Cristina moved away from the heated exchange with Hahn and towards Meredith and Lexie who were both pounding back shouts of tequila on the other side of the room. As she approached she motioned for the server to bring another round.
Cristina stopped about five feet away from the table and turned back to look at Hahn. Her body was still vibrating from their brief encounter and she felt something twist inside her as she watched Hahn drain yet another glass of scotch.
A smile curved onto her face as she watched Hahn and realized that the perfect opportunity had just presented itself. Hahn was back at Seattle Grace and Cristina wasn't a Resident that she could push around anymore, she was a commodity and the hospital would do anything to keep her. The dynamic had completely changed since Hahn was there and she was going to use it to her advantage. It was finally time to even the score and Cristina was going to savour every minute of it.
Cristina turned around and headed towards the Meredith and Lexie's table right as the server put down the tequila shots. All three of them sprinkled salt on their wrists and raised their glasses in a toast.
"We passed the boards!" Meredith and Cristina shouted, as they licked the salt off their wrists, swallowed their shots in one swig and pushed the lime wedges in their mouths to cut the burn of the tequila.
Lexie smiled awkwardly, screamed "congratulations" and took her shot of tequila.
Meredith led Cristina onto to dance floor and Lexie followed. Before long they were all drunk and the dance floor was packed. Cristina watched Meredith's face as she danced, the bright smile and pure joy that radiated from her was contagious. Cristina wondered in that moment why she wasn't elated, in fact she didn't feel anything at all. It was like the moment that she had found out that Hunt had cheated on her she stopped feeling anything all together. She downed another shot of tequila and plastered on a fake smile.
"Be right back." Cristina screamed to Meredith over the pounding music. Meredith nodded in acknowledgement
As Cristina walked off the dance floor she looked to see if Hahn was still at the bar, but her stool was empty. She walked up to the bar and pounded back two more shots of tequila then turned around and rested her elbows on the bar and surveyed the room. She looked over at the dance floor and saw Meredith who motioned for her to join them but Cristina ignored the gesture.
As Cristina turned around to take her third shot of tequila Hahn sat down beside her at the bar.
"How many of those are you planning on having Yang? You're practically catatonic as it is." Hahn said her voice brimming with harsh judgement.
Cristina ignored the question and motioned for the bartender to bring over two more shots. When they arrived she salted her wrist and motioned for Hahn to do the same.
Hahn looked at her incredulously, "I don't do tequila."
Cristina moved closer to Hahn and slid the shot glass directly in front of her.
"Your loss." Cristina said with a shrug.
Erica sighed, "Fine Yang, I'll do the shot if it makes you go away."
Cristina stared deeply into Erica's eyes while licking the salt off her wrist, she watched Erica gulp for air as her tongue darted across her exposed flesh, and then sucked back the shot. Without breaking eye contact she licked her bottom lip and bit into the lime.
Erica stared at her for a beat too long before breaking eye contact to take her own shot.
"Still want me to go away?" Cristina asked mockingly as she reached up and brushed the remaining salt off Erica's wrist with her thumb.
"Go away Yang." Erica grumbled through her clenched jaw.
Cristina laughed, leaned in closer and whispered, "You better be careful Hahn, I might take you seriously."