Disclaimer: Sadly, I do not own any of these characters. If I did, Erica Hahn would still be around. Anyway they belong to ABC, tools that they are.

Author's Note: I am not really sure where this story is going, but I know that I have at least two more chapters already written. I guess I will wait and see what the responses are like and where my muse takes me.


The memories she had of this town were so vivid in her mind the moment she stepped off the plane. Her kissing Callie in the elevator, Callie kissing her in front of the hospital, the weeks that went by while they avoided each other, the conversation where they decided to give it a try, the bad sex, the great sex, her own revelation about her sexual orientation, Callie telling her about sleeping with Sloan, twice, and the most painful of them all—the night she walked away from Seattle Grace and Callie Torres.

It had been almost a year since Dr. Erica Hahn had left Seattle Grace Hospital for ethical reasons, but had left Seattle all together for emotional ones. She could've went back to Seattle Presbyterian, but she needed out. She needed time to heal. She hadn't called anyone to tell them she was coming. She figured as soon as the Chief had called her, all of Seattle Grace would know about it. Besides, this was not a social visit. She was here for her patient, Michael Norris. They finally had a heart and since he was too weak to travel to Mass General in Boston, she had to come back to Seattle. After all the years she spent with this patient everything that had happened to this man and his family, there was no way she was letting another surgeon perform the transplant. Especially not one who got their training from Seattle Grace.

Erica still harbored ill feelings towards Izzie Stevens, the Chief and everyone at Seattle Grace for not standing up and saying what Stevens did was wrong. She still couldn't believe the Chief thought a suspension was enough for what she did…she stole a heart!!!

She had decided long before she landed in Seattle that her first stop would be the hospital. With that in mind she made sure to book a flight that landed after 7:00pm. The day shift would be ending and unless Callie was on call, she wouldn't be there. By the time she got her luggage, a single bag since she only played to be here three or four days at the most, and made her way to the hospital it was past 8:00pm. It was as she was walking up the wide path towards the front entrance that she saw her.

Dr. Callie Torres was in the front lobby on her phone. Her back was to Erica, but she would have recognized her from any angle. Erica quickly stepped out of the light and behind a tree. Perfectly content to wait there all night if it meant she didn't have to come face to face with Callie.

She didn't have to wait long though, about five minutes latershe saw Callie greet a blonde woman Erica had never seen before with a brief kiss. It hurt. She couldn't believe how much it still hurt. As Callie and the other woman walked out of the hospital, Erica was able to overhear a small amount of the conversation.

"How about Joe's?" Callie asked.

"Sounds perfect. Just what I need after a day like today, but just one or two rounds. I am exhausted and want to get to bed early if possible," the blonde replied.

"Oh I think getting to bed early is possible, but whether or not you get to sleep…well that's another question," Callie replied with a grin.

Erica about burst into tears right there. She never thought that Callie had been living a life of celibacy, but now that she actually saw it with her own eyes…it shook her to the core. Once Callie was gone, Erica took a deep breathe and said aloud, "Get your act together Hahn. You're here for a patient. Not her."

With her shoulders back and head held high, Dr. Erica Hahn walked back through the doors of Seattle Grace.