Title: The Fantastic Four
Author: Hopelessgirl22
Pairing: Callie/Arizona with Mark/Arizona/Derek friendship
Rating: PG13
Summary: Derek, Mark, Arizona, and Arizona's brother, Cody have been best friends since childhood. Explores their childhood adventures as well their adult life complications.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything!
McDreamy 2.0
MAY 2010
Arizona loved her job. She loved almost everything about it, tiny coffins aside, of course. She loved the joy it brought. She loved each and every one of her patients. She loved the city she worked in. She even loved the hectically merged hospital she worked at. Above all though, she loved the people she worked with. There was Lexie Grey who had a tremendous amount of talent and even reminded Arizona, a little of herself when she was a resident. Sure she sometimes had to play the bad guy card with her, but Arizona knew it was to Lexie Grey's benefit. There was Alex Karev who seemed a bit rough around the edges but Arizona grew to learn that he had extraordinary instincts in PEDS. There was Owen Hunt who she had grown to love and respect not only because he was a patriot of their country, but because he too was a good man in a storm. The two of them often had to keep each other company when their girlfriends went a little crazy on them. But the people she enjoyed working with the most, besides her wonderful girlfriend Calliope, were her big brothers Derek Shepherd and Mark Sloan, no matter how much they made her mad. Technically, they weren't really siblings, but they had been best friends growing up. Arizona and Derek's mothers were in the same birthing class when Rebecca Robbins was pregnant with the twins, Arizona and Cody, and Carolyn Shepherd was pregnant with Derek. The three Arizona, Cody, and Derek were inseparable and considered themselves The Three Musketeers for the first few years of their life. It wasn't until first grade that they were separated to attend different elementary schools, but they still played together on weekends and sometimes after school. It was around that time that Derek met Mark, and Carolyn noticed how absent Mark's parents were. From that moment on, Mark practically lived at the Shepherd household and grew very close to Derek, Arizona, and Cody. The pact decided it was time to change their name from The Three Musketeers to The Fantastic Four.
When they hit their teen years, Arizona's mother began to worry because her daughter spent every waking minute with the three boys. She wanted her daughter to have a good reputation and encouraged her spend more time with Nancy, Derek's old sister, and Jen, Derek's younger sister. Arizona, however, would rather spend her free time shooting hoops, or playing soccer with her best friends. It was also hard for her three best friends because they saw her as their sister and they were very protective of her. However, all of the guys at their school, saw her as the hottest piece of ass they had ever seen, and made every attempt to win her over. Cody and Mark ended up in the nurses office with bloody nose quite a bit while Derek opted to stay out of any sort of conflict.
"Dr. Robbins," Derek greeted Arizona as he walked up to her at the Pediatric wing nurses station.
"Dr. Shepherd," Arizona smiled as she handed him the chart of a new patient she had inherited early that morning. "Seven year old, Maggie Lopez. Came in yesterday diagnosed with a brain tumor," Arizona informed him.
Derek nodded with a sad sigh, "Let me go take a look." Derek hated seeing sick children and he often wondered how Arizona made it through each day seeing all those sick children. Then again, he also knew that Arizona was a lot stronger than him. Derek took a step away from the nurses station but felt Arizona's tiny hands pull him back. He looked her in the eye and saw the pout that he always gave in to. Oh no, he thought.
"There is something else," Arizona bit her bottom lip. "The family doesn't have any sort of health insurance and the chief won't approve any more pro-bono cases. I can refer him to a different hospital, but I really like this kid, Derek, and you're the best."
Derek smirked a bit, "You want to go rogue? Arizona Robbins wants to go rogue." Derek had to chuckle at the thought because he knew that Arizona was a sucker for rules. She always had been. When they were kids, she was always the more logical one. If it weren't for her, he was pretty sure he and Mark would not be where they were today.
"I know that its a lot to ask of you, but she really needs this surgery," Arizona nervously began playing with her heart necklace that Calliope had given her for her birthday.
"I have no problem going rogue," Derek laughed, "I'm all for going rogue. The question is, are you sure you want to go rogue?" Derek asked.
"I'm sure. Once you see this little girl you will understand." Arizona smiled as she looped her arm through Derek's and guided him through the Pediatric wing. Derek followed Arizona into one of the rooms where they found a beautiful brown-eyed, brunette lying in her bed reading a book.
"Hey Maggie, where did your parents go?" Arizona asked looking around at the somewhat empty room. Since she had only been there overnight, they hadn't had time to put up any sort of decorations to make herself feel at home.
Maggie shrugged, "Hi Arizona. I think they went to talk to my Aunt on the phone."
"Okay, well, Maggie, this is one of my very closest friends, Dr. Shepherd. He will be operating on you." Arizona introduced the two.
Derek bent down and shook the little girls hand, "Nice to meet you, Maggie." Derek gave her his McDreamy smile.
"Nice to meet you, too." Maggie replied shyly.
"What are you reading there?" Derek asked as he began doing a routine exam.
"Harry Potter," Maggie smiled, "I love Ron."
Derek chuckled, "I'm a bit of a Harry Potter geek, myself."
"You read Harry Potter, too?" Maggie's eyes widened, "Arizona did you hear that?"
"I heard. I'm the one that got him into Harry Potter actually." Arizona informed Maggie.
"Just like me!" Maggie exclaimed as she closed her book and put it on the nightstand. "Did you know Arizona is the one that gave me that book?"
"I did not know that," Derek replied sweetly looking up at Arizona, "She's a very nice doctor, isn't she?"
"She's the best. No offense, Dr. Shepherd. You're a close second." Maggie reached for the remote and began to casually flip through the channels.
"Close second," Arizona smirked at Derek, who rolled his eyes.
Derek continued to check over her before looking up and giving Arizona a small nod.
"Alright Maggie, we're going to step right out there. Call us if you need anything, okay?" Arizona asked sweetly before following Derek out of the room.
"So?" Arizona asked softly.
"It's not bad, but it's not good, Zona." Derek whispered, "We need to get in there soon. I'll talk to Hunt about getting him to move back one of his surgeries. You need to get a couple residents in on the case and maybe a few scrub nurses," Derek turned to walk away before pivoting back around, "Not Rose!" Derek told her forcefully.
Arizona smirked before throwing her head back laughing, "That was one time, and it was because you were being such a little jerk that day."
Derek laughed, "I was not! Mark's the one that made the dirty joke, I simply laughed."
"My relationship with Calliope is not a punchline!" Arizona replied as she slapped Derek in the shoulder.
"Ouch! You wounded me," Derek pouted, "And here I'm going rogue for you."
"Sorry," Arizona apologized with a roll of her eyes, "but seriously no Rose this time. I can't have your perfect two million dollar hands massacred by the psycho."
"It's much appreciated." Derek smiled before continuing his way down the hallway.
"So who's guarding the door?" Derek asked Arizona as they stood in the OR. Arizona was practically hovering over his shoulder watching every little cut he made.
"Callie and Mark," Arizona giggled at the thought. When she first moved to Seattle after her brother died, and got involved with Callie, she had no idea about the history between Callie and Mark. It was quite a shock when it was revealed how everyone knew each other, but they all learned how to laugh it out.
"Oh boy," Derek laughed along, "And... you and Callie. That still going strong?"
"Yeah, definitely. It's super," Arizona grinned.
"Good," Derek smiled as he continued working. The OR fell into a comfortable silence after that.
"You know, we're kind of making history here at Seattle Grace," Lexie stated, breaking the silence. She stood beside Arizona, peering inside the brain of little girl.
"There will be no more going rogue for me after this," Arizona announced to the OR, "and I am really thankful for every ones help in this. I know it's a risk, but we really are giving this girl her life back." Arizona smiled as she looked over at Derek proudly.
"What she means is, there will be no more going rogue for her until she gets another cute little kid on her service that gives her puppy dog eyes," Derek corrected her as he focused intently on his work.
Arizona shrugged shamelessly, "Can you blame me? You all saw the girl." All of the nurses and doctors nodded in agreement with smiles hidden underneath their scrub masks.
Cristina, who was on Derek's side, look around at the room and noticed all the male nurses and even some of the female nurses looking lustfully at Arizona as she thanked them all for their gracious time. Cristina turned to Jackson Avery who was to her right and muttered under her breath, "She's like McDreamy 2.0."
"McWhat? What's that?" Jackson's eyebrows furrowed in confusion.
"Never mind," Cristina rolled her eyes remembering that most of the newbies hadn't caught up on all the SGH lingo.
"Great job everyone," Derek smiled as he pulled off his gloves.
"Thank you so much DerBear." Arizona grinned as she skipped out of the OR after him.
"Anything for you, Zona." Derek teased back. Arizona rolled her eyes before scrubbing out.
"Hey word around the hospital is that you..." Callie came up to Arizona outside the hospital and slipped her hand into Arizona's. "...Are..." Peck on the lips. "McDreamy 2.0"
"McDreamy 2.0?" Arizona looked over at Callie incredulously as they continued their walk back to Callie's apartment.
"Mhmm," Callie nodded. "I'm dating McDreamy 2.0," Callie clapped her hands excitedly. "Suck on that Meredith Grey."
"This hospital never changes," Arizona laughed, "I feel honored that I finally got a McName."
"You should be," Callie replied seriously, "Only the best get McNames."
Arizona giggled at Callie's excitement. "Why do they call me that?"
"It's the dimples," Callie smiled as she leaned over and kissed Arizona's dimples. "And the eyes." Callie gazed lovingly into Arizona's blue eyes. "And your shiny hair."
"My shiny hair?" Arizona laughed. "Really? Because I am pretty sure that, that is what people look at when they look at me."
"It's very shiny," Callie nodded, "And it's soft, and when people look at you they see everything that you are inside and our, plus your beautiful shiny hair." Callie let go of Arizona's hand and ran it through Arizona's hair. "And also, you care about your patients. They aren't just cool surgeries to scrub in on. They are human beings, and you love them."
"I do," Arizona nodded slowly, "and I love you." Arizona grinned.
"I love you too." Callie whispered before leaning in and kissing Arizona.
"So," Arizona broke the kiss with a sly look, "What's your McName?"
Callie got a devious glint in her eyes, "How about I show you?"
Arizona's eyebrows shot up, "Ooh," Arizona let out a small gasp when she felt Callie's arm pull her in closer to her side. "That sounds awesome," Arizona grinned.
TBC...