A/N: And I tweaked last chapter just a bit, so this one makes more sense...


Tori walks down the hall after her chat with Callie. Interesting she thinks, I didn't realize the brunette had been married to a guy. Everything that she knows about Arizona, it doesn't surprise her that she would go for a woman like Callie Torres. Although she was surprised about the kid. She didn't think Arizona would go for a woman with a kid, but it just goes to show that they don't really know each other, Tori reminds herself.

"Hello Dr James, congratulations." Maggie says when she notices her standing before the surgical board.

"Oh hello Dr Pierce, thank you." she says greeting the younger surgeon. "I am negotiating now. Do you have any advice?" She asks.

"Advice?" Maggie replies confused.

"Yes, didn't you just negotiate a contract last year?" Tori explains.

"Oh, yes I did. But it's not a good comparison. I was moving here for personal reasons." She replies.

"Oh? I didn't realize that, did you meet someone in Seattle that you moved here for?" She asks.

"No, nothing like that. But it was good to see you again. Good luck with the negotiation. This is a fantastic place to work." Maggie adds before heading off to scrub in for her surgery.

Tori looks over the board noting how many general surgeons are cutting today. Karev, Shepherd and Pierce are all getting ready to operate, but of those there's nothing that interests her. She has an appointment with Jackson Avery later today and she needs to call her attorney to review the contract offer. Spotting Amelia Shepherd, she greets her and walks over to catch her before she enters the scrub room for her surgery.

"Good morning Dr Shepherd," Tori says greeting her and thinking to herself, she has really pretty eyes. "I see that you have a procedure this morning but its not one that I recognize."

"Well Dr James, that's because it's new. Dr Torres and I are working together on a Wounded Warrior project, she builds these amazing prosthetics and we remap the nerves and implant transmitters in the brain, so that the limb can send and receive information to the brain. The procedure that I'm doing today is on a female warrior, who lost an arm in an explosion. I'm going in to remap the nerves while Dr Torres makes a few repairs to the muscles and ligaments to improve the prosthetic reception site." Amelia explains.

"Oh, well this sounds like one that I should observe Dr Shepherd..." She says flashing the brunette a smile and turning to leave.

Watching her walk away, Amelia can't help but wonder what's going to happen when she takes over. Obviously she's going to shake it up with the changes and the fellowship, but what or rather who else is going to get shaken up around here she wonders.

"Amelia?" Callie repeats as she stands beside her about to begin scrubbing.

"Oh Callie, sorry I was just thinking. I, uh, ran into James before I came in..." she says trailing off.

"Yeah, she came by office this morning too. Do you think that there's something between her and Arizona?" Callie asks. "Not that I care, I mean, Arizona is single free to date." She adds.

"No, I'm pretty sure that Arizona isn't who she's interested in." Amelia says glancing sideways at the brunette as the scrub at the sink.

"Oh," Callie says a little relieved and then confused. "But you do think she's interested in someone?"

"I do." Amelia says as she finishes scrubbing and heads into the OR, "I think you know her quite well too."

Confused, Callie looks back down into the sink and finishes scrubbing her hands.

Walking into the OR, she greets the surgical team and prepares for the procedure.

Amelia glances up and notices Dr James is watching Callie's every move. Damn, I wonder if I should mention this to Arizona.

Callie looks over at Amelia and notices that she's watching someone in the gallery, so she looks up too and spots Dr James. Annoyed, she looks over at Amelia and shakes her head. "Not going to happen Shepherd, but you know you should probably check that out. Could be a nice diversion since Hunt left." Callie says sarcastically.

"Hmm," Amelia says. "It wouldn't be the first time, but somehow, I don't think it's me that she's interested in."

"Wait? Really?" Callie says looking over at the smaller surgeon. "How is it I'm just finding this out about you Shepherd? Okay, we need to spend more time together, socially." She adds.

"It's a date." Amelia replies playfully.

"Funny," Callie says moving into position to begin the procedure. Then glancing back up, she says, "You were joking right?"

Shrugging slightly Amelia's eyes dance and Callie can tell that she's smiling behind her mask. Returning the smile, Callie looks down at the patient and Amelia says, ""Let's get started. It's a beautiful day to change lives."

Callie pauses and looks over at her.

"What? I'm just trying it out." She replies, turning to Bohkee for her first implement.


At her condo, Arizona is editing her journal article and ready for a break. She walks over to turn the stove on to heat up water for tea, when she notices her phone flashing. She has two messages, one from Callie and one from the hospital administration line. She listens to both and then quickly returns the second call. Just as she finishes, her phone rings.

"Dr Robbins," she answers.

"Hey, can you come by the lab today?" Callie asks excitedly.

"Calliope?" Arizona is surprised by how excited she sounds. "What's going on?"

"Just come by the lab as soon as you can and if you haven't eaten lunch don't. We have something to show you." Callie replies.

"Don't eat? Wait, your surgery this morning, what happened?" Arizona asks.

"We don't want to say over the phone, we want to show you. So come in here." Amelia says taking the phone from Callie.

Taking the phone back, Callie asks again, "Please come by. It's important to you and the project."

Setting the phone down, Arizona turns off the stove and puts the tea away. Well, she was taking a break anyway, she realizes. Then grabbing her keys, shoving her phone into her bag, she heads out.


"Okay, I'm here. What couldn't wait until tomorrow?" Arizona asks as she enters the lab.

Excited, Callie greets her with a light hug and takes her by the hand to lead her over to the table and Amelia turns on the video. They watch it silently and as it ends, Arizona looks at both of them. "Oh my god, did that just happen?" she asks.

Nodding excitedly, they both beam huge smiles at the blonde.

"Now will you let me into that brain of yours?" Amelia asks her.

"Yes, let's do it?" Arizona says excitedly.

"Okay, Amelia call down and admit her and get the lab in here to draw some blood and make sure that everything is good to go." Callie says, still buzzing from the surgery earlier. They've had a lot of success with the arm and shoulder mapping, but they haven't had as much success with the leg mapping. Today during their procedure, Amelia tried a different approach and discovered a different neuropathway affected the nerves in the leg. The female warriors with leg amputations haven't had the same result as the men and until they figured it out, Arizona would not consent to have the mapping done.

After the lab tech leaves and Amelia goes to finish the admission, Arizona looks over at Callie nervously.

"Calliope?" She says softly, "Can I, uh, just say something to you before we do this?"

"Of course, but don't worry. We've got this. And I've got your next prosthetic ready to go, as soon as the mapping is done, you can try it out." Callie explains.

"That's not it. I trust you completely with this and I'm excited." She says smiling, then a more serious look crosses her face and she turns and takes Callie's hand, " I am about to let a neurosurgeon cut into my head and I am a little nervous about that though," she admits.

"That's understandable." Callie admits, squeezing her hand and smiling at her.

"Callie, I know things between us will never be what they were before, I accept that and I know that it hasn't been easy. I just wanted to say that the last few weeks that we've been spending more time together have felt really good. And it means a lot to me that you have let me back in, even if it's just as friends. I know that you've moved on and everything. I just wanted to say that I love you and I treasure having you in my life in any capacity and I'm thankful for Sofia every day." She says tearing up a bit.

"Arizona," Callie says moving her hands to cup the blonde's face, "I have really enjoyed the last few weeks too and this morning, meant a lot to me. You're right that it hasn't been easy for us. Hell, not much about us has been easy, but lately I find myself thinking more and more about you and us. I love you too. I'm not sure that I ever stopped, but let's not rush into anything. Okay?" she says moving in to kiss the blonde lightly.

Closing her eyes, Arizona savors the touch and leans into the kiss.

Pulling back, Callie reaches up and wipes away a tear or two. "Okay, now let's focus back on this procedure." She says still staring intently at the blonde.

Shaking her head lightly to clear it. Arizona smiles at the brunette and behind them Amelia enters the room with a wheelchair. "Your labs look good and you're all admitted." She says bending down to put the patient id bracelet on the blonde's arm.

"Wait, Callie, Sofia will be back from school soon. Can you bring her up so we can tell her what's going on?" Arizona asks.

"Yes, but first we need to get you in your room and prepped for the procedure." Callie reminds her. "Don't worry, I'll make sure that you see her before and we both will let her know what's going on."


Callie watches Amelia take Arizona to her room and she picks up the phone and calls Meredith to inform her what's happening and see if she can get Sofia and bring her up.

Alex is just walking out of the OR, when he notices that Torres and Shepherd have another procedure together, the patient's name is VIP, which usually means its an athlete, probably a Seahawk, he thinks. Then picking up the phone at the desk he calls Arizona to see if she can do a consult in the morning. Her phone goes straight to voice mail and says that she's out of the office for the rest of the week. "What the hell?" He says out loud.

"What's wrong Alex?" Meredith asks as she approaches the desk.

"I just called Robbins for a consult and she's out of the office for the rest of the week. What's that about?" He asks.

"She's heading into the OR, Amelia and Callie are going to do the mapping for the new leg." She explains to him.

"Today? Did something happen? Why are they doing it so suddenly?" He asks.

"They had a breakthrough on the procedure this morning and since there's a break in her schedule, they decided to go ahead do it today." Meredith replies.

"That's crazy. Well are you available for a consult tomorrow morning?" He asks, then takes a few minutes to outline the case for her.

"Send it to me. I can cover that one." Meredith says agreeing the consult. "Hey are you free right now?" She asks.

"Yeah, I'm due for post ops in about half an hour, what's up?" He asks.

"Go get Sofia and take her to Rm 4311, Arizona wants to see her before she goes into the OR." She tells him.

"Okay, thanks. I'd like to see her before Shepherd gets into her head too." He admits and walks off.


Finishing up the meeting with Dr James, Jackson pulls out his phone and checks his messages, then races out of the room. Passing Dr James in the hall, he doesn't stop until he ducks into the stair case and disappears.

Curious, Tori follows him and notices that he went upstairs and not down to the ER. Heading up the stairs she decides to go back to the surgical board to see what's going on.

Meredith and Maggie are talking to Jackson excitedly and he's looking very stressed.

"They should have cleared it with me. We can't just have one of our double board certified surgeons undergoing surgery without proper scheduling. There are protocols in place and this is an elective procedure. Her schedule needs to be cleared. I need to have another Fetal surgeon on call to cover while she's out." Jackson is clearly upset with the situation.

"Dr Avery, is there anything that I can do to help. I did complete a fetal medicine rotation in med school. I'm not certified, but if anything that comes in, I'd be happy to work on it." Dr James says walking up to the small group.

"Oh Dr James, well that actually might help for the ER cases." He says turning around to face her, "I've got to go make some calls. Maybe I can get Montgomery on call or something, and I'll get your temporary credentials. Stay here and I'll be back with them." He says before rushing off.

"Montgomery? Any chance he means Addison Montgomery?" Dr James asks Meredith and Maggie.

"That's exactly who he means, why? Do you know her?" Meredith asks.

"Yes, she supervised my fetal medicine rotation when I first joined Boston Gen as Chief of Trauma." Tori explains.

"She's really good and she was on staff here before, before she moved to LA and went into private practice." Meredith explains.

"Oh, I didn't realize that she was affiliated with Grey-Sloan." Tori replies.

"She was married to my husband." Meredith begins to explain, then realizing that it's complicated, she just stops talking.

Tori recalls now, that Meredith's husband died last year, so she doesn't press for her to explain anything further, instead they all turn as Amelia exits the elevator.

"Hey Meredith. What are you doing? Do you want to assist?" Amelia asks as she walks up to the group.

"Isn't Callie going to be in there?" Meredith asks confused why Amelia would want her too.

"Yeah and that's why I want you in there. Just in case, you assisted Derek and you know Callie." Amelia reminds her.

"Okay, yeah sure. I'll scrub in." Then turning to Maggie, she asks, "If this goes long, can you take the kids home for me?"

"Of course," Maggie replies a little nervously.

"You guys live together?" Tori asks a little surprised.

"Yes," Meredith replies.

"We're sisters." Maggie adds.

Now Tori understands why Maggie moved to Seattle. "So Ellis Grey had two daughters?" Tori asks.

"Wait, how did you know that we share a mother and not a father." Maggie asks the blonde.

"My dad worked with Ellis in Boston, he was a surgeon too." Tori explains. "And I know that you're from Boston. It explains a lot, you're both extremely talented surgeons. I've read a few of your case studies." Then turning to Meredith, she adds, "And I understand why Shepherd wants you in that OR, good luck, I'm going to observe this one." Tori says turning to leave the two woman a bit shocked by her revelations.

"This is going to be interesting." Maggie says watching her leave.


I'm driving out of town for a wedding, but hoping to be able to post another chapter tonight and/or tomorrow morning. I still can't believe that my cousin is marrying her gf on TGIT... I hope she doesn't get bad lesbian juju... Oh and I'm the officiant, can't skip out early either!