I posted a chapter earlier today so make sure to read that first.

Chapter 7

Arizona got home and the apartment was empty. She checked around to see if Kassie was there, but she wasn't. She decided to call her and see where she is. The phone rang a couple of times and then Kassie answered.

"Babe I was just about to text you. I went out to dinner with my parents and I had a little too much wine, so I am staying over at their place tonight. I will come home tomorrow" Kassie said her voice giving away her intoxication.

"Um ok sure I guess I will see you tomorrow."

With that she was left alone and had time to reflect on her separation with Callie. She can do it. It's not a big deal so she wasn't going to see Callie for a while. She could manage. Her phone started to ring again and this time saw that it was her brother.

"Tim! Are you here yet?" She asked excited because she knew her brother was coming home.

"Whoa chill sis. How are you this perky so late at night? I was thinking I was going to get your voicemail. Anyways I just landed and at Washington D.C. need to see some people first, but I will be heading your way in a week or so."

"Really? That's awesome. I can't wait to see you. I have so much that I want to talk to you about, and I really missed you."

"I missed you too sis. Listen I am about to get to my hotel and rest for the night, so I will call you tomorrow with my flight details. Let me know if you can pick me up or I will just take a cab to your place."

"Ok let me know and we can work something out. See you soon bro. Love you."

With that Arizona's night got a little better.

Callie had just gotten home and immediately booked a flight to Miami in a week. She needed to re-arrange some meetings and other work details. She asked Jenny if she wanted to come but she had to meet a very important client, so she passed. Callie was secretly happy that she couldn't go. She needed time away from them both.

After that the week seemed to go on forever. She had kept her word and didn't talk or see Arizona, but she missed her dearly. Many times she found herself creating messages but never sending them. Or her finger was hovering over her name but never dared to press it. She couldn't get her out of her head. She tried everything she could to stop thinking about her. She took Jenny on dates and spent as much time as she could with her. They were inseparable these past few days and yet she wasn't happy. She noticed how she didn't feel for Jenny what she felt for her before. It felt more like friends hanging out than a couple. It felt weird. When they had sex it just felt like sex. Where before she felt like it was making love. If she was being honest with herself she was miserable. On one hand she missed Arizona dearly and on the other she was realizing her relationship with Jenny was coming to an end. She could see it but she didn't do anything about it. She was hoping after this trip to Miami she would know what to do.

Finally the day came she left for Miami. She got off the plane and saw Rae waiting for her.

"Hey Cal, over here." Rae waved her over. They met up and hugged one another.

"Wow I wasn't expecting you to be here. I thought dad would have sent his driver or something." Callie said as they started walking towards the exit.

"He wanted to but I had nothing better to do so I said hey why not come get you."

"Well isn't that very nice of you. How have you been? How's school?"

They talked all the way to their parent's house. Rae telling her about her many tinder matches and dates. The wild parties she's been going to and her school. Callie was glad she didn't have tinder back then. That just sounds like a complete disaster, but that reminded her about her situation and decided to put that at the back of her mind for now.

They got home and she was greeted by her parents. Both very happy to see her. They all had lunch and caught up with each other's lives. They agreed to have dinner that night with Aria and Matthew. Since her parents lived right by the beach she decided to take a walk to clear her head before dinner.

She was walking along the shore. Sandals in her hand and the breeze blowing her hair in every direction. She always loved the beach ever since she was little. She could spend hours in the water or just in the sand. The sound of the waves calmed her down and brought her peace. Something she hasn't felt in a while.

Later on that evening Aria, Matthew and James arrived for dinner.

"Allie" James screamed and let go of his moms hand to run to Callie.

"Hey there nene." Callie carried him and kissed him all over his face. "I missed you so much. Look at you. You are so big now. Why are you so big? You are so cute." She started to tickle him.

"Stop Allie" he tried to break free but Callie held on to him.

"Who's your favorite aunt?" she asked him.

James just looked at his mom and she gave him a look. He looked back at Callie and Rae. "All" he screamed.

"I see your mom taught you well." she said but got close to his ear and whispered so only he could hear. "It's ok nene we both know it's me." She kissed him and he ran to say hello to his abuelo and abuela.

"Yeah keep dreaming sis" Rae said and gave her a dimpled smile. Rae was the only on in the family to have dimples. Her smile was taken off her face, because it just reminded her of Arizona. Rae saw the instant change in her sister's demeanor. "Hey I was kidding ok he loves us both." She said getting concerned and closer to Callie.

"No it's no that. I just have a lot on my mind but I'm ok. Lets just go have diner."

Everyone present looked at Callie and then each other. They knew something was wrong but if she didn't want to talk about it right now than they would respect her wishes.

Diner went on like any other time. A lot of talking, loud yelling towards each other (in a joking manner), bringing up embarrassing stories about each other. Callie was glad she came home. She missed this a lot and really needed it. But just as she thought that her mother asked where Jenny was. Callie said she couldn't make it but her mom kept talking about her. Aria seeing how Callie didn't want to talk about it anymore decided to butt in.

"Ok guys now that we have the family together there is something Matthew, James and I want to share." She looked over to James and touched her belly. Hoping he would get the hint.

"Baby" he pointed to her mom. "Baby, baby, baby" each time smacking his hands on his high chair and getting spaghetti sauce all over him.

"Oh my god are you guys pregnant?" her mother asked.

"Yes mami, we are expecting baby number 2." Aria just started to hold her belly. "We are 3 months right now."

Everyone got up and started hugging each other. The rest of the night was spent talking about babies and planning the baby shower. Callie looked over at Aria and mouthed "Thank You" for helping her out.

The next day Callie went to Aria's house to visit her nephew and talk some more with her sister. She ended up in the pool with James and playing the whole afternoon with him. After watching Coco he was out like a light. Finally Aria got to talk with Callie.

"So how's it going back home?" Aria placed down some water next to Callie and took a seat in the kitchen table.

"We almost kissed." Callie just blurted out.

Aria was taking a sip and did a spit take right in front of Callie's face. Callie was drenched and both started laughing.

"Aria are you serious?" She said in between laughs.

"Sorry hermanita but you caught me off guard. What do you mean you almost kissed?" She handed Callie some napkins so she could dry herself.

"Yup, she fell and took me down with her. We were face to face so close, but we couldn't. We well actually I decided we needed time apart. We haven't talked for more than a week and Aria it's killing me. I want to know what she's doing and if she's ok. Is she thinking of me? Does she miss me like I miss her?"

"And yet you are still doubting all of this?"

"Huh? What do you mean?" Callie didn't understand what Aria was talking about.

"You are still doubting who you should be with?" Aria asked.

"Um..."

"Ok let me ask you this. Close your eyes" Aria commanded.

"Close my eyes? What good Is that going to do?" Callie asked.

"Would you just do it," Aria spoke up making Callie jump.

"Ok my eyes are closed."

"Good. Now imagine your life in a couple of years. You have little ankle bitters running around your house. Early in the morning you are chasing them around trying to put them in their high chair, so they can eat breakfast. Who is the other person there with you? The one making breakfast?"

Callie took a deep breath. No answer leaving her lips.

"When it's the kids graduation who do you want sitting next to you? Yelling their head off or when their name gets called. Cheering like any mother should when she's proud of her child."

Still nothing leaving Callie's lips, but her eyes started to get watery. One because she saw their future together and it was beautiful. Two because she knew who that person was now. It was clear as day. She wanted Arizona to be with her during all of that. It was her. "I want Arizona there" she opened her eyes and looked back at her sister.

Aria had this look of understanding on her face. She knew her sister was going to pick Arizona. She just needed for her to admit it.

"But what if I tell her I want to be with her and she decided to stay with her girlfriend."

"Callie, if she likes you as much as you like her I don't think that will happen. Besides wouldn't you want to try and be with the person you like or love? Wouldn't you want to do anything you could to have her?" Aria put her hand on her sisters. "You gotta take risk. Love is a gamble and sometimes you win and sometimes you don't. But when you win, well that's like no other feeling you will ever get. It would be worth it. But if you lose at least you know you gave it your all. You never want to live with the what ifs."

Callie heard what her sister was saying and took every word in. She was going to do it. She was going to break up with Jenny and try her best to win over Arizona. She had to. She loved her. "You are right. I can't live life with what ifs. I don't want to live a life like that."

Back in Seattle Arizona was having a tough time herself. She missed Callie. A lot, but the brunette had asked her for some time apart so she gave it to her. All this was proving was that she didn't want to go a day without talking or seeing her. This time apart also made her realize her relationship was over. Kassie was starting to spend more time away from their apartment. "Staying at her parent's house" or so she says. Arizona didn't buy it, but she couldn't be bothered to care. She had her own problems and that's how you know it's over.

Her brother had gotten in to Seattle and she was busy with surgery but Teddy offered to go pick him up. She was secretly wanting for her and her brother to meet each other. She thought they would hit it off, but then realized she didn't even know where her brother was going to be living. Still Teddy volunteered to go pick him up.

Her brother being here helped pick up her mood a little. She was trying her best to concentrate on him. She tried to push all this relationship crap to the back of her mind.

"So sis you seem a little down. Is everything ok?" Tim asked as he took a bite of his burger.

They were at lunch and since getting there Tim noticed his sister seemed down.

"I actually need someone to talk to" she replied.

"I am all ears. What's up?"

"I think Kassie is cheating on me."

"What? Are you sure? That…woman. How dare she" Time started to raise his voice.

"Would you calm down please I don't have solid proof but it doesn't matter because I also am kind of in love with someone else" she replied trying to avoid eye contact with his brother.

"You what?"

She told him everything. From meeting Callie to their tennis games and the almost kiss.

"From what you are telling me sounds like you and Kassie are done. And there is defiantly something there with Callie." He took another bite if his burger. "What are you gonna do" he said with his mouth full of food.

"Gross Tim, and I decided to end it with Kassie. If she won't do it I guess I will, but I don't know what to do about Callie. She still has her own relationship." She was just picking at her food at this point not being hungry.

"Well the way I see it is you gotta put it all on the line. Tell Callie how you feel and hope for the best."

"Really that's it. What if that ruins our friendship?" She says a little louder than she hoped.

"Look sis, me personally I like being straight up with women. I don't like to play games so yes that's my advise."

Arizona just looked at him and shook her head. "I don't Tim. I'll think about it. This is a huge deal. I might lose her as a friend also. If this whole week of not seeing her taught me anything is that I can't go trough this again. Not speaking to her. I just can't."

There was just silence between them now but decided to switch subject. "So Teddy's hot. She seeing anyone?"

Arizona slapped his arm and both started laughing. She knew what she had to do. She was going to break things off with Kassie, but she still didn't know what she was going to do regarding Callie.