fic: Just a Story
Title: Just a Story
Author: saoirsegirl
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This is an A/U. Story about magic of love.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don’t own Grey's. This was not written for profit and no copyright infringements are intended.
A/N: So my muse kept hitting me on the head with this story and I gave up. This is a result. :)
and this wasn't beta-ed, so all mistakes are mine.
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I sat in front of my computer, staring at the blank document. I don’t know why I had a sudden urge to write this story. Maybe it’s because I’m older now and see everything from different perspective, or maybe it’s because I’m trying to share some magic of life with the paper. Or whatever can you call a document on the PC… Anyway…
“You know they say that the first love rarely has a happy ending. So let me tell you about my first love. And you can decide it for yourself.
Well, this story started about 12 years ago. I was a second year student at the University of Miami. I wanted to be a doctor. And had a carefully mapped plan to achieve this dream. I…
Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Callie Torres. And I’m famous for forgetting about important things. So… about my dream.
I knew that I wanted to be a doctor, I guess, always. And as Miami was my hometown there was no doubt what University to pick. So I was living my dream. First place in my life was occupied by medicine. And nothing or nobody could take this place. Until one day. It was a beautiful sunny October day. I was sitting under one of the trees on the territory of campus. Quietly reading my book and making notes for the next lecture. When suddenly I heard someone’s laughter. I don’t know why but at that moment it seemed like the most beautiful sound on the Earth. My head whipped to the right. And I couldn’t take a breath. My heart stopped beating for a second, then slammed hard against the ribcage and renewed its run at double rate. And all of this because my eyes saw the most breathtaking, gorgeous woman I’ve ever saw. This vision was with blonde hair, the most radiant dimpled smile, and her eyes were the color of the calm blue sky. She was walking in the direction of library while talking to someone on the phone. Oh, how I wanted to run to her, ask her name, talk to her. But you need to know that I was very shy person. My only friends were books. And I didn’t know a thing about how to make a first move. I was glad for only one thing - I already knew about my attraction to the girls. So my reaction to the gorgeous blonde wasn’t shocking. But the sheer force of this reaction was shocking...
So the next week or two I carefully tried to found out who is she. And my hard work was not in vain. She was last year student. Wanted to be a Peds surgeon. And her name was Arizona Robbins. And I still couldn’t find courage to meet her. So I did sort of stalkerish thing. Not in obsessive kind of way. Just harmless admiring from the afar. This was going for about a month. Until fate decided to play a joke with me.
It was another beautiful way. I just bought a cup of latte and was making my way to one of the campus buildings. I saw Arizona. She sitting on the bench and it looked like she was trying to solve crossword. I smiled to myself. She looked so cute, biting her lip in thought. I didn’t have time to avert my gaze when she suddenly looked me straight in the eyes. I felt like her piercing blue eyes looked right into my soul. Next thing I felt was a tree, which connected with my head and a hot liquid of my latte all over my blouse. I guess it was a very pitiful picture, because Arizona was trying to help me up, while suppressing her laughter. I was embarrassed beyond the word. And grumbled to her something about her owing me a cup of coffee. That was the start of a beautiful friendship.
Next couple of months we were inseparable. We could talk to each other about everyone and everything. I was on the cloud 9. She was… everything I ever wanted. Despite her perky bubbly personality of course. Sometimes it was like dealing with 6 years old. But it wasn’t annoying at least. It was endearing. And I kept falling in love with her every day.
But how I could tell her this? Again I chickened out. I wasn’t going to ruin most important relationship of my life. Even if it was only friendship.
Time flew out of the window and summer came. With summer came her graduation. Arizona was going to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for her residency. I dreaded this moment from the day I met her. But it wasn’t in my powers to stop the time.
During the ceremony I was looking at her and feeling so proud and so sad at the same time! She will be leaving after the ceremony. And I didn’t know how I will live without her constant presence in my life. So after ceremony ended I hugged her and gave her my present. I knew that if I stayed a little longer I’ll cry so I quietly disappeared in the crowd of people. I made my way to the nearest bathroom and let myself cry.
I didn’t hear when the door opened and someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Arizona. She was looking at me with a mix of concern and tenderness. She asked me if everything was ok. I told her that I just cried because the ceremony was so beautiful and it was happy tears. Arizona just looked at me with kind of strange look and next thing I remember was her kissing me! To say I was stunned…”
I heard a very unhappy child’s scream from the upstairs. I guess this story will wait. I need to feed my precious daughter. Amy is 4 months old. She is my miracle.
I was making my way upstairs, when screaming stopped. I quietly crept in the nursery to see what’s going on. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this stunning picture. The room was basking in a soft moonlight. And my beautiful wife was softly humming an old lullaby to our daughter. I brushed away a lone tear that slid down my face. I’ll never get tired of watching my two favorite people in the whole world.
-Calliope. Can you give me a blanket?
Arizona’s soft voice pulled me out from my musings.
-Oh, sure… Just a moment.
I carefully laid a blanket over a tiny sleeping form. And felt that Ari wrapped her hands around me and laid her head on my shoulder. I sighed at contentment.
-You know that I love you, Ari?
-Yeah, I know, but you just can keep telling me…
I felt her smiling.
-How are we got so lucky? I thought that first love don’t have a happy ending.
Arizona hugged me more fiercely.
-From the moment I saw you, I knew that we will be an exception to every rule…
Author: saoirsegirl
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: PG-13
Summary: This is an A/U. Story about magic of love.
Disclaimer: Sadly I don’t own Grey's. This was not written for profit and no copyright infringements are intended.
A/N: So my muse kept hitting me on the head with this story and I gave up. This is a result. :)
and this wasn't beta-ed, so all mistakes are mine.
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I sat in front of my computer, staring at the blank document. I don’t know why I had a sudden urge to write this story. Maybe it’s because I’m older now and see everything from different perspective, or maybe it’s because I’m trying to share some magic of life with the paper. Or whatever can you call a document on the PC… Anyway…
“You know they say that the first love rarely has a happy ending. So let me tell you about my first love. And you can decide it for yourself.
Well, this story started about 12 years ago. I was a second year student at the University of Miami. I wanted to be a doctor. And had a carefully mapped plan to achieve this dream. I…
Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Callie Torres. And I’m famous for forgetting about important things. So… about my dream.
I knew that I wanted to be a doctor, I guess, always. And as Miami was my hometown there was no doubt what University to pick. So I was living my dream. First place in my life was occupied by medicine. And nothing or nobody could take this place. Until one day. It was a beautiful sunny October day. I was sitting under one of the trees on the territory of campus. Quietly reading my book and making notes for the next lecture. When suddenly I heard someone’s laughter. I don’t know why but at that moment it seemed like the most beautiful sound on the Earth. My head whipped to the right. And I couldn’t take a breath. My heart stopped beating for a second, then slammed hard against the ribcage and renewed its run at double rate. And all of this because my eyes saw the most breathtaking, gorgeous woman I’ve ever saw. This vision was with blonde hair, the most radiant dimpled smile, and her eyes were the color of the calm blue sky. She was walking in the direction of library while talking to someone on the phone. Oh, how I wanted to run to her, ask her name, talk to her. But you need to know that I was very shy person. My only friends were books. And I didn’t know a thing about how to make a first move. I was glad for only one thing - I already knew about my attraction to the girls. So my reaction to the gorgeous blonde wasn’t shocking. But the sheer force of this reaction was shocking...
So the next week or two I carefully tried to found out who is she. And my hard work was not in vain. She was last year student. Wanted to be a Peds surgeon. And her name was Arizona Robbins. And I still couldn’t find courage to meet her. So I did sort of stalkerish thing. Not in obsessive kind of way. Just harmless admiring from the afar. This was going for about a month. Until fate decided to play a joke with me.
It was another beautiful way. I just bought a cup of latte and was making my way to one of the campus buildings. I saw Arizona. She sitting on the bench and it looked like she was trying to solve crossword. I smiled to myself. She looked so cute, biting her lip in thought. I didn’t have time to avert my gaze when she suddenly looked me straight in the eyes. I felt like her piercing blue eyes looked right into my soul. Next thing I felt was a tree, which connected with my head and a hot liquid of my latte all over my blouse. I guess it was a very pitiful picture, because Arizona was trying to help me up, while suppressing her laughter. I was embarrassed beyond the word. And grumbled to her something about her owing me a cup of coffee. That was the start of a beautiful friendship.
Next couple of months we were inseparable. We could talk to each other about everyone and everything. I was on the cloud 9. She was… everything I ever wanted. Despite her perky bubbly personality of course. Sometimes it was like dealing with 6 years old. But it wasn’t annoying at least. It was endearing. And I kept falling in love with her every day.
But how I could tell her this? Again I chickened out. I wasn’t going to ruin most important relationship of my life. Even if it was only friendship.
Time flew out of the window and summer came. With summer came her graduation. Arizona was going to The Johns Hopkins Hospital for her residency. I dreaded this moment from the day I met her. But it wasn’t in my powers to stop the time.
During the ceremony I was looking at her and feeling so proud and so sad at the same time! She will be leaving after the ceremony. And I didn’t know how I will live without her constant presence in my life. So after ceremony ended I hugged her and gave her my present. I knew that if I stayed a little longer I’ll cry so I quietly disappeared in the crowd of people. I made my way to the nearest bathroom and let myself cry.
I didn’t hear when the door opened and someone put their hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw Arizona. She was looking at me with a mix of concern and tenderness. She asked me if everything was ok. I told her that I just cried because the ceremony was so beautiful and it was happy tears. Arizona just looked at me with kind of strange look and next thing I remember was her kissing me! To say I was stunned…”
I heard a very unhappy child’s scream from the upstairs. I guess this story will wait. I need to feed my precious daughter. Amy is 4 months old. She is my miracle.
I was making my way upstairs, when screaming stopped. I quietly crept in the nursery to see what’s going on. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this stunning picture. The room was basking in a soft moonlight. And my beautiful wife was softly humming an old lullaby to our daughter. I brushed away a lone tear that slid down my face. I’ll never get tired of watching my two favorite people in the whole world.
-Calliope. Can you give me a blanket?
Arizona’s soft voice pulled me out from my musings.
-Oh, sure… Just a moment.
I carefully laid a blanket over a tiny sleeping form. And felt that Ari wrapped her hands around me and laid her head on my shoulder. I sighed at contentment.
-You know that I love you, Ari?
-Yeah, I know, but you just can keep telling me…
I felt her smiling.
-How are we got so lucky? I thought that first love don’t have a happy ending.
Arizona hugged me more fiercely.
-From the moment I saw you, I knew that we will be an exception to every rule…