It was a new day and Cristina was already stressed. She felt guilty about kissing Burke, but she felt butterflies too. She was very confused about her feelings. She had to get it together though. She was scrubbing in on Burke's surgery this morning and she could not screw it up. She was a shoe in for chief resident and Burke was going to help her get in. Jackson already told the chief he didn't want it so he was out. April was a whiny little brown noser, she probably wouldn't get it. Lexie had too much personal crap going on in her life, with the whole Jackson and Mark thing. Really the only resident Cristina had to worry about was her best friend, Meredith. Meredith was almost as good as Cristina, but not as quite. Meredith just had more compassion, and that's why people liked her better. Well, Cristina was determined to kick-ass today in the OR with Burke. She wasn't going to let that kiss they shared throw her off her game.
Lexie was worried. She was in love with Jackson and Mark, and couldn't pick between them. She was never going to be chief resident, because she couldn't get it together. She was a great doctor, but she would never be a good chief resident and she knew it. Lexie was jealous of Callie, she had the family she wanted, but mostly she had all Mark's attention with the new baby. But in about eight more months, Lexie would be expanding her family, it was Jackson's baby no doubt but she still loved Mark. She didn't know how to tell Jackson she was pregnant. She didn't know how he would feel. Mark would be mad, because she told him she didn't want a family right now. Getting pregnant was not intentional though, they drank a lot of scotch one night, and forgot to use protection. It was not the end of the world though. She did want a family, and it was a lot sooner then expected. But if Meredith could do it so could she. Meredith had an eighteen month old adopted daughter named Zola, and was sixteen weeks pregnant with their second daughter, who was going to be named Stella Cristina Shepherd. She was nervous about telling Jackson, but she was going to do it tonight at Joe's.
Burke was nervous. Not about the surgery he was about to perform, but about being with Cristina in an OR again. She was a great student; she would make a great cardio thoracic surgeon one day. She was following in his foot steps and he was proud. Of course, she was no longer his. She was married to Owen Hunt. But when he kissed her last night, she kissed him back. She didn't show any signs of resisting. She still cared for Burke, and he knew that. Maybe Cristina getting married to Hunt was a mistake. Maybe she did love him, but not enough. They had only been married six weeks and they were already having trouble with their marriage, from what he heard. He was not going to give up on Cristina Yang ever again. He was determined to get her back. It was time for the surgery, he needed to scrub in. Cristina had already prepped the patient and was already down in the OR waiting on him. He smiled, as he walked down to join Cristina in the OR.
Cristina watched as Dr. Burke scrubbed in. She felt butterflies as he walked into the room. She was nervous about being near him again. But he was the best cardio surgeon there is, so she was determined to learn as much as she could, because he might leave again, and the thought of that also made Cristina nervous. She couldn't imagine him leaving again. "Hello, Dr. Yang. How is our patient doing?" Burke asked. She looked at him and said. "He is fine, and currently under asleep, and he is ready to be operated on." She answered directly. He nodded at her. "Open him, up for me would you?" Burked asked her. Cristina grinned and nodded. "Scalpel" She demanded the nurse. The nurse handed Cristina the scalpel. Cristina felt alive again as she cut into the patient's chest. He needed some new valves to help keep his heart going. His old valves were very damaged and ready to expire at anytime. She scooted over, so Dr. Burke could take over. He shook his head at her. "I want you to take the valves out for me, and replace them with the new valves for me, can you do that?" Burke asked gently. Cristina looked up at him and nodded again, and dug in the patient's chest.
Owen couldn't believe it. He couldn't believe Burke was being irresponsible and letting Cristina do the surgery. Yes, Cristina was good. But she was way too confident in herself, and she was just a fifth year resident. She was good, and Owen believed in her, but he didn't think she should be doing this. If something went wrong, that would be Cristina's medical license, and her career. Surgery mean't the world to her. He wasn't going to let Burke ruin that for her. She had aborted his child, so the least she could do was keep her career going. He was going to have a little chat with Burke after the surgery. He was beyond pissed. He stormed out of the gallery.
"Can you believe Burke is letting Cristina do his valve replacement surgery? I mean Cristina is good, but she shouldn't even be doing these surgeries yet." Izzie stated to her friends. Meredith shook her said. "Cristina has done a lot more complex surgeries, so this valve repair is relatively easy to her." said Meredith. As soon as she said that, the patient started coding, just as Cristina was finishing her last stitches on the valves. Burke stepped in with the crash cart. The heart started to beat again after a minute, but the surgery was a success. Meredith smiled, even though Cristina scared her for a minute. Cristina was going to be an excellent cardio surgeon, and everyone knew that. But know one knew that more than Meredith. Meredith looked down at Cristina, the patient was already gone to the recovery room, and everyone else had left the room. Burke leaned down and kissed Cristina on the mouth. Meredith was shocked, and hurried out of the room before they noticed her.
Cristina was nervous, her patient was coding and she did the surgery perfectly. "Get me the crash cart." Preston demanded. Cristina moved aside so Preston could shock his heart. His blood pressure kept dropping. She silently hoped that she didn't kill this patient. She didn't want Burke to get in trouble. After what seemed like a long two minutes, his heart started beating again. She breathed a sign of relief. Burke looked at her and smiled. "These things happen sometimes. He is okay. You did a perfect procedure, and I couldn't have done better." Burke said cheerfully. Cristina smiled at him. The nurses rolled the patient out of the OR. "I miss you Cristina, I made an awful mistake when I left you. I let my interfering mother persuade me not to marry you. I am awfully sorry. I love you Cristina Yang. Most of my reasons for coming back to Seattle Grace were for you. I know you're married to Hunt, but I love you and want you. Please leave him." Preston begged her. Cristina was shocked; she didn't know what to say. "Please think about it." He said as he leaned down and kissed her.
Lexie was so emotional. She had seen Mark talking to another woman. She couldn't stop crying. She didn't know why it bothered her so much, she was with Jackson now. Mark needed to move on. He needed to find someone better than her. She wasn't no good for him. But she still missed him. She was in love with him, but she was having Jackson's baby. She didn't know what to do. She would stay with Jackson out of obligation to their baby. Or maybe Jackson would dump her when she told him she was pregnant. They had been dating for a year now, and she was happy with him. But whenever she saw Mark even talking to another woman, the ugly green monster came out of hiding. She knew Mark still cared about her, but she knew he was possibly moving on. Abortion crossed her mind at first when the test turned positive. But she couldn't kill her baby simply because it was an unplanned. She wasn't like Cristina. She knew she could be a good mother and was going to be. Jackson was in surgery and would be getting off in an hour. They planned to meet at Joe's at 6:00 pm. Lexie was already of the clock. She had time to spare. Her stomach growled, so she hurried off to the cafeteria to get a snack. Being pregnant, made her eat a lot more than usual.
Cristina had to get away from Burke and Owen. Things were just so confusing right now. Owen had paged her and she dreaded it. She had to tell him about the kiss or kisses she should say. She walked into his office and saw Owen at his desk with his face in his hands. "What's wrong, Owen?" Cristina asked nervously. He looked up at her. "There is something I need to talk to you about Cristina." Owen said. She nodded at him to continue. "I am uncomfortable working with your ex, so I am going to have the chief transfer the both of us to a different hospital far away. He promised he wouldn't tell Burke where we go. I am sorry if this upsets you but its for the best." Cristina's stomach dropped she didn't know what to say.