Time Jump

I wake up first as usual with Cristina head on my chest "Baby we gotta wake up" I tell her as I peck her forehead and roll out from under her. She doesn't get up so I have to resort to extraordinary measures "Cardio Surgery" I say into her ear and it makes her wake up. "ugh . I can't believe I fell for that" she says with a groan. "Come on lets shower" I tell her. That perks her up "Together?" She asks and I nod and she runs to the bathroom.

Later that night- Joe's

It's been about 2 months since we began our internship and Meredith was dating the head of Neuro, Derek Shepherd but then his wife came into town. Cristina and Meredith have gotten closer over the time and me and Cristina have moved out of the house and found an apartment for just the two of us.

Right now Meredith and I are at Joe's so she can get drunk after just finding out about Derek. "My boyfriend is my boss, which was a problem. But not as big a problem as the fact that my boyfriend has a wife." That basically sums up her problems at the moment. "Tell you what, this one, it's on the house." Joe offers her. "He is a jerk face Mer, and if he wasn't our boss i would kick his ass" I tell her and she nods knowing I would.

"All hail the champ!" Joe says as Cristina and George walks in. Everyone in the bar cheers "So, my guy Alex finally got what was coming to him." Joe jokes. Cristina sits by me and George sits on the other side of Meredith. "Let's play a game of whose life sucks the most. I'll win. I always win." Meredith says and I put a hand on her shoulder to comfort her. "No, you don't want to play with me." Cristina says and I look at her confused "What's wrong?" I ask her and she shakes her head at me. "I tell you later" She says. "Oh, I do. I'll even go first. Derek's married."

When she says that George spits out his beer "George, beer is dripping from your nostrils." He gets up to go to the restroom and I go as well having to pee.

Cristina POV

"No, you didn't win." I say as Melissa walks off to the restroom. "Did you hear me? I said Derek is married. As in pigheaded, adulterous, liar married. Nothing you could say could top that." She states and all I can think is Oh you have no idea. "I'm pregnant. I win." I say and she stares at me. "Are you sure?" She asks and I nod my head "Does Melissa know?" She asks "No, and i'm so scared to tell her. Do you know if she wants kids?" I ask her. Melissa and I never really had the talk about kids since we were really focused on school.

"Melissa wants kids. She has always wanted kids." She tells me and I don't know if that made me feel better or worse. I never really wanted kids. Before I can say anything else Joe collapses. "Ok. Maybe Joe wins." I say as we run to his side when he tries to get up. "Joe, like back down." I say as I try to get him not to move anymore.

As we all finally get Joe to the hospital and checked in Meredith and I are in the hallway near his room. "All right. Details. You're pregnant? What are you gonna do?" She asks me. "Look, you know what happens to pregnant interns. I'm not switching to the vagina squad or spending my life popping zits. I'm too talented. Surgery's my life." I tell her starting to panic. I don't want to have to not do surgery. "How far along are you?" She ask "About a month and a half" I say thinking back to the on call room mishap. We walk up to the desk where George, Izzie, and Melissa are. "Why are you back here tonight, don't you have a date with McDreamy?" Izzie says. "More like McMarried." Melissa said angrily I know she wants to beat him up but she can't because that's our boss.

We are all sitting waiting until we know what's wrong with Joe. "Operation, yes. OK, hard to tell. Basilar artery blown up like a balloon. Subarachnoid bleeding. Aneurysm the size of a golf ball." Derek interrupts. "No way to clip something like that." George says. "Not without magic fingers." I say.

"Or a standstill operation." Derek says while still looking at Meredith. "You're doing a standstill? he's doing a standstill operation." Melissa say. I know she wants to go into Neuro. "I'd like to try. First I need some additional patient history, overnight labs, and a Cerebral Angio." He tries to hand the chart to Meredith. "I'm drunk" she says not wanting to be on the case with him. "Meredith" He tries to reason with her.

Melissa POV

As Meredith walks away and we all try to block Derek from getting to her. Once he walks away I take the chart from George and everyone looks at me like I'm crazy "What are you doing" George asks me. "Uh? I am on her side,she is my sister but we're talking a possible standstill here. Recognize." Now me looking at them like they are crazy.

As I stand outside of the OR room watching Cristina naming surgery Instruments I decide to do in. "Babcock" She says "Right-angle clamp" I say as I see which one She picks up. "Oh. I'm gonna sterilize everything when I'm done. The scrub nurses won't even know I was here." She says as she keeps looking at the instruments and I go up behind her. "My lips are sealed. So, I have a question to ask. I checked the schedule and I noticed that you and I are both off tonight. I made reservations. At our favorite restaurant." I tell her as I kiss her neck. "None of those were questions" She jokes.

"Would you like to go out to dinner with me tonight?" I asks and she tense up. "You know, the OR is the one place where I can come and think. I'm thinking right now, OK?" She says with an attitude and I feel a little hurt. "Of course. I get it" I say a little dejected as I walk out. She has been very distant lately and it is hurting me but I try to not let it show.

Locker Room

"I'm not a violent person. I'm a pacifist. But, you know, he just kept pushing and push he pushed me, I pushed back." explained George as he looked at Alex. "I was pushed. And now he…" George paused. "You know what, if Alex tries to lay a hand on you, just tell me, I'll take care of it." I say to George giving him comfort. "You… I don't need you to take care of it. If Alex starts something I'll handle it myself. I can handle it." George said. Over the past two months I have come to see George as a little brother.

"OK, people, assignments. Yang and Melissa Grey, you're on discharges. O'Malley report to room 19. Grey come see me, and who was on call last night?" Says Bailey as she walks in. Alex and Izzie raise their hand. "Sloppy, sloppy, sloppy. Redo these and return them to me before lunch, understood?" I hear before me and Cristina.

As we are doing discharges Derek comes and get me for the stand still surgery. We tell Joe about the procedure and he has problems with how much it cost.

When I am going back to the locker room to the stairway I pass Cristina "Hey" She says but I am still hurt from earlier so I ignore her. "What you don't speak now that your working big shot surgery's. Melissa!" She shouts at me. "What do you want?" I ask her getting pissed at her for being distant with me. "What?" She asks. "What do you want? You don't want to go out to dinner. You want to talk to me. I could pretend I know, but hey, you don't talk to me. So tell me, what do you want?" I yell. "Don't yell at me." she yell. When she says that i start to walk away.

"We're having a conversation here." She says. "What do you want?" I ask her. "I don't know!" She yells back. "Well, figure it out." I say quietly before leaving.

After Joe's Surgery- in on call room

As i'm sitting on the bed in the on call room Cristina comes in. "Hey Melissa I'm sorry about earlier i'm just going through something right now?" She says and I nod my head "I understand that and I hope you talk to me when you are ready. I will always be here for you." I tell her and open my arms for her to hug me.

"I know and I will talk to you when i figure things out. I just need sometime. Just give me sometime." She pleads.

"Time and space or just time." I ask "Just time" She says as she pulls me closer in the hug.