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Chapter 32- Arizona

I really wasn't sure what to make of what my dad had just told us. After he walked away Alex and I stared at each other, not knowing what to say. Callie broke the silence "well that explains everything"

"huh?" I turn to look at her

"the reason my dad hates your dad"

"maybe it's not hate, maybe he still loves him" Alex says "like I was seeing this girl once" he starts to say.

"Izzy" I cut in, seeing him nod "we were together off and on for a few years, I thought she was the one, but something happened and she left" his voice cut out "I ran into her a few months back, and seeing her again brought back all those memories. She didn't care I was trans"

"she was crazy Alex" I say

"but I loved her" he looks at me, his face was a little sad, like it usually is when Izzy is brought up. I sigh "I know you did bro" I reach over patting his leg

"I've been meaning to ask, are you wanting to date again?" Callie asks, Alex shrugs "I know someone, she works at the hospital"

"she's a doctor?" I could tell he was about to laugh.

"I said she works at the hospital" Callie laughs "I think she's a receptionist or something, I'm not entirely sure, I haven't seen my friend group in a while"

"you should" I say

"I should what?"

"see them"

"nah, I'm good"

"if you want to set Alex up with what's her name then you need to see them" I say looking at her.

"Jo"

"huh?" and feel a shiver run through my body, I can't even hear the beginning of her name without getting scared. I take a deep breath as Callie went on "her name is Jo Wilson"

"oh" I laugh, trying to laugh it off.

"if you think it's a good idea, maybe we can double, does she know you're with Zo?"

"she does, I may not have seen them in awhile but we still keep in contact on Facebook and through texts"

"set it up" Alex says "besides we got something to celebrate"

"what's that?" I ask not understanding what he's talking about

"your engagement duh" he rolls his eyes and laughs "god you're such an idiot sometimes"

"oh right" I look at Callie, she smiles and shakes her head.

"I love hanging out with you two"

"are we going to eat or just sit here and stare at those?" Alex asks, once dad had walked off we just kind of forgot about eating.

"I was waiting for dad and Lucia to come back" I say, "but if you're hungry go ahead, you know better than that"

"I know, but" he shrugs and looks in the direction dad went "I feel bad for Pop"

"don't" dad says walking up "it was years ago, talking about it just brought back the memories" Lucia took her seat, then dad sat down. I nod, and pass out the hotdogs.

"any idea when you'd like to get married?" Lucia asks trying to keep the topic on something fun.

"um" I shrug and look at Callie, who smiles "let us talk about it mom, it's only been a few hours"

"I call best man" Alex says as his hotdog falls off the fork and into the fire "dammit"

"who else would I have?" I roll my eyes and start laughing

"Pop" he says reaching for another hotdog, we had planned for at least a pack to end up in the fire, so we brought extras.

"you're her best friend, you get best man duties" dad says

"good" Alex smiles as he puts the fork into the fire, this one almost fell off too but he managed to save it.

"what about you Calliope?" Lucia asks as she takes a bite of her hotdog, she chews a bit "Addison or Meredith?"

"Addison or Mark, Meredith lives too far away"

"she'd come if you sent an invitation" Lucia goes on. I sit there listening, I hadn't heard Callie talk about any of her friends before. Who was Addison? Better yet who was Meredith? And why did she live so far away? While I was contemplating that I realized my hotdog had been burnt. Pulling the fork back I pull it off and toss it to the dogs. "Arizona" my dad scolds.

"what? It's fine"

"you're cleaning up the dog shit tomorrow" he says shaking his head

"don't I usually?" he doesn't answer just shakes his head. "sorry" I mutter, he could tell I snapped, but obviously didn't know why. "I'll be back" I say standing up, going into the cabin, I needed a moment to myself, I head into the bathroom, but before I could shut the door, Callie was there. Pushing me inside and locking the door "what's going on?" dammit, she could tell the difference in me too. "nothing" I sigh

"there's obviously something wrong, you snapped at your dad" I shake my head, and roll my eyes "Arizona" she says grabbing me by the shoulders "talk to me"

"the talk about your friends, I have no idea who they are, or anything"

"oh" she says "well Addison owns the jewelry store, she's the one who helped me with your ring, Meredith is a doctor, she lives in Seattle, I met her in college along with Cristina, who lives somewhere in the south, I don't quite remember, she is also a doctor"

"and Addison?"

"Addie and I have been friends forever, like you and Alex, Mark, is someone who works for my dad, we got close while I was dating George" there's a name I haven't heard in a while. "I haven't' met all your friends either" she says

"you've met the important ones" I say and then remember about April and Jackson's wedding. Or the fact that we were supposed to go help with the barn, but never did.

"April, Alex and Jackson" she says "what about Teddy?"

"I'm sure you've met Teddy" I laugh she was the sheriff after all.

"well yeah, but not as your friend, I know Teddy Altman the sheriff"

"fine" I sigh and give in, she reaches up and moves my head so I'm looking at her "are you thinking we don't know each other good enough to get married?"

"no" I shake my head but she saw right through it "Arizona"

"fine" I sigh again "yes"

"you haven't' met my sister yet" she says "is that a problem?"

"no, because I've talked to her on the phone"

"Arizona, we have the rest of our lives to get to know each other, I love you and you love me none of the rest of it matters"

"none of the rest of it matters" I repeat and see her smile, I let out a sigh, and she kisses me.

"you big dumb dork" she says pulling me into her as our kiss deepens

"hey" a voice outside the door is heard and pounding on the door "no getting it on in there, you have a bedroom for that"

"he's right" I laugh

"you ready for bed?"

"I have to feed the dogs then yes"

"come on I have to pee" Alex whines, when he gets like this I can hear the little girl he used to be in his voice.

"pee in the woods" Callie says as we both laugh, Callie opens the door, and we see Alex doing the potty dance. We laugh as Callie takes my hand and leads me outside to feed the dogs