Hanging By A Moment
Hanging By A Moment
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: For those of you asking how often I will update, I will try to update as soon as the chapters are ready.
Another thing: If you don't like the story, I'm not forcing anyone to read it. It's not okay to harass me or leave hurtful messages in the reviews section. The user who's leaving threatening messages needs to stop. If you don't like it or if its not your taste no one is forcing you to like it. This is my story and I'm writing it as truthfully and as respectfully as I can.
Chapter 3:
It was the week of Arizona's birthday; Teddy, Aria and Arizona were sitting on the floor of the playroom going over the details of Arizona's party. The whole ordeal made Arizona a bit uncomfortable. She wasn't big on birthdays and the fact that Aria insisted on making a big deal out of it pissed her a little bit.
"Hey, Arizona, glad you're here." Callie said surprising everyone in the room as she entered.
"Callie, hi." Arizona said with a big dimpled smile.
"A little birdy named Aria mentioned your birthday is this Friday so I pulled some strings and got you this." Callie said handling an envelope to Arizona.
"What is it?" Arizona said trying but failing to control her enthusiasm. She opened the envelope; inside she found two tickets for The Decemberists show that Thursday.
"Ugh." Teddy said as she looked over Arizona's shoulder. "That bands sucks. Seriously Callie, you're loaded, you could've gotten us something better."
"You do know that not everything is about you, right?" Callie asked Teddy.
"No, I'm not really familiar with that concept." Teddy said.
"Thank you, Callie." Arizona said standing up and giving Callie a warm hug. "I love these. Thank you so much."
"You're very welcome." Callie said pulling away from Arizona. "I hope you enjoy the show."
"For sure." Arizona said. "We're going to have so much fun."
"Yeah, you and whoever you decide to take are going to have a blast." Callie said.
"Oh, you're not coming with me?" Arizona asked with disappointment in her voice.
"I mean, if you want to, I could go with you." Callie said. "I just assumed that maybe you wanted to go with one of your friends."
"You're my friend. We're friends, right?" Arizona asked.
"Sure." Callie said. "We'll go together."
Aria was watching the whole exchange and was not happy with what she was seeing. She didn't like the idea of Arizona and her sister being 'friends'. She knew her sister and she didn't trust her one bit.
"Calliope, can I have a word with you?" Aria asked. "Alone."
"Jeez." Callie said making a funny face to Arizona, which caused the blond to let out a giggle.
"Now." Aria said dragging Callie outside by the arm. "What the hell are you doing?"
"Standing in the hallway with you?" Callie asked.
"Don't play smart with me." Aria said. "I forbid you to go to that show with Arizona."
"What's your damage, Aria?" Callie said. "You can't forbid me. I'll do whatever the hell I want to. The girl is just a friend. Is not like I'm trying to take advantage of her or anything."
"She is not your friend. She is mine. She is my friend." Aria said. "You need to stay away from her."
"You need to chill." Callie said. "Its not like she's your girlfriend or anything. God, Aria. I'm just talking her to a show, calm the fuck down."
"Mom, I'm home." Arizona called as she entered into her house with Teddy in tow.
"Hi, honey, how was your day?" Barbara called from the kitchen.
"Good." Arizona said making her way to her mother. "Teddy is staying over if that's okay."
"Of course it is." Barbara said. "Teddy, sweetie, how are you?"
"I'm fine, Mrs. Robbins, thanks for asking." Teddy said.
"Hey, mom, is it okay if I go to the Decemberists show on Thursday?" Arizona asked.
"I'll have to check with your father, but I don't see why not." Barbara said. "Who are you going with?"
"Callie…" Arizona said. "She gave me the tickets as a birthday gift."
"Who is Callie? Is she a new friend? I don't think I've met her." Barbara said.
"Oh she's Aria's sister." Arizona said avoiding eye contact with her mother. "You haven't met her yet."
"I'll talk to your father." Barbara said. "We need to meet this Callie girl before you go off to a concert with her."
"Okay, but please try not to embarrass me too much." Arizona said knowing that putting up a fight was a futile effort.
"Are you going on a date with Aria's sister?" Barbara asked.
"What? Mom, no." Arizona said blushing. "She is just a friend."
"Oh she likes her." Barbara said to Teddy.
"Do you?" Teddy asked Arizona. She wasn't all that surprised. She had noticed the way Arizona looked at Callie and how she wouldn't shut up about how awesome Callie is.
"No." Arizona said looking at Teddy. "She's just a friend."
"Does she go to your school too?" Barbara asked. "I've never heard of her before."
"Not exactly." Teddy said.
"Callie is older than Aria." Arizona said.
"Exactly how much older?" Barbara asked wearily.
Arizona didn't give an immediate response. She knew her mother wouldn't approve of her crush on Callie once she found out her age. She couldn't blame her mother, though.
"Callie is 24." Teddy said.
"Oh." Barbara said. "Honey, that is not appropriate."
"Mom, is not like we're dating or anything." Arizona said.
"Then why is she taking you out on Thursday?" Barbara asked. "I will not have a girl, excuse me, a woman take advantage of my baby girl."
"It's not like that." Arizona said. "Callie gave me the tickets because one time she drove me home I mentioned how much I like that band. Teddy doesn't like that band and neither does Aria, I was the one that suggested for her to go with me."
"We're going to need to meet Callie before we decide to let you go anywhere with her." Barbara said. "Date or not."
"Fine." Arizona said.
"Who knew Barbara could be a hardass?" Teddy said once they were alone in Arizona's bedroom.
"Yeah…" Arizona answered distractedly.
"So you and Callie…" Teddy said. "I didn't know you guys were a thing."
"That's cause we're not." Arizona answered.
"If you say so…" Teddy said not believing a word.
They sat in silence on Arizona's bed as they watched a movie. Teddy was observing Arizona quietly. Teddy really loved Arizona, not in a gay way, just in a best friends kind of way.
"You like her, don't you?" Teddy asked.
"Who? Angelina Jolie?" Arizona asked. "Yeah, who doesn't?"
"No, stupid. I was talking about Callie." Teddy said.
"Huh." Was Arizona's response.
"So…?" Teddy insisted.
"I think she's pretty." Arizona said. That was all she was planning on giving to Teddy.
"That's all?" Teddy asked. "You can tell me. I'm not going to tell anyone if you don't want me to."
"I don't know, okay?" Arizona said. "She's obviously very beautiful, she's also funny and nice and I'd really like to spend more time with her but she's Aria's sister and she's much older than me. So the sooner I get over my crush the better."
"Do you know if she likes you?" Teddy asked.
"I don't know." Arizona said. "Sometimes she flirts with me but I think she's just kidding around."
"Yeah, its hard to tell with Callie." Teddy said. "But she did get you those tickets, that must mean something, right?"
"I don't know." Arizona said. "I think she was just being nice."
"We need to find out if she likes you back." Teddy said.
"Why?" Arizona said. "Its not like we're going to ride off into the sunset."
"You do have a point." Teddy said. "Hey, maybe she'll be the one to finally pop your cherry."
"Pervert." Arizona said hitting Teddy with a pillow.
A couple of days later Callie found herself driving Arizona home once again. She didn't mind it really; she liked spending time with the blond without Aria present. Aria was being a pain in the ass lately; if she didn't know any better she would think that Aria was in love with Arizona or something.
"We're still on for tomorrow, right?" Callie asked as she parked her car in front of Arizona's house.
"About that…" Arizona said. "My parents want to meet you before we go out. They're being really weird about it."
"Its cool, I totally get it." Callie said. "They want to make sure their daughter is in good hands. I'll come by a little earlier than planned, talk to them and put their mind at ease."
"That's perfect." Arizona said. "Thank you so much for doing this."
"Don't worry about it." Callie said. "I'm happy to do it."
"I'll see you tomorrow then?" Arizona asked.
"You know it." Callie said smiling to Arizona.