A/N: my boss is doing a speed dating event on Valentine's and he's calling Lonely Hearts Club Speed Dating, it's for straight couples, but I just can't even...

"Arizona, you should really give this a try," Charlotte, the firefighter, has been trying to help the blonde meet someone for months.

"Charlotte, Speed Dating wasn't a good idea ten years ago, why is the Wild Rose doing this now?" Arizona asks curiously.

"Mick and Val thought it would be a great way to bring in some single ladies and have some fun. Jane and I will go with you for moral support, just think about it," Charlotte offers before ending the call.

Arizona slips the phone back in her pocket and turns around to see Callie standing at the other end of the nurses' station. Oh god, Arizona thinks to herself, that's all I need is for my ex to hear me talking about speed dating at a bar before Valentine's Day.

"Everything okay?" Callie asks.

"Uh, everything is fine. Charlotte called and they want me to go out on Saturday, Jane's sister is going to watch their kids and she offered to take Sofia too," Arizona explains.

"Oh well have fun," Callie replies slipping the chart back in the rack.

"Thanks," Arizona replies.

By Saturday, Charlotte has roped in a few single firefighters for the speed dating event and now Arizona is thinking this could be fun. But now she's worried about what to wear so she called Jo to come over and help her get ready.

"No, that screams Mom and not in a good way." Jo says dismissing the first outfit.

Arizona goes back into her room and changes her blouse and comes back out.

"Oh god, that blouse is worse than the other one, give it to me, I'm taking it with me so you don't ever wear it again." Jo says walking over to her and demanding she remove the blouse.

"It's not that bad," Arizona says defensively.

"Trust me, it is," Jo replies, "Now give it to me."

Arizona removes the blouse and hands it over to the younger woman, before going back into her room and trying one more time.

"Now that's hot," Jo says when she returns. "Okay, now let me help you with your hair," she says excitedly.

"What's wrong with my hair?" Arizona asks.

"You need curls, big curls will be super hot with that shirt and jacket," Jo explains. "Oh and wear those boots that you bought at the market last fall, they look great with that jacket." She says following the blonde into her room to help with her hair.

"I'm so nervous at the thought of meeting 20 women tonight, Jo. I still can't believe I'm doing this," Arizona says nervously.

"Well, I think it's brave. And just remember that you're hot Arizona and you're single now by choice," Jo points out, turning on the big curling iron.

"Well, maybe you're right. I never used to have trouble meeting women, in fact when I first moved here, I met women everywhere I went. Maybe it is me, maybe I've gotten closed off and unapproachable," Arizona muses.

"Well, that's going to change tonight. Tonight Arizona Robbins is going to be fun and flirty and hot as hell," Jo says as she begins to curl the blonde's hair.

"Now you said that Charlotte invited a few of her friends right, please promise me that you will go out with the first fun and interesting woman you meet. You need someone new in your life, not Callie Torres 2.0." Jo exclaims setting in another big curl.

"I know, I know, Charlotte basically said the same thing to me this week," Arizona replies

"Here, you'll need this," Jane says handing Arizona a glass of wine. "Did Charlotte mention that you'll need some questions to ask your dates?"

"Questions? I have to ask questions?" Arizona asks panicking a little.

"Don't worry, here I made a list for you, they're just to help break the ice," Jane says handing the blonde a sheet of paper. "Oh and Val assigned you to table 10, it's over there," she points towards the middle of the room.

"How does this work exactly, I've never actually seen it done," Arizona confesses.

"Okay, so there are twenty tables set up with a woman at each one, with another 20 women who visit each table. So by the end you'll have met 20 women," she explains.

"Arizona you look great," Mick says coming over with Charlotte. "Thanks for joining us tonight."

"I have to admit I've never done anything like this before," the blonde replies nervously.

"Don't worry, you'll be nervous at first but then you'll settle down and it will be fun," Mick advises her.

Glancing around the room, Arizona is relieved not to see any familiar faces, not that she would since she hasn't dated in what feels like forever.

Sitting down at table ten, she places the sheet of paper on the table and begins reviewing the questions.

Mick introduces herself and outlines the how the game will work. "Four rounds, five dates each with a break at the end so you can make notes. Val will stop by after each round and give you a new sheet for the next round. She's bringing the first one around now. We suggest that you write their name and number in the spot provided, so you can keep track of your dates."

"Hi," a woman says approaching the table and Arizona looks up quickly.

"Hi," she replies.

They pause and stare at each other nervously a minute before Arizona remembers that she has questions.

"Oh I'll start', she says glancing through the questions quickly. "Uh, if I googled you would I be more likely to want to date you or less likely?" Arizona asks.

"I don't know, I've never googled myself," the woman replies nervously.

"Okay," Arizona replies, "Honestly you may be more nervous than I am. Have you ever done this before?"

"Yes, but it was a long time ago," the woman replies.

"Are you new to Seattle" Arizona asks deciding to just make small talk as the poor woman is really nervous.

The bell rings and another woman sits down, this one is more talkative and by the fourth one, Arizona has the hang of it.

"Hi, I'm number 20."

Arizona looks up to see a really attractive woman wearing a leather jacket, tight t-shirt and jeans.

"Hi," the blonde replies taking a sip of wine. "Uh my friend gave me some questions to ask, so uh, if you were a stalker would you be any good at it?"

"The stalker question, I don't usually get that one," she remarks. "Actually I would be really good at it, it's kind of what I do for a living," she admits.

"You stalk people for a living?" Arizona teases.

"No, I'm an investigator for a law firm, I find people for a living," she explains.

"Is it as exciting as it is on TV?," Arizona asks laughing.

"If by exciting you mean spending 95 percent of my day on the phone or the computer, then yes, it's really exciting," she replies smiling, then asks "So what do you do for a living Number Ten?" the woman asks.

"I'm a Pediatric surgeon," Arizona replies, "And just recently, I finished a Maternal-Fetal Surgical fellowship."

"I've never even heard of that, what does a Maternal-Fetal Surgeon do?" she asks curiously.

"I operate on unborn babies repairing genetic issues or fetal abnormalities. If a woman falls or gets hurt when she's pregnant, then I may be able to repair the problem and allow her to carry the baby to term," Arizona explains.

"You operate on unborn babies?" The woman asks shocked. "That must be an incredible feeling to save a life that isn't even here yet."

"It is an amazing privilege actually," Arizona admits smiling genuinely at the woman.

"Okay that's the end of round one!" Mick announces.

"Hope we can finish this conversation later," the woman says standing up to leave.

The rest of the night flies by and by the end of the third round Arizona is exhausted, but happy. She's met a couple of interesting women, she's not sure that she'd date them, but she would like to find out more about them, which is better than she thought it would be.

The last round begins and Arizona no longer needs the questions that Jane gave her, she's more relaxed and so are the other women. Finally, she only has one left and she notices that the woman at the table beside her didn't have anyone, so maybe someone didn't show up. Unsure, Arizona stays seated and begins to make notes.

"Hi."

Arizona freezes, that voice, it can't be, she looks up and Callie is sitting in front of her.

"Hi," she says confused. "Callie, what are you doing here?"

"I'm speed dating," she replies laughing nervously.

"But I didn't see you earlier, where have you been all night?" Arizona asks, just a bit freaked out that Callie could have been here the whole night.

"Well," she says hesitating, "you haven't see me because I suck at speed dating. Basically, I've just been sitting at the bar drinking up the nerve to come over here," she confesses.

Laughing nervously, Arizona shakes her head, "I can't believe that you've been here this whole time," she remarks.

"I have and let me tell you it wasn't easy sitting over there watching you interact with 19 women tonight," Callie replies looking into the most amazing blue eyes that rarely fail to release butterflies in her stomach. Truth is it took every ounce of self-restraint the Latina could muster to sit at the bar and watch the blonde laughing and flirting with so many women in one night.

Arizona reaches for her wine glass and takes a sip, she knows that feeling too well.

"I guess I've been lucky, since you kept your dates out of the hospital," she adds.

Arizona looks up at her, "Calliope, there were no dates to keep out of the hospital."

"Oh, wait you haven't seen anyone since we broke up?" Callie asks confused.

"No, but help me out here. Why are you here tonight?" Arizona asks angrily.

Pausing still considering that surprising information, Callie shakes her head and then replies, "Well, I overheard you on the phone the other day and I've spent the whole week trying to figure out a way to ask you out, but I never found the right opportunity," she explains. "Then I realized that you were going to do this and I was afraid that you'd meet someone and then I wouldn't have a chance to ask you out, so I had to come and do this a-a-and Arizona would you have dinner with me tomorrow night?" Callie rambles nervously and it makes Arizona smile and flash her dimples, which in turn makes Callie smile happy to see them.

"You are asking me out? On a date?" Arizona stammers confused.

Before Callie can respond Mick has just signaled for the end of the round.

Jane rushes over to Arizona's table and sits down, "Tell me that was your ex? Sofia's mom, right?" she asks.

"Yes, that was Calliope," Arizona says looking around the bar for the brunette.

"So what did she say?" Jane asks.

"She asked me out," Arizona replies. "She did all this just to ask me out on a date."

"Well, Charlotte and Mick were wondering what her deal was, she sat at the bar behind you all night and she only met a few women, enough so Mick wouldn't throw her out of the game," Jane explains.

"Did you see where she went?" Arizona asks.

"No, I was watching you," Jane replies. "Okay so Arizona what about the game, did you meet anyone tonight who interests you?"

"I met several interesting women tonight," Arizona admits, still a bit distracted. She pulls out her phone to text Callie.

"Where are you?" Arizona types and hits send.

"Waiting for you to agree to go out with me," Callie replies.

Arizona looks at her phone and reads the text again, Callie Torres what the hell are you up to now, she asks herself.

Then next morning Jo stops by Arizona's house to find out how it went.

"I probably shouldn't tell you," Arizona replies sipping her coffee.

"Why wouldn't you tell me? Arizona we are friends, you can tell me anything," Jo reminds her.

"Okay, here's the thing Jo. Callie showed up last night," Arizona explains, then she narrows her eyes and asks, "Did you know that she was going to do that?"

"No, I swear. She said nothing to me. I had no idea she was going or I would have told you," Jo replies. Then she adds, "But it was a public event and she and Blake aren't together, so it makes sense that she would go right?"

"No it makes no sense for her to go. Callie doesn't need to go to things like that, she meets people all the time, apparently." Arizona replies annoyed.

"So she met someone last night?" Jo asks confused.

"No, I don't even think that she tried to meet anyone, all she did was wait to talk to me and ask me out. Can you believe her nerve?" Arizona exclaims.

"Wait, she what? Torres asked you out?" Jo replies excited. "Arizona did you say yes? Please tell me you said yes. I mean, you've done nothing but sit around waiting for her to come around and it's been a long time, this is awesome."

"No, not awesome. It's infuriating," Arizona replies angrily. "I'm moving on. I just met three interesting women last night and I intend to go out with each of them, this week. In fact, I have a date with one of them tonight, so can you watch Sofia?"

"Uh, yeah. I can totally do that," Jo replies a bit surprised by the blonde's reaction.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Callie asks Jo the next afternoon as she and Jo are working on a surgical plan in her office.

"Uh, I don't know what you're talking about," Jo says quickly looking away from her.

"She told you didn't she?" Callie says, "Great, she told you and she's not talking to me."

"I don't want to be in the middle of this," Jo replies backing up.

"Well, you are in the middle of it." Callie retorts, "So what do I need to do next, how do I get her to go out with me?"

"I'm not sure, she's decided to go out with the three women that she met the other night, she went out with one of them last night and she's having lunch with another one today." Jo explains.

"How did her date last night go?" Callie asks curiously.

"She said it was great, but she was home pretty early, so I don't think it was," Jo admits. "But I can't Dr Torres, I can't do this, I'm her friend."

"Look, she told me the other night that she hasn't dated anyone since we broke up, so that means I should pursue her, right? I mean sure she's pissed now but she's just pissed because it's taken me so long to figure it out." Callie questions.

"Dr Torres, I think that you should back off. She's not ready, she's spent the last month or so putting herself out there and trying to move on and then you, you asked her out, so yeah, you need to back off," Jo replies raising her voice at her attending.

"Excuse me?" Callie says offended by the tone.

"You asked my opinion, so that it is my opinion, you should back off and I mean that respectfully Dr Torres," Jo repeats her tone a little softer this time.

Callie spends the rest of the day internally debating whether she should follow her gut and pursue Arizona or follow her resident's advice and back off and give the blonde some space.

And at the end of the day Callie is standing on the walkway above the main entrance, watching Arizona and Sofia below. The blonde is laughing at something Sofia is saying and at this moment Callie knows backing off is not an option.

Below, Arizona is trying to get Sofia's raincoat on but the little girl is too busy dancing to a song that they made up on the drive in this morning. Laughing at her daughter's antics, Arizona looks up to see Callie watching them, so she shrugs and smiles at her ex wife before turning back to Sofia.

"Sofia, you need to stop singing and eat your dinner," Arizona tells her daughter before she's interrupted by a knock at the door. "Honey, please eat. I'll be right back."

"Oh hey Calliope," Arizona says opening the door, "I'm sorry did I know you were coming over tonight?"

"No, you didn't. Can I come in?" Callie asks.

"Uh, sure. Come in," Arizona says backing up to let her inside, "maybe you can convince our daughter to stop singing and eat her dinner," she says sitting back down at the table.

"Mami!" Sofia says when Callie sits down beside her.

"Mija, if you eat your dinner, we'll have a dance party before bed," Callie says deciding to negotiate with the little girl.

Arizona laughs, she should have thought of offering that herself. But at least now Sofia is eating her dinner.

"So what brings you over tonight?" Arizona asks the brunette.

"I, uh, wanted to follow up on our conversation from the other night," Callie says turning to face the blonde.

"Oh," Arizona replies, "And this is a conversation that you want to have right now?" she asks.

"Uh, no. But once we get little miss in bed, we could talk, please?" Callie asks.

Arizona stands up and begins clearing the table, carefully considering what the brunette has requested.

"Okay, but on one condition," Arizona replies and Callie looks at her curiously. "This is the last time that we have this conversation, okay?"

"You don't even know what I'm going to say," Callie points out.

"Well, you said that you're following up on our conversation from the other night, so you still want us to go out," she says carefully looking over at Sofia to see if she's paying attention to their conversation.

"Yes, but that's not exactly why I'm here, so maybe you'll hear me out first." Callie replies.

"All done!" Sofia says holding up her clean plate.

"Good job mija, now go change into your pajamas and brush your teeth," Callie says taking the plate from her daughter.

Then Callie stands up and takes the dishes over to Arizona, who is loading the dishwasher.

"Thank you Cal, she's been wound up all day," Arizona explains.

"Yeah, I know she sang me the song that you guys made up this morning, very cute by the way," Callie says smiling brightly.

"She has your love of music, you know. Maybe instead of being a doctor like us, she'll be a musician." Arizona says, "is she too young for piano lessons?"

"Uh, has she expressed an interest in piano?" Callie asks.

"No, is that how it works? I mean we're not musical in my family, so I don't know," Arizona admits.

"This weekend, I'll get my keyboard out and see if she's interested in learning to play it, if she is then we'll find her a piano teacher," Callie replies. "Deal?"

"Deal." Arizona responds. She has to admit, this is the most the two of them have talked outside of the hospital in a really long time and it is nice. "Uh, I'm sorry. I should have offered you something to drink, water? wine?"

"Water would be nice, thank you." Callie says turning to see Sofia entering the room, ready for the dance party.

"Who's turn is it to pick a song?" Callie asks her.

"My turn, Momma picked last time," Sofia replies.

"Okay, so what's it going to be little miss?" Arizona asks.

"Roar!" she says bouncing up and down.

"Oh my," Callie exclaims falling onto the couch.

"Time for bed now little miss," Arizona says scooping up the little girl and dangling her over Callie so she can say goodnight.

"Night Mami!" Sofia says giggling as she kisses Callie goodnight upside down.

"Good night mija," Callie says laughing as she kisses her daughter good night.

A few minutes later Arizona reenters the living room and plops down on the couch and takes a big drink of water.

"Hopefully she'll fall asleep soon," the blonde says hopefully.

"I'm sure that she will, Jamie said she didn't take a nap today," Callie replies.

"Well this was unexpected and I have to admit, fun," Arizona admits reluctantly.

Callie looks over at her and smiles happily, then bites her lip and turns away.

"Okay, so what was that about?" Arizona asks sitting up and putting space between them.

"It was fun," Callie replies, then sitting up and taking a drink of water, she adds, I miss this. I miss you."

"Do you tell your girlfriend about missing this?" Arizona asks pointedly.

"I don't have a girlfriend," Callie replies, "I haven't had a girlfriend for a couple of months now," she adds.

"I'm sorry that was mean and uncalled for," Arizona apologizes.

"No, we kind of agreed at one point not to date within the hospital, so I pretty much deserved that," Callie admits.

"Yeah, but we do spend 80 percent of our time at the hospital, so where else are we going to meet people?" Arizona asks.

"Well, you met women at a bar the other night, how is that going?" Callie retorts.

"Why would you ask me that?" Arizona asks.

"Arizona, you admitted to me the other night that you hadn't dated anyone since we broke up, so I'm curious, has that changed?" Callie questions.

"It's really not any of your business," Arizona replies.

"You're right, it isn't. Look, I should go, this isn't productive," Callie says standing up to leave.

"Calliope, what did you think would happen? Did you really think that you could just waltz back into my life and I would just welcome you back with open arms?" Arizona asks angrily.

"No, I just...I know that I hurt you, that night, that last night was incredible, but then you said I was your anchor. Anchors hold people in place and I couldn't be that to you, so I set you free. I set us free, we weren't working. I had to do something," Callie confesses.

"So you keep saying," Arizona replies crossing her arms, the conversation obviously bringing the hurt and anger back. "But you moved on Calliope. Not only did you date others, you were just in a relationship that made you 'happier than you'd ever been,' I believe you said."

"You're right, I did try to move on. And for a moment, I thought just maybe I had found someone who I could be happy with that wasn't you. But it was a horrible illusion, she wasn't who she led me to believe she was. And that was really painful. But it made me realize just how much you still mean to me. So let me just say that I'm sorry for hurting you and I'm sorry that apparently, I am still hurting you," Callie says walking past the blonde and heading for the door, before pausing to add, "But I'm not sorry that I still love you and probably will always be in love with you. Good night Arizona."