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I'm very glad you're enjoying the story. The idea came from a short talk with a friends of mine, telling me Leah was the most annoying Character on Grey before Penny (I agree so much on that!)

Well, you'll see that Leah is a good girl, in her own way.

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Joe's was the typical place for a casual drink for GSMH surgeons after along shift. The problem was, if you didn't want to get notice, it was the worst place. There was always a nurse, a paramedic or a staff member who would see you, and the next day, the gossip mil would do its job and everybody would knew you were having a good times with former intern Leah Murphy whereas you are supposed to be in a relationship with the head of the Orthopedics.

Penny didn't realize it when she opened the door of the bar, letting Leah getting in. She followed her to a table and the two young women settled in silence.

"Beer?" Penny asked, taking the lead.

"Yeah..." Leah noded, looking around her if she recognized some faces.

As Penny walked to the counter, she spotted Nathan Riggs and Amelia Shepperd. She managed to avoid their gaze and quickly get back to her table, turning back for them to not see her.

"You've been here before?" Penny asked as she handed the beer to Leah.

"We used to come here with some friends." Leah replied. "You may know them if they're still there. When I left, Stephanie Edwards and Jo Wilson were still in the program."

"Oh, yes, I know them. They're still here." Penny said, smiling, but noticing a kind of sadness in Murphy's eyes. "And Can I ask you why you quit?"

"I didn't quit. I was fired..." Leah explained.

"Oh... I'm sorry, I didn't know." Penny apologized.

"It's okay. It was a long time ago. It's been hard for a while, but now I'm okay with it." Leah explained sincerely. "So you a third year resident? Who have you been working with?"

"I'm with Grey, she's the Head of general surgery. She beat the hell out of me... And its begining to have an impact on my personal life..." Penny confessed. She hadn't taken Leah to get a drink to tell her her life, but speaking to that woman was easy, and she was actually enjoying it.

"oh... You're married?"

"I've got a girlfriend." Penny said.

"I see..." Leah said, thinking sincerely for a while penny was hiting on her.

"Oh, I'm sorry you thought it was a date..." Penny apologized clumsily.

"It's okay, don't worry. But I'm not used to be invited for a drink, and you're pretty..." Leah said, making Penny blushed. "And I tend to project myself quickly in a relationship... But i'm working on it!"

"I'm sorry Leah, I should have been honest with you. But inviting you here wasn't that innocent." Penny confessed. "I wanted to know what your relationship with Callie Torres was..."

...

Being a little more aware of the impossibility to be discreet by going to Joe's, Arizona had invited Andy in another bar far away from the hospital. She knew that somebody would have seen her hugging the tall woman in the lobby and that was already enough.
They were in Arizona's car and the conversation was easy. The two of them have been texting all day long and they were talking about their respective best friend.

"I don't have a lot of friends, they are for the major part surgeons like me." Arizona explained. "My closest friend is April. She's a trauma surgeon and she's a nice girl. She's been through a lot and she's always there for me."

"Good for you." Andy replied as Arizona parked the car.

They walked to the bar and laughed on their way. As they entered in, a car parked in front of the bar.

"What is that bar?" Callie asked Maggie.

"I can't believe I let you get me in to this..." Maggie said, signing. "What are we doing here?"

"Arizona knows my car, and yours more discreet." Callie said, trying to look at her ex-wife's behavior as she and Andy were entering the bar. "Look at her, she's all perky and smiling."

"Callie... What's the deal... You have been divorced for years, you barely speak and see each other. Plus YOU have a girlfriend..." Maggie reminded her.

"Alright, we can go... I wanna just see who that girl was..." Callie lied. "If she's going to be in Arizona's life, she's going to meet my daughter..."

"Your daughter... Sofia is Arizona's daughter too..." Maggie said, starting the car. "And I don't think you take the time to ask Arizona if she agreed you date Penny..."

"That has nothing to do with Penny."

"Why? I mean she's your girlfriend, that hot brunette might be Arizona's girlfriend, so it's the same things. You're not married anymore. She has no accountability to you" Maggie repeated.

"Can you just shut up and drive me to your place so I can pick up my daughter?" Callie snaped.

"Hey! Don't yell at me! You dragged me here!" Maggie snapped back. "Besides, you have to figure why seeing Arizona with another girl upset you that much..."

Callie growled and turned her head to the windows. She was pissed but she knew that Maggie was right. She wanted her and Arizona to feel free when she walked away after those fateful 30 days. So why was she feeling suffocating again when Arizona wasn't around her?
The first months after their divorce, she felt guilty about splitting up, seeing Arizona hooked at her fellowship. She was hurt and dark the most of times. Not everybody would noticed it because Arizona knew how to put a big fake smile on her face, but Callie could read her like an open book.

As their relationship resumed talking about Sofia and a few cases they worked together, she didn't have a clue of what happened in Arizona's life those years. She had always been a private woman, and in a way, at the time, it didn't really interest her. She heard some little things when Arizona was staying at Alex's, but now she had her own place, Callie didn't know anything.

"It's just curiosity..." She finally said to maggie..

"If you say so..."

...

"Uh... Torres..." Leah sighed. "It's complicated..."

Penny froze, thinking about her girlfriend having an affair with that girl. "Did you and her..."

"What? No way..." Leah laughed.

"So then what?"

"She was broken up with her wife, Dr Robbins." Leah smiled sadly. "And one night, she came here, asking her to get out of her apartment, and I was here... So Robbins and I ended the night together..."

"You slept with Robbins?" Penny asked.

"We had an affair... Well, it was not really an affair... I'd rather say she used me to cope her loneliness..." Leah said bitterly. "So when Torres asked her back, she ran to her and left me immediately."

"Wow, that's just..."

"It sucked. And they both suck... I found myself between them, as Robbins told her the truth about us. I didn't ask for anything, but something happened during a surgery that put the patient in danger. So after thinking a lot, I decided to file a complaint against Torres with HR. She ended up getting a disciplinary report.

"Oh my god..." Penny said, discovering that piece of Callie's past, and in the same way feeling bad for Leah.

"After that, I was the black sheep of the hospital, barely no one spoke to me. The two of them worked their crap out and I was fired a few months later..."

"I'm sorry Leah..." Penny said. "I know what it feels to be not welcome among them..."

"What do you mean?"

"I've been here for a few months only. And before that, I was in another hospital, where Derek was sent after his accident. I've worked on his case. So for his wife and his sister, I'm the one who killed him".

"I hear you..." Leah said, placing a friendly hand on Penny's shoulder. "At least, you have your girlfriend to rely on..."

"Not even..." Penny said. "I'm dating Torres..."

Leah gasped and stared at Penny, before they both burst into laughter.

...

"I can't believe you haven't date anybody in nearly 2 years and a half! That's insane!" Andy said, as she was squeezing Arizona's hand.

"I was working a lot and I let myself down. I think I was still hoping for her to come back..." Arizona said. "I was only working and raising my daughter. Otherwise... nothing."

"You have a daughter?" Andy asked.

"Oh yeah... i haven't told you... Is that a problem?" Arizona said. "I should have told you, I'm sorry..."

"No, it's not a problem at all!" Andy reassured her. "It's great! I love kids."

Arizona smiled at her, and put her hands on Andy's. She took the time to look at her slowly. "You are so different..."

"What do you mean?"

"So different from the people I'm used to being with everyday. It's just so good to be able to shut off everything about that hospital and to let you get me into your world..." Arizona said.

"I take that as a compliment..." Andy says, stroking Arizona's cheeks lightly.

"And you are so beautiful, and smart, and nice..." Arizona whispered. "How can you be single?"

"After what happen with my ex, I thought that I would never ever love again." Andy said sadly.

"If you want to talk about it..." Arizona proposed.

"Well, it might make you run away..." Andy teased.

"After how I screwed up my marriage, don't worry, I can hear anything!" Arizona replied playfully.

"Well, we were together for more than four years. We were planning our wedding. I loved her, really, she was amazing, we were happy..."

"So what happened?" Arizona asked.

"I cheated on her with a steamy contractor who lead the renovation of our apartment." Andy said. "It was a pulsion... My ex was gone for a week because of her job, and that woman was there, constantly hitting on me... I'm so ashamed... I couldn't control myself, like an animal..."

"Not so far from what happen to me... We're humans, we're making mistake.' Arizona said. "But I've done worst, because you 'only" hurt your girlfriend... I destroyed my family for that one night stand..."

"It's our first date and we already know what each other are capable of... "Andy laughed.

"Don't let our past screw our night..." Arizona said, reaching Andy and looking intensely in her eyes. "what would you said if I kissed you? Would it be too soon?"

Andy didn't replied and grabbed Arizona's face between her hands and kissed her passionately.

...

The next day.

"Where were you last night?" Callie asked Arizona, entering her office. "I tried to call you, Sofia wanted to say goodnight."

"Stop doing that Callie, I know you saw me..." Arizona said, her eyes still on her tablet as she was reviewing a patient's case.

"What? No I don't... Well yeah I saw you but ..." Callie mumbled. "It's true she wanted to talk to you..."

"I'll make it up to her, don't worry." Arizona replied, still looking at her tablet. "And What' I'm doing on the night Sofia is not with me is not any of your concern..."

Callie was about to reply, when Arizona's phone buzzed. She took it and smiled widely, making her dimples pop.

"I... I know, but I was just saying... Sofia was a little disappointed. That's why I was asking..."

"No, you wanted to know who was the woman waiting for me..." Arizona said, finally raising her head and looking at her ex wife. "I was on a date with a woman named Andy if you want to know everything..."

"Oh..." Callie gulped. "Good for you..."

"And I'm not going to ask for your permission." Arizona said playfully, smiling at Callie who was annoyed by her behavior.

"I didn't say that you had to"

"So why are you still around?" Arizona asked, crossing her arms and still smiling.

"How did it go?" a voice interrupted them behind the door.

"It was awesome!" Arizona said.

Richard opened the door bigger and saw Callie's puzzled face. "Oh, I didn't know you were here Torres..." He said, looking at her with a questioning gaze.

"Callie came to ask me where I was yesterday night. So I was telling her how amazing Andy is!" Arizona said, grabbing Richard's arm, walking away with him, leaving Callie alone.

...

"Do you know a Leah Murphy?" Penny asked Stephanie Edwards as she entered the resident lounge that morning.

"Yes. She was here a few years ago. We used to hang out together. Why?" She asked.

"Because she's working in the lab right now, and when Callie knew it, she was kind of... pissed..." Penny explained.

"Well, that's normal..." Stephanie replied. "She was..."

"I know the story..." Penny cut her off.

"Torres told you?"

"Actually, Leah did..." Penny confessed.

"What?" Stephanie asked, confused by the news.

"I kind of take her for a drink last night..." Penny confessed. "I wanted to know why Callie was so upset, but I was sure she wouldn't tell me if I'd asked..."

"Wow... That's weird..." Stephanie says.

"She's nice. And I have to say I understand her. I know what it is to be unwelcome in that hospital even if you haven't done anything wrong..." Penny said bitterly.

As an awkward silence settled, Stephanie notices Jo who was laying on a couch in the opposite corner.

"Oh, Hey Jo!" Stephanie said, wanted to catch her friends attention and escape from Penny. "What's up?"

"I'm just trying to get some sleep, so could you talk about your personal life anywhere else?" Jo mumbled, putting a pillow on her ears.

"I have to go anyway... Shepperd is waiting for me..." Stephanie lied, smiling quickly at Penny and leaving the room quickly.

...

Arizona was perkier than usual. She was smiling big and everybody noticed that the blonde's mood was more than good. So when she saw Bailey in the middle of the hallway, she rushed to her.

"Hey!" she said, arriving behind her. "Morning chief!"

"What do you want Robbins?"

"I just wanted you to know that a friend of mine is coming in about an hour with boxes full of comics for the tiny humans on the peds floor." Arizona said. "If you're okay with that, chief..."

"Are the comics appropriate for your patients, by that, I mean no violence or anything else?" Bailey asked;

"Yep, I check them personally..." Arizona said, laughing.

"Is that free?" Bailey asked.

"Yep... Consider it Christmas before christmas..." Arizona said.

"Is that 'friend of yours' the woman that picked you up the other day?" Bailey asked again.

"Oh my god..." Arizona sighed. "Does everyone know already I'm seeing someone?"

"Not everybody, but Torres knows for sure..." Bailey grumbled.

"How do you know that?" Arizona asked surprised by all the things Bailey knew.

"Because I was with her when you left the hospital with her... It was just before Blake left with Murphy... So you can imagine her face..." Bailey said.

"Wait, wait wait... Who is Murphy?" Arizona asked, knitting her eyebrows.

"Leah Murphy... She's working in the lab right now..." Bailey replied, smirking.

"And what did Blake have to do with all of it?"

"I don't know. Her and Murphy left together, that's all I know..." Bailey replied as he pager buzzed. "Oh... I have to go. It's okay for your friend to bring the comics! I'll come if I can."

...

Callie was sitting in the cafeteria, thinking about how cheerful Arizona had been, teasing her with her new love interest.
She was pissed. She didn't know really why, but Arizona's perkiness was bothering her. So when Alex and Jo sat at her table she jumped in surprise.

"Can you imagine that? She's back! I tried to call her a thousand times, I text her for weeks, and she wouldn't reply! I considered her my friend, and now she's back, she's not even telling me!" Jo complained.

"That girl is a mess. If I were you, I'd be happy she didn't try to contact me..." Alex said, taking a bite of his burger.

"Shut up!" Jo said. "I don't care about her, it's just... Anyway, she already found a friend..."

"Who are you talking about?" Callie mumbled, not really taking attention to what her two colleagues were saying.

"Murphy..." Alex replied. "Jo is grumpy because her BFF didn't tell her she was working back here. And who is her friend?"

"Blake... Apparently, they hang out together..." Jo said as she felt Alex kicking her under the table, making her remember Penny was Callie's girlfriend. "That's... What I heard..."

"Oh, Don't worry, I know about that... I don't know... I need to talk to her..." Callie said, standing up.

"Talk to who? Blake?" Alex asked.

"No, to Arizona..." Callie says, leaving Alex and Jo who look at each other unbelieving.