Title: Back at One

Author(s): y0ungalaska & BrennaAimee

Rating: Ranging from PG to M

Disclaimer: The characters belong to Shonda Rhimes and ABC. We own nothing but our ideas.

Summary: "It's so incredible, the way things work themselves out and all emotional once you know what it's all about."

A/N: Hey yall we just wanted to thank you for reading and we really hope you are enjoying this fic. We didn't get much input with the last chapter. We like to know what you are thinking and it is interesting to get your speculations. I know this is still going at a slow pace, but we promise it will pick up, bare with us, we still believe it will be well worth it. Thanks again for reading we appreciate it greatly. : )

Chapter 4:

Arizona put her brush back on the dresser as she finished twining her golden locks into French braids. Callie had informed her that the party was going to be more laid back when she had seen all the nerves the blonde had bundled up every time the party was mentioned. Callie's quick fix solution was to throw a beach themed pool party. Arizona slipped on a pair of shorts over her bathing suit shorts and her flip flops before giving herself an approving nod in the mirror.

"James, honey, are you ready?" A few moments after calling out to him, her husband appeared in the doorway in a pair of blue, green and white shorts, flip flops and a towel thrown over his shoulder.

He smiled as he gave his wife a once-over, "Absolutely." As he held out his hand, Arizona gladly took it and allowed him to lead her out of their house.

On the way over, her nerves began to arise again as she heard the music coming from Callie's backyard. Try as she might, she failed to calm her nerves as the two of them reached the front door. A small note to the left let them know to enter through the back gate and as they turned around, the butterflies in the Blonde's stomach were in full flutter. Opening the back gate, Arizona came face to face with a horde of people she didn't know. James, feeling his wife grip his hand, turned around, mouthed 'it's okay' and smiled. Arizona smiled back at him and heeded his words. This would be fine. She had been to tons of parties.

As she looked around for a familiar face, she spotted Callie standing within a group of people, chatting and laughing. As if on cue, Callie looked over and made eye contact with the blonde, smiling her biggest smile. Arizona felt a small sense of calm come over her as she watched the Latina walk towards her.

"Hey!" Callie greeted the couple with smiles and hugs. "Thank you for coming."

"Of course, we wouldn't have missed it." James chimed in, letting go of Arizona's hand as he watched Javier wave him over to the grill. Turning to Arizona, he kissed her on the cheek, "I'll be by the grill, babe."

Arizona watched as her husband walked off. Her security blanket was gone and she was now on her own. Before she could finish the thought, Callie had taken her lightly by the arm and steered her toward the small bar they had set up.

"What will the lady be drinking?" Arizona looked up and saw a gorgeous man with beautiful blue eyes and what she could only describe as the perfect hair.

"I'll have a strawberry margarita," Arizona answered, mirroring his smile.

As he poured her drink, Callie spoke, "Arizona, this is Derek Shepard. He's a good friend of Javier's."

Derek handed her the margarita and wiped his hand on a towel before reaching it out to greet her, "It's very nice to meet you, Arizona. Welcome to the neighborhood."

She looked at Callie and smiled as she sipped her drink. Taking his hand, she replied, "Thank you, Derek and it's really nice to meet you, too."

Before the two walked away, Arizona glanced at the man once more wondering how a man could have such perfect hair in all of this California heat. Her thoughts were interrupted when she came face to face with the small circle that Callie had been engaged in conversation with upon her arrival.

The only man of the group was tall, very handsome and also had killer blue eyes. He smiled at her before looking towards Callie. The look didn't go unnoticed as the slightly shorter woman lightly smacked him on the arm. Callie let out a light chuckle before speaking, "Arizona, this is Mark Sloan and Teddy Altman. Mark, Teddy, this is Arizona. She's our new neighbor."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Blondie." Mark extended a hand and Arizona somewhat reluctantly took it. Teddy greeted her the same way and before long, the four of them had fallen into comfortable conversation.

"So, Callie tells me you're in real estate," Mark spoke as he sipped his beer.

"I am. Actually, I'm waiting for my transfer to go through so that I can get back to work. I love the time off, but I'm so tired of doing nothing." She laughed.

"Well," Mark took out a card from his wallet and handed it to the blonde, "It just so happens that I own Sloan Real Estate and I'm looking for new members. If the job you have lined up doesn't work out, don't be afraid to call." Smiling his biggest smile, he again sipped his beer and undoubtedly looked the blonde from head to toe.

"She's married, Mark." Callie stated. "And happily so. Hands off." She smirked.

Moving on in the conversation, Callie soon explained that Teddy was a lawyer and they had sometimes worked together on cases and soon became really good friends. She also explained that Miranda and Eli, who lived three houses down and to the left, were on a ski trip, Derek's wife Meredith, who was also a Criminoligist, was now a stay at home mom and they had just welcomed their first child into the word. Cristina Yang was a cop and on-call and her husband Owen was absent, as well.

After taking in all of the information, or trying to, Arizona looked over and could see James, Javier and now Mark and Derek laughing and sipping beers over the grill. The music was blaring and Arizona observed as a few people danced on the makeshift dance floor.

Callie, Arizona, Teddy continued talking for a while, before long everyone was complaining of the heat. It was a particularly hot day in sunny California and slowly people began making their way into the pool. Finally Mark had had enough as a sweat bead ran down his face. Arizona watched as his face twisted into this mischievous grin. He slowly slipped off his flip flops and before anyone knew what was happening he had ran from the grill, picked Callie up over his shoulder, and ran jumping into the pool. The yard filled with laugher as they watched Callie come up spitting out water and gasping for air.

"Mark Sloan, I am going to kill you." Callie's voice rang out as she lifted herself onto the side of the pool and walking toward the makeshift bar they had in the yard that they had been standing by discarding the glass she had had in her hand when Mark took her into the pool. Javier laughed at the childish actions between his wife and her best friend.

"Mark you do remember what happened last time don't you? This time I won't stop her." Javier yelled to Mark as he flipped the burgers on the grill.

Arizona watched as Callie put her glass down and stood beside her and Teddy ringing out the shirt and shorts she had over her bathing suit.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine. I should be used to it by now. Mark and I have known each other since College and been best friends ever since. This happens almost every time we have a pool party. I just figured someone would behave themselves since we had new company." Callie looked at Arizona raising her voice with the last sentence to make sure Mark overheard.

"Not happening Torres" Arizona heard Mark yell from the pool. Callie took Teddy and Arizona's arms and led them to the pool.

"Come on, it's hot and it feels amazing in here." Callie began to take off the clothes she had over her swimsuit and placing them beside a lawn chair. She watched as Arizona's facial expression changed, but quickly went back to smiling. Callie decided to ignore the look the blonde had put off although she was curious and she dove straight into the deep end. As she went head first into the water the possibility that Arizona couldn't swim and that's why she had given off that look. Callie then chastised herself for walking straight to the deep end. Before she could surface she felt someone else entering the water beside her. She looked over to the side of the pool and neither Arizona nor Teddy was in site. Callie looked around the pool to see Teddy taking off her clothes by the shallow end and stepping slowly into the water.

Callie twisted herself in the water to look behind her and came face to face with the blonde in question and kind of jumped back not expecting her to be there. Arizona just gave her a dimpled grin and started swimming toward the side of the pool. Callie watched her go and realized she still had on her tank top. Callie swam behind her to the side of the pool.

"You know, the pool is probably going to mess up that tank top since its gray. You might want to take it off." Arizona's facial expression once again changed to a look of discomfort, then was quickly replaced with a look of nonchalance.

"I've swam in tank tops since I was little. It just feels weird to not swim in them."

"Makes sense" Callie said not wanting to ask anymore and swam over to Mark and Teddy in a group. Arizona swam up behind her and then pool games were suggested. Of course the leaders of the teams in the games were Mark and Callie. Arizona learned so much about the spitfire Latina watching her competitive side come out against Mark.

"The food is ready" Javi informed everyone as he and James took the food inside. Slowly everyone started getting out of the pool and drying off to go inside. Mark turned the music off outside and went into the living room to turn on the surround sound in the house. The party goers all spread out around the house engaging in casual conversation. The drinks kept coming and soon almost everyone had a really decent buzz or was already drunk.

Callie, losing herself in conversation with everyone, noticed that Arizona was nowhere to be found. She had wanted to talk to her about some job stuff and just to see if everything was going well with her. After all, the party atmosphere had taken away her ability to just hang out with and speak to the blonde one on one. Making her way back out by the pool, she noticed that it was completely desolate. 'Hmm' she stated to herself before turning on her heels and making her way through the house. Spotting Javi, she tapped him on the shoulder, "I'm sorry to interrupt, but have you seen Arizona by chance?"

Javi shook his head no as he leaned in to kiss her. Smiling, she thanked him and excused herself from the men's conversation that was taking place. As she walked through the living area, she spotted blonde hair in the hallway. Turning to face the woman, she began to call out to her, but stopped short as she saw Arizona and James in a somewhat compromising position. Arizona was slowly backing up to the wall and James, wearing a smile, was whispering something in her ear before he held his body flush against hers.

Callie smiled to herself. Some people just got to the point where they couldn't control themselves when alcohol was involved. Letting out a small laugh, she turned on her heels and walked away. She was sure the couple would be leaving to finish what they were clearly just starting and her conversation with the blonde would definitely have to wait until a later date.

Callie went into the living area where she saw Javier talking to a group of the party goers. He looked so handsome in just his tank top and swimming trunks. She walked to him and wrapped her arms around him from behind. He finished his sentence and turned in her arms facing her. He dipped down to kiss her forehead.

"Hey baby"

Javi smiled down at her, and then leaned in to whisper in her ear. "I love you."

"I love you too Javier."

They held each other in a long embrace and soon began swaying to the music. They kept their eyes on each other the whole time. It was little things like this that made their marriage work, the small displays of affection. Javier looked up and saw James walking toward him. He grabbed Callie's hands and spun her around wrapping her up in his arms to acknowledge their company.

"Thank you so much for this party, but I think we are going to get back to the house." James spoke smiling. Callie and Javier both gave them a smile. James looked to Arizona and wrapped his arm around her hip and pulled her tightly to him. She slinked her arms around him and spoke.

"I had a wonderful time. I hope we can do it again. Thank you so much, Callie, Javi."

Callie watched the couple leave. James arm still tightly wrapped around Arizona and Arizona hugging him back. They are so cute together she thought before retuning back to her own happiness in Javier's arms.