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Chapter 4

I arrived at the hospital just after nine in the morning. With a coffee in my hand and my purse slung over my shoulder I waited at the desk in the lobby for Callie to pick me up. While I was standing there waiting, my mind was going a mile a minute. What was I doing? Going out and spending the day with someone I just met yesterday. I knew nothing about her except for the fact that she's a doctor, her name is Callie and that she seems to like living a more adventurous life.

Soon enough, Callie showed up with a big grin on her face. "Morning, glad you showed up. I had a feeling you would."

Laughing, I responded. "Well here I am, although I can assure you I have never done this before."

"Done what?"

"Spent the day with a woman I just officially met yesterday."

"Well there's a first time for everything. Trust me, we'll have fun."

She led me to her car, which I may add was badass. A blue vintage thunderbird convertible, the chrome detailing was immaculate. There wasn't a touch of rust. I liked her already but seeing her choice of car made me like her even more. I got myself settled into the passenger seat while Callie took the top down and then got into the driver's seat.

It was such a beautiful day out. The sun was shining and the breeze was lovely. It was warm but not hot. Driving along the road with her, I already felt comfortable with her presence. There was something about Callie that made me feel at ease and for once…not depressed.

There wasn't much talking during the drive out of the busy city. The wind blowing and the sound of the engine would have made it near impossible to engage in conversation but every once in a while I could see out of the corner of my eye that she would look to me, smiling.

This woman was infectious. Every time she would pass a smile my way, I would smile which would make her smile even more and same for myself.

That was pretty much our interaction throughout the drive out to the small town that I was being whisked away to for the day. She'd smile at me, I'd smile at her. The radio would be playing. It was comfortable silence. In fact it was more than comfortable. It was indescribable because she was making me feel things in that silence that I hadn't felt in a long time. It was a little scary to me because again, we had just met. I didn't really know anything about her. But that day, I was going to find out.

The town she took me to, she was right. It was cute and small and peaceful. So simple. Cute little boutiques lined the main street. Restaurants had sidewalk patios. I had a feeling that today was going to be a great day.

Callie parked the car on the street and we started to walk along the sidewalk. We would stop at any of the stores that we felt like looking in. All while engaging in light conversation about who we were. Nothing too drawn out. It was just the lighter stuff. Favorite music, colours, foods. That kind of stuff.

"So, do you and Teddy work together often?" I asked. I was genuinely curious. Teddy never really told me much about their relationship. Whether it was strictly professional or if they were friends. Nothing.

"Umm well I specialize in Orthopedics so we don't work on the same cases often, but we always hang out at lunch. Unless you come to visit that is. It's great to finally meet the person who used to snatch her away from us all the time." She said to me with a smile.

I couldn't help but smile back. She was absolutely beautiful when she smiled.

We continued to shop and poke along the street until we both started to feel hungry. We decided to stop by this grill and sit out on their patio for lunch. Once we were settled at our table and we had ordered our food, the real conversation started.

"So, Callie tell me something. What made you decide to be a doctor?" I asked her, as I sat back into the backrest of my chair.

"Hmm, well, after I finished college, I joined the Peace Corps. I ended up spending my time with them helping people in Botswana and through that I found that medicine was where I wanted to go. I saw so many people suffering from Polio and all sorts of stuff and I didn't have the skills, education or training to help them. So I enrolled in Med school and never looked back. I love what I do."

I smiled at her. Her face was so animated when she spoke about her experiences, and her decision to become a doctor. I could see that she was passionate about what she does.

"What about you? Why law?" She asked me.

"Well, I don't really have an all out fantastic story like yours. To tell you the truth, I can't even tell you why. Don't get me wrong I love what I do, It's just there really wasn't anything I went through that helped me choose. It was just a feeling. A feeling that I wanted to help people in some way."

A silence fell over us. It wasn't uncomfortable or odd. It was nice. We simply sat at the table making glances out onto the street and then back at each other. It was crazy. I woke up that morning preparing myself for a very awkward day, but instead I was really enjoying myself and the silent flirting made it all that much better.

Our food finally arrived and the conversation became a lot lighter. "So, Callie I saw you running on the beach the other day. Do you do that often?"

"I try to. I squeeze in a run any chance I get in a day. Generally I try to make it out everyday but being a surgeon doesn't always allow that. But on average I go running 4 to 5 days a week. What about you? Do you run?" She asked me taking a sip of water from her glass.

"I used to. I kind of just stopped, with Joanne being sick and all."

"Yeah, I understand that. Having to take care of someone when they're sick, really takes up a lot of your time. My father had a heart attack last year. I flew back home for a month to take care of him, my mom wouldn't have been able to do it alone."

"Yeah."

"Hey, you should come running with me sometime. It's a great way to clear your head when you're frustrated or whatever." She said to me.

"Oh, I dunno…."

"Come on, why not?"

"I have work to catch up on. I missed a lot while I was gone."

"One hour a day, won't do you any harm. Trust me, once you get into it. You'll love it." She said to me smiling. I could see with her eyes, she was really trying to convince me and it was working.

"Okay, fine. I will come running with you sometime." I smiled back at her. "On one condition."

"What's that?" She asked. Confusion spread across her face in mere seconds.

"You tell me what Callie is short for."

"Oh boy…. Did Teddy put you up to that question?" She asked me.

"No. I'm honestly curious. It's not a name you hear everyday."

"Neither is Arizona." She said smirking at me.

She had me there. Arizona is an unusual name. Never met anyone else with that name. "Touche"

Taking another sip from her glass she was laughing. Her laugh was the most beautiful thing to hear from her. I could tell she was a free spirit. I admired that about her. "It's short for Calliope. But only my dad calls me that."

"Calliope. I like it."

"Funny, I strangely enough like it when you say it."

The rest of the afternoon was absolutely perfect. We continued to walk along the street, going into a few more stores until we felt ready to head back to the city. The drive back again was silent. But it was a comfortable silence. At one point I think I even fell asleep in the car. If I did, Callie never said anything or teased me about it, which I was eternally grateful that she didn't.

I directed her to where my apartment was and she pulled up to the curb outside. We exchanged phone numbers and then I went inside and up to my apartment.

I will never forget that day. That was the first day since Joanne's death that I actually genuinely had a good day. I wasn't upset, and I didn't feel depressed. I actually felt happy. Happy for the first time since I don't even know when.

I had had such a good time that like a giddy fool, I texted my new found friend even though I had just spent the entire day with her.

Hey…just wondering when I could take you up on your offer to go for that run?

-Arizona

LOL Hey, how does Friday sound? Friday morning? You working? I can do Friday night.

-Callie

Friday morning is perfect. I will just go into the office later. See you Friday!

Yep, see you then.

I put my phone away and went to the kitchen to make myself a little something for dinner. Thoughts of my day with Callie filling my mind. I didn't want to admit it then, but I had no doubt that Callie Torres was going to change my life forever.