Future

Chapter 3

Callie's POV: As I walk into the hospital, I hear my phones buzz. I fish it out of my pocket and read the message.

Hey Mom. It's Sofia. I'm using Jessie's phone. I left my phone in your car. Can you give it to Momma? Thanks love you.

Yes. Have a good day. Love you too.

That girl would loose her head if it wasn't attached. I run back out to my car to grab her phone. As I get to my car, I see Arizona pull in a couple spots away from me. I grab Sofia's phone and walk out to Arizona. She is getting Ivana out of the car so I wait a minute. I think it's kinda funny how she didn't want kids originally and I did and now I didn't have any more kids and she has three more. It's really ironic.

"Oh hey. I didn't see you there. Kinda scared me" she says after she grabbed Ivana and her purse from the back seat.

"Oh sorry." I laugh, "uh Sofia forgot her phone in my car so here." I say as I hand her the phone.

"Ok. How is she going to survive a day without her phone," Arizona jokes. We both laugh and start walking towards the hospital. Even after being divorced for year, we still have a connection that never went away. We reach the doors and I open them for her.

"I'm gonna drop Ivie off at daycare but um you should stop over sometime. For a glass of wine or something." Arizona suggests.

"Yea. That sounds like fun. Is Carly going to be ok with that?" I ask. Carly was never really fond of me. I'm not sure why.

"I can ask her but she will probably be ok with it." Arizona says. "And Mia can come too. We can have a game night or something."

"That sounds like fun. I think we are free next week Saturday. Does 7:30 work?" I ask. We never have anything going on Saturdays.

"That should work," Arizona says. "I'll have the wine."

"I'll bring Cards Against Humanity. That should be fun" I laugh.

"That should be interesting. I gotta go. Ivana is getting heavy." She laughs. "I'll see you later," and walks away.

"See ya." I turn and head toward the attending lounge. I try to get to work early so I have down time before work really starts. Talking to Arizona took up some of that time but I have just enough left to sit and enjoy a nice coffee. I sit at the table and scroll through my social media. It's quiet and peaceful until Meredith and Alex coming into the room, arguing.

"Alex. You cannot tell Bailey to do that." Meredith says.

"Come on. That's what my dad told me to do!" Alex retorts.

"Alex! Your dad was a junkie!" Meredith says.

"Hey hey hey!!!" I jump up and stand between them. "What is going on?" I ask.

"Bailey asked Alex advice on girls and he told him to pick the easy ones with low self esteem to practice on! I mean, who would say that to a twelve year old?" Meredith say.

"Alex?!! Seriously??" I say.

"C'mon!! I don't have experience in this! I have a 4 month old. Not a 12 year old! I was raised by a drunk. Give me a break." Alex says. "I'm sorry Mer. I will try to give better advice."

"It's fine. Just don't ever give Zola advice about boys. I dont want to know want you would say," Mer jokes. Ever since Derek died, Alex has pretty much been the father figure for the kids and it's amazing. And him and Jo just had their first baby. Alex has really grown up.

"Hey Callie," Alex says, "what were you and Robbins talking about this morning? I saw you guys walk in together."

"Nothing really. Sofia forgot her phone so I gave it to her and then she invited me and Mia to her house for a 'Wine and Game Night' with her and Carly." I say. Mer and Alex share a look. "What was that about?"

"What was what about?" They say

"That look! Do you guys think it's a bad idea? We have moved on! We are friends. And friends can have wine and play games and it can not be weird." I say.

"Whatever. Just be careful of Carly. She can get a little crazy." Alex says.

"I will. Mer, do you want to go to Joes tonight for supper?"

"I wish but the kids are getting back from camp tonight so I was gonna have a home cooked meal." Mer says.

"And by home cooked you mean ordering pizza?" Alex jokes. Mer leans over and smacks him.

"Shut up. And yes. You can come over if you want. The kids really miss you" she invites me.

"Sure. I'll come over after work." My pager goes off and I look at it. '911. ER' "I gotta go. I'll catch up with you later." I walk out of the room and start thinking, Is it going to be weird next Saturday? Carly isn't my biggest fan. I wonder why that is?