Thanks for the reviews. Sorry, this chapter is a lil short and a bit of a filler, but it's necessary to the story and I've really been struggling to find the time to write at the moment! Hope you enjoy!
The following morning was the first time Callie and Arizona had woken up in each other's arms. After meeting on the beach when Arizona's shift finished, they finished the pizza in the car and drove a couple of miles out of town to grab a couple of beers before checking into a nearby motel. The room was nice, it wasn't home for either of them but they knew they couldn't chance spending the night together with each other, despite how much they wanted to. Callie texted Sofia to say that she was called into work after the date, hoping that this would be a good enough excuse to not make Sofia suspect otherwise.
"I wish we could do this every night" Arizona moaned as she pulled the sheets up to cover herself. "Falling asleep with each other"
"I know" Callie sighed. She really meant it. "Maybe this" she glanced round the motel room. "Could become a regular thing"
"I think I'd like that" Arizona began. "Although maybe not so keen on leaving Casey through the night"
"What about your brother?" Callie asked. She had no issues leaving Sofia alone, not with Meredith next door and the belief that anyone in Summer Bay would let her know if anything was wrong. But she could understand Arizona's worries. She was still practically new in Summer Bay after all.
"He's barely there" Arizona sighed. "He leaves me and Angelo to run the restaurant and turns up expecting his money"
"You haven't asked him where he's been?" Callie questioned. Arizona narrowed her eyes.
"You're turning into cop Callie again" Arizona pointed out. Callie smiled at her girlfriend.
"I'm sorry" she told Arizona. "I don't mean to do it"
"Must just be a cop thing, huh" Arizona laughed. "I better go, gonna have to think of an excuse to get Casey off my back"
"Bye. I lo…" Callie began, before realising what she was going to say. Her eyes began to widen as she panicked. "Bye" she added quickly, hoping that Arizona didn't notice anything was different.
"Um bye…" Arizona mumbled, wondering why Callie was acting so weird. She left the motel room, eager to get back. It was still early and chances were that Casey wouldn't even be up yet, so she could give the impression that she was there the whole night. When she arrived back at her house, she was surprised to see her older brother sitting on the couch.
"Hey sis" Tim greeted her with a huge smile and Arizona immediately felt on edge. Tim rarely seemed to be happy unless something big was going on. "Is this some sort of attempt at a sneak in?" he widened his eyes. "Who's the lucky girl?"
"Some girl from the bar was giving me the eyes last night" Arizona shrugged. "And I had an itch that needed to be scratched" she mumbled quietly. "You look happy"
"I am" Tim nodded. "Where's Casey? I don't want him overhearing this and telling his little girlfriend"
"Tim" Arizona sighed. "I thought we talked about this"
"What?" Tim rolled his eyes.
"After you bashed that guy in and stole his liquor" Arizona hissed. "We can finally be on the right path, why do you insist on ruining it with dodgy dealings?"
"The money is good" Tim offered an excuse.
"So is running half a restaurant" Arizona told him. "We're not kids anymore trying to put dinner on the table any way we can. We can put our past behind us like you promised we would" she sighed.
"A little extra money isn't a bad thing. Besides, it's not like anyone is going to get hurt"
"Tell that to the poor guy who you bashed in a couple of weeks ago" Arizona replied. "You know what I don't think I want to hear any of this"
"You were never like this in Mangrove River" Tim told his sister. "It was anything we could get our hands on back there"
"And we used that money to better ourselves" Arizona argued. "One day you'll get caught and you will realise just how much of an idiot you are being"
"Well I haven't been caught yet" Tim smirked. "I don't know why you're all so worked up anyway, it's not like you're going to get involved"
"You're right, I'm definitely not going to do that" Arizona told him. "But that doesn't mean to say I like the idea of my older brother getting locked up for years either"
"Don't worry about me" Tim replied. "I know what I'm doing"
Arizona didn't reply. Instead, she went into the kitchen to make herself some breakfast. She didn't know what her brother was planning but from the way he was acting, Arizona knew it was big. She knew if Callie got wind of it then she'd be pressured for more information that she didn't have. Knowing she couldn't stop her brother from being an idiot, Arizona only hoped he was smart enough not to get questioned by the police this time. She had lied enough times for him before and now her girlfriend was a police officer. Arizona had wanted this relationship with Callie for a while, so much so that she couldn't let Tim's illegal antics ruin things between her and Callie. Once she'd finished and eaten her breakfast, thoughts about Callie and Tim were still troubling her. She went into Casey's room to find his bedroom empty and the bed looking like it had been unslept in.
"Where's Casey?" Arizona asked as she barged back into the living room. "Were you here last night?"
"I came pretty early this morning" Tim shrugged before the realisation hit him. "I never knew the kid had it in him"
"What do you mean?"
"Well he's obviously spent the night with that Sophie girl"
"Sofia" Arizona mumbled. "And he wouldn't do that….would he?" her eyes widened. She knew Callie would be on her way to work and was only going to be popping in to get some clothes. She took her phone out and texted Callie hoping she hadn't left for work yet.
Think we've got a problem. You still at home?
Arizona sent the text as she put her shoes on ready to rush round to Callie's. Casey and Sofia were young but both of them were good kids so the fact they had disobeyed Callie's and Arizona's wishes about spending the night with each other, surprised Arizona a lot. She checked her phone, Callie had responded.
What sort of problem? I've been home all of thirty seconds
Arizona picked up the pace and knocked at the door. Callie looked panicked when she saw her girlfriend at the door.
"What are you doing here?" Callie asked, her eyes widened. "Sofia could come out at any minute"
"Exactly" Arizona told her. "I went to wake Casey up and he wasn't in his room and the bed looked unslept in"
"What are you saying?" Callie asked. "Because you can't think he spent the night here, Sofia would never disobey me like that"
"And I suppose you never broke the rules when you were sixteen, Calliope?" Arizona muttered. "Can you go check on Sofia and see if Casey is there"
"If you're so sure Casey is there why don't you go yourself?"
"Because if we weren't the only couple getting down to it last night, I certainly don't want to be the one who interrupts them"
"No" Callie shook her head. "We had that conversation they aren't even there yet" she dismissed Arizona's claim. "Sofia?" she called out anyway. "Can you come down here for a sec?"
There was no answer from upstairs and Arizona shot Callie an "I told you so look". Callie still wasn't certain.
"She's probably in a deep sleep"
"Why don't you go check?" Arizona raised her eyebrows. Callie sighed at her girlfriend.
"I will check" Callie replied, stomping up the stairs with Arizona following closely behind. "Because I am one hundred percent certain that Casey will not be here…" she trailed off as she opened Sofia's door to see Casey and Sofia there looking as shocked as Callie and Arizona. "Sofia" Callie's tone was full of disappointment to see that Sofia had gone behind her back. Sofia went from pale to crimson in a matter of seconds.
"Casey" Arizona muttered. "Home now" she added firmly.
"Fine" Casey muttered his reply throwing on his clothes.
"Eh…sorry about this" Arizona muttered to Callie. "And you, we'll talk about this when we're home" she led Casey out of the room, leaving Callie to deal with her daughter alone.
"One thing, I asked you not to do one thing!" Callie raised her voice. "You are sixteen Sofia!"
"I'm sorry" Sofia told her mum. "Please don't yell at me"
"I'm disappointed in you Sof" Callie responded, feeling a little guilty for how bad Sofia looked. "Come here kiddo" she opened her arms wide and Sofia came rushing over. "You should have just asked, just don't do things behind my back again"
"Okay" Sofia nodded.
"Right I've got to go to work now" Callie sighed, remembering how late she was. "We'll talk more when I'm home" she left the room and went about getting ready for work. She knew she wouldn't have had a problem with Casey staying over if she was in the house at the time, it was more the fact that Sofia and Casey had gone behind her back and choosing to sleep over at a time they knew she was going to be out. The anger had finally mellowed and she was feeling a little calmer already. Sofia was sixteen now and as much as Callie didn't want to accept it, her daughter was growing up and there was going to be times where Sofia hid things from Callie. Tonight when she got home, she'd tell Sofia that Casey could begin to stay over, only if she was in the house. Her relationship with Sofia had been strained once before because of Casey Robbins and Callie wanted to make sure it wasn't going to be like that again.
"Did you use protection?" Arizona asked as she walked on the beach with Casey. She'd been silent from Callie's trying to figure out what to say to her younger brother who was looking sulky and stroppy the whole time. She wasn't stupid or going to choose to believe Casey and Sofia were all innocent like
"What…nothing like that…eh" Casey mumbled.
"Come on Casey, you might be able to fool Callie with that act but I'm not that stupid" Arizona narrowed her eyes at her younger brother.
"Fine…yes we used it" Casey responded, his cheeks bright red. "Can we drop it"
"That sounds good to me" Arizona muttered in response. Her own cheeks were flushed, she knew it was more Tim's place to have this conversation with Casey but Tim was a useless older brother and had never bothered much with Casey his whole life. Arizona put it down to the age gap between the two brothers, but over time it seemed that Tim was actually a little jealous of Casey. He was the golden boy, something Tim never was and for that reason, the relationship between the two brothers was strained, to say the least. "Let's go to the diner"
"Sure" Casey smiled at his sister, glad that the awkward conversation they just had seemed to be over.