This is a chapter to build and establish relationships. Bear with me, and enjoy! PS--Thanks for all the reviews!

"Hey," said Mark Sloan, turning a corner and nearly walking right into Callie. He changed the length of his stride so he could walk next to Callie.

"Hey," she responded.

"So, Lexie is working a bit later than me today and I was wondering if you wanted to go to Joe's with me after work. If you don't have anything else planned," Mark suggested. Callie pretended to think about it for a moment, although she knew perfectly well that Arizona was also working late and that she had nothing to do until then.

"Sure," Callie agreed.

"Cool," Mark said with a grin. Then he spotted Lexie up near the nurses' station and he ran up to meet her. Ever since they'd made their relationship public, well…it'd been really public. But if it hadn't been for Mark and Lexie and the fact that they were trying to date 'underground', that bathroom kiss with Arizona probably would never have happened. Callie made a detour down the first corridor she came to to avoid seeing Mark suck Lexie's face off. Or at least, that's what it looked like.

Her detour actually turned out to be helpful, however, as it brought her to the pediatrics ward. It didn't take long to find Arizona; she was racing a patient down the hallway, both with Heely's on and she was laughing her beautiful Arizona laugh. Arizona crashed into Callie, causing her to stumble backwards. They both gripped each others arms for support so they wouldn't fall over.

"Hey stranger," Callie greeted, laughing along with Arizona.

"Okay Amos, you win this time. Be thankful Dr. Torres here got in my way. You won't be so lucky next time," Arizona warned the little boy she had been racing. The boy grinned and said something back to Arizona, but Callie wasn't listening. She had just caught sight of Arizona's eyes, her beautiful, loving eyes. "Sorry about that," Arizona said to Callie, giving her a quick kiss.

"No, no, feel free to crash into me anytime," Callie responded in a dazed voice, still staring at Arizona's eyes.

"You know, I'm pretty sure you can let go now. I think I've got my balance back," Arizona pointed out. Callie blushed.

"I don't wanna," she whined, though she let go of Arizona all the same. Arizona laughed again.

"So what were you doing in peds? Looking for bones to break? I'm afraid I don't have anything for you…"

"Actually, I was making a detour to avoid Mark and Lexie," Callie explained. Arizona made a face. "And I ended up here. Which is good, because I wanted to talk to you….You know how you're working later than me tonight?" Arizona nodded. "Would you mind if I went to the bar with Mark? We haven't really hung out in a while; we've both been…caught up in other things." Arizona smiled.

"Why would I care if you go out with Mark tonight? You should go, have some fun. Just…not too much fun, okay?" Arizona replied. Callie grinned excitedly.

"Oh thank you, thank you! I promise I'll be good!" she joked, giving Arizona a big hug.

"I'll meet you at the bar after my shift, okay?" Arizona laughed. Callie nodded.

…

"Hey," Mark said for the second time that day as he sat down on the bar stool next to Callie. He held up two fingers to Joe, who in return out two bottles of beer on the counter. He offered one of them to Callie, who accepted it wordlessly.

"So I guess things with Lexie have been going well," Callie remarked.

"Yeah, it's great," Mark responded, not picking up on the tone of Callie's voice. "We've been talking about moving in together actually."

"Really? That's a pretty big step." Callie was surprised. As far as she knew, the last time Mark had proposed living together, Lexie had laughed it off as a joke. Had it really been that long since they'd talked like this?

"Yeah, I guess," Mark said as he took a swig from his beer bottle. "How is it for you? Living with Arizona?"

"Well," Callie began slowly, "it's different for us. You know, we're both girls, we both get it. You should probably talk to Derek about this. He would know more about…uhm…co-ed living arrangements in a relationship." Mark shrugged.

"I'm sure Lexie's already talked to Meredith about it," he muttered.

"Is something going on between you and Derek?" Callie asked curiously. It took a while for Mark to respond.

"Derek hasn't been the same since we left New York. Everything's about Meredith now. It's worse then it ever was with Addison," Mark admitted bitterly.

"I think you should move in with Lexie," Callie said eventually. Mark looked at her, surprised. "She makes you really happy. I say, go for it." Besides, Callie thought, if you live together you can get all the sex and kissing stuff out of your system before and after work…not at it.

They sat together at the bar for a while, sometimes talking and sometimes just sitting and enjoying their drinks. After a while the bar began to fill up as more and more doctors got off of work. It wasn't long before Lexie came bounding over.

"Hey," she said breathlessly to Callie after pulling her face away from Mark's.

"Hey," Callie responded in a somewhat fake cheerful voice. She missed Arizona and the feeling was made worse when she saw happy couples.

"Would you mind if I stole him back?" Lexie asked in her innocent little girl voice. "I'm, uhm…tired." Neither Mark nor Callie missed what Lexie was hinting at.

"Yeah, I'm…tired too," Mark agreed, standing up and looking pleadingly at Callie. Callie sighed.

"Oh all right, go have fun," she relented. As Mark was heading towards the door she called out to him, "Hey Mark, not too much fun, okay?" with a smug smile. Mark blushed, clearly remembering the day when Lexie broke Little Sloan.

"Hello," a voice behind Callie said. She turned to see a handsome looking man with short dark hair and light green eyes.

"Hi," Callie said, confused.

"Are you here alone?" the man asked. He sat down next to Callie and placed his drink on the bar.

"Yeah," Callie replied. She was growing more and more confused as the conversation went on. The man shook his head and clucked his tongue.

"That should be a crime; a pretty girl like you all alone."

"I'm sorry, what are you—?" Callie began to ask.

"How about I give you some company?" the man interrupted smoothly. Callie's jaw dropped and her eyes widened as she slowly realizes what was happening.

"Oh my god, are you…?" Callie asked, shocked.

"You're just so beautiful…."

"I have a girlfriend!" Callie blurted out. The man froze mid-sentence. The people around them were dead silent for a moment, but then a few began to laugh. Other's went back talking to their neighbors, looking a little disapproving. Joe was watching from behind the bar, an amused look on his face. "I am so sorry," Callie said as the man let out a sound halfway between a short laugh and a sigh. "If you had come up to me about a year ago, I would've said 'yes' in a heartbeat, but…"

"But…."

"Yeah. No. I'm sorry." The man grinned bravely at Callie before taking off, his face flushed. It was only a few seconds after he left that Arizona came in. Callie was sitting stock-still in her seat, the shocked expression still on her face.

"Have fun?" Arizona asked brightly. Callie turned her head towards Arizona, froze for a second, and then quickly grabbed Arizona and pulled her in for a deep kiss.

Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
into me, baby
And I come into you

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