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Chapter 3: Arizona Jones
"I can't believe you beat me at golf!" Arizona said in amazement as they walked into the empty house. They were sent by Arizona's parents to get her fathers "lucky" bowling ball so that they could go to the alley after dinner for a quick tournament.
"What can I say? My dad and his friends always went golfing. It wasn't really my dad's thing, but I loved to tag along and play." Callie shrugged modestly as she followed Arizona into the garage. "Aw was this your bike when you were little?" Callie asked in awe as she went over and traced her fingers along the cold pink metal frame.
Arizona held in a laugh. "That's actually my brother, Austin's bike." Callie looked over at her with a huge grin.
"Seriously?"
Arizona nodded walking over closer to her. "He went through a phase in his life where he loved pink! It was his favorite color, and somehow I turned out to be the gay one." Arizona joked.
"So where is this bowling ball, and how are we going to find it in all this stuff?" Callie said looking around the garage in amazement. It was covered with toys and games from Arizona's childhood. It looked as though nothing had ever been thrown away.
"Our family is full of pack rats." Arizona admitted. "We have a hard time letting stuff go."
Callie turned to look at Arizona in her blue eyes and smiled. "I'm glad, I don't ever want you to let me go."
"As long as you never let me go." Arizona kissed her lips softly.
"Never."
Arizona smiled before turning her attention to a black bag that was located on the shelf directly behind Callie's head.
"There it! Bingo!" Arizona cheered as she grabbed the bag and led Callie out the side door of the garage that led them to the driveway.
"So, where are we going for dinner?" Callie asked as she climbed into the passenger seat of Arizona's toyota.
"This cute little italian place. We always start our reunions by eating our first family dinner there, and also our last. Weird tradition, I know."
"I think it's sweet." Callie smiled as she reached for her CD's and start shuffling through them.
"So, do you think I will ever get to meet your family?" Arizona asked after a short period of silence.
The truth was, Callie had no answer to her question. She wished so hard that she could say yes. She wanted her family to meet the woman she loved. The woman who put the smile on her face every day. The woman who she hoped to one day spend the rest of her life with. However, she knew that was highly unlikely. Her sister, Aria, just barely started talking to her again, but it was under secretive terms. Her father wanted the family to keep Callie at a distance until she "came to her senses" and broke it off with Arizona. Callie, however, was not going to give in.
"Callie?" Arizona said drawing Callie from her thoughts and back into reality.
"I hope so." was all that was whispered from Callie's lips.
"Me too." Arizona agreed.
"Aunt Macy! Uncle John!" Arizona grinned as she walked quickly into their embrace.
"Hey Zona Bear!" Macy whispered as she hugged her niece tightly.
Arizona pulled away and turned to Callie, who stood beside her.
"This is Callie, Callie this is my Aunt Macy, and this handsome stud over here is my Uncle John."
"Nice to meet you! Arizona's told me so much about you!" Callie hugged each of them.
"We've been so excited to meet you. Our Arizona has never brought home a girl before." Aunt Macy winked at Callie.
"You're the highlight of our trip." Uncle John jokes.
"And here I thought it was me, Dad." Logan grinned from behind where he was sitting at a table with everyone else.
"Let's go!" Arizona led Callie to the table and sat next to Austin and his girlfriend.
"So what is the game plan for tomorrow?" Arizona asked as she looked around the huge circular table that they sat at in the corner of the restaurant.
"Well, we figured that the men stay home with the kids, and us girlies can go have some fun!" Dakota grinned at her mom and sister.
"Sounds like an excellent idea." Uncle John nodded.
"Then, we decided that we could go on a hike in the evening and followed by a late night dip in the lake!" Austin said as she closed his menu.
"Now that's more my pace." Arizona's father said as Logan high-fived him. "As long as us men get some fishing time!"
"I second that! Let's stay up at the cabin for the night! We can fish all night and stuff." Arizona suggested.
"Cabin?" Callie asked.
"It's a few miles down the road from our house, except that it's right on the main lake." Arizona explained.
"Well, I think that sounds super!" Sydney grinned.
"What do you think Callie?" Uncle John asked.
"Sounds fun! Our friends, Meredith and Derek, have a house up in the woods in Seattle, and Arizona always drags me out there to go fishing, hiking, or just a run through the woods. I'm used to it by now." Callie told them as she reached over and held Arizona's hand.
"Yes, our Zona's quiet the adventurous one." Arizona's father, Greg, grinned as he took a sip of wine.
"Tell the story about Auntie Zony and Indiana Jones!" Cody shouted from across the table.
"Yeah! Puh-LEASE!" Chloe begged as she showed off her cute dimples and toothless grin.
"Indiana Jones?" Callie turned to Arizona questioningly.
"Oh my gosh." Arizona blushed as she buried her head into her hands and let her head fall to the table.
"I think i'll do tell the story!" Arizona's mother, Katherine, smiled as turned toward Callie.
"So, when Callie was, oh I don't know, 5? or 6?" Katherine looked at her husband for confirmation.
"Try 8 or 9." Greg laughed.
An "oh god," was heard muffled from where Arizona had her head buried in her cross arms that were placed on the table. Callie was trying hard not to laugh, and they hadn't even started the story.
"So, anyways, she loved Indiana Jones. At the time, we figured it was just an innocent crush."
"Now, we doubt that." Logan laughed.
"Oh my gosh!" Arizona mumbled.
"So she paraded around EVERYWHERE in a brown leather suit with brown pants on, the cutest brown fedora, and a whip." Katherine smiled happily as she thought back.
"She couldn't take the whip to school, though. Every morning was a constant battle." Greg laughed.
"I kind of remember this." Sydney laughed. "We'd come over to play in the summers, and she would NEVER take off that jacket. It was so hot."
"Aw, You were a little Arizona Jones!" Callie giggled as she leaned over and pecked Arizona on the cheek who was still trying desperately to hide in her arms.
"You're forgetting the best part!" Chloe said impatiently.
"Yeah, tell Callie about the accident!" Cody laughed.
"Accident?" Callie asked.
"Well, Zona got this bright idea that she was JUST like Indiana Jones. So what we believe she was trying to do was, jump from the top of a tree land on the wagon and with the impact of her land on the impact, the wagon would move forward on the bridge and from there she would jump into the water, or something." Greg explained
"Oh no." Callie stiffled a laugh.
"So she jumped from the tree." Katherine sighed.
"She broke her wrist." Greg added.
"That was the end of Arizona Jones." Logan whispered sadly.
"The end!" Chloe and Cody giggled.
"I hate you all." Arizona muttered as she downed her drink.
"Oh, darling, it was cute!" Aunt Macy grinned.
"I have a question." Mackenzie piped up. "Who the heck is Indiana Jones?"
"Some old guy from Auntie Zona's time." Cody said smartly.
Everyone at the table bursted out laughing.
"Is it pick on Auntie Zona day?" Arizona asked as she got up from her seat and ran to the other side where Cody was and started tickling him.
"No! No! Auntie- Auntie-" Cody giggled trying to gasp for air.
"Huh? You think I'm old?" Arizona asked with a smile.
"No! You're young, and beautiful! You don't even have wrinkles when you smile, like Mommy!" Cody giggled.
Callie watched in amusement as Arizona let him go and looked smugly at her sister who got up and went to take over the tickling.
Arizona returned to her seat and looked at Callie in embarrassment.
"I was a bit of a geek when I was younger." Arizona confessed shyly.
"Me too." Callie kissed her softly before turning and whispering in her ear, "I've always had a thing for that brown leather suit... especially the whip. You should pull that costume out one day, Arizona Jones."
"Maybe." Arizona giggled flirtatiously.
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