A.N: Why thank you all for the follows, hope you all do like where this is going. It might be a while before we can progress further, gotta get all the characters out. There'll also probably be a few more flashbacks to explain everything. Bear with me whilst it happens though =]


Chapter 2: Welcome to Seattle

The two Latinas stood by the front entrance, staring up at the building in front of them.

"Seattle Grace Mercy West huh?" said one.

"Yup, guess it's where we're spending the majority of our days at" replied the other.

"Yaaaaaay" came the reply, heavily laced with sarcasm.

Before either one could say anything more, a young brunette dressed in light blue scrubs approached them, holding onto a clipboard.

"Hi, you must be Doctor Torres, and Doctor uh …" she quickly glanced down at her clipboard "Torres?" she glanced back up at the two Latinas, confusion evident in her eyes.

"Yup, I'm Aria Torres" she pointed at herself proudly, "And this here's my big sister Callio-" she was interrupted by a elbow to the stomach, "ahem, I mean Callie."

The young brunette studied the two doctors in front of her; they were both stunningly beautiful. Both possessed long, dark hair, though Callie left hers to drift down passed her shoulders naturally, whereas Aria had hers up in a long ponytail.

"Ah, right, well I'm Alexandra Grey, most people here call me Lexie, or Little Grey even. I'm a resident here, and I'm supposed to show you around today."

The two Latina's stared at her. Lexie was generally a happy person, and well liked, but the two doctors in front of her threatened to completely damper her mood. They intimidated her. She could feel her smile start to drop.

Aria gave the young doctor a glance over. "Hmmm, small petit frame, fair skin, brunette, kinda perky." She gave a quick glance over to her sister, who was staring uninterestedly at the girl, before moving her eyes back to the doctor, "She's cute" she decided.

Callie just stared at the girl. "She's too perky, it makes me want to slap her. Why am I even here? Why couldn't I just stay in Miami? My only saving grace are that Mark, and Addie are here, God kill me now!" She glared and saw the young brunette shifting around nervously; she raised a brow, "Hm? This could be interesting".

"Oh god, oh god, why is she glaring at me? Did I do something? Why me?" It was the only thought passing through Lexie's head. She couldn't help but start shifting around nervously. The silence was killing her.

Deciding to break the silence, and save the poor girl from her sister's stare down, Aria spoke up.

"So Doctor Grey, where's the first stop?" She gave the girl her most sincere smile, hoping to apologise for her sister's action.

Grateful for the distraction, Lexie immediately jumped into action. "Right, well The Chief, Doctor Hunt that is, wants the two of you to head towards the conference room for now. He said he wanted to formally introduce you to the some of the department heads. They're in a meeting right now, so everyone should be there. Then I'm going to give you a quick tour of the hospital and show you where you'll be working."

She walked into the lobby, and seeing the two doctors following her, headed straight for the elevator.


"Woah Cal, what's with the death stare?" Aria whispered, as soon as Lexie was a short distance away.

"She's too perky, I don't do perky. God, I hope she isn't my resident!"

Aria laughed out loud, seeing her sister whine. "Well aren't you just a ball of sunshine? The poor girl was just being nice, you should try it sometime Cal."

Callie just glared at her younger sister, "Shut up".

The dutifully followed Lexie into the elevator and got off at the third floor. They saw a few nurses, patients and family members of patients milling around, but nothing particular caught their attention. They trailed behind Lexie as she walked down a corridor and finally stopped at a door, waiting and she knocked. When they were granted entrance, the door opened and they were met with a long table filled with Doctors all wearing navy scrubs and lab coats. Callie caught the eye of her two friends, Addison and Mark, before plastering a fake smile and following Aria's lead to the head of the table where a red haired doctor sat.

The red haired doctor stood up immediately and held his hand out. "Ah, you must be Doctor Torres… well, Torreses. I suppose?" He chuckled at his own statement. "I'm Owen Hunt, Chief of Surgery, welcome to Seattle Grace Mercy West."

Before anyone could say anything, they were distracted by commotion at the door, where two Doctors practically fell through, adjusting their lab coats as they stood up straight and brushed imaginary dirt off their coats.

"Sorry about that Chief, we got paged in earlier, just got out of surgery, heard you wanted us all here, so we came as soon as." Callie watched as they explained their tardiness. The one who spoke was the taller of the two, she had black hair, which just ended passed her shoulders, fair skinned, slim, but what caught her attention was the eyes. They were dark, really dark, and attentive. Even though she was speaking to the Chief, and laughing at their own entrance, she was staring the two newcomers, and her eyes were cold. When she noticed Callie staring at her; whatever was in her eyes disappeared, replaced quickly with a warmer and less hostile look.

"Oh new members? Pleased to meet ya! The name's Ryans, Terri Ryans, Head of Trauma" she held her hand out for them to shake, "And this here's Doctor Robbins, Head of Peds".

Callie turned her attention to the second person, she took in her blonde hair, long and tied up in a loose ponytail, milky white skin, cerulean eyes, and froze. "It can't be…"

"Arizona?" The blonde's attention snapped up from where she was shaking hands with Aria. She looked at Callie, taking her in.

"Yeah, um, do I know you?" Arizona felt a tug she couldn't explain, had she met this woman before? She seemed to know her name before any proper introductions were made, but Arizona didn't know her. Did she? Surely she would remember if she knew someone as beautiful as her.

The entire room looked between Arizona and Callie, worried that there would be a conflict of interest. Many thoughts passed their heads; they all had their own theories as to how the two women knew each other, the most popular one being a forgotten one-night stand.

"Um, sort of. We went to high school together." Callie couldn't believe it. "She doesn't remember me? Why?"

Terri cut in before Arizona could reply, though it didn't look like she would be any time soon. Arizona was staring at Callie, mouth opening and closing, but no words coming out.

"Yeaaaah, about that. Ari doesn't remember anything from before she woke up in hospital."

"What happened?" It was Aria who spoke up, as Callie seemed to be imitating Arizona in her speechlessness and gold fish impression.

"There was an accident." There was finality to Terri's voice, which conveyed the thought that she was not going to give any further detail regarding the accident.

"Right," Owen's commanding tone cut through the silence that had prevailed, "Doctor Ryans, Doctor Robbins, if you would take a seat." As the two doctors went to take their seat, Owen continued with introducing Callie and Aria.

"These are the two new attendings that will be working with you, so first we'll go around the table and you can introduce yourselves." Turning to Callie, "I apologise, we don't seem to have a full house right now, a few of our department heads are away at a conference, but we'll get you introduced as soon as they return."

Turning back to address the table, "The floor is yours doctors."

"Addison Montgomery, Head of Neonatal Medicine and Obstetrics and Gynecology" The red haired woman smiled at Callie knowingly.

"Mark Sloan, Head of Plastics" He gave Callie a flirty smile, which Callie just ignored.

"Derek Shepherd, Head of Neuro" The dark haired man gave Callie a smile, and Callie couldn't help but blush, even she had to admit that the man was dreamy looking.

"Teddy Altman, Head of Cardio" The dirty blonde haired woman gave Callie a questioning look, before turning to look at the doctor who sat next to her.

"Terri Ryans, Head of Trauma, as you know" She gave a cheeky grin, Callie confused by the woman's actions, she couldn't get a read on Terri and it frustrated her.

"Arizona Robbins, Head of Peds" the voice was small, it caught Callie's attention straight away, she noticed that the other woman was avoiding eye contact and she couldn't figure out why. Arizona was lost in her thoughts and had introduced herself absentmindedly. There was something about the woman who stood at the front, yes she was strikingly beautiful, and her voice was silky smooth, but that wasn't it. She was confused and her emotions were out of control, something that she hadn't felt since that day.

"Okay," Owen took command of the room once again, "to my left is Aria Torres, and she's the new Trauma attending, so Doctor Ryans, if you could guide her these next few days, it would be great."

"Pleased to meet you all, and I look forward to working with you Doctor Ryans". Terri nodded at Owen and gave Aria a little wave, which made her laugh.

"Now I'm sure you've all heard the rumours that Doctor Chang handed in his resignation or that he's been fired. Well I can tell you that yes, Doctor Chang no longer works here, but he has not been fired, he has simply retired." Murmurs spread throughout the room, whispers of 'finally' and 'about damned time' erupted.

"People, people! Settle down now. Either way, to my right is the new Head of Orthopaedics, Callie Torres…"

The sound of the chair hitting the floor cut off anything else Owen was about to say, everyone's attention was drawn to Arizona who had stood up so abruptly that her chair fell backwards.

"It's Callie"

Arizona stared, eyes widened in shock, as the voice echoed in her head.

"It's Callie …"

Pain erupted, and her hands flew to her head.

"It's Callie, Callie Torres"

She vaguely registered the sounds of Terri and Teddy shouting her name, before everything started to fade into darkness.

"Callie Torres"

She could feel strong hands around her body before she hit the floor, then …

Darkness.


A.N: So? Like it? Also, other than the obvious Callie/Arizona pairing, what other pairings should there be, if there is any? I mean so far my characters are: Callie, Arizona, Terri (new character!), Timothy, Aria, Lexie, Mark, Teddy, Addison, Derek and eventually Alex too. Obviously if Derek is here then Meredith should appear and for sure Cristina is in this too =]

Would like to hear what you think!