Disclaimer: The characters in this story are not mine and belong to Grey's Anatomy.

AN: I'm really, really sorry that chapter took me so long, but I needed to find a beta, and fortunately, kittiemitens, did a hard job trying to fix my errors here and chapter one, and I know that isn't so easy... I'm very grateful to her. But any error in this chapter is mine because English is not my first language, I'm sorry, and I would truly appreciate any constructive input that may help further my storytelling.

AN2: Thank you very much to all who despite my mistakes kept reading this story, thank you for the reviews, followers, alerts and the pm... Thank you very much.

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The murmur was constant. The dining room was packed full of doctors. The lunch time is when they can be relaxed and they make the most of their time. To eat, chat, and to just being there until they're called. All pressure to save lives is forgotten there.

Arizona and Teddy were having lunch together like they do every time their schedules allow it.

"I heard you lost your patient."

"Yeah..." Teddy sighed. No matter how many lives they lost, the frustration was always the same.

"Can I..." Callie asked pointing to the empty chair at the table.

"Of course, you don't need to ask." Arizona said smiling at her.

A week had passed since Callie arrived and even when their timetable was different, Callie managed to spend time with Arizona every day, and she seemed to enjoy it.

Callie smiled back. "I wanted to thank you for today."

"No, thank you, really, the surgery was a success because of you."

"Wait, did you operate together?" Teddy asked confused. "I thought you couldn't do the regular surgeries here?"

"Well, actually it's supposed -" Before Callie could finish her answer, Arizona interrupted.

"I needed an orthopedic surgeon; we had a car crash. A little boy had several internal wounds and a severed arm, but our head of ortho wasn't available and there was no way I was going to allow a resident to do that surgery... so I asked the chief and he agreed."

"And how was it?" Teddy said looking at Callie.

"It was good, thank you."

"Good?!, Callie it was great!". Arizona said excitedly. She continued talking to Teddy. "Dr. Torres was incredible. I didn't need to talk at all in the OR; she seemed to know all my moves, even before I did. Not even you can do that... we had a connection there." Teddy looked out of the corner of her eye at Callie. "And what she did there... was awesome... We need someone like her here." Callie flushed, she had heard Arizona praising her before, but when they were girlfriend, and she always thought that was the reason, and now, hearing Arizona talk about her in that way was touching. "Callie is awesome, Teddy."

"Awesome, Arizona? Since when you use that word?" Teddy asked and Callie couldn't help but smile. At that moment, the woman in front of her was Arizona, the old Arizona. The woman she missed so much.

Arizona just shrugged and smiled. "I don't know... since now?"

"Mmm, ok..." Teddy stood up. "Well ladies, I have a surgery in twenty minutes, I have to go." She looked at Callie. "Good bye awesome Dr. Torres," she teased.

"Good bye Dr. Altman."

When Teddy was a few steps away, she turned to look at Arizona. "Arizona?"

"Yeah?"

"Don't forget to take your medication."

"I won't, mom..."

"Very funny..."

"How's Sofia?" Arizona asked.

Callie smiled. "She is fine, thank you. She misses her father, but she's good. By the way, she asks about you too."

"She's gorgeous. Will your husband come soon?"

"What? Oh, no, I'm not married," Callie clarified. "Mark is my best friend, we were drunk and…" It wasn't usual that she explain it about Sofia's conception, but she needed that Arizona didn't think that she was married, and she wished that Arizona could know the truth, not because she needed o she was cared about that right now, but that, for Callie was a huge burden that she needed to tell Arizona, even when she wasn't the Arizona how needed to know it.

"Sorry, I shouldn't ask," Arizona seemed ashamed.

"It's ok; really, you just ask whatever you want to know. He is coming tonight to pick up Sof."

"Will she go back Seattle?"

"Oh, no...Just for the weekend. I couldn't be away from Sofia too long."

"I guess so," Arizona smiled, but Callie could see the sadness in her eyes.

Before a few seconds in silence, Callie asked.

"She is a good friend to you, isn't she?"

"What?" Arizona was taken off guard by the question.

"Teddy, I mean, is she a good friend to you..."

"Yea, she's the best."

Callie smiled sadly. "It's good to have someone who takes care of us."

"Yes... but it isn't fair for her. She shouldn't have to worry about me... she needs a life without all my issues... Do you know what I'm saying?"

"Yea, I do."

"Of course you know..." Arizona sighed.

"She's happy to do it... So many people would love to that for you."

Arizona laughed. "I'm sure..."

"Arizona, can I ask you something?" Arizona nodded. "Do you ever want to know about your past?"

"No." Her answer was emphatic. "I have nothing there that I want to remember."

"But maybe if you know some things about your past..."

"No. Look, Callie, I don't know what you know, but I have a brain tumor. I don't have a cold... so I can die anytime and I don't want anybody suffering, okay? I can't remember, that means that someone would tell me about our relationship or our feelings and that will be just words to me... Do you know how terrible it is? Because is awful to feel the pressure that someone tell love you and you don't feel anything at all. "

"What if somebody wants to be with you and you...?"

Before Callie could finish Arizona continued. "Besides, I'm not an idiot, you know?"

"Arizona, I'm not-"

"Do you think that I don't know that I have nobody in my life? If I had parents or a husband...they would be here with me, but I have just Teddy. It's okay, I don't need anyone else." Callie noticed the anger in Arizona's voice.

"Arizona, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to offend you."

"It's okay, never mind. It's just I don't like talking about it. Actually, I don't know why I'm talking to you about this..." Arizona never talked about her life and she definitely wasn't going to with someone she barely knew.

"Maybe you'll need it one day... I mean to talk about it, and I'll be here for you."

Arizona lowered her head into her hands. "I'm afraid," She said, faltering her words. "I don't know what I'll find... and that scares me... I know I asked Teddy to not tell me about my past, so it wouldn't be weird... or sad or... I don't know... but on the other hand, I feel empty, this isn't my life... the only light in my life are my patients, but what will happen when I won't be able to operate anymore?, I... I'll "she couldn't finish; she had a lump in her throat.

"Hey, hey... look at me..." Arizona didn't move, so Callie took her hand. "Arizona... sweetie..." Arizona looked up at her, and immediately felt her hand between Callie's. That was a very strange feeling, she didn't know Callie, but it felt so good... "Everything will be ok, do you hear me?"

Arizona looked Callie in the eyes. "You don't... you don't know that."

Callie smiled. "I do know, trust me." Arizona smiled back while their hands stayed together.

"Hello, Arizona."

Suddenly a male voice broke the silence between them. Both turned their heads to look at who was standing in front the table, although Arizona already knew who he was.

"Adam?" She said jumping from the chair and embracing tightly the man. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I was missing you and decided to come to visit you. How'd I do?" He said joking with Arizona while Callie was watching the scene, feeling a little jealous.

"Of course not, silly. I'm happy you're here."

Callie couldn't help but wish that the embrace will finish soon. Who was that man that was so near to Arizona, why did he have his arms around her? And why did Arizona seemed so happy? She wanted Arizona to be happy, but she wanted Arizona in her arms not someone else's. She was consumed with jealousy, she needed to stop. She cleared her throat, trying to break the moment between Arizona and that man, who although she didn't know him, she already hated him.

"Oh, Adam, this is Dr. Torres," Arizona pointed at Callie.

"Dr. Torres," He repeated slowly, and Callie offered her hand to him. "I'm Dr. Boyd."

"Nice to meet you" Callie said with a fake smile on her face. If she thought she hated him before, right now, she had not doubts. Something inside her didn't like him.

"Are you new in the Hospital?" asked he.

"She is preparing ours labs to create artificial cartilage; also she is a great orthopedic surgeon. She will be with us for three months, which is a shame; I think she should stay here, don't you?" Arizona smiled at Callie.

Dr. Boyd furrowed his brow. "Do you know her very well?"

"I'll stay here for four or five months at least, actually." Callie corrected her.

"Really? I thought you told me that you would be here for three months..."

"Yes, I know, but I was thinking that the lab might need more time; the bones are unpredictable sometimes." The fact was, that she never thought of staying there longer than her current contract required, not at least until now, when saw Adam with Arizona.

"The bones are the more predictable part of the body, actually." Adam retorted.

Callie laughed sarcastically. "I can imagine you don't work with bones, do you?" If she started to hate to Adam before, now she really did.

"He's a psychiatrist, and don't listen to him, he thinks that his job is always more complicated than any other..." Arizona explained when she saw the tension between them. "Don't you, Adam?"

"What can I say? you all can cut the diseased part of the body, I can't even approach it, so who has the harder job?"

"Adam," warned Arizona. "Could you be a bit nicer? I know you're joking, but she doesn't..." said pointed at Callie.

"Am I, Arizona?"

Before Adam could say more, Callie cut him off. "I think your friend is serious, Arizona." Callie was trying to figure out what kind the relationship they had. She knows that if he was more than a friend, she would have been corrected by now. Even though she was scared, she needed to know. But Arizona never would be with someone like him... actually, Arizona never would be with a man, would she?

"Who told you that we're just friends?"

Callie's discomfort could be seen in her face. "Well, I…I just…"

"You're guessing?"

"No, I-"

"Yes, you are, and don't try to convince me, I'm a psychiatrist, remember?"

Callie looked at Arizona begging her to say that they just were friends, but Arizona was on the phone. How long had Arizona on the phone? Did she hear the conversation? Callie's heart was throbbing with anger.

"Sorry, I need to go now," Arizona hung up.

"I'll see you tonight." Adam said to her while he was leering at Callie.

"Sure" Arizona smiled. "Bye, Callie and thank you, again."

"I'm going too, bye Arizona, and it was my pleasure" Callie said and began to leave quickly. Now the doubts and anger were consuming her, she needed to go now.

Callie had left the dining room when she heard someone called her behind.

"Dr. Torres."

She doesn't need to turn around to know who was calling her. "You can call me Callie," she said with a fake smile. She knew that if Adam was Arizona's boyfriend or even a friend, she needed to be nicer to stay near Arizona; she didn't want to risk it.

"Dr. Torres is okay with me." Adam gave a cutting answer.

"Ok, Dr. Boyd, what do you want?" Callie said totally awkwardly.

"Get away from her."

"Excuse me?"

"You heard me, I don't want you near her, do you understand?"

"Ok, I'm totally lost, now." Callie was starting to get nervous; she knew what he was talking about.

"Arizona, I'm talking about Arizona, just, get away from her."

"Who the hell thinks do you are, to talk to me like that?" Callie was mad, really mad.

"I know you well, Dr. Torres, and I won't allow to you hurt her again."

"You know me, since when? Fifteen minutes ago?"

"Let me see... you were Arizona's girlfriend, she kissed to you in a bathroom, after that, she rejected you because you had only been with one girl... then you interrupted her date, and she invited you a dinner when you were in the elevator. When you were a couple you wanted kids, but she didn't want any and you were distant for a while, actually until the shooting... When she won the Madison Grant, you thought you'd fly to Africa with her, but you had a fight at the airport and she left you... She came back... You were pregnant by your best friend, the major Arizona's fear… you going back to men, although she didn't know about your pregnancy until a few months later. I know she loved you, I know she begged you, I know she lost a big opportunity with you. You broke her heart, you have betrayed her and you didn't want her when she needed you most... Are you still thinking I don't know you, Calliope? That's she used to call you, right?"

Callie was shocked, how could that man to know all of that...? Could Arizona, have told him about their past? But could that be possible if Arizona couldn't remember anything... at least she knew him a long time ago. What if Adam was Arizona's boyfriend?. No, that couldn't be true... but if he was, she wouldn't allow it...

"I know what you're thinking now... How could I know all this, well it's easy, she told me, she told me everything about you two. I've known her for five years and I've been there for her, when you weren't... and I'm going to be clear with you, get out of her life. I won't allow that you hurt her again, do you understand?"

Callie was holding back from punching him. She stepped forward and pointed at him. "You listen, and listen well, I don't care what you know about my past with Arizona, but you don't know me, ok? Because if you did it, you'd never talk to me like that. You have no idea what I'm capable of doing when I love someone..."

He laughed. "Of course I do, you betray them... you don't fight... you just lose... You lost her, a long time ago. You have nothing to do here. You chose to let her go; now she has a life, and you aren't in it..."

When Callie was about to respond, someone approached.

"Dr. Torres?"

"WHAT?" She saw the intern's face; she realized that she had yelled at him. "Sorry... I was... Yes, tell me" She said guilty.

"The chief is asking for you. He's in the lab. What do I tell him?"

"It's ok, I'm coming." She didn't want to go, but she should go. "This isn't over, Dr. Boyd."

"Are you threatening me?" He was smiling.

"You know me, don't you? So, you'll know." When she was in the corner of the hallway, she turned again. "And you never, and I mean, never again, say my full name, she is the only one, do you understand?"

"You don't know me, Dr. Torres."

"Well, in that case, I'm the same to you, and I'm not afraid of you..."

"You should."

"You too, Dr. Boyd, you too."

Two hours after her argument with Adam, Callie had done her job and was preparing to going home. All she wanted was the day to end. Mark picked Sofia up later that night and she would have the night alone. So she could drink all the wine she wished. She was lost in her thoughts when Teddy entered the room.

"We were so stupid when we were interns?" She asked really upset.

"What?" Callie glanced at Teddy.

"I mean, really, it's so difficult to warn the family to not feed the patient before a surgery?"

"I guess your surgery was cancelled."

"You know, I miss at Yang..."

Callie laughed. "She missed you too, at first she wanted to do everything she could for you to come back; she hounded the chief for days..."

"She's a great surgeon."

"Yes, she is... you were an excellent tutor for her." Callie waited a second.

"Teddy, why you are here when you could be in Seattle?"

Teddy sighed. "You know, Callie."

"I know, but if you two go back there, I'm sure that Arizona would be hired too."

"I can't do that, at least she asked me not to, because I promised her that she never would go back to Seattle."

"Because of me?" Callie asked quietly.

"I think you would have been the only reason for her to come back," Teddy smiled. "But, we are good here; we don't have the annoying rain of Seattle."

"Maybe she if falls in love with me again and -"

"Callie, don't" Teddy warned. "We talked about this, you will be here just a couple of months, I don't want you to hurt her."

"Teddy, I would never do that! Please... Why is everybody saying that?" Tears were rolling down her cheeks. Teddy looked at her in confusion. "I messed up, I know, but not because I didn't love her... I did... god, I was totally in love with her, but I was scared that of what she would think about me! And yes! I know that I'm such an idiot, but I've paid the price. All of these years haven't been so easy for me either, I missed her, I missed her a lot... and it's not my fault Arizona's brain tumor..."

"Hey, hey, Callie, calm down... I never said that... I know you loved her, but it's the past now... you need to move on, just forget that you saw her..."

Callie shook her head and sighed with frustration. "I have to go now; Mark is coming to pick Sofia up." She was upset, she really needed leave that room.

"Ok, I have another surgery later, if the patient doesn't eat a cheese burger before that..."

"Maybe you should warn him."

"Yeah, maybe... Callie?"

"Yes?"

"Since you are here, Arizona seems happy... you know? As she is... she..."

Callie smiled sadly. "Thank you, Teddy"

Teddy smiled back and Callie left the room.

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The apartment was small, but since she and Sofia would only be there for three months, it was more than enough.

Sofia was taking a nap and Callie was cleaning, because she needed to do something or she would go crazy. When the doorbell rang she ran to the door, of course it was Mark.

"Hey, Callie."

"Mark, come in." She said almost tugging his arm.

Mark took a look around. "Nice place. Where is my baby girl?"

"She's sleeping, she was tired, and we thought you would come later."

"Yes, I know, but I finished early, I decided to come over. I'm going to wake her up."

"No. Can you wait?"

"Did something happen? Is everything okay, Callie?" Mark asked, worried.

"Yes, everything's fine; I just want to talk a little... I need to talk with my friend..."

"Come here, Torres, I've missed you too." Mark smiled and hugged her.

"Mark! I'm serious."

"Is it about her?" his face changed to concern.

"Yes, it's. I don't know what to do..."

"You don't have to do anything, Callie. You finish your work and go back to Seattle, that's all."

"I can't just leave her again."

"Callie, you're not, you'll be here three months and then you will leave, but not with her, because you are not with her."

"Actually I asked for one month more at least." She said timidly.

"What!?" Mark yelled

"Mark, I need more time here, you don't understand!"

"Of course not, Sofia is my daughter too-"

"I know..."

"You know that Lexi is pregnant and I can't leave her alone, I don't want to leave her alone too much long-"

"I know, it's just ..."

"You should have asked me…" He sighed.

"I know... I'm sorry Mark, really... but she's here... and I want to be with her." Callie smiled sadly.

"Yes, but she has a life"

"Maybe if I tell her about our past-"

"No!" Callie looked at him surprised. "She doesn't want that."

"Teddy told me that too, but," She paused. "Mark, how do you know what Arizona wanted?" Mark looked down. "Mark, please tell me..." He didn't answer. "Please... don't you do this..."

"Callie, look."

"How you could do that to me!? I understand Teddy, but you? You were my friend!"

"I am your friend."

"I don't know... since when?" when he didn't answer she yelled. "I asked since when?!"

"From the beginning..." Callie opened her mouth, but the words didn't come out, and Mark decided to continue. "I found her one day, she barely knew about her condition, she had started the treatment, and she fainted."

"Oh god..."

"She had already moved, but she needed to come to Seattle once a month... we started to talk... at first I think she hated me, because… Well, you know..."

"My pregnancy?" She looked down when Mark nodded.

"But then, we became a kind of friends... when Teddy couldn't I was there with her. We talked about you... she always wanted to know about you, if you were eating properly and sometimes she gave me some tips... Do you remember the vegetable smoothie that you hated?"

"That was her idea?" Callie was crying. Just to think that Arizona was taking care of her, even in that moment was breaking her heart. "If I would have known that was her idea, I would have drunk it."

"No, you wouldn't have." Mark and Callie laughed.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"Because she didn't want... She asked me not to. She made me promise that I wouldn't tell you... I'm sorry Callie." He hugged her tightly. "I'm sorry."

"Did you take care of her?" she asked between sobs.

"Yes, I did, even now I call Teddy..."

"I can't believe you were friends..."

He laughed. "Me either, but Arizona is an amazing woman."

"Absolutely. Thank you, Mark."

"Daddy!" Sofia walked into the living room.

"Hey, baby girl, how have you been?" He lifted her up.

"I missed you."

"Me too, baby... But we'll be together all weekend, right?"

"Yep" Sofia saw Callie wiping her tears. "Mommy?"

"I'm fine sweetie." she smiled at Sofia. "Are you ready to go with daddy?"

"Yes, mommy. You come?"

"I can't... I have to work, but you'll have fun in Seattle, ok?"

"Ok… Bye, mommy, I'll miss you." she kissed Callie's cheek.

"I'll miss you too, take care, and be good for dad."

"Yes, mommy."

"Will you be okay?" Mark asked softly.

"Yes, just go." She gave him a forced smile

"Call me if you need anything, ok?"

Callie nodded. "Bye Mark, bye Sof. I love you"

"I love you, too mommy"

When they left, Callie sat on the couch and busted into tear, she had a lot to think about tonight.