Hey peeps. So i'm starting a post flight story too. i know there is loads of them flying about (no pun intended) but its my version, because we all have slightly different imaginations right? im not telling you if certain people live or die because well, that will spoil the surprise right, plus i havent quite decided who will make it all the way, im conflicted!

For all of you who have reviewed or story alerted my other multi fic. I will come back to it eventually but right now i still cant get past the last episode. I started rewatching from season 1 before the season finale of this and got my sister a little hooked on it too, so im having to keep schtum on the whole Lexie death which is hard because I totally want to vent! (plus she doesn't even know who Lexie is yet cos we're only on season 3!)

Anyways...I'll shut up and let you read :)

That Fateful Day

Chapter One

It had been a very long day at Seattle Grace Mercy West. Without the Head of Plastics, Paediatrics and Neurology, not to mention three extremely competent residents, it seemed that the whole hospital forgot how to run itself. Chief Hunt was already under immense stress with the possibility of losing some of the finest surgeons on the west coast, possibly the country, so it was up to the likes of Callie, Bailey and Webber to pick up the slack. So when Callie got home that night all she could think about was going to sleep, even though she had hoped to surprise Arizona, who she was missing like crazy. Her head had barely hit the pillow when there was a knock at the door. She thought about ignoring it at first but when there was a second knock she dragged herself off the bed and through the apartment to the front door.

"Julia?" Rubbing sleep from her eyes, Callie wondered why the woman was standing in the doorway.

"Hey Callie" She greeted brightly, then quickly apologised "Oh sorry, did I wake you, I thought you'd only just be home."

"Long day" Callie told her. "Uh, Mark's not here."

"No, I know, their plane is supposed to get in in about an hour. That's why I came round." Julia explained. "I was wondering if you'd let me take Sofia to the airport? I can pick up Mark and Arizona, I thought it'd be a nice surprise. That way, Arizona could have some Sofia time and then Mark and I can look after her while you and your wife can have the night to yourselves."

"Yeah, that sounds like a perfect plan" Callie agreed. "Except…well…I'd prefer to come with you, It's not that I don't…It's just…"

"Yeah of course you can come. Don't worry, I totally get it. You don't really know me all too well, and I've only ever looked after Sofia when Mark has been with me." Julia summarised the situation perfectly.

"I'll let you drive" Callie offered an olive branch.

Julia smiled. "You get the baby, I'll get the car."

The car ride to the airport started off quietly apart from the gentle, steady breathing of a sleeping Sofia. It felt weird to Callie, she only really knew Julia with Mark, she had never had a conversation with her without Mark being in the same room. It seemed like it was weird for Julia too, she looked like she was wanting to say something but never did. Then suddenly. " Hey Callie, Do you know Lexie?"

"Lexie?" Okay, that was unexpected!

"Dr. Grey. Works with Derek" Julia clarified.

"Yeah, She's Meredith's sister…" Callie could only think of one way this was going and it couldn't be good.

"Did she and Mark ever date?" Julia didn't really expect to be told anything, she knew Mark was Callie's best friend and she was hardly going to say anything to incriminate him but she asked anyway, she had to.

Callie wanted to change the subject but that would tell Julia too much. She couldn't be involved in this. So she deflected the question. "I thought you two had had the past relationship talk, you should know the answer to that right?"

Julia nodded her head. Yup this conversation was futile. "He told me about Addison, how he thought he was in love with her, but it never really worked out. And he told me about Teddy, the heart surgeon right? But that was more about sex than anything else and it didn't last long. And then of course there was you, the only other person he really ever had regular sex with, but that was never more than friends right?" She looked to Callie for confirmation which she got by the slight incline of the head. "He told me he used to sleep around a lot, never really got serious. Oh, so has he slept with Lexie then, is that it?"

"Is that what?" Callie asked aloud before she could stop herself, she should just leave it, she might even have been able to if she wasn't trapped in a car with her questioner "Sorry, Julia but what is this about?"

"Oh I don't know." Julia shrugged. "It's just that something seems not right. She threw a baseball at me, I mean what was that about?"

"She thought you were stealing second." Callie reminded her, concealing a smile, like anyone believed that!

"Well, when I did that eye surgery with Derek she kept glancing at Mark, and every other time I see her I always catch her looking, like she can't stop herself. Then the other night I went to meet Mark after work and I saw them talking, well she was talking and he was listening, but she had this look of so much longing like she was in love with him or something." Julia finally voiced what had been worrying her since she met the young brunette.

Callie was stunned. Not at Lexie's actions or the fact that Julia had noticed, but by the fact that Mark hadn't told her he had spoke to Lexie, he always told her everything, why would he hide something now? She knew really, he knew she would want him to be with Julia, because he and Lexie never worked.

"Well this is Mark we are talking about, he's extremely hot, I'm sure that all of Seattle think they are in love with him." Callie tried to reassure Julia, although she wasn't convinced she had made that good a job of it.

"That's not what I'm worried about. I'm used to people giving Mark a second look." She paused for a second not believing what she going to say next. "No, what I'm worried about is that after I walked up to them, I looked up at him and he was wearing exactly the same expression." There! She had finally said it, she thought her boyfriend was in love with another woman. "So please tell me Callie, what the hell is going on with those two?"

Callie's pager suddenly bleeped, making her jump slightly. Saved by the bell! Callie looked at in relief. Then got her phone out and rang the chief. "Hey hunt, are you really sure you need me, it's just that I haven't slept in 48 hours…"

She fell silent as Hunt interrupted her. She gasped as he told her, told him she would be right there and hung up.

"Hospital?" Julia asked, already changing lanes to make her way there.

Callie was silent, Julia needed to know but she was in the middle of driving. As soon as they got to the hospital, Callie told her to park the car.

"Well I was just going to drop you off?" Julia asked confused.

"The Boise hospital called Owen, our surgeons didn't turn up." Callie dropped the bomb shell.

"Well that's ridiculous, you saw them off." Julia reasoned, her brain not catching up.

Callie took in a breath. "They have search and rescue out looking now…for any sign of a plane wreckage." And then the tears that she had been holding in burst out.

So for the record. I don't actually hate Julia, I hate the creation of her. I don't have any opinion on her as a character, I mostly refuse to acknowledge her exsistence. I'm writing her in the story because she is Mark's girlfriend after all. (For how long who knows? Will Mark survive? will he still want to be with her? Will Lexie survive? Will he still break up with Julia for Lexie? (Oh yes, that is a question! I'm evil at times, so who knows!)

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