Hi everyone, I just wanted to say this is just a story, and an AU. When I wrote it I had other characters in mind, I know some of it is going sound weird like Arizona and Teddy being identical twins, or April and Teddy being together, I was going to use Addison, but I wanted to save her, so please just go with it.


Chapter 6

With a sigh Arizona sat down the manuscript she was reading. Reaching for some tissue to blow her nose. The book had ended sadly and left her crying. Reaching for it again, she was startled when she heard a knock at the door. Sniffling she managed to get out "come in" not bothering to look up she just assumed it was April. Hearing the intruder clear their throat she finally looked up, seeing Teddy standing there "what do you want?"

"what's your problem?"

"nothing just a sad book" Arizona sighed, tossing her tissue into the trash can she had under her desk.

"well, I just wanted to see if you wanted to join us for lunch"

"oh um" Arizona looked at her phone seeing the time "sure"

"ok" Teddy said standing there "Zo, are you sure you're alright?" she'd seen that look before, it was right after Joann had died. Arizona looked at her sister, took a deep breath "that manuscript I just finished reading, it" she sighed "it reminded me of Joann"

"ah" Teddy said reaching out for her sister, pulling her close "she wouldn't want you to be sad"

"I know" she sniffled

"was the book that good?"

"it was amazing, I'm definitely going to make sure she gets signed"

"if it has you acting like this I would love to read it" Teddy said as she let Arizona go

"you'll have to wait until it comes out" Arizona giggled "just let me get myself cleaned up a bit then I'll be ready to go" Teddy nodded and turned to leave.

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"so, tell me about that manuscript you were reading, Teddy told me it had you in tears" April said standing in the doorway to Arizona's office after lunch.

"well" Arizona sighed, her eyes meeting it, as it sat on her desk. "it started out as a love story, a couple who were high school sweet hearts, got married out of high school, had that amazing life together"

"and let me guess one dies at the end?"

"well" Arizona reached for the manuscript "here you read it" she handed it to April. "then you'll know why I reacted to it the way I did"

"alright" April reached for it "I'll get right on it" she turned and headed back out to her desk, stopping as she got to the door, she turned around "Zo"

"yes"

"um, I need a friend"

"for?" Arizona asked confused

"well" April said making her way to the chair she always sat in. "your sister"

"I was wondering when this was coming" Arizona sighed, looking up meeting her friends gaze "things seem to be going good"

"they are" she smiled

"then what's the problem"

"well" April sighed "it's only been a month but"

"you think you're falling for her?" April nodded. Arizona sighed; she was afraid this was going to happen. "listen, I can't speak for Teddy, but what I can say is I see how you two are when you're together, you've become her best friend. She tells you stuff before she tells me" which kind of made her a little jealous, but then she realized she did the same thing when it came to Callie.

"so do you think I should tell her?"

"that I cannot answer" Arizona said looking into her eyes "only you know the answer to that"

"do you think she'll flip out and"

"I've never known Teddy to flip out over something like this" Arizona smiled trying hard to reassure her friend that her sister wasn't a flake. "if you feel it's right then tell her"

"how did you tell Callie?"

"well" Arizona smiled remembering that day "it was the night we went out with you, we had made love for the first time earlier that day"

"so, you fucked, came out with my friends and I and then went back fucked some more than told each other you loved each other?"

"something like that" Arizona felt herself start to turn red, she wasn't one to talk about her sex life, she had issues even talking to Teddy about it. "just feel the situation out, if you feel it's right to tell her than do it"

"ok" April nodded "I better get back to work, my boss can be a bitch" she added getting up from the chair.

"damn right" Arizona laughed, and watched as April left the room. Shaking her head and letting out a sigh. Sending up a silent prayer everything would work out.

Xxxxxxxx

"hey Cal, do you have a minute?" Teddy asked seeing Callie sitting on the couch in the living room.

"sure" Callie smiled

"I know we don't know each other all that well" she started out "but I need some advice"

"lesbian advice?" Callie laughed

"yeah" she laughed

"ok"

"I'd talk to Zo but she's not here"

"ok"

"well, I think that April may be falling for me"

"has she said anything?"

"no, but"

"ok" Callie said, "how do you feel about her?"

"I'm not entirely sure" Teddy said sitting down "I stayed out here for her"

"that says something" Callie smiled "I think you already know how you feel about her, you're just scared" she looked Teddy directly in the eye, noticing then, just how much she and Arizona were alike, right down to the color of their eyes. She smiled "I see the way you two are when you're together, no Teddy you aren't a lesbian, but the type of person you are, is you fall for who the person is, not what gender they are" Callie let that sink in. "with that said. You know how you feel about April" she said leaning forward touching Teddy's knee

"I do" Teddy smiled "thanks"

"I didn't do anything but point out the obvious"

"is it that obvious?" Teddy asked feeling her face turn red, Callie nodded with a smile "damn, I thought I was hiding it"

"not to me, but than again I'm good at reading people"

"I guess you are" Teddy smiled, turning towards the tv "so what are you watching?"

"some movie I found, I'm not entirely sure what it is" she laughed "but it's pretty good so I kept watching.

"hmm" Teddy hummed sitting back on the couch.

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"you following me home?" Arizona asked coming out of her office

"I ah" April smiled, nodding "I didn't even realize what time it was"

"it's good isn't it" Arizona smiled nodding towards the manuscript April had in her hands

"yes, I can't put it down" Arizona noticed she was about half way through it. "I had the same problem, I finished it in like 4 hours"

"well I'm" April held it up, making Arizona giggle "if you're coming lets go"

"but I" she said scrambling around to get her stuff ready "give me a minute"

"a minute is about all you have" Arizona shook her head as she watched April pack up the things she would need for the night.

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"I just don't get why it had to end like that"

"I know it was. I can't even think of the right word, that ending just sucked" Callie said turning off the tv "I wonder if there is an alternate ending or something"

"we should check it out" Teddy said pulling out her phone, "what was the name of it"

"the name of what" they smiled hearing Arizona's voice

"this movie we just finished watching" Callie said standing up wrapping Arizona in her arms. Kissing her pulling her out of the room.

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"so, um" Teddy said clearing her throat, standing up, April reached out for her pulling her close "hi"

"hi" April smiled leaning in for a kiss

"how was your day?" Teddy whispered

"eh, alright I guess" April said looking into Teddy's eyes. She felt her heart start to beat rapidly. Getting lost in them, she felt Teddy reach up, moving some hair off her face. Then whispered, "are you ok?"

"huh?" she asked shaking her head

"are you alright?" she asked again

"oh, yeah I'm fine, just a little tired" April sighed,

"well come on, I could use a nap" Teddy said pulling her towards the stairs.

"you're tired from your day of doing nothing?" April giggled

"yeah" Teddy smiled she had other things in mind. After climbing the stairs and making it to her room, she closed the door and quickly pressed April against it. Taking her head in her hands, looking into those pools of brown. She felt her heart skip a beat, before she could stop herself, she whispered "I love you April"

April paused, looking into Teddy's pools of blue, she smiled "I love you too Theodora" as their lips crashed together.

Xxxxx

"how was your day?" Callie asked, Arizona had her head on Callie's chest,

"oh, you know" Arizona moved to get more comfortable "how come you didn't come with Teddy for lunch?"

"I had to run into work for a bit, Jordan, screwed up the computer, luckily I was able to fix it so the whole system didn't crash"

"that wouldn't have been good" Arizona said running her finger along one of Callie's breasts. Feeling her let out a moan, knowing where this was going, Callie reached down pulling her into a heated kiss. Then flipped them over so she was on top, looking down into Arizona's eyes, she smiled "I love you Arizona"

"then make love to me"

"I intend to" Callie leaned down, softly placing a kiss on Arizona's lips.

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The week went by uneventfully, by the time Friday afternoon hit, Arizona was ready to get the weekend started. They didn't have anything planned but nothing sounded better than a cold beer, the hot tub, and her Calliope. Sighing she shut down and closed her laptop, stuffing it into her bag. She reached for the manuscript she had been reading earlier that day. Out the door she saw April smiling at her phone. Arizona cleared her throat "are you ready to go?"

"yes" April smiled setting her phone down to grab her stuff

"don't forget your phone"

"oh" she laughed, causing Arizona to shake her head "my sister got you all flustered?"

"something like that" seeing the blush on April's face, Arizona smiled "come on let's go" they had ridden together, April had been staying with them at the house. "you know, I should probably go home and make sure Fluffy is ok"

"Fluffy?" Arizona asked confused, as she hit the button on the elevator

"yeah my cat"

"you have a cat?" she hadn't ever mentioned having a cat before

"I do" April smiled "she's my baby"

"a baby you leave alone for days" Arizona laughed

"yeah" April sighed

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"I just don't understand how" Callie was cut off by the voice on the phone

"you know how this business works Calliope"

"I get that dad, but"

"just meet me there"

Callie sighed "when?"

"now" she heard her father demand and hung up on her. "dammit" she pulled the phone away from her ear shoving it in her pocket

"what's going on" Teddy asked standing in the doorway to the living room

"my, grr, I have to go, can you tell Zo I'll try and be home as soon as I can"

"ok" Teddy said confused as she watched Callie grab her keys and head out the door, slamming it behind her.

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"I wonder where Callie is" Arizona said as they pulled in the driveway

"probably stuck at work" April said reaching for the door handle.

"yeah probably" Arizona sighed, as she got out of the car, opening the back door to grab her bag. Walking into the house, April headed towards the living room where Teddy was sitting on the couch.

Xxxxxxx

"dad I need to take this, it's Arizona" Callie said, feeling her phone vibrating in her pocket, and playing the tone she had set as Arizona's.

"fine, make it quick" he snapped, she nodded and left the room. "hey" she whispered into the phone

"I was hoping you'd be here when I got home"

"yeah me too" Callie sighed

"what's going on?"

"some work shit, my dad made me come in"

"when will" Arizona was cut off by a man's voice in the background "ok" she heard Callie say "hey baby, I have to go, I'll call you when I'm on my way home"

"oh, um, ok" Arizona said not hiding her disappointment

"I love you" Callie whispered

"love you too" Arizona said hanging up the phone with a sigh. She wasn't used to Callie not being home when she got home. Hell, she wasn't used to not being with Callie. Biting down her disappointment, she went in search of April and Teddy. She found them on the couch, Teddy tucked under April's protective embrace. Sighing loudly as she sat on the chair, Teddy looked over saying "oh yeah, I was supposed to tell you, Callie got called into work"

"yeah thanks" Arizona sighed

"what's your problem?" Teddy asked

"I just" Arizona said looking at them, she started to feel herself relax realizing she was over reacting "nothing"

Xxxxxxxx

"I should go check on Fluffy" April said about an hour later

"yes, we should" Teddy said "you going to be ok if we leave?"

"why would I not be?" Arizona said

"I just want to make sure" Teddy smiled, as they heard the door open, she smiled "let's go" she added standing up from the couch.

"hi" Callie said standing in the doorway to the living room

"hi" Arizona said not meeting her eyes. "how was"

"I, um, something happened with the computers, again, and instead of calling me to come in and fix it. Jordan called my dad" she sighed

"oh?" Arizona said finally meeting her eyes

"my dad was pissed, naturally, said I should have known about it the moment it happened"

"how are you supposed to know if"

"as a manager I'm supposed to be available 24/7, no matter what" she kept going using her dad's words.

"Callie" Arizona said, she had moved so she was standing in front of her

"we got it fixed now, but if it happens again" she paused sighing looking Arizona directly in the eye "he might fire me"

"it'll be ok" Arizona said pulling Callie into her arms

"part of me thinks I should just find a new job, working for my father" she paused "lately has been nothing but a headache"

"you do what you need to do, I'll stand beside you no matter what"

Callie smiled, pulling Arizona into her "I love you"

"I love you too" Callie sighed "let's go to the beach tomorrow"

"I'd like that" Arizona smiled.

"did they say if they would be back for dinner?"

"I'm not sure, I can text Teddy and ask"

"ok" Callie said kissing Arizona's forehead "I'm going to go see what we got" Arizona smiled pulling out her phone, sending Teddy a text, getting a reply right away she smiled walking into the kitchen "she said they'd be back, and the cat is lonely"

"well tell them to bring her, it'd be nice to have something here, I've been thinking about getting one"

"seriously?" Arizona laughed "ok" walking into the living room she thought it'd be easier to call, still giggling to herself as Teddy picked up "what do you want?"

"Callie said to bring the cat"

"seriously?" Teddy laughed Arizona could hear April in the background asking what "pack up her stuff she's moving"

"what?" April laughed

"give her the phone" Arizona said she heard some wrestling and then April saying hello "Teddy said the cat looked lonely, I mentioned it to Callie, and she said to bring her here. You're here 90% of the time anyway, and she's been thinking about getting a cat" there was a pause she could hear April laugh "alright if that's what you guys want"

"yes that's what we want, now hurry up Callie is starting dinner" Arizona said walking into the kitchen where Callie was still digging through the freezer

"ok, bye"

"bye"

"sounded like a pretty funny conversation" Callie said not taking her head out of the freezer

"yeah, it was"

"maybe she should just move in too, I mean she's always here, no sense in paying for a place that she's never at"

"you think?"

"sure why not" Callie said pulling out some hamburger "we have plenty of room"

"you really are the greatest."

"I try" she smiled "I'm gonna thaw this, how's burgers sound"

"amazing" Arizona said walking up behind her wrapping her arms around Callie. Callie stopped, leaning into her. Setting the hamburger on the counter she turned around, their lips meeting in a passionate kiss. They were pulled apart by the sound of the front door opening. "guess I should get dinner started" Callie laugh

"I'll go help them with the cat" she smiled giving Callie another kiss then leaving the room.

"just set it down" April said nodding to the floor as she set the stuff she was holding down, then bent down to open the carrier. "I hope she's not scared"

"oh my god she's adorable" Arizona smiled as the cat emerged from the carrier she saw a calico ball of fur.

"thanks, her name is Fluffy" April said reaching for her, to her surprise she didn't squirm away and seemed pretty calm.

"can I hold her"

"Zo has always wanted a cat, but mom and dad wouldn't let us have one, said they were too much work" Teddy said, watching April walk over and hand Fluffy to Arizona.

"hi" Arizona said talking to the cat "we're going to love you so much"

"you're weird"

"yea" Arizona said kissing the cat "Callie has something she wants to talk to you about at dinner"

"what is it?" Teddy asked

"not you" Arizona said, Fluffy started to squirm so she let her down, "her" she nodded towards April.

"me? why does she want to talk to me?"

"you'll see" Arizona smiled "you can put her box in the laundry room, and her food dishes in the kitchen"

"alright" April smiled as she set to work unloading Fluffy's stuff.

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"how's the beach sound tomorrow?" Arizona asked

"oh the beach" Teddy said "the weather is supposed to be perfect" Arizona smiled at her sister. She couldn't remember a time when she was so happy.

"so Callie, Arizona mentioned you had something you wanted to talk to me about?" April said taking a bite of her burger

"huh?" Callie looked at Arizona confused

"you remember what you said to me while they were gone?"

"huh?" she asked confused, thinking "oh right" she let out a small laugh "I figured since you're here all the time and so is your cat, why don't you just move in"

"are you sure?" April asked looking a Teddy who shrugged

"sure why not"

"hm" she said looking at Teddy for some kind of freak out that never came "it's something to think about"

"well the offers there" Callie smiled