Hanging By A Moment
Hanging By A Moment
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: Thank you for all your kind messages! I really enjoy reading all of your feedback. Hope you enjoy this chapter
Chapter 12:
After dropping Arizona home in time to make curfew, Callie headed home in desperate need for a nice hot shower and sleep before she had to head to work in just a few hours. When she got home Aria's party was dying down, the music was not too loud, there was a few people pasted out of one of the couches, she went to the kitchen to grab a beer before heading for her bedroom.
"Hey, where's the gracious hostess?" Callie asked when she saw Teddy cleaning up in the kitchen.
"Asleep." She said not taking her focus off her task at hand.
"What's up your butt?" Callie asked opening up a beer bottle.
"You tell me…" Teddy mumbled.
"Okay… now you really have to tell me what's going on." Callie said. "Is this because of Arizona? Because I thought you already knew and it's not that big of a deal. We really care for each other and everyone else just needs to butt out of it."
"This is about Arizona." Teddy said finally making eye contact with Callie. "I talked to Aria, she knows about you two and she's not taking it well."
"Its really not that big of a deal." Callie said. "Its not like I stole Arizona from here. She needs to stop being so dramatic."
"That's just it, Callie." Teddy said. "That's how all of this feels to her, like you came in from nowhere and stole Arizona right from underneath her."
"They're just friends, Arizona is not going to stop being friends with her just because we're together now." Callie said. "Its official since tonight. We're together. You're the first to know, consider yourself lucky." She said unable to control the big smile that formed on her face.
"Callie, there's a lot you don't know." Teddy said at Callie's expectant look she continued, "Aria is in love with Arizona, is no small crush, this is big, like make a grand romantic gesture big. That's why she didn't want you around Arizona, that's why she's been so weird about you two spending time together."
"I-I didn't know." Callie uttered.
"I know, I didn't either." Teddy said. "I don't think anyone else knows."
"Does Arizona know?" Callie asked.
"No. At least, Aria hasn't said anything to her yet." Teddy said.
"Yet?" Callie questioned.
"Yeah," Teddy said. "It shouldn't matter all that much to you because you're leaving soon anyway, right?" The anger was evident in Teddy's voice.
"Where did you get that from?" Callie asked.
"Just answer the question." Teddy demanded.
"I don't know!" Callie said. "Its not like I planned any of this. I didn't plan on meeting Arizona, I didn't plan on feeling the things I feel for her. When I came here I certainly didn't plan on my dad offering me that job. It's not a job easy to turn down. This is not easy for me."
"Does Arizona know you might be leaving soon?" Teddy asked.
"No." Callie said looking away.
"You're a fucking asshole, you know that?" Teddy said angrily. "Arizona is not the type to let people in, she's letting you in, you're leaving her and she doesn't even know. That's low. Even for you."
"It's not like that, I'm not going to up and leave some day without any warning." Callie said. "I'll talk to her about it when the moment is right. I'll appreciate if you and Aria stay out of it."
"I trust you, Callie, don't make me regret it." Teddy said.
"I love her." Callie said.
"Whatever, just… don't hurt her." Teddy said before walking away.
A few days passed before Arizona had the nerve to go over to Aria's house to talk to her. Arizona had talked with Teddy after the night of the party and she knew that Aria knew about her relationship with Callie. Arizona knew Aria was sort of upset about it so she hoped that by going over to her house and spending some time with her Aria would be able to move passed her issues with Arizona's relationship with Callie.
"Knock, knock." Arizona said as she entered Aria's bedroom.
"I think you have the wrong bedroom, Callie's room is two doors down." Aria said not looking away from her computer to make eye contact with Arizona.
"I know where Callie's bedroom is." Arizona said. "I'm not looking for her."
"Then why are you even here, Arizona?" Aria asked.
"To spend some time with my friend…" Arizona said. "Look, I know that you're not on board with my thing with Callie but I promise that I wont let that affect our friendship."
"You don't get it." Aria said.
"I do. You think that now that Callie and I are together I won't be able to spend as much time with you." Arizona said. "I'm not going to lie, I'm going to try to spend as much time as possible with my girlfriend but that doesn't mean that I'll stop hanging out with you."
"She's my sister, Arizona. How could you?" Aria said this time looking directly at Arizona. She was able to see the rage and emotion on Aria's eyes and was initially taken back by what she saw.
"Aria… things just happened." Arizona said. "I wasn't looking for anything, I swear, it just happened..." Arizona waited a moment for Aria's response but she just stayed quietly look at her. "We really care about each other, what we have is very real."
"Ugh stop being so naïve. Callie doesn't care about you. Callie cares about fucking you, once she gets what she wants she will throw you to the side." Aria said.
"Don't talk about her like that." Arizona said.
"I'm telling the truth, once you stop being a challenge the novelty will wear off." Aria said. "I should know, I've seen her do this countless times. You wouldn't believe the amount of girls that used to call here crying because of some shit Callie pulled. You're just going to be another one in her long list. I'm sorry you can't see that."
"I get that you're upset, but you have no right to talk about Callie that way." Arizona said. "What happens between her and I is our business, that has nothing to do with our friendship, I thought you were mature enough to understand that."
"It has everything to do with our friendship." Aria said. "If you continue to see my sister we can no longer be friends."
"Are you fucking serious?" Arizona asked with disbelief.
"Very." Aria said.
"I can't even deal with you." Arizona said under her breath. "Goodbye, Aria." She said softly closing the door behind her.
Arizona was feeling both angry and sad. She hated the fact that Aria practically made her choose between her or Callie, she was sad that Aria's pettiness was causing so much damage to their friendship. Not knowing what else to do but desperately needing someone to talk to, she entered Callie's bedroom. The room was pitch black but present with Callie's scent.
"Callie, you here?" Arizona asked into the dark. After failing to get a response she stumbled her way towards Callie's bed. Callie was sprawled in the middle of her bed, happily asleep. "Move over." Arizona said as she hoped on Callie's bed.
"What are you doing here?" Callie mumbled sleepily.
"Your sister is being mean to me." Arizona said curling up at Callie's side.
"What did she do now?" Callie asked.
"Just being an ass." Arizona said. "She actually tried to make me choose. Can you believe that?"
"Made you choose what, honey?" Callie asked her voice still heavy with sleep.
"Between you and her! Keep up." Arizona said half annoyed.
"I'm sorry, you just woke me up." Callie said.
"Calliope, its almost the afternoon." Arizona said.
"I was out last night." Callie said.
"Where?" Arizona asked, Aria's words ringing in her brain.
"After work I went out with Mark and Addie." Callie said. "I could've sworn I told you about that."
"You didn't." Arizona said coldly.
"Are you mad?" Callie asked moving over to turn on the lap on her bedside table.
"No, it's just…" Arizona took a moment to search for the right words. "I don't know."
"We didn't do anything wrong, we just drank and made jokes until early in the morning." Callie said. "I didn't think you were the kind of girlfriend that likes to keep tabs."
"I'm not." Arizona said quickly. "I'm not mad at you per se. I'm just…mad in a general sense."
"Okay…" Callie said slowly. "Come here." She said gesturing to her empty arms. Arizona closed the gap between them throwing her arm around Callie's waist.
"I think my friendship with Aria is over." Arizona almost whispered.
"Why?" Callie asked. In the back of her mind she wondered if she should tell Arizona what Teddy told her the night of the party.
"We've had fights before, but this feels different." Arizona said. "She's pretty hurt that I didn't tell her first about us. Which I get but still… I think she's overreacting."
"Did she tell you that's what she's upset about?" Callie asked.
"Not directly but I can tell." Arizona said.
"I think you should talk to her in a few days after the both of you calm down a little bit." Callie said.
"She said some pretty mean things about you." Arizona said.
"What did she say?" Callie asked.
"She said that you were just using me and that you were going to get bored with me and other stuff…I don't really want to talk about that." Arizona said.
"You know that's not true, right?" Callie said turning on her side so as to face Arizona.
"I know." Arizona said gently stroking Callie's face. "I just wish she was more supportive of us. I know that it must be awkward for her that I'm now dating her older sister but still…there will be times when you piss me off and I'll want to go vent with my friend."
"That's something you have to talk about with her." Callie said. "If I were you I wouldn't expect her to come around the idea of us being together."
"Why not? She is my friend she is supposed to be supportive of decisions." Arizona said getting heated all over again. "I made the decision to be with you, she has to respect that."
"Yeah, I'm staying out of it." Callie said. "Make no mistake, you have complete support, I will listen to you whenever you need to, its just…she's still my sister, you know?"
"I get it, I guess…" Arizona said. "Has she said anything to you at all?"
"Nope. She ignores me whenever she sees me." Callie said. "But that's just Aria, I'll make sure to talk to her before I leave for New York."
"You're leaving?" Arizona asked surprised.
"Yeah, its just for a few days." Callie said. "My dad needs me to do some work there."
"Right, sometimes I forget I'm dating a busy business woman." Arizona said moving so that now her body was fully on top of Callie's.
"Your woman has to go to New York to earn a living in New York for a few days." Callie said wrapping her arms around Arizona's waist. "But when I get back I'm taking a few days off from work so I'm free to do whatever you want."
"Whatever I want?" Arizona said before kissing Callie. "I really like the sound of that."
"I think I do too." Callie said enjoying the feel of Arizona's lips on her skin.
"Wait." Arizona said stopping her kisses across Callie's face. "When are you going and getting back?"
"I'm supposed to go on Tuesday, I'll come back around Friday at the latest." Callie said. "Why?"
"Nothing. I'm supposed to hear back from Notre Dame this week." Arizona said.
"Notre Dame, huh." Callie said. "That's ambitious."
"Are you saying that because you don't think I can get in?" Arizona asked offended.
"No, of course not. I didn't mean it like that." Callie said. "I meant that I am very impressed. That's a really good school."
"That's my top choice. I'm very nervous about it." Arizona said. "I'm sorry for snapping at you like that."
"Its okay." Callie said. "I understand. We'll celebrate when I get back that you got in."
"You don't know if I'll get in, Callie." Arizona said.
"Come on, positive thoughts." Callie said. "If you worked for it, you'll get it."
"And you'll be there to celebrate with me?" Arizona asked.
"You betcha." Callie said her lips closing the gap between them.
They spent a few minutes lazily making out on Callie's bed, there was no rushing anything, they just wanted to enjoy the feel of one another for a while without stressing about curfew or Aria and Teddy's incessant calls.
"Calliope…" Lucia Torres, Callie's mom voice came into the room as she opened the bedroom door. "Oh my God." She exclaimed at the sight of Arizona on top of Callie.