Chapter two: You can do it
"Callie, who's Callie"
"Do you guys not know anything?" Bailey's intern asked the other interns.
"Christina is my attending so…" One answered.
"And Meredith's mine" another answered.
"Callie, is Arizona's wife"
When she said that she received shocked expressions. Everyone gave her the same look except one. One intern that belonged to Alex just smiled.
It's just a few steps. You can do this Arizona. One foot in front of the other. Good. Now the other foot. Good. Yes, you got this. You can totally do this. You made it to the doorframe. YOU CAN DO THIS.
Take a deep breath… Good. You CAN do this. It's just the door. Only a few feet away. Okay, maybe not a few feet. It's like a hundred feet… No, think positive. You can do this. You can definitely do this. Just remove your hands. Good. Take another breath…good.
"Yea, Callie or Dr. Torres whatever you say… is in fact married. To a woman. I know because I asked her out."
From this statement Alex's intern received even more confused faces.
"Yep… I asked her out and she basically said no."
"OH" the interns shouted.
"Well I knew she was into women. And the last time I checked I was a woman. So I asked her out… to coffee. I didn't know she was married. And it was so embarrassing. Then she started speaking about a bear and I didn't get at first. But when I did… when I did understand I felt SO uncomfortable. I felt like I was going to pass out."
Callie smiled from the spot around the corner. She didn't know what it was. But something about her interaction with Alex's intern made her smile.
Now one foot in front of the other. Good good. You're doing great Arizona. She mentally pepped talked herself. Grab hold of the doorframe. You might be slipping.
"Why did you ask her out?" the Christina's interns asked Alex's intern.
"I just wanted to get in on her surgery. I didn't actually want to start a relationship with her. So in a way when she basically said no. I was relieved."
After Alex's intern finished speaking Callie decided to make her presence known. "Hey, what are you guys doing here? Shouldn't you be doing something for your attendings?"
"Umm, Dr. Torres." the interns answered.
"Go to your residents or attendings or whatever." Callie answered, her voice becoming increasingly so as she continued to speak. "Just stop standing around"
Callie was on her heals about to turn then she stopped.
"Alex's intern, Jo?" Callie asked.
"Yes, Dr. Torres."
"I want you on my service when I get back. Only for the rest of the day… and maybe even tomorrow."
"Okay. But did you hear that?" Jo asked.
"Hear what?" Callie asked playing coy.
"Our conversation"
Now the other foot. Good. Wait no, not good not good. Grab the nearest thing you can reach. The bar stool. Arizona grab hold of the bar stool. Good. Take another deep breath. You've made it this far you can do it. Stand up. Slowly. Stand up. Good. Perfect. Super. You can do this Arizona. She mentally pepped talked herself again. You CAN do it. One foot in front of the other. Good. Or not so good. Whatever it was do not be afraid. You can do it. Remember that, you can do it.
"Yes, that's why I want you on my service. I'm going teach you things you never taught possible… by a women." With that Callie gave Jo a wink and then left.
Jo swallowed visibly and turned her attention back to her fellow interns.
"Did she just wink and basically told you that…?"
"Yes" Jo squeaked. "She going to teach me things." Jo finished. Then she turned on her heals and went to find Alex to tell him about her change in attending for the reminder of the day.
One foot in front of the other. Good. Now the other foot. Good. Yes, you got this. Again. You got this. One foot in front of the other. Good. Now the other foot. Good. Now the previous foot in front of the other. Good. Now the other foot. Oh NO... NO NO . Youre falling. Yep, your falling. You had this.
