Thanks for the reviews! Also, I changed things and added this chapter. At first, I skipped this and just summarized it in the chapter after because I thought it would be a drag to read. I just wanted them to just make up already but it doesn't make the best sense so here this is. This flows better(I think).

Arizona's POV

Callie starts, "Um I received the flowers, so, thanks. I guess..." I'm taking everything she's got tonight. Callie isn't easily impressed, never has been, not since I've known her.

I try to lessen the blow. "You don't have to say thanks."

"No, if you want to associate flowers with apologies, this works." Ouch.

"I deserve that. Honestly, I wasn't sure how else to reach out to you."

"I've told you before that this isn't how but that's beside the point now. You asked for this phone call, what did you want to talk about?"

I knew it was up to me to reach out to Callie. I didn't know when or how but the why is clear. As for when I also knew it had to be soon. I bit the bullet and just did it. I sent flowers because I didn't believe a text would suffice. I thought it better to talk over the phone than in person because I need that buffer between us. In-person communication is more effective but that's not the goal here. I need to not cause some other issue. I can hide my facial expressions over the phone. I'd have to really listen to understand her, and I'm not reminded of everything I'm missing out on if I don't see her. You can visualize how the other person on the line looks, what they're doing but it's not the same as being in person. There's also less pressure. I'm in a comfortable environment and so is she. To ask her to put any effort into seeing me wouldn't be fair as she did this before and it blew up in her face. Not knowing how the conversation is going to go, I don't want to go to her place either. If this isn't a good conversation, let's leave the negative energy on the phone. If you're wondering this is the list of things I told myself before asking for a phone call.

"I wanted, no I need to say that I won't be using the system against you." I had an appearance today and it hit me that if I continued on this path, this could be our future. A courtroom could seriously be where I and Callie end up making decisions. It's so cold and disconnected. I don't want that for our relationship. Court isn't where good decisions are even made, it's the only route that bad decisions take you to. I'm going to try like hell for us not to end up there.

"When you say against me, you think the system is all for you?"

"Up until you have the baby it's all legally your choices but then once the child is born, the other parent has some rights too. It's no secret that I have some connections, Callie."

"Are we sure you're the other parent? Because if that's what this call is still about, Arizona I encourage you can go have children with so many other people. You don't have to keep trying this with me." Again, I don't have anything to say to that because the comment is what I'm deserving of.

I skip past everything else she said to simply answer the question, that's what I need to really respond to. "I'm sure I'm the other parent. I don't see why else you'd come to me."

"Maybe for your money, right? Yes, that is why I was reluctant to take the car in the first place and that's why I tried to give it back so many damn times. Yeah, you shouldn't have sent flowers, no. You should have gotten me an all-expenses-paid vacation to Dubai."

Here's where I could tell her that I could do that for her. That can be arranged and then some. If that's what she wanted. I still make mental notes because while she isn't serious, it's always good to have an idea of what she'd like as a gift.

"Am I allowed to speak now, or do you want to continue?"

The question doesn't need an answer. Callie goes on, "No you shouldn't be able to fucking speak to me again. Do you know how mortifying that whole ordeal was? On second thought, you probably do because you weren't excited about any of this. Are you embarrassed to have gotten me pregnant? Is that it?"

"That is completely not it. I didn't mean-" I take a pause to gather myself as I'm about to say something I had no intention of telling her. Fuckign Tiffany was right. She was.

I express, "What I said to you came from such a selfish place. To even have you know that, is the only embarrassing thing for me. I was concerned about you seeing, or rather sleeping with other people. I was pushing for you to tell me. That's what that was about, I promise it had nothing to do with you."

"I haven't slept with anyone else. Not when we were together and not since we broke up." Ah, she didn't have to do that.

"I won't lie and say I'm not happy to hear that you haven't been with anyone else since we broke up, but that shouldn't be my business anymore. As for while we were together, I trust you."

"Have you?" It's implied that the end of that question is, "slept with anyone else."

I give the same answer, "No, I haven't." I didn't even have time to do that, not that I would sleep with someone else if I did have the time.

She says, "Okay, good." Neither of us really ready to discuss what this means. Though, we're both pleased with each other's reply. I genuinely don't care about who was before me, but it does matter who is after me. If they're after me, that would suggest that Callie and I really are over. Yeah, we're broken up, however, I still have hope for us. Nothing major has occurred between us that is irreparable.

I almost forgot but I remember now, "Oh yeah, mom wanted to have you over. Are you comfortable with going to see my parents?"

"Yeah, of course, I am! You'd come with?"

"If you'd like me to, then yes I would." I'd also love to see you!

Also, I want to do something that's a little wild soon and I'd like feedback(good, bad, whatever, just honest) because I may need to undo it if it's too much or like doesn't make sense- even though I think it does. Point is, I'm open to changing things around if it doesn't flow so feel free to say if it doesn't. Again, thanks for the reviews it's important sometimes that I know that I'm being understood as it's just me over here typing. It means nothing to post if it's not being received properly.