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Chapter 4.
Bronte sat head in hands sobbing. She couldn't believe the mess she had got herself into. Callie walked over to her daughter and patted her back gently. "Go on, let it all out, it will get better soon." Callie sighed to herself, watching the mess her child was in.
A week had passed by and Bronte had been home for two days so far. Arizona had still not spoken to Bronte since last week's incident and Bronte had not attempted to speak to her mom. Callie on the other hand had let it go and got on with her daughter just fine.
"Bronte you're going back to school tomorrow, okay?" Callie informed her daughter as she stirred the pan with food in on the kitchen hob. She head Bronte sigh at the fact she had to go to school.
"Bu-"Bronte spoke up.
"Er, no buts. You are going in tomorrow and that is final." Bronte rolled her eyes behind her mami's back and licked the icing of the top of her cupcake. Just then Arizona walked through, not speaking to Bronte. She walked straight to the kitchen cupboard to get out a glass, filling it with water.
"Cal, Zola is coming round with her mom because Mer, April, Amelia and Jo are coming round to help Apes with her wedding plans." Arizona spoke softly to Callie. She was in a dull mood and didn't want to take it out on her wife.
"Yeah, I have to leave for work later, so let April know I'm sorry and I'll see her soon." Bronte interrupted her mom's conversations and spoke up.
"Zola is coming?!" Bronte's face lit up in excitement. She hadn't seen Zola since the incident due to her being grounded.
Arizona looked at her daughter and spoke to her for the first time since she shouted at her daughter in the hospital. "Yeah she is." Arizona turned away, picked up her glass and left the room.
Callie gave a sympathetic look to her daughter. "She will get over it soon hunny." Bronte didn't seem convinced. She sadly looked down at the counter and started biting her nails. She understood why her mom was so angry. She knew her mom was disappointed, upset and angry to what had happened. Callie didn't want her child to feel so down and upset, especially after what had happened. "Hey…" She walked over and put an arm around her, pulling her into a side hug. "Let's make some brownies, yeah?" Bronte couldn't resist. She gave a huge smile, which reminded Callie of Arizona's smile, and got up of her seat to help Callie.
A little later on the door opened, and from Bronte's view from her seat in the living room, she seen April, Amelia, Mer, Jo and most importantly, Zola walk through. Arizona shouted from the kitchen.
"In here!" The three women went straight into the kitchen, whereas Zola ran up to Sofia and Bronte. Bronte's face gleamed with happiness to finally see her best friend.
"Zola!" Bronte ran up to her and gave her a big hug.
"I've missed you so much! How are you feeling?" Zola looked at her best friend.
"I'm fine. Moms still pissed at me though"
"Do you really blame her Bronts?" Zola sat down and picked up a magazine.
"Hm, I know." Bronte sighed.
"She will get over it Bronts. You know mom." Sofia said and sat by Zola.
"Yeah…Anyway, film night? You can stay the night Zo."
"Yeah sure! If we are having a film night though, we are most defiantly watching Harry Potter." Zola demanded. She was Harry Potter crazy.
Bronte and Sof rolled their eyes and laughed. "Fine."
In the kitchen, the five women were sat round the breakfast bar with tons of wedding magazines open, with dresses, venues, flowers and food in."
Arizona pointed to a certain venue. "Aw April, what about this venue?!" Arizona gleamed with excitement.
"Oh my, that's so gorgeous!" April couldn't stop looking at what Arizona had pointed out.
Mer stood behind April with a glass of wine in one hand and the bottle in the other. "Amazing. April, you have to! Tell Jackson as soon as you get home." Meredith was already slightly drunk. "He can't say no. We won't let him will we girls!" Meredith looked at them with half a brownie in her mouth swaying slightly.
Amelia smirked at Meredith. "Yeah…We will make him agree for you. Don't you worry, I got this." Amelia winked at them all laughing.
"It's amazing! Aw look at the lake. Oh my! The wedding pictures would look amazing in front of that fountain!" Jo mentioned.
"Yeah, Jackson could get topless and get in the fountain!" Arizona joked.
April laughed. "I just want everything to go right this time."
Meredith was getting more and more drunk. "Oh imagine! Imagine if you ran out with Matthew at the altar." Everyone laughed. "Like…Imagine if he just shown up and was like April Kepner, I looove you!" Meredith's words were slightly slurring.
Arizona took the wine of Mer. "No more alcohol for you." Meredith pouted like a child slightly and sat back.
"That's the face Zola pulled when you took her phone off of her" Amelia smirked.
"Like mother like daughter" April said.
The five women were making jokes about the hospital and some of their weird patients from the day as Bronte walked in quietly. The five women hadn't noticed Bronte walk in and Arizona was drunk talking about what had happened. She quietly hid behind the door on her way in and listened.
"I'm actually ashamed in some way to say that she is my daughter. I could not tell anyone that she was pregnant. I mean imagine the looks on some people's faces I'd get. Sofia is so good and has never done that; you know…Like do I blame myself? I don't know. I am so disappointed in her." Arizona drunkly spoke and all the women agreed.
"I wouldn't be happy if it was Zola either, don't worry, you have every right to be pissed." Meredith offered Arizona more wine.
At that moment, Bronte strolled in and got some microwave popcorn out of the cupboard and waited while it cooked. All the women looked down, realising she probably heard everything and them talking about her. Arizona sighed to herself, while April spun round her wine glass. Bronte stood awkwardly, she knew they were talking about them and the reason they stopped is because they knew that she knew. She faced her back to them and silently cried as she watched the popcorn pop. They heard a quiet sniffle and seen Bronte's arm reach up to her eye, clearly showing she was wiping her eyes. Arizona looked sadly at her daughter, she felt bad for Bronte to hear what she had said, she realised she needed support and her family there for her. Not stood in a kitchen, announcing how they were disappointed.
"Bronte." Arizona said quietly. The other four women stood awkwardly, feeling sorry for both Arizona and Bronte. Arizona walked over to her daughter and went to put her arm around her. Bronte nudged her off.
"No!" Bronte raised her voice and began to cry. "No! Don't try and be nice to me after you've clearly said how you have felt." Bronte looked at her mom and then to the rest of the women. "You might all be ashamed off me, and disappointed or whatever! But I lost my baby! Nobody has asked me how I am or if I'm okay! Instead you have all judged me, sitting here judging me. I heard everything. I may as well just move out or something! I needed my mom, but instead you haven't spoken to me all week!" Bronte looked at Arizona and wiped her eyes. "I am so sorry this happened but can you not just let it drop, cos' I just keep getting reminded off it! It isn't fair!" Bronte stormed out of the room, the five women heard Zola and Sof run after Bronte. They all looked at Arizona and Arizona put her hand through her hair, clearly highlighting her stress of the situation. The microwave beeped as soon as the popcorn had finished cooking, breaking the feel of tension in the room.
"Wow…" Amelia said. She looked at everyone. "I never knew she was that upset."
"Me either." April shuck her head and Meredith sighed, along with Jo.
"I just…I don't know what to do or how to…I just can't forget about what she has done these past few weeks." Arizona took a sip of her wine and looked at them. "I'll go and speak to her now."
Arizona walked up the stairs to see Sof and Zola stood outside Bronte's room.
Zola sighed. "She's locked the door, she said she doesn't want to speak to anyone." Sofia rolled her eyes.
"Go down girls, ask April or one of them to make you something to eat." Arizona smiled softly to them and they went downstairs.
Arizona knocked on Bronte's door. "Bronts, come on let me in." Arizona said softly. "I want to speak to you, I'm not here to shout baby."
Surprisingly, Arizona heard the door unlock. She went into Bronte's room, finding her sat on the edge of the bed. Arizona joined her and sat by her side.
"Bronts." Arizona looked to the ceiling and shuck her head slightly. "I am so sorry, I just didn't speak to you about it…I should of, I am sorry for being blunt with you all week, especially when you needed me."
Bronte listened, trying not to cry, her eyes teared up.
"I was disappointed in you. I always thought you would come to me in that sort of situation. Of course I would be angry and annoyed…But at the end of the day you're my daughter and I love you. I am here for you no matter what, and if you ever need to talk to me, I am ready to listen, okay?" Arizona sympathised with her daughter.
Bronte smiled slightly and wiped her eyes. "I am sorry mom. I didn't know what to do." At this point Bronte broke down. Arizona had never seen her daughter so upset, other than when she was younger. Arizona pulled Bronte into a hug and didn't let her go.
"When you need help again, always come to me or your mami. We are here for you, okay?"
Bronte nodded while she stayed in her mom's arms. "I promise…It was so horrible." Bronte cried to her mom and Arizona held her tight.
"I know baby, ssh" Arizona rocked her slightly. "Just don't do it again and be careful…Okay?"
Bronte looked up and Arizona moved her hair out of her face, placing it behind her ears. "I won't. I am sorry, I love you!" Bronte hugged her mom once more before letting go.
Arizona smiled. "Come on, let's go back downstairs. I bet Mer is trying to make Zola and Sof something to eat while she's drunk" Arizona laughed a little nudging Bronte softly.
"She can't cook at all." Bronte laughed slightly and Arizona laughed.
They both got up and went downstairs. April was still drunk and she seen them walk through.
"Bronte, come here missy." April held her arms out and Bronte walked into them and gave April a hug.
"Aunt April, you're drunk." Bronte laughed a little and April giggled and sipped more of her wine.
"I know!" April said cheery. "Arizona I'm staying the night. I don't want Jackson seeing me this drunk. He might break of the engagement" April laughed uncontrollably.
Amelia, Arizona and Jo laughed. "He will never leave you Apes…You make the best brownies going, unlike Mer." Everyone turned round to Mer who was trying to cook everyone some late night snacks. They all laughed, including Sof and Zola who were eating the popcorn from earlier on the other side of the kitchen.
"Hey! My cooking is amazing!" Meredith moaned to them.
"You sure about that?" Jo glanced at her.
"No…But I'm a surgeon and you can't beat that" Meredith turned back to the stove, sassy, and carried on cooking.
"Should I trust her to not burn down my kitchen?" Arizona whispered and Amelia nodded her head laughing.
"I heard that!" Meredith waved the wooden spoon in the air.
Zola and Sofia stood in the corner laughing at Mer.
"Hey Mom…Can I go this party tomorrow, it's going to be insane! It's Tom's! You know Tom! Sof is going too!"
Meredith looked at everyone. "Hm…Okay! But I want you home by 11:30" Meredith was drunk so Zola was taking advantage.
Bronte looked down at the counter; she knew she wouldn't be allowed to go. Arizona sighed to herself. "Bronte…You can go too." Bronte looked at her mom, smiling. She rushed over from April and hugged her mom.
"Yay! Thank you!"
"You can both stay at ours after." Meredith smiled and the girls all smiled at each other.
Jo got her bags together. "Alex is outside. See you all tomorrow. Bye girls!" Everyone said bye to Jo and moved on into the living room.
Just as they were sat down in the living room, the doorbell rang.
"I'll get it." Bronte got up and went to open the door. She stood there gobsmacked.
"Bronte who is it?" Arizona shouted through.
"Oh just a sales person." She shouted back.
Bronte looked at the boy standing at the door. "Hey…Do you remember me?" He smiled. It was the boy who got her pregnant.
Bronte stared at him in shock, she stepped out and closed the door. "Yeah…Erm how…how did you find where I lived?"
The boy looked at her. "My friend knows you…He told me…I wanted to see you…Ask you out? We're all going Tom's party tomorrow…I was wond-"
Bronte cut him off. "Yeah…I'm going…"
He smiled…"Great." He stared at her. "I like you Bronte. I have for a while. I don't know if you have noticed but I'm in your business class." It hit Bronte, she knew who he was, she was too drunk to know who she was with at the party, but it hit her…It was Justin.
Bronte rolled her eyes. "You need to go!" Bronte demanded and he looked hurt by what she said. "Okay…Sorry…That was harsh." She liked him secretly and she was happy he turned up at her house. "My mom will go mad…I'll see you tomorrow." Bronte smiled at him sweetly.
He smiled back happily. "Sorry for coming round. I just wanted to speak to you. See you tomorrow." He smiled and left. She closed the door and went back in.
"What was he trying to sell?" Amelia asked.
Bronte looked at them all confused when Amelia asked her. "What?"
"You said it was a sales person." Amelia laughed a little. "Come on Bronts, we've been drinking, not you" She smiled.
Everyone looked at her as she sat down. "Oh just trying to sell…You know stuff." Bronte played with her nails and smiled to herself. Justin liked her.
Arizona looked at her daughter unconvinced but decided to leave it for the night.
Meredith stood up. "Okay everyone. We're going to play Charades." She demanded and everyone laughed.
Okay! Nothing really dramatic in this chapter, but I hope you all enjoy!