Chapter 4

After getting their lunches, Callie and Addison made their way to an empty table in the corner. Both women could feel the eyes that were burning holes in the back of their heads. But, neither of them acknowledged it. What they did acknowledge was their friend Miranda Bailey making her way to their table.

"Hey! How long have you guys been here and why was I not informed?!" She demanded as she place her hands on her hips waiting for them to answer.

Callie and Addison looked at each other and then looked down in their laps, feeling as they were about to be put in a time out.

Finally Addison turned and faced Miranda, "We just got here, we went to go see Richard and decided we were hungry" she said shyly. Miranda looked at Callie who only nodded her head.

Bursting into laughter Bailey sat down, "Oh I'm just kidding, I was busy anyway"

Callie smiled at her, "How have you been?"

Bailey shrugged, "Chief Resident is kicking my ass and these damn Residents need a foot up theirs."

Addison and Callie burst into laughter. While both women were still in Seattle, they had become very close friends to Miranda Bailey. All three women were basically badasses who took no shit from anyone. The women formed a bond over being married, and then divorced. It really brought them closer than they ever would have imagined.

"How have you to been, since both of you deserted me and left me to defend for myself in this jungle" After calming down from another fit of giggles,

"We're good, glad to be back" Callie responded. Bailey nodded and stole a fry off Callie's tray.

"You sure did cause a commotion with your disappearance, missy" Miranda said looking pointedly at Callie.

"I just couldn't stay here, Miranda" Bailey nodded and reached over to squeeze her hand.

"You will be telling me why that is later" she said sternly. Callie nodded.

Miranda turned to Addison, "How's L.A. treating you? You look great"

Addison smiled, "Its good, exactly what I needed to get back on my feet" Bailey nodded and the two women continued their chat.

Callie tried her hardest to stay up with their conversation but her mind was always drifting to something else. She thought about how she was going to tell Mark about the very unexpected gift that been given to both of them. She thought about what he was gonna say, how he would react to the news.

She was shook out of her thoughts at the sight of the man that had been invading them over the past three months.

Mark.

He stood there, with a goofy smile on his face staring right at her. She met his eyes and gave him a little smile. He surprised her by bursting into a sprint toward her. She stood up to meet him and nearly toppled over at the force of his embrace.

He hugged her lifting her off her feet and spun her around. Callie began to feel nauseous but carefully swallowed the food that threatened to come back out. Gently placing her back on her feet he held her at arms length and pulled her back in. Callie snuggled into his arms and laid her head on his chest, her arms circling his waist.

Pulling away from each other, both wearing beautiful smiles, Mark said,

"Hey Cal! Where have you been!? I've missed you so much! How dare you run off to L.A. without even telling me!" He said playfully. Callie smiled up at him.

"Well, I'm good, and I'm sorry for not telling you about leaving, it was kind of a spur of the moment kind of thing." She said apologetically. Mark nodded and hugged her once again.

They both sat down at the table and suddenly Callie realized that all eyes were on them.

What the hell happened when I left? She thought her eyes scanning the room.

"So how are things here?" Callie asked.

Mark shrugged, "Same old, same old." Callie smiled and nodded.

"Mark I really have to tell you something - " She was cut off by a young women with brown hair who was making her way to their table. Making her way towards Mark.

He jumped up from his seat sliding his arm around the younger women.

Callie sat their confused gazing at the pair, "Cal, I want you to meet my girlfriend, Lexie Grey" Callie's mouth dropped at the sight of Mark planting a kiss on Lexie's lips.

The young women stuck out her hand waiting for Callie to shake it. But Callie just sat there staring at the hand that was extended to her.

Feeling the awkward tension Lexie spoke, "It's really great to finally meet you Callie, I have heard a lot about you" Callie looked up at the women before replying.

"I wish I could say the same" Callie sneered with of slight bit of anger in her voice.

Mark looked at Callie with confusion, Callie met his gaze and all he saw in her eyes were anger, but there was something else in them he couldn't really identify. He swore that he saw a flash of sadness and hurt pass through her expression filled eyes. But that just couldn't be it.

Callie turned away from the couple an addressed Addison and Miranda,

"Do you guys wanna go get a drink?" Addison looked at her with confusion, but she saw something in Callie's eyes that told her that they needed to leave.

Addison nodded and Miranda said, "Well, I'm just getting off, so I'll meet you ladies in a couple of minutes. Joe's?" she asked Callie.

Callie nodded and stood, abruptly leaving the table without even sending a glance Mark and Lexie's way, Addison trailing close behind her. They exited the cafeteria without a word or look to anyone. Callie had one thing on her mind. Getting the hell out of Mark Sloan's distance.

Joe's Bar

Addison had kept her mouth shut the whole way to Joe's, but now as they made their way in, she stopped Callie before she they entered.

"What happened Callie?" Callie sighed before answering.

"Did you see the young girl that came up to the table?" Addison nodded and waited for Callie to continue.

"That's Mark's girlfriend, Lexie GREY, GREY Addison as in related to the Grey that screwed up your marriage" Addison stood there in shock. Callie continued her rant,

She gave out a bitter laugh, "You know, it's funny, I actually fell for the manwhore, I fell in love with the whore of whores, the man who wrote the book on how to be slut 101, and yet, a doe-eyed girl, girl Addison swoops him and gets the commitment Mark. I think I have a screw-over sign taped across my forehead, it's ridiculous how my life could possibly get worse." Callie finally took a breath and Addison just stared at her in complete and utter shock.

Without a word, Addison grabbed Callie's arm and pulled her threw the entrance at the bar.

They were greeted with the smiling face of Joe the bartender.

"LADIES! How are you!?, its been a while, things have sure been different around here without you two spicing things up." Both women laughed as they made their way to the bar.

"We're good, How are you joe?" Addison asked.

Joe shrugged, "I'm good now, what can I get you ladies?"

"I'll have a vodka tonic" Addison answered. He turned to Callie waiting for her to answer.

She sighed, "I'll just have a iced tea Joe" He looked at her in confusion, shrugged and turned to get their drinks.

Callie let a bitter chuckle, "I can't even drink my sorrows away!" Addison couldn't help but laugh at Callie's outburst.

The door to Joe's was swung open and Miranda Bailey made her way over to them, dropping her purse on one of the stools and plopping down on the other one.

She studied the girls and noticed that Callie wasn't drinking, "What's with the Iced Tea?" She asked as she ordered her own drink.

Callie groaned and drop her head onto the bar, "I'm pregnant Miranda" Miranda gasped and looked at her in shock.

"Who's the father" she asked after finally finding her voice.

Callie banged her head against the bar top before answering, "The Manwhore of Seattle Grace"

"Girl, you are in some deep shit" Callie and Addison looked over at Miranda who simply shrugged before the three of them burst into laughter.

Three iced teas later, Callie was startled as someone tapped her on her shoulder, she turned to find Cristina Yang staring at her with her arms crossed over her chest.

Callie smiled, "CRIS! how have you been?!" Cristina simply glared at the woman

"You wanna know how I've been, I come home one day to find that my living room was empty, which it hadn't been thanks to all your crap, and then I go to work the next and find out that you skipped town without even a word. You wanna know how I am? I'm great!" Callie couldn't stop the smile that crept up her face

"Awwww, you missed meeeeee" Callie said bringing Cristina into a hug. Cristina pushed her arms away and crossed them over her chest.

"No, I missed half the rent you paid, do you know how hard it is to find someone to pay half rent to sleep on a couch? It's a pain in the ass!" Callie smirked and chuckled. She had definitely missed Cristina Yang.

"Well, how have you been Cris? Still a heart fixing badass?"

"Damn right, and you best not forget it" Callie smiled.

She was about to reply when, out of all the people in the world could have walked in, Mark and Lexie walked in hand in hand.

Callie leaned over, "What's the deal on the girl with Mark?" Christina smirked and turned her attention toward the couple.

"She showed up about two months ago claiming to be Meredith's sister, turns out she actually was. She is such a little girl though, like she secretly carries around her flashlight in her hello kitty purse." Callie laughed at that, she could always count on Cristina to make her feel better with her witty-ness.

Cristina continued, "About a month ago, her and McSteamy started getting caught in on-call rooms all over the hospital and they've been together ever since." Callie nodded.

"Well, good for him" Cristina could hear the sadness in her former roommates voice.

Cristina was whisked away by Meredith who had more McDreamy problems and needed her person to help her.

Callie got up from the bar and made her way to the bathroom, before she reached it, she was stopped right outside the door by an angry looking Mark.

"What the hell was that Callie! You could've tried to be nice to Lexie!" Callie turned around to face, now she was pissed.

"What the fuck did you want me to do Mark, take her in, become her best friend? Go and have a sleepover with her where we would share each others secrets?" Mark made a move to reply but Callie held up her hand.

"The fact that you even have to ask yourself why that I'm not thrilled with you dating Lexie just tells me that I mean nothing to you" she said swiping a few stray tears that made their way out of her eyes.

Mark sighed and ran his hand through his hair, "Cal-" But he was cut off again by Callie,

"You know what Mark, fuck off, go back to your high schooler and leave me the hell alone." She made her way into the bathroom making sure to slam the door in his face.

Mark stood outside the bathroom for a couple of minutes before giving up and making his way back to Lexie.

Callie exited the bathroom and made her way back to the bar,

"You ready to go?" she asked Addison who simply nodded.

They said their goodbyes to Miranda and Joe and left the bar.

Deciding that just going back to the Archfrield, the hotel they both were staying at, was the best idea for them.

Callie said goodnight to Addison and pushed open the door to her hotel room, without even bother to undress, she climbed into bed and let the events of the day wash away as her sleep overcame her.