The how-to-get-over-the-love-of-your-life handbook

This chapter is about how Arizona and Callie deal with their friends meddling.

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Chapter 3: How to deal with the friends

Callie was sitting on the couch with a box of Kleenex next to her. Well it really was just a box by now. Christina entered the apartment and went straight to the fridge after saying hallo to a non-responding Callie.

"I mean I'm all for the no-more McPerky or Roller Girl or what you call her, 'cause this place is way more comfortable when it's all dark and twisty." Christina says as she opens the fridge. "But seriously do you have to eat donuts all the time? Usually we only have beers in the fridge and your new donut obsession is taking up all the space for the beers." Christina continues with annoyance, as she takes a beer and walks to sit next to Callie on the couch.

"I call her Arizona." Is all Callie mumbled in response.

"You wanna talk about it?" Christina asked. Callie just looks at Christina with a confused look on her face.

"Don't look at me like that… I didn't exactly love having Roller Girl, I mean Arizona, here… And I don't do girl talk. But you're sad and you don't clean anymore, it's actually getting kinda disgusting in here. And, and you fill the fridge with donuts… So I'm gonna be your person, and talk… But only for the next hour or so." Christina said in a sort of cold voice, you know the way she usually talks. But there where some compassion behind the words.

Callie looks at Christina and now tears were forming in her eyes again.

"So? Shoot." Christina said. She was getting a little impatient and tired of all the looks but no words.

"I messed everything up…" Callie started.

"Well that's an understatement." Christina interrupted, but when she saw the look on Callie's face she quickly added. "Sorry… Totally listening now."

"I broke us… I broke me… And, I think I broke her." Callie began again. Looking at Christina she added.

"I made a mistake… I can live without a kid, but I can't live without Arizona… I can't."

"Soo… You are only going to start cleaning again and stop eating those ikky donuts, if you get her back?" Christina asked, but really it was a rhetorical question, 'cause she already knew the answer to that one.

"Well… I guess you could put it that way." Callie responded with a slight frown. "But that won't happen..."

"Oooh, yeah it will. 'Cause I'm not putting up with this anymore." Callie's "for-about-an-hour person" said while waving her hand in front of her. She spoke with a certainty in her voice, that Callie didn't wanna argue with.

Christina looked at her watch and then at Callie.

"Well Ortho-God, your hour is up. See ya later." Christina said as she moved towards her bedroom.

"Oh and Callie…" Callie looked up at Christina, who stood by the door to her bedroom. "I'm gonna make sure this mess with you stops… And when I have a plan, it always, and I mean always, works." She continued with a nod of her head.

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Arizona was at the hospital and had just checked on one of her younger patient, who had been at Seattle Grace-Mercy West for a couple of days. He was here for a surgery that Arizona was the best in the country at performing. With that said, there was only three people in the United States that could actually perform the surgery. So… You could say she was the best of the best at this procedure.

She walked to the nurse station to fill out the boy's chart. She was completely focused on her work when Christina arrived, so she didn't notice her at first.

"Dr. Robbins?" Christina asked.

When Arizona realized that Christina was standing beside her, she made a small jump in surprise.

"Eh… Hello to you too Dr. Yang." Arizona said with a huge perky smile, dimples and all.

Christina had made a plan, and it involved Callie and Arizona… Well, that was the obvious bits of the plan. But she also needed them to be at the same place at the same time and for that she needed a crew. A crew with all their friends, that could help her carry out her plan. Before Christina answered Arizona she realized something, a lack in her plan.

Damn it! The crew! How the hell could I forget to gather a crew.

With that she turned to Arizona.

"Eh… Well, I forgot my question. I'll… Eh… Stop by later if I remember it." She said in attempt to stop their conversation from progressing.

"Oh… That's fine Yang, I'll see you around." Arizona said and with a suspicious look on her face she turned her attention back to the chart.

It worked, ha! Well, of course it worked I'm Christina Yang!... Now I have to gather that crew.

Christina turned on her heel and walked towards the cafeteria.

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At one of the tables in the cafeteria sat Meredith, Owen, Teddy and Mark, no Lexie of course. After the run-in Lexie and Mark had at Joe's they hadn't been seen together, well, not that they were seen together much before. But now it seemed like Lexie was avoiding Mark, and for good reasons, she had totally embarrassed herself at Joe's.

Christina quickly made her way to their table and sat down with her lunch plate.

"Guys, I need your help… Like all for you."

The others at the table now looked at Christina. Christina Yang usually didn't need help, so this had to be important.

"The great Christina Yang needs our help." Mark teased with smirk on his face.

"Yeah yeah, whatever Man-whore." Christina shot back before she continued. "Okay, here's the thing… Callie is a mess, not that I care much, but the apartment is a mess too and it's getting a bit too dark and twisty… I think she might be turning into Meredith. Which is not good, 'cause there can be only one Meredith or everything will get way too dark and twisty around here."

Now Teddy and Owen looked really confused, but Meredith and Mark nodded with an understanding look on their faces.

"So… What's the game plan?" Meredith asked.

"Well… We need to get them to be at the same place at the same time. Without them knowing. 'Cause if they know, they will just spent all day trying to figure out what to say to each other, and that's not gonna help. 'Cause then they'll just end up where they are now… It has to be top secret." Christina explained and Mark nodded in response.

It was true, if Arizona and Callie knew about their "coincidental" meeting nothing would be resolved and the plan would be ruined.

"Okay." Mark said while thinking. "I'll take care of Blondie and Christina you'll take care of Callie… And Meredith you'll find a place where they can meet without being interrupted." Mark now looked over at Teddy and Owen and continued. "And you two… You'll stand by if we need any more assistance, and keep your mouths shut." Mark instructed.

They then continued eating lunch and chatting as if the plan had never existed. They didn't want to seem too suspicious, so all conversations about the plan had to be short.

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Two hours later Christina had talked to Callie and convinced her to meet up with her, Teddy and Meredith for some baseball after work. Meredith had figured that the baseball court had been the safest place to carry out the plan. The only part missing now was Arizona.

Mark was on his was down to the PED's wing when he accidentally bummed into a blonde figure on Heelys, who came speeding around the corner.

"Oh. Hey Blondie." He said with a huge smile.

"It's Arizona, Mark. And hey." Arizona answered with a smaller smile than Mark's, because his smile… It was huge.

"Why that huge smile?" She questioned.

"Well… I was thinking." Mark started. "Maybe… Since, ya'know, you and Lexie seem to get along so well… Maybe you could get her to come to the baseball court." Mark stopped, knowing that Arizona's "fixing"-side would kick-in soon.

"Why?" Arizona asked.

"I kinda wanna let her know that I'm not mad at her after what happened at Joe's… And I was thinking maybe you and Lexie would join me, Meredith, Owen and Christina to play some baseball… There will be beers involved." Mark said and grinned at the last part.

"Oh… You want me to fix the two of you?" Arizona asked, now the excitement was evident in her voice.

Ha! I knew this would work! Way to go Sloan.

Mark thought while mentally high-fiving himself.

"Well yeah… Will you help me?" Mark asked with the best pleading look he could muster.

"Yeah, sure. Give me about an hour and it'll be fixed." Arizona said with a huge perky smile on her face. Her day had just gotten a little bit brighter.

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An hour later Arizona had talked to Lexie and convinced her that Mark might want her back, and that she should come to the baseball court with her later. She had also informed Lexie about the beers, just in case Lexie might want to drink to gain some courage.

"Done and done!" Arizona said as she walked into the attending lounge where Mark was drinking his coffee.

"Done? Already?... Wow you're fast." He said with a smile.

"I'm just THAT good Sloan." Arizona teased as she remembered how Mark used to mock others when they didn't believe his skills.

"Ha! Yeah I guess you are. Thanks Robbins, I appreciate it." Mark said as he started to walk towards the door. When he reached the door he turned around. "See ya later Blondie." He smirked as he walked out the door.

His smirk didn't fade when he continued his walk down the halls of the hospital. The plan had worked, he had put the last piece of the puzzle together. Now it was all up to the girls themselves to solve this mess. He took his phone and texted Christina.

Our meddling is complete.

Now it's up the Callie and Blondie to make our meddling a success.

/ Agent Sloan

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So… Callie and Arizona both chose to lean on their friends for some happy time after work. Is this a good thing or a bad thing?

Normally you might say it's a good thing, but then again their friends aren't that normal.

Spoiler:

The baseball court, Calzona and solutions?

Stay tuned.

Personal note: Soo.. I had a really hard time writing this chapter. Christina Yang is very hard to write.

Hope you liked it.