Word of Addison's return to Seattle hadn't made its way through the halls of Seattle Grace Mercy West, so there were quite a few surprised faces as she walked down the hallway, wearing the navy attending scrubs. Several people whispered to one another as she made her way to OB, with a stop at the OR board.
Standing, staring at the OR board was Teddy, hearing someone walk up, she turned and saw her new roommate, "Hey, is it weird being back? How was your day yesterday?"
"It's a little weird. I don't think many people knew I'm back for good, so I've gotten several strange looks, but I've managed to avoid Lucy Fields so far. She was so damn irritating when I was here to deliver Sofia. I spent the afternoon with Callie and Sofia. I told Callie why I was moving back, but she promised to only tell Arizona. How was your night?"
"It wasn't bad last night. Nothing major came in. Henry's here for another surgery, but after this one, he should be okay to go back to work. He asked me for a divorce since he'll be getting his insurance back and that was the only reason we got married in the first place. Oh, and Lucy Fields left to take a position at the clinic in Malawi," Teddy explained while sipping her cup of coffee.
"So we're gonna be two single ladies, living together? We better not let everyone hear that, or they'll think we're more than just friends. I'm gonna start looking for my own place in the next few weeks so I can move in after we get the rest of my stuff."
Setting her coffee down on the counter of the nurses' station, Teddy replied, "I told you, you can stay with me. You don't have to move out. I have a 3-bedroom house. You're more than welcome to stay. In fact, I kind of like having someone else there and not being alone all the time. We'll make room for your stuff & decide if we'll put my stuff or your's in storage for stuff we don't have room for or don't need two of."
While sitting in the cafeteria, Addison was wasting no time catching up with everyone. She was impressed with Derek's Alzheimer's trial and the Chief's diabetes trial, as well as Alex's bringing several kids from Malawi to the hospital for much needed surgeries. Several people asked what the reason for her return was. Addison ended up being grateful that Dr. Fields had left so she could claim that the Chief told her there was an opening and made her an offer she couldn't refuse, which was partially true. She had decided that she was going to keep her pregnancy a secret as long as possible, or at least until the end of her first trimester.
About a month after Addison's return to Seattle, Teddy paged Callie for a consult. Confused as to why cardio would need an ortho consult, Callie practically ran to the room she was paged to. "Hey, where's the patient? What's going on?"
"There is no patient, I just needed to talk to someone about this and I know you can keep your mouth shut. How did you know?" Teddy asked as she paced back and forth across the room.
"How did I know what?" Callie was even more confused due to the lack of information her friend was sharing.
"How did you know you like women? I mean, you were married and dated men your whole life. Did you just wake up one morning and realize that you like a woman? I'm kind of in crisis mode right now."
"I think I always knew a little bit, I just always had a man, so being with a woman never crossed my mind. Is it someone who works here? Do I know her?"
Teddy looked at her feet, before picking up her head and looking at Callie, "Yeah, you know her. I don't know if she's feels the same way though, she's always been with men too. Am I just looking at our friendship as something more? Are we really just friends? I mean, we're together at work, we're together at home, we're always together. Friends can be together all the time without it turning into something more, right?"
"You like Addison!" Callie remarked, putting her hand to her mouth. "Just talk to her, she was really supportive when I came out. I can try to talk to her later and she how she feels. When are you guys going to LA? Maybe the trip would be a good time to talk about everything."
"We're going in two weeks. I really want to talk to her before we go, but I also don't want it to be weird during the trip by talking to her before."