A/N 1:This is the final part. I have really worked hard with this chapter, so I hope it's good :) I actually got a little inspired by the movie "Wicker Park" for this chapter. The song I used (I never use songs) was The Scientist by Coldplay.
Arizona smiled looking out the window. Betty had faked a heart attack for Arizona's sake. They had called for an ambulance, but Betty only faked the thing until they let Arizona get off the plane. Arizona took out a piece of paper from her pocket; Betty had slipped it to her. It was a business card with Betty's phone number on it and on the back Betty had written something.
"I'll take the next flight, John can wait, good luck kiddo. Don't be a stranger when you come home".
Arizona smiled at the strangers generosity, now the only thing left to do is to talk to Callie. Either she'll get closure or she'll find a way to forgive her. Right now both things seem impossible. Looking out the window she was trying to get the courage to go home or what used to be her home.
Callie was standing across the lounge looking at Arizona who had her back to her. Arizona was looking out the window and had no idea that Callie was there.
Callie approached her and stood just a few feet behind her watching Arizona breathe. What Callie really wanted to do was to grab Arizona and kiss her like she's never been kissed before, but she knew better than to do that. She had to prove to Arizona that she loved her and only her. She looked around and saw that they were almost alone in the lounge, completely alone in a radius of 30 feet which was good. This way the risk of causing a scene was minimal.
Come up to meet you
Tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you
Tell you I need you
Tell you I set you apart
Arizona could feel that someone was standing behind her. She could even feel who it was, there was this special electricity she could feel around Callie. Almost like a magnet. Arizona was afraid to turn around and face Callie. She knew that if she would turn around she would either kiss Callie or she would start to cry. Letting Callie see her break down wasn't something she wanted.
Callie hesitated before putting her hand on Arizona's shoulder. When she put her hand there she could feel Arizona tense at first, before relaxing by her touch.
"Arizona" She almost whispered.
Arizona didn't turn around at first, she started to cry instead and she didn't want Callie to see her like this. After what felt like minutes, but it was probably just a few seconds she turned around and looked up to Callie with eyes filled with tears.
Callie's heart broke when she saw what she had done to her girlfriend. Her eyes started to fill with tears too, but she tried to hold them back. She wasn't the one that was supposed to cry right now.
Arizona's eyes were on her feet and Callie contemplated what she would or could do right now. She grabbed Arizona and pulled her into a hug, holding her tightly.
After a few seconds Arizona had calmed down and remembered how they got here. She pushed Callie away.
"No Callie! It's not that easy. I can't okay? I'm tired of it all, I'm exhausted." She said looking at Callie, who had never seen Arizona like this before.
"Arizona" Callie didn't know what to say really. "You got off the plane, there must have been a reason for it." Callie said
"Betty" she murmured, which confused Callie.
"What? Who's Betty" Callie asked her.
"No one okay…so why are you here? If you have something to say then say it."
"I am here for you" Callie said and Arizona just frowned at her words, she didn't really believe them.
"Is that all?" Arizona asked her sarcastically.
Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start
"No it isn't! You got off the plane Arizona because you love me no matter how hard you are trying to hate me. Even if I don't deserve your love right now or no I do deserve your love" Arizona shook her head at Callie's words. Callie saw that and felt like she should explain herself.
"I deserve your love because we are Callie and Arizona. What happened in that bar was stupid. Mark is just my friend and you know that…don't you? Kissing Mark was a mistake, but you have to believe me Arizona when I say this. That meant nothing! Nothing! And there is nothing going on between me and Mark. The whole thing gay-scale thing came up because he was talking about how much he loves Lexie. Please Arizona you have to believe me." She grabbed Arizona's hand and Arizona let her even if she really didn't want to. Callie started to cry "How am I supposed to live without you? Without waking up every morning with your blonde curls in my face. Without your baby blue eyes looking at me every morning and every night before I fall asleep. Without your dimples that melt me every time I see them. Without making love to you to the early hours, my life without you in it isn't a life I want to live. You can might as well shoot me now." Callie was sobbing and Arizona felt bad for Callie, even if she didn't want to.
"Calliope, you hurt me more than I ever thought was possible. You have tried to convince me that my worries for you going back to Mark were ridiculous. Then you go and kiss Mark, the man that slept with Addison while he was in love with Lexie. You don't get it Callie…it doesn't matter if you two are just friends. There is no meaning in you kissing him...for what? To see if you are gay? Why would you do that if you are in a relationship with me?" Arizona waited for an answer from Callie, but she was not going to get one.
"Yeah I thought you would answer me with silence." Arizona sighed. "I love you too, but is that really enough? I need you to show me."
"Yes it is! Look Arizona, you can't end this, you just can't. I don't have an excuse that will make it worth for you to forgive me for what I did. I know saying that didn't improve my case, but you need to know that like I said before you are my life. I was hurt in the past and you were the one that helped me through it, however losing you would be a million times worse than losing both George and Erica. You're it for me! I don't want you to be with me if you don't want to. But I don't want you to let go of me if you aren't hundred percent sure that you won't regret it later. Look me in the eye and tell me you don't want to be with me."
Hearing Callie say that made Arizona remember what Betty had said to her on the plane. How hard she tried she didn't think that she could get past this.
She looked Callie in the eyes.
"I'm sorry Callie, I don't want to be with you" She let go of Callie's hand and kissed Callie on the cheek "Goodbye Calliope" She started to walk away.
I was just guessing
At numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science
Science and progress
Did not speak as loud as my heart
Tell me you love me
Come back and haunt me
I want to rush to the start
Running in circles
Chasing tails
Coming back as we are
Callie couldn't believe this was happening; Arizona was taking heavy steps further and further away from Callie. She saw Arizona walk away.
When Arizona came back to the apartment she broke down. She started to pack up her things; she had called Teddy and asked her if she could stay with her for a while. As she packed together her things she got reminded of every moment in hers and Callie's relationship. She moved over to the bed and laid down in it taking in Callie's scent from her pillow. Arizona knew that she was going to wake up alone again and it killed her. She was a little disappointed that Callie didn't give her the ring back. It must mean that Callie didn't find it, throwing a family ring away wasn't maybe a smart move. She was thinking of how she should explain it to her parents.
She heard the door open and she knew that it was Callie.
Callie knew that Arizona would come back and pack and she needed to make her change her mind. Arizona stepped out of the bedroom and had a pile of clothes with her.
"Arizona come on this can't be it" Callie said approaching Arizona.
"Then how come it is? I'll be back for my other stuff tomorrow" She said moving past Callie, but Callie grabbed her by her arm.
"Where are you going?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but I'm going to stay at Teddy's place until I find something else"
Arizona moved over to the door and opened it. Standing outside looking like he was about to knock was Mark.
He was surprised by seeing Arizona; he thought Callie was going to make the flight to Austin. He then saw Callie's car outside and figured she didn't make the flight and came back alone.
"Arizona…hi…um you came back?" He asked her.
"I was just about to leave" She looked between the two "I'm going to give you some privacy" She said before pushing away Mark and disappearing.
Mark came into the apartment.
"Torres what happened?" He asked Callie.
"Long story short, she got off the plane and I tried to convince her that I love her, but she didn't believe me, now it's over. Mark I did everything I could, it's really over now."
Mark smiled mischievously
"Not necessarily…you still got that ring?" He smiled at Callie and she gave him a skeptical look and nodded.
When Arizona arrived at Teddy's place, Teddy didn't want to ask her about details. She had heard what had happened, bad news travels fast. She hugged her friend when she came in.
"How are you? I know it's a stupid question" She winced at Arizona.
"I'll manage" She shrugged "Thanks Teddy, I really appreciate this" Arizona gave Teddy a small smile.
Teddy's phone started to ring and she excused herself to the bedroom. It was Mark asking Teddy to bring Arizona to Joe's later. Teddy was upset with the mess Mark and Callie had created, but she knew that Arizona and Callie are Arizona and Callie. She finished the conversation and came back to the living room.
"Who was it?" Arizona asked her.
"Um…it was just Owen asking us to join the gang at Joe's tonight" She lied to Arizona.
"Oh…you can go, I'm not feeling for it really" Arizona said.
"I know it's hard for you know, but getting out a little will make you feel better. Alcohol will make you feel better" Teddy smiled at her friend.
"Fine as long as I don't have to deal with Callie" She knew that the odds that Callie would be there were high, but she has to be able to face Callie.
Later when they came to Joe's it was packed with SGMW people. Everybody was looking at her, but nobody said anything. She didn't see Callie luckily and went to the bar to order some drinks for herself. Arizona wasn't feeling like sitting with the rest.
As she sat in the bar sipping her drink she could see in the corner of her eye that someone sat down next to her. When she turned around she saw that the person next to her was Mark Sloan.
"Can I buy you one more drink?" He asked her.
Arizona started to laugh, hard.
"Are you for real? Mark I want to punch you so hard right now and you are asking me if you can buy me a drink. What the hell is your problem except for the fact that you kissed my girlfriend…or ex-girlfriend?" She corrected herself.
Mark sighed
"Look Arizona, Callie may have kissed me to see if she was gay, but she loves you. Now we should all be friends…with benefits preferably. Have you ever been with a man? You should try the best one…me!" He grinned.
Arizona couldn't believe what she was hearing and got up and went to the bathroom. She really didn't want to go to the bathroom where she had her first encounter with Callie, but she needed to get away.
As Mark saw Arizona walk into the bathroom he smiled, his plan had worked. He got her right where he wants her to be. He turned around to the table where Teddy and Lexie sat and gave them wide grin.
When Arizona walked into the bathroom she saw flowers everywhere. All kinds of flowers in all kinds of colors, in front of her was Callie. Arizona wanted to run away and Callie could see that.
"Arizona please stay and listen to me. Just listen to me" She gave Arizona a hopeful smile, Arizona just nodded.
"I went into this bathroom crying over the fact that I was alone and miserable. Then came this beautiful, adorable and nervous girl, she said the sweetest things to me, I didn't even know her. She however knew a lot of things about me and still she wanted to talk to me. Then she started to babble about that people were lining up for me, I didn't think for a second that she was first in line. Then she kissed me and made me feel like the most special woman in the world. That was almost two years ago. She took a chance with me later and we had our problems, but we worked through them. I am asking you Arizona to give me one more chance." She begged Arizona who was standing amazed by the fact that Callie did all this.
Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start
Callie waited for a response from Arizona, but she didn't get any. However Arizona wasn't going anywhere either. Callie took out a box from her jacket, the box with the ring Arizona had thrown away. When Arizona saw the ring she started to cry, she knew what was going to happen now.
Callie opened the box and Arizona could see her family ring. Callie herself was on the verge of crying.
"Arizona…I found this ring outside and I know you threw it away for me to find it. Maybe to make me understand how much I hurt you. And I know how much I hurt you. I am not going to bring up Mark again, although he did help me with this" She pointed at the flowers and Arizona realized that he acted the way he did outside because he wanted Arizona to run into the bathroom. Teddy was probably in on this too.
"When I found the ring I didn't know it was a family ring until I read the engraved text. This is actually a bit strange, I mean I am having your family ring and…and…I'm asking you to marry me. Because Arizona you are my forever, now I am asking you to let me be yours. I know this must seem rushed, but I need you to know that I'm not asking you this because I screwed up. I want this, I have wanted this for a long time, I didn't have the guts to go and buy a ring because I usually rush into things. Now I saw that you had this ring and you probably regret having it, but now I have the guts to ask you. So will you marry me?" Callie asked Arizona nervously.
Arizona shook her head; she couldn't believe this was happening. She was either going to make the smartest move in her life or she was going to make the biggest mistake in her life. It was time to make a decision.
"Were you supposed to sweep me off my feet now?" Arizona asked Callie smiling. Callie looked her in the eyes.
"No!" With that she moved over to Arizona and kissed her like never before. She had missed Arizona so much. It was only a day since she had kissed her the last time, but after the conversation at the airport she thought that she never would get Arizona back. They were kissing for what felt like forever, hands were everywhere, tongues were battling for control. Finally Callie pulled away.
"So?" She asked Arizona
"It took you long enough" Arizona smiled before giving her a quick kiss. She put the ring on Callie's finger. "This ring was meant for you Callie. I'm not sure if I am doing the right thing here, we are far from okay, but I am willing to try and get past it. As long as you and Mark keep your hands away from each other. I'm being serious Calliope, you may be friends, but you need to start acting like you are just friends. I am willing to try" She smiled.
Callie started to cry, she didn't understand how this was happening. What was such a little and stupid and thing almost ruined her life. Arizona hugged her.
They went out to the rest and everybody was looking at them with anticipation.
"So?" Mark asked enthusiastically.
Callie held up her hand and Lexie immediately grabbed Callie's hand studying the ring.
"So Arizona, we're good now?" Mark asked Arizona.
Arizona scoffed at him and took her glass that stood on the bar.
"To us" She raised her glass in the sky and Mark did the same. The rest were just studying them. Mark took a sip and when he put his glass down he waited for Arizona to drink hers. Instead she smiled before slapping Mark's face and throwing her drink at him.
"Yeah Mark, we're good, but kiss Calliope again and I swear to God, you will wish that you were never born" She looked at him intensely before giving him a dimpled smile. Mark got scared.
Arizona started to walk out the bar and Callie was still standing surprised over what had happened.
"Are you coming?" Arizona asked Callie.
"Um…yes" She hurried over to Arizona. When they came out of the bar Callie was thinking if she should mention what happened inside.
"Calliope, I can hear your thoughts" Busted Callie smiled "I may have slapped Mark, but trust me, you will get punished too" Arizona said and Callie chuckled nervously.
Arizona looked at her seriously.
"Oh you weren't kidding?" Callie is bigger than Arizona, but she was a bit intimidating inside with Mark. "Are you going to beat me up?" Callie asked nervously, she couldn't believe she was asking Arizona this.
Arizona laughed at her.
"Nooo Calliope" She continued to laugh before her face turned serious and turned on. "Ever heard of angry sex? You are going to pay when we come home." She said and Callie almost got a little scared of Arizona's mix of intimidating and adorable.
This night was going to be long.
THE END!
A/N 2: Thank you everybody, this has been really fun to write. It was my first real angst fic. I want to thank everybody for the comments. Not many commented but I saw that many subscribed so that's a good thing right?
Please review what you thought about the ending :)