First Date (2/2)
Title: First Date (2/2)
Author: mak62184
Pairing: Callie/Arizona, or Arizona mostly in this one.
Rating: PG-13
Summary: Memorable first dates.
Disclaimer: All characters and other sources of material belong to their rightful owners and no profit is made.
Part 1: http://community.livejournal.com/callie_arizona/332729.html#cutid1
A/N: It has been awhile since I wrote the first part, but I’ve gotten busy and actually was trying to think of what to write for Arizona. Enjoy!
The two women sat in the bar laughing.
“Seriously, Calliope. Were you really grounded for a month?”
Callie was still laughing. “Yes, it was horrible. I ended up watching the news with my father every night, just so I could watch something on television. I hoped that me practicing my trumpet frequently would make him cave, but it didn’t. Although Aria was ready to kill me. Did you ever have any memorable dates like that?”
Arizona thought for a moment. “No, but the first time I brought Joanne over to my house was an adventure.”
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It was two days before Christmas and Arizona walked home from school. Living only down the block from her high school made it convenient. In tow with her was Joanne. Just a couple of days before, they decided to date exclusively. Arizona was looking forward to bringing her new girlfriend home, although she was not sure how to break the news to her parents. As they were aware, she was straight, and she knew this news would surprise them. So, she decided to bring Joanne over for the afternoon and tell them after the holidays, so they could get used to the idea of Joanne first.
“Maybe this wasn’t a good idea,” Joanne said as they walked.
“Relax, it will be fine. Besides, are you out to your parents yet?” Arizona asked.
She made a good point. Both girls were high school seniors, so they did not want to curse their luck with springing news that could potentially ruin their relationships with their families.
“I doubt my mom will even notice today anyway. Two of my sets of aunts and uncles came today for a few days with their kids. Plus, my mom is watching a couple of the neighbor’s kids as well until tomorrow, and my brother is home from college and we have a little sister. It will be chaos.” Arizona mentioned.
Before they got to Arizona’s yard, they stopped. Arizona gave Joanne a kiss before heading to the house. Once inside, Arizona was right. Kids were running around yelling and screaming. She made her way to the kitchen where her mother and brother, Mike, were.
“Hi, mom. This is my friend, Joanne. We have no homework over the break, so we decided to hang out this afternoon, if that’s okay.”
“Oh, sure honey,” Arizona’s mom said. “By the way, you and Mike are going to be sleeping in the basement with Angel, Melissa, and Ryan in the game room. I gave your room to Aunt Suzie and Uncle Rick because of your bathroom and Veronica still being too little to stay with the older kids.”
Arizona sighed. “And where are the rest of the kids sleeping?”
“In the main room of the basemen.” Mike said cheerfully. “Well, Ashlee and Kara will be in the guest room because they have been in there since last week when their parents dropped them off, but they’ll be gone tomorrow. This will be so much fun,” he added putting his arm around Arizona’s shoulder.
“Oh yeah,” she added rolling her eyes. After that, she pulled Joanne downstairs; hoping there would be nobody around. And she was right. They sat down on the blanket and toy infested couch.
“I’m so sorry,” Arizona apologized.
“Don’t be. This is sort of fun. Almost an adventure.”
They went in to kiss when Melissa interrupted them.
“Hey cuz!” She yelled to Arizona.
Arizona liked Melissa, but she was not happy she interrupted her time with Joanne.
“Hey, Melissa. Did you get your learner’s permit yet?”
“I sure did,” the brunette looked happy. “But this sleeping arrangement is ridiculous. There are 11 of us kids, plus your neighbor’s kids. And Tina just flooded the upstairs bathroom and locked the door when she came out.”
Arizona and Joanne giggled a little. “Oh, this is my friend, Joanne,” Arizona said introducing her girlfriend to her cousin. Melissa shook her hand and then was gone because her mom called her up the stairs.
“Wow, you weren’t kidding when you said it would be chaotic here,” Joanne noted.
“Yeah,” Arizona said. “Aunt Suzie and Uncle Rick have five kids. Melissa, who was just down here, is sixteen. She’s awesome. Angel is fourteen. And then Brody and are nine-year-old twins, leaving Veronica at two. Then my Aunt Kate and Cody have Ryan, who is also sixteen, Joey who is ten, and Tina is six. My sister, Cassandra is also six, and you met Mike.”
Soon, the younger boys came running downstairs yelling and shooting each other with foam darts.
“Let’s go into the game room,” Arizona motioned to Joanne.
They walked in there and found the room a bit messy too with a couch and 4 cots set up around a pool table and television.
“I’m sorry about the mess,” Arizona apologized again. “If you want to go home, I understand.”
“No, don’t worry about it,” Joanne insisted. “My mom would not leave us alone at my house. So the kids getting into mischief helps us not get caught.”
Arizona knew she was right and went in to kiss Joanne.
“I have your Christmas present upstairs,” she said. “I’ll go get it from my room.”
Arizona went up to her room to grab her present for Joanne and got them some drinks and cookies as well.
“I hope you like it,” she said as she handed the box to Joanne.
She opened it and inside was a snow globe with a ballerina inside because Joanne was a dancer.
“Thank you Arizona,” she said and then kissed her. “This is for you,” she handed a box to Arizona.
Arizona opened the box and there was a little charm bracelet inside. It was one that Arizona had seen at the mall when they went a few weeks before.
“This is so pretty. Thank you.”
They kissed again. And soon they were on the pool table locking lips. They did so until Mike came in unexpectedly.
“Sorry. I didn’t know you two were in here,” he said shocked.
Arizona and Joanne got off the pool table immediately and straightened themselves out.
“I need to use the restroom,” Joanne left the room quickly.
“Are you two a couple?” Mike calmly asked Arizona.
Arizona stood there looking shocked, not sure of what to say to her brother. She finally spoke.
“Yes. I am gay. Please don’t tell mom or dad. I want to tell them after everyone has gone home, and so I can give dad a special Christmas present, which I’m sure he won’t want if he knows this.”
Mike just stared at her for a moment. He went over to his sister and hugged her.
“Don’t worry. Your secret is safe with me. And honestly, I kind of thought you were because of your Cindy Crawford poster, but I didn’t know how to ask and didn’t want to upset you.”
Arizona smiled. “Thank you.”
Later on, dinner came. Joanne stayed. Arizona and Mike ate in the kitchen with their older cousins, while the rest of the kids were in the dining room with the adults. Dinner was pizza because the meal would be a big deal the next two days with grandparents and other relatives coming. Arizona held hands with Joanne under the table and subtly rubbed her leg a little. Soon, Joey and Aaron came into the kitchen to get some water, but started trouble as well.
“Hey, Melissa.” Aaron came up to one of his sisters. “Are you gay?”
“What?” Melissa asked confused.
“I think he means are you happy?” Mike said, trying to end the conversation.
“No I don’t,” Aaron insisted. “I saw Arizona kissing her friend and then she said she was gay. So, since Melissa is only a year younger, will she be gay too?”
“What?” Angel yelled after spitting out her coke. “Are you gay, Arizona?” She was shocked, but also laughing about how stupid her little brother sounded.
“It’s not funny!” Arizona yelled. She was getting upset. Suddenly, her father appeared in the kitchen to see what was taking the boys so long.
“What’s not funny? He asked.
“Arizona was kissing Joanne in the basement and told Mike she was gay,” Aaron informed his uncle of the conversation. “I saw them when I was peeking through a basement window outside.”
Arizona was so embarrassed at that point, that she got up from the table crying. She couldn’t even face her dad because she knew it was true and there was no way she could lie her way out of what happened. She went up to her bedroom, although her aunt and uncle were set up in there. She grabbed her suitcase and just started throwing whatever clothing she could find in a hurry. She tore the Cindy Crawford poster off her wall and snuck downstairs. Her family and Joanne were still in the dining room and kitchen, so she walked out the front door and started walking the three-mile trip to the bus station. It was snowing and pretty hard at that. She kept walking and crying.
Soon, a mini van came down the street and stopped when it got to her. It was her father.
“Get in the car,” he said.
Arizona was very scared, but she obliged. He did not start driving. They just sat there for a moment in silence.
“Where are you going?” Arizona’s father finally asked her.
“I’m going to New York to live with aunt Gertrude. She’s miserable so she won’t notice or care about what I do. Plus, I need somewhere to live now.”
“And where did you get that idea from?”
Arizona paused. “When Aaron told you about me and Joanne, I thought you were going to ask me to leave, so I thought I would do it before you could.”
Her father sighed. “Aaron was always sort of a blabber mouth and a bit annoying. I spoke to your mother briefly. This news actually didn’t surprise her too much. But, why did you keep this a secret?”
“I thought you were going to be mad and stop loving me,” Arizona responded. She started crying harder than she already was. “I was planning on telling you, but I wanted to wait until everyone was gone. Now I’ll be the discussion and treated differently from everyone but mom and Mike.”
Arizona and her father just sat in the car for a long time before finally speaking again.
“Are you still doing well in school?” her father finally asked.
“Yes. That was actually going to be a Christmas surprise for you, dad. I made the high honor roll again, and I got accepted to college. I want to become a doctor.”
Arizona was not used to her father being understanding, but he hugged her.
“Come home,” he said. “If you still want to. I think Joanne is still there.”
“Thank you, dad,” Arizona said.
“No, thank you, Arizona.” And they drove back to the house.
They walked in the house and all the younger kids were getting ready to go to bed. Arizona’s brother, older cousins, and Joanne were glad that she came back.
“I’m sorry, Arizona. I wasn’t laughing at you for being gay,” Angel explained. “My brother is just an idiot and should have respected your privacy.”
“It’s okay. I just overreacted, and I know Aaron can be stupid. But, thank you for understanding.”
Arizona’s father interrupted for a moment. “Joanne, it’s snowing really hard outside. You are more than welcome to stay over tonight and I’ll give you a ride home tomorrow.”
Joanne agreed. She took the cot that Arizona would have slept on, and Arizona slept on the floor on top of blankets. She was glad that everything was okay with her family and that she had the best girlfriend in the world.
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“Wow,” was all Callie could say. “Crazy dates for both of us.”
Arizona laughed. “I know, right? But, now I know everything is perfect.”
She leaned in and kissed Callie. The night was just getting better.