Author's Note: I haven't been writing for a long time now but I felt it's time for something new... Please let me know how you liked the story and what you would want to happen next ;)


„What do you want to eat tonight? I could make chicken Alfredo for you." Callie and Arizona were heading to the on-call room to get some sleep, as they had been in an OR for almost 5 hours without a break. "That sounds amazing Callie. I can't wait to leave this hospital with you." They have been together now for almost four months and spent nearly every night at Callie's and Cristina's apartment. Even though they were pretty sure, what they felt about each other, neither Arizona nor Callie have already said the three words. Suddenly Callie's pager beeped.

"Shit. I forgot that I have an ortho consult in about 5 minutes, so I can't accompany you to the on- call room. I'll think you'll get more sleep anyway, if you're there alone" She smirked at her girlfriend. "Okay Babe, I have to go. I'll call you when I've finished. See you to- What the hell?!" Callie stopped talking and stared at a blond woman, who was talking to Chief Webber. Her girlfriend looked into the same direction but couldn't figure what it was that disturbed Callie.

"What's the matter?" No reaction. "Calliope! Are you even hearing me?"

"Erica"

"Okay honey, now I'm starting to get jealous. It's me. Arizona."

Callie hasn't stopped staring for over a minute now, and it seemed like she was about to keep that position for an even longer time. The woman, who wore scrubs too, glanced at the couples' direction and saw the Latina, which made her face lit up almost immediately. She said a few more words to Webber and headed then quickly over to a still very confused looking Callie and an even more confused Arizona.

"Callie, I haven't seen you for about 6 months I guess. How are you doing? Do you want to grab some beer tonight at Joe's?"

Now she noticed Arizona too, who looked like someone had just told her that Santa Clause doesn't exist.

"Oh, I'm so sorry. I'm Dr. Erica Hahn. Cardio thoracic surgeon and former head of cardiac surgery. Who are you? You must be new here, 'cause I haven't seen you here before, so since when are you working at the Seattle Grace Mercy West?"

Arizona awoke from her shock as she realized that Callie's ex-girlfriend and first lesbian lover ever was talking to her.

"Ari-Arizona Robbins. Dr. Arizona Robbins. I'm in paediatric surgery. And already head of that department. I'm sorry but I have to go, the tiny humans need me. "

"Oh never mind, I need to talk to Dr. Torres about a patient anyway."

As Arizona left, she didn't even look at Callie, who was silent the whole conversation. Even now, that she was alone with the cardiac surgeon, she couldn't move. She was simply standing there, staring at Erica Hahn, the first woman who broke her heart.


Hey Babe,

I don't know what just happened or why I didn't react. I'm sorry. Where are you? I need to talk to you. Please don't cancel our plans for tonight.

Callie

I'm sorry Calliope, but I can't see you today. I need a second to process this. Don't get me wrong, I'm not mad at you, I just can't hang out with you.

Arizona

As Callie read the message she instantly felt an ache inside her chest. Even though nothing had happened with Erica, she felt guilty. Maybe she should go out with her ex-girlfriend, just to sort everything out and to tell her that she was in love again, with this amazing woman, because although they had shared a few words, Callie hasn't told her ex-girlfriend yet about her new relationship with Arizona. It was the best thing to be honest to Erica, to prevent any further drama. So she walked to OR-Board to see if Erica had any surgeries at the moment. After she saw, that Erica wouldn't have any further operations after the current one she was in, she walked to the gallery to ask Erica out. She pressed the button, which allowed her to talk to the cardiac surgeon.

"Hey Erica. So uhm, I asked myself if you're still free tonight. You know, to drink some beer and laugh about the good old times?"

"Of course Callie, I'm free whenever you ask."

Callie knew that Erica was trying to flirt with her, but she didn't want to humiliate her in front of the whole staff by telling her that she was in love with Arizona, although most of the scrub nurses already knew about them.

"Well, let's meet at Joe's in 2 hours, okay?"

"Okay. I have to go on with my bypass now, so see you later."

"Sure. See you."

After she left the gallery, she sat down on the floor to take deep breaths and calm down again. This short conversation made her nervous, not only because she didn't know how the evening would end, but also because she didn't know how Arizona would react, when she found out that Callie met with Erica while she was sitting at home, feeling bad.


Two and a half hours later Callie was having her second glass of beer, to wash away her nervousness. Erica on the other hand didn't seem to be nervous at all. She was talking like there was no tomorrow.

"So Callie, what have you been doing the last six months? Did you have some special nights with special people?"

"Well, I worked really hard to forget you, and then I got the job as an attending here, which didn't really reduce my time at work. And yeah, I had some pretty great dates."

Callie couldn't fight the huge smile on her face when she thought about her first night with Arizona and their "dancing date".

"You really seem to be happy Callie, that's great."

"I really am. So, what about you? How was your past like?"

"Well, after I left you I didn't quite know where to go, so I decided to go New York to be as far away as possible from Seattle Grace and… you. But after two weeks I realized that it was a big mistake and I wanted to come back but I felt so ashamed for having overreacted so I stayed there. I met some really nice colleagues but it wasn't the right thing for me to work there. And after days of making a choice, I decided to come back here, to start all over again.

"I'm sorry to hear, you didn't like it in New York. Ah, before I forget it, I still have some stuff from you at my apartment, actually I wanted to throw it away, or burn it or something like that, but work kept me so busy, I simply forgot about it. Would you like to have it back?"

"Well, the things I gave you are still yours but if that's what you want, I'll sure come to your place to get it! You want to do it right now? " She winked at Callie.

Callie, clearly confused by the misunderstanding, didn't know what to do, so she nod, which was a big mistake. Erica paid for their drinks and took her jacket, ready to go. 5 minutes later they were at Callie's. Callie, who had calmed down by the time they were leaving the bar, was heading to her bedroom to give Erica her things back, so that everyone could finally move on. Erica, however, didn't really think about leaving that soon, so she made herself comfortable on the couch. Suddenly the doorbell rang.

Erica, who didn't think about being an unwelcome guest, stood up to open the door. As she opened it, she looked into shocked blue eyes.

"Ah, Dr. Robbins, what are you doing here? Is Callie expecting you?"

"Dr. Hahn? Well no, Callie isn't expecting me, but I thought that she might want to see me anyway. But obviously I'd only be disturbing, so tell Callie I need to talk to her as soon as she stops having fun."

With that she turned around an hurried away. Erica closed the door and looked at Callie, who had missed out on Arizona for only seconds.

"Who was it?"

"The blonde paediatric surgeon, Dr. Robbins, she said that she wants to talk to you as soon as you have finished with me, but I think that that won't be anytime soon, right?"

"Arizona was here?!"

"Yeah, just a second ago."

"You need to go. Now. I can't explain it to you, you just need to leave. Have a nice night Erica; we'll see each other at work."

"But I thought-"

Callie opened the door and almost jostled Erica out of the room. The blonde woman didn't understand a thing but obliged. Callie closed the door and sank on the floor. Tears started to run down her cheeks.