of course you are." Callie thinks to herself but figures why the hell not. "That sounds great." Callie smiles. If she is being honest with herself she is looking forward to catching up with Erica. She meant something to her and that is not something that can be easily erased, it was just a lot to take in.
"Cousin!" Jesse comes up to the two women a little drunker than when he left. "I see you have meet Callie. Isn't she awesome?!" Erica considers Callie for all of a second.
"Yeah she kind of is." Erica agrees.
It is in this moment that it occurs to Callie that she is getting herself into something she might not be able to handle. In fact the last time she had a failing marriage Erica was there. What did this woman have a radar or something? Callie feels something familiar when she looks at Erica and in all honesty it scares her. So much has changed and she has lost so much since Erica left and yet she cannot shake the feeling.
Angel and Jason find their way back to where Callie is and even though Erica attempts to make her escape more than once her cousins will not here of it. Callie throws herself into the liquor and dancing even if it is not the healthiest reaction. Tonight she will forget about everything.
Callie groans attempting to keep her head from pounding even more. She rolls over in her bed and feels a warm body next to her.
"Son of a bitch!" Callie swears to herself. She can feel her blood run cold as the implications of what she may have done hit her harder than her hangover. Callie takes a deep breath and reaches out a shaky hand to pull off the sheet covering the person next to her.
A/N:*Ducks* stop throwing stuff at me ye of little faith! Don't go looking for bricks just yet. We don't know who is in bed with Callie yet (okay I do but that's beside the point) Even if it is Erica that does not mean what all you dirty minded people think! Cochinos (That pretty much means you little nasties in Spanish. I have no idea if I spelled it right)
Did you guys get the OITNB reference? If you squint you will see it.
I know two chapter in one day. I start school in less than a week soime is I want to get out as much out to you before I start classes and my time is more restricted. I will most likely get another two chapters out before i start class again.