Chapter 6

The next day, Callie walked up to the entrance of Seattle Grace High with a smile on her face. She had been thinking about her date with Mark all night and couldn't get that blue-eyed boy out of her head. When she reached the front doors she spotted Addison and Derek sitting at a bench in front of it. Her smile still perched on her face, she walked up to them and greeted them happily.

"Hey Guys! What's up?" Addison and Derek look at each other and then back at Callie.

"Um, Hi, we're good, why are you so...perky, this morning?" Addison asked and Callie simply laughed.

"Oh nothing! It's just a beautiful morning! I'll catch up with you guys later" She waved good-bye to them and continued through the doors.

A few minutes later Mark Sloan walked up to the school with a similar smile as Callie had on her face. Mark noticed Addie and Derek and headed in their direction.

"Hey Guys! How's it going?" Sharing another glance, Derek answered this time,

"We're fine, what's up with you? You seem somewhat.. joyful." Mark chuckled and shook his head. All he could think about last night and this morning was seeing Callie's beautiful face again.

"Oh shut up, I'm good, I'll see you guys later okay?" They nodded and he continued into the school.

After he was out of sight, Addison and Derek sat in silence as they tried to figure out what just happened.

"Did you - " Addison started, but Derek cut her off before she could finish.

"Yeah"

"Do you think they - " She was cut off again.

"Yup" Addison looked over at him and shrugged.

"At least I'm not the only one who thought that was very coincidental"

Derek nodded his head, "Yes very big coincidence there"

Callie was at her locker when Mark sneaked up behind and whispered in her ear,

"Boo" Callie jumped at the surprise, but immediately recognized who it was. She closed her locker and turned to face him. He had a smile on his face that Callie couldn't help but return.

"So, wanna meet me for lunch today"

"Don't I meet you for lunch, everyday?" Mark nodded and smirked.

"Yeah, but this time I thought I'd ask out of courtesy" Callie chuckled and leaned back against the row of lockers. Mark moved closer to her, leaning into her resting a hand over them on the lockers.

"So, lunch?" Callie pursed her lips.

" I don't know, I'll have to check my schedule" Mark glared at her and slapped her thigh as she burst out laughing.

"Of course I'll have lunch with you, dork" Mark shook his head and folded his arms across his chest trying to be mad.

"I don't know if I want you to have lunch with me anymore, maybe I could ask Izzie if she'll have lunch with me, I know she wouldn't say no" Callie rose an eyebrow in his direction and turned away from him and started to walk away, and smiled when she felt his arms around her waist pulling her back to him.

"Aww, Callie, you know I was just joking, besides, blonde bimbos aren't really my style, I prefer hot, gorgeous raven-haired Latinas any day." Callie smile and kissed his cheek.

"I'll see you at lunch"

"Oh you will!" Mark called after as she walked down the hallway.

When lunch time rolled around Callie found herself walking with Cristina Yang toward the cafeteria. The unlikely friends had a friendship that most would describe as weird, but they described as normal. Cristina was just telling Callie about another one of Meredith Grey's obsession with Derek Shepard.

"So then, she called at 2 am, 2am Callie! And she basically talked my ear off about how Derek wore his hair that day. I swear, people are around here obsess with his hair like Izzie Stevens obsesses about Gossip Girl." Callie full-on laughed at Cristina's last comment and pushed the doors open to the cafeteria. When Cristina noticed Meredith and the Blonde Barbie herself, she groaned and threw her head back.

"You know Cris, you could always sit with us, we don't mind, and your cool enough for us." Cristina smirked.

"Nah, It's okay, maybe some other time" Callie smiled and waved good-bye as she walked toward the table where Mark was waiting for her. She sat down across from him and stole a fry off his plate.

Mark smiled as he noticed Callie sit down and said, "Hey, how was your day? Homework?" Callie groaned and plucked another fry.

"You have no idea, Ms. Higa gave us 3 sets of notes we have to study for our exam next week, not to mention that I have over 100 problems of math homework due tomorrow. I hate school" Mark chuckled and moved the fries from his plate and set it in front of her. She smiled and picked up a fry.

"So, how was yours? Anything worth sharing?"

"Well, Izzie Stevens tried to hit on me, got detention for being late to English, oh, and I got nominated for Homecoming King" Callie choked on her fry as he said his last part of his day.

"Wow! That's great! Of course you're gonna win, wait, did you say that Izzie Stevens hit on you? What the hell does the Blonde Bitch want?" Mark laughed out loud. Callie always had a passion for hatred for Izzie Stevens.

"I don't know what she wanted, Cal, but you shouldn't worry about her, she's nothing"

"I guess your right"

"Duh" Callie threw a fry at him which he caught in his mouth. They both burst out in laughter. Neither of them noticed Addison and Derek coming their way.

The couple dropped their plates on the table at the same time getting the attention of the laughing duo. Mark and Callie looked up at Addison and Derek and smiled.

"Hey, what's up?" Mark asked.

"Are you guys a couple or what?" Derek blurted out and hissed when Addison hit him on the arm.

"Uh, yeah, I guess so" Callie looked over at Mark and smiled.

"We went out last night" Addison and Derek took their seats and dug in to their food.

"No wonder you guys had such goofy grins on your faces this morning" Mark and Callie laughed. Addison turned to Callie.

"What did you guys do last night?" Callie glanced at Mark then turned to her friend.

"He took me up in a hot-air balloon and we had a picnic up there" Addison 'awed' as Derek turned to Mark.

"A hot-air balloon? Really? You couldn't go on a normal date like everyone else?" Mark shrugged.

"I really wanted to surprise her"

"And he did" Callie interjected. Everyone erupted in laughter as they chatted throughout the rest of lunch.

The rest of Callie's day had been uneventful. More homework was added to her work load and all she wanted to do was go home and sleep. When the school bell rang signaling for the end of the day, Callie couldn't get out of there fast enough. She quickly made it to her car and smiled as she spotted Mark leaning against her hood with a smile on his face. She walked up to him and stood between his outstretched legs.

"Hey, you look tired" Mark said as she brushed Callie's bangs out of her face.

"I am so tired, I feel like passing out" She wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned into him.

"Do you wanna go out with me tomorrow night?" Callie smiled up at him and nodded.

"Yeah"

"Okay, great! I'll call you" She nodded and reached up and brought his chin down for her to leave a couple of pecks on his lips. When she finally pulled away, she went around her car, and opened her door. Before getting in, she turned to Mark.

"I'll be waiting"

"Bye"

"Bye" She got in her car, started it up, and drove toward her home.