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"Why would anybody voluntarily choose to become a surgeon?" Cristina wondered aloud as she leaned against the nurse's station, her hands holding up her tired head. Meredith leaned over next to her and mimicked her position.

"Maybe they all have mothers like mine," Meredith suggested.

"I'm serious, this job is ridiculous. Surgery after surgery and trauma after trauma. Can't you people just stay healthy and safe?!" Cristina suddenly asked a patient walking by. The patient eyed her oddly and quickened his pace. "Not to mention I haven't had a good night's sleep in weeks. Every time I close my eyes I think of him. God, what's wrong with me?"

"If you like him so much, just bang him," Alex Karev said as he joined the queue at the nurse's station. "Works for me."

"Don't you have a patient to check up on or something?" Meredith asked, trying to get Alex to leave. The last thing Cristina needed was a pig-headed man telling her to have sex with Owen.

"Nope, I'm free as a bird," Alex replied with an annoying smile. Suddenly the nurse's station was getting too crowded for Cristina. As she left, Alex called after her, "Go get him!" Meredith slapped him arm. "What?" he asked in an offended voice.

Finally alone and in the quiet of the hallway, Cristina took some time to think. And naturally all she could think of was Owen Hunt. She thought of his serious dark eyes that had shown so much hurt, and of his voice desperately calling out her name as she left. Cursing herself, Cristina set off on a little hunt of her own.

She found him lying in the on-call room. He wasn't sleeping; he was just lying there looking as sad and pathetic as Cristina felt, though she never would have admitted it. Owen sat up when she entered the room, looking startled. He opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off.

"I'm tired," she said. "Physically tired from lack of sleep over you, emotionally tired of trying to get over you, and mentally tired of trying to forget you, and failing. I'm so tired of not being with you."

With every word she spoke, she took a step closer to him. With every step both their heartbeats quickened in pace. By the time she had reached the end of the bed, both knew what was coming. They both knew it was wrong but they didn't care. They both wanted it desperately. They wanted each other desperately.

Within seconds their lips were locked, two pieces of a puzzle fit perfectly together. Cristina pushed Hunt back onto the bed and lay on top. She was so close she could feel the beat of his heart against hers. Suddenly he rolled over so that she was on the bed and he was over her. He pulled away for a moment, looking into her eyes for her consent. She nodded, taking deep breaths.

Cristina emerged from the on-call room some time later looking ruffled and feeling sick. She knew that what she had done had been a mistake but it was a mistake that felt so good. Guilt was heavy in her, though.

Alex grinned at her as she passed, taking in her messed up hair and her flushed skin. Cristina ignored him as hurried to get changed. She found that Meredith was waiting for her when she entered the room.

"Where have you--? Oh no," Meredith gasped as realization gripped her. "You didn't! How could you follow Alex's advice? Seriously?!" Cristina didn't say anything, but quickly changed out of her scrubs. Meredith, however, didn't stop her lecturing. Finally Cristina had enough.

"Meredith!" she snapped. "Shut. Up. Okay? It was my decision. My stupid decision."

At a loss for words, Meredith simply stared at her friend with an incredulous look on her face. Eventually she thought of something to say.

"So you admit it was a stupid decision!" Meredith argued stubbornly.

"I don't know what it was! I mean…of course it was a stupid decision, I knew it was a stupid decision. But, I don't know, Mer, it just felt so...so good."

"Well, great. Now that you've got that stupidity off your chest, I think you should go back to ignoring him. He tried to choke you in your sleep, Cristina!" Meredith reminded her, emphasizing every word. Cristina picked up her purse and stormed out of the room, almost knocking over Derek in the doorway.

"What's wrong with Cristina?" Derek asked Meredith when the coast was clear. Meredith looked at him darkly.

"She's being an idiot and won't listen to me," Meredith half-pouted. Derek wrapped his arms around Meredith, unsure how to help.

Cristina was incredibly angry at Meredith when she left the hospital and she didn't know exactly why. Every word from Meredith's lips had been true and logical, but Cristina's stubborn mind was listening to her sick heart. She just didn't know what to do anymore.

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