Chapter 19-
Teddy's P.O.V:
After being on the road for nearly 48 hours, we finally pulled into the driveway.
"It's about fucking time we made it." Arizona snaps, getting out of the car. She darts to the back of the car and starts to open the trunk.
"Wow, can you be any more of a bear?" I snaps back, "I mean, geez, take it down a notch. If we hadn't had to make all those stops, we would've been home sooner," She says closing her door.
"Oh, so this is my fault? I'm sorry that I had to pee every half-hour. If my kid would stop sitting on my bladder…."
"Stop shouting, you're going to wake the neighbors. And besides, I haven't told Tim that you're pregnant yet"
"You still haven't told him?"
"No, I figured you would want to be the one to tell him," I say to me.
"I guess I will tell him in the morning or something. Can you help me get my stuff out of the car?"
"Tell me what?" came Tim's voice out of nowhere.
"Nothing," Arizona and I both say together.
"Okay," he says, raising his brow, "girls want some help?"
"Please!" I exclaimed, "Arizona, why don't you go in and lay down. Tim and I can get this,"
"Fine!" she jerks her duffel from the back of the Tucson and heads toward the house.
"What's with her?" Tim asks.
"Don't ask," I tell him, "She's been a damn bear these last 48 hours and I'm about to ring her fucking neck,"
"Oh, come on babe, it can't be that bad," he says, laughing, "she's just tired. You both are,"
"Tim, it is that bad. She's been on one these last two days, and I've about had it with her. She was fine when we started the trip, but now…it's like…I don't know," I say, shaking my head, "Can we just get this stuff inside really quick so I can go grab us and the grumpy animal inside some food?" He starts laughing again, then begins to help me unload Arizona's car.
It didn't take Tim and I very long to get Arizona's stuff inside. We just stacked everything by the front door and reminded ourselves to let Arizona she can just wait until morning to put it away. The rampage she's been on these last twenty hours tells me that we are in for a very long six months.
Arizona's P.O.V:
Laying on my bed, I couldn't help but feel relieved. It felt good to be home. The entire time I was in school, I felt like I couldn't breathe. The workload I took on was so stressful and it felt like a million weights sitting on my chest. Then seemed to have gotten worse when I found out about the baby. But once we pulled into the drive after getting home, I was finally able to breathe. But the entire trip home on top of being twelve weeks pregnant was just draining. I was just dozing off when the sound of my door opening pulled me awake.
"You awake Zona?" Tim asks, poking his head in.
"I am now. What's up?" I ask, sitting up.
"Just wanted to see if you were you hungry? Teddy went to get us some food. She should be back soon,"
"I am a little bit," I tell him, placing a hand on my stomach. Tim enters my room the rest of the way and comes to sit next to me on the bed.
"Long trip?" he asks, putting a hand on my knee.
"You can say that" I tell him, "Look, Tim, there's something you should know,"
"What's going on? Everything okay?"
"Kind of, maybe. I don't know,"
"School going okay for you?" he asks.
"I…um…that is what I wanted to tell you…I quit," I finally say,
He stood up from my bed. "What do you mean you quit, Arizona?" Oh boy, here we go. I knew he wasn't going to be happy at the thought of his teenaged sister quitting college.
"There's more," I say with tears running down my cheek.
"What could be worse than my little sister quitting school,"
"I'm pregnant," I tell him. After getting that out, the flood gates opened and I just broke.
"Oh, Arizona." He says, pulling me into a hug. I don't know what to say. Why didn't you tell me? Are you ok?" Not trusting my voice, I just shook my head no. "No wonder you have been acting so weird. Who's the father?"
Father? Ha! There is no father. It's mine and Callie's baby.
"There isn't a father," I tell him. He furrowed his brown in confusion.
"What do you mean there isn't one? Arizona, it takes two people to make a baby. A guy and a girl. You should know this, I mean you took health class and we all know you're gay and would never sleep with a man, but you had to of, otherwise you wouldn't be in this predicament,"
"I know and you're right, but I didn't get pregnant by a guy,"
"Okay, I'm confused now. If you didn't get pregnant by a guy, then you had to have done an insemination,"
"I didn't get an insemination either. Remember that girl we met at the bar on New Year's Eve?" Tim gave me another confusing look.
"Yeah, what about her?"
"It's her baby," I tell him.
"Okay, now you really have lost it. That is impossible Arizona. How could she? She's a woman."
"Yeah, I know. But that night, when we sat on her couch drinking, she told me that she was born with a penis. An actual working male reproductive part."
Tim lowered his head in disbelief, "You know if Dad were alive, he would be very disappointed and he wouldn't allow you to quit school,"
"Yeah, well who isn't," I growl, throwing my arms in the air, "that's all I'm full of right now is disappointments. Let's face it, you're disappointed in me, I'm sure Mom would be, oh and we can't forget Dad. He would be highly disappointed if he found that his little girl had sex and got pregnant at 18," I crawled out of my bed and walked to my door, "Guess I'm not the good man in the storm he raised me to be,"
It felt like hours when Teddy finally returned with our food.
"Dude, what took you so long," I grumble as we sit down to for a late-night dinner.
"Dude, chill, you know how long it took to find a place that's actually open this time of night?" she says, pulling everything out of the bag. I took my food from her and sat down and ate my food quietly. I didn't know what else to say.
"So, we need to get you set up for baby appointments," Teddy says to me, breaking the silence.
"I'll do that in the morning," I tell her, swallowing some of my burger I had in my mouth.
"And you need to say something to Callie too," Tim looked between Teddy and I, then back at me.
"Wait..you haven't told her?" he asked. Damnit Teddy
"No, she hasn't," Teddy spoke up, "she hasn't spoken to Callie since New Year's," Tim shot a quick look my way. Which wasn't true. No one knows that Callie showed up on campus several weeks before finals. But it's my business not theirs.
"What the hell, Arizona? Don't you think she deserves to know; I mean come on, you said it was her baby. I think she really deserves to know,"
"I know that" I yell, shooting up from my spot on the table, "I will tell her when I'm ready," I grabbed the rest of my food from the table, and made my way back to my room.
The next morning, I was up before the sun had even come up. When I looked at the time, it read 4 a.m. and since I was unable to get back to sleep, I decided to get out of bed and went out to the kitchen. I knew Tim and Teddy would still be asleep at this time, so I did what I could to be quiet as possible. When I tip toed to the kitchen, it surprised me to see Teddy standing at the coffee maker.
"Hey," I greet her. She turns around and gives me a warm smile.
"Hey, what are you doing awake so early?" she asks me.
"I..uh..I couldn't get back to sleep," I tell her.
"Makes two of us," she says. She grabs another coffee cup from the cupboard and pours two cups.
"Coffee?" she offers. I just nod my head in confirmation. She makes up the two cups then joins me at the table.
"Thank you," I say, taking the offered cup. I know I shouldn't be drinking coffee, but right now, as tired as I am still, I needed it.
"How are you doing with all this?" she asks me, "I mean with the baby? I know this couldn't have been an easy decision for you. You know, to leave school after putting so much hard work into getting in,"
"I'm fine. I guess. I'm not quitting completely. I will go back, but probably when the baby is about two or three, I guess," I started drawing circles around the ring of my cup, trying to figure out what to say next.
"Look, I know this a tough situation to be in, but I want you to know that you are not alone. Tim and I will be there every step of the way and I know Callie will be too. You really need to tell her, Zo,"
"I know. I'm going to. I'll call her later today. Maybe have her come over. I really don't want to tell her over the phone,"
"Good idea," she replies.
After the conversation with Teddy, I went and laid back down to try and get some more sleep, but it was useless. I couldn't get back to sleep. I laid there on my bed for what seemed like hours. I grabbed my phone off my nightstand and seen that it was after 7 now. I wonder if Callie is up yet. Letting out a deep sigh, I tapped the bottoms on the device to pull up Callie's number. It rang over and over, then a tired voice came on the line.
"Hello," comes a tired reply.
"Callie…"
*So…another heartfelt talk with Teddy…and she finally called Callie…hope it wasn't too boring. I'm going to try and update more as much as I can. Hope you enjoyed the chapter. *
