The how-to-get-over-the-love-of-your-life handbook
Personal note:
Wanna apologize for the spelling mistake in last chapter's spoiler. Of course it was not meant to be "one 'enjoying' Cristina Yang", it was meant to be "one 'annoying' Cristina Yang". My bad ; )
Also sorry for the late update… again. ; )
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Chapter 14: How to have little fun
It was an odd day in the hospital cafeteria, 'cause today one of the tables was occupied by Arizona, Lexie and Cristina, which was a pretty rare mix of people. Not that Arizona and Lexie hadn't eaten lunch together before, they had, but it was the new addition to the table that made this a special lunch. It was the third person, Cristina Yang. Arizona and Lexie kept sharing glances at each other, trying to get the other one to ask Cristina why she had joined them.
"You know, I'm not blind." Cristina Yang suddenly said.
"Eh… W-what?" Lexie said, clearly confused about the sudden outburst from Yang.
"I can see the glances, I know you're both wondering why I'm sitting here." Yang explained.
"Well, you normally sit with Meredith. I'm just surprised… pleasantly, of course." Arizona said and tried to sound like she wasn't lying about the last bit. She even tried to convince Cristina by giving her, her best dimpled smile.
"Cut the crap Blondie." Cristina responded. "I'm sitting here today because Meredith decided to do the McNasty with McDreamy in his office, leaving me with McPerky and McFatty. You two." Cristina motioned between the two other surgeons to make her point clear.
"Just because I'm pregnant doesn't mean I'm fat." Lexie defended, sounding slightly offended.
"Eh yeah it does." Cristina said as she took another bite of her food.
Arizona giggled at the exchange and received an evil glare from Lexie.
"It's true. You eat a lot." Arizona said while she nodded and pointed at Lexie's plate. The plate was filled with almost every possible kind of food that could be purchased in the cafeteria, including some candy bars from the wending machine.
Lexie looked at her plate and then up at Arizona and Cristina. Cristina put her hand in the air.
"High-five to Blondie!" Cristina said while laughing. Arizona joined the laughter and high-fived Cristina back.
This just made Lexie even more angry, maybe the hormones also had something to do with it, but nonetheless she was pissed.
"Well in case you haven't noticed I'm feeding two people here, me and the baby, and if the baby is gonna grow up to be big and strong I need to eat A LOT!" Lexie practically yelled.
"Yeah well, you're still fat." Yang shot back with a laugh.
Arizona tried desperately to contain her giggles, while Lexie got up to leave.
"I'm sorry Lexie, it's just really really funny. The hormones and stuff." Arizona tried to defend her giggling, but just received yet another evil glare from Lexie who was already on her way out of the cafeteria.
"We probably shouldn't have laughed like that." Arizona said sounding slightly guilty.
"Oh she'll get over it." Yang said as she continued to eat, showing no signs of guilt. But then again, Cristina hardly ever showed her emotions.
"I guess so… And it's not like I laughed on purpose, I just had a lot of sugar today… Like a lot…" Arizona said as she tried to show the amount with her hands. She kinda acted like she was drunk, but really she was just high on sugar. "One of the kids had a birthday party and there were cake and candy. We all got these cute little pink candy bags, like a goodybag-thingy. It was so cute." She rambled on.
"You know the bags are meant for the kids right?" Cristina said, clearly amused by the blonde's rambling.
"What? Seriously? But it thought…" Arizona responded with a surprised look on her face.
"That many years in Peds one would think that you learned something." Cristina continued to be amused about the perky surgeon's childish behavior.
"No I learned something, I just always thought…" Arizona trailed off. "Oh well, no one complained and I got candy. Everyone's happy!" Arizona squealed the last part, making Cristina jump slightly in her seat.
Cristina started to get up from her seat.
"To much sugar equals to much perkiness. You should really carry around a sign with: 'Please don't feed the surgeon. No sugar'." Cristina said as she turned to move.
"Yeah well, at least I'm not… Grumpy, all the time!" Arizona yelled back.
"I'm not grumpy I'm just hardcore." Cristina said with a smirk as she left the cafeteria, leaving Arizona alone with her sugar high.
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Arizona, Callie (quick encounter) Arizona still sugar high
Callie was standing by the nurses station in the Ortho wing doing charts, when she suddenly felt two arms snake their way around her waist. Callie instantly knew that it was Arizona but decided to tease her a bit.
"Catherine, you know I have a girlfriend, she might see us." Callie smirked as she felt Arizona's arms loosened their grip and started moving away from her waist.
Callie turned around with a smirk and looked directly into Arizona's eyes. Arizona looked startled and slightly hurt.
"Oh hun, I was just kidding, I thought you knew that." Callie said as when Arizona's expression didn't change.
"Mmmhmm." Arizona nodded slightly shaking her head to try and hide the tears that had formed in the corners of her eyes.
Callie quickly wrapped her arms around Arizona and tried to comfort her.
"I'm sorry babe, I was just fooling around with you, I didn't mean to hurt you." Callie whispered into Arizona's ear in the most calm and comforting voice she had.
"I know… I just…" Arizona trailed off, still clinging to Callie, not wanting to let go of her.
Arizona took a few deep steadying breaths before she continued.
"I just… I just got of this sugar high, I was all hyper and perky, and now I'm all tired and emotional… Sorry, I really didn't mean to cry…" Arizona said as she nuzzled her head in the crook of her girlfriend's neck.
"Haha! Seriously Arizona you're just to cute sometimes." Callie laughed and turned Arizona's head so that their eyes locked. "Cute and kinda like a big kid, but I love you." Callie said as she gave Arizona a peck on the lips. "By the way there's no nurse called Catherine in the Ortho department. And if there was, I wouldn't let her hold me like you do." Callie smiled and looked into the blue eyes of her girlfriend.
"Oh, you're just so funny aren't you." Arizona said as she scowled at Callie, with a playful hint in her eyes. "It's not like it's my fault I got this emotional."
"Oh, yea honey it kinda is." Callie said her smile growing even bigger.
"No the kids… and the candy… and… and…" Arizona tried to come up with some explanation that didn't make it her fault.
"See, totally your own fault. It's not like the kids shoved the candy down your throat babe." Callie said as she grabbed Arizona's shoulders and started to walk down the hall.
While they walked Arizona was bickering and arguing, mostly not audible, but some of the words could be heard.
"Candy… kids… my fault, huh… stupid sugar high…"
"Let's just get you home so you can sleep away that emotional rollercoaster." Callie giggled at her girlfriends bickering and continued towards her apartment.
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Callie walked into Mark's apartment, which was unlocked, it had been that way since Callie had started to help with the baby stuff. Besides she was pretty sure she wouldn't accidently walk in on Mark and Lexie having sex. Because of Lexie's pregnancy Mark had said he wouldn't have sex with her as long as she was that big. He said it was because of the awkward situation it would put him in, since the stomach was in the way of him being on top. Lexie's wasn't really happy about this arrangement, since she was craving some sort of physical contact with the father of her baby.
"Hey Mark, is it okay if I stay here until Arizona wake up." Callie asked as she sat next to Mark on the couch.
"Yea yea, whatever nothings going on here anyway, so you might as well entertain me." Mark shot back with annoyance evident in his voice.
"Wow, somebody is sexually frustrated." Callie said as she raised her hands in defeat.
Mark just shot her an evil glare and took another sip of his beer.
"Why is Blondie in bed so early anyway?" Mark asked after a couple minutes of silence.
"She ate to much candy and got all emotional, so…" Callie took a sip of her newly opened beer. "I send her to bed." Callie shrugged.
"Hah, there's your kid Torres." Mark joked and Callie started laughing.
"Yea… So, why are you all sexually frustrated? No action in the bedroom with the Little, scratch that, Big Grey?" Callie asked as she looked a her bestfriend.
"No, none. If never had this quite a sex life since… Yeah well since I was 12." Mark said in a defeated tone.
Callie almost choked on her beer.
"12, seriously Sloan I knew you had been in the game for a looong time, but 12, that's just way way to early." Callie said with a smile.
"Yeah well I was hot, and so was my friend's sister." Mark said with a smirk.
"So… No sex… Why?" Callie asked.
"It's just, she's really big, and I don't know, it's just weird…" Mark tried to explain.
Callie laughed slightly at Mark's scrunched up face.
"Hah, didn't know big manly Sloan was afraid of a little belly getting in the way." Callie said while laughing slightly.
"I'm…" Mark tried but he was cut off by Callie.
"Admit Mark, you're scared… I bet you can't do it until she's no longer pregnant." Callie challenged her best friend.
"Is that a challenge Torres?" Mark asked and quirked up his eyebrow.
"Dare to take it?" Callie continued as she stared into Mark's eyes, showing him that she wasn't gonna let this challenge go.
"Oh I'll take it Torres, and I'll win." Mark said.
Really it was just a trick from Callie's side to get her best friend back. This grumpy frustrated Mark wasn't nearly as funny as the Mark she used to know. Callie knew Mark couldn't back away from a challenge, especially if it involved sex.
"Okay, but if you don't do it then you're paying the next round on Joe's." Callie said with a smirk.
"Fine, but if I do, do it, then…" Mark stopped to think about what he wanted as his prize. "Then you and Blondie do a full on kiss, tongue and all, right in front of me." Mark smirked and nodded his head, satisfied with his choice of prize.
"Mark, seriously…" Callie tried.
"Nope Cal, that's my condition, take it or leave it." Mark said as he continued to smirk.
"Ugh okay, at least there's still a bit man-whore left in you." Callie said as she got up and walked towards the apartment door. She turned around as she reached the door.
"You've got 2 days Sloan." She said before she walked out of her door and towards her own apartment.
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Lexie was teased, Arizona was teased and Mark was teased. Callie and Cristina on the other hand had a very entertaining day.
Spoilers:
First 'fear-fighting'-evening at Callie's place.
Plus a big question is asked.
Personal note:
So this chapter was a bit of a filler, but next chapter will move the story further ahead.