Watching her son sleep she decided it was time to make the call. They were both finally home and in good health. Her child was going to need a father in his life and even though Alex offered to be there whenever she needed him, she knew it wouldn't be the same.

Cristina hadn't heard from Burke since he walked out on the wedding and she never dared to ask about where he went. Quite frankly she didn't care, that wasn't entirely true she just didn't want to care. He took all the things that meant something to him and left. Disconnecting the phones she changed her numbers, packed her things and moved out of his apartment. She donated all his furniture and clothes to goodwill doing her best to erase Preston Burke out of her life.

She only allowed that one moment of weakness when she let Meredith hold her and let the tears flow as she realized she was Free. When the stick turned blue she realized that Preston Burke would never be that kind and just set her free. She was pregnant.

She wasn't going to keep it. She didn't want the first child he gave her and she sure as hell didn't want one now that he was out of her life. A reminder of what was never meant to be, a reminder of all the pain Preston Burke had caused her. Sitting in the small clinic she waited for her name to be called and when she sat in the exam room in the hospital gown she remembered the last thing her mother had said to her.

"What did you do to make that wonderful man walk out of your wedding?" When Cristina didn't answer a disappointed Helen continued. "You're going to end up all alone if you keep running the only men who could possible want to be with you off."

All Cristina could concentrate on at the time was breathing. She needed to breathe and keep the tears from falling. But somehow her mother's words were melting her resolve. She was alone and she didn't even know why. She had done everything that Burke wanted and yet it wasn't enough to make him happy. He was gone.

Now the thought of being alone terrified her and she wasn't sure why. That's wasn't true she knew why. He had asked her to spend the rest of their lives together and before he made his vows he walked away. He was always supposed to be by her side and now in some ironic way he was, the child inside of her was apart of him. Getting dressed and walking out of the clinic she decided that she didn't want to be alone.

When she told Meredith that she had decided to keep the baby, Meredith asked if she was planning to tell Burke. Cristina calmly informed her that she was going to wait till after giving birth to find out where Burke was. She knew she couldn't deal with pregnancy and her past all at the same time.

Three months into the pregnancy there were complications and for a while no one thought the baby would make it. But Cristina followed doctor's orders, she rested, improved her meals and kept up with taking her vitamins. Seventh months into the pregnancy there was more complications and was hospitalized, there was a point where they thought neither of them would make it.Cristina was rushed into surgery during the eighth month where she had a c-section and her premature son was brought into the world. She coded twice while on the table but thankfully she had the best surgeon since Addison had flown in from California. Her and her son had spent an entire month in the hospital with Meredith and Alex hovering over them. They had finally been released a week ago and they settled into their new home.

Picking up the phone she dialed the number that Dr.Webber gave her. She held her breathe as she heard the first ring and the second ring and when it rang for the third time she got ready to hang up. She almost dropped the phone when the other end picked up and the voice said 'hello'. Maybe she wasn't ready for this. With a nervous voice she finally answered.

"Hello, Mrs. Burke. This is Cristina Yang. Your son's ex….girlfriend." She couldn't bring herself to say fiancée. "Umm…I was wondering if you can tell me how to get a hold of your son."

"Hello Cristina." Preston's mother said unsure of what to think of the sudden phone call. They hadn't heard from or about Cristina since they received a package in the mail containing the choker that she gave Cristina for her wedding. And they never really understood what had happened all those months ago since whenever they asked or mentioned her name Preston would have this painfully sad face and just would say he didn't want to talk about it. "Preston doesn't really have a way to contact him."

"Oh…umm ok." He didn't want her to know where he was. She felt silly for still being hurt by that fact. He had moved on and it was time for her to do the same.

"It's not what you think Cristina. Preston is in Africa!" Jane interrupted when she heard the sound of Cristina's voice. Burke had moped around his parent's home for two weeks after he left Seattle and he finally made the decision to go. He had lost the one thing that meant the world to him. He needed to get away and it was a wonderful opportunity not only to help people but to get away from the dreams that he had destroyed.

"Africa?" Cristina asked he never mentioned anything about Africa to her.

'Yes, he is with doctors without borders there. He calls when he can but it's not very often. Would you like me to give him a message next time he calls?" Jane asked. Jane knew whatever made Cristina call had to be important.

"Umm I guess you can tell him that I had a baby. It's his. He doesn't have to come back. I just thought he had a right to know." She held back tears as the words left her mouth. She could hear Jane intake of air as she told her she had a grandchild. Hanging up the phone she went into the nursery and picked up her sleeping son. The tears rolled down her cheeks as she realized that her son might never get to meet his father.

A/N: New Burktina Story…This one is going to be short. I've seen some stories of Cristina being pregnant and never telling Burke and then him showing up years later… so I thought I'd do something a little different. Tell me what you think!