They turned left at the corner.
"Maybe it's a good thing you turned me do-"
Arizona furrowed her forehead when she didn't hear the brunette finish her sentence and heard a door closed. She then noticed 2 nurses, a red head and a brunette, from a near distance. They seem to be whispering and from where she's standing she can tell they weren't discussing work related issues.
'Gossip. Hospital gossip everywhere.' She thought to herself.
She saw the brunette nurse look up from the chart, she pretends to be checking, to her direction. She looks like she's looking for something or someone.
"What is it?" Asked the redhead nurse when she noticed her colleague was no longer paying attention to the hottest gossip she's telling her. The redhead also turned her head to Arizona's direction.
"I thought I heard Callie." Answered the brunette.
Automatically, Arizona searched with her eyes for the Latina that was walking by her side a moment ago. 'Where did she go?' When she didn't find the woman, she picked up her phone from her pocket and dissimulated to check it to continue listening to the nurses who seem to not see her or they just don't care that she's there. She's not really into gossip but the mention of the hot latina doctor intrigued her. 'Wait... Hot?' She knit her brows at the thought, not that she doesn't find the doctor hot, because she is... hot but that is not the case here but maybe it is because who doesn't want to talk about the goddess that decided to walk amongst mere mortals? Not that she's into her or anything... because she's not. Definitely not. She's just stating facts- 'Stop talking, brain!' Scolding herself inwardly and focused her attention to the nurses' gossip.
"Oh my God, Colleen. You are so hung up on Dr. Torres, you're already hearing her from the walls of the hospital." The redhead said shaking her head chuckling.
"I just can't believe she really works here. I mean, I've been here for a week when I met her at Joe's and had the most amazing, earth shattering sex of my life." The brunette says dreamily like it just happened yesterday. "But when I woke up she was gone. Then I see her here the next day and I was going to ask her out but then she got paged 911 so she had to run. I never saw her since and it's been 2 months." Disappointment clearly written all over her face.
"Don't you think it's weird that you never run into her considering she's an Ortho Doctor and you're an Ortho Nurse? I mean, how come you never had assisted in any of her surgeries, huh?" Countered the redhead hoping that her friend would get her point and stop pining for the doctor.
"I'm sure she's just busy. As you and everybody in this hospital already know, she's an amazing doctor. Saving limbs and making the cripple walk and all." Colleen, as Arizona heard the redhead mention the brunette's name, was certainly convinced to that thought. She somehow pitied the nurse, she had no idea that the girl of her dreams just ran at the sight of her and was hiding from her as of this very moment. "And just to let you know," Colleen continued with a smug smile on her face, "I am assisting to her surgery today."
"Wow. Congratulations on your achievement." The redhead commented sarcastically.
"Shut up. Now, come on, help me prepare. I'll have to look pretty for when she sees me later." The brunette said walking away while dragging her friend by the arm.
Callie, somehow sensed that the nurses were longer there, peaked her head out of the door.
"Coast clear." The blonde answered, seeing the brunette doctor's head pop out of the supply closet. She put her phone back to her pocket since she's done playing undercover for the day. "Dr. Torres, nice of you to show up!"
Emerging from the door she ignored the blonde's sarcasm and fixed her lab coat. She turned to the blonde with regained professionalism, "I'll show you to the other floors."
When they finished touring the hospital they decided to have a lunch at the Cafeteria so Callie can introduce her to the other Attendings. They now sat at a table across each other waiting for the other doctors to arrive.
"You were fast back there. I didn't noticed you were gone before that nurse Colleen mentioned you." Arizona mused.
Callie just shrugged taking a forkful of her salad and putting it to her mouth. Throughout their tour the blond never gave up on asking her about her uninteresting hook up with the nurse 2 months ago and it's starting to get on her nerves.
"Colleen said she'll be looking pretty for when you see her in the OR." Arizona continued making conversation while sipping from her juice.
"Uh-huh."
"Uh-huh?"
"She'll be wearing a mask. It'll cover most of her face. I'm not sure how someone can look pretty with a mask." Callie answered, not really caring about the blonde doctor's choice of subject to discuss.
"I look pretty with a mask."
"That, you are."
A playful smile formed on Arizona's lips showing her dimples. Callie rolled her eyes and averted her gaze from the blue eyed blonde. She saw Mark and Teddy enter the Cafeteria while engrossed in a conversation.
"So, where did you finish your residency?"
"Hopkins. Also did my internship there... Why are you changing the subject?"
"I finished my internship here after Med school in Miami. As the chief said I'm in my fifth year as a resident. Rocking my surgeries as hell." Completely ignoring the blonde's question.
"You don't like talking about your hook ups, do you?" Pressing the subject.
"Oh, I do."
"Then why are you changing the subject?"
"I-"
"Torres! You're grocery shopping and cooking tonight." An Asian woman said to Callie interrupting their conversation. She slipped a seat next to Callie together with a petite dirty blonde. "Then you'll leave the apartment and sleep elsewhere and don't comeback until tomorrow afternoon."
"You're making me cook for you then kicking me out of my own apartment?" Callie, raising a perfect eyebrow to the Asian woman. The woman clearly isn't fazed by the intimidating look the Latina is giving her, takes a bite of her sandwich.
"Date night with Owen." The petite blonde answered.
"Ooh." Her perfectly perfect eyebrow is now raising in a seductive manner matching with the squinting of her eyes making Arizona's mouth go dry. "Just don't mess the couch. I love the couch. I can't be sitting there and after you and Owen bumped uglies there." Callie states in a serious tone.
"Then don't. You can buy a new couch." The Asian woman shrugged.
Callie shook her head, she knows there is no sense in arguing with the woman. So instead, she introduced the new doctor to her friends. "Dr. Robbins, this is Drs. Cristina Yang and Meredith Grey, 3rd year residents. Girls, Dr. Arizona Robbins, new Head of Peds."
"I look forward to working with you both." Arizona, all smiles with dimples, extended her hand to Cristina to shake but the asian woman just looks at her incredulously. Her smile falters slowly when the woman makes no intention of extending her hand in return. Thankfully, Meredith takes her hand and shakes it and smiles politely.
"She's not a hand-shaker. Don't take it personally."
"Right."
Arizona saw two doctors coming their way, another petite dirty blonde doctor, a little taller than her, with a tall grayish-haired man oozing with confidence. Too much confidence if she says so herself. Mark and Teddy sat with them after getting their lunch. Teddy slipped on a seat next to Arizona while Mark sat next to Callie. "So, are you the new attending?" Teddy smilingly asked Arizona. "Arizona Robbins, new Head of Peds." Dimples full forced as she and Teddy shook hands.
"Teddy Altman. Cardio." The tall blonde introduced herself.
"I've got a feeling we'll be good friends. I'm a awesome friend!" She tells Teddy, earning a snort from Callie and a rolling of eyes from Cristina. Teddy just smiles politely and nodded at her remark.
"Mark Sloan. Plastics." Mark's booming voice was heard. He gave her a flirtatious grin extending his hand. She shakes it and immediately notices the man's eyes gaze downward. 'Is he seriously staring at my boobs while I'm looking? I cannot believe this guy.' "Eyes on my face, Dr. Sloan."
"What? As a doctor, I'm just appreciating your wonderful genes. They're nice." A muffled laugh was heard from the whole table obviously not believing him. Mark took a bite of his apple still with an annoying smug on his face and Arizona just squints her eyes at the man with pure irritation. Mark turned his attention to Callie, "Torres, Joe's tonight?"
"Sure. There's nothing else to do anyway. And I'm crashing by your place tonight. Cristina's got a date with Owen and they'll be staying at my apartment."
"Not that I don't want you at my place, Cal, but I kind of plan on taking home a hot chick with me after Joe's. So how can I blow someone's brains out when you're there hanging out on my couch? And doesn't Owen own that fire station he calls home? Why don't they stay there instead?" Mark asks.
"If you should know, Cal owes me. She took a redhead chick home 3 nights ago and had made me suffer for 2 minutes by listening to them panting and moaning after I had done a 36hour shift and all I wanted was sleep." Callie was wide-eyed at Cristina's admission and heat was slowly creeping up her face. "I had to drive to Mer's place and stay there for 2 nights just so I can get rid of the dreadful memory of Callie and that redhead doing the McNasty." Callie is now totally red with embarrassment. Arizona's mouth was agape with all the information she's absorbing.
"Good job, Callie! Well, if that's the case I will totally let you stay at my place for the night and I promise not to bring a hot chick to bang." Laughing Mark taps Callie's shoulder with pride.
"Bite me, Mark." Callie snarls.
"Uh, not that we're being rude or anything 'cause you're our attendings after all but why are you sitting here with us? This is the resident's table. You should be sitting in the cool kids table over there." Meredith points to the table full of attendings and other head of the departments.
"What are you talking about? This is the cool kids table. That" points to the other table, "is full of old and smelly dinosaurs." Says Mark. "Besides, Cal's here. So I'm here."
"My protege's here." Teddy shrugged, finishing her lunch, pointing at Cristina. "And I'm fairly new, I don't really know other hospital staffs here besides Owen and you guys."
"New kid." Arizona showing her dimpled smile to everyone at the table.
Teddy and Cristina's pager blared 911 and they ran out of the Cafeteria to check on their patient. Meredith excused herself from the people at the table to check on her post ops and also to avoid polite conversations with colleagues since Cristina was no longer there to talk to. So now, Callie, Arizona and Mark are the only ones left at the table. Mark decided to take his chances on Arizona, "Maybe you want to come with us at Joe's? Have drinks, dance and then after maybe we could, you know... And I know I just promised Callie here that I won't bring any hot chicks at my place so maybe we could go to yours instead."
Arizona blinked for a few moments and then looked at Callie. She was wearing a small smile and she can no longer hide her amusement. Callie laughed and Arizona joined her. She really can't believe this guy. Mark furrows his brows, clearly oblivious as to why both women are laughing their hearts out. "Uh, Cal, care to share?"
Callie cleared her throat and patted her friend on the back, "Mark, she doesn't swing that way."
"Hmm. Well, is there any chance of a threesome?" Mark asks unfazed by the sudden realization. Arizona just gave him a 'you gotta be kidding me' look. Catching the look Mark adds, "Or I can just watch. I won't even talk. You'll just hear me breathing."
She raises her eyebrow, "You're a poor excuse for a man." She is beyond annoyed with this guy. Arizona's pager blared, she's called for a consult in the ER excusing herself from the two friends.
Callie gave Mark an incredulous look. "What? A guy can dream, right?" Finishing his apple.
"Yeah. But your dream should stay in your pants."
The day was coming to and end and her shift as well. Arizona leaned on the Nurse's Station checking on a patient's record in the tablet on her hand. She hears a full melodic laugh interrupting her from her concentration. Raising her head she finds Callie animatedly conversing with Dr. Bailey, a short dark woman who is also a 5th year resident. She's been planning to lure Dr. Bailey into changing her specialty from General Surgery to Pediatrics when she found out that she is somehow good with the kids. 'Another advocate for the tiny humans.' She thought, smiling to herself. She continued to observe the two doctors and decided to say hi. She kicked her heels and rolled to the doctors' location. As she approached them, she made eye contact with Dr. Bailey before the short woman lowered her gaze to her heely sneaks and shook her head then turned to the hallway. "Oh, come on, Bailey!" She heard Callie called after the doctor but she has disappeared down the hall.
"Did she just leave because of me?" Asking the Latina doctor.
"Wha-Nooo. No." Callie was distracted by the shoes. "Did you rolled your way over here?"
Ignoring the Ortho Doctor's question, she answered, "Okay. Well I just wanted to say hi to you both but Dr. Bailey left." Callie just gave her a blank stare so she decided to tell Callie the other thought on her mind. "And to say that you're friend Mark Sloan is an ass. Tell him that."
"Why don't you tell him yourself?"
"Excuse me?"
"You seem to be a woman with a lot of things on her mind considering you told my best friend that he's a poor excuse for a man, so why don't you tell him that you're self?" With a brief smile Callie turned around and started to walk away but a pale hand on her arm stopped her from doing so.
"You're still pissed at me because I turned you down 3 nights ago, aren't you?"
"Maybe but as I said I think that was a good thing since we are now working at the same hospital. You've managed to save us from awkward conversations and stupid pleasantries brought by sleeping together. And as you've heard from Cristina I got me a redhead instead." Smirking at the blonde.
"Right. So I happen to not end up like that Ortho Nurse who's still hung up on you because you're that good." She emphasized on 'that good' and made no an attempt to hide the sarcasm in her voice.
"I am." She said egotistically. "And if you said yes to me, you would have known." Caliie continued winking at her.
Arizona let out a disbelieving huff. This woman might be breathtakingly stunning and her eyebrows are the sexiest thing she has ever seen but she is also full of herself. She is as stuck up as her best friend, if not more than. Shaking her head she turned to go back to the Nurse's Station to continue her work. She stopped walking when she heard Callie's voice from behind and turned to look at her.
"Hey, about Mark's invitation during lunch... We'll be at Joe's at 8 since it's Friday. Yang, Owen, Grey, Shepherd, Bailey, Teddy, Mark and I will be there."
Taken aback by her sudden change of demeanor, Arizona raised her eyebrow at the Latina. "I thought it's Yang and Hunt's date night?"
"It is but they're going to meet at Joe's, have a couple of drinks with the gang then be on their way."
Arizona just nods and Callie continues, "So... Yeah, I just thought you should come. Meet everybody out side of work." Callie gives her a megawatt smile and for a second she felt saying yes to anything this woman asks her to do if she get this smile in return, irritation with the Latina from their earlier conversation long forgotten. Then Callie's pager beeped, she excused herself from the blonde doctor leaving Arizona to ponder on what the hell just happened.
She found Teddy at the Attending's locker room changing to her street clothes. "Hi, Teddy!" Smiling at the Cardio doctor, walking to her locker to change as well.
"Hey, new kid. You coming with us to Joe's tonight?"
"Haven't decided yet."
"You should come. It's just across the street. Hospital staffs go there to unwind. It's close and we know the owner so we get discounts from our drinks. Well, sometimes." Teddy explains trying to convince her.
"Fine... Oooh. It'll be our first bonding as friends. We're going to have so much fun!" Arizona beams of excitement.
"So much fun." Teddy repeats with less enthusiasm but still manages to smile.
"Yay!"
"Yay..." Keeping a polite smile on her and wondering where does the Peds doctor gets all her perkiness.