I Won't Let Nobody Hurt You

23

The next morning Addison woke up first and gently shifted Meredith over to Arizona before tiptoeing out of bed, coming back with her laptop. She opened her email and found the email from Charlotte, reviewing the list of therapists and searching each of them. Out of the five that Charlotte recommended, two really stood out to her. She decided to bookmark their websites to show Arizona when she woke up. Shutting her laptop, she pulled out her phone and sent a text to Cristina to make sure she went home and didn't go looking for Derek. Relief filled her when Cristina immediately texted back that instead of committing a felony, she went home and got drunk.

"Good morning." Arizona rasped, her voice thick with sleep. Addison jumped, dropping her phone, and looked over at Arizona with a smile.

"Thanks for making sure my heart was still working properly." Addison teased. "How'd you sleep?"

"Good. I missed our bed." Arizona responded with a smile.

"So it's our bed now?" Addison laughed.

"It's been our bed for over a month and now that we're dating, it's definitely our bed." Arizona retorted. "Thankfully it fits the three of us."

"I enjoy a big bed, good thing, huh?" Addison leaned over and kissed Arizona.

"Yes it's a very good thing." Arizona agreed. "So, what have you been doing?"

"I looked into the therapists that Charlotte recommended. There were two that stood out to me, so I bookmarked their websites so you could look at them. Do you want me to take her and I can hand you my laptop?" Addison asked.

"Yeah, it would probably be best to call before she wakes up." Arizona agreed, taking Addison's laptop and putting it on the nightstand before carefully moving Meredith closer to Addison so she could sit up. She looked over the two therapists that Addison liked, finding a particular liking for Tabitha Watson. She was around the same age as Addison and a few years older than herself with experience working with littles while they were actively regressed. After looking more at her qualifications she turned to Addison. "I like Tabitha. I think she could be a good fit for our sweet little sass master."

"She was my favorite too." Addison hummed. "Should I go ahead and give her a call?"

"Yes you definitely should." Arizona encouraged.

"By the way, my bunny is not that sassy." Addison added as she dialed the number, bringing the phone to her ear.

"Yes she is." Arizona laughed. "She has her mama's attitude for sure." Addison playfully rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to respond but someone answered on the other line of the phone.

"Hello, this is the office of Tabitha Watson, how may I help you?" The cheery voice on the other end greeted.

"Hi, I was hoping to make an appointment for a new patient." Addison said, nerves leaking into her voice. Arizona grabbed her free hand and gave her a reassuring squeeze.

"Tabitha is taking new patients, what's the patient's name and date of birth?" Addison gave Meredith's information as well as a brief background as to why they were looking for a therapist. "Okay, I'm looking at her calendar and it looks like she actually had a cancellation for 2pm today. Could you come in today or should I look for another appointment slot?"

"2pm is perfect, thank you so much." Addison ended the call and looked at Arizona with a smile. "She has an opening for this afternoon."

"That's great!" Arizona exclaimed happily, keeping her voice quiet enough not to wake up Meredith. "Do you think she'll put up a fight?"

"I think she'll be nervous, but as long as we stay with her I'm sure she'll love to meet a new friend." Addison responded. "I'm going to go start on breakfast, once it's done we can wake her up. It's almost 11am now so we still have a few hours before her appointment and the office is only ten minutes away so we should probably leave here around 1:30, that way we're there early in case we need to fill out any paperwork." Addison leaned over to kiss Arizona on the lips and Meredith's temple before getting out of the bed and leaving the room. She walked down the stairs and entered the kitchen, getting out what she needed to make chocolate chip pancakes knowing they were her bunny's favorite.