Title: Good Man In A Storm
Author: Gina
Pairing: Callie/ Arizona, Callie/George
Rating: NC17 (later chapters).
Summary: AU Calzona. George breaks Callie's heart and leaves her alone and broken. Can Arizona restore her faith in love and be her good man in a storm. Set somewhere around season 4.
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this fiction, nor do I have any rights in regards to them. All characters belong to ABC and Shonda Rhimes.

A/N : Comments always appreciated.

Callie's POV

Damn…I hated that noise.

My annoying alarm clock woke me up at 5 o clock. I wanted to slap it shut and just go back to sleep but I knew I couldn't as I had an early shift at work. Not only did I not want to be killed by the chief…I needed to cut to get my mind off everything else.

I made myself a piece of toast reluctantly, and warmed coffee from the leftovers of the day before. It tasted awful but I was too tired to really care. I only had a sip and then get lost thinking about him again and why he had left me. My mind lately seemed to have only one theme. My phone suddenly rang and I ran to pick it up breathless and excited convinced it was him….who else would call me this early in the morning.

It was George and there were tears in my eyes when I heard his voice…I was so happy….I had been waiting two days for this call. But he didn't sound friendly. He asked how I was, and seemed to pointedly ask me about my health. I knew what he wanted to know and decided to face the issue squarely.

"George I am still having our baby and it's going to stay that way."

"I thought so." he said evenly. "Also I wanted to tell you something myself before you found out from someone else. I am transferring to the resident program at Mercy West."

"Why? Why are you doing this? Can you no longer even work at the same place as me?" I asked feeling extremely hurt and betrayed at the extent to which he was trying to cut me out of his life.

"There's no point torturing ourselves Callie. We've made our decision, now just let's do our best to pick up the pieces and move on. I made this decision for your sake too. It will be easier and less painful for you if you didn't have to see me everyday."

He hung up after that and I got ready and left for work functioning solely on auto pilot.

My aim for the day was to rock as many surgeries as possible to try and forget the mess my life had become.

I bumped into the chief on the way to the resident locker room.

"Torres, I was looking for you." he greeted me.

"Morning Chief. Did you need anything?" I asked politely.

"Come to my office in 15 minutes. Our new peds attending Dr. Robbins is joining today and as chief resident I want you to give her a tour of the hospital."

"But Sir I have a hip replacement surgery in an hour or so." I was in the mood to cut and not have to babysit some Baskin-Robbins person.

"Well then keep the tour quick and simple. My office in 15 minutes." he said before walking off in the opposite direction.

"Great….just frickin great." I muttered to myself as I entered the locker room.

I quickly changed into my blue scrubs and headed to the chief's office.

After I knocked and entered the office the chief quickly made the introductions "Dr. Torres please meet Dr. Robbins our new peds attending."

As Dr. Robbins stood up and turned around to face me I was shocked to be looking into familiar blue eyes.

"Arizona Robbins. Pleasure to meet you." she smiled and gave me a small wink in greeting.

"Dr. Robbins this is Dr. Torres our chief resident and most promising orthopedic surgeon." the chief continued.

"Welcome to Seattle Grace hospital Dr. Robbins." I gave her a polite smile and led her out of the chief's office to begin a quick tour of the hospital.

Arizona's POV

I could not believe this….this is amazing.

I was doing an internal happy dance that the girl who had been haunting my thoughts since yesterday actually worked at the same hospital that I did….the fact that she looked so sexy in those blue scrubs made my mood even brighter.

"So what part of the hospital do you want to see first?" she interrupted my little happy parade.

"Definitely the coffee shop. To be charged up and take care of the tiny humans I need my 6am caffeine fix." I grinned showing my dimples.

She smiled at that but her eyes still looked so sad. I badly wanted to take her in my arms and let her know that everything will be okay. I didn't know her but I could see she looked bruised from within and someone had hurt her really badly.

We walked to the coffee shop while talking about our work. She was describing the hip replacement she was about to perform and I could tell that she was brilliant at her work just by the way she spoke about it. I definitely planned to go watch her surgery from the gallery.

"What will you get?" she asked once we reached the coffee shop.

"Vanilla latte" I smiled.

"Two vanilla lattes please" she told the coffee cart girl with a smile. As she was paying the money I saw something that my heart sink into my boots….a wedding band.

I cursed my luck…she's married and straight.

Regardless I wanted to be her friend . I really liked her and if something romantic wasn't an option I would feel honored to have a platonic friendship with her. I just wanted to make her smile that beautiful smile again.

Cool down Robbins…..you are starting to sound like a cheese ball.

"So what does your husband do" I asked with a smile.

"Uh…uhm….he's a first year resident" she replied looking decidedly uncomfortable.

Callie's POV

I didn't realize that she knew I was married so I was taken aback when she asked about George. She must have sensed my discomfort because she quickly changed the topic. I didn't know this girl but something about her made me feel a little happier and I felt safe and comfortable talking to her. She had an air about her that suggested she was good at taking care of people and it was comforting.

"I was planning a barbecue at my cousin's house to celebrate the fourth of July tomorrow. I would really like for you and your husband to come unless you have some other plans." she said with endearing shyness.

"My husband is out of town and I'll probably be working. Thanks for inviting us though." I don't know why I lied about George. I guess I was too embarrassed to start admitting to people that we had separated for now.

"Here's the address. If you decide to change your mind please drop by at least for a little while. I'll be waiting for you." she scribbled the address on a piece of paper and handed it to me.

My pager beeping interrupted our coffee session and I had to rush to the ER.

"Gotta go. See you around Dr. Robbins." I said before taking off in a slight jog.

"It's Arizona and hope to see you tomorrow. I'll save you a hot dog and some cornbread."she waved.

Inspite of myself I had a huge grin on my face…..for the first time in weeks.

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