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Diner is ready!
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She followed her to the neighboring kitchen and can't help but smile. Arizona was really anxious and she found it cute.
As they were walking, her eyes slowly stared at the blonde. Callie bit her lips. She was so attracted to her, even in her casual clothes. She had always loved her back.
Well she prefered it n***, but she was thrilled to imagine it in her mind.
Entering the kitchen, Arizona smiled at Sofia, but Callie, whose eyes where now a little lower, almost bumped into the blonde.
« Mommy ! » Sofia yelled happily before running to her for her hug while Arizona turned back to the latina and noticed the inappropriate staring.
Arizona blushed and tried to look at her back, turning her head. « What is it ? Is there something on my blouse ? »
It was Callie's turn to blush as Sofia was hugging her. « Oh... No, there's … Nothing... » she mumbled while Sofia took her hand and lead her to the counter.
« Look at it ! » She said proudly. « Lasagna is sooo easy to cook ! »
« You don't know that yet Sofia... » Arizona teased her. « It's the first time we're doing it ! »
« Mommy ! Do you want to cook with us ? »
« I... No, I'm just going to look at you. » Callie replied, looking around her and discovering the place her daughter and her... how can she called Arizona... ex-wife's place.
It was their life without her. It was a part of Sofia and mostly Arizona's intamincy that she might have never discovered.
She looked at everything while the two cooks were working on the tomatoe sauce.
The house Arizona picked was little but comfy. She can see that Arizona didn't take the time to customize it a lot but she recognize some items that used to furnish their former place.
It was not her life. And it was killing her. She was torn between sadness and nostalgia thinking about all of those little moments of Sofia's life she missed.
But her attention was fast called back to the show in front of her. Arizona and Sofia were in their bubble, working hard on their recipe.
They were focused on what they were doing, following the instructions from the cookbook. But they were laughing and carefree.
It was something Callie had always dream of. She was stunned, leaning against the wall when she looked at the two girl of her life. She could have looked at them for hours.
Arizona seemed to have forgot about Callie's presence because she was so busy working on the dinner with her daughter. She suddenly remembered she had a guest a raised her head.
« Would you like something to drink ? » She asked Callie who quickly wipe the emotional tears which about to roll on her cheek.
« Yeah ! What are you offering me ? »
« I can offer you a glass of white wine, or a soda if you don't want to drink alcohol. Are you on call tonight ? »
« No, I'm not and white wine is perfect. »
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« And that's it ! We just have to wait until it's ready ! » Arizona proudly stated as she locked the oven door, stroking Sofia's hair.
« Yay ! » the girl said, looking at her mothers with a huge grin on her face. « Now I'm going to show Mommy my room ! »
« Good idea ! I'm gonna clean everything and set the table. » Arizona replied, smiling back at Sofia.
« Come on Mommy ! » she took her mother's hands and dragged her through the living room.
They arrived in the corridor and Sofia began to explain to Callie what was behind each door.
« Here is Andrew's room. » Sofia explained as Callie remembered Arizona was living with an intern.
She had never really known why and Arizona never directly told her but the gossip mill of Grey Sloan Memorial had done their job, and so she knew the hot intern was now her ex-wife's roommate.
« Here it's Mama's. » Sofia continued pointing the closed door. « And here is the bathroom. »
Callie passed her head in the room quickly as the door was wild open. She was about to follow Sofia when something her sight, resting on the ground was a purple bra. She stepped in the bathroom, looked at the tag. It wasn't Arizona's for sure.
She nervously gulped and was trailed offor of her on coming suspicions by her daughter's call.
« Mommy ! Come and see my room ! »
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« Wow ! » Callie said as she entered Sofia's room. « That's quite an impressive room ! »
« Yay ! I love it ! » Sofia said, excited to show everything to her mother.
Where Arizona's house was barely customly decorated, Sofia's room was everything a 6 years old girl could dream of. The walls were painted in a light pink and all the furniture was white and purple.
« I painted it with Mama but she helped me choose the colors. » Sofia explained when Callie was smiling, thinking back when Arizona said she didn't think she was cut of to be a mom. Seeing her with Sofia and how she had take the time to make that every little girl dream room for their daughter made her more convinced she wanted her back in her life, for ever.
But on the other there was that purple bra... resting on the bathroom floor which was bothering her... Was it Andy's ? Or was it some random girl Arizona would have picked up in a bar... Or was it Deluca's girlfriends ?
Wait... Does that mean they were sharing the same bathroom ?
« Mommy ! Come here ! » Sofia outed her from her thoughts.
« Yeah ? » she said, trying to focus on the book Sofia was showing her. « What's that ? »
« It's a photo album Nana gave me last christmas. There's pictures of Daddy, of you, of Mama and Tim when they were my age ! » Sofia said excitedly as Callie approached, curious to discover the pictures.
Even though she had been to Arizona parents place one time, she had barely seen pictures of Arizona as a kid, and even less pictures of Tim.
As Sofia turned the page, she couldn't help but smiling. The little girl was very happy to share it with her.
« Dinner's ready ! » Arizona called them, stopping the picture time.
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« So ! Is that good ? »
« Oh yes mija, it's totaly amazing ! » Callie replied.
Arizona was eating in silence, Sofia being so talkative about every recipe she had tried with her and it didn't give a lot of possibility for her to talk.
« Your house is nice. » Callie said, trying to interact with her, talking about light subject.
« Thanks... » Arizona simply replied.
« I love your bathroom... It's... a great bathroom with interesting things to look at... ».
Arizona looked at her, kniting her eyebrow in confusion... What was Callie talking about ? Was she trying to ask her something in a hidden way ?
« Mama you should have dressed better ! » Sofia reproached suddenly. « Looked at Mommy ! She's stunningly breathtaking ! »
Callie turned her gaze to Sofia, estonished by the words she used.
« What ? Mama says it all the time... » Sofia protested. « Especially when she talked about you with Amelia. »
Arizona who was drinking some water, swallowed the wrong way as she heard her daughter's confession, which made her caughing.
« Hey ! That's true ! » Sofia interjected.
Callie blushed at the confession but quickly start giggling as Arizona stood up. « Excuse me a minute... I'm going to the bathroom.. »
Callie stopped laughing and smiled at Sofia. « Did I do something wrong ? » The 6year old asked.
« No, Don't worry, we hare just laughing. Which... is good... I guess. »
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Arizona locked herself in the bathroom and sat on the side of the bathtub. She was now more than nervous. She had surely done something wrong for this dinner which was supposed to be a family thing, turned into that disaster date she didn't asked for.
« What's wrong with me... Must have bad karma... » She told herself as she rubbed her forehead.
As she tried to understand when Sofia should have heard her and April talked about Callie, she noticed the purple bra on the floor.
She kneeled down and took it between two fingers and looked at it with a digusted look. That's when she understood what « the interesting things to look at » Callie mentionned was.
« Oh no... » She said, her palm hitting her head. « This dinner is a disaster... »
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When she rejoined her guest and daughter, the two of them were happily talking about what auntie Amelia was doing at Mama's place the other day.
« I didn't know Amelia was sleeping here... » Callie said.
« She is just crashing on the couch one night or two. » Arizona explained as she started to clear the table.
« Let me help. » Callie said, standing up.
« Please, don't. You're a guest tonight. » Arizona said, offering Callie's a magnificient dimpled smile which made her blushed like a teenage girl. « Sofia, it's time for your bath ! »
« I can take care of it if you want... » Callie said, standing finally up and looking directly in Arizona's eyes.
« Callie... I know what you're thinking but it's not... »
« I'm not thinking anything. » Callie reassured her. « I'm going to take care of Sofia and then I want to taste it ! » Callie said pointing the bottle of wine on the coffee table. « Chateau Meynnet 1996... Wow ! Now we are going to talk ! »
She winked and walked to the bathroom where Sofia was waiting for her.
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Arizona was trying to busy herself washing the dishes, insisting a little too much on the plates as she was grumbling.
What was it with Callie Torres tonight ? Why had she come to that dinner dressed like she was going on a date ? And what about that rose ? A red rose... Seriously.
And what was it with Sofia Tonight ? And was all that mess with Leah and Penny ? And that bra on the floor...
Everything was driving her crazy and she threw the rest of the dishes in the sink, groaning in frustration as Callie joined her.
The brunette smiled knowing Arizona was upset but was doing everything she could to keep everything together.
« You need help ? » She asked making Arizona jumped.
« No ! It's okay ! » She grumbled, grabbing a towel to dry her hands as she turned back.
Callie looked at her from head to toe, with a loving smile which made Arizona blush and felt a weakness in her legs.
She walked towards the blonde, not leaving her eyes off of hers and stopped a few inches from her, their body almost touching each other.
Arizona swallowed hard. At that moment Callie could have done what she wanted to her as she was helpless.
« We're going to need glasses. » She whispered. « I can't wait to taste your fancy bottle... »
She turned back slowly and walked to the living room.
Arizona simply obeyed, taking 2 goblets and opened the bottle before serving a glass of wine for each other. She joined Callie and waited, standing like an idiot in her own house.
« Maybe we should sit. » Callie proposed.
« That is a great idea... » Arizona mumbled, nodding, indicating the couch to Callie and handing her the glasses.
As the latina settled on it, Arizona sat on the opposite armchair, restraining a sigh of uncomfort.
« Well Sofia's got an amazing room ! » Callie said, trying to light the heavy atmosphere running throught the room.
« We did it together. I wanted her to have her real place here. » Arizona explained.
« She loves it, and so do I. » Callie replied. « And I love everything you're doing with her, and for her. »
« She's my daughter. I'll do anything for her. » Arizona replied taking the first sipe of her glasses of wine at the same time as Callie.
« I know it... And wow, that wine is amazing... » Callie said, looking intensely at Arizona. « But I'm not here to talk about wine or purple bras laying on the ground... »
« Callie... It's not what you think... »
« I was just joking Arizona don't get me wrong ! » Callie laughed. « Why don't you come a little closer. »
« I'm good here... » the blonde interjeced a little harsher than she expected.
« I got it... Keeping bondaries, okay... » Callie replied, seemingly disapointed by Arizona's rejection.
« Listen Callie, I don't know what you were expecting about tonight but I don't think we were on the same page. » Arizona stated. « I really invited you for Sofia. »
« I got it, you don't have to tell it again. » Callie said. « But you buy an expensive bottle of wine... »
Of course she bought that expensive bottle after Richard told her what to do. Thinking about it made Arizona laugh and that sound made Callie feel butterflies in her stomach.
« I did... Because Richard told me to do it to get a girl on a date. » Arizona explained, laughing more. « So now, on his behalf, I have to put on some romantic music and invite you to dance. »
Callie raised her eyebrows in astonishment, looking at Arizona who had put music on and put her glass of wine on the table. She stood up and Callie realized that apparently, she was leading the game now.
Approaching Callie, she simply gave her her hand and offered her a dimpled popping smile : « Would you dance with me ? »