AN:/ Hi there!
So, Chapter 4 is rady for you!
Apparently you love Jealous Callie, and so do I. I'd like to see that kind of things in the show.
But I don't think we will see that...
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It's awesome, well you are awesome.
The bigest thank you to Nina who help me with that chapter.
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Callie was walking to Arizona's office. She wasn't even sure she would find her there, but she needed to talk with Arizona.
But as she was walking through the hallways, she slowed her walk and thought to herself that she didn't know what she would tell her. She didn't know why she wanted to talk to her. The only thing she could say was something was bothering her. And thinking a little further, it was Arizona nonchalance that was making her angry. The blonde was so perky, so cheerful lately and it was annoying...
At least, Callie thought it was annoying.
She was playing with her.
May be she was just trying to make her jealous with that Andy girl.
No, it wasn't that... Arizona was over her and she was over Arizona, Right?
But what was it with the smile and the insinuating earlier?
If Arizona wanted to make her jealous, she would have done it just after their break up surely...
And suddenly, as all those thoughts were running through her mind, Callie stopped and gasped.
Arizona hadn't been with anyone since their divorce, she was focusing on her job and on Sofia. Even if she wasn't in her life anymore, Arizona was around and single. There was a possibility for them...
Callie swallowed hard, standing alone in the middle of the hallway...
She knew what was wrong...
Arizona was simply moving on...
"Callie?" A voice asked. "Callie? Can we talk?"
"What?" Callie replied, still confused. "Oh it's you..."
"Well, nice to see you too..." Penny replied, flustered by Callie lack of enthusiasm.
"Listen Penny, I was just focusing ... on a surgery I have this afternoon..." She lied.
"In the middle of nowhere?" Penny asked. "Whatever... I need to talk to you. I talked to Leah Murphy.
"I know." Callie simply replied.
"Okay... And she talked to me about what happened when she was an intern." Penny explained. "And I have to say that I've been surprised."
"Well, it was a lifetime ago and I don't think it concerns you..." Callie says, knitting her eyebrow and looking behind Penny as she saw someone approaching, carrying a huge bow. "And I don't have to explain myself for something that happened between my wife and I"
"You mean your ex-wife..." Penny asked, getting worked up.
"She was my wife at the time, that's it..." Callie replied, looking over her girlfriend's shoulder, which made her turn her head. "What... What is she doing here?"
"Who are you talking about?" Penny asked. "And don't try to avoid my..."
Penny couldn't believe that Callie had just walked away and was going to the mysterious short hair woman who seemed lost.
"Callie?" Penny called her without success.
"Mmmmh..." Callie fakely coughed as she reached the woman. "May I help you?"
"Actually, yes!" She says, putting the box on the floor. "I was looking for the peds unit..."
"And you are?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I'm Andy Marquez." Andy replied, presenting her hand to Callie in order to shake it. "I'm a friend of Dr. Robbins and I'm here to offer some comics for the kids."
Callie didn't take her hand and looked at her from head to toe. Andy was taller than her with amazing green piercing eyes and she was sympathetically smiling at her.
"Really? And she knows you're here?"
"Yeah, of course..." Andy replied, looking confusedly at Callie.
"It's right ahead, you can't miss it" Penny sais from far. "I can go with you if you want."
"Great! Thanks!" Andy said, taking her box back and joining Penny.
Callie looked at the two of them walking away, as Penny turned back and threw her a dark and upset look.
...
On her side, Arizona was now walking to the lab where she wanted to see if what she just heard was true.
There was a lot of thing that she wasn't proud of in her life, but the way things had gone with Leah was one of the most awkward.
She had clearly used the young intern to fill a gap when Callie had kicked her out after all the Boswell drama. She was feeling lost and alone, her PTSD wasn't solved, but she shouldn't have got involved with Leah. It was just easy, she was there, she needed attention and Arizona was lonely and... It happened.
Arriving at the doors, she sighed and entered, scanning the room to locate who she was looking for. And fast enough, she saw her, behind her computer, focused on her screen. Her hair was shorter, but she hadn't really changed in those few years.
"Leah?" Arizona said softly.
"Oh..." Leah replied, looking at her with a distant gaze. "Hello..."
"So it's right, you're back!" Arizona said, smiling forcedly.
"Apparently."
"It's... Great..."
"Really?" Leah asked a little more bitterly. "Why would it be great?"
"Because you... you seemed to have found your way." Arizona said. "I just wanted to say Hi."
"Great, it's done. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do." Leah said, taking a chart and walking to another counter.
"Ok..." Arizona replied. "I'll see you around the..."
She was about to walk away when she turned back and eventually said what she should have said years ago. "Listen, I'm not proud of the way I treated you. I should have been more sincere with you. I used you and I'm sorry. I know it's coming late and it's not an excuse, but I was not myself then. And now that I'm feeling way better I realize how selfish I've been. And I really hope you're happy in your personal and professional life now." Arizona apologized. "Take care of yourself."
She nodded and left the lab. And as she saw her walking away, something seemed to relax in Leah's mind, and a little tears rolled on her cheek but a big smile appeared on her face.
...
Back in her office, Arizona smiled big when she saw Andy sitting on a chair, waiting for her.
"Hey! You're already here?" Arizona said, reaching her and still smiling.
"Yes, I didn't want to be late after you told me how impatient kids can be!" Andy teased her.
"Great!" Arizona replied walking a little closer to Andy who stood up and hugged her tenderly.
"You're feeling okay?" Andy asked, noticing a little tension in Arizona's body during the embrace.
"Yeah... Don't worry, it's just... work stuff, nothing interesting." Arizona reassured her.
Smiling, Andy walked to the box full of comics she brought when she noticed a prosthetic leg behind Arizona's desk.
"Oh... Yeah I have a leg here too..." Arizona explained. "It's safer, you never know what can happen here."
She hadn't hid her disability from Andy, but she didn't want to embarrass her with it either. So she had talked about the plane crash, without the creepy details, and explained to her that she had lost a leg, the first night they met at the bar.
It had made Andy laughed because she didn't care at all about it, but Arizona was sure it could have make her run away.
"You are doing a very dangerous job!" Andy teased her.
"You would be surprised if I told you how many times I had to change it during a shift..." Arizona replied seriously. "Andy, if it makes you uncomfortable to talk about it, I'll understand... It took me a long time to accept it, so ..."
"Are you kidding?" Andy replied, wrapping her arms around Arizona's neck. "It's who you are, it's a part of your story and it's what makes you unique! And from what I know about you at the moment, there's nothing I don't like..."
Arizona put her hands on Andy's waist and they were about to kiss, her lips mostly brushing each other when Callie entered the room without warning.
"Oh! I'm sorry!" She said, putting her hands on her eyes as if she was witnessing an awful scene.
Andy pulled immediately away from Arizona, looking awkwardly at the floor.
"Can't you knock before enter my office Dr. Torres?" Arizona grumbled.
"I didn't know you were... not alone..." Callie mumbled.
"It's okay..." Andy said. "Oh, it's you?"
"What do you mean 'it's you'?" Arizona asked looking at Andy with a questioning gaze.
"Oh yes, we met earlier, in the hallway. You were lost... Brandy? Right?" Callie said.
"Andy... just Andy."
"Great!" Arizona laughed, smirking at Callie. "Well Andy, I think I should introduce you to Callie Torres, who is my ex...wife and also my biggest fan these days as she can't stay one day without visiting my office apparently..."
"Oh..." Andy said nervously. "I ... Nice to meet you..."
Callie bit her lips and finally gave her hand to Andy who grabbed it and shook it. "Callie Torres, nice to meet you too..."
Looking at the two women, Arizona smiled at the awkwardness of the situation. "Well, what was this about again Callie?"
"I... Did you know that Murphy was working in the lab, here?" Callie asked, trying to change the subject.
"Actually no, not before this morning. Bailey told me." Arizona confessed. "So I went to see her."
"Wh...Why?" Callie asked, apparently upset by the revelation.
"Because, we needed closure." She said. "It's done, and I feel better now."
Callie looked at her ex-wife and swallowed bitterly. What kind of closure her relationship with Leah Murphy needed?
"It's a long story, I'll tell you later." Arizona said to Andy who nodded in comprehension.
"I have a call to make to a provider, I let you guys talk." Andy said, putting her hands on Arizona's shoulder before leaving her office.
As they found themselves alone, Arizona smiled and settled behind her desk grabbing her tablet.
"So what is it with you this time? Because I don't think you came here to talk to me about Leah Murphy?" Arizona asked.
"I was just around, and I wanted to know if you heard that's all."
"Callie, you came to my office yesterday, with a no valid reason, and you're doing the same today... Is there anything you want to tell me?" Arizona asked, eventually staring at her ex wife.
Callie sighed. She was feeling trapped, because she didn't know herself why she came.
"I'm confused."
"About what?" Arizona asked in really friendly tone, which frustrated Callie even more.
"I've been asking myself a lot of question lately, about Penny and I."
"Oh... You seemed happy the last time I saw you two together..."
Callie remembers the last time she felt happy being with Penny. And it took her time to realize that it was quite a while ago.
"I'm not the person you should talk to for couples counseling..." Arizona said.
"You're right. I'm sorry, it was really clumsy after everything we've been through and the fact that we were married and..."
"It's not that..." Arizona cut her off, laughing. "It's not because of our story that I'm telling you that Callie... It's because I suck at it! I mean, except you, I've never been in a long term relationship, and see how I screwed it up..."
Every single word Arizona just pronounced upset Callie in a way she didn't expected.
This time she was sure about it, Arizona was totally over her.
"All I can say, it's to ask yourself the real question. And if you ... love her, so you should try to do anything you could to fix your relationship..." Arizona said, smiling sincerely.
"Yeah..." Callie whispered.
"But what was the real purpose of your visit?" Arizona asked her, trying to understand the strange behavior of her ex wife.
"It's... Hearing about Murphy and seeing her made me think about... You know..."
"I know..." Arizona smiled, sadly. "I know."
"I wanted to see you, that's it..." Callie replied. "I'm sorry."
"Don't... I understand. I'm nostalgic sometimes too, about us and our life with Sofia." Arizona said. "But, generally, it's something good that reminded of the old good times, and not the awkward past..."
Callie's eyes opened big, looking at Arizona she didn't suspect existed. She was really mature and seemed had taken a step back from her past. She seemed able to talk sincerely and quietly about it and without any kind of bitterness or grudge, which was impossible even a few months ago.
The two of them can act cordially in front of their friends and colleagues or in public spaces, but it was not rare that some scathing remarks are uttered when they were alone in the same room.
"Arizona.." Callie whispered, staring at her ex wife and reaching her.
"Hey! That's amazing come here!" Andy said, entering the room suddenly and taking Arizona's hand in hers.
She dragged her to the peds Lobby where ten boxes full of plushes and toys were waiting.
"I wasn't sure about it, so that's why I came earlier. One of my providers is offering your department everything here! You can even send a part of it to Malawi if you want!" Andy says, smiling big.
"Oh my god, Andy! That's awesome!" Arizona said. "You're amazing!"
"You are amazing!" Andy says. "I just have to make a phone call, that's it."
Arizona looked closer to the contents before reaching out to Andy, kissing her lightly and quickly on the lips.
Callie, who was in the background with her arms crossed on her chest, winced and rolled her eyes when saw what was happening in front of her.
"So I think we really, really need to talk..." Penny said as she noticed her girlfriend's exasperated expression looking at her ex-wife.