I'm so sorry to post that chapter so late!
But here it is, as a late christmas present ;)
It was not corrected so please, excuse my mistake!
And Reviews are always welcome!
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When she came back home that night, Arizona wasn't really sure about what she should do.
There was something wrong with Callie, she knew it, and just thinking about it was making her sick to her stomac.
Not so long ago, she would have ignore it. To be honest she wouldn't even have known it.
It was so simple when she was trying to ignore everthing about her ex-wife. Trying because she didn't want to know how Callie was happy without her.
But she was clearly not happy.
She had been thinking about it all day long and it was driving her crazy.
She was concerned about her ex wife all of sudden and she shouldn't. Admitting out loud she was still in love with her to her mother was already something she shouldn't have done, but it was too late.
She took a deep breath and opened the door of her house and for the first time in months, she was welcome by the sweet sounds of her children laugh. Coming from the kitchen, the giggling made her immediately smile.
She smeled a familiar recipe coming to her nose. Her mother had made her famous lasagna for sure.
This how she had always wished her life would be. Filled with happiness and family time, surrounding a delicious meal.
She took her jacket off and put her key on the coffee table, trying not to make her presence known. They were having a great time and she didn't want to break it by being awkward toward the mother of her children.
Walking in silence to the kitchen she took a glimpse of the scene she had always dreamed to live. Callie seemed so carefree and the children were so excited, teasing their grandmother and laughing with her. It was almost too good to be true.
She sighed, wishing this was her life. This moment was so precious, she didn't feel like she should distrub it by joining them.
She was about to step back and disapear in her room when someone knocked at the door.
Arizona sighed one more time, wishing Callie or the kids wouldn't hear it. She walked back to the front door and opened it, wanting the new comer to go as fast as possible.
She opened the door and there was the only person she din't want to see.
« What are you doing here ? » She whispered.
« I'm looking for my fiance. » Penny stated. « I know she's here and I need to talk to her. »
Penny's voice was colder than usual and something in her eyes made Arizona gulped.
« I don't know what you're talking about. I was just having diner with my family so please, go back to your place and leave us alone. »
Arizona was about to close the door at Penny's face when the red-head woman put her foot on the treshold to prevent it.
« What the hell... » Arizona said louder than she wanted to, surprised by Penny's action. « Are you crazy ? »
Pushing the door and Arizona by the same gesture, Penny entered the house without have been invited and began to look for a proof of Callie's presence in her ex-wife house.
Having heard the noises from the kitchen, Travis and Olivia ran to the living room, thinking they would welcome their mother coming back from work. Their smile faded away quiclky when they saw Penny in the middle of the room.
« Hey baby ! How are you ? » Penny said, trying to cool down to not upset the children. « I'm so happy to see you ! I miss you ! Where is your Mama ? I need to talk to her ? »
Travis immediately felt something was not normal and he was about to answer wrongly to Penny request when Callie arrived her body freezing when she saw Penny in the middle of Arizona's living room.
« She's right here ! » Olivia said to Penny, a big smile on her face. « We are eating lasagna and we are wainting for Mommy to come home. »
« I can see that. What a nice picture...» Penny fakely smiled at her, as the little girl saw her mother and ran to her.
« Mommyyyyy ! » she yelled, still not getting the tension in the room. Arizona took her in arms and kissed her cheeks.
« Hi baby... » She said, not leaving her eyes from Callie.
She could feel her ex wife totaly scared and taken aback.
« Calliope ! Finally... » Penny said, walking to hug her fiancé, but Callie was so affraid that she automatically stepped back. « What's wrong honey ? Why are you doing this ? »
« Travis, Olivia come here. » Barbara asked her grandchildren as she joined them. « We are going to get ready to go to bed, okay ? »
« But Mommy just arrive... » Olivia whinned. « And I wanted her and Mama to read a story to me tonight. »
« Tomorrow baby, I promise. » Arizona told her daughter as she walk with her to Barbara, taking Travis hand in hers in passing. « I think Mama needs to talk with Penny, and we are going to help Grandma cleaning the table, ok. »
Following their mother to the kitchen, Arizona tried to remain calm even if she was now sure about what was going on.
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Once the kids and her mother were getting upstairs she got back to the living room where Penny was passing and talking alone. Callie was a the same place, she didn't seem to have move at all and she was clearly upset.
« It's not possible Callie. You are not being reasonnable. You need to come home and to talk to me. I don't know how you could have done this to me, but we'll figure something out, right ? We are going to talk and you're going to do what I'm asking you right ? »
« What's going on here ? » Arizona cut Penny's monolog
Jumping in surprise, Callie turned to see Arizona just behind her.
« Oh great you're here. » Penny sarcastically said. « I'm going to say it once, and then I won't say it again. Calliope is my future wife. She's not a part of your life anymore. So I'd like you to stop harrasing us. »
« What ? » Arizona retorted. « Did I mis something here ? »
« Calliope and I had a fight because of you and the pressure you are putting on the children. » Penny lied. « She don't want them to see you as the bad guy in the story. So she won't tell you what she really think. But I think that it will be better for you to back of of my family ! »
« I Don't know what's going on between you and Callie, But I'm going to ask you to leave my house. » Arizona firmly retorted. « Apparently there's some thing to figure out between the both you, and now is not the time, and certainly not the place. »
Swallowing her anger to avoid making a scene, Penny clenched her teeth. She couldn't stand Arizona at all, and listening to her coment was making her furious.
« Come on Callie, we need to go. » She simply stated, walking the door.
« No... » Callie replied as Penny took a couple of second before tunring back to her.
« Callie... Not now please. » Penny faked a smile. « You need to stop behaving like that. »
« Please, Penny, just go. » Callie almost begged, she felt the situation could worsened at any moment. « I'll talk with you in a few days, but right now, I just need space and time to ... »
« To what ? » The redhead cut her off. « Stop acting so childhishly ! So what ? We had a fight ! It's normal ! We are a couple, we have a lot of project, so it's totaly logical we argue some times. »
« It's not just some argument, and you know that... »
Arizona was listening to the couple from a distance but she could tell Callie wasn't feeling safe. And it was making her crazy.
« I think the message it's clear now Blake, so get out of my house before I call the police. » Arizona tried to end the conversation.
She grabbed Penny elbow and dragged her outside of her home. Surprised by the sudden move, the younger woman wasn't able to stop the blonde who closed the door behind her.
« Don't touch me ! » Penny finally yelled as Arizona physically push her out of her property.
« Don't you dare come back here. » Arizona warned her. « And don't try to bring me in your couple problem. I have nothing to do with that. Callie came here because apparently she wasn't feeling safe at your place... She's the mother of my kids, so she can stay here as long as she want, or need. But that's it. There's nothing more to the story. »
« I know that, don't worry. She's over you and she's been for a long time now. She's in love with me, and we are about to make our own family. She don't need her crazy depressed one-legged ex wife in her life. » Penny smugged, trying to annoy Arizona. « She'll come back to me. »
« Sure... » Was the only answer Arizona could give her, shattered between anger and a little bit of jealousy because she was thinking Penny was true.
She shrugged and left the redhead on the sidewalk. Something was definitively going on between Callie and Penny Blake and she was affraid she knew what it was.
She was torned between protecting Callie and by keeping her distance to preserve herself from more dissapointment.
She was so lost in her thought that she didn't heard the footsteps behind her and she only realised Penny had followed her when the youger woman grabbed her by the shoulder and made her turn to face her.
« What the hell... » Arizona said as Penny's fist punched her in the face hardly, making her loosing her balance and fell to the ground on her back, breaking a flower pot in the fall.
Penny didn't loose a second and rushed above her so called rival, grabbing her by her collar and shaking the almost unconscious woman.
« Don't you ever try to steal my family ! » Penny threatened Arizona who was trying to remain awake, her nose bleeding a lot.
At the same moment Callie, warned by the noises, walked to the frontdoor, fearing the worst.
As she opened it, she could only yell. « Penny ! Stop ! Barbara ! Call the Police! »
Penny was literally beating up Arizona, punch after punch. Callie ran toward her and pushed her aside, abruptly, making her fall on her side.
Then she rushed to Arizona who was now unconscious, her body lying on the grass.
« Oh my god ! » Callie Yelled, as Penny stood back up, almost not realising what she had just done. « What have you done ! »
« She... I... » Penny Mumbled, apparently realising wht she had just done. « I... She was not listening to me... She... ».
Callis didn't even care about her soon to be ex fiancé at this point. The younge rwoman had already showed her dark side. But she didn't think herself she could go that far.
The brunette got back to Arizona and tried to keep calm.
« Oh Arizona... I'm so sorry... » She said as she took one of her hand in hers. « It's going to be okay. We're calling an ambulance and everything is going to be ok. »
The blonde face was merely recognizable, the bruising already showing and her nose still bleeding. Callie wasn't even sure she was still conscious.
« Talk to me please. I know it hurts, but talk to me. » Callie pleaded.
« I... She came out of nowhere... » Arizona mumbled, letting Callie breathe in relief. « I didn't ear her. There's no need to call an ambulance...»
« Don't worry about her. Your mother called the cops. » Callie reassured her.
Callie turned her head fo a couple of second to see if Penny was still there and she could see her totaly petrified by her own action. What had just happened ?
« Don't worry, the ambulance will be here soon... » Callie said but stopped when she notices Arizona had lost consciouness. « Arizona ? Arizona ? No no no... Please ! »