Lynx: A Callie Torres Story

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Callie Torres was miserable. Jada had been back in Los Angeles for three days now and Callie had been destroyed since. She had no idea what she was going to do. Callie couldn't continue to handle having Jada throw her heart around like it was a softball. But Callie was also madly in love with Jada.

Jada absolutely did not deserve another chance. But Callie found herself considering it even though she wasn't ready to admit that to Jada yet. Callie understood that she was fighting a difficult battle. But it was no excuse for Jada to allow herself to be touched by other women.

Callie hadn't contacted her wife since she arrived safely in Los Angeles. Jada had texted her every few hours and called a few times, but Callie couldn't bring herself to reply. She had been a homebody these last few days and spent the entirety of the day attempting to watch tv shows that didn't remind her of her wife. Callie missed work and regretted taking the week off, but it would be unfair to her patients for her to perform surgery. She was not focused and not in the right headspace.

She was startled from her thoughts when she heard the doorbell ring. Getting up slowly, Callie wondered who could possibly be at her door nearing midnight. She thought that if it for some reason was Jada, her wife would've let herself in.

Callie peeked out the window before opening the front door to reveal a very upset Arizona on the other side.

"Hey Callie."

"Arizona," Callie answered softly. "Are you okay?" She shook her head. "That was dumb, what happened?"

She stepped aside for Arizona to enter. "I broke up with Kate today," she told her ex-girlfriend quietly. "And Christina told me about you and Jada, so I figured we both could drink our feelings away."

Callie noticed the bag that Arizona had with her. There was an impressive selection of wines and Callie was surprised the blonde was able to carry it.

"Here," Callie said softly as she grabbed the straps of the bag and relieved Arizona's shoulder of the weight. "This looked like it was going to pull you over."

Arizona laughed. "I know the occasion and we need some options. But you can use those muscles of yours and carry it the rest of the way."

"I can do that," Callie replied with a smile as she carried the bag into the living room and gently set the wines on the table. "Let me get some wine glasses. Do you want anything else?"

Arizona shook her head and Callie watched her pull the first bottle from the bag and attempt to pop the cork. "Let me see that."

Callie was handed the bottle and in a second she had the cork removed from the bottle. "There you go."

Before stepping away to grab the glasses and a snack, Callie watched in awe as Arizona just drank right from the bottle. "Don't worry about the glasses Callie. It's one of these days."

Callie smiled and was handed the wine bottle before copying Arizona. "Yeah this is a mood." She then asked. "Do you want me to order a pizza or something? I'm a little hungry and I know you're a lightweight so it'll be good to get some food in your system."

"That sounds nice Calliope."

Reaching into her pocket, Callie grabbed her phone and began placing an order for a pizza. "Pickup or delivery?"