"I know you want to show your girlfriend a good time here in New York but when you're not at the stadium there won't really be a lot of time for you two to see the city, other than the places I already have planned for you," Rebecca explained coldly as her and Lynzee got in the limo at the airport.
"Jason head to arrivals and we can pick up Arizona there," Lynzee said ignoring what Rebecca had just said.
"I won't be able to park there, the cops will be all over me." Jason replied.
"Well, drop me off and I'll go in and meet her and message you when you can come back around and get us, does that work?"
"Hello, Lynzee, are you listening to me?" Rebecca interjected. "Arizona can meet you at the hotel later."
"We're here at the airport, and she's arriving like right now, it doesn't make any sense for her to meet us there separately when we can just as easily give her a ride. I'm not going to leave her and make her go there on her own."
"She's a big girl she can figure it out." Rebecca said as she got her phone out and started to make a call.
Jason pulled up to arrivals as instructed and Lynzee got out and headed inside. As Lynzee was signing autographs and taking selfies here and there for various people who recognized her, Arizona came out from security and the two made eye contact and smiled. The two walked towards one another until they met in the middle and embraced one another. Lynzee held Arizona tightly around the waist as she escorted her through the airport out to the awaiting limo.
"Dr. Robbins, nice to see you again," Rebecca said not looking up from her phone as Arizona climbed into the car.
"Yes, of course, you too," Arizona replied cheerily.
Lynzee held Arizona's hand tightly as they started to drive away.
"Jason before we go to the hotel we need to stop at ESPN," Rebecca instructed.
"Yes ma'am." Jason replied.
"Really? We don't have time to get dinner anywhere first?" Lynzee asked.
"I told you, it's a busy schedule."
"It's okay, I don't mind," Arizona reassured Lynzee as she rubbed her thumb over her hand.
As they arrived at ESPN, Rebecca, Lynzee, and Arizona all climbed out of the car and were greeted at the door.
"Ms. Miller it's a pleasure to finally meet you, my name is Andrea Winters, I'm a senior editor for ESPN. I'm so glad you were able to make it out today, I know your schedule is so busy."
"Hey Andrea, nice to meet you. Call me Lynzee please. This is… uh, my girlfriend Dr. Arizona Robbins." Arizona and Lynzee looked at one another and smiled.
"Let's head on up, I'm excited to show you what we have in store for you."
Lynzee was confused but followed Andrea and Rebecca to the elevator holding onto Arizona's hand tightly as they made their way up.
As they headed into a conference room there were photos of naked athletes on large posters on easels throughout the room.
"Can I get anyone a water?" Andrea asked.
"Uh, yeah," Lynzee replied. "My mouth is suddenly dry. Rebecca…"
"Just hear her out."
"You want me to pose naked for a magazine?!" Lynzee quietly said through gritted teeth.
"Not just any magazine… ESPN. It's their body issue, it would be huge!"
"What impression have I ever given you that would make you think I would want the whole world to see me naked?"
"Look, let's just do the shoot, if we don't like the photos we don't have to run with it."
"You want me to do this today? Now?!"
"It was a quick trip, when else would we do it?"
"I feel like this is something maybe you could have talked to me about beforehand instead of just springing it on me after I'm already here."
Rebecca slid her hands up Lynzee's forearms and up her biceps, "You have nothing to be shy about, you have a great body, and I want to share it with the world."
"Um, excuse me," Arizona said as she came over and pulled Lynzee away from Rebecca. "1. Can you keep your hands to yourself when it concerns my girlfriend? 2. I'd like a moment alone with Lynzee."
Rebecca scoffed, rolled her eyes and walked out of the room.
Lynzee took a deep breath, "Are you okay with this?"
"It's your body, babe. If you're not comfortable with it then don't do it. But don't turn down this opportunity because of me. If you're okay with it, I am. And… as much as I hate to agree with her, Rebecca has a point. You have a great body. What I'm not okay with is her touching you all the time. You know she always finds a reason to put her hands on you?"
Lynzee thought for a moment, "I don't know, I guess I've never really paid attention. My body doesn't respond to her touching me like it does when you do."
"Uh huh, nice save," Arizona kissed Lynzee gently on the lips. "I think Rebecca likes you a lot more than just being your agent and you need to address it before it becomes a problem. She shouldn't be setting these things up for you without your knowledge and then just expecting you to do them. She works for you, remember? Not the other way around. I'm not saying you need to pick me or her, but she needs to understand you and I are a couple and she needs to accept that and respect it. Plus, like I said you're in charge here, not her."
Lynzee sighed. "I just want to play baseball."
"Okay, then let's go." Arizona grabbed Lynzee's hand and they headed out of the conference room.
"Where are you going?" Rebecca asked as they walked towards the elevator. Andrea was standing next to her holding a couple bottles of water.
Lynzee shook Andrea's hand, "It was really nice to meet you and I do appreciate the opportunity to do this, but I don't feel like now is the right time."
Andrea looked at Rebecca, "Rebecca we had a deal."
"Rebecca isn't in charge here, I am," Lynzee asserted. "Like I said, I appreciate the opportunity but now isn't a great time. Let's maybe talk during the off-season."
Arizona and Lynzee got on the elevator and headed down to the car.
Rebecca joined them in the car 5 minutes later and slammed the door as she got in.
"Do you have any idea what I had to do to get that shoot for you?" Rebecca yelled.
"Uhh, no… but maybe you could have told me about it before hand and I could have saved you the trouble."
"I bust my ass and get all these great opportunities for you and your career, you don't just walk out of a meeting like that."
"Rebecca, I appreciate everything you do for me, I really do, but I need to be more involved in some of the decisions you're making here. Had you mentioned any of this beforehand I could have saved you the time and whatever deals you made up there before I even walked in the door."
"You don't understand anything about how this works. You pay me to make these decisions so you don't have to. I'm working in your best interest I promise, but I need you to trust me on these things. If you weren't distracted with whatever this is," Rebecca gestured towards Arizona, "then I guarantee this wouldn't have been a problem."
"Hey, whoa! Hold on a minute!" Lynzee yelled back.
"Excuse me?!" Arizona interjected.
Lynzee took a breath and paused for a moment to collect the right words. "Arizona… is not a distraction. Period. This was my decision, not hers. I didn't turn down the shoot because I'm in a relationship. I turned it down because I don't need my naked ass all over every fucking magazine and billboard when I struggle every other day I'm out there on the mound trying to get the respect from all the men I'm playing with and against. Do you think that having my fucking ass and tits out there for everyone to see, my opponents, my teammates, is in my best interest right now from a game standpoint? I get that you are trying to make money for yourself and for me and that's great, but this isn't just about the money for me. The last thing I need is for these guys to have anymore fucking ammunition against me. Now, if you don't have anymore plans for the evening, I'd like to take my girlfriend out to dinner somewhere."
Rebecca stayed quiet for a moment as she was put in her place and Arizona sat quietly holding Lynzee's hand by her side.
"I apologize, Lynzee I didn't realize… I will make a better effort going forward to be more upfront with you on some of these things, and not surprise you."
Lynzee took a deep breath. "Rebecca, I also need you to understand Arizona and I are in a relationship. This isn't a fling." Lynzee held Arizona's hand in her own. "I love her and I want her around as long as she wants to be around."
Rebecca looked at Arizona and then at Lynzee and sighed. "Okay. You know I'm just very protective of you."
Arizona cut in, "Rebecca, I'm only looking out for Lynzee's best interests too. We're on the same team here, I promise."
Rebecca threw her head in her hands, took a deep breath, and ran her fingers through her hair. "Okay."
"Okay?" Lynzee asked. "Okay what…"
"Okay. Just okay."
"Okay…" Lynzee said confused.
"Can you drop me off at the hotel before you go out to dinner?" Rebecca asked as she fished her phone out of her purse and started looking through it and responding to emails."
"Sure… Uh Jason, let's drop off Rebecca at the hotel and then head for Tavern on the Green."
"You got it," Jason replied as he pulled the limo out into the city streets.
The ride to the hotel was quiet and every once in a while Arizona could have sworn she could see Rebecca glance up and either scowl or roll her eyes at something Lynzee or Arizona had said.
"Lynz I don't want to come between you and your agent but I still don't fully trust her." Arizona said not long after Rebecca got dropped off at the hotel.
"It's alright, she just admitted she's just been protective. She'll calm down."
"Okay, I trust you."
"I love you."
Arizona snuggled into Lynzee who held her close, "I love you too."
When the trip in New York was over, Lynzee took Arizona to the airport to head back to Seattle before Lynzee joined the team on the plane to D.C.
"It's too bad you can't come down to D.C. too. It'd be nice to explore the city with you like we did here."
"I know," Arizona said as she kissed Lynzee gently. "Maybe we can go in the off-season."
"I'd like that."
"Alright, I better go. I'll see you in a few days?"
"Yeah, I'll be back Sunday night."
"Why don't you come straight to my place when you get back into town."
Lynzee cocked a half smile, "It's a date." Lynzee kissed Arizona one last time and then Arizona headed inside to catch her flight.