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"Well I did not expect to that to happen. But I am personally glad to have Burke back." George said to his friends over lunch. Cristina glared at him, making George backtrack in his thoughts. "Cristina, you married Owen. Surely Burke knows that by now, and if he doesn't he will soon enough. You love Cardio and you loved studying under Burke. You could learn a lot more under him like you did before. "George continued. Cristina stopped glaring at him. "True, it's not like he came back to Seattle Grace to get me back or anything. Even though, I would totally understand if he did. I am really hot." Cristina said. Meredith laughed at her. "You are really lucky, Cristina. You get Burke all week, and I am with Shepherd all week on Neuro, and George and Alex gets my clinic this week. "Izzie said sadly. "You will live." Alex said as he kissed her cheek. "Just remember the exciting things that will be happening for us this week." Alex reminded her. Izzie smiled. "What's happening this week?" Meredith inquired. Izzie smiled again. "Well my PET scans came back clean, so I've been cancer free for about a year now. Alex and I are going to see a fertility specialist. We are going to start trying for a baby. We are more than ready." Izzie said ecstatically. Alex grinned. "It's no big deal though, it's whatever." Alex said. Izzie rolled her eyes at him. "Congrats, Izzie and Alex. I know you will be great parents." Meredith said happily. Cristina managed a smile at them. But she was nervous about having to work with Burke for the next week. She didn't know why she was so nervous.
"Tyler, you know how to work the administration assignments don't you?" Preston asked cordially. Tyler nodded at him. "Well make sure, only Cristina Yang gets assigned to my services for a while. If you can do that for me, I will make sure to assign you into some of my important surgeries. I have a transplant coming up soon if you would like in on that." Preston continued. Tyler smiled at him and nodded. He knew it was wrong, but he would do anything to get see some cool surgeries. Preston smiled. He knew this wouldn't be easy for Cristina. But he needed to know if she still felt the same way about him. He needed to confuse her feelings that she had for Owen. If he had a chance to win Cristina back, he would do whatever he had to do. It was time to have a talk with Cristina, so he had Tyler page her to his office.
"Cristina, did you have any idea that Burke was coming back?" Owen asked angrily. Cristina looked at him and shook her head. "No, I had no idea. But I am getting paged to his office right now, so I have to go see what he wants." Cristina rushed off. Owen was feeling very uneasy about this. He knew Cristina loved him, but he didn't trust Burke's intentions. He just had to do something. He had to get Cristina off Burke's services, but she loved Cardio. Maybe he was just paranoid, he would wait until Burke slipped up, then he would decide to make his move. He wasn't going to lose Cristina and that was for sure. His pager went off. An incoming trauma, just what he needed for a stressful day. He hurried off to the ER to wait for the trauma.
Cristina walked with her head down. She didn't know why Burke paged her. She probably shouldn't have gone, but she wanted to know why he had come back. She was curious. She was determined not to let Preston take advantage of her again. She loved Owen, she loved Preston but that was along time ago. She loved cardio, and would love to study under Dr. Burke, but only if he realized they were just working together and nothing else. She refused to work with him, if he didn't realize that she was with Owen, and nothing was going to change that. Cristina looked up and saw Burke waiting for outside his office. He smiled at her gently. "What are you doing here, Burke?" Cristina demanded to know. He just smiled at her again. "Richard offered me a job back here at Seattle Grace, and I took it of course. Cristina you know you need a teacher, and I am the best there is. I know I left you four years ago and I made a mistake. I did come back here to make amends with you, but I see you're married. But I love you and always will love you and you marrying Owen won't change that." Burke said as he leaned down and kissed her.
Butterflies flew through Cristina's stomach. She didn't know why she felt this way. But she felt alive again. She broke off his kiss. "Preston, you left me. I am married to Owen, and I love him. He is my life." Cristina said. She was unsure of the last part. She loved Owen of course, but was he her life? She aborted his child without a second thought. With Burke, she considered having his child. She even paused to think about it. That took a lot, to make Cristina stop and pause about things. "I am glad you are back. But for my surgical benefit only. I loved you once, Burke. But quit making things so complicated. I will see you on your service tomorrow, I am going home." Cristina told him as she walked off. Burke smiled. He had confused her, he knew she wanted him as well, but Owen complicated things. He wasn't going to give up just because she insisted he do so.
"Well Dr. Stevens and Dr. Karev, everything looks good. You have been cancer free for a year now. I think it is time to try for a baby. "Dr. Angela Whitman, the fertility specialist said. Izzie smiled at Alex. " I am not saying this is going to be easy, but your uterus looks good, and you know the cancer treatment didn't destroy all your eggs. So you could still get pregnant naturally, but I will recommend invitro with your fertilized eggs." She stated. Izzie nodded at her. It was a long road, but one they were willing to take. Izzie wanted a baby more than anything. She cut down on her surgeries, and she worked about 50 hours a week in her free clinic. So she could do this parenting thing. She was going to rock it.
"Chief Webber, I would like a word with you." Owen called out to him. "Make it fast, Hunt, I've got a few patients to check on as soon as I can." Richard said. "Sir, I respect you and all. But I must ask if you find someone else Burke can go. Cristina and he had a relationship years ago, but I am not comfortable with him here." Owen stated. Richard rolled his eyes at him. "Look, Hunt. I respect that you're uncomfortable with him being here. But Yang married you and not him. He is the best cardio surgeon the US, has ever seen in a while. We are lucky we got him back. It will be the best thing for Yang as well, she wants to be a brilliant cardio surgeon, well let her. Preston can teach her a lot of things." Richard stated as he walked away. Owen knew it was a long shot, but he would be damned if he let Preston steal her away from him.