I was inspired by the movie The Proposal. This story won't follow the timeline of the movie but it will have some similarities and the whole deportation thing… And for the sake of the story, let's assume that everything is accurate. Oh, and gay marriage in Washington doesn't take effect until June, 7th 2012…I think, but let's just assume it already happened. Okay, I think I covered most of it all... Wait, no, Tim is still alive in this story, just because… Enjoy.
Callie POV
"I'm sorry, I'm what?" I asked in disbelief. This was not happening.
"You're being deported." Richard Webber repeated his words as he sat at his desk, arms folded in front of him. "I'm sorry I wish I could do something but my hands are tied. You're visa application was denied."
"Visa application? Are you kidding me?" I was getting angry. I didn't know what to say or what to do. There was no way that I could be deported. I had grown to love Seattle. There were so many people I loved here, and my job.
"I'm sorry, Dr. Torres." Dr. Webber shook his head. "You're a great doctor and I hate to see you leave. Like I said, I wish there was something that I could do but my hands are tied."
I could feel tears threatening to escape my eyes but I held them in as I looked out of Richard's window. Outside I spotted Dr. Derek Sheperd and his wife, Meredith Grey. They had their daughter in their hands and were trying to get her to laugh. In that second I had an idea.
"Chief…I'm getting married, that'll keep me from getting deported, won't it?" I perked up and shifted closer to him from my seat.
"Torres, you're getting married? How come I am just now finding out about this?" He eyed me suspiciously.
"That's because it happened a couple of days ago." I lied but at this point I was desperate.
"I didn't even know you were dating anyone. The last person that I knew about was Erica." Richard sat back in his chair, looking at me.
"It is a woman." I blurted out before I could stop myself. Gay marriage was legal. I relaxed a bit.
"Well you have two months to tie the knot, otherwise, they'll send you packing." He stood from his chair and I followed suit. "I'd like to meet your fiancé. Bring her to the prom that I'm putting on for my niece here at the hospital. I'm hoping everyone will be there, dressing accordingly. No scrubs. Wear a dress." He finished and walked me out the door. "It's in a week." He opened the door for me and I walked out. "Be there, 7pm, with your fiancé." Webber reiterated.
"Yes sir." I nodded and walked out into the hallway. What did I get myself into? The last time I was in a relationship with anyone was two years ago. I had random hook ups and a couple of dates but nothing that ever stuck. Now I had to find a woman who would agree to marry me to keep me in Seattle. I should have just said that Mark and I were getting married. He would have gladly helped me but I didn't think it through thoroughly enough. I cursed myself as I made my way to the cafeteria and sat down next to my best friend Addison. She was always there for me, no matter what, so I knew that I could confide in her.
"What's up lady?" Addison, clad in scrubs, asked me as I sat down across from her. The cafeteria wasn't at all busy. There were a couple of people scattered all around, but for the most part, it was calm.
"I'm being deported." I cradled my head in my hands.
"What?" She asked in disbelief and put her sandwich down.
"Yeah…but then I told Webber that I was engaged to be married and now he wants to meet my fiancé." I laughed at my words.
"He wants to meet a fiancé that doesn't exist?" Addison cracked a smile. "Uh oh."
I nodded, I was doomed. "Marry me?" I asked half seriously, half jokingly.
"I love you Callie but I can't do that. Webber knows I'm not gay." She took a bite of her carrot. "I bet Mark will do it." She raised her eyebrows.
"I told the Chief it was a woman."
"Damn…you didn't think this through very well." Addie shook her head. "Well, I'm not letting you get deported so we're going to have to find you someone to marry." She stated as if it was the easiest thing in the world to do.
I groaned and put my head down on the table. "I'm screwed."
Arizona POV
This was the third time in two weeks that Dr. Anderson and I argued over procedures in the OR. I couldn't stand him. I know that I work for him but it seemed as though anything I did, he didn't like. He would always question me about my surgeries or about ways that I wanted to do things. I was an attending and he was the head of the Peds department so naturally things always go his way.
When I first started working at Seattle Presbyterian I thought that I would be able to spread my wings and be the best surgeon that I could be, but ever since I turned down Dr. Anderson when he came on to me, he had held a grudge, making my work life a living hell. It also didn't help that my ex-girlfriend Amanda worked with me. I had found her in bed with a woman from the Dermatology department about a month ago and ever since then I haven't really spoken to her. I told her to get out of my life but she kept following me like a lost puppy. She finally got the hint when I used the silent treatment. I only spoke to her if necessary. We didn't work together very often because she was an ortho nurse, but on the rare occasions that we did, I kept it very professional.
My home life was pretty boring. I had a couple of friends at work but they weren't considered good friends. My best friend was Teddy Altman who worked at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. She had told me time and time again to apply for a job there but there were never any openings in pediatrics, my specialty.
One chilly night, I had a book in one hand and a glass of wine in the other, content on spending the whole night curled up, reading, when a knock came at my door. "Just a minute." I put my wine and book down and padded to the door. I smiled when I saw Teddy through the peephole.
"Hey Zona." She walked into my apartment and sat down on the couch. It was 9:42 and she was dressed for going out.
"Hey, Teddy." I replied as I went into the kitchen to grab her a beer.
"Thanks." She smiled at me as I handed it to her. "What are you doing?" She asked.
"Reading." I replied.
"Come on Arizona," She sighed and took a long chug of her bud light. "It's Friday night, let's go out."
I thought about it for a minute. I hadn't been out in a while due to working long hours. "Okay." I nodded my head and stood up. "Give me a minute to get ready." I walked into my bedroom.
"Hurry." She yelled. "I want you to meet some of the awesome people I work with. They're great."
"I haven't met them yet?" I asked, trying to put a light blue dress on. I was glad that I had shaved yesterday.
"No. You haven't gone out with me in so long. Why are they working you so much lately anyway?" Teddy finished off her beer and stood to grab another one.
"Dr. Anderson hates me." I stated simply as I put on a fair amount of makeup.
"I'm sorry Zona." Teddy said sincerely.
"That's alright." I shrugged as I walked back into the living room.
"Whoa." Teddy brought her beer down to her side and looked me up and down. "You look hot."
"Thank you." I laughed, spinning around, showing her all of me.
Callie POV
It had been three days since I told Webber that I was engaged and I had yet to find anyone. Addison asked random women if they would marry me but they all looked at her like she was crazy. I was starting to lose hope.
"Callie, you're drunk." Addison laughed as she sipped on her beer. She was still nursing her first one.
"I'm allowed to be." I slouched in my seat at Joe's. "I'm gonna get deported." I laughed.
"No, you're no-" Cristina stopped as pagers went off. "Shit, multiple traumas." Cristina, Owen, Addison, Derek, and Mark stood from their seats and checked their pagers.
"Let's go, friends." I stood up on wobbly legs as I hiccupped. I was definitely feeling the effects of the alcohol. I may have overdone it a little bit.
"Oh no." Miranda Bailey stated as she approached their table. "You stay here, we don't need you. You're too drunk." She finished as everyone grabbed their things and headed for the hospital.
"Stay here. I'll try to come back as soon as I'm done. And don't drink too much more." Addie put her finger in my face as she looked at me.
"Got it, mom." I shrugged and looked around the bar. There were no women here that I found attractive. I started swaying to the music as I took another drink from my beer. "Who drinks alone?" I asked myself out loud.
"You're not alone." I heard someone say behind me. I turned toward the voice and smiled as my eyes met Teddy's.
"Teddy. Thank god you're here." I stood to give her a hug. "How come you're not at the hospital?" I asked sitting back down.
"Why would I be?" She sat down next to me. "I have the day off and my pager never went off."
"Oh, well there were multiple traumas…that's why I'm all alone. Everyone else got paged. But Bailey said I was too drunk. So here I am." I played with the label on my beer bottle, sighing.
"What's got you in the dumps?" She asked as she looked over at the bar, obviously looking for someone.
"I'm being deported." I stated sadly.
"What?" Teddy looked shocked.
"Yup, unless I find someone to marry me." I finished as a very attractive blonde woman approached our table.
"Wow…Um," Teddy looked from me to the blonde woman. "Callie, this is Arizona, Arizona, this is Callie."
I fixed my posture and extended my hand for her to grab. "It's nice to meet you, Callie." The beautiful blonde stated as she smiled, exposing adorable dimples. I couldn't stop staring at her crystal blue eyes. They were mesmerizing. The blonde had a light blue tight fitting dress on that stopped mid thigh with black pumps. Her hair was in loose curls that barely touched her shoulders.
"You, too." I smiled and took a sip of my beer; maybe I wasn't so drunk anymore.
"Callie is an ortho attending." Teddy looked at Arizona, then at me. "And Arizona is a peds attending at Seattle Presbyterian."
"Ew." I made a sour face. "How do you like that?" I asked as Arizona sat down and handed Teddy a beer.
Arizona POV
"I hate it." I stated with a shrug, trying not to stare at the stunning Latina in front of me. I should have met Teddy's co-workers a long time ago. "So where is everyone else?"
"They all got paged." Teddy pursed her lips. "Sorry." She shrugged.
"That's okay." I smiled.
"So Callie, when did you find out that you were-" Teddy began but was cut off by Callie.
"I don't want any more people finding out." Callie put her hand up in the air. "You and Addie are the only ones that know. So keep quiet."
"My lips are sealed." My best friend put her hand to her lips and swiped across, throwing away the pretend 'key'. I didn't know what they were talking about but I didn't care. I couldn't get over how beautiful Callie was. She had on a grey off the shoulder shirt with a big black flower on it with skinny jeans and black boots. Her hair was above her shoulders and it was in big curls. I couldn't stop staring.
"Thanks." The Latina smiled at Teddy then looked at me. If I didn't know any better, I would have thought that she was checking me out.
I didn't expect the night to go as well as it did. The three of us talked about everything and anything, making jokes, and drinking long into the night.
"Excuse me," Callie grabbed her ringing phone. "I'll just be a minute." She stated as she stood up to leave.
"Why didn't you tell me you had such a hot friend?" I asked, slapping Teddy lightly on the arm.
"Interested?" She wiggled her eyebrows. I was very interested. Callie was exactly my type. I loved exotic looking women.
"I think she's hot but I don't go after straight women." I shrugged and took a sip of my beer. I was feeling a bit tipsy but it definitely wasn't enough.
"She's gay." Teddy stated simply as she put her head in her hand and looked at me. I couldn't help but smile. Before I could celebrate any further, I felt my phone vibrate. Pulling it out of my pocket, I noticed it was my father. "Uh…I'll be right back." I told Teddy as I quickly left to step outside.
"Hello." I said into the phone as I stepped outside. I turned the corner then leaned up against the cold brick building.
"Zona. Hey." My father stated roughly. "Sorry I'm calling so late but I wanted to tell you some news."
"What is it dad?" I asked, scared, my heart began to race.
"Hold on," There was rustling on his end. "Hello little sis." My smile grew as big as it could go. My brother had been deployed for almost six months but apparently he had come home. I couldn't help but feel elated.
"Tim." I put my hand over my chest. "You're home." My smile didn't falter.
"And I have some news, Zona…" He paused and I waited for him to continue. "I proposed to Tara."
"Oh my god." I pushed myself off of the building and spun around in a circle. "She said yes?" I questioned.
"Of course she did." I could tell that he was smiling. "We want to get married before I get deployed again…so you have to take a week or so off from work…The wedding will be on August 11th but I need you to take off August 4th until the 12th."
"Yes, of course." I was so happy. "I wouldn't miss it for the world." I had to ask for the days off first thing tomorrow. I hoped that they wouldn't have too much of a problem with it since it was a month away. I didn't really care, I would never miss my brother's wedding.
We said our goodbyes and I hung up the phone, ready to go back inside.
"Ma, I don't know what else to do." I heard Callie's voice in the distance. I didn't want to eavesdrop but something made me stay.
"I have two months to find a fiancé or I have to leave the county. Daddy can't pull any strings this time." She said, seated on the curb between two cars. I came a bit closer.
"My visa application was denied. I don't know what else to do…yes ma, no, I can't go back there. My life is in Seattle." It was almost as if Callie was crying. "I don't see a bright side to any of this…I told you the only way for me to get out of this is for me to marry someone." She stopped. "I know, it's not the wedding that I dreamed of but I don't know what else to do. Plus I can get a quickie divorce after it's all over." Her mother said something. "I told Chief Webber that I was engaged to a woman…And I know that you don't want to hear that but that's what I told him." She ran her fingers through her hair. "But mama…" She stopped.
I took all of the information in as I stood there. I could hear the pain in Callie's voice as she spoke to her mother.
"Okay, ma…I love y-." She stopped, sighing heavily. She hung up the phone and began to cry. I tried to stop myself from approaching her but I felt the need to comfort her.
"Callie?" I took a couple of steps forward. She was startled as she looked up at me through the darkness.
"Ugh yeah…" She wiped at her eyes. "How much of that did you hear?" She asked as she stood to face me.
"Not too much." I lied.
"Okay…um let's get back inside." She was clearly embarrassed. Before she could walk past me, I grabbed her arm. I know that what I was about to say was crazy but I was still on a high from hearing from my brother and finding out that he was engaged.
"Wait." She stopped walking but didn't turn around.
"I'll marry you." My voice was shaky but I wanted to help. I had to face it, I was destined to be alone, I had lost hope, and Callie was smoking hot, I could be her fake fiancé in order for her to stay in the country. I know that I didn't know that much about her, but she sounded so sad and broken. I wanted to make her feel better and she needed help.
"What?" She turned to face me; my hand was still on her arm.
"I said I'll marry you." I stated again, this time more confidently. "I'm single, not many people you work with know me, and I'd be a great fake wife." I smiled as I met sad brown eyes.
"I couldn't let you do that, Arizona. But that's very kind of you." She sniffled.
"Please? You're in need of some help and I can be of assistance. We can get married, be together enough for them to not be suspicious any more, and then we can get a divorce."
"What about your love life? I don't want to impose." She threw me another excuse.
"I just broke up with my girlfriend; I won't be ready for another relationship for a long time." I smiled as her spirits were lifted slightly. "Plus, I heard you saying that it was a woman and Teddy told me that you were gay…so am I. No one will be suspicious. Please? Let me do this for you." She looked very hesitant.
"I don't know Arizona…" She stopped.
"Say yes. You need this." I raised my eyebrows and she laughed.
"I guess you're right. I do need this." She pulled me into a tight hug. "Thank you so much. I owe you. If there's anything that I can do for you, please let me know. I-I can pay you if you'd like." She suggested.
"Oh that's not necessary." I dismissed her words. "I'm assuming Teddy knows your problem?"
"Yes."
"Great, let's go tell her the news." I bounced on my tip toes. "Wait." I stopped us before we started walking. I stood in front of her and grabbed both of her hands into mine and got down on one knee. "Callie, will you marry me?" I smiled up at the stunning woman.
"Yes." She answered softly.
"Yay!" I stood up and clapped my hands. "We have a lot of things to go over so can I have your number so we can get together tomorrow and talk about everything?" She put her number in my phone then handed it back to me."Perfect. Let's go inside, my lovely fiancé." I said as I grabbed Callie's hand and intertwined our fingers together.
Callie POV
I could not believe that Arizona was doing this for me. I had lost all hope in staying in the country until this angel of a woman came into my life. I did not know how I would ever be able to repay her. I was forever in her debt. It also helped that she was just my type. I knew people would be suspicious, but, not being able to sleep these past few days, I came up with a story for everything.
I know that I didn't tell anyone that I was even dating, and I knew Mark was going to be pissed off at me for not telling him that I was dating such a gorgeous woman, but I would simply say that I didn't want to anyone about her because I wanted to make sure that it would last. I also could say that she was buried with work for a long time. We'd have to pretend that we were in love. I definitely didn't mind kissing Arizona, especially since she was gay, too. This had to work perfectly.
Richard had called me earlier during the day and told me that I had to fill out a bunch of paperwork and that there were a couple of people from immigration that wanted to meet with me and my fiancé just to make sure that we were actually in love and getting married for the right reason. I hoped that Arizona was a good actress. I'm not sure how good of an actress I am but I'd have to pull out the big guns for this one.
When I told my mother that I told my boss that I was marrying a woman, she couldn't get off the phone fast enough. All of my family knew that I was gay and they had finally come to terms with it but they still didn't like it very much. My father expressed his concern about this plan when I first brought it up to him. He thought that it would all blow up in my face.
"Teddy!" Arizona clutched my hand as we stopped in front of the cardio surgeon. "Guess what?" She jumped up and down and I couldn't help but smile at her dorky behavior.
"What?" Teddy asked, stopping her conversation with a dark haired man.
"Callie and I are engaged." She smiled brightly, as did I.
"Wait…what?" She looked very confused.
"That's hot." The man next to Teddy chimed in.
"Buzz off." Teddy said to the man. He mumbled something as he walked away. Now we had her undivided attention.
Arizona POV
"You already know that Callie is about to get deported so I'm marrying her so she can stay in Seattle." I raised my eyebrows. This means that I'd have to take Callie to my brother's wedding. I'd have to introduce her as my fiancé…well maybe I'd be able to just introduce her as my girlfriend. I assumed that they'd be doing a very, very thorough investigation on us so we'd have to make everything perfect. I'd have to call my parents and tell them that I, too, was getting married. I didn't like the fact that I was lying to my parents but I would just tell them that things didn't work out with Callie and I after all and we'd be done with it…hopefully. This was going to be a lot of work, but I wanted to help this beautiful woman. Something drew me towards her but I didn't know what it was.
I was a little excited about the fact that I'd have to kiss her. I definitely didn't mind that and I knew that we'd be spending a lot of time together but, that too, I didn't mind. She was friends with Teddy so obviously she was a good enough person. Not to mention that she was a surgeon like me. I was confident that we'd be able to fool people. We seemed good for each other in a lot of aspects. My family wouldn't be too suspicious; they know that Callie is exactly my type. They may be worried about the fact that I was already engaged and they have yet to meet Callie but I'll just blame that on my busy schedule and me not wanting to talk about my relationship until I was certain that Callie was a keeper.
"Wow…you'd do that?" Teddy stood up from her stool.
"Yes." I nodded my head.
"That's amazing." She stated and hugged us both. "You guys have a lot to discuss but I wish you the best of luck. You already look great together. You'll be fine."
We both thanked her. "I should be going." Teddy stated and got up. "I'll see you tomorrow Callie, and don't worry I won't tell anyone." She winked at us and walked away.
I turned to Callie with a smile on my face. "So, baby…" I emphasized the word, "why don't we leave too, we have a lot to discuss tomorrow."
"You're absolutely right, sweetie. Let's get out of here." She took my hand in hers and walked me out to my car. Our hands fit perfectly together.
"This is me." We stopped walking as we approached my car. "Call me tomorrow and we can meet up to go over everything?"
"Sure." She nodded.
"Where's your car?" I asked her.
"I walked."
"Well hop in, I'll take you home." After a bit of reluctance from Callie, she got into the passenger seat. After telling me where she lived, I started the car and pulled out of the parking lot. The conversation was light and it felt natural, which made me feel a little better because after all, she was now my fiancé.
"This building right here." She pointed out the window as I came to a stop. "Thank you so much Arizona. For everything."
"No need to thank me just yet." I winked at her. "Goodnight Callie."
"Goodnight Arizona." She replied as she got out of the car and waved goodbye.
I, Arizona Robbins, have a crush on my fake fiancé.
Callie POV
As soon as Arizona dropped me off, I sprinted up to my apartment, dialing Addie's number while I ran.
"Hello." Addison answered the phone after a few rings.
"Where are you?" I asked as I unlocked my apartment, making my way inside.
"I just got out of surgery. What's up?" She asked. "Have you sobered up?"
"Yes I have." I couldn't hold in my excitement. "So I'm engaged." I jumped on my bed still fully clothed.
"No way." She laughed. "You found a woman? That's incredible."
"Yes, she's Teddy's friend. Her name is Arizona. She's-" I stopped as my best friend interrupted me.
"Arizona Robbins?" She asked.
"Um…I'm not sure what her last name is yet but she's blonde with blue eyes. She's gorgeous." I could picture the stunning woman in my mind perfectly.
"Yup, that's Robbins. She's only one of the best peds surgeons in Seattle…possibly the west coast. Doesn't she work at Seattle Pres?"
"Yeah she does. How do you know so much about her?" I was curious. I didn't know anything about her.
"I've just read a lot about her. But she hasn't been in the spotlight recently. Seattle Pres likes to keep her in the shadows. It's really a shame." Addie stated slowly. We talked for a couple more minutes before I told her that I was going to go to bed. We said our goodbyes and I went to get ready for bed.
As I lay in my bed, I realized that I, Calliope Torres, had a crush on my fake fiancé.
So…What do you think? Yes? No?
