Chapter 4

"Let's admit we made a mistake but
Can we still be friends?

Heartbreak's never easy to take but
Can we still be friends?"

"Erica Hahn! How are you? It's been 6 months since I last saw you, but you still look great and blooming." Both Callie and Erica froze and looked around to the tall brunette woman.

"Err I'm doing great Lee, when did you come back? Ohh, by the way this is Dr. Callie Torres, she's newly hired at NYPH, Callie I want you to meet Arch. Lee Laurenston" Erica stammered but never left her gaze to the beautiful brunette woman and Callie noticed it.

"Hello, Dr. Torres" Lee extended her hand to Callie and smiled back.

"Nice meeting you Ms. Laurenston" Callie was mesmerized to the woman's angelic face and cute dimples.

"I better go; I was standing over there when I saw you and couldn't help but to say Hi. I hope I didn't disturb your dinner" Lee softly said to Erica.

"No! Of course not, Callie is a good friend of mine, way back when I was still working at Seattle Grace Hospital.. I'm glad you're home Lee, gonna catch up later promise" Erica suggested excitedly.

"I'm looking forward for that honey bunch" Lee whispered, brushed her lips against Erica's ear lobe, and bid goodbye to Callie.

"Honey bunch, since when did you use endearment Erica" Callie teased, her gaze was still at departing Lee and her old man companion.

"Eavesdropping is a serious crime do you know that?" she teased back.

"I will not deny that you have dazzlingly taste in a women Erica, Ms. Laurenston is not only a super hot babe but I think she's witty too." Callie remarked, she didn't know why she felt bitter inside.

"She's not only witty, she's extraordinary woman, a very intelligent lady and she's down to earth to think that she comes from a prominent family, did you see her companion? That's her father, President and CEO of NYPH" Erica proudly said.

"No way!! You dated CEO's daughter?" Callie said in surprise and open-mouthed.

"Yes way, I did not only date her..Errr..she's been my girlfriend for 15 months, the one I told you last night." Erica cleared her throat.

"Ohhh…really?…WOW..I'm speechless…did she never really sate after 12 rounds?" Callie leaned forward and husked.

"I prefer not to answer that since it's too personal Dr. Torres, besides it's none of your business" Erica firmly said, she felt uncomfortable to Callie's blunt question.

"Hey calm down, I'm just curious, you're the one who supplied the fact last night I was just confirming it if I really heard it right, but then again yeah it's not my business so sorry ok?" She paused

"I'm calm Callie, believe me I am, let's just enjoy our dinner yeah?


When they finished their meal and the plates were cleared, Callie ordered 2 glasses of brandy.

"You know what? There is one lady looking at us far left side, about 4 tables away.. I'm sure that I was never acquainted with her so maybe you know her." Callie asked in pouted mouth.

"Shit, what the hell! That is Janine, what is she doing here?" Erica said in confusion.

"Basically she's taking a dinner like what we're doing right now, so you knew her, don't tell me she's one of your exs too?" Callie kept staring to the petite blond woman; she couldn't believe that Erica's exs are really pretty and utterly hot and sexy

"Hell NO, but I dated her like 5 times and yeah we had great sex but I stopped seeing her coz that bitch is lunatic, damn me, she's coming here, pretend you're my girlfriend Callie.. Please" Erica begged to Callie.

"In one condition you will answer all my questions without hesitation" Callie said in devilish smile.

"Dammit, you are giving me no choice Torres, Ok. I will answer all your queries" Erica shouted back.

"There you are, I thought I saw a ghost Erie, but when you looked at me, I knew it's you, it's been a long time since we talked, so how do you do?" Blond woman said in seductive voice.

"Good to see you Janine, my girlfriend asked me if I knew you coz she noticed that you were looking at us, ohh and I'm doing fine." Erica's jaw muscle twitched.

"I guess you're a doctor too?" Janine asked in sweet voice.

"Yeah I am, I'm Callie Torres and you are?"

"Janine Lewis, I think I saw you before, yeah you've purchase a couch in my shop the other day and you are new in town right? So? How come you and Erica were couple then?" Janine asked with eyebrow raised.

"Simply because we've known each other for years Janine, I convinced her to work here in New York so we could be together" Erica's voice was deep with formality.

"Well that is good, I should be going, have a nice day Erica and nice meeting you Dr. Torres" Janine timidly smiled and walked away.

"Whoa, what is that? I almost check her out the other day jeez I'm glad I didn't do it; coz if I did our little drama would be jeopardized."

"Huh? That kind of woman you like? I thought you have high standard Torres" Erica said, somewhat amazed.

"Look who's talking; I'm not the one who dated that huge breasted bimbo with a room temperature I.Q." Callie replied sharply.

"Don't be so mean Torres, she didn't do anything bad to you, and correction not room temperature I.Q., a little higher than that"

"A bingo card I.Q. then" Callie continuously mocked.

"Whatever Callie whatever, but for the record she's sweet and caring person"

"Then why did you stop dating her, and how did she become lunatic? And don't give me that look coz you owe me remember!" Callie emptied her glass and set it on the table.

"Admit it Torres for once that you're checking me out….why are you so very eager to know everything that happened in the past 2 years of my life" Erica took a sip of cold liqueur and felt its soothing effect immediately.

"What? Me checking you out? Are you kidding me? Wake up and stop dreaming Erica Hahn; I'm just curious about your love life, Jeez 2 women pop up in our table more like wanted to assault me cause obviously I look like I'm your date. Spare me some detail because I wouldn't be surprised if 1 day somebody would just pull my hair, scandalize and accuse me of flirting with her girlfriend or lover or whatever" Callie watched a shadow grow in Erica's eyes, she felt afraid that Erica would spoil the rest of the evening with one of her sour moods.

"What details do you want then Calliope, just ask it so we'll be done and finished"

"I don't know Erica, tell me what you want to share, I don't want to force you" She said in half grin.

"I stopped seeing Janine cause she wanted a lifetime commitment, and I couldn't give it to her, I'm attracted to her but it was not enough for me to commit myself to her, she knew that I couldn't be what she wanted me to be but still she never gave up, it came to the point that she had stepped out the boundaries, like she was as if my shadow, kinda obsessed with me"

"Ohh it's frightening and nasty! How did it stop then? Callie said in full concern.

"I told her that I would sue her if she doesn't stop harassing me, I have lots of evidence that would prove she had really on spied me" She replied with shrug.

"About Lee, its complicated, we fell in love at first sight; we had lots in common, compatible in many ways. But our careers separated us; she always got mad at me if I couldn't make it in dinner with her family or gathering with friends coz of late night surgeries and most of the time she was out of town coz of her work. One day we woke up and found out our love has gone. We talked about it and agreed that we could still be friends and after 2 years if both of us are still single and available we'd get back together and be married, it was weird I know but I liked that idea, I do hope that she and I will be together in the end" When Erica caught Callie's eyes, she didn't look away as she usually does.

Callie wanted to say something casual in return, something clever, but instead all she could say was. "Are you sure, Erica? That you really want it? I mean don't get me wrong but who can tell what will happen tomorrow right?" she knew that what she was saying is non-sense at all.

"I said I'm hoping that she and I will have happy ending but yeah who knows what will happen in the future; maybe you seduced me and make out with me tonight that I might give in, then yeah my destiny is you not her" Erica said in low and seductive tone, and saw Callie's face turned red and she laughed out loud.

"You know what? Don't flatter yourself; I'm not that desperate to make out neither with you tonight nor in the near future. And if ever I do it, most probably I have mental case." Callie really got annoyed to Erica's candid joke.

"Relax Torres coz I don't like you either in my bed or in my couch, or yet in my kitchen top, you've seen my type of women so FYI, you don't make the cut not even in the waiting list, so chill out, ok?" Erica shouted back.

"For your information Hahn your tastes suck!" Callie said sarcastically she felt more irritated when Erica replied by only shrugged and grinned.


"What the heck, wake up ass, get up there, have you forgotten that you have a surgery at 1pm?" Agata kept shaking Erica's left shoulder, when she didn't see any reaction on Erica, she pulled Erica's legs.

"I knew my schedule and I still have 30 minutes so go away and lock the door wanker" Erica mumbled.

"I saw Callie earlier and she told me that you pissed her off last night? What's wrong with you Erica?" Agata sat at the far end of the bed; she put Erica's feet on her lap and started tickling it.

"Mmmphh, stop it" Erica pleaded

"And she told me that there were 2 women who came in your table last night, one was a bimbo but super hot so I guess that was Janine and the other one she described as sophisticated socialite so I think that was Lee"

"What a small world all your women came together in one night, hah! It's like a reunion!! damn me, so tell me how did you survive as one piece last night? She pinched Erica's sole.

"Fucker! Stop it at once please you're not funny" Erica was really annoyed now.

"Common Ree, spill out and share with me what happened last night" She tickled Erica's kneecap.

"For the love of god, please leave me alone Agata, I'm tired and had a lack of sleep for 2 nights in a row, all I'm asking is 30 minutes, then you can get all the details you want to hear. Ok? Erica begged her eyes still close; she pulled her pillow and hides her face in it.

"Ok but promise that you will tell everything to me, everything, I want detailed not summarized ok? Hey?" She once more pinched Erica's leg.

"What?" Erica groaned and sneered.

"When was the last time you flicked the bean?" Agata quickly asked.

"An hour ago" Erica shouted back in split second.

"Whoaah, you are definitely absolutely wanker!! Bwahahaha see how pervert you are? I'm sure that you slept with Lee last night and you've masturbated an hour ago? Jeez Erica Hahn you have sex issues, and I can't help you about it. damn me" Agata scooted out the bed and walked toward the door.

"Screw you Agata, I'm in a sleeping state so technically I was not in the right mind, what I was thinking when you asked the disgusting question was you were asking me when I took my nap." Erica kept explaining but Agata didn't listen, she laughed so hard that she even bent down, one hand in her hip and the other in her tummy.

"Tell it to the marine" She winked that makes Erica more infuriated, Erica picked her sneaker and threw it but Agata was too fast to duck her head she grabbed the door and left the room.

"Why do you always make fun of me Agata Kawolska, Damn you and your idiom expressions, and so what if I do masturbating, everybody's doing it, it's not a crime..duh!!" Erica talked to herself.