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|| Chapter Thirty - Nine ||

Arizona walked out of the house, her eyes wide with horror and Cat paused her running and laughed at her best friends facial expression. Cat panted as she walked up to her, "How much detail -"

"Too much," She gulped before pointing at Cat, "I don't want kids, I just thought kids were on shelves at a store and you'd buy them, not that you'd actually have a child come out of your own body," She squinted her eyes, "How can a human being sustain another but smaller human being inside their stomach? It just doesn't make sense,"

Cat held her stomach, her shoulders shaking as she silently laughed, "Womb you mean," Seeing Arizona's eyes widen like a wild beast, Cat raised her hand in a mock surrender, "Okay, okay, sorry," She chuckled, "Come on, let's go play, it'll take your mind off of everything you just had to listen to,"

Arizona walked down the stairs, "And watch," She added, the pair walking toward the other youngsters as Clint and Laura stood on the porch, "I know how to play tag?" She spoke after Lyla questioned what games Arizona knew.

"Tag!" Cooper yelled, tapping Arizona's arm and the trio sprinted away.

She let out a deep chuckler, her lips making an 'O' shape as she did so, "You're in trouble now," She muttered before running after Lyla, the girl screaming and running away but wasn't fast enough, "Tag!"

Lyla grumbled before running toward Cat, "Tag!" She scraped her sister's back.

The raven-haired looked at Arizona who raised her brows suggestively, Cat winking back at her before she ran toward Arizona. The fireball grinned before shrugging out her shoulders and shooting straight up into the air, the siblings instantly yelling out at how awesome they thought it was as Cat clicked her tongue, "You little cheat!" She then whipped around and lightly hit Cooper around the back of the head, "Tag!" Arizona dropped back onto her feet, shrugging away her wings and watching with a wide smile as Cat dodged Coopers' hand and he tagged Lyla. She chuckled and Cat stood beside her, "They're a pain in my ass, but I love 'em," Cat then playfully punched Arizona's arm, "But you know all about that, being with your family in all must've been a lot of tears at the reunion, huh?" She chuckled.

Realising Cat wasn't talking about Tony but her real family, Arizona creased her brows together, "They don't know yet,"

"They don't?" Cat's eyes were wide, "Why not?"

Arizona shrugged, "I'm not ready yet,"

Cat 'Oh'd', "Okay, yeah, fair enough," She agreed before opening her mouth to ask another question, before closing it with a click as she saw a glassy layer to Arizona emerald orbs, before saying something else, "Alright, what else should we do?"

Arizona pursed her lips in thought, "Hide and seek?"

Cat grinned wolfishly as she looked at Arizona with a smirk and a raised eyebrow, "Are you sure you wanna do that Zo - Bo?"

"Yes?" Arizona answered hesitantly as her brain tried to connect Cat's suspicious behaviour with something, and it was only when her friend had squealed a 'Yay!' And ran off to hide did Arizona work it out: Cat's ability was to hide in the shadows, "No!" She whined, "Cat! Come back! I give up!" Arizona called out almost immediately, having only taken a step before giving up on finding her friend, making the same friend whine also.

"Awwww! No fair, Zo-bo! You can't give up that easily!" Arizona jumped and turned as the voice sounded right by her ear, but there was no-one there, making the girl growl as she started to stalk towards where her friend had last been spotted.

She reached a bush, freezing as it rustled, getting ready to pounce, shouting, "Found you!" But, she hadn't found Cat. She had, however, found a terrified and currently fleeing bunny rabbit, which made her pout, "Oh, no! Come back little bunny!" Her focus was taken with the bunny and Arizona felt a smile grow on her face as she stalked the bunny, trying to catch it every-so-often, but never quite getting ahold of the silky fur, making her even more determined, the real hide-and-seek task disappearing somewhere into the back of her mind. Luckily, Arizona timed it perfectly when she was able to pick up the bunny, "Awe, it's okay," She cooed, her watching with adoration at the sight of the snowy bunny's twitching nose, "You're so cute!" She squeaked, "I can do that too," Arizona then began to twitch her nose also, only, it wasn't as well done as the baby bunny in her hands.

Suddenly, Arizona's phone began to ring and she looked confused at the unknown number, said fireball hesitantly answered it, waiting for the other person to speak first, "Hey, Zona," Said girl breathed out after recognising Sophie's voice, "I was just wondering, if you're free, maybe you could meet James sometime soon?"

"But what about Will? I - I can't risk him seeing me, Soph,"

The said brunette shook her head, even though she was aware Arizona couldn't see her, "We'll come to you, we can always meet at a park or something, it's just..." Sophie sighed watching James play with his cars, "I just know he'd love to meet you, he's going to be turning eight soon and I just thought, he could show you a little about what it's like, you know?"

Arizona looked down at the bunny, it trying to escape her grasp so she crouched down and watched it hop away, she stood up properly and adorned a small smile, "You know what? I'd actually like that... It would be nice to finally meet my nephew,"

Sophie smiled widely, "Great, how about tomorrow? Lunchtime? Will would be at work and James hasn't got school because it's a Monday off,"

"That sounds great," Arizona bit her lip, "Just, make sure he doesn't talk about me, I really can't risk Will finding out about me yet, he deserves to hear from me, okay?"

Sophie nodded once more, "Okay, see you tomorrow,"

"Yeah, tomorrow,"