Hanging By A Moment
Hanging By A Moment
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: I know this chapter is a bit on the short side but I needed to get this out before the next chapter. In chapter 10 things will get more interesting.
Chapter 9:
Morning came and Callie was fast asleep on Arizona's bed. A knock on the door startled Arizona awake. She took a quick look at the clock on her bedside; given the hour she guessed it was her mother coming to wake her up for school. Arizona almost ran to the door, opening it just enough for her mother to see her face.
"Honey, your brother is taking you to school today, I have to be early at the hospital and your father already left for work." Barbara said, taking a good look at her daughter's face she added, "are you feeling okay?"
"I'm fine." Arizona said almost panting.
"Are you sure? You look flushed." Barbara said.
"I'm sure." Arizona said. "I'll get ready for school, then I'll wake Tim."
Barbara stared at Arizona for a moment, studying her face. "Are you sure you're okay?" She asked out of concern.
"Yes, mother." Arizona said playfully rolling her eyes.
"I'm going now, call me if you need anything." Barbara said kissing Arizona's cheek. "Love you." She said before she headed for the staircase.
"Love you too." Arizona called after her mother.
Arizona closed the bedroom door after her; she couldn't believe that Callie had slept after all the ruckus her mother had caused. She contemplated the idea of waking up Callie so that the brunette could keep her company as she got ready for school, after some thought she decided that it was best to just go take a shower and wake Callie after it.
After coming out of her shower, Arizona slipped on some jeans and a plain white T and Callie was still asleep. Taking a look at the clock she figured that she still had some time to mess with Callie a little bit. Arizona first tickled very lightly Callie's nose, which only caused her to stir a little bit. Then Arizona tickled Callie's neck lightly, Callie stirred again but other than that nothing happened.
"You could sleep through an earthquake, couldn't you?" Arizona whispered almost to herself.
"Mmm." Was Callie's only response when Arizona tickled her nose once again.
"Callie…" Arizona blew into Callie ear. Still not even a stir from Callie.
A few seconds later Arizona felt Callie's arms wrap around her waits pulling her onto the bed on top of Callie. "Ow, that could have gone incredibly wrong." Arizona said after catching her breath.
"I'm too smooth." Callie said her voice still heavy with sleep.
"Conceited." Arizona commented.
"You love it." Callie said with a smirk.
"Eh." Arizona said with a shrug. "You're lucky you're kind on the eyes."
"You're mean in the morning." Callie said.
"You're a super heavy sleeper." Arizona said shifting to her side searching for a more comfortable position. "My mom knocked on the door, we had a conversation, I took a shower, got dressed, came here and you slept through all of that."
"Huh, I guess I did." Callie said. "You snore."
"I do not." Arizona said appalled.
"Yes, you do." Callie said. "Is not like an old man's snore, you inhale really loud and then let out a small noise, is really cute."
"You're annoying." Arizona said trying to suppress a smile.
"Hey, aren't you supposed to be at school." Callie asked suddenly realizing the date.
"Yes, I still have about half an hour before I have to get going." Arizona said taking a quick glance at the clock.
"Good, you can't be late, punctuality is very important." Callie said almost seriously.
"Who are you?" Arizona asked with an amused chuckle.
"I have to go." Callie said after she stole a small kiss from Arizona's lips. "I promised I would stop by my dad's office today. I've been avoiding him for weeks…"
"So I've heard." Arizona said.
"You have?" Callie asked surprised.
"Your mom talk about you sometimes." Arizona explained.
"Nothing good I bet." Callie said sitting up on the bed as she put on her shoes.
"She says good things…. Sometimes…" Arizona said. "Really, its not that bad."
"Doesn't matter." Callie said standing up from the bed and reaching for her jacket.
"Are you upset?" Arizona asked noticing the shift in Callie's mood.
"No." Callie said. "It's just…its very early and I haven't had any coffee, and after I go home and shower, I have to go see my dad. Not excited about that."
"Its going to be fine, Callie." Arizona said.
"One can hope." Callie said giving Arizona a half-smile.
After Callie was fully dressed, Arizona walked her to the front door.
"Are you sure you don't want any coffee? Maybe some cereal?" Arizona offered.
"I'm sure." Callie said tucking a strand lock of hair behind Arizona's ear. "Hey, I was wondering…"
"Yes?" Arizona asked.
"If you'd like to go out with me this Friday?" Callie asked wrapping her arms around the back of Arizona's neck.
"Maybe." Arizona said with a shrug.
"Maybe?" Callie asked back incredulously.
"My people will be in touch with your people." Arizona said.
"Really?" Callie asked rising one sharp eyebrow.
"Where would you be taking me?" Arizona asked.
"I don't know, places…." Callie said.
"Okay, I'll get back to you on that." Arizona said.
"Smartass, just say yes already." Callie said before she stole a kiss from Arizona's lips.
"I gotta say, I'm liking your powers of persuasion, Miss Torres." Arizona said.
"I'll pick you up at six." Callie said before she walked through the front door.
"I haven't even said yes yet." Arizona called after her.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Callie said dismissively. As Arizona watched Callie walk away she couldn't help the smile that formed on her lips.
Teddy and Arizona had study hall together without Aria, that gave them some safe space to talk, Arizona could talk endlessly about how amazing Callie was and Teddy could talk about her latest hook ups without any silent judgment coming from Aria. Aria was one of Arizona's best friends but she was closer to Teddy, they both shared a similar background and Arizona felt that Teddy could understand her better than Aria could.
"How are things with Callie?" Teddy asked. "Still going strong?"
"Yes, we are." Arizona said with a smile. "She slept over last night."
"What?!" Teddy yelled.
"Miss Altman!" Mrs. Wilson called reprehensibly.
"She spent the night?" Teddy, still shocked, whispered.
"Yes and before you ask, no, we did not have sex." Arizona said. "She sneaked in late last night and then she snuck out after my parents went to work."
"I'm not sure I'm buying this whole story." Teddy said eying Arizona suspiciously. "You want me to believe that Callie Torres spent the night with you and nothing happened? Nothing at all?"
"Well…I didn't say that nothing happened. I said that we didn't have sex." Arizona said. "There's a big difference."
"So what did happen?" Teddy asked.
"We kissed…a lot…there was some over-the-clothes touching and a lot of under the clothes touching." Arizona said. "But I stopped things before they got too far."
"God, you're boring." Teddy said. "Callie is hot as hell, If I were you I would be jumping her bones every chance I got."
"First, stop talking about 'jumping' my girlfriend, and second, things will happen in due time." Arizona said. "There's no need to rush things, Callie gets it."
"Your girlfriend?" Teddy asked amused. "Is official already?"
"I mean…yes, kind of…I don't know." Arizona said.
"Arizona, you need to talk to Callie about that before you invest yourself more than you have already." Teddy said. "You don't want to go around thinking that Callie is your girlfriend and that your relationship is monogamous when its not."
"Can you stop that?" Arizona asked annoyed. "Its like you and Tim are in cahoots or something."
"That's because we care about you." Teddy said. "Look, Callie is my friend and I really like her but you're my sister and I love you, so it's my job to look out for you. So just…talk to Callie and make sure you're both on the same page."
"I'll talk to her, okay? I will." Arizona said. "We are on the same page. We are."
"Hey, you don't have to convince me." Teddy said. "I'm on your team."
"Just… do your work." Arizona said to Teddy desperately wanting to change the subject.
They continued to work in silence only talking every now and then to comment on their schoolwork. Both Teddy and Arizona failed to noticed the person sitting on the table next to them eavesdropping on their conversation.
A/N: Btw did you guys see the sneak peek for next week's episode. Cause I couldn't even deal.