When You Find Me
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: This is the sequel of Hanging By A Moment. I suggest you read that story before reading this one. This one is also a rewrite from a story I had already on here. There were some things I wish I wrote differently the first time around so in this new version you can expect some changes. I really hope you enjoy this story. I know I have the best time writing it.
Chapter 1:
It's a rainy morning in New York; even though the streets are crowded and people tend to be rude there is a certain beauty to the city. Arizona Robbins has been living in the city for a little more than a year now and is used to the constant state of busyness the city has. Right now she doesn't have any time to reflect on how she feels about the weather or the people of New York. Her hair is wet, her coffee stale and she is running late for rounds. Arizona is a second year resident at Mount Sinai. She's pretty sure her boss hates her; she can't really afford to miss rounds.
When she arrived at the hospital she almost ran to the elevators. She took one last sip at her coffee before throwing it at a near by trashcan. The elevator doors finally opened revealing a smug looking Teddy Altman in light blue scrubs.
"You're late." Teddy said taking a sip from a fresh cup of coffee.
"I know." Arizona said with annoyance.
"You're hair is wet." Teddy observed. "It doesn't look good."
"I know." Arizona said rolling her eyes.
"Here, you need this more than I do." Teddy said handing Arizona a cup of coffee.
"Thank you, Teddy. You're an angel." Arizona said het demeanor changing significantly.
The elevator doors opened up on the surgical floor. Teddy and Arizona got out saying a quick good morning to the other passengers.
"See you at lunch?" Teddy asked before they headed their separate ways.
"Sure." Arizona said. "I'll tell you all about She-wolf's newest form of torture."
"Good luck with that." Teddy said.
"Thank you. I'll need it." Arizona shouted at Teddy as she started running towards the changing room.
Callie Torres walked with authority and a sense of purpose into an imposing looking building. As she walked through the building everyone greeted her with a respectful 'good morning'. Working at the prestigious advertisement firm for almost ten years had earned her the respect of her peers and everyone else at the company. She walked to her office, her assistant James walking quickly behind her with a cup of coffee and an iPad with the calendar app opened.
"What do we have for today, James?" Callie asked, sitting behind her desk and taking the cup of coffee from James's hand.
"You have a video call with the people from Sony at 12 and you have a doctor's appointment with Dr. Chang at 3." James said.
"Uh you can go ahead and cancel the doctor's appointment." Callie said.
"Not possible." James said.
"James, don't make me fire you." Callie said trying her best to look as threatening as possible.
"You need to see the doctor." James said. "If you die, then whose going to sign my pay check?"
"It was a wrist fracture." Callie argued. "I'm fine now."
"You're still going to the doctor." James said.
"James…" Callie said.
"You're going." James said. Callie opened her mouth to speak but before she could James interrupted her. "Don't even try to threaten me with unemployment. We both know you can't live without me."
"Fine. I'll go." Callie said raising her hands in surrender. "But I'm not going to like it."
Callie's office phone started ringing so James excused himself out, leaving her alone to answer the phone in privacy.
"Callie Torres speaking." Callie said answering the phone.
"Torres!" Mark said from the other end.
"What do you want, Mark?" Callie asked irritated. "I've told you not to call the office."
"I know but you didn't answer your cellphone." Mark said. "What are you doing for dinner tonight?"
"I don't know." Callie said. She wasn't paying much attention to Mark anymore, her focus was on reading some work emails she had sitting on her inbox for a few days now.
"Well tonight you're having dinner with me." Mark said. "And with the person I'm dating. My treat of course."
"Ugh Mark, you know I hate Rebecca." Callie said. "Her tone of voice annoys me for some reason."
"I'm not dating Rebecca anymore." Mark said. "There's a new lady in my life. She's awesome and I know you love her."
"So I know her?" Callie asked.
"Yes, you do." Mark said.
"Who is it?" Callie asked.
"I'm not telling." Mark said. "Come have dinner with me tonight if you want to find out. I'm texting you the details as we speak."
"Fine." Callie said. "But if this one is as annoying as Rebecca I'm leaving."
"Alright. Just be there please?" Mark said.
"I will." Callie said. "Listen Mark, I have to go, I need to get some stuff done. I'll see you tonight."
"Great! See you tonight, Torres." Mark said before he ended the call.
"I hate, hate, hate, hate Herman." Arizona said as she almost slammed her lunch tray on the table.
"What did she do now?" Maggie asked.
"She has me running from patient to patient, doing charts, covering the pit and I haven't seen the inside of an OR in weeks." Arizona complained. "I'm a surgical resident, which means I'm here to learn surgery not to be a freaking nanny."
"So this isn't a good time to brag about how Hunt and I kicked ass saving a motorcycle accident victim that came in this morning?" Teddy asked.
"I hate you." Arizona said.
"Well my attending hates me too, if that makes you feel any better." Maggie said.
"Hahn hates everyone." Teddy said. "Herman just hates Arizona."
"And I hate you both." Arizona said as she took an angry bite out of her salad.
"You should have seen us in the OR today." Teddy said to no one in particular. "Hunt and I made such a good team. It was such a rush. I think trauma is it for me. I think I found my true love."
"You're just saying that because you have a thing for Hunt." Arizona said.
"In my younger more vulnerable years, I did, but that's no more." Teddy said.
"Just last month you talked all about how you and Hunt were meant to be." Maggie said.
"Younger and more vulnerable." Teddy said giving Maggie a pointed look. "Besides there's a new man in my life."
"Who?" Arizona asked. "Please don't tell me it's that weird looking paramedic."
"Ew no." Teddy said with disgust.
"Who is it?" Maggie asked.
"I uh you won't believe me if I tell you." Teddy said to Arizona.
"Do we know him?" Arizona asked.
"Well you do." Teddy said to Arizona. "Pierce is not familiar with this person."
"Huh, that certainly limits my guesses." Arizona said trying to come up with a list of names. "I don't have time for this. Just tell me who it is."
"Okay." Teddy said trying her best to control her anxiousness and excitement. "
I'm dating Mark."
"Mark?" Arizona asked. "What Mark?"
"Mark." Teddy said. "Mark Sloan."
"No." Arizona said. A bad day had just gotten worse. The first thing that came to mind after hearing Mark's name was Calliope. Someone she had tried her best to leave behind. They hadn't seen each other in exactly ten years but a rush of memories came running into her mind. "He's…old."
"Really? You're going to lecture me about dating someone older?" Teddy asked. "Really?"
"Am I missing something here?" Maggie asked.
"Mark was my ex's best friend." Arizona said. "He- he also used to date Addison, she was my brother's girlfriend."
"Oh." Maggie said not knowing how to react. It wasn't often that Arizona would talk about her private life.
"Is." Teddy said. "Mark is still Callie's friend."
At the mention of the name Arizona felt the blood leave her face. Callie was a subject Arizona had forbidden anyone around her to talk about.
"Have-have you like…seen her?" Arizona asked. Before Teddy could give her an answer Arizona's pager went off. "Fuck." Arizona said when she saw the 911 on her pager. "I have to run."
"Go, go. I'll take care of this for you." Maggie said motioning to Arizona's lunch tray.
Callie walked into the hospital for what she hoped would be the last check up she needed to do with the orthopedic surgeon. A few months ago she was goofing around with Mark and when she fell she broke her fall with her left wrist. Lucky she didn't need surgery but she still needed to see the doctor every few weeks. Her eyes were glued to the screen of her phone as she walked through the hospital when she felt herself slamming into a person.
"Shit. Sorry." Callie said to the person that was already walking away as if in a hurry.
"Don't worry about it." The blond person in light blue scrubs and a white coat said, as they retreated neither one of them taking a good look at the other.
Arizona was doing charts as was usual when she was on Herman's service. She wanted to be a pediatric surgeon; she was supposed to be learning from Stark. He wasn't nicer than Herman but at least she would be doing what she came here to do. The two times she was paged 911 today none of those time she had the chance to go into the OR. As she finished one of the charts she realized that she needed Dr. Chang's signature to be able to discharge one of Herman's patients.
She went into the Ortho wing looking for Dr. Chang, when she was close to his office she saw a face she hadn't seen in ten years. This is too much for one day, she thought. Since Teddy had mentioned her at lunch she had been unable to get Callie away from her mind. She couldn't believe how good she looked. Her hair was shorter, she looked more grown but it suited her. She often thought about Callie, sometimes late at night she wondered about her life. Against her will she wondered whether Callie had found someone to share the little, day-to-day things of her life with. Callie was saying good-bye to Dr. Chang and was about to walk in Arizona's general direction when the blond panicked and hid in the nearest supply closet.