Unexpected

Three months has passed since Arizona went to Africa and left Callie at the Airport. Callie got her apartment and job back.

Chapter 1

Callie's Pov:

03:49 – Callie's apartment

The pager woke me up. I looked at the clock, 03:49. "Yay! I got 1, 5 hours of sleep" I said. I hadn't gotten that much sleep these past few months. And even if my job was exhausting sometimes I was truly grateful that I had it. Because without my job Iwould've lost my mind. The job took my mind off the fact that my lovelife was a mess. I put on some clothes. I went out to the kitchen and made some coffee.

04:05 - ER

I walked thru the ER doors. And now I felt how tired I was. I guess that those two cups of coffee didn't help this morning. I saw Karev and walked towards him, "What do we got?"

"Good morning to you too!" he said and smiled. "Car accident. Two young girls. The blonde girl is taken care of, but the brunette is going to need your attention!"

05:30 – Locker Room

I walked into the locker room and sat down at one of the chairs. I felt so exhausted. The patient was fine now. So I could relax for a minute until I had to be on rounds. I heard Mark's laugh outside in the hallway and he came closer. He came towards me. "Hey! You look like shit!" he said and gave me a cup of coffee. I hated when he said that. But I guess that he was right. I guess that I looked like I was feeling, "Like shit".

"Thanks" I said and gave him a tired look.

"So. I guess I should say congratulations!" Mark said.

"For what?" I was confused. Did I forget something? No. I don't think so…

"It's your birthday!" Mark laughed. "Oh…thanks". I didn't really remember the dates anymore. My days looked the same. Go up early. Go to work. Go home. Go to work. And once in a while me, Mark and Lexie used to hang out at Joe's. These past months I've been buried myself in work and drowning my sorrow in vodka. MY blonde and perky girlfriend just left me. The love of my life just said "You take care now" and left. She ripped out my heart and then stomped on it. And I didn't think I could love another person like that ever again…

"Torres! Hello?" Mark was waving his arms in front of me. "What?" I said. "I asked if you wanted to go and celebrate with me and the gang tonight at Joe's. My treat." I smiled, "Yeah, sure! Wait, so you are buying me liquor? That's my birthday gift?" I raised my brows. "Well…No, I…" he said. "That's OK, I like booze!" I laughed. Mark smiled.

20:30 – Joe's Bar

I was sitting with the gang at a table. We talked and laughed like we used too. "So where's your girl Torres?" Derek said and grabbed some peanuts. My girl is in Africa. That's what I wanted to say. My girl is in friggin' Africa. And I'm here. And All I got was a stupid E-mail from her:

Callie. I'm so so sorry. But I felt that this was for the best. For both of us. I rather be apart from you knowing that you are happy then having you with me here and know that you'd eventually blame me for taking you away from your career and friends. I won't blame you If you hate me. I hate me.

I will ALWAYS Love you!

Arizona

I got that e-mail a few days after she took off, and I hadn't heard from her since. And I didn't answer. Because what where there to answer. I could've said that I love her too, but she already knows that. If she don't want me in her life then I can't force her.

I looked at Derek and knew that it wasn't Arizona he was talking about. "Oh, Kate? She was gonna be here after work. So I guess she'll be here any minute!" I said and took a sip of my drink.

Kate is this cute redhead that I have been dating for 4 weeks now. I asked her out in a bet and we actually started to like each other. I felt that it was a bit too soon to be going on a date after just 2 months after Arizona left me. But Arizona wanted me to be happy. And she's not gonna return for another 2 years and 9 months. And who knows if she'll even return to Seattle. So I had to move on. And I have to be honest. I'm not quite there yet. But being with Kate makes it easier, even if she's not half as beautiful, perky, sexy, sweet you name it as Arizona. Nothing can compare to her. But I'm starting to have real feelings for Kate. Even if she's my re-bound girl.

Mark, Derek and Owen started laughing. And Teddy was looking awfully mad. "Yeah. Laugh all you want! But I got a 25% discount all over US" Teddy said and started laughing herself. I had no idea what they were talking about. Then I saw her. I started to smile and wave. She came towards me. "Happy birthday!" she said and kissed me. "Thanks" I said and smiled.

20:55 – Callie's House

Kate and I decided to go to my place. We didn't want to sit at the bar the entire night. We got out of the taxi and walked thru the glass doors to my building. She took my hand and we started to walk up the first of two stairs to get to my apartment. We stopped at the beginning of the second stair and she started to kiss me and pushed my lightly into the door behind me. "Gosh, I hope there's no one hope" I whispered. Kate smiled and took my hand and led me up the last steps. "I'm so lucky to have found you" she whispered. "Me too" I said. I put my left arm around her waist. She kissed me and pushed me once again into a door. Luckily it was my door this time. I opened the door. "You want to take a shower?" Kate said and gave me a flirty look. I smiled and nodded and led her into to my bathroom.

21:35 – Callie's apartment

I hate that I live in this apartment. It's filled with memories of Arizona. So I started to look for another place a few weeks ago. And hopefully I'll find something soon. Even if I love this place, it's too hard.

Kate and I sat in the couch watching "Casablanca". I was in her arms. It felt good. It felt good to in someone's arms again. To have someone. The past few months have been the worst of my life. And I still regret my decision that day. That I didn't fight harder for Arizona. That I didn't just forget about what she said and just gotten on the plane. Too go with her. Too be with her. But that's not the case. I didn't go on the plane. I just stood there. So I have to blame myself. But it doesn't matter. I've… I heard someone ringing at the door.

"Can you get that?" Kate said and walked into the bedroom. I took deep breath and got out of the cozy couch. I grabbed the handle and while I was opening the door said "Kate, honey can you…" and there she was.

"Calliope" she said. She smiled at me. I couldn't move. I couldn't speak. I couldn't do anything. My eyes started to get filled with tears. I was chocked. I slammed the door shot. And looked at Kate who got back from the bedroom. "She…came back!" I said and started to cry. I cried so hard that I couldn't breathe. "She…came back" I repeated. "She came back!"