Making it Work: Half-Way
Author: Jenrind
Rating: PG
Spoilers through 7x13 - takes place a bit in the future.
Summary: I want to write happy fic, but these guys have issues and insecurities that aren't going to be settled at all soon. They're the type of issues that take time to recover from and I really don't want them to break up again so I want to see them fight..and make up of course!
Alone now in their living room, Arizona was mad, furious, and Callie was doing her best to navigate. "I get that you're mad, but..."
"He was touching you!"
"He was touching the baby. That's currently being housed in me..."
"Look, I know he's the father. I know that he gets invited to all of the doctor visits and brings over those horrible nutritious shakes you keep throwing away, and that's okay. I get that. But you slept with him. You had sex with him..."
"We were broken up!"
"And I spent that time miss...missing you and you spent it sleeping with Mark Sloan."
"And you still haven't really forgiven me, have you?" Callie asked quietly, sadly.
"Will you stop looking at me like that? I am angry, and I am jealous. I am NOT leaving you." And here came the tears, which had Arizona sighing and losing some of her anger. She stepped up to Callie and wiped the tears from her cheeks before taking her face between her hands, forcing Callie to make eye contact.
She managed to smile and the tone of her voice completely changed, "Isn't pregnancy a wonderful thing?"
Callie managed a chuckle, "Arizona...Mark isn't going anywhere. He's got half interest in our kid and he's collecting. I know that this is hard..."
Arizona dropped her hands but didn't step away... "Do you? Because sometimes I'm not so sure."
Callie was trying, she really was, "What do you need me to do?"
"I need you to separate yourself from Mark Sloan."
"Arizona, he's my best..." Arizona just shook her head.
"I know. He's your best friend. And I used to be okay with that...most of the time. But now he's the father of your...our child. He's going to be in our lives forever. And I'm trying really really hard to be okay with that. I need you to give me this." Arizona put her hand possessively on Callie's belly. "Your body is MINE. When the baby starts to kick he can come over and feel it. He can record his voice and we can hold the recorder to your stomach so that the baby recognizes him. But he doesn't get free rein anymore. He doesn't get to come over to our home without calling. And the two of you...I can't have you hanging out with him like you used to."
"Arizona..."
"Callie - I cancelled my trip back to Malawi because you were freaking out. And I got that. I'm still going to have to go back, but I can wait a bit longer." Arizona stepped in closer and wrapped an arm around Callie's waist. "I need you to meet me half-way."
Callie slowly began to smile as her girlfriend made the transition from mad to flirtatious and cocked a brow, "Half way huh?"
"Half way."
"Okay." Callie leaned down and gave Arizona a light kiss. "I'll spend less time with Mark." Another kiss. "And I'll tell him he needs to keep his hands to himself." She grinned a bit as she went in for a third, deeper kiss. "Your hands however..."
Arizona let her hands speak for themselves.
