General POV

Callie Torres was nervous for the first time in as long as she could remember, she was starting at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. She knew that her old college sex-friend already worked their and she was happy to see him. During college Mark had been her relax strategy and later turned into her best friend. After college she went to work at Miami General, and Mark went to New York. Then when Mark broke up his new best friends marriage he tried to win Derek back by following him out to Seattle. Now subsequent to their long time apart the two friends were going to be back together at last.

The afternoon before her first day of work Callie and Mark were going to have lunch and he was going to show her around the city. He didn't mention that he was going to introduce her to some of her soon to be colleagues. When Callie walked into the restaurant she was shocked to see a table of people sitting with Mark talking about an upcoming surgery. Mark stood up and announced her presence to the room, she walked over and gave him a Callie Torres hug. Then he turned to the other doctors and introduced her to them.

"Callie, this is Derek, Meredith, Christina, Owen, Teddy, Alex, Miranda, and Lexie." As he said the last name he smiled and gave her a wink. " we are expecting one more, but, she got caught up in an emergency surgery. She's the head of pediatrics."

"Is she super happy all the time?" Callie said sarcastically.

"Did you meet?" Mark said in a completely serious tone.

"Your kidding right?" Callie retorted.

"No, you nailed her personality perfectly" Lexie stated.

"Come on, she's an adult, I would imagine anyway, she can't be peppy all the time."

"You'd be surprised" Christina said frankly.

"Great" Callie muttered under her breath.

Half-way through the meal she was beginning to open up and like her future colleagues, when a beautiful blonde burst through the door. "Sorry I'm late, so sorry, but you all get it being surgeons." Nods of agreement were shared throughout the table. Callie turned around to see the backside of the newest guest as she hugged a few of the doctors.

Callie was sure that her jaw nearly hit the floor. The ass of the women next to her was so perfect and it was right in her face. Callie had been raised Catholic but at a young age realized that she was not like the other girls. While they discussed their crushes on male classmates she was focused on her crushes on them. No body knew, especially not her parents. She knew their reactions would be drastic and horrible, so she kept her true self a secret. When ever she visited home she would show pictures of male models from magazines and claim that those men were her boyfriends. Her sister Aria was the only person in her family that she felt comfortable enough to tell. Her sister said that she already knew and that no matter what she loved her sister for who she was and that she wouldn't pressure Callie to tell their parents until she was ready.

Callie snapped out of her daze when she heard the voice of Mark Sloan "earth to Callie"

"Oh, yeah, where are my manners?! Hi, Callie Torres" As soon as she said that the head of the woman shot around to face her, but Callie wasn't looking in that direction anymore out of fear that someone would call her for staring.

"Calliope Torres?" the blonde asked.

"Yeah, do I know-" Callie trailed off as she saw the face looking back at her. "Oh," she stated starting to relive the fear she felt in high school. "Arizona ... Arizona Robbins."

"You two know each other?" Mark asked voicing the thoughts of everyone else at the table.

"Yeah-" Callie started to answer.

"I have to go" Arizona said as she raced out of the restaurant.

Callie felt relived as well as sad when she heard the bells on the front door of the restaurant jingle. "Um.. Yeah as I was saying. That was Arizona Robbins we went to high school together."

"We're you two friends?" Derek asked and as soon as he did a swift kick from Meredith was felt on his shin. "Ow, ah never mind. Not my business."

"No, thats okay, I'm sure your all thinking it." Callie said her hands shaking slightly "We weren't friends."

"So, back to the removal of this bad ass shark hook" Mark said to fill the silence created by the awkward encounter.

"Oh right" Derek continued trying to break the tension in the room.