Readers!
Thank you so much for the positive reviews lately! I love hearing what each of you have to say.
A lot of you have mentioned in your comments something along the lines of "something has to give" or the fact that change is imminent. You're absolutely right; something will give in the near future. lots of twists and turns ahead, bear with me for the ride and keep your comments coming :)
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"So...how was the rest of your birthday?" I asked Teddy as nonchalantly as possible as I walked into our apartment. She was sitting on our couch with Henry, plopped in front of the TV. It looked like she hadn't moved all day.
"What I remember was fun. I have had the hangover from hell today though..." She said.
"I wasn't feeling too well myself a little earlier today" I said, sitting down on the couch next to them.
"Do I even want to know where you have been for the last 18 hours?" She asked. Henry chuckled. As the designated driver last night, he clearly knew what had happened and where I had been. Crap.
"Probably not" I said, an apologetic look on my face.
"All Henry would tell me is that you were safe and not to worry about you. So that elimates all of the creeps that would could have left Joe's with. Jo called me about an hour ago bragging about taking Alex Karev home last night, so he is also off the list. You didn't come home, obviously. The list of places you could have been gets pretty short after that." She said sarcastically.
"I was actually at the Torres Suites" I said proudly, knowing I was about to get harrassed for making "poor choices" and "bad judgment calls". Ugh.
"And I am sure it is a coincidence that your girl crush has the same last name as your place of residence last night. Am I right?" She said cooly. I shrugged, defeated.
"Do I need to go over this again? How this so called 'relationship' is not only going to blow up in your face, but ruin your career before it even starts? What can I say to get through to you, Arizona?!"
"Alright, Teds, let's take it down a notch." Henry said. Thank god for Henry. She was really killing my post-sex buzz. Before I could rebuttle, I felt a buzz in my pocket. Pulling out my phone, I saw TIM ROBBINS flash across the screen.
"It's Tim! I gotta take this!" I said, running to my room.
"How convenient" She mumbled as I slammed my door.
"Tim! Hey! How are you? Are you okay?" I couldn't get my words out quickly enough. I hadn't talked to Tim for weeks. My only communication with him recently was through snail mail. I had so much to tell him...
"Zona! I am definitely okay. Quite well, in fact. Can you guess where I am?" He asked teasingly.
"Some random city in Iraq? Or did they transfer you to Iran?" I asked.
"You're wayyyy cold" He said. How could my guess be so far off? He has never been stationed anywhere other than the Middle East.
"Hmm..." I mumbled. Maybe he was transferred to Europe? Japan?
"Okay, I am just going to tell you because my calling card probably has less than twenty seconds left on it. I am back, Zona. I just landed in LAX. Mom and dad are picking me up now and we are flying to Seattle to see you in a week. Call mom for details. Love y..." and the phone line went dead. I ran out of my room, so excited I could hardly breathe.
"Tim is home!" I exclaimed.
"What? I thought he was supposed to be deployed for another few months?" Teddy asked.
"His calling card expired so I don't know the details, but he said he just landed in Los Angeles. He said he and my parents will be flying to Seattle next week!" I said gleefully.
"You haven't heard from your parents?!"
"No...you know how they are, Teds. They are transitory. I moved over ten times when I was younger. They want me to live my life independently. We communicate about the big life events." Teddy raised an eyebrow.
"That sounds rather dysfunctional. But I am happy for you! I am glad he is home and SAFE."
"Me too" I said softly. With everything that had been going on between Callie and I these last few months, my mind had been off of Tim for the first time since has deployed. Watching my big brother go off to war was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. With the amount of times my parents relocated Tim and I throughout my childhood, he often felt like the one stable thing in my life. Tim, my only sibling, was, and still is, my rock. With the knowledge that Tim is home safe and is coming to see me soon, I started to get the feeling that things were falling into place.