Author: I am on a roll!
"Fall on me
Tell me everything you want me to be
Forever with you forever in me
Ever the same." – Rob Thomas: Ever The Same
Ever The Same
They were on the couch, hands tangled in hair. Cristina walked in. She had seen this many times before. It was normal. Perhaps, only the first time almost made her die of a heart attack. At least a good heart surgeon would've been there. Now, it just made her want to flee the room as quickly as possible.
Neither of the women looked up. They were too entangled in each other's arms and mouths to care much.
Monday they had been fighting.
Tuesday was a day of silence.
Wednesday they nodded to each other in the hall.
Thursday Erica came to apologize.
Friday and they were just about to have sex on Cristina's poor couch.
She didn't want to stick around long enough to find out if that would be the case. She was in and out in less than ten minutes. A quick change of clothes and grabbing her other purse, the Korean ran for the door.
With luck, Meredith would be home.
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"What were you like? As an intern."
Erica was leaning back on the couch, Callie in her arms. The television was on, an old episode of 'I Love Lucy' forgotten on the screen.
"As much as I hate to admit it, I was a lot like Yang. I thought the more I pushed, the farther I would go. I was always competing and working and wanting the residents and attendees to know me."
Callie started to ask another question, but Erica cut her short.
"Unlike Yang, I did not fall in love with the man I slept with."
Silence.
Torres had not been expecting that one.
"Erica-"
"He was old enough to be my father. I thought it would get me somewhere. He was one of the best, after all. That was the same year I started competing with Burke."
"Did he know?"
"Preston? He picked up on it right away. The first time he ever seen us together, he guessed it. Later, when it was over, he told me I needed to find another path."
"… Did you?"
"In the end…. It wasn't my choice."
Callie just nodded as she relaxed in Hahn's arms. She wondered for a moment if Erica had fallen in love with that man… or anyone else, for that matter. It was absurd of her to assume she was the only one, but she had.
Callie doubted she would ever do it again.