Chapter 25
Arizona's P.O.V:
"Stop screwing with it, it looks fine," Teddy snapped, swatting my hand away to keep me from pulling up my shirt more. Yesterday, after getting off the phone with Callie, we went to the mall to find a nice outfit for my date tonight, and somehow, I let her talk to me into buying a v-cut dress shirt that shows off half my boobs.
"It does not," I snap back, "my boobs are practically hanging out of my damn shirt. Not sure if you noticed, but I'm pregnant, Teddy, and my boobs are fucking huge,"
"They're supposed to be. It's part of being pregnant," She grabs the hem of my shirt and slightly pulls it back down, then steps back to admire her work. "Perfect! You look hot,"
"I do not," I grumble, turning around to admire myself in the mirror, "I'm starting to look fat," I hadn't been showing until I woke up this morning. It's small, but it's there. I try to pull my shirt back up, to cover up my boobs more, but Teddy only swatted my hand away again.
"You do not, and stop pulling it up," I just let out a loud growl and gave up trying to fix her work.
"Fine!" I huffed out, "I'm blaming you if my date goes south,"
"It won't, trust me," I just roll my eyes, and start applying my make up that Teddy had picked out. I'm not much for make up, but she insisted I looked nice, so, I just went with the flow.
Just as I finished up, the doorbell rang.
"She's here," Teddy says excitedly, "stay here, I'll get it," Teddy left the room in a hurry to answer the door.
I just finished up getting ready when Teddy came back into the room.
"Sorry, false alarm. It was Mark,"
"What is he doing here?" I ask her.
"Oh, him and Tim I guess are going out tonight too,"
"So, you're going to be home alone then?"
"Don't worry, I'll be fine," she tells me, "You really do look beautiful Zona,"
"Thanks Teds," I reply shyly.
"You're welcome. So, where are you taking her? It's not going to be just movies at her apartment, is it?"
"No! It's going to be somewhere nice. Maybe some place quiet. Besides, I doubt she would want to sit through another Disney movie,"
"Was it that bad?"
"Not really. It was nice, actually. We had fun. But she may have cried a little. I thought I saw a tear in her eye during one of the scenes," I say with a small chuckle.
"Which one did you show her?"
"The Lion King,"
"Oh my god, I would've cried too," she says, putting her hands on her chest, "That is a sad one. You should've shown her a happy one first, then move to the sad ones down the road,"
"But I love the Lion King. It's my favorite one,"
"I know, but still…so did you watch anything else? Or were you too busy sucking face?"
"Hey!" I exclaim, "last night in the bedroom was the first time since New Year's Eve. And the first movie we watched was that guy in the white mask. I don't remember his name, but I know he wore a white mask. He was scary...and…and…mean…" I ramble.
"You mean Michael Myers?"
"Yes! That one. God, I hate him," I say, shuddering. Teddy just laughs at me. "Then we ended up watching The Lion King," A second later, I checked my watch and realized that it was 6:45, "Shit, I have to go. I'm supposed to pick her up at 7," Even though it was the middle of May, it was still a little cool out, so, I grabbed my jacket off my desk chair and headed out.
"Okay, well, have fun, but not too much fun," Teddy calls after me.
I made it to Callie's just in time. Shutting off the ignition, I got out of the driver seat and headed up to the 5th Floor. Letting out a long sigh, I rang the doorbell, then waited for her to answer. After five minutes of waiting, there was still no answer. I pull my phone out to see who it was and was surprised to see it was from Callie.
-Door is open, go ahead and go in-C I smile to myself and put my phone away. When I walked into Callie's apartment, my mouth nearly hit the floor. The living room had been rearranged and right in the middle of the room sat a small table big enough for two with flowers and two candles in the middle. A path of flower pedals lined from the door to the table. Off to my right, stood a small podium. What did she do? Before I realized, Mark had appeared at the podium.
"How can I help you, Miss?" Mark asks, with a fake Italian accent.
"Mark what are you doing here?" I ask him with a chuckle.
"What I was paid to do, Mad 'am. Table for two?" Letting out another chuckle, I nod my head, "Yes, sir. Table for two," I play along. He grabs a couple what looked like menus off the podium and escorted me to the table.
"Here you are, Miss,"
"Thank you, Sir," I say with a wide smile. This was supposed to be my night to take Callie out, but I guess she decided to surprise me instead, "Has my date arrived yet?"
"Perhaps, she will be here shortly," Mark says to me, then takes his place again at the podium. Waiting for Callie to arrive, Tim suddenly comes into view.
"Hello, Ms. I'm Timmy. I'll be your waiter this evening," he says,
"Nice Mustache, Timmy," I tease.
"Better than yours, perhaps," he teases back, "are you ready to order?"
"Not quite, my date hasn't arrived yet,"
"Fair enough, I'll come back," I let out another chuckle as he fixes his mustache, then turns and walks away. Not even five minutes later, the door to Callie's apartment opens and she, herself, appears. Dressed very nicely I might add. She shoots a wink my way, then turns her attention to Mark.
"Torres, Party for two," she says to him.
"Ah, yes, Torres. Right this way," Mark answers, then escorts Callie to our table.
"Hi," I greet her with a smile.
"Hey yourself," she says back, "You look absolutely stunning, Ms. Robbins,"
"Thank you. You look fantastic yourself, Ms. Torres,"
"You two ladies have a wonderful evening," he says, then leaves the room.
"How did you..."
"I have my ways," Callie says with a wink.
"Well, this is amazing, Callie. Thank you,"
"You're welcome. I heard the Chicken Piccata is amazing,"
"Oh, really now? Perhaps I may try it, then," I say, trying to mock Mark's fake Italian accent.
"Perhaps you may, my lady," she says, smiling. We wave Tim over to the table to have him take our orders.
"You ladies all set?"
"Perhaps we are, sir," I mock again.
"What will it be, ladies?"
"We're both going to do the chicken piccata, Timmy," Callie orders for us, "And, could I get a red wine and sparkling Cider for my beautiful date please?"
"You shall may, ladies," Tim says, "I'll be back with you order and your drinks,"
"Thank you," Callie and I both say together. What Callie did tonight was spectacular. I was supposed to take her out tonight, but instead, I'm the one who was surprised instead.
"So, how did you manage to set this up in short notice?" I ask her.
"I have my ways," she says, "I've actually had this planned for a few days, actually,
"Oh, really?" I ask, sounding a little surprised.
"I had planned on asking you last night, but you beat me to it,"
"Well, I definitely have to say, you really surprised me, that's for sure,"
"That was the plan," she says playfully, "So, how are my babies?" Babies?
"We are doing well, Mama," I say, placing my left hand on my small baby bump.
"Good, that's what I like to hear,"
"So, how is everything going at work?"
"It's been very busy actually. Still in the process of finishing an album,"
"An album? What is it that you do?" I ask her. I had no idea what Callie did for work. And I never asked her since we been hanging out.
"I'm actually a music producer. I own my own record label. Torres Records," Wow
"That's awesome. So, have you met anyone famous?"
"A bunch actually. I've met Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Kelly Clarkson…"
"Wait, you met Kelly Clarkson?" I asked in surprise.
"Yeah, she wanted to do a Greatest hits album, so we helped her out with that. She agreed to even keep me as her record label,"
"I'm a huge fan of hers," I say, getting all excited, "I've been wanting to meet her,"
"Well, play your cards right, you just might," she says to me, giving me her best Torres smile.
We spent the rest of dinner talking and flirting. It was an amazing evening. After we were finished, Tim came in and cleared our plates, cleaned up the kitchen. Once he finished, he excused himself and left. Giving us some private time.
"How about a movie? I have everything set up for us in the bedroom. If that's okay? We can watch another Disney movie," Callie suggests.
"I would love to," I tell her, flashing her a dimpled smile. I didn't think she would be up for another Disney movie. But apparently, she did enjoy watching that one I introduced her to the one last weekend.
"Great!" She stands from her seat and walks over to where I'm sitting. She reaches her hand out and pulls me up. We head in the direction of her bedroom, but I pull her to a stop, "hold on,"
"Something wrong?" she asks, sounding a little concerned.
"No. Everything is fine," I say, taking both her hands in mine, "I just wanted to say thank you for doing this. Tonight, has been amazing. I mean, I was the one who was supposed to take you out, but you surprised me instead," a smile forms on her face as I continue my rant, "this has been the best first date and I can't wait to spend the rest of the evening with you,"
"It was my pleasure, Arizona. And thank you for wanting to go out with me, considering what happened between us,"
"Let's just put that behind us and focus on right now," I say to her. I pull her close and connect my lips with hers in a deep passionate kiss.
*So…how was that? Not bad for a first date? I just wanted to write something new…I'm also working up to the intimacy between them so bear with me. Hope you enjoy *
