When You Find Me
Paring: Callie/Arizona
Rating: M
A/N: The next chapter is already in the works. You can expect it in the next few days! Hope you enjoy this one!
Chapter 2:
After her doctor's appointment Callie was wrapping the day's work at her office when she took a look at her wristwatch. She let out a loud groan. It was almost time for her to meet Mark and his new 'girlfriend' for dinner. All through their friendship Callie had endured all kinds of Mark's girlfriends. She hoped that at least this one could carry a conversation. Callie arrived at the restaurant a few minutes later than she was supposed to. Mark was already at the table waiting for her.
"So where's this new mystery woman?" Callie asked sitting down at the table after greeting him with a quick hello.
"Seems like you have more than one thing in common." Mark said. "She's also running late. Got stuck at work but should be here any moment now."
"What does she do for work?" Callie asked.
"She's a doctor." Mark said with a smug smirk.
"Oh." Callie said clearly surprised.
"Shocked?" Mark asked.
"Very." Callie said. "I was expecting another model or a struggling actress…oh and let's not forget Dana the Dancer."
"Hey, you have a past too." Mark said. "There she is." He said his eyes fixed on the person behind Callie. He stood up from his seat to receive Teddy with chaste kiss on the lips. Callie turned around to finally get a look at Mark's mystery woman. When Mark told her he was dating someone and that she knew her many people ran through her head, none of those people were Teddy Altman. When she saw Teddy's long and lean figure she didn't know what to say or what to think for that matter.
"Teddy." Callie said standing up from her seat.
"Cal." Teddy said wrapping her arms around Callie.
"It's been so long." Callie said returning Teddy's hug.
"It has." Teddy said giving her a warm squeeze.
"So you're a doctor now?" Callie said letting go of Teddy so that she could take a good look at her.
"I am." Teddy said with a big smile.
"And you're dating Mark?" Callie said suddenly remembering.
"We've been together for a few weeks now." Teddy said taking a seat directly in front of Callie.
"Wow. That's…wow." Callie said.
"Told you, you were going to love her." Mark said taking a seat next to Teddy.
"How did this even happen?" Callie asked still processing all this new information.
"We ran into each other a while ago," Teddy said. "He asked me to dinner…and here we are."
"You two together…" Callie said. "Who would have thought about it?"
"I know, right?" Teddy said. "It's crazy."
"But great." Mark said. "Right, Callie? It's great?"
"It's-" Callie said taking a minute to think about it. "Listen, if you're happy then everything is great."
"Cheers to that." Mark said raising a glass of wine before the rest of the table joined in on his toast.
Miraculously, Teddy and Arizona had the morning off so they met at the park for a nice jog. Teddy had been waiting all morning for the right moment to tell Arizona about her dinner date with Mark, she knew she had to mention seeing Callie for the first time in a long, long time. After they finished jogging, were drinking water and cooling off Teddy decided to just go for it.
"I had dinner with Mark last night." Teddy said watching Arizona out of the corner of her eye.
"Yeah?" Arizona said. "That's nice."
"He was at the restaurant already waiting for me." Teddy said. "It was very romantic."
"I bet. That's the stuff Nicholas Sparks writes novels about." Arizona said with some bitterness.
"Uh, Callie was there with him." Teddy said making Arizona choke on the water she was about to swallow.
"What?" Arizona said still spitting out some water.
"We-we had dinner with Callie." Teddy said. "She looks really well, by the way."
"I don't see how that's any of my concern." Arizona said coldly.
"I'm just saying." Teddy said.
"…Did she ask about me?" Arizona asked almost shyly after they started making their way back in silence.
"No..." Teddy said.
"Of course she didn't." Arizona muttered.
"Torres, do you want a beer?" Mark called from the kitchen.
"Yeah, sure." Callie called from the living room where she was trying to set up Mark's tv sound.
"Did you figure it out?" Mark asked setting Callie's beer down on the coffee table and taking a gulp out of his.
"Almost." Callie said connecting the last of the cables. "Okay. Try it now.
"Yes!" Mark exclaimed as the sound of the football game came out of the speakers.
"Next time you should really hire someone to do this for you." Callie said picking up her beer from the table and setting herself down on Mark's couch.
"Why? That's why I keep you around for." Mark said bumping Callie's shoulder.
"Really? I thought you kept me around because you enjoy admiring my stunning good looks." Callie said.
"Well, that too." Mark said.
"Last night was unexpected…" Callie said changing the subject. "I can't believe you kept it secret for so long."
"I just wanted to be sure it was going to be a thing before I told you anything. I'm sorry." Mark said.
"Teddy's a doctor." Callie said instantly wondering about Arizona and her aspirations of becoming a doctor herself. "Time files."
"You know who else works at Mount Sinai?" Mark asked. "Arizona." He said before Callie could give him an answer. "Or I should say Dr. Robbins."
"Dr. Robbins, huh." Callie said a small smile forming on her face.
"Yeah." Mark said. "Maybe you should give her a call."
"I don't know." Callie said. "It's been so long I wouldn't even know what to say."
"How about you start with an apology?" Mark said. "You owe her at least that much."
"I know, I know." Callie said taking a long gulp out of her beer.
They watched the game in relative silence until half time came. Callie had been incredibly distracted. In the past ten years Callie often thought about Arizona. She had fond memories with the blond, they also had painful memories together but the good outweighed the bad. At least in Callie's mind that was the case.
"Have you seen her?" Callie asked. "Arizona, I mean."
"I haven't." Mark said.
Before Callie had a chance to reply to Mark her phone started ringing. She took the phone in her hands, when she saw the name of the caller on the screen her whole demeanor changed.
"Hey." Callie said answering the phone. "Okay, I'm already on my way." She said before she ended the call. "I completely forgot about Emma." She said to Mark.
"She comes back today?" Mark asked.
"Yes, she's already at the airport." Callie said standing up and gathering her things. "I gotta run. See you later."
"Honey, did you managed to get my dry cleaning?" Emma asked dry toweling her hair as she came out of the shower.
"Sorry, I forgot." Callie said not taking her eyes off of the book she was reading.
"Callie, I have work tomorrow." Emma said setting down beside Callie on the bed.
"I know. I'm sorry." Callie said. "It's been a busy week. I've had a lot on my mind."
"Look at me." Emma said taking the book from Callie's hand. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Callie said. "I've just been busy."
"You're acting really strange." Emma said running a hand through Callie's hair. "Please tell me what's going on."
"Nothing, Emma." Callie said. "I already told you. It's been a long week. I just want to go to bed. I have to work early tomorrow too."
"If you don't want to tell me, I respect that." Emma said. "Can we at least meet tomorrow for lunch or something?" Emma asked wrapping her arms around Callie. "I haven't seen you in so long. I really missed you."
"Sure." Callie said turning around on her side. "We'll have lunch tomorrow."
Arizona was scrubbing out of a 6-hour surgery. She got to scrub into a Neuro surgery with the new fellow. Amelia Shepherd was Derek Shepherd, Chief of Neurosurgery, sister. Arizona could tell that Amelia wasn't as good as her brother yet, but she certainly was a better teacher.
"Good work in there, Robbins." Lady Shepherd said as she stood to scrub out next to Arizona.
"Thank you, Dr. Shepherd." Arizona said.
"You're very talented." Amelia said. "If you want, I could make a space in my service for you." Arizona wasn't particularly interested in Neuro but she really needed to log in more time in the OR, clearly that wasn't happening with She-Devil Dr. Herman.
"That would be great. Thank you." Arizona said.
"Really?" Amelia said surprised that Arizona actually took her up on her offer. "A little birdy told me you were all about the Peds cases."
"A little birdy, really?" Arizona said with a chuckle.
"I may have asked around about you." Amelia said.
"You-you did?" Arizona asked feeling a peculiar burn on her cheeks.
"You see tomorrow at rounds, Dr. Robbins." Amelia said winking to Arizona as she left the room.
Emma Martin worked for the board of directors of Mount Sinai as a financial advisor. She walked every day into work with a purpose, she was determined, focused and most of all, efficient. Her life revolved around her work and her relationship. She had been dating Callie for the past three years. If someone would ask her she would say that they were relatively happy. They both worked many hours and as of the last few months argued over almost everything. Emma wanted more of a commitment, something that Callie was seemingly unable to give her.
"Do you mind if we eat at the cafeteria?" Emma asked Callie once she found her waiting for her at the lobby.
"Do we have to?" Callie asked not happy with the idea.
"I have a lot of work on my desk." Emma said. "So I can't take a lot of time off to lunch today."
"Fine." Callie said. "We can eat here if you want."
They ate lunch making idle talk about work, the food they were eating, and Emma's trip. Things were familiar and easy.
"Damn it." Emma said taking a look at her watch. "I almost have to be back at my office."
"I have to be back soon too." Callie said.
"Do you want me to stay the night tonight?" Emma asked.
"You can come by my place if you want to but I don't think I'll be home early." Callie said. "I have a meeting this afternoon, I don't know how long that'll last." When Callie stood up she felt someone suddenly colliding with her backside.
"Are you okay?" Emma asked Callie. Of course some dumb resident slammed into her girlfriend the one time they stayed around for lunch.
"I'm fine." Callie said to Emma.
"Oh my God, I'm so sorry. I was looking at my phone; I should've been paying more attention. I'm sorry." The resident who slammed into Callie ranted.
"It's okay. I'm-" Callie said turning around. Her words died in her throat when she looked into a very familiar pair of baby blue eyes. "I'm fine." Callie said feeling her brain turning off for a second.
"Callie?" Arizona said. Her hands went cold and her heart was beating so loudly she was sure everyone in the cafeteria could hear it.