Chapter 7
"this is the life" Teddy said stretching out on the blanket, hands behind her head, sunglasses perched on her face.
"yeah no job, and mooching off your sister" Arizona laughed
"you forgot to mention the beach" Teddy pulled down her sunglasses and winked at Arizona.
"yeah" Arizona shook her head rolling her eyes.
"Zo how about a walk" Callie asked nodding down the beach
"sounds good" Callie stood, reaching her hand out to help Arizona up, pulling her into her arms she whispered a soft "I love you" before kissing her. It took all Arizona could do to not start crying at the small gesture. Callie reached for her hand as they started walking, making their way down the beach in comfortable silence. Up a head they saw a couple playing in the water. As they got closer, they heard "Jamie, don't do it" laughing when they saw someone standing in the water holding the other "Jamie I'm serious, do not drop me"
"oh come on" she set her down pulling her in close. At this point Callie and Arizona stopped to watch. "they're cute" Arizona mentioned with a smile.
"you think that's cute?" Callie said letting go of Arizona's hand and wrapping her arm around Arizona's middle and in one swift move picked her up.
"don't you even dare" Arizona squealed, slapping her shoulder, Callie laughed and set her back down "I wouldn't" she kissed Arizona, another squeal from their right, caught their attention. "you can tell they are obviously in love" Callie smiled looking at Arizona who gave the smile she fell for all those months ago. Laughing, they watched the couple emerge from the water, heading in their direction. The brunette, who they assumed was named Jamie, handed the blonde a towel, helping her dry off. Noticing them Jamie smiled "hi"
"hello, sorry, we didn't mean to stalk you guys it's just" Arizona smiled
"no problem" she said drying her hands and reaching out "I'm Jamie, and this is my wife Sarah"
"hi" Sarah smiled, as she wrapped the towel around her.
"I'm Arizona and this is my girlfriend Callie"
"nice to meet you" Jamie smiled, wrapping her arm around Sarah, who stood next to her smiling.
"wait" Callie said "you're Jamie Davis"
Jamie laughed and nodded "I am"
"oh my god Zo, you know who this is?"
"yes I do, I knew when we first saw them" Arizona laughed wondering if Callie was going to go all fan girl on her.
"yeah that's me" Jamie smiled, as she wrapped her arm around Sarah. Arizona was a little nervous, but Callie took care of that with her fangirling "oh my god I just love your music, I have all your albums"
"Callie" Arizona laughed trying to get her to stop
"it's all good" Jamie laughed, as she wrapped the towel around her, some clouds had rolled in and the wind picked up a bit and was making it a bit chilly, especially being wet. Arizona shivered, as she saw Sarah do the same. Jamie whispered something to Sarah. "we were about to head in, the wife is cold"
"I'd argue that but I am" Sarah said shivering
"would you guys want to join us? We live right there" Jamie said nodding to the house that was behind them
"um" Arizona said looking back up the beach to see if Teddy and April were following them, seeing them still sitting where they were when they left "well my sister is"
"no problem, my sister and her" she stopped laughing "my sister is up there too, so the more the merrier" Jamie smiled
"I'll go let them know" Callie said nodding for Arizona to go "I'll be right back" she added leaning in for a kiss
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"so Arizona, what is it that you do?" Sarah asked once they were all settled in on the deck
"I'm a book editor" Arizona smiled proudly; she was enjoying the fact that she could finally say that after many years of working at that small paper.
"an editor, for books?" Sarah asked, Arizona could tell she had her full attention.
"mmhmm" Arizona nodded
"Sarah wrote a book" Jamie said all proud, but Sarah cut her off "stop" hitting her arm "we just met these people no need to scare them away already"
"you wrote a book?" Arizona asked intrigued "wait a minute" she smiled realizing the name Sarah Davis sounded all too familiar "you wouldn't happen to be the Sarah Davis from Madison?"
"that's me, but" she turned looking at her wife, who shrugged her shoulders.
"I read your book, a few months back" Arizona continued
"dammit Laura" Sarah said shaking her head
"what did my sister do now?" Jamie asked laughing,
"she must have sent my book in without telling me"
"when would she have had time to do that?" Jamie asked Arizona could tell she was holding back a laugh.
"when you were on that last tour" Sarah sighed shaking her head
"so" Jamie smiled looking at Arizona "what did you think?"
"it was amazing Sarah, and to be honest, I've been meaning to contact you about it, but I was waiting for the ok from my boss" Arizona said reaching for her drink, as they heard footsteps and whispers coming up the stairs that led to the beach.
"oh, good we do have the right place, I couldn't tell" Callie's voice rang out. Arizona couldn't help but smile "sorry it took so long we had to put the stuff in the car"
"no problem" Jamie smiled
"Jamie this is my sister Teddy, and her girlfriend April"
"nice to meet you" Jamie smiled
"and I'm Jamie's better half Sarah" Sarah smiled reaching out her hand "please have a seat"
"I'm surprised Laura isn't out here yet" Jamie said looking into the house. Jamie no more than got that out when the door opened. "Jame" she said holding up a phone "Miley is on the phone"
"great" Jamie rolled her eyes "if you'll excuse me" she sighed getting up
"that's Jamie's twins sister Laura, and somewhere around here is her girlfriend Joanna" Sarah motioned around the small deck.
"cool" Callie said looking around, she didn't know why, but all the sudden she felt nervous. She'd met famous people before, so she couldn't understand why she felt this way.
"hey Ape do you remember that book we were both in awe over"
"the one that had you sobbing like a baby?" April asked looking at her friend
"I seem to remember it had us both sobbing like a baby, but yes" Arizona laughed "April is my assistant" Arizona said clarifying, when she saw Sarah nod, she smiled
"what about it?" April asked
"do you happen to remember the author's name?"
"um" April was quiet a moment "I think it was a Sarah Davis" Arizona was quiet as she let it sink in. "it's you?" April looked up and was met with a smiling Sarah "yes it was mine" Sarah laughed
"why haven't we signed her yet?" April said looking at Arizona.
"like I was explaining to Sarah, I was waiting for Miranda's ok"
"why? Aren't you able to sign whomever you want?"
"in a sense" Arizona said "but Miranda wanted to read it before we did anything"
"gotcha" April smiled, then turned toward Sarah "I was in complete awe over it, and it had this one sobbing like a baby" she pointed to Arizona
"I was not" Arizona protested
"sorry sissy but I seem to remember walking into your office and you were a complete wreck" Teddy laughed. Arizona rolled her eyes and said "anyway, I will make sure to give you a call Monday so we can set something up"
"um, ok, I'm actually headed home on Tuesday so"
"headed home" April asked confused
"yeah to Madison, I have a job to get back to" Sarah shrugged
"well then" April sat back in her chair and looked over at Arizona.
"why don't I give you a call once I get home, and have my appointment book in front of me, maybe we can meet on Monday"
"why don't you just do a lunch? I know you don't have lunch plans on Monday" April said
"ok, then" Arizona laughed looking at Sarah "how's lunch sound?"
"sounds great" Sarah smiled, as Jamie came out of the house with some drinks, and her sister in tow.
"so what did I miss?" she said setting the drinks on the table
"I'm having lunch with Arizona on Monday to go over my book"
"that's cool" Jamie smiled "oh this is my sister Laura" she motioned toward the new comer
"hi Laura, I'm Arizona" Arizona said as the rest introduced themselves.
"Arizona" Laura said looking at her "that's an odd name isn't it?"
"Laura" Jamie scolded
"well it is? Who names their kid after a state?" Laura shrugged looking at Jamie
"she isn't named after the state" Teddy said
"I'm named after the USS Arizona, my, our grandfather was serving on it when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor"
"he saved 19 men before he drowned" Teddy added
"everything our father did was to honor him, he was just a baby at the time and never met him"
"so they decided to name her after the ship, and my name is a version of his middle name" Teddy went on.
"Jamie and I are named after our parents too" Laura said "our mom's name is Lorraine and our dad's name is James"
"cool" Teddy said smiling as they fell into small talk, not realizing how much time had passed until it was dark.
"well, I guess we should think about dinner" Jamie laughed looking around noticing the sun had set.
"we should probably go" Callie said
"no, stay" Jamie said "I mean, I know you haven't ate"
"we don't want to overstay our welcome" Arizona said
"you're not, trust me" Sarah smiled
"yeah it's nice to hang out with someone who doesn't have anything to do with music" Jamie said in a laugh
"well" Arizona said looking at April and Teddy
"we're good" Teddy smiled
"well then" Callie laughed
"I'll throw some steaks on the grill" Laura said going into the house
"hey Jamie" a voice called from the door "I um, can you come here"
"ah sure, please excuse me" Jamie said standing up
"that was Jo, Laura's girlfriend" Sarah smiled
"you all live here?" Teddy asked looking around
"well the 3 of them do, I live in Madison, where we are from" Sarah said rolling her eyes "although Jamie has been trying to talk me into moving here, she wants to buy this house"
"you don't own it?" Teddy asked confused she had always been under the impression whoever lived out in LA owned their house
"no, Jamie came out here for work, she's been here for three months, I have been going back and forth, but I'm about ready to give in and move" Sarah said looking around "I mean who in their right mind would give up beach front property to live in Wisconsin"
"I sure as hell wouldn't" Teddy said
"are you guys from here?"
"I am" Callie said
"but Teddy and I are from Wisconsin" Arizona laughed
"and I grew up in the upper part of Michigan" April smiled
"where at in Wisconsin?" Sarah asked
"on the lake shore, a small town, you've probably never heard of" Teddy said
"which lake" Sarah laughed
Arizona laughed, realizing Wisconsin had 2 lakes "Superior, we are about an hour away from Duluth"
"oh that's cool" Sarah smiled "we went camping up there once, it was pretty, but got cold at night"
"we were there a few months ago and I nearly froze my nipples off" Callie said as she shivered remembering how cold it was.
"would have helped if you wore warmer clothes"
"well I didn't know I was going to the artic tundra"
"artic tundra" Teddy laughed "that wasn't even that bad"
"I guess we don't have any steak, how about I order pizza?" Jamie showed up in the doorway.
"that works, but only if you let me get it" Callie said reaching for her wallet to give Jamie her card.
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"so why don't you meet me at my office, let's say around 11 on Monday" Arizona said, Jamie and Sarah had decided to walk them to their car "let me get you a card so you have the address" she nodded for Callie to unlock the car, she stuck her head in rummaging through her bag. "I know I have one in here" she dug around some more "ah ha" she smiled triumphantly, turning around handing it to Sarah
"sounds good to me" Sarah smiled holding up the card
"we'll get the ball rolling, and then maybe you can finally decide to move out here" Arizona winked
"what?" Jamie asked
"we'll talk later" Sarah whispered kissing her cheek, Jamie smiled then turned to Callie "thanks for dinner"
"no problem, thanks for not thinking we were stalkers" Callie laughed
"never" Jamie smiled "we'll have to do this again, have it planned a little better"
"that sounds amazing maybe next time at our house" Callie smiled
"we have a pool" Teddy called from the back seat
"sounds fun" Jamie laughed "now we'll let you get going"
"I'll see you Monday" Arizona said to Sarah
"yes, 11" Sarah smiled as they said their goodbyes
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"that was an amazing day" Arizona said sitting down on the couch
"I can't believe we met and hung out with Jamie Davis" Teddy said
"yeah that was pretty cool"
"and you're going to be working with her wife" April said
"we" Arizona laughed
"huh?"
"we will be working with her wife" Arizona laughed "you're my assistant remember"
"oh right" April laughed as Fluffy jumped up on Callie's lap "hi kitty" she said scratching her ears "have you given any more thought to my offer?"
"yeah have you" Teddy asked moving closer to April
"well" she said looking at Teddy "I have, and I'd love too" she smiled
"good" Teddy said leaning in giving her a kiss on the cheek
"although we'll have to work out the details, like how much I will pay"
"we'll worry about that later" Callie smiled "for now I'm beat and am going to bed"
"guess that's my cue, good night girls" Arizona stood scaring the cat and it took off running. "no sudden movements" she laughed
"she'll get used to it, she hasn't had much company lately" April said reaching down to get Fluffy's attention.
"yeah" Arizona said "good night"
"good night sissy" Teddy said
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"Jamie Davis" Arizona said once inside the bedroom
"who would have thought" Callie said
"I wonder if we can get her to sing that song for us"
"which song?"
"the one you're always singing"
"I don't sing"
"you do, and you're good at it"
"no I'm not"
"I bet she'd think otherwise"
"psh, whatever, I'm going to sleep good night" Callie said rolling over so her back was towards Arizona
"um" Arizona said tapping her on her back "you forgot something"
"what could I have possibly forgot"
"this" Arizona said reaching out and pushing Callie, so she was laying on her back, then climbed on top of her, placing her lips on Callie's kissing her. Sliding her tongue along Callie's lower lip, asking for entrance, moaning loud once it was granted. The next thing she knew Callie had her pinned to the bed, kissing her way down her body. "oh god Callie, I want you so bad" she moaned squirming, as Callie moved lower, spreading Arizona's legs. The musky scent made it hard for her to take it slow, taking a deep breath she dove in. It didn't take long until Arizona was calling out her name, she smiled, content on her actions. Arizona pulled her up, quickly flipping them over and working her magic, taking Callie to the place she had just been. As they both fell to the bed, Arizona moved so her head was upon Callie's chest. "good night my love" she said closing her eyes
"marry me"
"what?" Arizona asked her eyes popping open, turning so she was looking at Callie
"you heard me"
"but"
"there are no buts, I love you Arizona, and seeing the way Jamie looked at Sarah today, that is the way you look at me" 'god I hope that made sense'
"that is the way I look at you, but I think you're more like Jamie, and I Sarah" Arizona giggled making a joke to lighten the mood.
"either way, I knew I loved you before, but after today, I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you, so will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
"I, um" Arizona paused, waiting for the picture of Joann to pop into her head, surprising when it didn't "yes"
"it took you a bit" Callie said sadly
"honestly, I was" she paused sighing "I was waiting to see if"
"if it was ok with Joann?" Callie said, Arizona just nodded "baby, you said yourself you think Joann brought us together, and I believe she would want nothing more than for you to be happy, and I believe, no I know, I do that for you"
"you've been talking to Teddy about this haven't you?"
"not about marriage but yes"
"so she doesn't know?"
"no, I just decided it"
"just now?"
"well, while you were screaming out my name" Callie laughed
"you dork" Arizona said hitting her, she climbed on top of her again "yes Calliope, I would love nothing more than to become your wife"
"great" Callie said pulling her down into a kiss "now I'm beat, good night"
"good night" Arizona said moving back to her chest "I love you"
"I love you too"
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"I can't believe we met Jamie Davis" Teddy said
"of all the things that happen the last 2 days that's what you're stuck on" April laughed
"well no" she laughed "I also can't believe you're moving in with me"
"is that ok?"
"hell yeah" Teddy said "there's nothing more I want in this world"
"oh really?" April said looking her in the eye
"don't look at me like that"
"I saw the way you were looking at those guys today"
"April don't, I'm"
"you're what?"
"I'm with you, and I want to be with you, yes I was looking at those guys, but it was more of a I can't believe I was ever into that"
"really?"
"yes really" Teddy said sitting down on the bed "Zo has always told me I was gay, I never believed, and the thought honestly never crossed my mind until I met you" she said reaching up touching April's face, April closed her eyes enjoying the feeling "I love you" she said just before placing a soft kiss on her lips. It was everything April could do to hold back the tears. As she whispered "I love you too" pulling Teddy in closer kissing her. They were in the middle of a make out session when fluffy jumped up on the bed, getting in the middle of them. "damn cat" April laughed
"she just loves you"
"I think it's you she wants" April said moving so Fluffy could lay in between them.
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The next morning brought a new happiness to the house. "good morning" Arizona sang as she entered the kitchen "what's everyone want for breakfast"
"someone sure is chipper today" Teddy muttered over her coffee cup
"yeah, it's a beautiful day" she said sitting down with her coffee "aren't you happy?"
"I am, but it's way too early to be like that"
"well, I have something to tell you that might make you get like this" Arizona smiled looking towards the door to make sure Callie wasn't coming "Callie asked me to marry her"
"that's great, what'd you say?" Teddy asked not entirely paying attention
"seriously?" April laughed "what do you think she said?"
"I said yes"
"wait what?" Teddy said shaking her head
"Callie asked me to marry her, and I said yes"
"so, you're engaged?" Teddy said
"3, 2, 1" Arizona said as she let it sink in
"oh my god, you're engaged" Teddy said jumping up from her chair "that explains the singing"
"you're hopeless" April laughed
"yeah but you love me"
"I do" April smiled "congrats Zo"
"thanks" Arizona smiled pushing her sister off of her "now what do you want for breakfast?"
"French toast" Callie said as she walked through the doorway holding Fluffy "and I think she wants something with fish in it" she said scratching Fluffy's ears "right girl"
"I got that" April stood going to the cupboard she had put the food in.
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"hello April" Sarah smiled as she walked through the door
"hi Sarah, Arizona will be out in just a minute, she had a last-minute phone call"
"no problem" Sarah smiled looking around the office "this is nice"
"yeah we got to decorate it any way we wanted, and well this is what we chose" April laughed
"it's rather eclectic" she laughed
"we like it" Arizona said from the doorway "hi Sarah, just give me a minute to grab my stuff and we'll head out"
"no prob" Sarah smiled
"have a good lunch" April smiled from behind her desk
"you're not coming?" Sarah asked
"no, I have some things to take care of, and Teddy is coming with my lunch"
"oh, ok" Sarah smiled
"all ready" Arizona said emerging from her office "April if Miranda calls or stops by, tell her I'll get that manuscript to her before the end of the day"
"sounds good" April smiled
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"like I said I thought it was amazing, although I will have to go through it again since it's been a few months since I've read it"
"thank you" Sarah smiled
"is it based on anything?"
"yeah my life" Sarah laughed "I didn't meet Jamie until I was almost 21, and the year before that my mom died in a car accident" Sarah went on to explain the purpose of the book
"wow" Arizona said taking a drink "my girlfriend was killed in a car accident about 2 years ago" she went on telling Sarah about Joann.
"wow, I'm a little surprised you're that serious about Callie after that"
"I believe that Joann sent Callie to me" Arizona smiled "she asked me to marry her"
"really" Sarah could feel the excitement consume her
"she said watching you and Jamie together made her realize she wanted what you guys have and I could give it to her"
"I hope you said yes" Sarah laughed "oh who am I kidding of course you did; I saw the way you two looked at each other. Jamie commented on it too"
"that's awesome" Arizona smiled, realizing she had just made some new friends. "so when will you be back?"
"um that depends on what you have to say"
"oh right, business meeting" Arizona laughed "why don't you come back to the office with me, and I'll get the papers drawn up"
"didn't you say you had to reread the book?"
"I do, but I already know I want to sign you, so why not get a head start since you're leaving"
"Jamie wants me back next week" Sarah laughed "she doesn't want to be here without me, so I'm actually going home to quit my job, and make sure the house is closed up tight"
"ok, um" Arizona couldn't think so she just started laughing "alright then, here is my personal number" she said jotting down her phone number "get a hold of me when you get back and we'll set something up"
"like dinner with your fiancé?" Sarah smiled
"yes like dinner to celebrate that" Arizona laughed
"I'll talk to Jamie" Sarah smiled as the waiter brought the bill and Arizona paid
"thanks for meeting with me" Arizona said
"although it feels like we didn't get anything done" Sarah laughed
"we did, I'll get to work on rereading your book this afternoon, if I remember right, I read it in an afternoon" she smiled
"thanks, I'll talk to Jame, and get back to you on when for dinner"
"sounds good"
"thanks again Arizona"
"anytime" Arizona smiled.
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Later that afternoon Arizona's phone rang, not recognizing the number she frowned as she answered it "hello"
"Arizona?"
"this is she"
"it didn't sound like you" the voice said in a laugh
"it's me, Arizona" she said confused
"sorry, it's Sarah"
"oh" Arizona laughed thinking the area code looked a little familiar "sorry, what's up?"
"I talked to Jamie, and she thought we could do dinner tonight"
"tonight?" Arizona said looking around her office. "I'm not sure what Callie has going on"
"well you have my number, get a hold of her and call me back" Sarah said Arizona could hear the excitement in her voice "um ok"
"I'm sorry if I'm being too pushy" Sarah laughed "to be honest I don't have many friends, and to have found one out here, well"
Arizona laughed "don't be sorry, hold on a second, I'll call Callie on my office phone"
"ok" she heard Sarah say as she picked up the receiver and dialed Callie's number. "hey baby, how's your day?" Callie said answering the phone
"pretty good actually"
"how was lunch?"
"it was good, that's kind of the reason I called"
"oh?" Callie said sitting back in her desk chair
"well" Arizona laughed "I have Sarah on my cell, she and Jamie were wondering about having dinner tonight, you know to celebrate"
"celebrate what? You signing Sarah?"
"yeah we'll go with that" Arizona laughed
"oh you told her" Callie laughed
"I did" Arizona said "anyway are we free"
"baby, we're always free, set it up"
"ok" Arizona smiled
"but I gotta go, I'll see you when I get home"
"ok, I love you"
"I love you too beautiful"
"awe that's so sweet" Arizona heard through her cell
"shut it" Arizona laughed
"so dinner?" Sarah asked
"it's a go, she said we never have any plans"
"sounds like us, our plans usually consist of Laura and Jo" Sarah laughed
"yup same here, only April and Teddy, I love my sister but I'm tired of looking at her face"
"don't you see it every time you look in the mirror"
"I'm better looking" Arizona laughed,
"anyway do you want to meet at our place say, 6ish"
"sounds good" Arizona said "Callie is usually home before me"
"ok I'll see you then"
"see you then" Arizona smiled hanging up the phone. Picking up Sarah's manuscript "might as well finish this" she said to herself. Not looking up again until April came to the door
"hey, it's time to go"
"is it?" Arizona asked looking around, the clock on her computer said it was 4:45 pm
"is that Sarah's book?"
"yeah, how could you tell?"
"you had the same reaction last time you read it" April said quietly
"yeah" Arizona sighed setting it down "just give me a minute to get packed up" April nodded and headed back to her desk.
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"you're late" Callie said
"yeah sorry, just let me go to the bathroom and we can go" Arizona sighed, making her way into the bathroom. Looking in the mirror she sighed, closing her eyes. Until she felt Callie wrap her arms around her and whisper "are you ok?"
"yeah" Arizona sighed again "yeah I'm fine, I just got into reading Sarah's book"
"ok" Callie said kissing her temple "I love you"
"I love you too" Arizona smiled "let's go" she added reaching for Callie's hand pulling her out of the room "we'll be back later, don't wait up" she called as they headed towards the door
"don't worry we won't" Teddy called back, once the door was shut, she looked at April, who was too consumed in her phone to even realize they had just left. Teddy took this opportunity, pushing her back on the couch and climbing on top of her.
"what are you doing?" April laughed, as Teddy's hand went up her shirt, undoing her bra.
"making the most of having the house to ourselves" Teddy smiled climbing up and kissing her.
"well by all means" she said leaning back on the couch, pulling her unclasped bra through her shirt sleeve
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"sorry we're late" Arizona said once Sarah answered the door
"no problem" she smiled
"she got caught up reading your book" Callie smiled
"it's that good huh?" Jamie asked coming around the corner
"I believe it is" Arizona smiled at Sarah
"stop" Sarah said they could see her cheeks turn red
"you heard what April said about it" Arizona smiled, Sarah shook her head as she led them to the living room
"have a seat, would you like something to drink?" she asked
"I'll have whatever kind of pop you have" Arizona said
"pop, that's so funny" Callie laughed
"we call it pop" Jamie said standing in the doorway,
"and get lots of weird looks for it" Sarah laughed
"well I suppose you are all from Wisconsin" Callie said realizing that there was no way she'd win this one
"that we are" Jamie said sitting down on the chair smiling, as Sarah brought in the drinks. "so I hear congratulations are in order" Jamie smiled
"huh?" Arizona said looking around causing Callie to laugh "us, and the engagement"
"oh"
"can I see the ring?" Sarah asked
"well" Callie said looking at Arizona "I didn't think it through, and haven't bought one yet"
"oh Jamie you should go shopping with her, you did an amazing job picking out mine" Sarah smiled holding out her hand
"considering you picked it yeah I did an amazing job" Jamie laughed
"I'd love to hear this story" Callie said sitting back on the couch
"well" Jamie took a deep breath, it had been awhile since she told anyone their story "do we have time?" she asked looking at Sarah
"yes" she smiled a smile that made Jamie know to go ahead
"well" Jamie smiled "we met in 2003, at a coffee shop in Madison, I had been in there before with Laura, I noticed Sarah, but my last relationship had me torn, and I wasn't looking" she paused shaking her head "anyway, Laura and I were out shopping one day and decided to get coffee. Laura jumped ahead of me ordering, then taking off. Me not paying attention just ordered what I normally did, when Sarah handed me back my change, our hands touched, and I felt that spark, you know the one that goes straight to your core?"
"I know that all too well" Arizona smiled remembering the day they met
"anyway, I finally looked up into those beautiful blue eyes, and it was pretty much over for me" Jamie laughed "I got my drink and headed to the booth with Laura. She started giving me shit about the look on my face, apparently my face was red, I don't know" she shrugged her shoulders "anyway Sarah came over asking me to get coffee with her once she was done, and well here we are" she smiled
"you forgot a big part" Sarah said
"I thought we were going to forget about that?" Jamie muttered
"how can we forget, yes it sucked, but it's part of who we are today" Sarah said, looking up at Arizona and Callie "we were apart for 2 years, I flipped out when she went to go on her first tour, I just couldn't do it, I know it was ridiculous but I couldn't control it, so we ended things, until I couldn't take it anymore, I needed to see her so I bought a ticket for her concert" Sarah took a deep breath looking at the floor "I asked Jamie to marry me that night, after not seeing her for 2 years, I knew it was right"
"did you say yes right away?" Callie asked
"I did not" Jamie said looking at the floor "it was about a week later, while having dinner with my parents, I wore the ring, now I'm not sure why, but my mom saw it and wouldn't leave it alone, I got to thinking why not get married"
"we got married in Vegas, a month later" Sarah smiled
"so how long have you been married" Arizona asked
"what's it been" Jamie asked looking at Sarah "3, 4 years"
Sarah hit Jamie's arm "it'll be 5 years next month"
"apparently you're the guy of the relationship?" Callie laughed
"no, I just have a bad memory"
"more like selected memory" Sarah laughed
"I'm that way" Callie laughed
"yeah you are" Arizona chuckled.
"so what about you guys, what's your story" Sarah asked
Arizona smiled, she was loving this having new friend's thing, it had been so long "well we met the first day I was in LA. Callie's dad owns the hotel I was staying in"
"oh which one is that?" Jamie asked
"The Huntington Grand" Callie smiled "I'm the manager there"
"I've stayed there" Jamie smiled "that's where Laura and I first stayed when I came out for the interview. It's amazing, with an amazing location"
"thanks" Callie smiled "I started there when I was 15 as a maid and worked my way up"
"wow your dad didn't?" Jamie started to say but Callie cut her off "no, my dad wanted to make sure I knew what it was like to work, with him being so big into sports casting, he wanted me and my brother to know what it was like to work for a living, yes we were rich growing up, but everything I had, I earned myself"
"anyway back to our story" Arizona said cutting in she knew what question was coming next and wanted to divert the situation "like what you said about Sarah's hand touching yours and that shock you felt, it was like that with Callie, except she didn't touch me I felt it looking into her eyes" Arizona smiled looking into Callie's eyes.
"for me it was when I handed you the key card, our fingers lightly brushed" Callie said blushing
"are you blushing?" Jamie asking in a laugh
"I believe I am" Callie let out a laugh
"some big bad lesbian you are"
"Jamie stop" Sarah said hitting her arm. She seemed to do that a lot. Arizona got to thinking maybe Sarah was the shy type and didn't like being embarrassed.
"anyway, in the process I forgot to have her sign the paperwork, so I called up to her room. My hands were shaking the whole time" she smiled looking at Arizona "I didn't tell you that, I was nervous"
"no you didn't" Arizona smiled "she ended up bringing it up to my room"
"hotel room" Sarah smiled thinking she knew what was going to happen
"no, no we didn't have sex" Arizona blushed
"I did however ask her out for dinner, but when I went to leave the hotel, I couldn't, I just knew I couldn't be away from her, so I went back to her room"
"we did end up making out like teenagers all night" Arizona could feel her face turn red, she wasn't one to talk about her sex life, and she got a little embarrassed talking about it.
"wow" Jamie smiled looking at Sarah "so you two have been together since the day Arizona got here"
"we have" Callie said reaching for Arizona's hand
"and now you're engaged" Sarah smiled
"engaged, that sounds so weird" Arizona said looking away, expecting Joann to pop into her head, but she didn't.
"well, I should get dinner started" Jamie said standing up "is steak alright?"
"sounds amazing" Callie said "you want some help?"
"sure" Jamie smiled as she nodded towards the kitchen
Xxxxxxx
"so" Sarah said sitting back on the couch "you're not comfortable talking about your sex life are you?"
"no, not at all" Arizona laughed
"yeah me either, if you couldn't tell" Sarah laughed
"I saw you blush when Jamie mentioned it" Arizona smiled as they fell into small talk. Before they knew it dinner was ready. And the night coming to a close.
Xxxxxxx
"damn it's already 10?" Callie said looking at the clock on the wall
"should probably get going, I have a lot to do tomorrow" Arizona sighed
"and I have to pack" Sarah said looking at Jamie
"good thing you won't be gone long" Jamie said leaning over kissing her cheek
'yeah that's what I want' Arizona thought looking at Callie "thank you guys for dinner, it was amazing"
"anytime" Jamie smiled, everyone stood as Jamie and Sarah walked them to the car.
So here I introduced some new characters, Jamie and Sarah, if they sound familiar to you, it's because they are the characters from the orginal version of When Love Finds you.
