It was a typical Thursday morning for Owen and Cristina as they walked into Seattle Grace hospital, coffees in hand. The power couple noticed the looks and heard the whispers as they walked through the halls, but they shrugged it off. Ever since Cristina got assigned to a case in which the paitent was the famous R&B singer Shawna Lynn, who had collasped at her show in Seattle last week and is in need of an heart transplant, everyone was talking about it, and her. Today was Cristina's day off, but the fact that they had found a heart for Shawna, Cristina came in to scrub in on the surgery. What Cristina didn't know, however, is that Shawna had requested the best in her surgery. She beleieved in her whole heart that Cristina Yang would be the best assistant in the surgery, but the heart surgon she had in mind was not within the walls of Seattle Grace, not anymore anyway. The surgon that Shawna had in mind was familar with Seattle Grace and how it's operating rooms ran, and was more familar with the staff that worked within these halls; especally Cristina Yang. Shawna Lynn had picked the best, the "heart man" as he is known in the medical world; Preston Burke.
When Shawna approached the Chief Derek Shephard about Preston Burke doing her surgery, Derek did everything but beg to try to talk Shawna out of having Burke do her surgery. He couldn't deny that Preston Burke was the best in his field, but he also knew what bringing him back to Seattle Grace, even if just for a day would do. However, he knew that he had to do what was best for Shawna, which was to have Burke do her surgery. It took a few days to think about how he was going to tell Cristina about Burke coming in to do the surgery. Almost everyone at the hospital knows the history between Burke and Cristina; even if Derek knows it more then most. Burke was still one of Derek's good friends, but he had to worry about how Cristina would take this. Shawna has made it well known to Derek that she wanted Cristina to also be in the operating room when she was having surgery. Derek knew that he had to tell Cristina today since the surgery was tomorrow. He didn't have his words figured out about how he was going to tell Cristina, he was just going to say whatever hit his mind.
"...the point is, Owen, is that we need to buy a new coffee pot. I love this Starbucks every morning we work do not get me wrong. However, we will have a day off soon and I am a total bitch without coffee in my near future" Cristina commented, sipping on her coffee as Owen shook his head.
"Well, until we can get one I'll go to Starbucks to buy you coffee everyday so you're not a total bitch" he joked, kissing Cristina's cheek. As she went to comment, her pager went off. Her facial expression made Owen raise his eyebrow. "Everything alright?"
"Yeah, I think anyway" Cristina nodded, putting her pager back in her pocket and finishing her coffee. "Derek wants to talk to me about the Shawna Lynn case. I'll catch up with you later" Kissing Owen's cheek, she broke off from her boyfriend and headed up the stairs to the Chief's office.
It had been about five minutes since Derek had paged Cristina to come into his office; yet he has no idea how he is ging to break the news about Burke doing Shawna's surgery. He only had a few minutes to get his thoughts together to tell Cristina; then had less then 24 hours to tell Burke that Cristina was going to be his assistant in the surgery. Hearing a knock at his door knocked him out of this thoughts, as he saw Cristina's head poke in the door. "Come in, Yang. Sit down"
"Is everything okay? Is Shawna alright?" Cristina slowly walking in, sitting down infront of Derek's desk, as he slowly moved from behind his desk and sat on the edge, near Cristina.
"Yeah, she's fine, that's what I paged you here for, actually" Derek paused as Cristina raised her eyebrow. Letting out a deep breath, Derek contiuned. "Shawna has made it clear she wants you in on her surgery, you've been on her case since she first arrived. However, she has made a different choice for her lead surgon." Cristina paitently listened as Derek contiuned. "Orginially she wanted Dr. Hanh, but she has done more reaserch and she has setteled on someone else, she feels he is the best for the job."
"Okay? It's not like I've never worked with an new surgon before" Cristina commented, the confusion clearly in her voice. She doesn't understand why Derek is making a huge deal about her working with an new surgon.
"Cristina, I don't know how to say this so I'm just going to say it" Derek got quiet, as Cristina's eyes widen. "She picked Burke, she picked Preston Burke" Derek finally said, Cristina biting her upper lip and rolling her eyes up. "Now I know how this is hitting you like a ton of bricks I get that but..."
"You get it?" Cristina shouted, getting up from the chair, it falling behind her. "You get it? Why is it I doubt you do? When Addison showed up and you tried it with her, but in the end you got who you wanted, which was Meredith. Burke is my Meredith and Owen is my Addison. That may make me sound extreamly twisted but that's how it is. He was my everything, Derek, and just as soon as I get my mind off of him to the point where I can be in a decent relationship, he has to come back in the picture? Screw that, I want off this case"
"Cristina..." Derek whispered, moving close to Cristina.
"NO, you don't get the right to "Cristina" me!" Cristina shouted, a bit louder, as she moved away from Derek more. "As a doctor I can request off this case. I understand that Shawna wants me on it, and of course I want to be; I'm a cardio junkie. However, I will never work with Burke, I can't" she whispered, feeling the tears form in her eyes. "I don't ever want to look at him again, so I want off the case. It's as simple as that." After her comment was made, Cristina and Derek heard his door open, as Cristina jerked her head around. Derek let out a deep sigh, as Cristina wiped her eyes and bit her lip once more.
"It's kind've late for you to never see me again"