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Callie and Mark had been chatting about something which wasn't appropriate hospital lunch talk when Bailey came in search to find Callie. She walked over to their table and placed the charts on their table which hit with a sharp smack. Both of them looked at Bailey and wondered what has got her in such a mood.
"Did you hear?"
"Hear about what?" Callie questioned back as she reached for Mark's apple which he hadn't touched. He smacked her arm and she stuck her tongue out at him and took a bite of the apple.
"O'Malley is joining the army" Bailey stated with a look of annoyance on her face. "He is what?" Callie asked loudly not sure that she heard Bailey correctly.
"O'Malley is joining the army" Bailey repeated and Callie's mouth flew open in shock. Her ex-boyfriend was joining the army. She looked incredulously at Bailey but the women showed no signs of joking. Her face was fully flushed with annoyance.
"Wait, are we talking about George O'Malley? The one that is so soft and is mostly like a girl?" Mark enquired. "Yep, the same George O'Malley"
"That's just ridiculous. Poor, sweet George who wouldn't hurt a fly, is joining the army? Who put those ridiculous ideas in his head?" Callie asked Bailey.
"Owen Hunt, the trauma surgeon. Apparently he told George that he is good and O'Malley is making stupid decisions."
"We have to stop him. Tonight we are having an intervention for him at Joe's. Are you in, Bailey?"
"Of course I am in. I'll go get his friend circle and you are there to Joe's at eight. Don't forget" With that, Bailey collected her charts and left their table. Callie was still stunned as she looked at Mark who shrugged.
"You are coming, right?" Callie asked him who nodded in response. "Good" Callie mumbled and just then Mark's pager beeped. He looked at with a huge smile and Callie didn't have to guess who it was from.
"I'm sorry, Cal, but Lexie is paging me for a consult. I have to go" He got up and Callie rolled her eyes.
"You are not fooling anyone!" Callie called out to him who just grinned cheekily and left to find Lexie.
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There were a lot of trauma's coming in and everybody was busy with their surgeries that no one could find George and talk to him. Callie, after completing her hip replacement, tiredly walked out of the OR and she spotted Cristina and Meredith sitting in the nurse's station.
She knew that if she talked to them, they would kick some sense into them- maybe not Cristina but at least Meredith. "Did Bailey tell you?" Callie interrupted the twisted sisters' conversation and they both gave her quizzical looks.
"Tell us what?"
"That George is joining the army" Callie couldn't say that without making a face.
"What? Bambi is joining the army?" Cristina burst out laughing and Meredith kicked her friend under the table. Cristina was just being Cristina.
"Anyways" Callie continued ignoring Cristina's laughter. "Bailey and I have planned for an intervention, tonight at Joe's at eight. Make sure you are there. Wait a minute, where is Stevens? She would knock some sense into him" Callie was surprised that Izzie Stevens hadn't talked to George yet. Those two were inseparable.
"Izzie has gone out of town. We will be there" Meredith promised and just then they were joined by Arizona Robbins.
"Hey" she said perkily as she bent to retrieve her patient's chart. Callie looked at her and she decided to invite Arizona along. The more people the easier.
"Hey, listen; we are having an intervention tonight at Joe's. Are you coming?"
"An intervention? For what?"
"You know George O'Malley? He is joining the army. So Bailey and I have decided that we could all have an intervention and knock some sense into him"
"Why would you want to do an intervention? He is joining the army which is really great, right?" Arizona asked at large but the twisted sisters' were engrossed in their conversation and neither of them was paying attention to the blonde and the brunette.
"Huh? He is joining the army, Arizona. If he goes there, he will die. Don't you want to stop him?" Callie was getting irritated by the blonde's obliviousness.
"I think it's really awesome that he is joining the army. I mean, he is going there to save his country and I think that is awesome" Arizona's voice kept getting louder and Callie looked at her indifferently.
"Oh my god" Callie groaned and threw her hands up in the air. What is the problem with this woman? Callie rolled her eyes at the blonde and she left. Arizona watched the brunette's leaving figure and she was getting angrier by the minute.
"Yang, go prep 2210 for surgery. You are scrubbing in with me" Arizona handed her the chart and ran to find the brunette. She was going to voice her opinion loud and clear to Callie.
Callie was talking to some intern as Arizona joined them. "Dr. Samuels, could you please excuse us for a moment?"
Callie looked at the blonde with pure irritation and Arizona just dragged her to nearest empty room. "What?" Callie asked exasperated.
"What the hell was that?" Arizona asked as she closed the door, her voice really loud. "What?" Callie repeated again and Arizona folded her arms across her chest.
"You just left as though I had pissed you off. What the hell?"
"I told you that George is joining the army and you told me it was awesome. What kind of person are you?" Callie rubbed her temples. Arizona was getting on her nerves. Last week, they both had developed a new kind of friendship and now it was all ruined.
"You want to know what kind of person I am? Fine. I'll tell you. I think George joining the army is awesome. I am the person who thinks that what George doing is dangerous and terrifying and brave. He is going to serve his country. He's going to risk his life to save the men and women who make it possible for you and I to sleep safely in our beds. I'm a person who thinks that is brave, and I'm a person who stood in an airplane hangar and watched them unload my brother's body in a coffin and all we got was a flag."
"My brother died over there because there weren't enough doctors, Calliope. So, for my money, George O'Malley is a patriot. He's a hero and I'm grateful that he exists. So, yeah, the word I use is awesome. That's who I am." Arizona's voice nearly broke when she told Callie about her brother. It still hurt her to talk about her brother.
She didn't even glance at Callie's face and left the room by closing the door with a bang causing the people on the floor to look at her curiously. Tears threatened to form in her eyes but she controlled them. She missed Tim- a lot.
She leaned back on the wall and covered her head with her hand. She needed to distract herself and just then her pager beeped. She was grateful for the pager and she left for her surgery careful not to think about her brother or Callie.
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Callie had back to back surgeries the whole day and when she finally sat down to rest she got a page from the ER. She hated this day.
She went to the ER and they directed her to bed two. She saw a 6-year old girl sitting on the bed, crying and her mother was trying to calm her down. She quickly walked to them and she introduced herself.
"Hello, I'm " she said with the best smile she could manage. "Hey, what's wrong?" Callie asked, bending down next to the girl. "She was playing and she fell from the swing and broke her hand."
"What's your name?" Callie asked as she slowly reached for the little girl's hand. Normally, she would have an intern to do it for her but this girl was beyond cute so she decided to treat the girl.
"Jesse" the girl sniffed. "Wow, what a beautiful name. You know, Jess? I'm a doctor and give me your hand so I could take a look at it. Now, if you allow me to look at it, I'll give you a prize later" Callie said with a twinkle in her eyes and Jesse stopped crying. She smiled at the kid and the little girl's face broke into a dimpled smile.
Callie lifted Jesse's hand and she slowly examined it. "It's just hairline fracture and it's no big deal. We could be sure if we have an X-ray. Dr. Samuels!" She called her intern but he was busy treating another patient. She internally groaned that she had to do everything.
"C'mon, let's take you for an X-ray" Callie bent to lift Jesse and her mother continued to look worried. Jesse quickly climbed into Callie's hands. "Let's get you healed, shall we?" She asked Jesse and the kid nodded eagerly. "Mrs. Johnson, I assure you that this is such a simple thing. You can stop worrying now" Callie assured the mother who looked absolutely terrified.
Mrs. Johnson nodded and she placed her hand on top of Jesse's head. "I have to call her father." She told Callie. "Well, why don't you call her father while I go take this beautiful young girl up for an X-ray?" Callie suggested and her mother nodded warily in response.
She walked to the X-ray room and Jesse started to play with Callie's hair. Callie started to ask Jesse random questions so that she could distract the little girl from her pain.
Arizona wheeled onto the floor greeting the nurses on the floor and she stopped in her tracks when she saw Callie with a kid. Jesse's eyes widened when she saw Arizona on her Heeley's. "Dr. Torres, what is that?" She asked pointing to Arizona's Heeley's.
"Why don't you ask Dr. Robbins herself?" "Oh, Dr. Robbins" Callie called to Arizona who reluctantly walked towards them. "Yes, Dr. Torres?" Arizona asked, trying to control her irritation.
"Well awesome Jesse here wants to ask you something" Callie held the girl on her arms tighter and Jesse turned away, shyly. "What did you want to ask me, Jesse?" Arizona asked sweetly and Jesse looked at her shyly.
"What is that?" she asked pointing to Arizona's shoes. "These are my super awesome shoes. You like it?" Arizona popped out her wheels on the shoes and Jesse looked at them in awe. "That is really cool" Jesse said, her eyes still glued to those shoes.
Callie and Jesse walked to the X-ray room and after assuring the little girl that it was a magical test, they got Jesse ready for an X-ray. Callie and Arizona waited for the scans to load and neither of them spoke a word.
"You were right" Callie said quietly after a long silence. Arizona's eyes widened in surprise that Callie had admitted that she was right. "George joining the army is awesome. I'm not going to that intervention" Callie continued and Arizona gave her a smug smile.
"I'm always right" Arizona teased and Callie just rolled her eyes. The X-ray came in and Callie was right that it was just a hairline fracture. Jesse was just going to get a cast.
"The X-ray came back clean and it's just a small fracture and it would become alright with a cast" Callie told Mrs. Johnson who had joined them.
"Mommy, I'm going to get a cast! Jason got one in blue and he showed it to everyone. Can I get color of my choice?" Jesse asked her doctors and Callie smiled at the little girl.
"Of course you can" she replied and Jesse smiled with her dimples popping out. "Can I get one in pink? I love pink."
"You love pink? I love pink too!" Arizona said cheerfully and flashed her own dimpled smile at the little girl. "No surprises there" Callie muttered quietly but loud enough for Arizona to hear. Arizona discreetly elbowed her in the ribs and Callie glared at her.
Callie put the cast on Jesse and as requested by the little girl, she put on the pink one. After it, Jesse's mother looked at them both and smiled thankfully. "Mommy, did you see Dr. Robbins's shoes? It has wheels on them! It's so cool, mommy. I want one like that." Jesse rambled to her mother as they both walked out of the hospital.
"Kids love Heeley's" Arizona stated turning to look at the brunette. "Those are dangerous. You know how many broken bones these could cause?" Callie said pointing to her Heeley's.
"You are just jealous of my Heeley's" Arizona poked a finger on Callie's shoulder and Callie rolled her eyes. It was the end of both their shifts and they walked out of the hospital together.
"I'm sorry about your brother" Callie said softly and she took Arizona's hand and gave it a soft squeeze. "Yeah" Arizona breathed and Callie released her hand. Arizona could still feel how soft Callie's hands were on hers.
"So, where are you going?" Arizona asked as they both walked to their respective cars. "I have a date tonight" Callie said grinning brightly. "A date? Oh, with who?"
"Well, if I tell you, you should not give me lectures, alright?" Callie looked at the blonde who nodded.
"She was a patient of mine, she gave me her number and tonight is our first date" When Arizona looked like she was about to interrupt Callie held up her hand to silence her. "Uh-huh, no lectures"
"Ok, then. Have fun on your date. Can I ask you something else?"
"Yeah, sure" Callie said unlocking her car. "Why do you care so much about George?" Arizona asked unlocking her car.
"George and I, we dated for a while. It was a long time ago. He then fell in love with someone else and I knew we both wouldn't work out."
"You dated George? But I thought you were-a-" Arizona was confused.
"I'm bi" Callie shrugged in explanation and Arizona's expression began to clear. "Oh" she said in realization. "Well, then, have fun on your date" Arizona waved goodbye and got into her car.
"Where are you going?"
"Home" Arizona couldn't say that without making a face. She was dreading to go home. She wasn't in the mood to fight with her girlfriend anymore.
"Oh, okay. I'll see you later" Callie waved goodbye and they both left in opposite directions.
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