Callie's P.O.V
Arizona and I walk into the bedroom after tucking Jessamine in on the couch and making her promise to stay here over night. I'm still really worried about her and after all the things we talked about I still don't know her living arrangements. I guess I can talk to her about that in the morning in case we ever need to go see her or something. As weird as the night ended it is still one of my best birthdays ever. Everything Arizona did for me earlier in the night still has me all happy and on top of that me finally getting Jessamine to open up to me has gotten me all excited, but kind of wore out. I'm ready to curl up in my baby's arms and go to sleep.
Arizona and I both put on some pjs and pull the cover back to get in the bed. As soon as I lay down Arizona turns her back toward me and grabs my arm for me to snuggle her. I immediately oblige to her request, pulling her as close to my body as I can get her. It was quiet until Arizona broke the silence.
"It's super crazy to think about everything J has gone through."
"I know. I hope she gets everything she wants and needs in life including the family she deserves."
"I hope so too. I hope this time she keeps in touch, I don't want to have to wonder how she is and if she is okay. She was on my mind a lot this past year but I didn't say anything about it."
"Really? I thought I was the only one."
"Nope, what can I say? I think the kid is kind of awesome." Arizona says looking at me with a gleam in her eyes.
We continue to talk about Jessamine for about an hour and a half before falling asleep both content and decided on somethings.
I wake up in the morning with a face full of blonde curly hair. I could say I hated that, but I would be lying to myself. Any way I wake up with Arizona is good, even if it is with a mouth full of her hair. I roll over to look at the alarm clock to see that is ten in the morning. I roll Arizona over to where she is laying on her back and give her the lightest kiss. Arizona one of the heaviest sleepers, you can make all kinds of noise, shake her or anything else and she will stay asleep, but if her pager goes off or if you kiss her she will stir.
I see her bright blue eyes slowly opening to me. "Good morning beautiful." I say and give her another light kiss.
"Mmmmmmm. . . Good Morning to you too." She says giving me a pleasure filled sigh. "What time is it?" She asks sleepily.
"Ten seventeen" I answer her.
"Is Jessamine still here?" She asks.
"I really don't know, I haven't checked to see yet."
"Well let's go see." She says.
"Ok. I'll make us some breakfast." I say standing up to wrap my arms around her from behind and walking out the bedroom door into the living room. Arizona and I both expected to find one of two things. An empty living room, or a sleeping Jessamine, but what we found shocked both of us.
The same as last time we saw everything put up. The blankets and the pillows were folded and stacked in a neat pile. The remotes were lined up perfectly and the dishes had been done, but when we looked at the island in the kitchen there sat two plates of eggs, bacon, biscuits and pancakes, with Jessamine on the other side of the island looking at us.
I stand there wide eyed still holding on to Arizona's waist. I think my jaw almost hit the floor. I see her give us a huge smile.
"Well since I ruined your birthday last night, I was hoping I could make up for it before I leave this morning."
"This is just super!" Arizona squeals before pulling out of my arms, running to sit in front of her plate. I look at my girlfriend and laugh before going to the island to sit down.
"Thank you; you didn't ruin my birthday though. I'm glad we ran into you. Do you have time to talk some more before you leave?"
"Well I was planning on serving you breakfast and leaving you two to do whatever it was you had planned for the day, didn't want to overstay my welcome, but if you want to talk. . . I can stay for a little while." She offers.
"Please stay. We want to talk to you some more, after we eat this delicious looking breakfast of course."
We finished up breakfast and Jessamine immediately tried to wash dishes. I argued with her about it for a few minutes before we compromised and did them together with Arizona laughing at us and saying things like "Children am I going to have to put you in time out?" We got the dishes done and go to sit in the living room again.
"So J, after everything we talked about last night I realized we didn't talk about where you are living."
Jessamine looks down, like she doesn't really want to answer our question. "Hum . . . well a little bit of here, there, and everywhere. I don't really live anywhere I just kick it at friends' houses a few nights a week. I keep clothes at three of my good friends' houses and usually carry a bag with me that way I can stay where ever."
"You don't have a home?" Arizona asks stunned.
"No, I figured you might have known when I said I didn't have parents and all that."
"No because you said you lived with Kai and Dom."
"I also said that when the incident happened, the crew moved and that I hadn't seen Kai since the hospital. I had nowhere to go."
Well this gives me the opening I need. I know Arizona and I briefly talked about this, but not too much in depth because we didn't expect it like this, but here it goes.
"Jessamine, Arizona and I care about your wellbeing and want to know that you are okay. You not living somewhere permanently is not knowing you are okay. Cristina is moving in with Owen within the next couple of weeks and her bedroom is going to be open." I pause to let what I say sink in." "Arizona and I talked about this last night and if you want, we would like to consider you apart of our family. You were talking about wanting to get back in high school and everything and this way you won't have to worry about everything else as much. You will have a place to come home to." I ramble out and look at Arizona hoping I didn't overstep the boundaries or take what we talked about last night out of context, but when I look at her she gives me the super magic smile before turning and giving the same one to Jessamine.
"I really don't know what to say." Jess said looking at me with big 'deer caught in the headlight' eyes. "I don't want to intrude on you. This is your home and you don't know me that well. You don't have to feel bad for me because I don't have a place to live; I have been taking care of myself for years now and can continue to do so no problem. I can't just give up my jobs and I can't give up the crew."
"Hey, hey, hey, calm down. We would never ask you to give up your crew or your jobs. We may not be the most supportive of your jobs considering you're not old enough for them, but they are your jobs we get that, and trust me I'm sure you can take care of yourself and I have no doubt in your ability to do so. I'm just saying I don't think you should have to do that especially when you want to get back to high school. We can work everything out." I say trying to explain it to her so she's not freaking out.
"So, you really want me to stay with you guys and be . . .?"
"A part of our family" Arizona finishes for her, again throwing that super magic smile.
"I think . . . I would love that." Jessamine says jumping up to give us both a hug.
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Until this moment Jessamine had no idea how her life would end up or if she would ever get what she wanted. She knew she always dreamed of having a family, even if it wasn't the ideal one or if it wasn't the ideal way to get one, but the one thing she knew was that she was never happier or more excited at the idea of this family. She already knew these two women and already had a bond, a trust with them she didn't see coming from any other people. She knew that the one thing she was looking for her whole life, she had finally found, a sense of Safety.
A/N: Ok, that was the end. I didn't think it would be a good idea to drag it out much longer. I do keep having thoughts about certain things that could happen after she moves in, so if you want it I may do a sequel, but if you think that's taking it too far, let me know what you want. Hope you enjoyed it. Reviews = Love. =) Thanks for reading!