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"The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides."
- Audrey Hepburn
Two weeks ago….
"Mom?" Arizona asked as she walked through the house, finally finding the woman in question in the kitchen
"Hey Sweetie, pass me the salt on your way here" Barbara said blindly reaching behind her to grasp the bottle while she simultaneously continued to stir the soup in the pot. Arizona had hopped up onto the counter beside her mother and looked all around the kitchen, taking in everything. The kitchen was decent sized and decorated in a very southern manner, with the middle island and countertops and cabinets surrounding it.
"Mom, when did you know that you were in love with dad?" Arizona asked, waiting intently for the response
Barbara had to take a minute to school the slight shock she had at the question. She paused for a minute mulling over her answer for a moment "I guess it was the moment he took me for a fancy dinner spontaneously" she finally decided and looked over at her confused daughter
The older Robbins decided to explain further "Your father was never a fancy restaurant person, he loved diners and hot dog stands and if we are being honest I was the same. But one night he called me and told me to put on a fancy dress because he was taking me out. He came to the door dressed in a suit and brought flowers. He greeted my father and talked with him about sports and gave the bouquet of flowers to my mother" Barbara laughed as she remembered that night
"After we ate dinner, he took me to the dance floor and even though I knew he couldn't dance because of the amount of times he refused to dance, there he was, holding his hand out to me. We spent the night fumbling around, he stepped on my toes more times than I could count, but the fact that there he was trying something new with me, smiling the way I knew he only smiled at me." Barbara said a soft smile on her face taking a deep breath in "It was that moment, I knew I was in love with him"
"THAT"S when you fell for me" A gruff voice called out from the corridor. There in his full Marine regalia was Daniel Robbins casually leaning against the doorframe "And here I thought it was when I smiled at you in that little florist shop down the street" he smiled softly
Barbara was there standing with tears freely flowing down her cheeks as she rushed toward him, immediately wrapping him in her arms, pulling away a few times to just look at him before burying her face into his chest once again. Daniel shifted his wife to his left side and looked up "What? your old man flies halfway across the world and you can't even come to hug him?" he said looking at Arizona before he saw her running toward them
"That's my girl" He laughed and hugged the two women close, reveling in the closeness
Later that night, Arizona was sat in Callie's bedroom, the brunette braiding her hair and Arizona could feel the goosebumps on her skin every time Callie brushed her hand against her neck or her back. Swallowing the lump down her throat, Arizona whispered "Callie, I think I have a crush on someone"
The brunette continued her work on the blonde hair "I know" and it slightly unnerved Arizona that she couldn't actually see the brunettes expressions at this point in time. Callie had smoothed her palms and gently moved them down Arizona's back
"Y-you do?" she timidly asked
"Of course Arizona and to be honest it makes perfect sense. You can trust me with these things. You know that right?" Callie says smally and Arizona finally realized how important it was to Callie that she open up to her.
"Can I tell you something else?"
"Please don't ask me if it's okay to trust me. You uhh you don't have to tell me if you don't want to though, no pressure" Callie said lifting both her hands up in surrender
"So me telling you things….. personal things… you want me to do that more often?" Arizona asked
"Yeah, it's kinda like a show of trust you know? It's what best friends do" Callie says and Arizona just looks at her
"Callie I trust you, It's hard. This" Arizona says motioning all around her "it's hard" she whispers "But I'm trying really hard" she admits finally looking up "and it feels great, the other day, I hugged Miss Campbell after we had dinner at her house. Mr Carter was proud of me for that. I was too. I'm getting better Callie" The blonde beamed, her whole body radiating happiness
"Thats amazing Zones. I'm so happy for you. I actually have news of my own." Callie said before pausing for dramatic effect.
"Callie whats going on?"
"I got accepted into Stanford" Callie said excitedly
"OH MY GOSH! Callie!" Arizona said jumping up and down on her knees before barreling into Callie knocking them both over the bed which only caused them to laugh harder. "I told you, didn't I. My best friend got into Stanford. Is there even a shirt for that?" Arizona asked excitedly before standing up and holding her hand out to help Callie up. Pulling the brunette closer to her body she uncoordinatedly spun them around eliciting giggles
"I'll phone Stanford tomorrow and accept their scholarship" Arizona smiled as she and Callie lay on the bed, her hand absentmindedly brushing through long raven locks. Callie sat up on one elbow and looked at Arizona through narrowed eyes
"We both know Hopkins has the better program all round because you don't know what specialty you want to take up. Arizona don't give this amazing opportunity up for me. I want you to go to the best school possible for you. Promise me you'll at least take some time to consider it" Callie said earnestly
"Calliope, I understand where you are coming from but being with you during college is something that I want. Stanford is an amazing school and the program is going to be amazing and while I may not know my specialty yet, I think they'll help me figure it out the best. And they also have a really cool regenerative research and engineering club there so…. besides Thursday nights are pudding night, who doesn't need that" Arizona laughed
"Arizona….." Callie sighed
"Callie I want this. I want to be with you" oh the double entendre that the simple sentence had. But not yet Arizona thought to herself. She was nearly ready, she just needed a little more time because she needed everything to be perfect. Quickly clearing her throat "Want to hangout tomorrow, Mom's making chocolate chip cookies and Dad's making his famous barbecue"
Callie suddenly became fidgety and avoided eye contact "I uhh have plans tomorrow, but I can come see you at night?"
"Ohh yeah sure and before I forget Sunday two weeks from now is the carnival. Don't plan anything okay" Arizona said
"Yeah sure. No problem"