Author's note: English is not my first language so be gentle. Also, I know nothing about medicine. Google helps me :-)

I've read so much Callie/Arizona fanfiction that I cannot be completely sure if this story (or parts of it) is truly something I have thought of myself or if I – unintentionally – have stolen from others. If the latter happens to be the case, I am very sorry.

CHAPTER 1

The OR was quiet and Arizona was alone. She liked to stick around even after the surgery was over and everybody else had left. Especially if the surgery hadn't been successful. And today was one of those days. She leaned against the wall and took a deep breath. She lost 4 patients in 3 hours. She needed a drink.

"You okay?"

Teddy was standing in the door and knew exactly how bad Arizona was feeling.

"Besides the fact that I'm covered in blood you mean?" the blonde responded.

"Point taken" Teddy said. "You want to join me for a drink at Joe's?"

"God yes! Let me go take a quick shower and I'll be right there".

15 minutes later Arizona was walking through the peds ward headed towards the hospital lobby where Teddy was waiting. The events of the day, the chaos of a traffic accident involving a school bus, were slowly starting to lose their grip on the blonde.

She was wearing a dark blue low cut shirt and tight blacks jeans. Knowing she was on her way to meet her best friend, she was feeling great.

Joe's was crowded as always on a Friday night.

The two women made their way through the crowd and sat down in a booth away from the guitar playing singer-songwriter of the night so that they could talk in peace.

Arizona had just transferred from Boston Children's Hospital to Seattle Grace. She got the position as head of peds and was exited that she was now working in the same hospital as her best friend from med school, Teddy, who was also a surgeon, working in cardio. It had been a crappy first week though. She'd gone from surgery to surgery - which was great because she loved surgery and the rush of the OR - but a lot of her cases had been lost ones.

So what she needed now that the working day was over, was to hang lose and drink some alcohol.

The two women just sat there for a while, silent. They both enjoyed the sound of the soft music mixing with people's chatter.

"How are things with you and Henry?" Arizona asked. Teddy had been flirting with a guy from oncology for a few months.

"Good, good" Teddy said with a shy smile "He finally asked me out"

"That's great! Although I haven't met or seen him yet, so I can't really give you my approval of him yet" Arizona said with a wink.

"You'll like him. He's funny and charming and sweet and..."

"A hunk?"

"Yes, that too" Teddy was all smiles. "What about you? Have you been getting any lady action lately?"

"I only just arrived a week ago, Teddy. I don't move THAT fast"

"Well then, have you seen anything you like around the hospital?"

"You ask as if I've been staying at The Bunny Farm"

They both laughed and as Arizona took a sip of her drink and contemplated whether or not she had actually seen or met someone interesting at the hospital, the front door to the bar opened and in walked a tall guy followed by the most gorgeous latina woman Arizona had ever laid her eyes on. She had long beautiful legs, long dark, and wavy hair and was wearing the sexiest short red dress in the world. The attire hugged her curves in all the right places and her heels were sexy. Arizona nearly gasped.

The two newcomers walked to the bar and exchanged pleasantries with the bartender. They ordered drinks and when the bartender brought them their order the latina took one of the shots in front of her and drank it without as much as blinking. 'Sexy!'

The brunette engaged in a conversation with the guy and didn't notice that from across the room she was being examined closely by the blonde doctor.

"Who are you staring at? Teddy asked "Everyone in here is from the hospital, so no matter who caught your attention, I'll have some gossip about them" Teddy chuckled.

"Okay. Tell me who that is then?" Arizona asked and motioned towards the two at the bar.

"Oh right, they weren't there at introduction. That's Mark Sloan. He's in plastics. And Callie Torres. She's an attending in ortho."

Arizona was staring at the brunette which didn't go unnoticed by Teddy.

"Hot, huh?" she said and winked at Arizona.

"Shut up, Teddy" Arizona took a sip of her drink "I CAN keep it in my pants, you know. I'm just interested in these new colleagues of mine"

Teddy rolled her eyes. "You mean to say that you are not, right now, fantasizing about having those loooong, tanned legs wrapped around you? I mean, I'm awfully straight, but I'd do her. She's HOT"

The gorgeous brunette saw Teddy and waved a 'hi' in her direction. Then she turned back towards the guy she was talking to.

"Well, okay, she's very hot" Arizona let out and both her and Teddy chuckled.

"She's pretty badass. Great at her work. Keeps to herself. Has a reputation of being a little scary. But I like her. We get along. Mark is her best friend. They used to have a thing but these days I think they use each other more as sounding board when they have new sexual conquests to talk about".

"So she's straight." Arizona concluded.

"Yes. I mean, I don't know her that well, but I'm assuming she's straight since she's been roaming around in on call rooms with Mark Sloan"

Arizona looked slightly defeated.

"Whether women were straight or not didn't use to stop you from taking them home as far as I remember? I used to share an apartment with you, you know, and I've seen more straight girls walking out of your bedroom in the morning than I had miles on my old car."

"Please. It was never that bad"

Teddy raised her eyebrows. Arizona tried to avoid making eye contact with her friend.

"Besides, I haven't been with a straight girl for years, and believe me, I don't miss it"

"Whatever. All I know is, you can't keep your eyes off Torres, and in the good old days you would have taken the challenge to seduce her"

"I'm a better person now" Arizona said with a wide grin.

Teddy just laughed "Sure you are, Robbins. Sure you are"

Arizona lifted her beer in the air and said "To being better people"

The two friends laughed, toasted, and changed the subject, but Arizona kept stealing glances of the latina at the bar. She looked magnificent.