𝑳𝒂𝒔𝒕 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 ~ 𝑪𝒂𝒍𝒛𝒐𝒏𝒂

11

"Please don't leave me." Those words had come out of her mouth before she could think about it. And now she regretted them. Arizona felt Callie's eyes burning holes into her, but all she could think about was.. closeness.

It felt like a deja vu. She had been there before. She had told someone else before to not leave her. She had danced this dance with someone before. Someone that wasn't Callie.

"What do you mean?" Callie had asked suspicious. Panic filled Arizona's chest, the oxygen suddenly not reaching her lungs anymore. Hands began to tremble as her vision blurred.

"You don't want to get married? Like ever?" Emory asked, her eyes furious. They'd been together for years now and, at least Emory was, on a point in life where she knew she wanted to get married eventually.

The topic of marriage never came up before. Surely they'd talked about their future plans, most of them with each other, never once noticing that they had different views on how their lifes would become.

"I just don't believe in the concept of it. You spent thousands of dollars in a white dress which you're gonna wear once in your lifetime, write down how much you love the other person just to read it then for them." Arizona replied. She started pacing around the room, a habit Emory noticed Arizona did when she was angry.

A lone tear was running down Emory's cheek. "A wedding is a ceremony of love. A day you celebrate finding your other half, celebrating the love you share."

"Why do we need an extra day for celebrating our love? Isn't it enough when we wake up every morning, telling each other how much we love us? Why do we need a whole day and a small fortune for that?"

"Look at my parents! They got married. They always said that their wedding day was one of the best days of their lives. So what I'm asking is; why are you so against it?"

"Alright, then let's take a look at my parents. They got married, had Tim, started fighting, thought all of their problems would go away if they'd have a second baby. But after I was born they fought even more. They got divorced, dad moved out and Tim and I had to pack our shit every second weekend to be with one of them! They believed in marriage, it failed them." Arizona kept explaining.

"Then why are you wearing your ring?"

"This isn't an engagement ring, Emory. It's a promise ring."

Tears started to roll down Emory's cheek. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. "The night I gave it to you, when I said I wanna spend the rest of my life you, it was an engagement ring. I though- I thought you knew that." Sobs were leaving Emory's throat with every second passing. "I had all of this planned out. I had a whole speech, I had this scenario play in my head where we plan our wedding together, announce it to our families and the crew." When she looked up to see the expression on Arizona's face, the hope she had somewhere deep inside of her died down.

Both stayed silent, letting everything sink in. "You don't want to marry me, do you?" Emory asked, her face now clear from any tears.

LD

"I'm not ready to talk about it yet." Arizona whispered to her best friend.

Teddy looked over to her. They've been home for a while, not talking a single word.

When Arizona came home that morning, Teddy thought that her friend would get a bit better. It was the first time in months that the blonde had stayed out somewhere without Teddy.

"Nobody is pressuring you into talking about it yet."

"But I can't continue like this! It is destroying me day by day a bit more. I feel like I'm trapped in a cage full of guilt, nightmares" Arizona took a deep breath. "memories" she finally whispered. Her hands clung to the ring on her necklace.

Teddy opened up her arms for Arizona to let herself fall into them. It has been a while since she last had to do this, since Arizona had laid sobbing in her arms.

After the sobbing died down, Arizona looked up to Teddy. "Can you give me the keys?" She asked her best friend.

"You already have them, Arizona. They're on your keychain." Teddy said, not understanding how Arizona came to the topic change.

"No, Teddy. I meant my keys. The ones for the house." Now Teddy knew what keys her best friend was talking about.

LD

A: Meet me at this address. -A.R

Arizona sent this text thirty minutes ago. She was sitting in her car in front of the house, waiting for Callie to arrive. After what seemed like hours, but realistically weren't longer than 10 minutes, a black Audi pulled up the dark street. The car parked a little bit away from her. She watched Callie get out of the car, her nerves rising up in her. Definitely too late to change my mind now!

"Hey, thank you for coming on such short notice. I know that I have a lot to explain to you, so here we are. Come on in." And with that she turned around, the key still in her hand. With each step she took she got more nervous.

"Emory was my fiancée." She whispered as both of them were through the door.

LD

Arizona couldn't even think. Had Emory just asked her to marry her? No, her girlfriend, or rather her fiancée had assumed they were engaged for a while now already. Except Arizona didn't realized it back then. She felt bad for Emory. That she thought Arizona didn't love her 'enough' to marry her.

"I should go." The voice of Emory's sad voice filled the silent room.

Arizona was caught of guard. She took a deep breath. "Maybe you should."

A/N: sorry I kept you people hanging for so long. Life got kinda busy... Had several people (I still barely have any clue who they actually are) message me last Tuesday, I am in the process of losing a great friend and have finals coming up next month. I learned a few life lessons the hard way the past few months (removing a huge spider from the corner of ur room, without actually entering the room) and a lot more!

I might not update all too fast, as my days are filled with studying and planning something big in my life! Hope u people are doing better than me:) Thank you for reading, please leave a vote and a comment so I know if u like the story so far!