Hey everyone, here is another chapter. I'm starting to have writers block and had trouble putting this chapter together, hopefully I can push through it. Thanks again for reading, and again I do not own anything.
Chapter 11
Arizona
Sloan had actually been a life saver. I had stayed home with Sofia the first couple days, on the third day I got a 911 page, after I called to see what was happening, I was told the woman was in distress and needed surgery right away. I was moving quickly around the house trying to get my stuff and Sofia ready, when Sloan said she would stay with her. Part of me felt like it was not a good idea, but I didn't have time to argue, so I agreed. Now a week later, I am standing in the O.R. with Callie. Alex was off for the day and not answering any pages, so they paged me to come in. A pager sounded, I'm at the point where I'm beginning to hate that noise. "Dr. Torres it's yours" one of the nurses says
"what's it for?"
"the E.R." the nurse replied. I hear Callie groan "will you call down there and see what's up? I'm almost finished here" she says as I watch her start to close. "ok" the nurse says, it's quiet for a bit before the nurse came back "they have a 60 some year old with a shattered fibula" I hear her groan again "so much for leaving on time today"
"if you want to go I can finish closing" I say
"you sure" she looks up at me, our eyes meeting, I just nod "ok" she says stepping back. "just needs to be closed up"
"I got it baby" I say, the baby slipped out. I hear an intern chuckle, I shot my head up and gave him a stern look. Callie didn't say anything just took off her gown and mask and left. Shaking my head I move closer to the table. It had been a while since I've closed on something other than a pregnant stomach. I quickly finish what Callie had started and send the patient back to his room. Scrubbing out I was thinking about what to do for the night. My wife would most likely be stuck here for a few more hours. After leaving the scrub room, I was humming to myself as I often did, making my way to the elevator when I hear my name being called "Robbins" I turn seeing Bailey "hi" I smile
"thanks for coming in" she says
"no problem" I smile at my boss
"do you know where you're wife is?" she asked, looking me up and down
"she was paged to the E R."
"hmm, ok" she stepped closer to me "what is up with her hair?" she asked quietly
"um" I didn't know what to say so decided to go with the truth "well I woke up to the sound of buzzing coming from the bathroom, for a second I thought it was something else" I decide to make her squirm a little, Bailey isn't much for talking about sex "but then I remembered she wouldn't need to pleasure herself, I'm good at what I do" I wink
"get on with it" she says sternly
"she just decided she needed a change" I say laughing "you don't like it?"
"I didn't say that, it's just" she pauses, I'm assuming to find the right word "different"
"yeah it's sure different" I say "but I like it"
"Torres has always had long hair, beautiful long hair, I just don't understand what would make her cut it" I press my lips together, remembering a picture I saw once of Bailey when she was an intern "what made you cut yours?" I asked, her eyes went wide, and she laughed "I see what you're doing" she points her finger at me, shaking her head "Miranda, if she's happy with her hair the way it is who is anyone to say any different?" I say
"right, well at least she waited until after the wedding"
"exactly, although I would have been ok with it, she was hot in that tux" I decided to add more just to make the woman squirm again "I had fun ripping it off her"
"Robbins" she scolds, I smile "well I'm off to find my wife, and head home" wishing it was years ago and I had my heelies that would have been a perfect exit. At the elevator I push the up button and wait, humming again. I feel a presence next to me "is Sloan still at your house" I hear Bailey's voice again
"yeah, she's with Sofia" I say as the doors open and we step in "hmm"
"what?" I ask looking at my boss again
"I just don't know if I trust her"
"who do you trust"
"good point" she says hitting the button to the floor she wanted, "just be careful"
"aren't we always" I say shrugging my shoulders.
"hmm" she lets out as the doors open and she steps out, once the doors are closed again taking me up farther "that was a weird conversation" I say to myself as the elevator stops again opening the doors. Walking into the E.R. I see my wife standing at the desk, iPad in hand. I walk up to her, bumping her hip "hey" she says softly not taking her eyes off the iPad. "hey" I say I watch as she sets the iPad down on the counter "the page I got, the 60 something?" she looks at me "it's Sarah"
"what?" I say confused, it took me a minute to figure out who she was talking about
"Sarah Davis" she says again in a sigh
"oh" I say "how bad is it?"
"I gotta go in and repair it" she lets out a sigh "it's gonna be a long night" I nod "well come say hi, she's doped up, but she asked about you" I nod following my wife.
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Callie
Making my way into the E.R. "I was paged" I say to the closest nurse "right this way Dr. Torres" she says handing me the iPad, my eyes scan for the name. "dammit" I whisper softly, as I pull the curtain back "Mrs. Davis, I'm Dr. Torres"
"Callie" she says in a smile, Jamie was sitting in a chair next to her holding her hand. They were too cute, I smile at the couple "let's see what we got here" I say looking down at the iPad, where I pull Sarah's' x-rays up. "well, it looks like I need to go in and repair your fibula" I say going closer to the bed showing her the images on the screen, I point to where it's shattered. "do you want to tell me how you did this?" I ask looking at Jamie, knowing Sarah is probably doped up "I'll tell you" Sarah says, I see Jamie roll her eyes and shake her head "we were getting it on, and I fell off the bed" looking at Jamie I see her face turn red "honey tell her the truth" Jamie says
"fine, was just trying to have some fun, us old people never get any fun" Sarah says "I was in walking in the yard and tripped over a stick"
"you're right the other story was more exciting" I say laughing, "you're not in any immediate danger so I'm going to admit you, and get you into surgery sometime this evening" I say looking at the time. 'so much for family time tonight'
"ok, is Arizona here?" she asks
"she is" I nod "I left her in surgery, but she should be finished by now, I'll tell her to come say hi"
"thanks dear, we miss the two of you" Sarah says, oddly I found myself thinking about the older couple myself. "hey" I turn towards Jo "make sure Mrs. Davis here is comfortable until we can get her in a room"
"ok, Dr. Torres"
"Dr. Wilson here will take good care of you" I smile "I trained her myself" I wink
"oh good" Sarah smiles
"I'll be back" I say turning to leave. I'm now standing at the nurse's station when I feel someone bump my hip "hey" I smile knowing only my wife would do that "hey" she says back, as I explain who the patient was, I could see the concern on my wife's face, but then she relaxed when I explain it was only her leg. I'm now leading her over to where I had just come from. The curtain is still open, and I see Sarah's face light up seeing Arizona. 'those two really connected' I smile Arizona and I needed some parental figures in our lives, with our parents living so far away. We might be in our 40's but you're never too old to need a parent.
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Arizona
Sarah's face lit up with excitement when she saw me. Jamie had the same reaction, made me wonder how they reacted to seeing Callie. "I was just thinking about you two" I smile
"she's done a lot of talking about the two of you too" Jamie says
"did you know I like unicorns?" Sarah says
"she also likes to fall off the bed" Callie says behind me laughing
"huh?" I say looking at my wife, as the other three women in the room laugh "Dr. Torres" I hear Jo's voice behind me "there's an O.R. open now if you want to get Mrs. Davis in"
"right, thanks Dr. Wilson" Callie turns to look at Sarah "guess I'm taking you in now, are you ready?"
"of course" she turns to Jamie "my doctor is hot" Jamie laughs and rolls her eyes, deciding to play along, I lean in close to Sarah's ear so I won't say it too loud, last thing I need is to embarrass my wife "she's also amazing in bed"
"I knew it" Sarah laughs, I look at Callie and wink "come on let's get you prepped" Callie says shaking her head. "just let me call and make sure Sofia is good and I'll wait with you" I say looking at Jamie who nods.
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Callie
Between this lady being on drugs and my wife egging her on, I know Arizona said it quietly but I heard what she said. I turn to my intern "get her up to prep, and I'll meet you in the O.R."
"right away Dr. Torres" that's what I like to hear. I turn and walk towards the elevators.
"Callie" I hear my name as I'm pressing the button on the elevator, "yeah" I turn around seeing Meredith "I just wanted to see how everything was going, you know with Sofia and" she pauses looking at me "and Sloan?" I ask I see her nod "everything is good actually, she's been a big help and Sofia loves her"
"ok" Meredith smiles, looking at her I realize we haven't talked since the day of the wedding "how about we get together soon and catch up" Christina may be her person but I am a close second, and outside of my wife, she's my best friend. "I'm on my way to the O.R."
"I heard you had a patient hitting on you" she laughs
"you remember me telling you about the couple we met on the cruise?" I see her nod "well it's them, or one of them"
"is she going to be ok?"
"yeah, just a shattered fibula" I say as the doors open, I go to step in and she follows "that's good" there was a moment of awkward silence, making me wonder what was really on Grey's mind. I don't have time to ask right now, knowing Meredith it would take her awhile to explain. "I'll call you later, maybe we can do it tonight" I see her nod, and hear her pager go off. "good thing I'm in the elevator" she laughs as the doors open "alright, later" I say as I step out
"later" I hear her say as the doors close "that was weird" I say out loud shaking my head as I enter the scrub room. Looking through the window at the nurses getting everything ready. I smile, this was our O.R. mine and Arizona's. Tying the mask behind my head I hear Wilson come in, she says something but I'm lost on my thoughts as I'm scrubbing in. Every surgeon has their own way of making sure they scrub in for the proper amount of time. I chose to sing a song I learned as a kid, concentrating on that, I wasn't listening to a word Wilson was saying. Repeating the song for the final time in my head. Once I'm done I shake my hands and turn towards her "sorry was" I nodded towards the sink, I see her smile under her mask and nod. I turn towards the door to the O.R. walking in the nurses put the gown and gloves on me "alright Sarah, let's get your leg back to normal"
"you can fix it right?" I hear the worry in her voice, I haven't known her all that long but I could tell this wasn't normal for her "yes, I can, and I will"
"she's an ortho goddess" Wilson says standing next to me "she once made cartilage out of water"
"not out of water, but we'll go with it" I laugh leaning closer to Sarah "I'll let you in on a secret" I dart my eyes around to see if anyone is close enough to hear "Arizona and I have done dirty stuff in this room"
"oh" she perks up "details" she says
"not right now" I smile and nod to the anesthesiologist to put her under "I'll see you in a few hours" I see her nod, as he puts the mask on her. I get myself into position, taking a deep breath, I loved my job, but I hate having to work on someone I know.
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Arizona
Finding Jamie in the waiting room, I could tell she was nervous. I knew the surgery would take hours, Callie is good at what she does, it just may take her awhile longer than most. Which is what makes her good. "hey"
"oh hi" the older woman smiles at me
"it's going to be a while would you like some coffee?" I ask hoping she would agree, as much as I wanted to wait with her I didn't want to sit in this room. "I'd love some" she smiles. I nod for her to follow me "now the coffee in the cafeteria sucks, but the cart on the first floor is amazing, I go there at least 2 times a day" I smile "but don't tell my wife, she already wonders what I spend money on" I wink trying to make the older woman relax. We are standing waiting for the elevator, as it opens it's surprisingly empty. I usher Jamie in and hit the button for the floor we needed "this hospital is huge, how do you find your way around"
"well" I laugh "I've been here awhile so it's easy now, but when I first started, it was" I let my mind wander back all those years ago "rather difficult"
"I'd say, I almost got lost trying to find the waiting room" I laugh knowing the truth behind it. The elevator stops and the doors open. I usher her out than down the hall to where the coffee cart was. placing our order, I pay, and nod for us to start walking. I really didn't want to go back to the waiting room. "why don't I show you around"
"a tour of a hospital just what I always wanted" she laughs
"hey we do a lot of cool things here, like" I pause knowing to her it probably didn't matter "well like save lives" I laugh
"gotcha doc" she laughs
"Robbins" I hear from behind us, I stop and turn seeing Richard "Richard" I smile
"I just wanted to see how Sofia was doing, and" he clears his throat "your other visitor"
"oh she's good, and Sloan is good too. Everyone is great" I smile looking over at Jamie "oh Richard let me introduce you to"
"Jamie Davis" he says looking over the older woman standing to my right
"Jamie this is Richard Webber, he's old and won't go away" I laugh
"watch it Robbins"
"it's Robbins-Torres" I say in a laugh this was how he and I were
"right" he says turning his attention to Jamie "Jamie Davis" he smiles
"that's me" Jamie says with a smile shaking her head, as Richard goes on and on about how he loves Jamie's music. This was a new side to the old man. In all the time I've known him, I have never seen him get star struck. I hear my pager sound, reaching down for it "sorry to break this up, but we have to go" I hear the it was good to meet you goodbyes from the two, as I lead Jamie to the elevators to the ICU.
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Callie
I've been at it for a couple hours now, when opening her up I saw the break wasn't as bad as the scan let on, which I was thankful for. 'Maybe now I could see my daughter before bed' I thought, 'or not' the monitors started going off "dammit, page Yang" I yell, out of the corner of my eye I see a nurse go to the phone, and a moment later Christina is standing in the doorway "you paged"
"help" I say looking at her I see her nod and head back to the scrub room, I'm frantically trying to get whatever has happened under control. Christina is now standing next to me "let me see" she pushes me out of the way, and a few seconds later the beeping stops "oh thank god" I let out in a breath. "how much more you got to do?" she asks
"um" I look at Wilson who shrugs "another hour or two"
"can it wait?" she looks at me, I assume I'm giving her a confused look "her heart needs a break from the anesthesia"
"yeah I guess it could" I look at Wilson "pack it and wrap it" she nods
"she'll be good to go in the morning" Christina says taking off her gloves and gown
"I can not lose this patient" I say quietly
"I know, and with waiting until tomorrow, you won't" I nod at her as she leaves
"you ok" Jo asks
"yeah, I just" I let out a long sigh "I may have only met her a few weeks ago but she's become a close friend"
"I get that" Jo smiles under her mask "she's good to go"
"ok let's get her to ICU and I'll go find her wife" I say looking at her "I'm sure my wife has dragged her on a tour of the hospital" I add ripping my mask off.
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Arizona
Confused as to why Callie had paged me to the ICU, when all Sarah was in surgery for was her leg. I wanted to keep happy thoughts, so I make small talk with Jamie until we reach the nurses station. Seeing Callie standing there with an iPad in her hand. "hey"
"hey" she says in a tone I know to be her 'it didn't go so well' I see her take a deep breath and turn to Jamie "she's right in here" she nods as we follow. I watch my wife closely, as she talks to our friend "we had a minor complication" I hear that, and my ears perk up "nothing to be too concerned about but I had to close and couldn't finish today" I hear Jamie ask a question but my mind was too focused on Callie. "we'll let her recover tonight and I'll go back in, in the morning"
"so she's ok?"
"she'll be waking up soon, in a lot of pain, we'll give her drugs for that" Callie says setting the iPad down on the table "you can stay with her"
"thanks" Jamie says reaching for Sarah's hand "we've been together so long, I can't imagine my life without her" I hear Callie whisper "I know that feeling" and looks at me. I give her a smile "anyway I'll leave you to it, if you need anything, anything at all call Arizona or I, or have someone page us" Callie adds.
"we don't live too far away maybe five minutes, ten if traffic is bad" I say trying to reassure Jamie that Sarah was in good hands.
"thank you both for everything" she looks at us "it sometimes bothers me that she's so out going and talks to random people, but as soon as we started talking I knew you two would be special" she moves towards us and wraps us both in a hug. Once she lets us go, we say our goodbyes and leave the room, I follow Callie to the nurses station and watch as she hands the iPad to the nurse "just let me change and I'll meet you at home" I look down and realize I'm still in my scrubs "I need to change too" she smiles at me, taking my hand in hers she places a soft kiss on my cheek "lead the way beautiful"
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Callie
Walking into the house, I could smell what I hoped was dinner, it was then that I realized I hadn't had much to eat that day. "good you're home, dinner is almost ready" Sloan pokes her head around the wall. "where's Sofia?" Arizona asks
"right here momma" Sofia's head pops up from the couch where she's reading a book, I watch as Arizona makes her way around the couch and sits down next to our daughter. Sloan appears with two glasses of wine, handing one to me and the other to Arizona "it'll be ready in like 5 minutes"
"it's like having a maid" Arizona laughs, I watch as she takes a sip of her wine, humming. 'She's so damn adorable when she does that'. I make my way into the kitchen "can I help with anything?"
"um" Sloan looks around "no I think I got it" she smiles at me.
"thank you for doing all this" I say making small talk
"it's my pleasure, I like being here getting to know my little sister" she says as she turns the burner off, picking up the pan and pouring the contents into a bowl. She then turns to me "Callie I want to thank you for letting me stay, I know me showing up here after so long has got to be hard"
"it was a shock, that's for sure" I say "but it's no problem letting you stay here, it's what Mark would have wanted" I see her nod, and give me a half smile, turning back around she calls for the other two occupants of the house.
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Arizona
The food was amazing, I don't know where Sloan learned to cook, but if she keeps cooking like this I'm going to end up fat. The conversation around the table was focused on Sofia and school. She and Zola were in the same class, and Sofia was loving it. Somehow my daughter and her best friend talked the teacher into letting them sit next to each other. She was explaining how this boy in her class had been picking on Zola, I found myself starting to get concerned until I hear Callie say "do you pick on anyone?"
"no, you taught me not to" Sofia said
"good" Callie said as our eyes meet, and we share a smile
"you know" Sloan says wiping her mouth "when I was your age, if a boy picked on me it meant he liked me"
"of course he likes Zola, who doesn't? She's awesome" she sings the word awesome, I smile, and I hear Callie laugh, I assume its at our daughters' peppy attitude which she obviously gets from me. She may not be blood relation to me, but she's a perfect cross between Callie, Mark and myself. "hey moms" she says
"yes" Callie answers for both of us
"I, um" she pauses "never mind"
"Sofia you know we don't like when you do that" I say "say what's on your mind" I look at Callie, we meet eyes and she gives me a half smile. In the past we have been bad at that, but since we got back together it's been better, we still hold stuff back, but not like before. "well I was wondering how you can tell if someone likes you, I mean like, likes you likes you" I hear Sloan let out a snicker. "Sofia you're 7 it's way too early for a boyfriend"
"eww I do not like boys" she says scrunching up her nose "they're icky"
"sing it" I laugh
"Arizona" Callie scolds me but we end up laughing
"boys aren't bad, eventually you'll end up liking them" Sloan says
"I don't think so" my daughter says "but how did you know you like mommy, momma" I hear Callie let out a laugh, it was almost a snort, as she set her fork down on her plate "yeah momma how did you know you liked me" she says looking at me, I shake my head, not wanting to answer this question, Sofia turns her attention to Callie "how did you know you wanted to marry momma instead of my dad?" I smile "this I want to hear"
"well" Callie says looking at me "your dad was awesome but he was my best friend"
"like me and Zola" Callie nods "like you and Zola"
"does that mean me and Zola are going to have a baby, like you and my dad had me?" Sloan and I laugh as Callie sits there looking dumbfounded, 'thank god this question was directed at her and not me. "well" Callie clears her throat "no" I cover up my laugh by taking a drink of my water. "you know a little help here would be nice" Callie says looking at me.
"I think you're doing a fine job at explaining it" I laugh setting the glass down on the table
"yeah Callie, keep going, I needed some entertainment" Sloan says repeating my action. I love watching my wife squirm like this, but I can tell she's out of her element, so I decide to save her "Sofia honey" I start "when having a baby you need two people who love each other"
"you and mommy love each other"
"we do very much"
"Beth at school said having two moms means you're lesbians" I hear the snickers around the table "what does that mean" 'this kid I swear'
"well it means that me and your mommy are both girls, who love each other very much"
"I love Zola" Sofia says "does that make me a lesbian?"
"maybe" Sloan says, Callie and I both give her the look we give Sofia when she says something she's not supposed to "what?" she asks "it's the truth it could mean that"
"she's not wrong" Callie laughs
"Sofia do you understand what the word gay means?" I ask
"no" I see my daughter shake her head "well it means that two people, of the same gender, two girls, like your mommy and I, or two boys love each other very much, when you are two girls, like your mommy and I, we are considered lesbians, but when it's two boys, it's considered gay, or just in general we are labeled gay" I start to ramble like I do when I get nervous.
"ok how about some ice cream" Callie says saving me from this conversation, before it got out of hand.
"yay ice cream" Sofia cheers
"help me take the dishes into the kitchen and we'll get it" Callie says to Sofia who eagerly stands collecting the dirty plates. Once they are gone, I let out a sigh of relief that conversation was over "you know" Sloan says "you never actually answered her question"
"I know" I laugh "but she's too young to have a boyfriend" I say letting out a sigh
"I don't think it's a boy she's asking about"
"oh" I say raising my eye brow
"when I picked her up from school today, she was sitting with a little blonde haired girl, and before she left she gave her a hug"
"she gives everyone hugs" I say, that was also something she got from me
"not like this" Sloan smiles "I've seen her give Zola a hug, this was different"
"you think my daughter is a lesbian?" I ask, as Callie and Sofia come back into the room with four bowls of ice cream.
"are you telling my momma about my hug with Sasha?" Sofia asked, Sloan nods
"who's Sasha?" Callie asks taking her seat
"a girl at school, she has two dads, like I have two moms, does that make her dads gay?" 'well at least we know she understood that concept "it does" Callie says
"everyone picks on her because they think she's weird but Zola and I invite her to sit and play with us" 'this conversation needs to be over with, I do not have the mental compacity to have it today' I though to myself taking a long drink of what I thought was my water but turns out I picked up my wine glass instead, not expecting the taste I almost choke on it, spitting it out all over the table and myself "shit" I say reaching for my napkin but it doesn't do any good.
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Well dinner was, entertaining, now I'm doing the dishes as my wife is in the shower getting cleaned up after spitting her wine everywhere. Once I am done, I notice the time "Sofia" I say coming out of the kitchen "it's time for bed, go brush your teeth and change. I'll be in, in a bit to tuck you in"
"I'll do it" Sloan says standing
"ok" Sofia says happily as she jumps up from the couch and runs up the stairs
"thanks" I say to Sloan as she follows her little sister. I make my way back into the kitchen for something to drink, not really wanting wine, when I could still smell it in the room, I opt for a bottle of water. It wasn't long before I feel a set of arms wrap around me, and a set of lips on my neck, leaning into it I let out a soft moan. As I feel my wife's hand run up the back of my head "you know I'm starting to really like this"
"you didn't like it at first?" I ask
"no, that's not what" I turn around and place a kiss on Arizona's lips stopping her rambling "I love you" I say softly "I… love you too" she smiles and kisses me again. We are broke out of our embrace by Sloan clearing her throat in the door way. We both turn to look at her, she was looking nervous "I, um, I was wondering if the three of us could talk" letting go of my wife we both nod and head into the living room. Arizona and I take our seats on the couch and Sloan on the chair. I could see she was nervous. "so" she lets out in a breath "I realize I should have told you both this when I first showed up but" she paused "I couldn't find the right words, and well once I explain it I think you'll understand" Arizona and I are both looking at the younger woman with confusion written all over our faces.
"I'm married" she says making eye contact with me "the man I married is, well" she stopped. Thinking I know where she's going with this I look closer at her. Seeing a deep scar above her right eye, I cock my head to the side "he beat you?" I see her nod, and look down "amongst other things" she says softly "I'm sorry I didn't' know how to bring it up" she says not making eye contact with either of us, but I could tell she was trying to hold back the tears. Arizona stands, walking over to the chair and wraps her arms around her. "we'll protect you" I hear her say
"I hope you can"
"why are you telling us this now?" I ask concerned
"I ran away" she says "in the middle of the night, he was passed out after drinking, I took all the money out of his wallet and took off. I'm lucky I even have the little bit of clothes I do"
"do you need anything?"
"a safe place, which you have given me" she looks up meeting my eyes "I think he may have found me" she says as she starts to sob.