Hey Y'all! I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who has read, reviewed, favorited, or followed my story! That means so much to me! I was worried that this was just a little to AU for people to be interested, but y'all are proving me completly wrong!
So there are a lot of people not liking the nicknames that I am giving Arizona, so I'm just going to cut them out completly, I can't figure any out, and one guest reviewer said something about, and I just don't like that one all together. So from this chapter forward it will only be Arizona, the only exception I am making is MaMa Robbins calling her Zona, that will continue on throughout the story.
To my guest reviewer Nicole, I am sorry that I have offended you in some way about Arizona not fighting back with JoAnne, and seemingly let her walk all over her. That wasn't my intention what so ever, but you will see as this story progress's that the passion and spitfire spirit is there, she never got a chance to show it when JoAnne was on the phone because she basically hung up on her before she got a chance to reply. Please be patient with me, I will show you that within the next couple of chapters. As for Callie hooking up with Mark, Callie doesn't know Mark in this story yet, they are not best friends, they haven't even met yet, I have no intention of Mark 'hooking' up with Callie. I'm not sure what gave you the idea that they will hookup in this story, but I assure you, that it won't happen.
Calzonafan123 this one is for you hun! I am sorry that it took me so long to post the last chapter, enjoy!
Our girls are meeting in this chapter! This chapter will be split between Arizona and Callie's POV, it will be marked so please keep a lookout!
ENJOY this chapter, thanks again for reading!
-Kris
Arizona's POV
After the skype meeting with Addison had ended, Mark had to leave after he got a call from Jackson, telling him that he was needed back at his place. Arizona had closed up her office and headed to her little house about a block way from the clinic. She had a lot to do when she got home, she still needed to pack her things up for her move back the farm/ranch that would happen tomorrow until the end of the season again.
She had always wanted to be able to stay on her grandmother's farm/ranch, and travel to the clinic whenever she was needed, but it was a bit more complacated than that. She owned the clinic, she couldn't just not be there. She would worry herself to death, that something wasn't going right, or that one of her patient's needed her and she would be a good hour and a half drive from being able to get to them in time. She envyed Mark and Addison in that reguard, they were able to do what they had all grown up doing and loved, as well as being the accomplished doctors, that people sought out and didn't mind waiting for however long it took them to be able to get to either the clinic or the hospital.
Finally making it to her front door, Arizona pulled her keys out of her purse and unlocked the front door, the satisfying click it made when the tumbler turned over made her smile. She had bought the two story Victorian home right after they had opened the clinic, she knew that she wanted to be there for everything that would go on, and when she saw this house for sale she jumped at the chance to own it. It was a beautiful cream color on the outside with a wrap around porch on the first story with a small balcony attached to the windows on the second story, that lead straight out of her bedroom. Once she stepped inside, she placed her purse down, then her keys in the bowl on the sidetable. Pulling her phone from the discarded purse, she made her way to the kitchen, her black slacks making a small swishing noise as she strode through the small hallway, her black heels clicking against the wood floors. This was a side of Arizona that mainly only her patients saw, the well put together Arizona, the one who wore desginer clothes, and expensive heels, who did her hair and makeup every morning as she drank her first cup of coffee before heading to the clinic.
Arizona knew she was beautiful, many people told her that on a daily basis, and she believed them. She wasn't one of those girls who let things like that get to her head, and she wouldn't call herself arrogant, she just knew that when people saw her, she didn't want them to have a reason to think that she didn't give her 100% to anything and everything that she did, and that included the way she looked. Her patients always came first to her, sure she would put on her beautiful clothes and heels, do her makeup and hair, but that's not what made Arizona feel like she was truly beautiful. To her, feeling beautiful came after she helped someone feel better, or save someones life that was previously told wouldn't make it. That's what made her feel beautiful, not the clothes or anything else, just her helping other people make the most out of their lives.
Stopping in the kitchen Arizona pulled out a beer from her fridge and popped the top, throwing it in the recycling bin beneath her sink she headed towards her bedroom and the balcony that she loved to sit on and watch the people milling around the streets. Making a quick stop at her purse on her way up the stairs, she pulled out what she needed and then headed on up. Taking a pull from the bottle she stepped inside the room that she and JoAnne shared and sighed, looking around she didn't understand why after almost two years that this room and this house still held nothing of JoAnne's. There wasn't a single thing to let anyone know that two women who were supposed to be in love shared a home together. Sure it was homey and was beautifully decoradted but only to Arizona's liking, looking around one would think that it was just Arizona who lived here, and that was far from the truth. Shaking her head to displace those thoughts, she headed to the french doors that lead to the balcony. Pulling them open she stepped out into the dwindling light and smiled. This is what she loved after coming home from work, enjoying a cold beer on her balcony, watching her neighbors grill out, or the children run around the streets, not worried about anything happening to them, no care in the world.
As Arizon settled into one of her white wicker chairs that set to the left of the french doors, she placed her bottle down on the glass coffee table next to her ashtray. Pulling out her pink lighter, she grabbed her pack of half empty Malboro Menthals and opened it up, taking one of the cigarettes between her fingers she placed the pack on the coffee table next to her beer and light it. Placing the lighter on top of the pack she exhaled the smoke from her nose and sighed contently. Sure she was a doctor and knew what smoking caused or what could cause but she had been smoking since she was a teen just old enough to start buying them for herself. It helped to releve her stress, and worried after a long day and she wasn' ashamed that she did it either. Arizona was a country girl after all, growing up around people who smoked, or even dipped. Most of the woman on her family's ranch/farm either smoked or dipped. It wasn't uncommon around the tight nit community of ranchers/farmers. Blowing another stream of smoke from her red lips Arizona felt herself start to relax, picking her bottle of beer back up she took another pull and smiled. She was excited for tomorrow, the new doctor sounded promising, and she hoped beyond hope that everything would work out and that she could possibly start to live her dream of working and living on the ranch full time and only come to town when absolutely needed.
Don't get her wrong her loved this town and the people that she had grown close to, as well as all her patients and there familes, but she missed the ranch. She missed the early morning wake-up calls of a rooster crowing right outside her windown it seemed like, she missed seeing her grandmother everday, she missed her horse and pretty much everything else that took place on the land that she helped to take care of. Closing her eyes and taking another drag from her cigarette dagling between her fingers she smiled, she couldn't wait to get to the ranch/farm tomorrow evening, she was surprising her grandmother by coming a few days early. She was so excited she could barley hold in the laughter as she pictured her grandmothers reaction at seeing her tomorrow. Once she stubbed out her cigarette, she picked up her beer and headed back through the open french doors, sitting it down after taking another pull from it and opening her big walk-in closet. That was the only thing that she had changed in the entire house, she added it because she simply had way to many clothes for the small double closets that had orginally been in the home. Grabbing her duffle bag from the top shelf she placed it on her bed and walked back into the closet. She began grabbing plenty of work outfits and shoes, just in case she would need them while living on the ranch and placed everything neatly next to the bag, including her heels, before returning to the inside of her closet and pulling out a few dresses with heels to match, again for a just in case they where needed. After placing those on the bed as well she headed over to her bathroom and began to pack up her makeup and a few other essentals she would need to take with her. It wasn't a lot seeing as how she had just about everything that she needed at her cabin on the ranch, but she couldn't remember what all she had there so she wanted to make sure she had everything that she needed.
Once she collected everything and packed up her bag, she walked back down the stairs after slipping out of her heels and dropped the duffle bag next to her front door so she could load it up into the back of her pick-up in the morning. Since she would be leaving basically right after the meeting with the new doctor with Addison and Mark she was going to make sure all she had to do was jump into her truck and head towards the ranch. Smiling to herself she discarded the now empty beer bottle into the recycle bin and then began to make herself a small dinner before retiring to bed.
After finishing her dinner and cleaning up her mess, Arizona then headed back up the stairs after looking her front door, she began to unboutton her purple silk shirt and tossed it into the hamper right inside her bedroom door. Stripping herself of the rest of her clothes, Arizona sat about her nightly process of getting herself ready for bed. Once finished she padded to her bed and crawled under the covers, plugging her phone into the charger and making sure to set her alarm, Arizona laid back and let sleep finally take her.
Groaning softly when the pirceing shriek of her alarm breaks through the hazy fog of her mind, Arizona reaches over and silences it, sinking back down into her comfy bed she streches and smiles while her body rids itself of the last remaing fog of hazy sleep clouding her blue eyes. Smiling as she sits up and throws her legs over the edge of the bed she pushes herself up and stands. Heading into her closet she pulls out her black and red bodycon sheath dress as well as a pair of Louboutin black commandanta suede and mesh boots, with a 5 inch heel, sighing happily she hands the dress up on her closet door and places the heels down next to it, she slips into her black silk robe, that stops midthigh and heads downstairs to make her first cup of coffee.
Once she put the coffee on Arizona heads to the front door, unlocks it, and steps outside and down the driveway to grab her newspaper, standing back up she smiles and turns her head at the sound of children calling her name, she waves back to them before heading back inside. Grabbing her favorite coffee cup she pours herself a cup and grabs it and then heads back up towards her bedroom. She walks out onto her balcony again and places the newspaper down before taking a seat in the same chair she sat in last night and takes her first sip of morning coffee, sighing at the bitter taste of her favorite black coffee, she smiles and set the cup asaide for a few seconds before placing the paper down on the round table she has in the corner of her balcony. She rarely sat inside to eat, so when she had been purchasing furniture for the balcony she bought a small round glass table to place out here so she could enjoy her dinner outside. Picking her coffee back up she also grabbed her ashtray and cigarette pack and placed them down in front of the newspaper as well. Retaking her seat she grabbed the pack and pulled out a cigaette, lighting it, then replaced everything again as she sat it down in the ashtray before opening up the paper. Arizona didn't know to many people who still read the newspaper like she did, but she had grown up watching her father do it, and then when she got into med school, it seemed like it was the only way that she could keep up with the outside world. Her eyes skimmed the page as she picked up the cigarette and took another drag from it, lightly flicking it with her manacured nails. As she flipped through the paper and read, she enjoyed the quietness of the morning, the peacefullness she felt, smiling she couldn't wait to get back to the farm to do this every morning with her grandmother, and the rest of the girls that where on the ranch.
Checking the watch that was affixed around her left wrist, Arizona stubbed out her cigarette, and then folded the paper back up. She had long since finsihed her coffee, so while standing she put the paper under her arm and grabbed everything on the table, except for the ashtray and headed back inside. Placing her empty cup, pack of cigarettes, and lighter down on her dresser, Arizona headed off towards the bathroom, she was going to quickly curl her long blonde hair, apply light makeup, and then get ready for her workday.
Once finsihed everything she stepped infront of her full length mirror, that was inside her closet she assed what she saw, the dress hugged her curves perfectly, the hint of clevage that was displayed was modest, yet still left someone wanting to see more, and the split of her dress that started at the bottom of her knees were the dress fell, and run up to about midthigh, was still professional but yet still screamed sexy. Smiling when she was happy with the way her hair fell and framed her face, and fell down her back, she stepped out and grabbed her things again and headed downstairs to the kitchen. After rinsing washing her cup out, she filled it again and then grabbed the take-away lid that fit with it, pushing the lid onto the cup to make sure the coffee remained hot throughtout the day. She packed her cigarettes, lighter, and cell phone back into her purse, she picked it up with her left hand, then grabbed the duffle bag with the right, she set it back down once she stepped out of the door and locked up her house once more. She had left a note for JoAnne to see whenever she got home taped to the fridge. Picking up her bag she headed towards her pink and grey 1994 F150 3 seater. She smiles as she rounds the corner and sees her truck sitting in the garage, this truck was her baby, she put a lot of work into it, and she prided herself on keeping it clean and maintained herself. She put a 6 inch suspension lift with a 3 inch body lift on it as well as 5/15 Super Swamper TSL's wheels. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears had been put into this truck by her and she loved it. Tossing her duffel bag into the bed of the pick-up she pulled the garage door down and locked it, before turning on her heels and headed down the street towards the clinch.
She smirked to herself when she recalled the first time she had jumped down from her truck while dressed in almost the same outfit as she was now. People stopped and gawked at her, they couldnt believe a woman who dressed like she did would drive such a vehicle, but she knew that once they recognized who she was they would completly understand. Shaking her head to clear the memories, Arizona hadn't realized that she had made it to the clinic, and was already pulling out her keys and unlocking it, readying it for the day full of meetings and patients today.
As 11:30 rolled around, Arizona had already seen all of her patients for the day, cleaned her patient rooms, filed paperwork away in her office, and started another pot of coffee. Their meeting with the new doctor was to begin soon, and Arizona was anxious. The sound of another pair of heels clicking against the hardwood floor headed towards her office made her smile brightly and turned around in anticapation of the arival of her red-headed best friend. When the red-head finally stepped through the doorway a squeal of delight left her mouth as she rushed forward and hugged her best friend tightly, "Oh Ads, it's so good to see you, it's been way to long since we've had a face to face" she exclaimed once she had pulled back and looked up at Addison.
Laughing at the squeal that left her blonde best friends mouth, Addison returned the hug, squeezing her tightly before releasing her and stepping back, "Oh Arizona, you are so correct, our skype calls are great, but there is nothing better then seeing my best friend in the flesh" she smiled as she walked towards the closet that was in the office and pulled out her white lab coat and slipped it over her shoulders. Turning she caught the eye of her friend who was biting her lip and looking over something on her phone. "You alright Arizona? You've got that look on your face that says somethings wrong, or that you don't quite understand something" she said softly as she headed to the coffee machine on the little rollaway cart placed next the desk.
"Huh? I'm sorry, did you say something Ads?" Arizona asked, snapping out of her thoughts. She had texted JoAnne and told her that she hoped she had a safe flight back, and that she had left a note for her taped to their fridge, the response she got pissed her off, it simply said thanks, that's it, nothing more, nothing less. Shaking her head to disloadge the disappointment that begant to enter her heart she looked towards her best friend with unshed tears in her eyes.
Addison quickly noticed this and closed the gap between them, pulling the blonde into her and wrapping her arms around her waist, "tell me Arizona, what's going on?" she asked quietly, almost a whisper into the nearby ear as she felt Arizona bury her face into her neck to try and calm herself down from the onslaught of emotions suddenly cruising through her.
Sighing and wrapping her arms tightly around her redheaded best friend Arizona sniffled softly, trying to keep the tears at bay. "JoAnne and I are fighting" she whispered softly "well sort of I guess" she whispered again, "I don't know whats going on Addison, she told me that she needed to go to her familys ranch because she was needed there, and that it was something big and that's why she had to leave so quickly, but it turns out that was a lie, she went God only knows where so she could go out and party, saying that she needed space to herself, she just couldn't deal with us just staying in all the time, she wanted to do other things" she added as she fianlly got ahold of emotions and stepped back from her friend who was looking at her with great concern.
Addisons jaw had tightened, and her hands had balled into fists when they fell to her sides, she couldn't believe the nerve of Arizona's girlfriend doing that to her, she couldn't fathom who someone in their right mind would do something like this to her best friend, her lovable, beautiful, compassionate best friend, who did everything she could for others before she put herself first. "I'm so sorry Arizona, I don't know what's going through that girls mind, does she have any idea what she is doing to you?" she asked, however she knew that Arizona wasn't going to answer because that meant that she had failed at something, and that's one thing that she knew about her best friend, that she hated to admit that she Arizona Robbins had indeed failed to keep this relationship going.
Arizona sighed and bit her bottom lip, she knew Addison was going to say and ask that question, she also knew the train of thought that her best friend was having. "No she doesn't Ads, and I'm not going to tell her, if she can't figure it out for herself then that's on her" she answered quietly before shaking her head at herself.
"If you say so Arizona" Addison said calmly, though all she was feeling was rage.
Just then, like a saving grace, Mark strolled through the door to the office "How are my two favorite girls?" he exclaimed loudly, while walking over to the closet and pulling his white lab coat out and slipping it over his shoulders. Now all three of them looked like the professional doctors they were, ready for the important meeting ahead. Arizona took note of what everyone was wearing and smiling, Addison was dressed in a knee length red wrap around dress, that hugged her body and made her breasts stand out, on her feet were 5 inch black heels, which completed her outfit, Mark was wearing a pair of black slacks and a beautiful blue button down, on his feet were a pair of black sperry deck shoes. They looked put together and sophisticated. She was proud of that thought.
"Alright guys, Dr. Karev should be here within 15 minutes" Arizona said checking her watch that was affixed to her left wrist, the silved glowed when she moved her wrist, the light from the open windows catching it. "Let's make him feel as welcome as we can and make sure that he will walk through those doors tomorrow" she smiled at her friends, pulling each one of them into a quick hug before they all left the office and headed down the stairs, it was time for them to meet the new doctor and get him to sign the contract that she had pulled up and printed off, just in case.
Arizona was smiling and signing off on the last of her paper as she sat at her desk and listened to the new doctor talking with the nurses and a few of the patients that had walked in. She was so happy that Dr. Karev had accepted there contract and was very quick to sign on the dotted line. Arizona had loved how confident and precise that he was when he talked with them earlier, but also loved that when they threw a few unexpected questions his way about his surgical skill, he wasn't arrogant in the way he explained himself, and wasn't afraid to tell them what he would do and what he wouldn't do. He was a good fit here and she couldn't wait to get to know him better, and watch him work in the OR.
Glancing at her watch again Arizona sighed and smiled, it was time for her to get off and head to her familys ranch/farm and surprise her grandmother for dinner. It was 5:00 PM and she had just enough time to get home, jump in her truck and head to the ranch before dinner being served at 7. Smiling even wider she closed out of her computer, locked up her desk, grabbed her purse and coffee cup, and headed out. "Goodbye Dr. Karev, I look forward to working more with you, I am sorry I am leaving so quickly, I just can't wait to get to the ranch and surprise my grandmother for dinner" she smiled sweetly at him as she passed him in the hallway and then left through the front door.
Pulling her aviators out of her purse, Arizona slipped them on her face and began a quick walking towards her house. Once there she quickly pulled open the garage door, hopped up into her truck and backed it out, before jumping back out and closing and locking the door behind her. Now back in her truck Arizona pulled out her cell phone and plugged it into the charger and turned the bluetooth option on, she had also put in a modern radio into her beloved truck, that way she could choose her playlist from her phone, as well as answer any phone calls that were thrown her way.
Scrolling through her songs she smiled and pressed play, it was a Marianda Lambert song, something about churches, and bad things happening, she loved the upbeat tempo and began to sing along as she rolled both windows down and then backed out of her driveway. Waving to a few people she drove by that recognized her truck she smiled and cranked up the volume on the radio, she had a beautiful clear sky and warm wind surround her as she began the long drive to the ranch. The smile never slipped from her red painted lips.
"Well I heard he needed some help on the farm
Somebody with a truck and two strong arms
Not scared of dirt and willin' to work
Till the sun goes down
So I ulled up and said I'm your man
I could start right now and we shook hands
He said the fence needs fixin'
The peaches need pickin'
And the cows need bringin' round"
Arizona was singing along to her absolute favorite country song as she pulled off the road and onto the gravel and dirt road that lead her to her familys ranch. The dust was pillowing out from under her tires as she drove along, happy to finally be back 'home'.
"I was haulin' hay, I was feedin' the hogs
And that summer sun had me sweatin' like a dog
So I cooled off in
Then it was back to work in the daggum heat
I was cussin' out loud, thinkin' bout quittin'
Lookin' back now I'm sure glad I didn't
Cause just when I thought it couldn't get no hotter
I caught a glimpse of the farner's granddaughter"
She sang the next part and changed the last word, but that made her smiled brighter because that's who she was, she was Naomi Robbins granddaughter, and she was damn proud that her grandmother was a farmer. Of course she didn't do much physical labor anymore, that didn't make Arizonas respect or admoration demish either. She was proud of her familys background and proud to be following in such a repected womens footsteps. She hoped one day that her grandmother would trust her enough to take care and run this place for her.
"She was just gettin' home from Panama City
She was all tanned up and my kinda pretty
When her eyes met mine
I was thinkin' that I would sure love my job
As the days got shorter our talks got longer
The kisses got sweeter and the feelings got stronger
So we'd hop in the truck and get all tangled up
Every chance we got
We were down by the river all night long
When the sun came up I was sneakin' her home
And draggin' my butt to work
With the smell of her perfume on my shirt
I'd be on the tractor she'd be on my mind
With that sun beatin' down on this back of mine
Just when I thought it couldn't get no hotter
I fell in love with the farmer's granddaughter
We got married last spring
Whoa and there ain't no better life for me"
She continued to belt out the lyrics as the big house finally came into view, if it was any more possible her sime widened even more, as she watched the hustle of a few girls around that she could see. Looking to the left she let out a delighted squeal when she saw that her horse was out in the field grazing, and when he looked up at the noise that was disturbing him he had taken off in a gallop and was now following behind her truck as she continued to drive.
"I'm still haulin' hay and feedin' the hogs
And that summer sun has me sweatin' like a dog
So I cool off in the creek
And she brings me outta glass of sweet ice tea
I'm on the tractor and shes on my mind
And I can't wait till it's quittin' time
And just when I think it can't get no hotter
I come home to the farmer's granddaughter
Yeah, the farmer's granddaughter,
Hey Baby"
After the song finished Arizona was just pulling up in front of her grandmother's big house, her excited horse was talking to her in a loud voice as she back up towards the fence that was containing her. Turning her truck off she grabbed her phone and turned the music off. At the loud crash of a door being thrown open she quickly looked up towards the house, her blue eyes searching for her grandmother that she was sure was the one that threw the door open when she heard Arizona's truck coming up the drive. When her covered blue eyes meet her grandmother's her smile brightens and she quick to jump down from her truck, even in her 5 inch heels she lands gracefully and straightens herself up before slamming her truck door and quickly striding towards the other women.
