A/N 1: I do not own any of the characters or scenarios from Grey's Anatomy.

A/N 2: Sorry about the delay. I will try to do better. Also, I will get to scenes of them together soon, I promise. First, I want to set the stage, so to speak.

Season 5, episode 15

"Ooph," Mark Sloan grunted when Callie Torres yanked him by the arm into an on-call room. When he gained his footing, he turned to his friend and raised an eyebrow. "Look Torres, I'm with Lexi, I think. Plus, we already tried this didn't we?

Callie sighed and rolled her eyes annoyed. "Shut up Mark! Listen-"

"Alright, alright," he said, raising his hands in front of him before dropping them to the drawstring of his scrub pants. "If you're going to be pushy about it."

"Mark, stop!" the Latina nearly shouted, just before she hit him hard in the arm.

"What?" he asked, taken aback.

"Ugh, why does everything have to be about sex with you?" Sloan grinned that beautiful grin, but Callie jumped in before he could reply. "Nevermind. Okay listen, I have to tell you something."

"Okay," he drawled.

"Okay, so I was at Joe's last night, with Little Grey actually, and I was kind of upset, so I went to the bathroom. I was in there fixing my mascara when this girl walked in."

"A girl, hmm?" Mark smiled during the short pause in his friend's ramble.

"Well, a woman," came the response, punctuated with a goofy grin.

"And," he prodded.

"Right, so she just walks in and is like, 'ortho right?' and I'm like 'yeah, hi.' Then she introduces herself and starts telling me how people here talk so she knows stuff about me and that some people really like me and then she kissed me." Callie threw her hands out in front of her dramatically, shooting Mark a questioning look.

"Some hot girl just waltzed into the bathroom and kissed you?" Mark looked at his friend skeptically.

"Pretty much, yeah."

"Uh huh. Nice! So what happened afterwards?"

"What do you mean afterwards?" The ortho was confused.

"I mean after the kiss," he exclaimed. "What did you do after she kissed you?"

The brunette bit her lip shyly. "I didn't do anything," she mumbled. "She kissed me and walked out."

Her best friend frowned deeply at her. "And you didn't follow the hot lady doctor? What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I don't know!" The resident flopped down onto one of the beds, dropping her head into her hands.

The plastic surgeon chuckled and sat down next to her, rubbing circles on her back. "So," he probed after a few moments.

"So, what?" she mumbled through her hands.

"So," Mark pulled her head up to look at him. "What are you going to do now?"

"I don't know yet." She thought for a minute. "Hey, when you get a chance, maybe you could casually mosey on up to the Peds wing and check her out. She's the new attending up there. Her name is Arizona Robbins." She looked at Mark hopefully.

He frowned a little first, then rolled his eyes. "Oh, alright."

Callie grinned and threw her arms around him. The two surgeons got up and started for the door, but Mark grabbed her arm. "Arizona? What kind of name is Arizona"

"Trust me, Mark, she's hot enough to pull it off."

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"You're an amazing doctor. You save babies. God knows who you are." Callie reassured Addison as they sat together in the chapel.

"Do you really believe in all this? In God?" the red-head asked.

Absolutely, was Callie's initial response, but she paused to think about the answer that would best help her friend. "Sometimes. Hmm, most of the time. When it counts."

The two friends sat in silence for a while before Addison finally spoke. "So, are you going to tell me about this hot, perky Peds surgeon you kissed?"

Callie smiled. "Well, technically she kissed me. Just walked up and kissed me. At Joe's the other day."

"Nice," Addison smiled, maybe for the first time in a while. "And?"

"And nothing, yet anyways. I have kind of been avoiding her."

"Why?"

The ortho shrugged. "I went to the Peds wing to do some snooping. Plus, I may have peeked in at one or two of her surgeries. She's an amazing doctor, but she – she wears those shoes with wheels, she's happy and perky, which is so not me. I mean, don't you think that would get annoying?"

The red-head sighed. "Maybe, but what is the harm in giving it a shot? Weren't you just telling me the other day on the phone that you were tired of being alone? Who knows, maybe you could learn to love perky."

"Hmm."

"At least talk to her. See if there is something there. Okay?"

Callie nodded and leaned into her friend. The two sat quietly, simply enjoying the comfort and support of their closeness.