Title: Solo Act
Author: GreysBonesIsles
Pairing: Callie/Arizona
Rating: T
Disclaimer: All copyrighted material in this story belongs to their respectful owners.

Chapter 1

"Welcome back to The Addison Montgomery Show! Today we have a very special guest. Everyone please welcome one of the biggest super stars in music today Callie Torres!" The audience erupts in applause as Callie walks out in her tight black dress, a big smile on her face as she waves at the audience. She hugs Addison and takes a seat across from her. "Hi Callie welcome to the show."

"Thank you so much for having me." Her hands fold neatly on her lap.

"First of let me start by congratulating you on your new album that just went platinum." Another round of applause.

"Thank you. Yes, it's been unbelievable and the fans are so amazing, they are so dedicated to me and my music I really have the best fans." She gives the audience a big smile.

"I hear you are already planning another world tour?"

"Yes, with the success of the new album we are busy planning a 10 month world tour that will kick off in April." Callie says excited.

"Wow, sounds like you have a lot on your plate with the new album, this big world tour and now there are also some rumours going around that you will appear in Derek Shepherd's new movie also starring Mark Sloan?"

"You know Derek is an amazing director and I'm a big fan of his work so I would be honoured to be in one of his movies. Also Mark is an incredible actor."

"Speaking of which, is it true that you are dating Mark Sloan?" A photo pops up on the screen behind them of Callie and Mark at charity event a few nights ago.

"Mark is a great guy and a dear friend of mine, I really like spending time with him. Unfortunately you know being who we are, we really don't have much down time to relax never mind having time for a relationship. But like I always say if it's meant to be it will be."

"Well that's all the time we have for today, everyone in our audience is going home with a copy of Callie's new CD! I'd like to thank my guest Callie Torres once again for being here, I'll see you all tomorrow." The lights start to fade out as the theme music starts to play.

"And that's a wrap people!" Comes the director's voice from the side of the stage, everyone starts clearing out and the audience make their way out of the stage.

"Cal thanks again for coming, it is always good for my ratings to have you on the show." They both laugh as they make their way back to their dressing rooms.

"It's great to see you Addie, now that you become a big shot talk show host and all. I remember when we were like 7, we were always holding these interviews in your tree house with all your dolls asking them all about what it's like to famous. Now I get to sit on the other side of the hairbrush for once."

"O wow I remember that, but I always thought that Cuddles the bear was going to be the biggest star." They stop in front of Callie's dressing room.

"I guess I showed him! I really miss hanging out with you Addie."

"Me to, but with your world tour coming up I don't think you'll have much free time."

"True, that's the price of fame for you. Talk to you soon Addie." She gives her best friend a long hug.

"Take care of yourself okay?" Addison walks down the hall to her own dressing room.

Callie enters the room and falls onto the couch with her head in her hands. She is completely exhausted and she just needs a few minutes just to be Callie and not Callie Torres the superstar! After endless nights of recording the new album, it was promoting the new album and now it's the tour. It just never stops!

"Okay, that was a good interview it is sure to get the buzz going on your world tour." Comes the voice of Callie's manager Miranda Bailey coming into her dressing room. "We have the limo waiting for you outside with some eager fans waiting for autographs. You have to be at the studio at 11:00 for your meeting with Richard Webber, then you have to be at rehearsals at 14:00 for the tour and then you have dinner with your parents at 19:00 at your place."

"Cant I just skip everything and go home and sleep for a week?" Callie collapses on to her back closing her eyes.

"Come on Torres, this is your dream you don't need sleep!"

"Bailey…" Callie whines.

"If you're going to start acting like a five year old I will treat you like one, I already have one at home I don't need one at work to!" Bailey may only be a few feet high but she is definitely not someone you would want to mess with. Callie uses all of her strength just to sit up. "Yeah that's what I thought, now let's get going you don't want to keep Richard waiting."

Callie follows behind Bailey dragging her feet out of the studio. Callie can hear the screaming crowd of fans outside the doors. Callie absolutely adores her fans she is well aware of the fact that her career is in their hands. But on days like today with all her energy drained from her, she just wants to curl up in a corner where no one can find her.

"Don't forget to smile." Bailey tells her before the doors open, the fans go crazy when they see their favourite singer. Callie slaps a smile on her face as she follows her bodyguards into the crowd. Smiling for pictures and signing autographs she makes her way to her limo. She slides in followed by Bailey and then her two personal bodyguards Jackson Avery and Alex Karev. As the car pulls into the street it doesn't take long for the soft vibrations of moving car to lull her to sleep.

The meeting with Richard went well, after Callie's power nap in the limo she finds herself refreshed. Taking little naps in the limo or in-between takes has become important for survival. She is now ready for rehearsals with her band. She greets the familiar faces as she walks onto the big stage.

"Hey, everyone we are going to need a lot of rehearsing for this tour this is our biggest one yet and we can't let the fans down. So, you guys ready?"

"Like we have a choice?" The comment comes from Callie's very bitchy drummer Cristina Yang who is on her back twirling the drum sticks above her head.

"Cristina, I'm glad to see you're a happy and shiny as usual."

"Don't mind her she is just pissed because some guy on the street called her hot." Explains the bass guitarist and Cristina's best friend Meredith Grey.

"Why would you be mad when someone calls you hot?"

"Screw hot, I'm brilliant if you want to complement me, complement my skills!" Cristina believes she is God's gift to music, and she has the right to. She is possibly the best drummer Callie's ever seen. She had to fight for the drummer and she would gladly bear her outbursts as long as she stays.

"I think you you're a really great drummer." A shy comment from the pianist George O'Malley.

"O whatever Bambi, you're barking up the wrong tree! If you want a raise suck up to Super Star over there."

"Anyway getting back to the job at hand, do have a playlist for the tour or will it only be songs from the new album?" Owen Hunt lead guitarist always straight to the point.

"I was thinking a little of the old mixed with the new, I made a list it's in my bag in the limo. Where's Murphy?" Leah Murphy Callie's personal assistant at least that's what it said on her employment contract the blonde always seems to be MIA.

"It doesn't look like she came into work today." Bailey explains. Callie can feel her blood start to boil, this is the final straw that girl is getting kicked out on her ass.

"I'll go get it!" Alex says as he jogs out to the limo.

After rehearsal Callie's energy level is circling around 0% again, and the last thing she wants is to have dinner with her over involved family. The limo pulls up to a large house, the driver opens the door for Callie.

"Mija!" Callie sees her dad standing on the door step.

"Daddy!" She quickly makes her way into his waiting arms.

"It's so good to see you Calliope."

"I missed you too." She lets go of her dad, Carlos Torres is known as a heartless business man but whenever he looks at Callie she only sees love in his eyes. Her family is in town for business and they decided to spend their last night in LA having dinner with their very busy daughter.

"Callie!"

"Mom!" Callie gives her mother a big hug and follows them into her house.

The table is already set for a king, filled with mouth watering food. It is definitely more food then Callie and her family can eat. After saying grace Callie noticed that her sister Aria still hasn't joined them for dinner. Her sister has never been a big fan of her work. Aria always used to be the centre of attention, but after Callie got a record deal and became an overnight success her sister had trouble adjusting to it. After about 20 minutes Aria finally makes her appearance, it's safe to say her parents weren't impressed by their daughter's tardiness.

"So, Callie have you been seeing anyone lately?" Her mother was never one to beat around the bush.

"Um, no mom I haven't really had time to date." Taking a sip from her wine hoping it will numb the uncomfortable effect of the conversation they are about to have.

"Calliope, I know you're a very busy women but you have to make time for dating, or else you're going to wake up one day and you'll be old and alone." Callie just rolls her eyes at her mother.

"According to the gossip columns she's dating Mark Sloan." Aria says, for someone who despises her career and fame she sure knows all the rumours surrounding Callie.

"The actor? Well, he is a very handsome and charming young man."

"I am not dating Mark, we are just really good friends and besides Mark is more of 'live while you're young' kind of guy." Callie stuffs a fork full of pees in her mouth hoping that that will put an end to this subject.

"Are there any other gentlemen suitors?"

"Nope." Not making eye contact with her father.

"Any lady suitors?"

"Mom!"

"What I want grandbabies."

The rest of the night involved her parents snooping around trying to find out as much as they can about her personal life. Aria kept to talking about her rather than to her. Her parents keep pushing her to date and even offered to set her up on a few blind dates. If it wasn't bad enough to be dealing with the press snooping around in her personal life she really didn't need her family to join them.

After what felt like a marathon dinner it was time for them to go home. Walking into her house she is hit with a wall of silence, the first few moments of it is complete heaven but after that it's only filled with loneliness. Everyday all day she is surrounded by people buzzing and moving around her but at night in her huge Beverly Hills mansion she is all alone, just Callie and her thoughts. Maybe her parents are right, maybe she should start dating. After a long relaxing bubble bath Callie snuggled into her king size bed's soft covers and drifts of to sleep.

Beep-beep-beep-beep

Callie slams her alarm clock and sees the time 07:00. "Uh, you got to be kidding me!" She turns around and goes back to sleep.

Then the room starts to fill with the personalized ringtone of her manager. Britney Spears's Work Bitch seems to fit perfectly because the only time she calls is to tell Callie to get to work.

"What!"

"Well good morning sunshine." Says her manager's sarcastic voice over the phone.

"What do you want Bailey?"

"Your personal trainer will be there in 30 minutes. After breakfast I have arranged for a few interviews for a new personal assistant for you, then you have a lunch date with Mark Sloan and rehearsal at…" She is interrupted by Callie's still sleeping brain catching up to everything she just said.

"Wow wow wow, a new personal assistant?"

"Leah mailed me her letter of resignation."

"That little bitch!" After all the crap she but Callie trough she couldn't even get the satisfaction of firing her. Wait, launch with Mark? "What does Mark want?"

"He didn't say but it sounded important."

To say Callie's workout was exhausting was the understatement of the year but it had to be done if she wants to be able to do a 10 month world tour she needs to be in tip top shape. She is going to give her fans the show of their lives! Just as Callie gets comfortable on her couch she hears her doorbell ring. Slowly moving over to the door.

"I'm glad to see your up."

"Hello to you to Bailey." She squeezes past Callie and goes into the living room.

"Are you planning on changing or are you going to interview them all sweaty and stinky." She scrunches up her nose.

"Fine you start setting up here and I'll go change." Callie starts making her way up the stairs.

"And shower!" Callie stops and gives a raised eyebrow, what did she expect after working her ass off with trainer to smell like a field of flowers?

After a refreshing shower Callie changes and before she can even dry her hair the first candidate arrives. Woman after woman arrives and in great detail explains why they deserve the job. But none of them really makes an impression on the singer. Callie opens the last file left in the pile

Arizona Robbins. Callie giggles to herself, poor girl growing up with a name like that, her parents must have hate her. She reads through the rest of credentials and recommendations. She seems very capable of the job. Callie looks up as she hears the woman enter the room for her interview. Callie smiles when she makes eye contact with the small blonde woman. The most beautiful pair of blue eyes looking right at her.

"Hello, I'm Arizona Robbins." As she holds out her hand to Callie she gave her a smile that makes her dimples pop. Callie slowly reaches out to shake her hand.

"Callie Torres."

"I know who you are, everyone knows who you are. Your Callie Torres the most amazing singer on the planet. Your album sales and sold out tours are evidence of that, not to mention all the awards you've won. I'm sorry I'm rambling." Callie watches as the blonde's cheeks turn red, she can no longer hold back her own smile. She looks kind of adorable and sexy at the same time, she also clearly a fan.

"Yeah you're giving me a headache." Callie snaps her head to the side at Bailey's comment.

"So, Arizona I see you're not from LA?"

"No, I grew up an army brat so I grew up… well everywhere." Callie finds herself absolutely mesmerised by the blonde.

"Do you have a habit of being late or unorganised, being a personal assistant you need to arrive before she does and you will have to hold dates and names and remember small details in very stressful high pressure situations, will you be able to do that?"

"Yes ma'am, like I said I was an army brat my father Colonel Daniel Robbins of the US Marine Corps the one thing he prided him in was a well organized fleet and home. 'A messy ship is a sinking ship.' I was taught to be a good man in a storm, I don't break under pressure." When she speaks she is calm, clear and with authority. Bailey continues to question the blond with a very cold attitude.

"Thank you for your time Ms Robbins, we will be in touch." She gives Callie one last smile before she leaves. Once she is out the door Callie turns to face Bailey.

"She's the one!" Callie says excited.

"Your joking right, haven't you learned your lesson with blondes?" Giving her the famous Bailey glare.

"Come on Bailey, she's perfect! She is smart and very organised I think she is definitely the one."

"Fine, hire the girl but if this turns around to bite you in the ass I will be first in line to say I told you so." Bailey points her finger at Callie and walks out the room. "Well, let's go his highness Mark Sloan is waiting for you."

Callie and Bailey meet up with Mark and his manager Julia Tanner. The coffee shop is fairly busy but no one seems to mind the two celebrities sitting at the back.

"Let's not beat around the bush and get straight down to business. As you may have noticed that there have been a lot of rumours going around about Mark being a man-whore." Callie gives Mark a raised eyebrow and he replies with proud smile and wink. "Which is not the best kind of image an actor wants. That's why we called you here today, we know that there are already questions being asked about your friendship with Mark being more then friends." What is this woman trying to get at? She and Mark have been best friends for years now and know very well they are just friends. "So, we would like to propose you an offer. We want you and Mark to start dating." Callie's jaw drops "Not really dating, just for the press."

"Why would I want to do that?"

"Because a story like this the press will eat it up, it will be on every cover of every magazine on every talk show and on every blog."

"So, this is basically a publicity stunt?" Crossing her arms over her chest.

"Callie as your manager with your tour coming up I'm going to encourage you to take this offer we can use all the press we can get to promote this very expensive tour." Callie looks nervously from Mark to the two managers.

"Please Torres, do your old friend a solid?" Mark pleads, for someone who jumps everything in a skirt he sure doesn't want to be known as a man-whore. Mark really has been a great friend to Callie he was the one who helped her get back on her feet after that… woman broke her in a thousand pieces. Maybe this isn't such a bad idea, hey maybe even her parents will buy it and get off her back about dating.

"What will this all entail?"

"Basically all you would have to do is acknowledge the relationship in public, and have photos taken of you two together here and there to confirm that you are in fact a couple."

"Do we actual have to do all the stuff couples do?" There is a line and she is not going to cross no matter how great a friend Mark is.

"No, maybe holding hands now and then but that's all the press will make their own assumption. But really you would just go on like you are now."

Callie is pacing up and down her bedroom playing with the little piece of paper in her hands digesting everything that has happened at lunch. Finally pushing it all to the side and calls the number.

"Hello?" Comes the perky answer.

"Hi Arizona this is Callie Torres."

There is a loud thump and a whiny "Ow!"

"Arizona?"

"Sorry, I'm here, I'm here."

Callie gives a little giggle only imagining what could have happened on the other end of the line. "So, the reason I'm calling is… you got the job!"

"Yes!" Callie pulls the phone away when she hears the deafening scream. "Oops, sorry I didn't mean to scream."

"Don't worry about it, I'm glad to hear you're excited."

"Super excited! This is so awesome! So, when do I start?"

"How about tomorrow, 08:00?"

"I'll be there at 07:30. Thank you so much you will not be disappointed I'm going to be the best assistant ever!" After Leah Murphy if she just shows up it will already be a step up.

"Okay see you then."

"See you Boss!"