Cristina's mouth drop when she heard Burke spoke. Did she actually hear the words come out right? He wanted to prove how much he loved her? Scoffing, Cristina just shook her head; not sure what else to do.
"You're kidding, right? You proved to me how much you loved me when you left me. It took me so long to trust my boyfriend because of the way you did me" Burke's face dropped when he heard the term "boyfriend" cross Cristina's lips. He had come back for her and he was too late. He did the one thing he never wanted to do; lose Cristina Yang.
"Boyfriend? May I ask who this is?"
"Seriously? You want to know if you have the right to ask me about my new boyfriend?!" Cristina quickly shot back, not skipping a beat. "His name is Owen Hunt, he's a trauma surgeon and he served in Iraq He put me back together after you tore me apart. I can't believe after you just up and leave you have the guts to actually ask me about my boyfriend" Cristina asked, scoffing as she stood up and walked towards the door. "I don't have time for this"
"Cristina, I made a mistake. I was scared of a strong comminute…"
"Then why the hell did you even ask?!" Cristina shouted, now standing in front of Burke. "Then why even waste my time? I was fine with us dating, and living together. But no, you wanted marriage and kids and when I finally agreed you left me. You were gone and you took everything that mattered to you; everything but me" Cristina's voice calmed down throughout the statement as she whispered the last part. "I beat myself up for days, weeks and months trying to figure out what I did wrong. I was trying to be everything you wanted me to be, and you left"
"That was the problem, Cris" Burke commented, slowly moving his hand close to Cristina's face; it resting on her cheek. "You weren't you, the woman I fell in love with. I adore the fact that you wanted to change for me, I truly to. But the fact is that I made you change for me and I couldn't live with that. There hasn't been a day that has gone by that I haven't thought about you, that I haven't wished I never left. We would've been happy together, maybe had a kid by now" Cristina rolled her eyes at what Burke was saying. However, deep down, there wasn't a day that went by that Cristina didn't think about Burke. But she was with Owen now, and she was happy. She once was with Burke, but it was now Owen who made her heart skip a beat, one she couldn't get her mind off of…she thinks anyway.
"Burke, it's not that easy though. It's not easy to just come back into someone's life and act like time has stood still for them. You can't leave and come back and believe everything is the same, cause it's not. I love you, I always will. You helped me believe in a lot of things; most importantly myself... I waited for a while, but I couldn't forever. We can be friends, but I can't date you, I love Owen" Cristina has calmed down since she first saw him in Derek's office a little over an hour ago. "I'll always hold a special place for you in my heart, Burke. I just hope you can respect my choice."
"I can, and I understand" Burke said quietly, taking in a deep breath. He understood Cristina's frame of mind, where she was coming from. He didn't know why he expected her to wait forever; especially since he left her like he did. "Can I just have a kiss, one more kiss? A farewell one, I suppose?" He knew it was a long shot but it was worth it. Taken aback when Cristina slowly agreed, Burke moved closer to her, inches separating their bodies. Like he had done so many times before, he ran his hand through Cristina's loose jet black curls that weren't held back by her pony tail. Slowly moving his lips towards her, they both felt the connection that was first felt them years ago; back when "thanks for the coffee" meant so much more. Because of the talk, however, Cristina didn't here her phone go off, or knew that Derek had told Owen about Burke being in Seattle Grace. Because Cristina was lost in Preston Burke's eyes, she didn't realize Owen had called once more, saying he was going to come and talk to her about this situation. Because of their lips being locked, Cristina and Burke didn't hear the door open and didn't see Owen Hunt standing there watching his girlfriend kiss her former fiancée
"What the hell is going on in here?"
