A/N: One shot (?) Tumblr prompt about a new doc... what do you think?
"Who is Arizona talking to over there?" Callie asks Alex as they watch the blonde from across the bar at Joe's.
"I have no idea." He says glancing up and then back down to his beer.
"Why does he have his hand on her back? That seems weird doesn't it? I mean Arizona isn't super touchy feely with people, especially not guys. So who the hell is this guy?" Callie continues to ask.
"Look, just go over there and she'll probably introduce him to you." Alex suggests.
"Wait, there's Kepner. Now he's got an arm around both of them. This is just, well, weird. Okay? Would you at least say it's weird?" She asks him again, this time nudging him with her shoulder.
"Why do you even care?" Alex counters taking another sip of his beer and setting back in his chair.
"I don't, it's just well, who is he? He's still holding her close and she's practically leaning into him. She doesn't do that, so who the hell is this guy?" Callie asks again, before getting up and heading to the bathroom.
"Meredith, have you met this new doctor?" Callie asks as they run into each other in the daycare the next day.
"Not yet, why?" She asks looking up from taking Bailey's coat off and watching Callie take Ellis out of her carrier. "I heard that he's from San Francisco," she offers.
"Oh, well that's interesting. Where did he go to med school?" Callie asks.
"We'll find out in the staff meeting, now come on. We're late." Meredith remarks as she takes her baby and kisses her and hands her over to Janet. "I didn't have time to pump yet, so I'll be back in an hour or so to feed her." Meredith tells the daycare worker.
"I'd like to introduce Dr. Darren Paulson, our new head of trauma. Darren comes to us from San Francisco Medical, he is a Stanford graduate went to Hopkins and has served overseas with Doctors Without Borders. He'll be working closely with Kepner this week, so please everyone welcome him to Grey Sloan Memorial." Webber says before moving on to the next topic on the agenda.
"That's who Arizona was with last night." Callie says nudging Meredith.
"What?" Meredith mouths.
"Nevermind. I'll tell you later." Callie whispers, then glances over at Karev and nods to him.
He shakes his head. He knows better than to let Callie drag him into whatever she's got going on with Arizona.
Annoyed that Alex isn't any help, Callie sits back in her chair and continues to watch her ex and this new doctor. They are sitting quite closely and he keeps leaning over to whisper in her hair. What the hell is this? Callie wonders, she knows that Arizona has never been with a guy, but if she didn't know better she'd think they were seeing each other.
Walking out of the elevator later that day, Callie watches Arizona and Paulson go into an on-call room near the ER. What the hell is going on? Callie stands there stunned unable to believe what she just witnessed.
"Hello, Dr Torres. Did you need something?" Kepner asks when she sees Callie just standing in the hall.
"Oh, no. I'm just huh, have you seen Arizona? I need to talk to her about, uh, Sofia tonight. If you see her, let her know." Callie stammers and walks away.
"Shepherd!" Callie whispers loudly and motions for Amelia to come into her lab.
"Have you met the new doc?" Callie asks her.
"Yeah, I met him last night, why? Are you interested, because I should tell you..." Amelia replies before Callie cuts her off.
"Don't tell me. Wait, okay I just want to know what's going on with him and Arizona?" Callie responds.
"You don't know, do you?" Amelia asks, leaning back on the table amused at Callie's discomfort.
"They met in Malawi at her clinic. I can't believe that Arizona never told you this story." Amelia replies shaking her head in wonder. "It's a great story, but not mine to tell." She adds.
"We, uh, never talked much about Malawi. The whole thing has always been a sore subject with us." Callie admits.
"You should change that, you're missing an interesting part of Arizona's life." Amelia says before leaving the lab.
Hearing a soft knock on the lab door, Callie looks up to see Arizona walking in with Sofia. "Hey, April said you wanted to talk about tonight?"
"Oh, you're going to take her tonight?" Callie asks looking up.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I, it's my night." Arizona asks confused.
"I just, uh, thought maybe you would want the night off, so I was going to offer to keep her." Callie replies.
Cocking her head in confusion, Arizona pauses and then asks, "What's going on with you? Where is this coming from"
"I just uh, saw you last night at Joe's and then today, it seems like you and Dr Paulson are, uh, close. So I was just offering to take Sofia for you, so you could, uh, be... you know close." Callie replies awkwardly.
"Callie, it's not what you think. He and I were very close in Malawi. He's just a friend." Arizona replies carefully.
"Right, well, I just have never even heard of him and I've never seen you let a guy... look, it's not my business what you do in on-call rooms." She stammers.
"Calliope? You're jealous." Arizona says amused. "He's a guy, Callie." She reminds her, not wanting to say too much in front of Sofia, god knows when and what she'd repeat.
"I know what I saw, but it's not, not my business. I just wanted to offer to take our daughter tonight, so you could, you know do whatever." Callie says again, not making eye contact with the blonde.
"Thanks, I guess. But it's fine. Darren is waiting, so we're leaving now." Arizona replies turning to go, "Sofia, say goodbye to Mami, we'll see her tomorrow."
"As if she has any right to be jealous of anyone in my life." Arizona says taking a sip of wine.
"Jealousy is a green-eyed monster and you can't reason with monsters." Darren replies laughing and holding up his glass before taking a sip.
The two friends are laying on the couch together after putting Sofia to bed in Arizona's new condo. Darren moved in across the hall and now they are spending a lot of time together. The blonde didn't realize how lonely she was until Darren contacted her and told her that he was interviewing for Hunt's job. Then he came out and it was like they had been friends their whole lives. She can understand why Callie is jealous, even if it's for the wrong reason.
"So when is Mark moving up from San Francisco?" Arizona asks.
"He's coming up this weekend, but he's still going to be working there until he finishes up the remodel and sells the loft." Darren explains. "We should invite Callie over to meet him, that should blow her mind to see you with two handsome men." He replies laughing.
"I should probably tell her that you're gay." Arizona admits, "She must of seen us go into the on-call room to Skype with Mark though, because she was almost crazy jealous tonight."
"She should be crazy jealous, because you're amazing and not going to be single forever." He says kissing her head. "Not with Mark around, he's a crazy wingman for lesbians. That's why we don't have any single lesbian friends, he finds them girlfriends." Darren explains.
A/N: This story popped into my head last night as I drifted off to sleep, so I wrote this chapter quickly before work. How amazing to come home to find so many kind reviews! I've edited it now and am working on the next chapter, hope to post it tomorrow before work. xoxo