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Chapter 13 (20 years later)
Arizona
My eyes pop open, which means I actually fell asleep, I was too excited, I turn to check the time and hear an annoyed voice say "it's not time to get up go back to sleep"
"but I can't sleep, our baby starts her internship today" I say excitedly
"Arizona" Callie sighs, as she moves to face me. The sun was just barely showing signs of being up "go back to sleep"
"I can't" I say leaning over kissing my wife "you sleep I'll get up"
"fine" she huffs then rolls over, next thing I know I'm hearing her softly snoring. Shaking my head I reach for my prosthetic, you'd think after 20 plus years they'd come up with something that didn't need to come off every night, or maybe something a little more comfortable, I mean I suppose I could sleep with it on, but by the time I get home from work I just want it off. I make my way to the bathroom closing the door as quietly as I can, I let out a little squeal "Arizona" I hear from the bedroom. "damn she's grumpy today" I laugh, I'm just too excited. I finish up in the bathroom and make my way to the kitchen. Deciding Sofia needs a good breakfast before her first day. Looking at the clock on the stove, it wasn't even 5 yet. "no wonder Callie has an attitude" I shrug and turn the coffee pot on. Looking through the junk drawer I find my not so hidden stash of cigarettes, Callie hated it when I smoked, but she understood sometimes I just needed one, I didn't smoke all that often anymore. Hardly ever, I had quit up until Sofia left for college, we were out with Jamie and Sarah, and Jamie had invited me outside with her to have one. Callie had an attitude when I came home the next day smelling like an ashtray, but she got over it. Anyway, Sofia was starting her internship at Grey Sloan today. I was so happy when she and Zola decided to go to med school. Not so happy they decided to go back east to do so, but they are both home now. I smile as I flick my lighter and take my first drag, letting the smoke out of my lungs in a sigh.
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Callie
I hear the door to our room close and let out a sigh, my wife was driving me crazy. Don't get me wrong I'm excited for Sofia's first day of work but it's Sofia's day to be excited for not ours. Rolling over I see the clock, and let out a groan, it was way too early to be awake. I must have dozed off again, as I'm woken up by the smell of coffee. Looking at the clock again I let out another groan, I decide to just get up.
Walking into the kitchen about to give Arizona shit, I see my girls sitting at the table eating breakfast. Shaking my head, I make my way to the coffee pot. It was going to be along day, I could already tell.
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Sofia
The day was finally here, today I start my internship at Grey Sloan, the hospital I grew up in. I had come with my moms, pretty sure they were just as nervous as I am, or maybe they were just excited to have me home again, Zola and I had both gone back east for college and med school, it was hard being away from our families, but we knew we would both be back once it was done. Before we even left for college we talked to Auntie Miranda, and already secured spots for ourselves, because where else would we want to go? Although we both left the news as a surprise, the last year my momma, yes I still called her momma even though I was in my twenties, kept hounding me about where I was going to do my internship, but I kept my secret. It wasn't until after our graduation when we finally decided to tell everyone. Everyone, and I mean everyone had flown across the country to see Zola and I graduate. When we walked into the room and saw the first few rows full of our family we both couldn't do nothing but laugh. Zola made a joke about it being our cheering section, they had done this when we graduated high school too, so I was expecting it. After the ceremony was done we went for dinner, that was where Zola and I told them we were coming home. I was still surprised that auntie Miranda kept it quiet.
Pulling up in the parking lot of the hospital, in the back seat of my moms car, I had all sorts of emotions. "you ready honey?" I hear my momma's voice ask from the front passenger seat
"um" I clear my throat, looking into her blue eyes that shined with pride for me "yes" I smile as the three of us get out of the car. I trailed behind them, just taking in my surroundings, I hadn't been home in a while, and I'd only been back a few days, which gave me hardly enough time to unpack. I'm standing in the middle of the parking lot, staring at the sign that read Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, trying not to let my nerves get the better of me, when I feel someone hip bump me. "hey" I smile
"hey yourself" Zola smiled "we going to stand here all day or are we going to become doctors?"
"Zo, we're already doctors" I laugh
"well let's go practice medicine then" she reaches for my arm pulling me towards the doors. I was half expecting our 'cheering squad' to be inside waiting, thanking god when no one was there. "come on" Zola says leading me to the intern locker room, where we would get our light blue scrubs and jackets. After changing Zola and I took a few pictures sending them off to our friends from school. There was about twenty of us interns, all nervously excited to start our first day. Everyone was chatting with each other when the door opened and in stepped Richard. Zola and I never called him uncle or anything it was always either Richard or Dr Webber, to Zola he was more like her grandpa, but me, he was an uncle just like Alex or Jackson. "alright listen up" Richards voice boomed in the room, as everyone went quiet "I'm Dr. Webber, and today you will become doctors, now if you'll all follow me" he turns to leave the room. Zola smiles at me, as we join the group on our first official tour of the hospital that we both grew up in.
"each of you of you comes here today hopeful, wanting in on the game" he pauses as we round the corner to the OR "a month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors" he opens the door to the OR, "today, you are the doctors" he stops talking while we all file in the room, the one place I haven't been in this hospital is in the OR, well not on the table that was. Looking around I was in awe, as Richard continued to talk "the seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life, you will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you say hello to your competition, 8 of you will switch to an easier specialty 5 of you will crack under the pressure, 2 of you will be asked to leave, this is your starting line, this is your arena. How well you play, that's up to you" he then leads us out of the room. "normally you are assigned to residents, but this year there wasn't enough, so some of you will be with attendings"
"god I hope I'm not with one of my moms" I whisper to Zola
"I don't know I think it'd be cool to work under one of them" Zola smiles "think about it, being in on one of your momma's surgeries, saving a baby before it's even born, how awesome is that"
"well let's hope you get her then" I bump her hip, and laugh as we come around the corner "and there they are" our playful banter turns into embarrassment as all of the hospital staff is standing in front of us cheering. "this is so embarrassing"
"they're just proud of you" Richard says coming up behind us "and so am I" he winks.
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Arizona
I was so excited, I could hardly contain myself "Arizona calm down" Callie says laughing at me I don't know how she could be so calm, Meredith too. I'm sure Mark would be just as excited as I am if he were here. What am I thinking? He is here, he's always here. "here they come" April says just as excited as I am "at least someone shares my excitement" I say moving away from Callie pulling out my phone. Maggie and I both had agreed to take on some interns this year. Although we hadn't gotten any names yet, I assumed Bailey did that because Sofia and Zola were both in the group. I couldn't hear myself think anymore, as the group of new interns came into view "oh my god" I say, Callie is standing next to me now "look how adorable they look in scrubs"
"Arizona you really need to calm down" Meredith laughs at me although I could see the unshed tears in her eyes. Looking into my wife's I saw the same, they were just as proud as I was of our daughters. "alright listen up" Richard says "when I call your name you will meet your resident"
"I can't wait to see who I get" Maggie says, she and I shared the same enthusiasm, which is why we both agreed to this. "Robbins" I hear Richard say, and I step forward "Grey-Shepard, Taylor, Williams, and Sloan"
"Sloan?" I say looking at Callie who shrugged "she has three last names and she went with Sloan?"
"it's her name" Callie says kissing my cheek "I have to go, I'll see you for lunch" she turns and leaves
"hmm" I say looking at the four new faces "alright I'm Dr. Robbins, head of fetal surgery, I'm double certified in Peds, which is where we will spend most of our time" Alex appears next to me "this is Dr. Karev, who is the head of Peds, if you need someone and I am not around, he's who you find" I dig into my pockets "here are your pagers" I say handing them out once I got to Sofia she doesn't make eye contact with me "keep them on at all times, you get paged a 911, you run, you always run for 911, I don't care if you're in the bathroom, you run"
"what if we are in the middle of taking a big ol douce?" the one male of the group asks with a completely straight face
"what's your name?" I ask trying to come off as hardcore
"Williams mam" he stands all proud of himself
"Williams" I say looking at Alex who says "then you pinch it off and run" they laugh "alright Dr. Karev has a case for you, if you'll follow him" I say taking a deep breath "Dr. Sloan a word?" I say wanting a moment alone with my daughter.
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Sofia
When my name was called for my momma's group I cringed, that was the last thing I wanted, but being in the same group as Zola will help "looks like you got what you wanted"
"hell yeah I did" she smiles as she clips her pager to her scrub pants, I'm not paying attention while my momma talks, I've heard it all before anyway, and I'm sure she's freaking out over the fact that I chose to use my dad's last name. I hear her say something about a case with my uncle Alex as we start to follow him "Dr. Sloan, a word?"
"fuck" I say quietly to Zola
"you're fine" she smiles at me and runs to catch up. I clear my throat "hi" I say not meeting her eyes "I just wanted to say I'm proud of you"
"what?" I say meeting her eyes, she smiles "I'm proud of you for picking your dad's last name, although a little heads up would have been nice"
"I'm sorry momma" I say "I know I should have said something but"
"I get it" she winks, and pulls me in for a hug "but from this point on when we are in these four walls I am Dr. Robbins"
"right Dr. Robbins" I laugh remembering a time when I was younger and I called both my moms by their doctor names instead of mom or momma. "you got this baby" she whispers and links her arm through mine "come on Alex has this cool case, and I'm so excited you're here for it" she says leading me off to find the rest of the group.
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Callie
I was sitting at our usual table in the cafeteria with Meredith and Maggie "how do you think they're doing?" I ask, to be honest I was just as excited as Arizona, but I didn't want to let it show.
"mine are nervous" Maggie says putting a forkful of her salad in her mouth
"you looked shocked when Richard called Sofia's name" Meredith pointed out
"she didn't tell us what name she was using, I guess I just assumed she'd go with Torres" I shrug to be honest I was a little disappointed, but the fact that she went with Mark's name, I knew he'd be proud "but I think Arizona was more than me"
"I was what?" Arizona asked, setting her tray on the table and sitting down
"surprised that Sofia used Mark's last name" Maggie says
"I was" she says looking at me "but I'm proud of her" she smiles as she takes a bite of a carrot. I've seen her do that a million times by this point, but it still has the same effect on me. Biting down my arousal, and the urge to take my wife to an on-call room, I just smile. Arizona leaned over whispering "I know what you're thinking Calliope, and not today" I let out a laugh we are in our 60's now and still having the same thoughts as we did when we were in our 30's. I kiss her cheek "later than" I whisper
"eww don't do that here" I hear Sofia say
"I'll kiss my wife wherever I want" I say reaching up turning Arizona's head and placed a sloppy wet kiss on her lips
"ugh you two are so embarrassing" Sofia rolls her eyes laughing
"you think that's bad, you should have seen them when they first got together" Meredith says laughing
"they were so disgusting" Alex says, setting his tray down. I see Sofia roll her eyes and walk away
"we weren't disgusting" Arizona says protesting
"uh yeah you were" Alex says taking a bite of his sandwich
"I think we may have been just a little" I laugh holding up my fingers in emphasis
"leave them alone" Meredith says "I thought it was cute"
"yeah ok" Alex says with his mouthful, and as always a pager sounds at the table "that's me" I say standing up leaning down kissing Arizona on the cheek "I'll see you later love you"
"love you" she says not taking her attention away from her food.
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Sofia
It was only lunch time and I was already beat, after giving my mom's shit about making out in the cafeteria, I slump down on a chair, at a table with Zola. "are you as tired as I am?"
"a little but it's exciting" she smiles at me
"yeah it is" I look up meeting the brown eyes of my best friend. We have been inseparable since we were kids. Since I didn't have any siblings Zola was all I had, we are lost in our bestie talk when we hear a tray set down on the table. We both look up and see Taylor, the other intern who is with us "hi, I'm sorry do you mind if I join you?" she asks nervously
"not at all" Zola smiles
"thanks, I feel like it's the first day of high school and I'm the new kid" she laughs as she pulls the chair out and sits "I'm Lauren"
"I'm Sofia" I smile, as Zola says her name
"awesome" she smiles, picking up her fork moving her salad around in the bowl "I hate how they put all this shit in salads, I mean I get the tomatoes but why onions and green peppers and" she pausing holding up something that was yellow "what is this" Zola and I laugh
"I think it's a jalapeno" I say, knowing it was, I've seen the salad in this place more than enough times to know what was in it, this hospital hasn't changed since I can remember
"why the hell would they put that in there" she asks while flicking something else onto the tray and out of her food. I shrug, taking a bite of my sandwich. I could already tell I liked this girl. "hey did you hear we have two interns who's parents work here" she says not taking her eyes off her food. Zola and I look at each other and laugh. She obviously hadn't heard Zola's last name, or maybe she didn't put it together. I mean Amelia was head of neurology with the last name Shepherd and Meredith was, well Dr. Grey. We did not say anything, just let out a little laugh "and oh my god, Dr. Robbins is hot, I can't believe she's our teacher" I'm now laughing, as she looks up "what's so funny?" I look at Zola and give her a look. We could read each other's mind, I see Zola look around the room, her eyes landing on the table our parents are at. Lauren follows her line of sight, where my mom is kissing my momma on the cheek like she often did before leaving. "oh my god are they together?" she says in a surprised tone
"yeah, they been married for" Zola says laughing looking at me, I'm mentally trying to do the math in my head if you didn't count the time in New York, which I hardly remember "almost 30 years" I say proudly.
"wow, you're very knowledgeable" she smiles
"well" I shrug and see Zola smile "so" she clears her throat deciding now is the time to tell our new friend who we were exactly "I'm Dr. Grey-Shepard" she makes emphasis on Grey "Sofia's name is actually Robbin Sloan Torres" we wait a minute for it to sink in "oh my god, you two are the" she stops not wanting to make a fool of herself. We both laugh and nod. "so this hospital is named after the two of you?" Zola and I look at each other and with a frown on my face "it's named after my dad and Zola's aunt, who both died in a plane crash"
"oh I'm so sorry" she says the look on her face I could tell she meant it "I lost both my parents when I was 10, a car accident, my grandma raised me" she says with sadness in her tone.
"I'm sorry" I say reaching across the table to touch her hand. We are all quiet as we finish our lunch. Walking back to the Peds floor, Williams, I'm not sure of his first name, jumps in the elevator with us "hey did you guys hear Dr. Robbins has a fake leg?" this guy was reminding me of stories I have heard about my uncle Alex when he first started. "um ok" I say, I didn't think it was a good idea to tell him that she was my mom. "yeah, and she's married to Dr. Torres, it's a shame"
"why you say it like that?" I say wanting to punch him
"well Robbins is like super hot, I'd tap that"
"dude you know she's old enough to be your mom right?" Zola says seeing how uncomfortable this conversation was making me
"I'd still make her call my name in an on-call room" he smirks
"dude just shut up" Lauren says, as the elevator opens we let him go first "he's a fucking idiot"
"apparently" Zola says rolling her eyes, as we make our way out of the elevator passing the bathroom, I realize I needed to use it "I'll meet you guys there I have to go to the bathroom" I say seeing Zola nod and continued walking. I push open the door, thanking god it was empty, I let out a deep sigh, I'm glad I came home, but this was going to be hard once everyone found out who I was. Shaking my head I go into the stall and do my business, I'm now standing at the sink washing my hands when I hear the door open. Looking up in the mirror my eyes lock with a set of blue "hi" she smiles
"um hi" I say a little nervous
"I, um" she pauses "I'm sorry about what I said at lunch, I know you and" she pauses not remembering Zola's name "Zola" I smile
"Zola, I'll have to remember that" she smiles again "I know this can't be easy"
"not really" I shrug reaching for the towel dispenser "but we chose to come home" I smile
"right" I look at her she's rocking back and forth on her feet, like she was trying to get up the nerve to ask me something "is there something you needed?"
"um" she says not making eye contact with me "Lauren" I say softly
"I was um" she cleared her throat "would you like to have dinner with me sometime?" my eyes must have popped out of my head 'was she really asking me on a date? We just met, how does she know I'm even into women?' are the thoughts that are running through my head. I realize I never answered her when she says "sorry, I just thought"
"how about we get through this week and we'll talk more" I give her a reassuring smile, and reach out to touch her arm. Truth is I am into women and men, just like my mom. Of course I haven't told my parents that, but I did date a few girls back in college, nothing serious obviously.
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Arizona
I see two of my interns headed down the hallway after lunch, wondering where my daughter and Taylor was. I make eye contact with Zola "bathroom" she mouths and I nod, reaching for an iPad, "it's not that exciting today, so" I say seeing Sofia and Taylor are back with us "Dr. Sloan, good of you to join us"
"I was um" I see her squirm, this was going to be fun "bathroom" she says quietly, I force down a laugh, this was so Callie standing in front of me. "alright" I smile "as I was saying, its not that exciting here today" I hand the iPad back to the nurse
"what happened with Dr. Karev's cool case from this morning" Williams asks
"I'm not sure" I look around "why don't you guys go find out" I nod my head in the direction of the hall
"sweet" he says and heads down the hall, I watch as Sofia reaches for Zola's arm and nods to a room. "hmm wonder what that's about" I say to myself, and turn making my way in the other directions. Walking down the hallways I see my wife, making her way towards me. "well hello Dr. Torres" I say in what I hope is a flirty voice.
"Dr. Robbins" she smiles, god she's sexy, reaching for her arm, I pull her into the nearest on call room, once the door is shut I push her up against it, as our lips crash together. She pushes me off the door and to the nearest bed, softly laying me down. We aren't as reckless as we used to be, but we still got it for two old people. Callie is hovering over me, I look up, in the dim room, all I can see are her eyes sparkling back at me. I don't know how many times we've been in this same position in this room, she's not moving just staring at me. "what's wrong?"
"nothing" she says I see her smile
"Calliope" I say softly, reaching up to move some hair out of her face.
"Arizona" she says mocking me, then leans down to kiss me "nothing is wrong" I let out a moan as her hand travels to the place I need her the most. I've heard that once you hit 60 the sex tends to slow down, but for us I think it just got better. I feel her reach for the string on my scrub pants when a pager blares through the room. "urgh"
"who's is it?" she asks
"mine" I say in a whine, as she climbs off me, and hers is now going off. Life of a surgeon is never dull. "big trauma coming in" she says reading her page. I sit up on the bed and reached for mine, which said the same. She leans over kissing me one last time, then helps me up.
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Callie
I really wanted to finish what we had started in that on call room. With Sofia coming home we've been busy getting the house in order, and haven't had time for sexy time in a while. All work and no play meant I was pent up. It wasn't a lie when Arizona asked me what was wrong, nothing is wrong, I just miss being with my wife. Letting out a sigh as I tie on the trauma gown, April is spitting out orders. I have to bite back a laugh remembering when Karev used to give her shit about her voice. I hear Arizona behind me telling the new interns what was happening, since the first rig wasn't here yet we had some time. I turn around caching a glimpse, of the younger blonde eyeing my daughter. At first I thought it was jealousy, but as I moved closer I could tell she was checking her out. I smile, Sofia didn't know it but we knew she was into women. I mean come on, she's a mini version of me. I wouldn't be surprised if she ended up in ortho just like me. Meeting Arizona's eyes, I smile and wink at her, the same smile on her face. "it's here" April calls out.
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Sofia
Plopping down on a chair in the cafeteria, I let out a sigh as Zola does the same "ok now I'm beat" she laughs
"only 24 more hours to go" I say in what I hope is a cheerful tone. My moms had left around 6 the night before and it was coming up on 6 am.
"I don't know how our mom's do this" Zola whines "I don't think I've ever been this tired"
"remember when we stayed up all weekend watching that show" I laugh
"oh my god, your moms were so pissed at us" she laughs
"hey they should have been happy we weren't like the rest of the teenagers and out drinking and having sex"
"instead we camped out in your basement with a bunch of junk food and the tv"
"we wouldn't have been so pissed if you would have cleaned up after yourselves" a voice says behind me, I tense up knowing it was my mom. I see Zola laugh, that was so long ago I'm surprised she remembered it "hi mom" I smile
"hi honey, how was your night" she smiles handing me and Zola both a cup of coffee
"long" I say taking a drink of the delicious beverage "why are you here so early?"
"have surgery at 7, you two want to scrub in?" she smiles I could tell she was hoping I would agree
"I'm good, I'm not that into bones" Zola smiles taking a sip of her coffee "thanks though" she holds up the cup.
"Sof?" she says looking at me
"sure why not" surgery with my mom, something I've always wanted to do. To be honest I was thinking about going into ortho, but I have not told her yet. I at least wanted to make it through my intern year before I declared that. Although I remember her telling me that she knew what she wanted in her intern year. I see her smile "alright OR 2 at 7" she says and turns to walk away.
"surgery with your mom" Zola laughs at me
"its what a kid always wanted"
"a kid of a surgeon that is" Zola laughed "I'm actually kind of hoping my mom will let me in on one" Zola wasn't sure what she wanted to do yet. Hearing stories about all the specialties she was torn on what to go into. "so did you decide what you're going to do about Lauren yet?"
"hmm" I hum, "no, not yet" I take a drink of my coffee "what do you think I should do?" I ask feeling my pager go off, looking at it, I see it's a page from my mom telling me the surgery got changed to OR 4. "just mom the OR got changed" I smile, and stand Zola mimics my actions as we make our way out of the cafeteria to the elevators. "so" I say still wanting her opinion on what to do about Lauren.
"I think you should go for it" she smiles "my mom met my dad on her first day" she shrugged I smile remembering Meredith telling the story about how her and Derek met. "hmm" I hum again, something I picked up from my momma "ok" I smile as we reach the elevators she heads towards the pit and I head inside the elevator.
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Arizona
Getting out of the shower I notice I have a message from my wife "got Sofia in surgery this morning, so you're down an intern" I smile knowing Callie really wanted Sofia to go into ortho. I send a quick reply of "ok" and finish about getting ready.
The hospital was quiet when I walked in, something didn't feel right. Looking around I didn't see anyone. "Its still early" I tell myself. It was also kind of weird I was coming in alone, normally Callie and I would drive in together, but with her having surgery she was up and out the door before my alarm even sounded this morning. Hitting the button on the elevator I start humming along with the song that was playing. The elevator opens and I see my intern, Taylor standing there. Remembering what Callie had told me she had seen yesterday, I smile and step in "Dr. Taylor"
"good morning Dr. Robbins" she smiles
"how was your first night?" I say making small talk
"long" she says letting out a breath "I'm not used to being up all night"
"you'll get used to it" I smile "and you'll learn when you have time you try and nap, 48 hours is long"
"less than 24 to go" she smiles
"that's the right attitude to have" I smile "where is the rest of the clan?" I ask knowing where Sofia was but I wasn't sure where Zola, and the other, what was his name "well I'm not sure where Sloan is, but I ran into Grey-Shepard just a bit ago, she was headed to the pit" she says
"Sloan is in surgery with Dr. Torres" I smile, although it felt weird to say Mark's last name and surgery in the same sentence. I watch as the mention of my daughter brought a smile to her face. "you know she's my daughter right?"
"I, I," she clears her throat "yes mam" she says looking down at the floor
"I don't know what is going on, if anything, but I'm very protective of those I love" I say
"I understand" she says not making eye contact with me
"so is there anything going on?" I ask
"I um" she clears her throat "I asked her to dinner"
"dinner like a date?"
"yes mam" she nods finally looking up at me, I swear I could see her shiver because she was so nervous. I didn't realize I was that intimidating. With a smile on my face "well what did she say?"
"um, that, um, that she wanted to get through this week and then we'd talk about it" I nod looking at her, she reminded me of myself way back when. On closer inspection, I see she's got dimples just like me. "Dr. Taylor, who are your parents" I ask
"um" I see her take a deep breath "my parents both died when I was young"
"hmm" I say
"my grandma raised me" she says quietly
"where are you from?" I ask I don't know why I'm being so nosey,
"Missouri" she says "a town outside of St. Louis"
"no way" I say looking at her with a smile "I'm from there, well technically not there we moved a lot being a military family, but I graduated high school in Colombia, my parents still live there "
"crazy" she says quietly, I see her relax a bit when the doors open "meet me in Peds in fifteen" I see her nod as I step out and head towards my office.
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Callie
This was awesome, having Sofia in the OR with me. "so" I say as I run a screw into the plate I was putting in. "tell me about that cute intern"
"um, what?"
"that cute blonde intern, I saw the way she was checking you out"
"mom"
"it's Dr. Torres" I smile under my mask meeting my daughter's eyes
"well, if you're Dr. Torres, then you're way out of line here" she throws back at me
"ugh, fine" I laugh setting down the drill, and looking at my work "you want to come see this?"
"ok" Sofia moves closer, asking all the right questions, as a mom I'm beaming inside, with the questions she was asking I had a feeling she was interested in ortho. "how's your sutures?"
"good, I've been working on it since I was a kid" she says proudly
"damn right you have" I smile again stepping back "now get over here and close, because we are done"
"seriously?"
"yes seriously" I roll my eyes, "god you act like your mom sometimes"
"well" I see her shrug and we both laugh, I watch as she closes "she asked me out" Sofia says out of no where
"who did?" I was confused, the last person we talked about was Arizona
"Lauren" Sofia says not taking her eyes off the tie she was doing
"oh" I say lifting an eyebrow
"I'm not sure what to do, Zola says I should go for it, but I'm not sure if now is a good time to date anyone"
"so you're interested?"
"yes mom" she stops what she is doing to make eye contact with me "I am interested"
"so then go for it, I mean it's just a date"
"but what if it doesn't work out, we have to work with each other"
"Sofia, you can't think like that, if I would have thought like that your mom and I wouldn't be together today" I see her nod "I'm done" I look down at the sutures "maybe you should go into plastics" I laugh
"maybe" she laughs
"your dad would be proud"
"yeah" she says as I reach for the bandages to get the man on the table back to his room.
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Sofia
That was fun, surgery with my mom. I have always loved working beside her, rather it be in the yard or cooking. Watching as she used her own force to put the bone back together, I was in awe. Yes this is what I wanted to do. Her comment about plastics made me laugh, my dad would be proud if I went that way, but no the more I watched mom work on that bone, the more I knew that ortho was the way to go. I'm now on my way to find my momma, and the rest of my group. I see my momma up ahead leaning on the nurses station. She looks up and smiles "Dr. Sloan, how was surgery?"
"awesome" I smile
"that's awesome" she smiles back at me handing the iPad she had to the nurse "walk with me Sof"
"um ok" I say following her "where are we going?"
"coffee" she says with a wink "I figured you might need some after spending 4 hours standing in that OR"
"she let me close" I say smiling
"I knew she would" she winks at me "are you thinking about ortho? I mean I know you haven't decided yet, but"
"don't be disappointed, but yes I am" she stops walking, reaching for my arm "Sofia honey, nothing you could ever do would disappoint me. flipping a switch here, I'm now your mom" she says to me "whatever you decide to do your mom and I will be proud of you"
"even if I decide to go on a date with a woman?" I ask not sure why I just blurted that out, I hear her laugh "even if you decide to go on a date with Lauren"
"how did you?" I didn't even get to finish my question "your mom saw her eyeing you up yesterday"
"hmm" I hum shaking my head
"why didn't you tell us you were into women?"
"it never came up" I shrug, this was the last conversation I wanted to have
"hmm, well lets get that coffee" she says putting her arm around me as we walked.
Well there it is... What did you think? Thanks for reading.