AN: I know what some of you are thinking...ERICA? Seriously? What is this girl thinking bringing her back into our minds? I gotta admit, I have a hard time reading the fics when she is apart of them too, but they always turn out AMAZINGLY WELL! And I'm not gonna lie, Erica will be around in this fic, but its all part of the story. If you can put your trust in someone you don't know, in someone who you probably have less than a 1% chance of ever knowing, please TRUST ME! For what its worth, I wasn't a fan of the Erica character, and the pairing with Callie was so out in left field. NO CHEMISTRY AT ALL. But, in a way, we have the character of Erica Hahn to thank, because without her, we wouldn't have Arizona Robbins now would we. And Jessica Capshaw? I thank god everyday for her ;)

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Chpt 2

Callie's POV

I finally got off the elevator onto the surgical floor and began hunting for an intern. Any intern. I didn't care who it was at that point, just as long as they had half a clue about Orthopedics. Pushing open the door to the interns locker room, I come face to face with just the man to fill my shoes.

"Alex" I practically scream at him, and his jumping back a foot showed his fear. "I need you. Now." My voice is stern as I drag him out of the interns safe haven and into the nearest supply closet.

"Whoa Torres, I know I have a reputation around here, but I am not in the mood to die at the hands of Dr. McTerror today" He said putting both hands up in protest.

"What is it with you interns thinking that every time you set foot in an on-call or supply room that it automatically means sex?" I step back away from him and cross my arms so that he knows I am in no mood for his over achieving sexual ego right now. "And don't refer to my girlfriend with any kind of "Mc" in front of me again" as I hit him in the left shoulder.

"Ouch. Okay, I'm sorry" Alex says while he rubs his arm and I instantly feel a little bad for taking my frustrations out on a limb that he needs to do his job. "So what is it with you needing me and throwing me this in closed space. Alone." He smirks as the feeling bad emotion quickly leaves and I instinctively hit him again. This time in the other shoulder. At least that will even him out.

"OUCH. Will you STOP using your bone crushing hands for evil." He says as he uses both hands to rub the opposites shoulder, and my pager vibrates again to remind me why I needed him in the first place.

"Alright already" I say to the little black menace in my hand. "I need you to go to the Peds floor for me and see why they need an Ortho consult." I say to him and start to open the closet door.

"Wait a second" He pushes the door shut again and keeps his hand against it, refraining me from making a quick exit with out question. "Why can't you just do it yourself? I am not even on your service today, and if I don't meet Dr. Mc..." He quickly cuts himself off "...I mean Dr. Hahn for rounds in 10 minutes, I really will be facing the firing squad"

"Don't you worry about Erica. I'll make sure she doesn't punish you to badly for being late" I place my hand on his shoulder, instead of my fist this time. "I just need you to do me this one favor. Now go to Peds and see what the issue is, and if its something that you absolutely need me for.." I start to pull the door open again, and this time Alex doesn't object "Then page another Ortho."

"I don't know what's got you so freaked that you don't want to do a consult, but I will do this one favor for you" He says as he follows me out of the supply room to the nurses station. "But don't think I won't be cashing in on this later Torres. Tonight at Joes, your buying the drinks, and your gonna use the gifts that god gave you to help me score a one night stand" He smirks again, as he backs away from me, before I can inflict the same trauma to his head that had just met his arms.

"Goodbye Dr. Karev" I glare at him as he turns and heads to play the part of me in the first episode of "Ortho vs. Hot New Peds Surgeon". Stop Torres. Forget about her eyes and her blond hair and whatever the picture didn't show and focus. Its a big hospital. You won't have to see her just yet, as long as Alex was around.

I look down at my watch and realize I am late for a meeting with the chief, as I try to think about anything or anyone else besides Arizona.

Arizona's POV

It was only my third day at Seattle Grace Mercy West, but I had already learned a lot about the people who worked there. I told myself when I accepted Chief Webber's offer to come and head up his Paediatrics department, that I would avoid the gossip and avoid the rumor mill, as much as possible. Unfortunately, it was nearly impossible in this hospital. As I sat in a meeting with Dr. Erica Hahn and Dr. Mark Sloan, my mind wandered to their personal reputations instead of their professional ones. Dr. Sloan, or McSteamy, as the interns and nurses referred to him, was all about 2 things. Plastics and sex. Dr. Hahn, who was apparently the most feared attending in the hospital, was all about Cardio and Cardio. I had heard whispers of a "Mc" name reference for her, but it seemed as if everyone had something different attached to the prefix. I wondered if the interns had a sick obsession with a certain red curly haired clown and golden arches.

"So Dr. Robbins" Dr. Hahn's voice breaks my train of thought and I feel my stomach growl. Damn clown. "If all goes according to plan, we should have a heart in the next two weeks."

"Well lets hope time is on our side Dr. Hahn" I study her features as I speak "I'm super excited to be working with both you, and Dr. Sloan" I smile at the silver haired surgeon as his eyes meet mine. I know that look. I have seen it many times before. Mostly from men, and there is occasionally a woman, who is confident enough in her own sexuality, to show their desire with a look. I kinda felt bad for the men, knowing the look would never get them anywhere with me, but it was sooo fun to tease.

"Well I guess that about wraps things up here for now" Dr. Hahn says while collecting the charts infront of us. "I can be reached at anytime, day or night Dr. Robbins" as she points to her pager, and I suddenly feel like a little kid being told by her parents that if I needed them at night, they were just a name call away.

"Thank you Dr. Hahn" I stand up and reach my hand across the table to meet a look of surprise "Its been a pleasure finally getting to meet with you about this case, and I can't tell I lie, I have really been looking forward to it" I flash her my dimples, only out of habit, and she slowly takes my hand in hers.

"You too Dr. Robbins" She says while releasing my grip and heading towards the door. "Dr. Sloan" She acknowledges McSteamy professionally "I would imagine you will be gracing us with your presence tonight at Callie's?"

"Wouldn't miss it Erica" He faces her, but quickly returns his look to me. "So, Dr. Robbins.."

"Please, call me Arizona" I take my seat across from him at the table and flash him my dimples. This time its on purpose, wanting to see if my skill for being a tease were still sharp.

"Ok. Arizona then" He smirks at me and continues to give me a lust filled stare "How have the residents and interns of our little community been treating you?"

"They have been awesome and when I say awesome, I mean super AWESOME" I know my perky nature would probably be too much for him, as the lusty look turns to confused.

"Awesome eh?" McSteamy almost questions my choice of word, but he's probably wondering how much coffee I have had already this morning. "Well if there is anything you need, anything at all " he puts emphasis on the anything part "Don't hesitate to find me."

"Thanks so much Dr. Sloan" I stand up and start to head for the door. "I really appreciate the offer, really really appreciate the offer." I put my own emphasis on the obvious innuendo that he had implied. I open the door and remember there was one thing I needed to know for a consult I had to get done this morning. "Umm Dr. Sloan?" I turn back to him to see he had stood from his seat and was following me out of the conference room.

"You can call me Mark, Arizona" He said as he held the door for us both to enter the crowded hall way of the peds floor.

"Ok Mark" I flash him a smile again as I nudge his torso with my shoulder "Would you be able to tell me who's the best surgeon to page for an Ortho consult? I know there are a few on staff, but I like to work with the best whenever possible" My continued teasing is starting to make me feel a little guilty, as I tone down the dimples and stop at the nurses station.

"That would be Dr. Torres" He says over his shoulder as he heads for the elevator. "She is self-professed to be the best this hospital has ever seen. Your always gonna want to work with her"

"First name?" I call after him, as the elevator doors open and he starts to step inside.

"Callie" He responds before the doors close behind him.

Callie. Interesting name, I think to myself as I ask the nurse behind the desk to have Dr. Torres paged for me.


"Did someone call for an Ortho consult?" A young, unshaven, doctor appears at the door of my office and I was pretty sure that he wasn't Dr. Callie Torres.

"That would be me" I say in an extra perky tone as I offer the doctor, who I was now assuming to be an intern, my hand. "I'm Dr. Robbins. Your new head of Peds. And you are most certainly not Dr. Torres are you?"

"Ummm no maam" He take my hand in his, as a confused expression apprears on his face. "She sent me to see what was needed. She had something else she was busy with and I offered to come up in her place" He tried to lie, but I could see right through him.

"Is that so Dr..." I looked at his name tag to discover who Dr. Torres and sent to try and pass off as herself "Dr. Karev. Well I hope you know, that one of the perks of working with children everyday is learning how to spot a lie. And you, Dr. Karev" I push my finger into the center of his chest " are very easy to read. Now why would you lie to me Dr. Karev, no wait, Why would Dr. Torres want you to lie for her?"

"I ahh...I well...Torres...I mean Dr. Torres.." He stammered well, I had to give him that. He was caught red handed, and it made me giggle a little out loud to see how flustered the stern version of Arizona Robbins was making him.

"It's okay Dr. Karev" I say and take my finger back "I know how this works. You are given instructions and you have to follow them. I was an intern once too you know" I giggle as I start walking down the hall.

"I am so sorry Dr. Robbins. I didn't mean to upset you. I was just doing what Dr. Torres asked me to do" His voice pleaded and he ran after me, as we reached the elevator.

"Really, it's okay." I put my arm around his shoulders to reassure him. Note to self, Dr. Karev was now to be known as Dr. McGofer. "You are just going to have to make it up to me by bringing me to Dr. Torres so I can see for myself what is so important that she couldn't take the time to come and introduce herself to me"

"I..ahh...I don't know where she is...I think.." McGofer stammered again.

"I know you know where she is Karev, and I won't be taking no for an answer" I said pushing him into the elevator. "And don't get any ideas in here. I know all about you interns and your sexcapades behind any closed door you can find" I say with a wink in his direction.

"I have no idea what you mean Dr. Robbins" His lips form a small smirk and I can't help but laugh out loud.

"Don't forget what I said Dr. Karev" I say as the doors open again and we step out onto the surgical floor. "I was in your shoes not so long ago, and I still wear them from time to time. Now, find Dr. Torres"

Callie's POV

My meeting with Chief Webber went faster than I had anticipated, as I found myself back at the surgical floor nurses station. I had just text Erica to see if she was going to have time to meet me for coffee and was anxiously waiting for her reply. I was more anxious to see if Karev was successful in pretending to be an Ortho god, in my attempt to avoid my crush of the day. It was just a little crush, I kept saying to myself over and over. It was like she was a celebrity, and I was just a star struck fan with pictures of her on my wall. Well, in my case, my laptop. I felt my phone vibrate, and as I was reaching in my pocket to get it, I heard my name being spoke by an unfamiliar voice.

"I hope that your blackberry is in need of a serious Orthopedic surgery Dr. Torres" the woman's tone was stern, yet still had a certain appeal to it. I didn't have to turn around to know who the voice belonged to. My cheeks suddenly felt hot, and as I forced myself to face her, the feelings of being that giddy school girl with her first crush came flooding back.

"Dr. Robbins" I smiled and spoke through gritted teeth.

Busted.