Hey reader! Sorry I have been updating less frequently. I just started school and have been studying a lot! Anyway, thanks again to all the positive comments. I laugh at those who tell me to designate this as an Arizona/Leah story :)

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"That was unexpected and amazing" Leah said, looking towards me. I nodded, still feeling distracted by the events of earlier today. Leah propped herself up onto the pillow.

"Are you okay? You have been different, distant, since we started classes" Leah said. Had I been? Probably. I couldn't even remember the last time I had looked in Leah's direction, given her a second thought. My stomach churned with guilt, for what I was doing to Leah, but also for what I felt like I was doing to Callie. How ridiculous was that? How could I feel guilty for sleeping with someone else?

"i'm sorry..classes have just been an adjustment I guess" She nodded, likely sick of the excuses I kept feeding her. How could I blame her for that? I had been so unfair to her and she had no idea why.

"I really like you, Arizona. Really, really like you. But I feel like when you are here, with me, you aren't really here. If you could just tell me what you were always thinking about...maybe give me a clue, I could help. Or at least be someone to talk to..." Leah said.

She looked at me with an innocence; she genuinely wanted to help me. If only she knew, I thought. I didn't know what to say, how to tell her that I had fallen in love with Callie long before I had met her. How much I wanted to give Leah a legitimate chance, but how impossible that was. I wanted to tell her that she was a great distraction, but that she deserved so much more than that. Before I could say any of this, Leah spoke again.

"Look, give me another three weeks. The annual Seattle Grace staff party is three weeks from tonight. It's a formal dinner and dance for all the staff, doctors,nurses, scribes, everyone. Go with me. Be my date. After that, if you still can't figure this out, figure us out, we can be done. But I want a chance, Arizona. A real chance. With you" She said. I stroked her cheek. Leah was so good. She deserved a chance.

"I would love to go to the formal with you" I said softly. She smiled, pulling me in for a kiss. I kissed her back, and for the first time, I really meant it. Because maybe I could love Leah some day. Maybe love was supposed to be simple, not impossibly complicated like it was with Callie. Maybe people are meant to be with the ones who are good for them, rather than the ones who felt good. Maybe those who set your life on fire, eventually were the ones who burned you down.

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During our next lab, we had an exam. Callie was, of course, the proctor for the exam. I was relieved to see her there, pregnant as ever. I took double the time I needed to on the exam because I wanted to talk to her after, make sure her and the baby were okay. Despite spending my last few days with Leah, my mind often wandered back to the baby, how he or she was doing. It dumbfounded me how I had gone from apathetic about all children to suddenly so invested in this one unborn baby. Even if it was Callie's baby I never expected to feel this involved, especially given how uninvolved I actually was.

When I was finally the last one in the room, I turned in my exam. She gave me a small smile, likely expecting me to walk right past her.

"How has everything been going since last week's visit with Addison?" I asked.

"Good. Really good. I haven't had any more bleeding..." She said standing up and collecting the tests.

"Good" I said. An awkward silence fell between us. I chewed on my lip, not sure what to say.

"Thanks again for coming with me. I know it wasn't my place to ask you to do something like that...Old habits..." She said, laughing nervously on her last phrase.

"I offered, Callie. And I was happy to. I am glad you and the baby are okay" I said. She nodded, keeping her eyes down.

"Well, I better go. I just wanted to make sure you and the baby were okay" I said, starting to walk out of the classroom. Just as I grabbed the door handle, Callie spoke.

"I think we should be friends" She said abruptly. I turned around.

"Friends?" I asked

"Yeah. Friends" She said with a hint of uncertainty in her voice.

"So first you were my boss. Then my boss who I was sleeping with. Now you're my pregnant teacher. And you want to be friends? On top of all of that?" I asked. She looked upwards, clearly thinking.

"Yes, I do" She said more confidently. I gave her a puzzled look and she continued. 'I know that this is weird and that there is so much between us. Part of you probably hates me for everything that happened. I know that. But I can't keep ignoring you in class. I can't pretend like you are just another student. You are so much more to me than that, even if by definition, that is all you are. Everything else aside, we are two people who really, really like each other." She said.

"I could never hate you, Calliope" I whispered. She gave me a soft smile.

"So, can we be friends? Or at least try?" She asked. As much as part of me wanted to say no, that this effort to be 'friends' was bullshit and that we could never, ever be just friends, I couldn't deny any kind of relationship with her. I would play this game a pretend to be friends. Maybe this definition, this false line we were drawing, would help me. Maybe this would help me differentiate my feelings for her an the ones I should have for Leah.

"Sure, Callie. We can try" I said. She gave me a wide grinned smile in response.

"In that case, can I tell you about some baby names I have been thinking about?" Callie asked.

"Sure, spill"

"I only have girl names, because I am still convinced I am having a girl. But my short list is Isabella, Sara and Cristinana"

"Tapping into your Hispanic heritage eh?" I asked with a smile.

"Yes, I guess I am. But more so I like the "ah" sound at the end of names. Sometimes Callie sounds like a childish name to me" She said with a frown.

"Callie is a cute name. I love it, don't get me wrong, but it would be cutesy on anyone but you. Calliope on the other hand...that's a woman who means business" I said. She smiled at me, shaking her head.

"Your name has the 'ah' sound that I love"

"True. Can I be honest?" I asked

"Sure?" She said.

"Isabella, is like, every other baby girl's name in this decade. Sara is just...boring. And Christiana is a mouthful and honestly, kind of ugly" I said bluntly.

"Seriously, Arizona? That list took me weeks to come up with! I thought I really narrowed it down to those three!" She said with a sigh.

"Well...that's just my opinion" I said.

"No, no. You're 100% right about those names" She sighed again. "Back to square one"

"You'll come up with something" I said. "I actually have to go now, but I will see you next class"

"Okay, friend, see you later" She said, winking at me. I rolled my eyes, laughing at here. Callie was onto something here. This whole friend zone thing could work.

Or, more likely, it would blow up in our faces.