AN: So this is my finals week, but since you guys reviewed more than I expected I am going to give you a little treat early in the form of Ch.2 of this story :). I CANNOT WAIT UNTIL CHRISTMAS BREAK STARTS!
Something about making decisions, decisions that will ultimately change the course of one's life really scared Callie. She had this phone number of someone she once cared for very deeply, but had no idea what was to be expected, or what was to come of having said phone number. Arizona was gone in Africa helping sick children and she was okay with that, she had actually finally started to let go of the dream that Arizona would come back for her.
Here was Erica though, gone for two years without so much as a goodbye, but back again and making Callie question everything that she knew to be true all over again. She hated it, she hated Erica, but in a way she couldn't help but want to see the blonde heart surgeon again. She felt like this small hole that was in her heart was finally filled with something again.
It had been a few weeks since Erica had seen Callie, but she still hadn't heard from the orthopedic attending. Every day she checked her voicemail five extra times in hope of hearing from Callie while she had been away operating. She had even told her secretary to notify her if Callie called even if she was in the OR.
Callie was at home playing around trying to cook something for Mark before he got home. Her mind was still all over the place, but she just let it wander for once in her life. She wasn't trying to control everything she just let everything be for once. Quickly though, her mind went to the door as she heard someone knocking fiercely on it. She thought about Mark and laughed.
"Mark, did you forget your keys?" She said to the closed door right before she opened it. When she opened it though it wasn't Mark it was Arizona and she was immediately surprised. The blonde immediately began to speak without even so much as a hello.
"So picture this I'm in Africa and everything is great, and the people are so nice and the clinic is amazing. And I'm doing work that actually feels important like I can actually see that I am making a difference, but I'm crying like constantly, and this guy that I worked with at the clinic finally asked me what's wrong, and I say that I miss my girlfriend like I really miss her and he asks me if I want to go back if they can replace me and I open my mouth to say no but what comes out weirdly instead is yes and so they did and I came back." There is a long pause after Arizona's rant and Callie still is standing there stunned not knowing what to think. "You look really pretty," the blonde said, trying to ease the tension between the two. Callie still has no idea what to do, but she knows deep in her heart that there is no way that Arizona can get off this easily. She closed the door slowly on Arizona seeing the blonde mouth no to her. It broke Callie's heart to have to do that, but she needed to make sure Arizona knew how badly it hurt to be left in an airport.
Callie picked up the crappy piece of paper that Erica wrote her phone number down onto and dialed it immediately. It started ringing and Callie felt excited, but a little nervous as well.
"Erica Hahn here," she heard Erica say briskly.
"Hey, it's Callie." There was a shuffle and a few seconds of pause.
"Hi Cal, what's up?"
"Are you busy?" Erica looked at her watch it was late and she knew she needed to sleep before her transplant in the morning.
"Not really,"
"Good, want to meet up at the Gypsy Den and get some coffee and talk. I really need to talk to someone Erica."
"I'll be there in ten minutes."
"Okay, thank you."
"No problem Cal,"
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