Disclaimer - i don't own any of the characters
A/N - I worked on this for a while after a conversation on how Cristina could say 'I Love You' to Burke. Burke's thoughts are in italics
INTOXICATION
Dr Preston Burke sat on his couch staring at the wall clock above his TV; a newly discarded book lay at his side. He wasn't in the mood for reading.
I wonder where she is, she was supposed to be home ages ago.
Almost as if someone had heard him think, the phone rang
"Hello"
The voice of a familiar intern answered
"Dr. Burke, it's me, Meredith, I was wondering if you could come and get Cristina from my house"
Burke looked up from the phone in alarm
"What exactly is wrong Grey?" Burke queried, fearing the worst
"Oh no Dr. Burke don't worry, she's fine, our party got a little bit out of hand and she had a bit too much to drink"
Burke grimaced, "Ok Grey, I'll be there soon"
Burke hung up the phone and grabbed his keys, heading straight out the door. As Burke put his key in the lock the phone rang again, fumbling to open the door he re-entered the apartment hastily knocking over the hall table where the phone was sitting.
"Burke", he barked into the phone
"Dr. Burke, its me again, I just wanted to warn you to bring a bucket"
Burke hung up and sighed, now even more worried about Cristina
Meredith's House"Okay Cristina, Burke is coming to get you soon", Meredith looked at her friend sitting on the bathroom floor, Cristina rarely looked out of control, but at this moment she was blind drunk, and it was possible she could say anything
"Isn't he a nice man", Cristina started slurring her words, "Burke I mean, well who else could I mean he is my boyfriend, maybe he is nice to me because he's my boyfriend, maybe…"
Cristina furrowed her brow trying to remember what she was saying. Meredith just laughed,
"Cristina, how about we go get some coffee?"
"No, no coffee, I only like Burke's coffee, and you aren't Burke" Cristina got up from her nearly lying position on the ground.
"Let's go find Georgie"
Meredith turned around to grab something from the bathroom cabinet
" MER" Cristina called from the stairs
Meredith walked out of the bathroom to find Cristina at the bottom of the stairs looking up at her with a huge smile on her face,
"George said that im drunk, I think I'd know if I was drunk don't you think"
George appeared around the side of Cristina and clamped a hand over her mouth
"Meredith why did we say she could come and vent her anger here, now look at her"
"It's ok George, I rang Burke he's coming now"
Meredith heard the sound of a car door slam and ran down the stairs to open the door
Burke's CarWalking up to the door of Meredith's house, Burke was scared about what he would find. He and Cristina had an argument that morning, over something so insignificant he can't even remember. All he knew is that when she actually wanted to hang out at Meredith's house, something was very wrong.
Upon reaching the door Burke heard George scream,
"Oww she bit me, Meredith, Cristina bit me"
Burke chuckled to himself, finding that not too surprising
"Dr. Burke, you're here"
Meredith had opened the door before he had even had the chance to knock.
"Where is she?" he asked walking through the door
Meredith's House"BURKE", he looked over to see his girlfriend slumped on a chair, George standing next to her nursing his sore hand
"Let's go home Cristina", Burked stated authoritatively hoping to make less of a scene this way
"I don't want to go Burke, these are my friends, my friends don't give me keys, or make me breakfast or cuddle me at night…"
George let out a chuckle, but was quickly silenced by a look from Burke
Burke looked up at his girlfriends' face, which was now flushed red and decided that Cristina wouldn't want her friends to see her like this. Burke stood Cristina up, and picked her up, holding her almost like a baby
"You know what Burke", Cristina started, "You are always here to help me, whenever I need you, you just come and fix things"
"Of course I am Cristina, that's what I'm here for" Burke struggled getting her through the kitchen door and towards the front of the house
"Burke you know I love you right, because I do…Love you that is?"
Meredith and George looked at each other, Burke looked at them, a dazed Cristina looked up at the ceiling.
Burke dismissed the last remark for the moment and continued out the front door
"Umm…thanks Dr Burke…umm Cristina really wasn't her self tonight" Meredith started hoping to help Cristina with the conversation that would most probably follow the next day
"That's fine Meredith, have a nice night", with that Burke closed the front door and carried his intoxicated girlfriend to the car
So she does love me