Waiting takes Time
Preston Burke is a shadow of the man he was a year ago. Just one year ago he was a cardiothoracic surgeon, one of the best in his field. He was arrogant and knew it. There as no one who could beat him. He was going to become chief. Yet circumstances changed, events that he had no control over happened. New competition came to the hospital; new distractions in the form of interns. He lost his chance to become chief. ; opportunities were missed both in his job and personal life.
So today he sits and watches the people around him. Some are talking and laughing, others read books, listen to music, or work on their laptops. Yet Preston just sits there, thinking, thinking about the past year, the choices he made, the things he did. But most of all Preston is thinking about her. He wonders what she is doing right now, how she is feeling and whether she is thinking about him.
Preston sighs, straightens up and moves his attention out the window, away from the people he was watching. He is sitting there today on a whim, well almost a whim. He never did anything o a whim, his mother taught him better than that, he always thought things out. He was always sure, he was always steady. Except when it came to her, she made him think twice, she made him doubt himself and their relationship. It was something about her nature that made him do the things he did.
Preston Burke fell in love, something he never thought he would do. Sure he thought of having a wife and kids one day, he was brought up to be a traditional man after all, but it wasn't something he sought after. All he ever needed in his life was the hospital and his job. Surgery was all he needed, he had his music and his books at home, but he wasn't there that often. And surgery gave him a feeling that made him feel on top of the world. It gave him a high which he thought only it could do, until he met her. She made him want to go home at night, showed him that there was more to life than his job. Sure she was all about the job ad surgery, and it was hard at times to convince her there was more. But the moment she was in his life, the job stopped being enough, he needed more.
So as he sits here today, waiting for the time to past, he can't help think of the past year and the rollercoaster it had been. He went through some of the darkest times of his life and some of the brightest times. As he looks out at the clouds passing over the sun he can't help but think pf the past year and the love of his life Cristina Yang.