Chapter 6 – Stir Crazy

Sunlight pierced into Callie's bedroom, sending shadows creeping along the hardwood floor as the sun rose through the crisp Seattle sky. Arizona blinked, trying to clear her still bleary eyes that were swollen and red from a long day and night of tears. Her eyebrows creased as she took in her surroundings, confusion leaking through her mind when it wasn't her own pastel purple wall in front of her, but instead a slate-gray that made her question if she had been abducted by Batman. Her mind wandered, imagining a staunch servant named Alfred bringing her a morning coffee when a soft grunt sounded behind her and the arm thrown across her waist tightened, drawing her closer against the solid body at her back. She smiled as she looked down to Callie's hand, still entwined in her own. She had really truly missed the feeling of waking up in someone's arms, and the way Callie clung to her, even while she was asleep made her heart spin. Her eyes flickered to the alarm clock on Callie's nightstand and she groaned. It was already 6:15… rounds started in 45 minutes and she was still in bed. Thankfully, it only took all of five minutes to get to the hospital from Callie's apartment, but she still needed to get out of bed, and she really didn't want to.

She closed her eyes momentarily to soak in the feeling of Callie's arms around her, the peace of the bedroom settling over her. This was a moment she never wanted to forget: the first and maybe only, for all she knew, morning she would wake up wrapped in Callie. She kissed the top of Callie's hand and rolled out of bed, headed for the shower.

She hated getting dressed in yesterday's clothes, but it was her only option. She had a set of clothes in her office at the hospital for emergencies that she could change in to before rounds. She may have never been a boy scout like Tim, but she was always prepared.

She walked over to the bed, hoping to find Callie to say good bye, but she stopped short when she saw that the sheets were pulled up and the bed was empty. She stared in confusion until she heard the smoky voice of her best friend ringing through the apartment from her kitchen. She turned the corner out of her bedroom and leaned against the doorframe, sighing as she caught the beautiful sight of Callie dancing in the kitchen. Her eyes traced down Callie's back and landed on her hips that were swaying to the beat of the song she was belting out in Spanish. The smell of bacon, eggs, and fresh coffee drifted through the kitchen completing the scene that was definitely… definitely something she could get used to.

Arizona smiled as she sauntered up behind Callie and laid her hands on her hips, gently pressing herself against her back, swaying her hips in tandem with Callie's. Callie smiled at the contact and kept swaying her hips with Arizona's slowing to a stop then stopped singing so she could turn her head to face Arizona.

"Morning," Callie whispered as she leaned forward slightly, smiling when her lips were met halfway by Arizona's.

"Morning," she answered as she pulled away and leaned against the counter. "You made breakfast?"

Callie nodded as toast popped up from the toaster. She handed a mug of coffee to Arizona, "lots of sugar and just a touch of milk," she winked and set it down.

Arizona's face erupted into a brilliant smile as she immediately took a sip and moaned. Callie looked back at her with a smirk and a raised eyebrow. "God, Callie, you make the most amazing coffee. Thank you."

Callie laughed and set down both of their plates. "No problem." She moved around the counter to sit down next to Arizona, scooting closer than she normally would. She couldn't explain it; she just couldn't stop herself from thinking about having the blonde back in her arms. She had imagined it so many times, but now that she actually knew what it felt like, she was hooked. All that she wanted was to feel every part of her, memorize her every curve, and kiss her lips until she couldn't breathe.

Arizona peeked out from under her bangs and chuckled. "Stop!" she said through her bursts of nervous laughter.

"What?" Callie asked, bewildered.

"You're staring," she said with a giggle.

"I can't help it…. You're beautiful." Callie reached up to brush Arizona's hair out of her face and smiled.

Arizona blushed and looked to the floor, not used to such flattering random compliments from Callie.

"Sorry if that's weird. It's just…" Callie paused. "I've wanted to tell you that for a really long time."

Arizona met Callie's eyes, a flicker of understanding flowing between the two of them. They had always been able to communicate with each other just through looking into each other's eyes, but now it felt like they were living entire lifetimes together in just one glance. It was the kind of intimacy Arizona had only ever felt during a heated passionate kiss, all wrapped up in a millisecond-long glimpse into Callie's beautiful brown eyes.

She cleared her throat and looked over to the clock. "Shit! It's already 7… I'm late!" She jumped up from her seat, downed the rest of her coffee, and ran to get her shoes from where she had kicked them off the night before.

Callie followed her to the door, grabbing her purse along the way. She held it out for Arizona as she watched her stumble to put her second shoe on.

The blonde grabbed Callie's arm to balance on as she hopped on one foot to pull her second shoe on then slammed her foot to the ground, grabbed her purse, and kissed Callie almost as if it was instinct.

"Thanks, babe! We'll talk later…" Arizona's voice caught when she realized what had just happened. She blushed slightly as she looked at Callie who wore a smug grin on her face. It had felt so natural to just kiss Callie goodbye and she hadn't even thought before she called her babe. She silently chastised herself; she was definitely doing all of this way too quickly. Her internal worry alarm started blaring, screaming that she shouldn't have done any of that if she didn't want Callie to know how she felt. When Callie's lips brushed across her own, the alarm fell silent. She closed her eyes and deepened the kiss, leaning into Callie just as Callie's hands reached up to cup her face.

Callie broke from the kiss and turned to hold the door to her apartment open. "Go on before Karev starts running your floor for you!"

Arizona laughed and stepped outside. "Like that would ever happen. But uhm, Calliope?"

"Hm?" She asked.

"Maybe don't mention any of this?" she waved between the two of them, "to anyone… not yet."

Callie nodded. "I promise. Like you said, we'll talk later."

Arizona smiled, "Thank you."

Luckily, as soon as Arizona entered the doors of the hospital, she was thrown into the flurry of activity that was a full pediatrics wing full of children in need of live-saving surgeries. Karev and the two interns assigned to her service didn't even notice that she was fifteen minutes late, they just all jumped right in to taking care of their patients for the day. It was almost 1:00 that afternoon when she took her first break.

Callie however, was not so lucky. She cleaned up the dishes from breakfast, tidied up the kitchen, wiped down the counters, picked up the living room, then plopped onto the couch and stared at the ceiling until she couldn't turn her mind off anymore. She couldn't get Arizona out of her mind, and the thoughts of everything that had happened in the last 36 hours were racing through her brain at a million miles per second. She huffed in frustration and decided to go for a run. She ran around the block to her favorite park and finished the mile and half loop in record time. She ran back to the apartment, took a shower, and got dressed. She was supposed to be at the hospital at 2, and it was only 10:15. "Gah!" She shouted in frustration as she paced back and forth in her bedroom.

Finally, she gave in, and picked up her phone to call the only person she could think of.

After only two rings, Addison's voice rang through the phone. "Hey! Callie?"

"I KISSED ARIZONA," she blurted out.

"Uhm… you what?" Addison asked.

"I… she…" she breathed a deep sigh, "we kissed," she said, struggling to keep herself from starting a rant in Spanish where her words always seemed to flow faster and easier.

"Oh, uhm, okay. So… you kissed." Addison hadn't heard from Callie in nearly 8 months… clearly things had been changing at Seattle Grace.

"Yeah, and it was amazing and fantastic and incredible and I swear I didn't even think people could actually feel like that… like I feel like I've never even kissed anyone before," she paused to take a breath.

"But, of course, I can't tell anyone because you know how gossip goes and no one besides me even knows she's gay so I'm just sitting here and I can't think! I can't even process what's happening because I can't talk to anyone about it and I…" she crashed onto the bed and took a few deep breaths. "I think I'm freaking out a little bit."

Addison's laugh rang through the phone. "Oh, honey, you are definitely freaking out. Breathe, Callie! Breathe!" She laughed and let her friend take a second to collect herself. "Okay, better?"

Callie nodded, but then realized Addison couldn't see her. "Yeah, thank you."

"So… you're speaking the vagina monologues now?" Addison asked with a hint of humor in her voice.

"Oh, shut up," Callie said with a chuckle. "But yeah, I guess!" Even through everything that had happened, she never considered she was gay… She just knew she liked Arizona. Did that make her gay? "I'm still a huge fan of penis though… huge fan. I slept with Mark a few nights ago, too…"

"You did WHAT?!"

"Yeah, I know I said I would never do that again, but I was running from things, and yeah. It's complicated." Callie rolled her eyes at herself. "Honestly though, I don't think I ever want to kiss anyone else besides Arizona for the rest of my life."

"That good?"

"That good."

"Well, Callie, for what it's worth, you can tell Mark he owes me $50."

"What?!" Callie shot up into a sitting position on her bed.

"He and I have had a bet going for a long time that you two would end up together. I hate to break it to you, Cal, but it was pretty obvious. Mark would've won, but he said it would only take a year and it took three. So I win! HA!" She yelled in victory and laughed.

"I really can't believe you two sometimes," Callie said as she shook her head and chuckled to herself.

"Yeah, well, all that matters is that it's finally happened!"

"Well, yeah… I mean, kind of. We kissed. And she spent the night but we didn't do anything. I just kinda held her all night."

"Callie… that is adorable and you need to stop. I'm single and single people don't like hearing about together people."

"We aren't together, though!"

"Well not yet! But you will be. Trust me."

Callie groaned. "What if she doesn't want to come out to everyone? I mean, I have to respect that, but I don't want us hiding, either."

Addison paused. "Callie, give her time. She'll come out when she's ready. Have you talked to her about it yet?"

"No, we said we'd talk later when she left for the hospital this morning."

"Well, there ya go. Talk to her about it. You two need to be in this together; just make sure she knows that."

"I will." She sighed and ran her fingers through her hair. "I just want to be with her... perky butterflies and all."

Addison chuckled. "She's still wearing that god awful scrub cap?"

Callie laughed. "Of course she is! She loves that thing."

"Well, give it time. You'll learn to love it, too."

"You know what? I think I will. Thank you, Addison."

Addison laughed gently. "Anytime, Cal. Call me more often! I miss you!"

"I will, I promise. Things have just been a bit crazy, in case you couldn't tell…" she paused, chewing on her lip. "Don't say anything to Mark or anyone, okay?"

"Cross my heart… Talk to you later, chica."

"Bye."

She rolled onto her side and stared at the clock. It was almost 11… she had just enough time to do some grocery shopping then pack a lunch and meet Arizona for a picnic at the park before her shift started. She grabbed her purse and texted the one woman occupying her every thought.

Arizona pulled her phone out as she collapsed in the chair in her office. She had a new message from Callie waiting for her.

Hey beautiful! I'm going a little stir crazy here… thought lunch in the park would be nice. How's 1:15 sound?

Arizona looked at her watch… it only took 10 minutes to get to the park; it was perfect.

Sounds great if you're still offering… Meet you there?

Her phone buzzed almost immediately.

Almost thought you were standing me up! See you soon ;)

Arizona hung her lab coat on the back of her chair and grabbed her jacket then rolled down the hall towards the elevator. She bounced in place as she waited for the elevator to reach her floor, convinced that it was purposefully taking twice as long to get there. The doors opened with a ding and she grimaced slightly to herself when she saw Mark leaning against the back wall with his phone in his hands, no doubt playing Angry Birds.

He nodded her direction. "Hey, Arizona."

"Hey, Mark." She stood close to the doors and watched the numbers go down excitedly. Callie had been on her mind all morning, and she really couldn't wait to get back to her and her soft kisses.

"Going somewhere?"

"Just to the park. Callie and I are having lunch."

Mark moved forward to stand next to her. "Oh, I'll join, I've got half an hour."

"No!" Arizona almost yelled. Mark stepped back and looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "I mean, no, uhm… sorry, we've got… stuff… to talk about." Frustration boiled under her skin. Of course Mark would invite himself, they had all always been good friends. But she really just wanted Callie to herself. If she was honest with herself, she was still bitter about Mark sleeping with Callie. She just couldn't get the image of Callie standing in his doorway with her ridiculously sexy hair and dreamy eyes… her stomach spun in jealousy and anger fueled through her veins thinking about it.

Mark's face contorted in confusion. "Like what?"

Arizona looked dead ahead and took a deep breath to gather herself. "It doesn't matter," she spat. "We're going to lunch and we're going to talk and you aren't going to be there." Arizona turned to stare into Mark's eyes. "And if you ever even think about sleeping with her again, I will beat the crap out of you. Got it?"

His face reddened and the doors opened behind her into the lobby. He nodded slowly and swallowed nervously. "Got it."

"Good. See you later!" She called over her shoulder with a feigned smile, leaving a very stunned and confused Mark behind her.

AN: Sorry for the delay in this chapter! I had a little *too* much fun last weekend. It was a great birthday though! Thank you everyone who wished me a happy birthday; it means a lot to me! Shout out to scruzx2: HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY! :D Sorry I missed it! Adding South Africa to the list of countries was pretty much one of the coolest things I've ever done.

As always, thank you SO much for your reviews, favorites, and follows. Your comments about the way I capture emotion in my characters nearly brought me to tears last chapter. It's overwhelmingly amazing to know that my work in bringing characters to life is noticed and even appreciated... Thank you!

So, now Addison knows… how long until Mark finds out, and by extension the entire hospital? Yay picnic lunch date! Things are starting to move along! Let me know what you thought of this chapter and any ideas/questions you have!