CHAPTER 9
The next morning Callie found herself cornered by Cristina Yang, Meredith Grey, and Mark Sloan.
"You want to do what?" Callie looked at Cristina Yang and Meredith Grey incredulously. Mark was standing behind the two doctors giving Callie a pleading look.
"We want to have a building party. Instead of a block party, we'll just invite everybody from the building. Everybody brings drinks, and we have fun. Our place is too small though, so we thought that maybeee we could use yours. What do you say?"
"I say no" Callie deadpanned.
"Caaaalllieeee, please, come on!" Mark pouted. "I need a party. And I need you there. You're my person"
"Mark, I don't want to babysit you until you find someone to hunt and then I get left behind, alone, when you go off to have sex"
"I promise I won't leave you. I prooooomise, Callie, pleeaaase!"
Callie sighed and slumped her shoulder. "Okay"
"YES!" the two young doctors and Mark said in unison.
"And when is this horrible gathering gonna take place?" Callie asked. She was not amused.
"Saturday" Mark threw her his best smile and slapped her ass lightly "It will be fun, Torres. Walk tall now, you hear!"
Callie sighed again.
After lunch Callie scrubbed in and entered OR 3. Arizona and her were going to amputate the leg of an unfortunate 10-year-old who had hurt his limb so badly in a skiing accident that there was now nothing to do but to take it off.
Callie was early, and Arizona was the only one in the OR when the brunette arrived.
Arizona was standing with the back to the door when the latina entered.
"Hi" Callie said.
"Uh...hi" Arizona said.
Callie sensed that something was up.
"You okay?" she asked the blonde. She wasn't sure what she was going to do or say if Arizona said 'no'.
"Uh...yeah...I'm okay" The blonde turned around slowly and Callie could see sadness in her eyes. "I just...I just never get used to taking their limbs, you know. I...I just need a moment" she said.
Callie didn't really know what to say. Here was this sweet, sweet doctor in front of her. A doctor who cared so much that she came to the OR early to prepare mentally for a surgery that was going to change the life of the boy drastically. And Callie didn't know what to say.
She finally took a deep breath and reached deep down for the pool of goodness that somehow yesterday's ice cream at Arizona's had opened.
"He'll be fine. He's so young. Do you know how good I am with artificial body parts? I'm gonna help him get a prosthetic leg that's better than his original one. He'll be doing triathlons. Competitively. I promise" Callie was being sincere, and somehow Callie's promise was so innocent and sweet that it made Arizona's heart quiver. She looked at the brunette and all she could say was "Thank you, Calliope".
They looked at each other for a few seconds before the door to the OR opened and the rest of the surgery team came in.
Arizona gave Callie a small smile and nodded as if to say 'I'm ready'.
None of them said anything during the surgery, and it wasn't till they had both scrubbed out and were walking down the hall that Callie finally spoke.
"So, the crazies are having a party on Saturday. It's a party for the whole building actually. And they've decided to use my place for it. You wanna come?"
She was looking at Arizona expectantly which gave the blonde a rush of blood to the head.
"Yeah...sure...I have a late shift though, but if you guys are still up by the time I get off, I'll definitely stop by"
"Great" Callie stopped walking and Arizona turned to look at her questioningly.
"Now go tell the parents about all the great things he'll be able to do - including skiing. I'll get started on ordering that leg" Callie said the words very matter-of-factly and turned without waiting for an answer from Arizona.
The blonde chuckled and somehow felt a little more confident when approaching the waiting parents.
