Title: It's Only Love
Rating: T
Summary: Set six months after Erica left, Arizona never came to Seattle Grace. Now these two surgeons arrive at the hospital the same day. The only thing that's certain is that Callie Torres' life is about to change.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but the laptop I'm typing on. All the rest belong to Shonda Rimes'
Authors Note: Thanks for all the reviews! They really inspired me to write more. Sorry that this update is shorter than the first, but due to the holiday week life has been really hectic. Hopefully I can get another one out sometime this weekend.
Arizona Robbins loved listening to gossip. It's not for the fact that she believed it all, actually she knew how inaccurate most of it was. It was for the fact that only through the rumor mill could someone end up pregnant, divorced, arrested and get a bad haircut all in the same day. Fortunately for her, she heard gossip a lot. First of all, she was friendly... like, super friendly. Secondly, she worked at a hospital. That's why when she was reviewing a chart at the nurses station she was not surprised to hear whispers about her new, albeit temporary co-workers.
"I cannot believe that Hahn is back. Did you see how Dr. Torres reacted?" The nurse on the right whispered in a tone that showed how excited she was about her current news.
The nurse on the left nodded. "I heard that they had a mature conversation..."
"Are you crazy? Hahn was so hurt when Callie slept with Sloan that she had to bring her new girlfriend with her to make her jealous."
"Seriously? I wonder if Torres knows? I bet she'll be so hurt that she jumps back into bed with Mark." This caused both of the nurses to laugh.
"I bet that she'd punch both of you if she knew what you were saying about her" Arizona looked up to see an angry Asian girl looking at the two nurses. The nurses stopped laughing and looked up at the doctor before turning around and walking away while looking at the floor.
"Stupid nurses," The woman muttered before walking up to Arizona, "So I hear you have a patient with tricuspid atresia."
Arizona just stared at the woman in front of her, shocked at her bluntness. She only responded when she heard her repeat the question. "Um... yeah, I do. Why?"
"I need to be on your service."
The blonde was once again taken aback by how completely open this woman was. The scariest part was that she saw nothing but seriousness on the other woman's face. "Excuse me, but I do not even know who you are."
"Christina Yang, forth year resident."
The pediatric surgeon smiled and reached out her hand. "Arizona Robbins. Nice to meet you." Once she realized that the other woman showed no interest in returning the smile or the friendly gesture she pulled back her hand and sighed.
"Pleasantries aside can you just tell me, am I going to have to ask Hahn?" Christina sighed and looking defeated. She placed her elbow on the counter and placed her head in it. She knew that it was a long shot getting a peds surgeon to help with anything, but it was better than talking to Hahn. She still hated her old teacher and for good reason, but it was too hard to find heart surgeries worthwhile anymore.
Arizona looked the woman across from her from top to bottom. She knew nothing about her other than the fact that she seemed to be against politeness and seemed to have some problem with Erica. Actually, the only redeeming quality that the woman seemed to have was that she defended Callie in front of those nurses. "Do you know Dr. Torres?"
Christina looked at the other doctor confused. "Yeah, why?"
"Tell me about her. If you tell me what you know about her then I'll put you on the case." Arizona knew it was wrong but she couldn't help herself. Four hours, twenty minutes and about fifteen seconds ago when she meet the gorgeous Latina had been one of the top ten unforgettable moments of her life.
Plus it didn't help that what the nurses had been discussing had made her brain spin with questions.
Christina smiled and looped her arm through Arizona's making her walk away from the counter. "Did you know her real name is Calliope?
Callie Torres loved lunchtime. Although it was not always on a set time, she was normally able to run into at least one of her friends. Today was no different as she walked up to the table where Mark Sloan and Owen Hunt were sitting. "Hey guys, what are we talking about?"
"Did you hear that Dr. Hahn was offered her job back?" Mark responded as his best-friend took the seat next to him.
"Mark, you are worse than the nurses. I was just telling him that I could think of a more appropriate Cardio surgeon than one who left the hospital with such short notice." Owen added.
"Oh, well I guess we'll just have to see if she accepts or not." Callie replied as she began eating.
Mark stared at her at disbelief. "You are okay with this? Were you not in the same on-call room with me?"
Callie smiled down at her food when she remembered her last encounter with Erica. Not that she had forgotten it since it was playing on repeat in her head for the past four hours, twenty minutes and about fifteen seconds. Surprisingly, it was not the conversation with her ex-girlfriend that was occupying her mind, but the meeting with the new blonde Peds surgeon.
'Arizona Robbins.' Callie smiled even brighter at the thought. Since her divorce to George, break-up with Erica, and George's death, she thought had given up on finding love. However, the moment that she looked at Arizona she knew there was something there. The spark between them was overly obvious to her, and she just hoped that the blonde saw it too.
As she looked up from her food, she noticed the two men staring at her expectantly. "Oh, um... what were we talking about?"
Just as Mark was about to respond his pager went off followed only seconds by Owen's. "We are not done with this, Torres." He pointed at her before throwing away his trash and following Owen through the cafeteria.
"Wow, you really know your stuff, Yang."
"I know," Christina replied. She had spent the past few hours with the new Peds surgeon and it was beginning to be a little too much perky too handle. "So I can scrub in?"
Arizona nodded causing the other woman to simply walk away. She definitely was not surprised since it was obvious from the beginning that all she was interested in was the surgery. Now that she was alone again her mind went through the events of the day. It started out relatively normal. She met Dr. Hahn at the hospital, checked on her only patient, and then they went over how to treat her. However, everything changed the moment she met Calliope.
Of course, Cristina's promise to tell her everything about the other woman did not even scratch the surface of who the brunette really was. She was certain of that. What she was uncertain about was how the woman could make her feel so incomplete with only one meeting. Fortunately, now that everything was done for the day she could go back to her hotel and relax.
"Arizona," Callie walked up to her and smiled, "Hi."
Arizona smiled back subconsciously, "Calliope."
She didn't know why she walked up to her, it's not as if she had anything to say. All Callie knew is that she found herself drawn to the woman. She had seen her roommate, Christina, talking to Arizona and was intrigued as to what they were discussing. "How was your day? Liking Seattle-Grace?"
"I am liking it a little more now." Arizona responded, a slight blush rising to her cheeks.
Callie's smile turned into a smirk "Really? Something happen between you and Dr. Yang?"
Releasing a little chuckle, the blonde took the two steps needed to reach the other woman's ear and whispered, "I was actually thinking about a different brunette surgeon." Before stepping back, Arizona dropped a small peck on the woman's cheek. Seeing the stunned look on the Brunette's face, she smiled before turning around and walking out the doors of the Cardio wing.