Along you came (3/?)

[fretwka]

Title: Along you came
Couple: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13 (NC17 for later)
Summary: AU Callie and Arizona meet at Law School.
Disclaimer: I wish I could claim that I own Grey's Anatomy or the characters but the simple fact is that I don't, I own nothing. All television shows, movies, books, and other copyrighted material referred to in this work, and the characters, settings, and events thereof, are the properties of their respective owners. As this work is an interpretation of the original material and not for-profit, it constitutes fair use. Reference to real persons, places, or events are made in a fictional context, and are not intended to be libellous, defamatory, or in any way factual.

ATT: I swear to God LJ you are about to make me cry.. It took me like 20 gos to get this to not look like a big blob of text, and once i had finally achieved that it completely reversed itself. Really does not motivate me to post and i really want to share my stories. So this is my last attempt before i go to bed, if it does not work, i am sorry, if it does, thank Christ.. Finally...

“Oh my god Callie, are you ready yet,” Aria’s voice called from the lounge room, “Everyone is going to be here soon.”
“Just give me a second okay, I am almost done,” Callie replied as the first of guests knocked on the door. “Can you get that Aria?” Callie called as she slipped on her shoes.
Callie and Aria had organized for Callie’s closest friends to come over and have some nibbly food to eat and some drinks before heading out on the town to celebrate her twenty-first. Callie had a nice and modern apartment, nothing like you would expect of a first year uni student, but her Dad had insisted he buy her an apartment, claiming that it was a good investment in the long run anyway.
“Hey,” Callie heard Aria call as she opened the door, allowing the guests to enter, “She should be out in a sec, I mean she takes forever to get ready.”
“Alright, stop freaking Aria, I am here,” Callie said as she exited the room in a curve hugging red dress, matched nicely with some gold jewellery and some gorgeous black wedges.
“Wow, Callie, you look hot,” Mark said as he approached Callie to give her a hug.
“You think?” Callie asked, twirling her hips a little, making the hem of the dress twirl.
“Heck yes, you are going to be reeling ‘em in tonight,” Mark finished before heading to the kitchen where the food was set up, allowing Addison to approach Callie.
“Happy Birthday,” Addison said with a sincere smile before pulling Callie in for a hug, “Oh and we may have bought you a small gift, kinda from all of us. Christina, where did you put her present,” Addison called over to Christina who had gone over to the alcohol straight away, clearly searching through for some tequila.
“Over there somewhere,” Christina called, waving her hand in a vague direction but never allowing her eyes to leave the bottles of alcohol, her face lighting up when her hand finally fell on the drink she was searching for.
Addison wandered over to where Christina had pointed, finding the gift bag she was looking for behind the arm of the sofa. “Aha,” she said as she picked it up, “This is from all of us,” Addison said pointing to all the guests in the room as they gathered around to watch Callie’s reaction.
Callie eyed each of the guests before unwrapping the gift, “You really didn’t need to get me anything, I mean just coming out is enough,” she said as she ruffled through the paper, finally pulling out a massive gold cardboard key. “Really?” she asked of her friends, “What am I supposed to do with this?”
“Well,” Mark chimed in, “You are going to wear it, tonight, all night long.”
“No I am not,” Callie replied in shock.
“Ah, yeah, actually you are,” Addison replied as they all started laughing while Callie stood there shaking her head in protest.
“Fine,” she finally agreed, “But I need something to drink and something strong.”
“Alright, let’s get this party started,” Christina called as she passed the tequila bottle to Callie, knowing that it was too her preferred drink.

xxx

After everyone had gotten a drink and settled down a little bit Addison approached Callie.
“So, how was your night the other night?” she asked.
“Um, fine, why?” Callie answered, giving nothing away.
“Well, let me see, you spent the night in the same bed with a blonde that I know you find to be quite the stunner, so I am just wondering if anything happened?” Addison asked bluntly, never one to beat around the bush.
“Nothing happened, we just talked at the bar, and then we were the last one’s left so the bartender asked us to leave and she insisted I stay at hers rather than pay for a cab, that’s it, nothing happened,” Callie explained.
“So nothing at all, not even a bit of cuddling? A goodnight kiss?” Addison asked, Callie blushing wildly at the last suggestion. “Ah, so there was something.”
“No... Nothing...” Callie started, her blush intensifying, “I mean it was only a kiss on the cheek, friends do that all the time, it was nothing.”
“Who are you trying to convince there Callie, me or yourself,” Addison replied raising an eyebrow, “And anyway I agree, friends kiss on the cheek, but not so much ones that met that day, I mean pretty soon, but I mean you slept in the same bed as well so...”
“Whatever Addison, none of this means that she likes me,” Callie got out before being interrupted by Aria.
“Would this happen to be the same person that had you smiling like a fool yesterday?” Aria asked.
“Smiling like a fool, huh?” Addison added.
“Whatever, it is just a crush and it means nothing cause she doesn’t feel the same way, I am sure of it,” Callie finished before walking away.
“Callie no-one stays engrossed with someone the way she was with you at the bar if they don’t have feelings,” Addison yelled to Callie’s retreating figure.
“So Addison,” Aria started, “Who is she?”

Xxx

By the time the clock struck eleven Mark, Aria, Addison, Christina and Callie were all in an alcohol induced buzz and ready to hit the town.
“Is everyone ready to go?” Addison called from the door as she watched everyone leave, most of them muttering yeah’s and yes’s.
“Um Callie, I think you forgot something,” Christina, the last the exit the door, called as she held out the giant key, laughing as she pushed it into Callie’s chest.
“Yeah, well it was worth a try,” Callie replied clearly defeated, “Alright so where are we headed first?”
“Anywhere that we can dance,” Addison called.
“Agreed,” both Callie and Mark replied, “Oh and somewhere where there are hot chicks,” Mark added.
The four women just shook their heads knowing Mark’s man-whorish ways.
“How bout Alchemy for starters and we’ll see who’s out and where the night takes us,” Aria suggested as the group entered the street.Everyone agreed and they walked the short distance to the club.

The town was bustling with people everywhere and it did not take long for the group to run into various people that they knew. They made a great group of friends, mainly because they were all actually study a variety of things. Callie was the regular Arts and Law student, Addison was studying Law and Commerce, Mark was doing law and science, Christina was studying pre-med and Aria was doing post grad science, but she already had degree in psychology. Even though law was common to most of them they still had a variety of friends and different groups.

After waiting in the line for Alchemy for about twenty minutes they were finally let in. Deciding that it had been too long between drinks they headed straight for the bar and ordered five shots straight up, one for each of them. After they drowned the first one, kindly shouted by Aria, Mark shouted another round, closely followed by Addison and then one by Christina, each claiming that they had to buy Callie a drink on her night out. It was after all tradition.
“Alright, so are we ready to dance?” Aria yelled over the crowd while motioning to the dance floor.
“Hell yes,” Callie said, the full effects of the four shots and the drinks she had prior to going out taking full effect. The music in the club was booming, with the DJ mixing a range of new and old music and the dance floor was packed with people. After they found a small amount of space the group of five made a small circle and swayed with the music. Callie loved dancing, whether it was dancing it out after a long day by herself in her lounge room or dancing with other people, she absolutely loved it.
As she swayed with the music, she closed her eyes, letting the beat take over her mind and direct her movements. They weren’t dancing long when she felt someone very close behind her. Slowly she opened her eyes and turned her head to see who it was, realising that it was a random guy, she eyed Addison signalling that she didn’t want this guy dancing up against her. Addison swiftly grabbed Callie’s hand and pulled Callie toward her so the pair could dance together. It wasn’t that the guy was ugly or old; Callie had just decided that the night was for friends and dancing and she was not keen to hook-up.
After a few more songs Addison signalled that she was going to go to the bar and Callie said that she would join her. As they approached the bar Addison ordered two drinks before turning back to Callie.
“So is Arizona coming out tonight?” she asked
“Not sure, I haven’t spoken to her all day,” Callie answered while looking around the club, trying to scope out anyone she knew.
“Really?” Addison replied disbelievingly.
“Yeah, is that really hard to believe, I mean I met the girl two days ago, I mean it’s not like we’re best buds,” Callie replied defensively before throwing back the entire drink that Addison had passed her.
“I am going back to dance,” she finished before turning sharply and almost taking out another patron.
“Oh my god, I am so sorry,” Callie said as she grabbed the blonde she had run into.
“No it’s fine,” the woman replied, “Oh, Calliope, what are you doing here?” said the woman, who turned out to be Arizona asked.
“Calliope, really,” Addison whispered into Callie’s ear as she headed back to the dance floor, a sly grin plastered on her face as Callie threw her an evil glare.
“Um, Arizona, I am so sorry,” Callie said once she pulled her eyes from Addison.
“No its fine, I didn’t think I would see you out,” Arizona continued.
“Yeah, just out celebrating the big two one, can I get you a drink?” Callie asked.
“Well I think I should be buying, after all it is your birthday we are celebrating, right?” Arizona asked with a cheeky smile.
“Yeah I suppose,” Callie replied.
“Alright, well I will buy and how bout you try and find a booth for us,” Arizona suggested before turning to the bar to order some beverages.

Surprisingly it didn’t take long for Callie to find a booth, she really expected not to find one due to the number of people in the bar, but it was like it was meant to be and a group left as soon as she started looking. After a few minutes Arizona returned with a tray of drinks.
“Um, am I missing a few people?” Callie asked due to the number of drinks Arizona had bought.
“Nope, just the two of us,” Arizona replied, with a sly grin.
“That’s a lot of drinks for two people,” Callie replied, shock written all over her face.
“Not really, it is only three each and I really didn’t want to have to line up again so I just got a few,” Arizona explained as if it was the most logical of reasons.
“Are you trying to get me drunk Arizona? Cause I have been drinking for a while tonight and I am not so sure I can get through another three,” Callie explained as Arizona handed her a drink.
“Drunk? Get you drunk Callie? Why would I do such a thing?” Arizona asked playfully.
“Oh, I don’t know, maybe so you can convince me to come home with you?” Callie replied, clearly taking a dig at Arizona for the first night they spent together.
“Me? No, I would never do such a thing? And it's not like you take a lot of convincing” Arizona replied, while Callie just scoffed at her answer before they giggled together.
“So Calliope how was the rest of your birthday?”
“It was relaxing, I did some uni work and then Aria and I got some pizza and had a movie marathon, it was a good night,” Callie replied smiling while she thought back to the previous day. “I have to say though; the balloons were most definitely the highlight.”
“Oh, are those the ones from the pretty girl?” Arizona questioned with a knowing smile.
“Yes, a very pretty blonde, you might have seen her around, she goes to Yale, doing law?” Callie replied, continuing their playful banter.
“Hey, do you wanna go dance?” Arizona asked finishing off the first drink.
“Yeah, but what about these,” Callie asked, motioning toward the remaining drinks.
“Ah, its fine, come on,” Arizona replied, jumping up and grabbing Callie’s hand to pull her toward the dance floor. Callie followed Arizona to the dance floor and spotted her friends almost immediately.
“Arizona,” Callie yelled into Arizona’ ear, “over there,” she said once she had Arizona’s attention, pointing the group of her friends she had come out with. Arizona nodded in response and pulled Callie by the hand in their direction. As they arrived at the group Callie smiled to her companions, purposely ignoring Addison as she raised her eyebrows suggestively.
“Everyone, Arizona,” Callie yelled over the music pointing down at the blonde, saving proper introductions for a quieter place. Callie leant in behind Arizona, close to her ear so she could point out her friends. “Addison, Mark, Aria, and Christina,” Callie explained as she pointed each of them out. Arizona simply nodded in response, paralysed by the feel of Callie’s breath on her neck.
After she finished the introductions Callie stepped back and joined the circle of dancing bodies. Arizona shook the fuzz from her head and joined the group as well and let the beat over take her movement.

Within three songs it seemed that most of the group had retreated to the bar to seek another drink, leaving only Callie, Arizona and Aria on the dance floor dancing in a small circle. Callie leant forward to yell out the lyrics, pretending to sing the lyrics to Aria when she felt a pair of hands on her waist. Her eyes immediately widened at the feeling of foreign hands on her body, silently pleading for an escape. It only took Arizona a moment to respond to Callie’s silent pleading, grabbing her by the hands and pulling her into her before spinning them around stepping forward and dancing with her, effectively cutting off the stranger from the Latina’s body. Callie danced with Arizona, hands on her shoulders as Arizona clung to her hips with hers, and she leant forward to whisper into Arizona’s ear.
“Thank you for that, you are a life saver,” Callie whispered. Arizona smiled in return. Sensing that it was time for a drink, Aria politely excused herself from the dance floor, effectively leaving the pair to continue dancing, oblivious to their surroundings. What started as innocent and playful dancing between them somehow turned into light grinding, their bodies dancing together much closer than friends would consider appropriate.
Suddenly short of breath and feeling hot from the contract, Arizona leant back and nodded toward the door, silently suggesting that she was in need of some air. Callie nodded and headed for the door, Arizona in tow.
“Phew, man it was hot in there,” Arizona said as she emerged the club, taking in the cool air of the street.
“Yeah it was,” Callie replied, very obviously not referring to the temperature of the club one bit, as she ogled Arizona’s body, noticing the legs that went on for days in the tiny dress that Arizona was wearing.
“Mhmm,” Arizona replied, her tone riddle with sarcasm as she took a step closer to Callie so that she was invading her personal space, “And you would be referring to the club there, wouldn’t you Calliope?” she questioned, as she placed her hands on Callie’s hips.
“I...Ah...Um...” Callie gaped as a reply, unable to form words with the swirl of emotions and butterflies that had taken up residence in her stomach with the feel of the blonde so close.
“Mmm, that’s what I thought,” Arizona replied, before taking a step back after noticing Callie’s friends approaching.
“Callie, there you are,” Mark yelled in Callie’s direction, who was still paralysed with shock from having Arizona so close.
“Alright Cal, we are moving on, next club here we come!” Aria exclaimed, leading the group down the street.
“Yep, right behind you,” Callie replied before turning to Arizona, “So I suppose your friends are in there?” Callie asked Arizona, motioning toward the club that they had just exited.
“Um, well yeah, but I am sure I can meet up with them later, the night is still early,” Arizona replied, making Callie smile broadly.
“Alright, next club here we come,” Callie said, taking Arizona’s hand in her own and leading her down the street after her friends.

As they entered the next club after waiting in line for what seemed like forever, the group, who had grown substantially since the beginning of the night, headed straight for the bar.
“Alrighty,” Mark started as he counted the number of people that had, “Looks like 20 shots please?” Mark asked the bartender.
“Get double Mark, and I will pay for one lot,” Addison yelled above the music, prompting the bartender to get to work as people from the group threw money in the direction of the bar to pay for the drinks.
“Alright,” Mark yelled once the drinks were all lined up, “To Callie,” he yelled above the crowd, prompting everyone to raise their shot before throwing it back, and then reaching for the next one to do the same. Once Callie had thrown her drinks back she looked over to Arizona who was standing patiently next to her, her hand placed on the small of Callie’s back as she smile broadly, clearly feeling the effects of the alcohol.
“Dance floor?” Callie questioned.
“Definitely,” Arizona responded before pulling Callie toward the packed dance floor. As the beat changed the group started to pile onto the floor, dancing at their own pace as the sounds of Pitbull’s ‘I know you want me’ started playing through the speakers. Callie begun dancing next to Arizona, but slowly moved that she was behind her placing her hands on Arizona’s hips and just swaying behind her, leaving a small space between her front and Arizona’s back. As Pitbull began the chorus again Callie leant forward and sang along with the words, allowing the alcohol she had consumed to fully take over her actions.
“I know you want me, you know I want you,” Callie whispered into Arizona’s ear, causing Arizona to lean her entire body against Callie as she closed her eyes at the sensation of having this woman so close to her. Callie continued with the chorus and allowed her hands, already on Arizona’s hips, to begin to draw lazy patterns atop of the silky fabric of Arizona’s dress. What began as slow swaying quickly turned into grinding as Arizona leant her head back onto Callie’s shoulder, her eyes still closed as Callie breathed heavily onto her neck, completely oblivious to the rest of the group. As the song came to an end Callie leant back so her mouth was once again next to Arizona’s ear.
“I am going to get some air, come with?” she whispered. Arizona nodded slowly in reply, not sure that she was yet capable of forming words following that dance, allowing herself to be pulled out of the club by Callie.

As they exited Callie looked across the street to a park that seemed to be much quieter than the streets, which were filled with drunk and loud people enjoying the night. Deciding it would be more private over there Callie continued to drag Arizona across the street toward the park. Just as Arizona felt like she was beginning to regain control over her body she felt herself being pushed backwards until she came in contact with what she could only imagine to be a tree.
“Calliope,” Arizona gasped, suddenly aware of how close Callie was to her.
“Arizona,” Callie replied, staring deep into Arizona’s eyes.
“I just... That was... I...” Arizona gaped before she decided that words just wouldn’t cut it, so instead she leant forward, until the gap between their lips was mere millimetres, allowing Callie to close the remainder if she wanted to. It was not even a second before Callie leant forward as pushed her lips upon Arizona’s, allowing them to dance slowly together. After a few more seconds Callie felt Arizona’s soft tongue swipe over her bottom lip, seeking entrance, which Callie couldn’t have granted quicker if she tried. It seemed like the kiss was just getting really good when Callie heard her name being yelled, each time the voice getting louder. Callie pulled back from the kiss and leant her head against Arizona’s forehead, both smiling goofily.
“Oh thank god, there you.. Oh, um, sorry,” Addison stammered once she realised what she had interrupted, “I was just coming to tell you that we are moving on cause that place is too busy, so yeah, next club. Oh and nice work Cal, never thought you had the balls to make a move!” Addison finished cheekily before making a run for it. Callie was left wide eye in shock while Arizona laughed at Addison’s comment.
“What,” Arizona tried to get out between chuckles, “What does she mean by have the balls?”
“Oh, I um, I mean this is kinda new to me, so yeah, just a big step, but not one I regret,” Callie explained as she leaned in to capture Arizona’s lips again, but was shocked when Arizona avoided her lips and pushed her away.
“Wait, what?” Arizona asked, which was only answered by a questioning glance by Callie. “Have you been with a girl before?”
“Um, not technically,” Callie replied nervously.
“But the other night, at the bar, you said you were bi-sexual,” Arizona stated, clearly confused.
“Um, no, I said that I didn’t have a preference,” Callie replied, finding it really hard to see what the problem was.
“So you’re a newborn?” Arizona questioned.
“A what?” Callie replied.
“A newborn, you know newborn lesbian, never been with a woman before,” Arizona explained.
“Well yeah, kinda, but mostly because the last relationship I was in lasted like three years, and I am only just 21 so that doesn’t really leave much other time for, oh I don’t know, dating a woman,” Callie replied defensively.
“So that relationship was with a guy?” Arizona questioned, her anger becoming apparent.
Feeling that the situation was getting a little out of control Callie decided to try and diffuse the problem. “Look, Arizona, I really like you, and I have never really had a preference in the way of gender, and you are not the first girl I have fallen for. Yes I may have been in a relationship with a guy for three years, but that is over, and when I first laid eyes on you I felt things that I have never felt before, so please, can you tell me what is worrying you?”
“I don’t date newborns,” Arizona stated sadly.
“Why not?” Callie questioned, working hard to keep her tone calm.
“Because they are experimenting, it’s all fun and new, and sometimes after a bit they find out that it is not what they really wanted, that is was nice to take a vacation in gay-land and then move on, and I can’t do that, I have known that I was gay from the early days and I can’t be someone else’s experiment, I just can’t,” Arizona explained, never once taking her eyes from the hem of Callie’s shirt that her fingers were playing with.
“Who says you are an experiment?” Callie asked.
“Who says I’m not?” Arizona retorted.
“Ok,” Callie replied sadly.
“Ok?” Arizona questioned, sure this would end in a fight.
“Yep, but I want you to spend the rest of the night with me, and then we can go our separate ways, and if you seriously think that you are just an experiment for me then maybe it is for the better,” Callie explained, willing the tears in her eyes not to fall.
Arizona was internally fighting, on the one hand wanting to pull Callie into her arms and apologize for what she had said, ‘I mean those eyes do not look like they would purposely try and hurt me’ she thought to herself. Yet on the other hand she knew that by giving into Callie she stood in a very vulnerable place, one where she risked getting very hurt, again. “Ok, I will stay with you tonight,” Arizona replied, not willing to take the risk with Callie yet.