"What've we got?" Meredith Grey asked as she headed towards the ambulance bay.
"Male, 30, thought it would be funny to jump out a window onto a trampoline. His plan didn't end well when he sprung himself over the fence." Nicole called out as she wheeled the gurney into the doors of Grey Sloan Memorial. "Looks like one ankle is shattered while the left leg has a clean break and a possible head injury."
Callie followed suit as Meredith directed them into trauma room three, both doctors began their separate examinations on the unconscious patient. Meredith lifted an eyelid on the patient angling her light into the pupil, getting no response Meredith called out for a neuro page.
"Torres how's it down your end?"
Callie had been doing an external observation, there was no doubt that the right ankle was completely shattered. The clean break would be easy for her to fix, no problem… but by the sight of the ankle Callie knew she was in for a long morning. "I need scans to evaluate the extent of both injuries, but I'm all set."
"Page Doctor Shepard to meet us at radiology." Meredith called out to the resident on call.
Both adults worked on getting the patient stable, with the help of a nurse, before making their way ` towards radiology.
…
"The patient's lucky." Amelia spoke as began finishing up on the patient. Despite the hard force in which the patient landed on the concrete, he only suffered a mild frontal lobe bleed. However, his ankle had been shattered with impact. "Torres, how long you got left?"
"The ankle is just over half way done, I'll be in another hour max." Callie spoke as she continued to reconstruct the ankle. "The metal wires are in place, it's just a case of plastering the leg post op."
Amelia nodded before making her way out of the OR, Callie stretched out her neck before returning her focus back on the patients ankle. Being a surgeon, there is nothing Callie loved more than being in the operating room. Although, there always came a time in a surgeons career where they would have a 'dry spell'. Dry spells normally indicated simple procedures with no complex surgeries. For Callie, her two week dry spell had officially ended. The complexity of having to reconstruct the patient's ankle had gotten Callie in a good mood.
Callie continued to reconstruct the ankle as she engaged in conversations with her OR staff. The sound of the door opening caught Callie's attention, looking up briefly she caught the eye of Meredith.
"My last surgery got cancelled, I'm taking the children to the park for a while. Would you mind if I took Sofia?"
"That would be amazing!" Callie beamed back "I'll let you know when on my way home."
….
Callie strolled out of the patient's room two hours later, she had just finished casting the patient's leg. The brunette felt on top of the world, she had just successfully rebuild an ankle and she was child free for the evening. Reaching over the nurse's desk, she retrieved a pile of reports before heading towards her office.
Even though she had been sat in the OR for a while, sitting down in her chair felt like heaven. Underneath the desk, she slipped off her shoes before turning on the radio perched on the side behind her desk. Leaning back in her chair, Callie pulled the hair tie that was holding her locks in a ponytail and closed her eyes. This was her relaxation time. It didn't matter who chaos was taking place on her ward, in this moment she was focusing on the soft humming coming from the radio.
Opening her eyes, Callie reached to grab the first report. The calming atmosphere in her office gave her the motivation and mindset to complete the nine reports in the pile. Time went on and the pile of finished reports began to get higher which pleased Callie. As she reached to retrieve her seventh file, she heard a knock at her office door. She called out for the person on the other side to come into her office.
"Callie can we talk?" Penny spoke as she entered the brunette's office.
Callie breathed out heavily, the last time she had spoken to the red head she was asked if she still loved Arizona. That was four days ago. Not looking up from the reports on the table the brunette spoke "I have a consult in fifteen so make it quick." The brunette lied, she knew Penny deserved to know what she was feeling but with the day she was having, Callie didn't want to ruin her mood.
"Where have you been these past few days?"
Scrunching her face up in confusion, Callie looked up at penny before laughing. "Is that all you want to ask me?"
"I'm not going to jump down your throat the first chance I get Callie, I do respect you."
"Fair enough, to answer your question I've been with Sofia."
Nodding to herself Penny wanted to push Callie more, she knew she hadn't just been with Sofia. At this stage she knew her relationship was edging close to the expiration date. She was going to lose anything by pushing Callie. "You mean Sofia and Arizona?"
"Yes."
Making her way to sit in front of Callie, the red head stared deeply at her. Penny didn't have any emotion, she knew this conversation was only going to go one way. The way that meant she would no longer be the girlfriend of Callie Torres. The minute Callie ignored her question and ran out, she knew their relationship wouldn't be going any further. The past few days had been ideal for Penny, she was able to process what was about to come. She knew the minute she engaged in a conversation with Callie that the worst was going to come.
The only sounds that could be heard was the heavy breathing from both doctors. After a while, Penny took initiative and bit the bullet. "What are we doing Callie?"
"I don't know? We're both avoiding the inevitable" The brunette sighed as she placed her pen down.
"The inevitable being that we end our relationship?"
"I'm am so sorry Penny, it wasn't supposed to be like this."
"I know, I don't hold anything against you. I always knew she was the love of your life…. Well is the love of your life." Penny calmly spoke.
Callie pushed her chair out, slowly resting her elbows on her knees she shook her head. "The time we spent together, it was real. I have never once lied to you about my feelings, I cared for you. You made me happy."
"I just wasn't Arizona." Penny added, she surprised herself by how calm she was being.
"You shouldn't be so calm with me, I treated you bad."
"I've had worse Callie, I just can't stand in the way of two people who loved each other." Penny admitted, she sat back in the chair as she watched Callie gather the reports back up. "Tell Sofia that she'll always be the queen of candyland!"
Callie let out a laugh, despite people's perceptions Callie and Penny did have an adequate relationship. Their favourite thing to do, excluding 'adult activities' was to challenge Sofia to Candyland, the little girl would always through a tantrum when Penny won. After the third consecutive time of Penny being the champion, the little girl vowed she would never play it again.
The pair stood up and faced one another, Callie brought Penny into her arms and gently rubbed her back. Placing a small kiss to Penny's cheek, she turned to gather the reports into her arm before making her way towards the door. She turned back and let out a soft laugh.
"Sofia will be pleased to hear that." Callie smiled as she propped herself against her office door, Penny got up and walked straight past the brunette. Her shoulders felt lighter, her ongoing conflictions with Penny had proven to be a heavier load than expected.
…
"I hear you went to the park with Zola?" Callie asked as she led her daughter down the path of Meredith's house towards their car.
"I did Mami! Aunt Meredith holded me so I did the monkey bars!" The little girl beamed as she climbed into the back of the car.
Callie buckled herself in the front as she listened to Sofia waffle on about her afternoon with the Shepard children. Glancing through the window every now and then Callie couldn't help but smile, Sofia would catch her mother staring at her and pull a funny face. The brunette couldn't explain just how happy she felt in that moment.
"Sof, shall we do something super super exciting?" Callie asked with a smirk as she looked back at her daughter. Sofia being the mischievous girl she is instantly nodded her head, the little girl listened to what her mother said and innocently giggled.
The surgeon drove them to the closest store and brought the vital ingredient for their plan. Sofia sat in her chair holding the box while her mother drove them to their destination. The duration of the drive Sofia kept repeating how excited she was for their 'super special plan' to work. Her face lit up as she saw the familiar sight in the distance, she instantly started to scramble to unbuckle herself which for Callie was a big no. "Sofia Robbin, what do we not do in the car?"
"We wait till we stopped before getting out." The little girl whispered as she tightened her grip on the box, she knew she was going to get told of when she tried to unbuckle herself but she couldn't help how excited she was.
Raising her eyebrow at the little girl, Callie tried to contain a laugh. Sofia had gone against the safety rule but she had to admire how excited her daughter was. Spontaneity was never Callie's best trait, she always liked to be in control and know every angle of a plan before going forward. Yet in this moment, a spontaneous decision felt right.
The brunette got herself out of the car before going to unbuckle the over excited child, as soon as Sofia's legs hit the ground she was off. Callie held the box in her hand as she watched Sofia reach the doorbell of the house. The little girl turned round to her mum and waved her hand as if to say hurry up.
Closing the door and following the footsteps of the little girl, Callie heard the sound she wished she would never stop hearing. Arizona.
"Bug! What are you doing here?!" Arizona smiled, her dimples got deeper as her mouth widened. Bending down to pick up Sofia, the blonde began to smother the little girl in kisses.
Sofia turned her head and pointed to Callie.
"We thought we would surprise our favourite momma with doughnuts, isn't that right Sof?" Callie beamed as she reached the duo. She tilted the box towards Arizona and watched the blonde's eyes light up as she focused her eyes on the sweet treats. Twelve iced doughnuts, the blonde's ultimate favourite.
"Is there a reason behind this little visit?" Arizona asked as she let Sofia down who instantly held her hand, the little girl refused to leave her side.
"Just showing you how much we appreciate you!" Callie smiled as she locked a gaze with Arizona.
The blonde took the box out of Callie's hand and gave them to Sofia "Go pick out which one you want!" The little girl ran inside. Arizona's eyes widened as she realised she let Sofia have the whole box, turning round Arizona called out "I call dibs on the biggest doughnut Sof!" Both adults laughed when the heard the sound of Sofia disagreeing.
"So Doctor Torres, would you like to tell me the real reason you're here?" Arizona smirked as she took hold of one of Callie's hands.
"I'm telling the truth!" Callie replied as she stepped closer to Arizona "We're showing you how much we appreciate you….and celebrating both of our renewed relationship statuses."
Arizona's eyes widened when she realised what Callie meant. "Are you saying?!"
The brunette winked at the blonde.
Grabbing Arizona by the waist, Callie pulled her in so their bodies were touching. She placed one hand on the side of Arizona's face. The blonde unconsciously leant her face into the warm hand, gazing up into the pool of brown eyes Arizona couldn't help but smile.
Maybe just maybe, the world was on their side for once.
Hi! My deepest apologises for the lack of updates, I have finished university completely so they should be up more often. Took me a while to write this, writers block mixed with OITNB binge doesn't get a chapter written! I hope you all like it!