"Dr. Torres, are you coming to Joe's tonight?" Meredith asked as she bumped into her old friend at the surgical board and nudged her with her hip.
"Hey Mer, nah I don't think so" Callie smiled softly at the head of general surgery.
"Come on Cal... it has been forever since we had a drink together, please come... please Callie, do I need to get on my knee's and beg because I will if that's what it takes?" Meredith begged as she grabbed Callie's shoulders and battered her eyelashes at her friend.
"Fine... alright, alright. One drink, that's it" Callie warned, shaking her head in amusement as Meredith smirked. "I mean it, one drink, and no tequila!" Callie ordered her.
"Whatever you say Dr. Torres, I will see you there after work" Meredith grinned causing Callie to laugh before she turned to walk away.
"Dr. Torres" Callie spun at the sound of her ex's voice.
"Dr. Blake" Callie smiled tightly determined to keep things professional despite still feeling the urge to give her ex a matching bruise on the opposite cheek and what a bruise it was.
"You seem to be settling in... almost like you never left" Penny growled under her breath.
"But I did leave, didn't I" Callie stated trying to keep calm.
"I saw you playing happy families in surgery earlier" Penny snarled, she had sat in the gallery seething as she watched on as the two women swooned over their daughter.
"Dr. Blake, have a lovely day! I have things to do" Callie shook her head as she walked away, biting her tongue and clenching her fists.
"Run away Calliope, but you can't hide" Penny called after her, glaring at the nurses who glanced at her and the scene she was causing.
-oOo-
"TORRES YOU CAME" Grey grinned as she bounced into her friends arms and hugged her tightly causing Callie to laugh as she almost fell over at the force of Meredith's hug.
"I'm glad to see you too Mer" Callie grinned as Meredith thrust a beer into her hand.
"Glad to have you back Torres" Karev smirked as he kissed her on the cheek and winked at her. Callie spent ten minutes receiving kisses and hugs from her former friends as they all welcomed her back to Seattle and into their lives.
"I'm only staying for one drink" Callie announced, laughing as her friends heckled her. "ok, ok... two but that's my limit" Callie relented.
"I am not settling until you are drunk and dancing" Yang smirked as she wrapped her arm around the taller woman's shoulders, glad to have her former roommate back.
"I'm too old for all of that" Callie shook her head adamantly.
"Nooo!... your not too old, if your old then that means that I'm old, and if we're old then all of us are old and none of us are old" Yang announced as she ordered a round of tequilas much to Callie's distress.
"I am not drinking that crap, I am far too old to be drinking tequila" Callie argued.
"Come on Torres, don't be such a pussy" Mer grinned.
"What's happening?" Arizona grinned as she entered the bar to find her ex-wife stood amongst their family which caused her heart to soar.
"Callie is being a whiny little bitch" Yang grinned. "Tell your wife to pull the stick out of her hot ass and let her hair down"
"Ex-wife" Callie corrected her with a glare to which Yang only winked with a teasing smile.
"Callie... take that stick out of that sexy ass of yours and drink your tequila" Arizona ordered as she took her jacket off and grabbed two shot glasses.
"I'm not drinking that crap, and you all need to grow up" Callie frowned as she glared at her friends.
"Come on Callie... it smells so good, and it tastes so bitter, but you know you want it" Arizona grinned as she waved the tequila under her ex-wife's nose teasingly.
"It's not happening Arizona, give it up" Callie tried to hide her smirk at how playful Arizona was being towards her, something she had dearly missed.
"But the tequila misses you Calliope... listen, can you hear the tequila calling you? Drink me Callie... I miss you Callie, I need you Callie. I want you Callie, I want you to want me Callie as much as I want you. Come on Callie just take me in your mouth, wrap your fingers around me and taste me Callie" Arizona laughed triumphantly as Callie snatched the drink from her hand and threw it down her throat to a loud round of cheers from the other doctors.
"Dr. Torres totally just shot a tequila" Stacy announced, grinning when Sofia spun in her seat to see what she was missing and almost gave herself whiplash.
"No way... mom would NEVER drink tequila" Sofia stated as she watched her mom grab her mama's shooter and neck it as the other heads of departments cheered her on.
"Holy shit" Sofia chuckled in shock.
"How does it feel to see them both hanging out?" Stacy asked.
"I'm just happy they are getting on" Sofia grinned.
"You should go join them" Stacy laughed.
"No way. I'm not getting involved in that" Sofia pointed at the hospital family bonding time and giggled before she switched sides to sit next to Stacy so she could watch the antics unfold.
"Arizona no... no more" Callie laughed.
"Come on Callie... does the shooter need to talk to you again?" Arizona grinned.
"Oh please make the tequila do the dirty talk, it was so much fun the first time" Yang cackled.
"What… what dirty talk?" Arizona frowned. "What dirty talk?" Arizona whined as her friends laughed.
"Oh come on Arizona.. 'I miss you Callie, I need you Callie... taste me Callie' that tequila was a dirty son of a bitch… god knows it made me want some…. And I'm not sure if by some I mean the tequila or the sex" Yang smirked as Arizona watched her in horror.
"Oh my god... I didn't mean it like that, shit... Callie I didn't mean it like that" Arizona blushed.
"Sure you didn't Robbins" Bailey smirked, unable to refrain from teasing the blonde. The two women had a soft spot in her heart, after all she had been the one to marry them, and she couldn't help but see the sparkle that had returned to Arizona's eyes at the exact convenient time that Callie returned to Seattle.
"Oh come on, why do you think Torres downed two shots on a trot. She just heard her hot ex-wife talking dirty to her while teasing her with alcohol, standing so close to her looking like this" Mer motioned towards Arizona's outfit and laughed when both women flushed. "your lucky she didn't jump your bones instead of knocking the tequila back after all that dirty talk" Mer smirked.
"I did not talk dirty" Arizona swore adamantly.
"You kinda did Arizona" Callie laughed.
"I didn't" Arizona pouted.
"You did... what other context would you ever say the words 'I want you in my mouth, just wrap your fingers around me and taste me Callie'?" Callie laughed.
"Oh Jesus... what the hell.. uh, my ears are bleeding... I did not need to hear that mom" Sofia grimaced as she overheard the end of the comment and almost gagged.
"Sofia, what are you doing lurking behind me" Callie spun around with a face red before spinning back to glare at her friends who were laughing hysterically.
"Well I certainly wasn't coming over here to listen to whatever it was you just said that I never want to hear ever again and want to erase from my memory" Sofia cringed.
"It wasn't what it sounded like baby" Callie grimaced as she glared at Arizona who was almost doubled over laughing.
"Sure mom... I don't want to know... I'm just grabbing a drink and then I'm going again, and we will never... ever... discuss this moment ever again... ever" Sofia warned as she wagged her finger at her mother warningly before walking away and shaking her head.
"Tequila?" Arizona offered sweetly and received a glare from the brunette.
"It isn't funny!" Callie snapped in embarrassment.
"It is a little" Arizona grinned, putting her thumb and finger out to symbolize how little it was, Callie rolled her eyes in frustration.
"Right, I'm calling it a night, have fun guys" Callie announced as she turned to leave, ignoring her friends as they begged her to come back.
"Hey... Calliope, come back" Arizona grabbed Callie's arm to stop her. "Don't leave... we have all missed you. I promise I will behave" Arizona pleaded honestly.
"Arizona, I'm tired, I just want to go home and wind down" Callie told her.
"Since when do you wind down by going home to 'relax'" Arizona grimaced.
"Since I grew up Arizona" Callie snapped, tired of having to explain that she wasn't a young adult with no commitments anymore.
"Hey, ok, ok... I'm sorry, I went too far. I didn't realize what I had said to begin with, and then when they pointed it out, I should have kept my mouth shut instead of laughing along with them. I'm sorry, you deserve better. But please don't go because of a little misunderstanding. we have all missed you so much and we just want one night with Torres the rock star ortho goddess. Please" Arizona begged, fluttering her eyelashes sweetly.
"Fine but no more tequila" Callie warned when Arizona pouted.
"But we love tequila... come on Callie... for one night. Take the stick out of your ass, let your hair down, and forget about being a grown up and having to be so sensible all the time and just have fun... come on you remember fun right?" Arizona pleaded.
"One night... you have one night on the tequila and that's it, then you don't get to ever ask me again" Callie ordered with narrowed eyes.
"After tonight, I won't need to ask you again because you will be begging to come drinking with us all again" Arizona grinned, her dimples shining.
"I doubt it" Callie scoffed.
"Well you downed those first two tequilas pretty fast" Arizona giggled.
"Yeah well how about you think about what you said, and take a look in the mirror and you ask yourself if the roles were reversed whether you wouldn't need to down them" Callie shook her head in annoyance as it dawned on Arizona what she meant.
"I'm sorry Callie, you know I would never deliberately disrespect you like that. I'm really sorry" Arizona said as she batted her eyelashes again.
"That look doesn't work on me anymore" Callie chastised her.
"Sure it doesn't" Arizona smirked as she pulled her back towards the group and ordered another round of Tequila's.
"Your back Torres" Yang cheered as she wrapped her arms around the latina. "God I missed you" Yang grinned as she planted a kiss on Callie's lips before handing her another tequila.
"The hell Yang?" Callie laughed.
"Ahh you need to lighten up... I miss the old Callie... come on, drink this and let's dance, your TOO dark and twisty now" Yang ordered as Callie downed the drink.
"I'm not dancing Yang, I don't dance anymore" Callie refused.
"Oh ok then Callie, but you're going to have to just stand there while I give you a lap dance then" Yang announced before beginning to gyrate against the taller woman much to the amusement of the rest of the group… and the other patrons of Joe's.
"Oh I'm in on this!" Mer cheered before sliding behind Callie and dancing too. "Come on Torres, loosen up those hips, you know you want to" Mer grinned as she grabbed Callie's arms and lifted them above her head.
"My daughter is sat right over there, she doesn't need to see me behaving like a teenager again" Callie sighed.
"Come on Callie... our daughter would love to see her mother loosen up and have fun... I bet she hasn't see you dance in years" Arizona grinned as she watched her ex-wife fight against her natural urges to sway to the rhythm.
"I don't dance anymore, I don't even remember how to dance" Callie argued, holding onto her last ounce of restraint.
"Oh Callie I don't believe that, you were an amazing dancer, come on you know you want to dance again, come on Callie" Arizona smirked as the brunette shook her head and the blonde sighed.
"Right... move over Mer" Arizona laughed as she grabbed her ex-wife's hips and swayed with them in time to the music in the background as she, Mer and Christina danced with Callie, who was trying her hardest to refrain, but when the rest of her friends joined in she gave in with a laugh and began to dance, slowly at first before she lost herself in the rhythm and danced her heart out like she was back in the rooms in the hospital basement in her underwear.
"She's back!" Yang yelled in celebration as the group cheered and laughed as they danced.
An hour later and Callie slid into the booth opposite her daughter and friend with a smirk. "Baby... I think I'm drunk and I think you might need to help me get into bed tonight" Callie grimaced.
"Having fun mom?" Sofia laughed, she had been watching her mom open up more and more as each hour passed and with shock she watched as her mom danced and laughed and smiled with her friends, she couldn't believe that the woman she had been watching tonight was her mother.
"God yes, fuck I haven't laughed so much in such a long time" Callie grinned. "I'm glad I followed you here baby. I'm sorry I didn't bring you home sooner" Callie sighed.
"Hey... don't be getting emotional nobody likes an emotional drunk" Sofia snickered as her mom sighed.
"Torres get back here" Mer yelled as her favorite song came on.
"No, I'm drunk leave me alone" Callie laughed.
"Go and dance mom, have fun" Sofia grinned.
"You know... before you were born... we used to dance like this all the time, allllllllll the time, like there wasn't a care in the world. we would just put the music on and forget about the world. I haven't danced like this in soooo long" Callie sighed.
"Then go dance" Sofia laughed.
"On one condition" Callie smirked, raising her eyebrows mischievously. "You two come and join the party... stop sitting over here like old bores and come party with your family" Callie ordered as she saw the grin grow on Sofia's face.
"Deal" Sofia laughed as she grabbed Stacy's hand and dragged her towards the area the chiefs had claimed as their dance floor.
"Baby, you came to dance" Arizona cheered drunkenly as she grabbed her daughter and spun her under her arms. Stacy laughed as Yang grabbed her and started dancing with her as she grabbed her a shot of tequila as if she had always been a part of their group.
"Ok, ok, I'm done" Arizona laughed as she grabbed a bar stool and hobbled towards it an hour later.
"You ok mama?" Sofia asked with worry.
"Yeah, just the prosthetic is starting to chafe so that's my sign to call it a night" Arizona sighed sadly.
"How are you going to walk up the stairs to your bedroom?" Sofia questioned.
"Don't you worry about it baby, I'll be fine" Arizona grimaced from having the same thoughts.
"No mama, your staying with me tonight so I can look after you, no arguing" Sofia stated.
"Baby no, your moms there and it will be all awkward and weird... and we're getting back to being friends and we're in a good place right now, I don't want to make it weird again" Arizona sighed.
"Mom" Sofia grabbed her moms elbow and dragged her over. "mama's prosthetic is aching from all the dancing and she is refusing to stay with us so I can look after her in case it gets weird between you two" Sofia said ignoring her mamas glare.
"Arizona, your coming home with us, no arguing. I'm grabbing my bag and we're going now" Callie ordered as Arizona rolled her eyes in frustration. Callie spun around and announced that they were heading off and after receiving a round of heckles, the two exes and the two interns helped Arizona out to the street.
"Shit I don't think I can make it" Arizona whimpered as she tried to put weight on her stump after climbing up the steps and exiting the bar.
"Ok, stop, Sofia stand on her left, Stacy stand on her right and keep hold of her" Callie ordered as she got on her knees in front of her ex-wife.
"Callie no, I can make it back to the apartment" Arizona blushed as she quickly changed her tune when she realized that she was about to be de-legged in front of her ex-wife and her daughters new friend.
"Arizona please, just let me help you ok" Callie looked into her exes eyes and waited for a nod of acceptance. She lifted up the trouser leg and disconnected the prosthetic and handed it to Stacy, smirking as Arizona moaned in satisfaction at the sensation of her stump being free and the cool breeze against the sweaty bindings.
"Just give me a few moments and I'll be ready to put it back on and we can walk home" Arizona sighed contently.
"Get on" Callie ordered as she turned around and motioned for Arizona to get on her back.
"You are not giving me a piggy back Callie" Arizona scoffed.
"Arizona, please, just let me help you... get on" Callie sighed in frustration until she felt Arizona's body weight against her back. Grabbing hold of the blondes backside, Callie jumped up to settle the blondes weight, kicked her shoes off and told her daughter to pick them up before she started walking towards the apartment. Within a few minutes she felt Arizona's weight change and she laughed as she realized the blonde had fallen asleep.
"Sofia keep an eye on your mama and make sure she doesn't fall off while she's asleep" Callie asked, ignoring the smirk on her daughters face.
Finally they reached their apartment and whilst Stacy rushed up the stairs to unlock the door, Sofia climbed up behind her mom in order to hold her mama onto her back as they climbed the steps, finally they reached the apartment and Callie carefully maneuvered Arizona onto Sofia's bed before tucking her in and sweeping the blonde hair from her face before stepping away. With a second thought she turned back and lifted the sheet and began to unwrap Arizona's bindings and inspecting her stump, not realizing her every move was being watched by the two interns who were sat nursing waters and throwing each other knowing looks.
After removing the bindings, she saw the chafes on the stump and so moved to one of her boxes that held some supplies and grabbed some vitamin E cream as she began to massage the lotion into the stump being careful not to cause the blonde any pain, once the massage was done she grabbed a roll of cotton wool and wrapped it around the stump to lock in the moisture overnight, before wrapping the bindings back around it. Satisfied that the stump would be comfortable overnight, she tucked the woman back in and made her way to her own bed before glancing at Stacy.
"You take my bed, I'll sleep on the couch" Callie ordered as she grabbed a pillow and a blanket and began to make herself comfortable.
"Night mom, I love you" Sofia smirked as she bent over and kissed her mom on the forehead. "you sure you don't want to swap, I can sleep on the couch and you can sleep in my bed" Sofia smirked.
"Goodnight baby" Callie glared at her daughter who just laughed and ruffled her mother's hair affectionately in her drunken state.
"Hey mom" Sofia said once she was tucked in bed and the lights were out.
"Yes Sof?" Callie asked, frustration laced in her voice as she expected more teasing.
"I really enjoyed seeing you chill out tonight, I've never seen you laugh and smile so much... I hope I get to see you laugh and smile a lot more" Sofia smiled softly as she heard her moms breath hitch at the honest admission from her daughter.
"Night baby girl, I love you. Night Stacy" Callie sighed contentedly.