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The first couple of hours was cut short as Callie had a meeting, so Arizona was back at her apartment reasonably early that night. They'd basically come up with nothing yet and Arizona was feeling a little frustrated and embarrassed. Her brother kept bombarding her with texts about the task she was helping Callie with, but she couldn't be bothered replying. Finally, the next day she succumbed and text him back, inviting him to come around and help her pack.
"So let me get this straight" Tim asked his sister as he stepped into her apartment. "You are helping Callie write a song"
"That I am" Arizona muttered, looking at all the different clothes strewn around her apartment floor.
"Maybe I could give you a ride over to the apartment?" Tim suggested, raising his eyebrows. Arizona shot her brother a look.
"I don't think so" she laughed, picking up an old tank top. "I think Beth might get a little jealous"
"I'm not the one who likes her though am I?" Tim grinned, shooting his younger sister a look.
"I have no idea what you're talking about" Arizona dismissed him. "Are you going to help me pack or not"
"I saw the way you looked at her" Tim pointed out.
"I didn't look at her in any way" Arizona lied, throwing in a blue blouse and her favourite pair of jeans.
"Be careful Ari" her brother warned her. Arizona looked her brother in the eye for the first time.
"I always am" she whispered. Tim nodded.
"I can't believe she wants you to stay with her"
"Well, it's not like that. It's for the song" Arizona pointed out, throwing all her comfiest clothes in the suitcase as well.
"Oh of course" Tim continued. "Bit of a diva-ish demand, though. You don't live that far away"
"I did try to tell her that" Arizona shrugged. "I'm staying in the spare room"
"I give it a week until you're in her bed" Tim suggested, flashing his sister a grin.
"No no, I'm not going to discuss my sex life with you" Arizona laughed. "In fact, you can give me a lift" she glanced at him with pleading eyes. She had underestimated how much stuff she was going to need and she didn't have a car yet.
"That's fine" her brother told her. "I need to pick up the kids first, you don't mind them tagging along?"
"Of course not" Arizona told Tim, zipping up her suitcase. "Let's go before I change my mind"
"So what kind of song is it?" Tim asked.
"No idea yet, we're toying around with different options"
"Maybe it could be a romantic song, it can tell the story of two people writing a song together and falling in love"
"Wow that may be the weirdest thing you have ever said to me" Arizona glared at her brother. "I have no plans to fall in love again, it didn't exactly go to plan last time"
"You were a kid, don't tarnish everyone with the same brush Ari" her brother smiled at her. "Not everyone out there is like Lauren Boswell.
Arizona froze hearing the name out loud for the first time in a while. It wasn't like she never thought of Lauren, she often thought of Lauren, of their past, how much Lauren still affected her today.
"Don't" Arizona whispered. "Don't say her name to me" she sighed, slamming her suitcase down in the boot of Tim's car. She barged past her brother and took a seat in the passenger seat. There would be no more mentions of Lauren's name today.
Meanwhile, Callie was rushing around the apartment trying to neaten it for Arizona coming around.
"This is the craziest thing I have ever heard" Mark muttered, putting his feet up on the sofa as Callie hoovered. "She is the cleaner"
"Right now she's my lyricist. I don't need her trying to multitask. Besides I'm not doing much, just trying to make it tidy, she is staying here after all" Callie gulped, wondering why she dived in head first and basically forced Arizona to stay. She knew nothing about Arizona, for all Callie knew she could be a serial killer. "I'm crazy, who invites a woman to stay with them when they barely know them"
"In the dating world this would be a relationship"
"Oh come on" Callie glared. "Bigger things to think about here"
"Right, song and world domination first, relationships and babies later" Mark reminded himself.
"Exactly" Callie confirmed his words. It wasn't fair, she really did want a baby. She just wanted a job that she loved more. Besides when she did think about having children, she definitely wanted a girlfriend at least and that didn't seem to be changing anytime soon.
"So I'll get out of your hair. I'll pop around tomorrow; see how far you've gotten with the song"
"Don't expect miracles Mark" Callie reminded him. "Nothing spectacular happened last night, I wouldn't expect a hit song by tomorrow"
"Well seeing as she's not a lyricist, I'll be surprised if there's a hit song by the end of the two weeks" Mark shook his head lightly.
"I've a good feeling about her Mark" Callie told him. "She was really good" she sighed, thinking of Arizona's new improved lyrics the other day and trying to forget about the little time they had last night. "Trust me"
"I do trust you" Mark ensured her. "I really do have to shoot, Becca has dance classes soon"
"Aw, you're on mom duty" Callie teased her best friend.
"Morning sickness is getting Lex real bad, I'm happy to do it for her" Mark laughed. "Good luck with the song. I'll let you know if I hear anything more from Wilson or Karev. Also Meredith's dinner is next week, she says you can bring a plus one if you wish, she's having it at a restaurant now"
"That sounds more Meredith style" Callie laughed, thinking of her friends past kitchen disasters. She completely ignored the plus one question, she had no one to take anyway. Mark nodded at her and left so that Callie could resume cleaning. She hoped her gut feeling was right, she wasn't sure what she was going to do if they couldn't beat Yang.
Arizona stayed silent on the car journey, right up until Nick and Lena got into the back seat. Naturally, they were thrilled to see their aunt and even though she was pissed at her brother for mentioning Lauren Boswell's name, she couldn't help but be the cheerful enthusiastic person Nick and Lena knew her to be.
"Aunty Arizona what are you doing here?" Lena asked in surprise as normally it was either Tim, Beth or Arizona who picked them up, not a combination.
"Your dad is dropping me off to stay at a friend's house" Arizona told her niece.
"Like a sleepover?" Lena asked.
"Yeah…like a sleepover" Arizona grinned.
"Aunty Arizona and her friend are writing a song for Jo Wilson" Tim told his kids. Nick and Lena stared at her in surprise.
"What?" Lena asked. "That is so cool" she grinned. Jo Wilson's fan base consisted of young girls and Lena was a big fan of hers. She had all her CD's and drove her parents crazy when she played them in the house.
"That is pretty cool" Nick added. "But why?"
"Well my friend used to be a big popstar like Jo Wilson and now Jo wants her to write a song for her to sing" Arizona explained the story to them. Nick and Lena nodded. A couple of seconds later Tim pulled up at the address Arizona gave him.
"Nice house" he commented.
"Please can we meet your friend aunty Arizona" Lena pleaded with her big blue eyes. Arizona couldn't say no.
"Okay, but only for five minutes okay?" she smiled at her brother who thought it was his lucky day. "I think your dad can carry my stuff" she gestured down at the suitcase.
"That is fine by me" her brother laughed, as the kids and Arizona made their way up the path. Arizona rang the doorbell and it wasn't long before Callie answered. She looked surprised to see two children accompanying Arizona.
"You have kids?" she asked looking down on the children who looked so like her. Arizona stared at her as though she was mad. Meanwhile Callie was fretting that she hadn't bothered to ask Arizona much detail of her life and presumed Arizona could drop everything for her.
"No, this is my niece and nephew. Lena and Nick" Arizona told her. "My brother gave me a ride and they wanted to meet you"
"Oh, awesome" Callie gave the two children a wide smile and invited them all into the apartment. Tim appeared about a minute later with Arizona's stuff.
"Jesus Ari, anyone would think you were moving in forever" he muttered. Arizona went bright red.
"How long exactly am I going to be staying here?" she asked as Callie was talking to Nick and Lena telling them all about meeting Jo Wilson and how cool she was.
"Well we have a two week deadline"
"You invite all your lyricist's to stay? That's some dedication" Tim pointed out. Arizona shot her brother a look.
"I think it's time for you to go" she told her brother, indicating that she wanted to be alone with Callie and get this song done as soon as possible.
"I think otherwise" her brother grinned.
"Hey kids, your dad just told me he's going to take you to McDonald's" Arizona grinned at the kids who immediately left Callie and went to their dad. Tim glared at his sister, knowing he couldn't be the bad guy and say no to the kids.
"You're a mean woman Ari" he laughed. "Looks like we're going to McDonald's kids" he told Nick and Lena who cheered in response. "Let's say goodbye to aunty Ari and her friend" he placed emphasis on the word friend which made Arizona blush again. Callie noticed this time and smirked. Her suspicions had been confirmed after all. She found the blonde attractive, there was no denying that but she'd had plenty of straight girls checking her out before so there was no way of knowing Arizona's sexuality unless she blatantly asked or it was secretly revealed. Knowing that the blonde found her attractive too made Callie feel really good. They waved goodbye to Tim, Lena and Nick at the door, Callie realised she was leaning into Arizona far too much ,so much that she could smell the scent of her shampoo. Secretly telling herself to get a hold of herself, Callie backed away knowing this wasn't the time for fun. They had work to do. Her phone buzzed and it revealed a text from Mark about the genre Jo wanted for her song. They hadn't heard much about what genre she wanted and she and Arizona had been playing around with different genre's and melodies, but the text from Mark confirmed: Jo Wilson wanted a romantic song.
Callie exhaled and glanced over at Arizona who had already retrieved a notepad and pen and was scribbling away. Callie admired how focused she looked and how seriously hot she did look whilst she was focusing. She glanced down at the text again.
Romance.
This was definitely going to be interesting.