Lynx: A Callie Torres Story

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It ended up being the two couples for date night, Callie and Jada, and Arizona and Kate. They had all attempted to convince Christina to bring Owen, another surgeon at the hospital who she'd been on and off with. Callie and Arizona got an earful from Christina about her and Owen's latest argument.

Seattle weather had not been nice these past few days. They wanted to do something fun, but with the nasty wind and rain, those plans were ruined. So Callie and Jada introduced Arizona and Kate to their favorite gay bar.

Jada was happy to see when they arrived that the bartender who had been flirting hard with her wife the last time they were here, was not working. As usual, Callie got all the looks from interested girls. She wore her usual leather jacket and dark jeans while Jada wore dark jeans as well, but with a blue Dodgers hoodie of Callie's.

They found Arizona and Kate at the back of the bar at the table they had picked out. Jada found herself digging Kate's style. She wore dark jeans, matching everyone else, but paired them with a purple jacket. Jada made a note to ask where Kate got that jacket at because she really liked it.

"Hey guys!" Arizona exclaimed excitedly.

Callie pulled out the stool for her wife before sitting on the one beside it. "Hey," Jada answered. "Sorry we're a little late."

"No worries," Arizona replied. "I'm surprised we got here when we did. It was a busy evening at the hospital." She turned to Callie. "Callie, I'm going to need your help tomorrow with a surgery if you're available?"

"I should be," Callie answered. "What are you doing?"

They watched Arizona dig through her bag and finally pull out a few x-rays. As she did, Kate stood. "My turn for drinks, what do you girls want?"

After telling Kate what they wanted, Arizona showed Callie the x-rays. Jada watched her ortho goddess work and study the x-ray against the light.

"I know the femur is completely broken," Arizona explained. "But I just have a feeling something else is wrong but I can't find anything."

"Do you have any more of these?" Callie asked.

Arizona shook her head. "These scans look normal," Callie admitted as she used her phone flashlight for more light. "I see it now."

She gave the x-ray back to Arizona. "Right here," she showed her. "Was this a fall or a car accident?"

"Two story fall," Arizona answered.

"I've seen this before," Callie explained. "An impact like that will shatter the femur in half which is what happened. There's a good chance when that happens there's gonna be some bone shrapnel from the breakage. It doesn't show up in scans very well."

Kate came back with drinks and everyone listened to Callie go ortho mode and explain the surgery in two minutes. "Can I try doing the surgery?" Kate asked.

Callie took a moment to think. "I think I'll have you do the second half of it. You don't see it on the x-rays, but that bone shrapnel is near major nerves in the leg. I'll remove them and you can repair the femur."

"Sounds like a plan boss."

"Callie, did you get the crazy guy discharged today?"