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A/N: Okay just to address the not so pleasant "guest" reviews that freaked out about Callie and Mark. Look I'm not a writer, I don't make money off this stuff. I'm a student who waits tables. I squeeze this stuff in between exams and double shifts. These stories have to have some semblance of drama to them or we stop reading them. There's only so much fluff a person can take. I use fanfiction as an outlet. Sometimes I publish and sometimes I don't, I take things that are happening in my life and tweak them to fit their world. So if all you can do is spaz out then don't waste your time or my time cause I don't have any to spare. Enjoy the drama and the story or just don't read it.

A/N: Thank you to those of you who do like it and have sent your kind words. I appreciate it.

As she wandered through the Pit she stopped short when she heard her name. "Did you hear she cheated on Dr. Robbins with Mark Sloan?" one nurse whispered. "Yea, poor Arizona caught them right in the middle of screwing, that poor woman." Callie just leaned back against the wall. No wonder Arizona was still avoiding her, she had humiliated her.

Little did Callie know, Miranda Bailey had heard the whole thing, slamming a chart down on the desk, "I didn't realize we were paying you ladies to spread rumors about our surgeons. If you don't want this reported to HR then you ladies need to get back to doing your jobs and stop worrying about Dr. Torres." and with that Miranda walked off. As she went to round the corner, she saw Callie standing there.

"Thanks Bailey. You…uh…you didn't have to do that." Callie was starting to cry. She felt her arm being tugged toward the conference room.

"You've known me a long time Torres. So you know better than anyone else that I do NOT do this. I do not get in people's personal lives but you're my friend and I've seen you moping around here this last week. I've been on a case with Arizona and I've seen your donuts and your flowers. Every time she gets something from you she gets snippy then she disappears. The nurses say she cries in her office for a while, I don't know about that because it's not my business. That woman cares about you and it's obvious that you care about her but from what I heard you really screwed up." Bailey said as she took a seat at the long table.

"Nothing happened! I know it looks bad, I know with my track record with Mark that it looks terrible. I was so tired and he came in being Mark. I was already in the bed and when he refused to leave I was just too tired to fight him. When she came in I was asleep, I know I didn't have pants on and he was shirtless, but I swear nothing happened at all. Sometimes I don't think things through; I'm so used to the way that things have always been that I don't fully acknowledge that they're dysfunctional and wrong." Callie leaned forward in her chair, laying her head in her hands. "I should've left; when Mark refused to leave I should've gotten up and found another on-call room or fought him harder to get out of the bed. I was just so exhausted. Arizona and I were up all night…"

"Stop! I do not want to hear about what you and Dr. Robbins did last night. That's taking it too far Callie. I don't even do this; I don't listen to the messes you fools get yourself into. So let's skip of whatever nasty you did last night that left you too tired to keep Mark Sloan out of your bed."

Callie chuckled at her, "I wasn't going to tell you what we did, I was just explaining why I was so exhausted Bailey. We got paged in and I had no chance to catch a wink of sleep. I know I messed up here and I really just need her to let me explain. If she doesn't believe me after that then I'll have to live with it but I just need a minute of her time. I don't know how to make her listen to me." Callie was near tears.

Bailey stood up and walked over toward Callie, "Torres I'm about to say something that I am positive you don't want to hear. But listen to what I'm saying and don't just flip out. You and Mark are friends, friends with a past, a sexual past. Arizona Robbins is a lesbian with no ex-sex buddy/best friend running around. You need to take a minute to understand where she's coming from. She didn't want to pursue you because you've mostly been with men and the one woman you were with you cheated on with a man, that man actually. Arizona is aware of that information, she had just caved in and given you access to herself then she catches you in bed with him. In her eyes you basically chased her until you got what you wanted from her then went back to your same ol' thing. If you like this woman and I think you do, you need to reevaluate your relationship with Dr. Sloan. Arizona isn't the kind of person to tell you who you can or cannot see or speak to but if you stand any chance of getting her to forgive you then you need to talk to Mark. You can't have things both way Callie." Miranda gently patted her on the shoulder, told her she had surgery, and left.

Callie let her head fall onto the table, "I am an idiot." Quickly jumping up and running out of the conference room. She text Mark and asked him to meet her in the basement, her old home of sorts.

"Teds why is she so pretty?" Arizona asked as she sat the near empty bottle of wine down on the coffee table.

"Arizona, you're torturing yourself with this. Just talk to her, her explanation might surprise you." Teddy shrugged as she walked toward the kitchen.

"Are you defending her? We caught them Teddy! She had no pants on, he was shirtless, and he told us to get out. The look on her face was nothing but pure shock, shock she had gotten caught."

Teddy emerged out of the kitchen with another bottle of wine, "Look I know what you saw, but I also know what I saw; there were no signs that they had done anything. I think you should give her a chance to talk, she's been walking around like someone kicked her puppy. I know that it's scary for you to potentially give yourself to someone. I know that it's really scary that that woman doesn't have loads of experience with women. I know you're terrified of coming second to a man, that's why you don't date newborns and barely date bisexuals. You're better than a vacation Arizona, you know that, and you've prided yourself on it. I don't think she's trying to go on an Arizona vacation, I think she falls in love with people not genders. I know it looks bad but you're not happy. Give her a chance."

"Teddy she scares me. The morning after we slept together and we got paged into the hospital, I thought she had left without me. I panicked that she was bailing out and when she appeared out of the other bathroom I just felt uncomfortable. In that moment I knew that I could fall in love with Calliope Torres and it freaked me out. I know I should give her a chance to talk but seeing her in bed with him was like being punched in the gut. We're just starting out; I don't think I'm ready to take that kind of chance. What if it is a vacation, what if she does want Mark? My heart couldn't handle being with her for 6 months or a year then her saying that she's just not feeling it. I already like her more than I should Teddy and I just don't know that I can risk it." Arizona stopped, feeling the tears threatening to spill forth.

"I'm not telling you what to do here; I'm just saying if you like her then maybe you should give her a chance to explain. Maybe it really wasn't what it looked like." Teddy smiled slightly at her as she watched her best friend throw back the rest of the wine in her glass.

"Torres! Where are you? I've been waiting for you to decide ladies weren't for you." Mark called out as he wandered through the abandoned basement.

"Over here Mark!" Callie stuck her head out from around one of the storage cages. "We need to talk."

"Talk about what Cal? If this is about Blondie then I think you need to just let it go. She's not going to keep you satisfied anyway." Mark grinned slyly at her.

"Okay first of all, you're with Lexie. Remember her? So you need to stop making sexual comments toward me or she's going to leave your stupid ass. Second, don't talk about Arizona. It's your fault that I'm in this mess. I told you to go and you wouldn't. I didn't have the energy to fight you and now I've ruined something that could've been great. I love you Mark, you have been by my side through a lot of crap. You have been my rock through some of the most difficult moments in my life and for that I can never thank you enough. But you're my best friend. We aren't fuck friends, we aren't a casual fling. We are friends. You take advantage of the fact that I love you. If anyone else had been in that on-call room and asked you to go away then you would have gone away. I don't know if it's that you're unhappy and you love when I'm unhappy or if it's just that you don't care about anyone's feelings other than your own. I'd like to think that you're not that petty but I've seen you betray Derek time and time again. I've seen you bang nurses and break hearts. I've watched you cheat and lie but I thought I was different. I thought you legitimately cared about me and wanted me to be happy. This woman, she could make me happy Mark. She is the first thing to put a smile on my face since Erica. It's just so different with her and I need you to respect it." Callie went to continue but was cut off by Mark.

"You're not seriously standing here telling me that we can't be friends because of Blondie, are you? After everything that we've been through together, you're going to choose her?" Mark started to raise his voice.

"See Mark, that's what I'm saying. There's no choice to be made. You're my best friend and I do love you but I don't love you like that. I could love Arizona like that but I'm never going to get the chance to find out if something doesn't change between you and I."

Mark cut her off, "I'm not doing this Cal. Not again, you'll take your dive in lesbo-land then you'll come back to me, just like last time. You're not gay Cal. You're not. I can prove it right now." He stepped toward her.

"One more step Mark and I'll break your hand. I'm not saying I'm gay but I'm also not saying that I'm straight. I'm sorry if this hurts you but you're not it for me Mark. You need to stop acting like an ass and realize that Lexie Grey could be the one for you. You're different with her, she makes you happy and I think that scares you which is why you're clinging to me."

"You don't know what I'm feeling!" Mark answered defensively.

"No I don't Mark but I know how I'm feeling and I am miserable. If I ever want Arizona to give me a chance then we've got to establish some rules. Always keep your clothes on. No more bullying your way into my bed. No more coming over unannounced, I'm going to need your key back until I see you can respect that rule." Callie held out her hand.

"You can't be serious." He dug through his pocket for his keys and yanked hers off the ring.

"I'm not done. No more calling her Blondie, she has a name Mark. No more talking about our sex or any sex I've ever had. Last but not least, no more hitting on me. You have somebody and I deserve to Mark. I love you but if you can't respect these rules then we can't continue to be friends." Callie finished as she grabbed her key from his hand.

"This is bullshit Callie. We can basically talk about work and that's it! All because of her?! She's not going to love you. She's not going to stay. They always leave you!" Mark's rand suddenly cut short as Callie's fist connected with his nose. "What the fuck is wrong with you? You broke my nose!" Mark howled trying to slow the bleeding.

"Fuck you Dr. Sloan. I hope someone else will put up with your shit." and with that Callie walked out of the cage and headed to radiology. Holding her hand, as she climbed on the elevator, she wasn't even looking at who else occupied the space.

"Hey Callie." Lexie chirped from behind her. Callie took her stare off her most likely broken hand and turned to answer her.

"Arizona" it came out of her mouth as a plea. She saw Arizona glance toward her swollen hand and the faint amount of blood on her hand. Not wanting to share this moment with Lexie she reached forward and hit the Emergency Stop with her good hand.

"Why'd you stop us?" Lexie asked, panic etching her features.

"You need to go to the basement. Mark is hurt and he's probably going to hide down there until he figures out what to tell people happened to him." Callie glanced down at her hand.

"Oh my god! Is he ok?"

"I'm certain his ego hurts more than anything else. Just take some gauze and maybe a suture kit with you." Without any further explanation she pulled the stop button and hit the button for the next floor so Lexie could get off.

As Lexie exited the elevator Arizona saw the tears welling in Callie's eyes. Not speaking, she followed her off the elevator, realizing they were headed to Radiology, she gently grabbed Callie's elbow and pulled her into an on-call room. Once they were both inside she locked the door. "You hit him didn't you?" Arizona asked as she leaned against the door. She watched Callie start to sit down on the bed.

"It's not important Arizona. Just don't worry about it." Callie wouldn't make eye contact.

"Not important? You just sent Lexie to Mark with a suture kit and based on the swelling, it looks like your hand is broken. Did he hurt you?" Arizona started stepping toward Callie.

"It's not important anymore Arizona. It's too late to fix anything. He's right. I punched him for being right." Callie could feel Arizona getting closer to her.

"Callie I'm still your friend. Tell me what happened." Hearing friend broke what resolve she had left, she just let the tears fall.

Despite what her brain was telling her, Arizona couldn't stop her heart. She sat down on the bed and wrapped her arms around the crying woman on the bed. After a while Callie calmed down, becoming rigid in her arms. She tried to get away from her but Arizona wouldn't let go. "Truth or dare?" Arizona whispered into Callie's ear.

"What?" Callie pulled away from Arizona's grip a bit.

"Truth or dare, Calliope?" Arizona stared right into her eyes.

"Truth." Callie stated, never breaking eye contact.

"Tell me the truth about what happened with Mark last week."