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'
"Three shots of tequila. Anything else?" Joe asked the three doctors in front of him.
"I think we are fine for now." Mark answered before taking his shot and downing it.
"Don't listen to him, Joe, we are going to need about six more." Cristina laughed.
Callie watched as her two friends took their shots. She didn't really feel like drinking, she had only come due to the constant begging of her best-friend. "I don't think I am going to need anymore, but thanks."
"What's up, Callie? Blondie being back made you know fun?" Cristina asked taking another shot.
"This has nothing to do with Erica. I just... had a good day and do not need to get drunk tonight." Callie responded causing the other two to look at her as though she was crazy. "How are you dealing with her being back? She is never going to put you on her big case."
Cristina smirked, "I'm already on the case. I just did a favor for the peds surgeon on the case. Nothing big, just told her somethings about you."
Mark nearly spit out the shot he was taking as he took in what Cristina was saying. "Wait... she put you on the case because you told her about Torres here?"
Cristina nodded causing Callie to glare at her. "What did you tell her?"
"Nothing, just your full first name and a few other little useless facts." Cristina waved it off. "You can't be mad at me, I would sell you to her for a chance to scrub in on the surgery."
The look on Cristina's face showed nothing but seriousness causing the other two to laugh. Mark started some new conversation about one of the nurses confronting Lexie about his whorish tendencies but Callie wasn't paying attention. She was distracted by the fact that the peds surgeon was just as taken by her as she was.
From the corner of her eyes Callie saw the blonde hair walk through the door. She knew it was Arizona right away. The bounce in the woman's step gave her away. However, she still felt herself turn around to double check. As soon as she laid eyes on the blonde haired beauty walking towards the bar she felt as if she couldn't breathe. The way that the woman's jeans fit around her butt and down her legs made Callie feel something she hadn't in a long time: desire.
Before she could stop herself, she had stood up, murmured something about getting another drink to her two friends and began walking to the bar. She let herself let out a small breath when she saw that the other woman was sitting alone. Without even thinking about the next move she sat down and ordered a drink.
"Calliope," Arizona turned to her and smiled. "I didn't know you'd be here."
"Well it is right across from the hospital. Very convenient." Callie responded causing the woman next to her to laugh.
"I guess you're right. Are you here alone?" Callie pointed to the table where Mark and Christina were laughing at something Owen said. Arizona nodded, "Aren't they going to miss you over there?"
The brunette smiled and leaned in a little closer to Arizona, "We both know that if I went back over there, you would miss me over here."
Arizona knew she was right. She had missed Calliope every second that they weren't together since they first met. It was pathetic and Arizona Robbins did not do pathetic... at least not in front of anyone. So she did something that she was great at... changing the subject. "Tell me something, Calliope, is it true about you and Dr. Hahn?"
Callie backed up and looked into the other woman's eyes, searching for something, anything that could explain the reason for this question. "What?"
"I have worked with Dr. Hahn at Massachusetts General for almost six months. In that little time she has done more than enough to give me a hint that she goes for woman. But you... I don't... you surprise me, Calliope."
Both woman just sat and looked at each other for a moment. Neither could tell what the other was thinking. Callie was in shock. She had no idea how to respond. First of all she was very confused, and mildly interested to know what the comment about Erica meant. Mostly, however, she was surprised that Arizona couldn't tell that she was a mess around her. Of course Callie knew she was hardcore, but the past 18 hours she had been sure she was a blubbering idiot. Especially in front of the beautiful blonde in front of her.
"Never mind. I shouldn't have asked." Arizona was about to get up to leave. She could tell she had made the other woman uncomfortable, but she had to ask... for her own sanity. However, before she could walk away she felt a hand wrap around her wrist.
"Stay." Callie whispered. Arizona stood there for a moment, having the brunette's hand on her made it impossible to move. She couldn't think, it was as if everything went off in her head and all she could feel was the woman's hand on her. "Please, stay."
She sat back down as she felt her wrist being released. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have..."
"No," Callie interrupted. "Don't be sorry. I just... Yes, its true. Erica and I... we were a couple."
"Oh..." Arizona turned away to look at the bar in front of her. "So you are interested in women?"
Callie chuckled. "Well, actually Erica was my first. But you are a woman and I am interested in you. So I guess you could say that."
The blonde turned her head so fast to look at the other woman that she thought she might experience whiplash. "Wait... Erica was your first?"
"Yeah," Callie nodded with a look of confusion on her face. "Is that a problem?"
"Actually, yeah it is. I think I was wrong for kissing you earlier. I'm sorry, but I have to go."
Callie watched as the blonde all but ran to the door. Before she knew it there was no sign the the other woman had even been there. She looked over to where her friends were still sitting, lost in their own conversation. However, she was disappointed so she did the only thing she knew would help. "I'm going to need some Tequila, Joe, and keep them coming."
"Dr. Robbins, are you listening?"
Arizona perked up at her name. She looked up at the woman across from her. "Yes, Dr. Hahn, just zoned out for a minute. Continue."
Erica Hahn stared at Arizona and sighed. "We need to operate on Ms. Rowan within the next two days. She should be strong enough by then."
"Awesome." Arizona stated with a small smile. Normally she would be ecstatic to hear that her patient would be strong enough to go into surgery. That way her patient can get on her way to recovery and back on the way to the rest of their life. However, that also meant that within the next week she would be back in Boston. Of course she had turned Calliope down, she knew they would never work, but that doesn't mean that she didn't enjoy seeing the gorgeous brunette.
"Is there something wrong with that?"
"Not at all, I am super excited." Arizona tried to widen her smile, but both of the woman could tell it was fake.
"I know I am going to regret this, but what's wrong? You have been distracted all day."
Arizona cringed, she had known that question was coming, but didn't know how to answer. She didn't exactly know what happened between Erica and Callie and had no idea how the other doctor would respond. "You know Dr. Torres, right?"
Erica nodded and sat down in the chair behind the desk in her makeshift office. Arizona took the seat across from her and sighed as when her butt hit the seat. "I don't mean to intrude, but I know you two had a past. So I was wondering... is it normal for her to... drive you crazy?"
Erica laughed lightly at the woman's wording. She knows exactly what Arizona was feeling, she had felt the same way when she was with the brunette. "Only if you let her. She is one hell of a woman." Erica hesitated and leaned forward in her seat before sharing the rest. "We were friends, actually, she was my best-friend. Then one day, we... became more. I realized I was gay and she took things a different way."
"Oh," Arizona felt as if her biggest fears were coming to life. She had a feeling this was going to happen and this is why she never dated newborns, but that didn't make it any easier to hear.
"Eventually she slept with Mark Sloan, her best-friend and the head plastic surgeon here. I was hurt and so I left. Packed up, hopped on a plane and headed to Boston with my parents." Erica finished. She could tell that what she had said just made the other woman even more confused. "But... I don't regret it and neither would you."
"What?" Arizona's head snapped up. "I wasn't..."
"You like her. That's okay, Dr. Robbins, its normal to be attracted to someone like Callie."
"It's different with her," She stated sadly while playing with her hands in her lap. "But I don't date people new to being a lesbian. You just said yourself that she can't handle it."
Erica sat back in her seat and sighed. "Give her a shot. Trust me, I know that it is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all."
Arizona nodded. Erica had said the one thing she wasn't expecting. Her brother had always told her that saying whenever she got hurt by the love. He was never afraid of getting hurt and told her it was because you should live with no regrets. He had been right her whole life, and she can't believe it took Erica Hahn to remind her of that. She stood up and walked over to the other doctor, pulled her out of her seat and into a big hug.
"Thanks," Arizona said as she pulled back and headed towards the door. "I have to go."
Callie walked out the doors of the hospital into the dark night. As soon as the wind hit her she snuggled tighter into her coat. Fortunately, her apartment was right across the street and she didn't have to walk too far. It had been a really long day. She had been woken up at eight in the morning by her pager with a horrible hangover. They had called her in on her day off because some stupid person on a motorcycle it a wall going way to fast on the freeway and had broken nearly every bone in his body. It's not that she didn't love every moment in that OR, but she wished it didn't have to be so darn early in the morning.
She was almost completely out of the parking lot when she heard a car pull up behind her. "Calliope!" She didn't need to turn around to see who it was. She could recognize that voice saying her name anywhere, it had been replaying in her head for the past two days. "What do you want Arizona?"
The blonde could tell she was annoyed by the tone of her voice. She waited until Callie turned to look at her before responding. "I'm sorry for last night. I want to make it up to you. I want to take you out."
Callie looked at her as if she had two heads. "Right now?"
"If you'll let me" The blonde nodded with a big smile on her face.
Callie stared at her for a few seconds before she let her lips turn up into a smile, opening the door of the car and taking a seat. "It's no fair when you use your dimples."
Authors Note: Thanks again for all the reviews. I am beginning to love them almost as much as Grey's Anatomy. Anyways, this chapter is a little longer than the last, but I couldn't decide if I should go into their date or skip to the after. So I decided I could postpone this decision until I write the next chapter.