"Yay, this is going to be great" Callie said jumping out of her seat. "So, first we need to get you some furniture, and then we'll need booze, lots of booze, and then..."Callie continued to ramble on listing everything they had to do.
Cristina had completely zoned out at the prospect of having to actually do stuff.
"Are you sure we can't just hire someone to do all the party planning crap?" she asked to an unamused Callie.
"I mean the last party you threw didn't go so well." She said as Callie gave her a disgruntled look.
"You know with the whole Arizona running in the opposite direction in tears, at her own surprise party." Cristina continued in a sarcastic tone. Callie visibly flinched at the mention of her ex-girlfriend's name.
"Cristina" Callie shouted, "We're doing this. And it's going to the best party you've ever been to" Callie said regaining her composure.
"I doubt that" Cristina muttered to herself.
After, brushing crumbs out of her hair and changing out of her robe, they were both presentable enough to leave the house and head to the mall. They got into a cab, and throughout the journey Callie continued to scribble down ideas and make a list of the stores they had to visit.
"Do you think a fire breather would be too much?" She asked Cristina as they approached the mall.
Cristina merely laughed and gave her a disapproving look.
"Give me that" she said, snatching Callie's notebook out of her hand.
After, going to the first store on the list, and buying all the furniture they needed. Cristina was already done with shopping.
"Okay, where to next?" Callie asked reaching for her list.
Cristina moved it out of her reach. "I think it's time for a snack" She said dragging Callie into the food court.
"Cristina, we just go here" Callie argued.
But Cristina was already ordering. She returned with 2 giant slushies, and they took a seat at a table.
After slurping down half their drinks, Callie said "We might as well start inviting people" as she took out her phone.
"So, we'll invite everyone from the hospital. Well apart from creepy Joe in radiology" Callie mumbled, and she began typing.
"And Mer" Cristina muttered whilst watching people wandering around the mall.
"What" Callie asked looking up from her phone confused. "Why not?"
"Just don't invite her, it's my party okay?" Cristina argued not wanting to get into it.
"Okay" Callie responded, she obviously wanted the gossip but knew not to push Cristina.
After. several minutes of silence, Cristina looked up from her drink to see that Callie's eyes were fixed on something in the distance and they were glassing over. She followed her gaze to a young kid, flying up and down the mall on a pair of wheelie sneakers.
"Seriously Callie" She said snapping her out of her trance. "Get a grip".
"Hey" Callie replied slightly offended. Just then, Cristina got up and sprinted to the bathroom.
Callie watched her fleeing and picked up their drinks to follow her, slightly confused.
She found her sitting on the floor of a cubicle throwing up. She flushed the toilet and stood up to meet Callie.
"We're a mess" Callie joked.
"It's this stupid baby" Cristina replied annoyed.
"Stupid? "Callie replied "I thought you were happy about it"
Cristina groaned, it had only been a week since she found out and she had tried not to think about it. She'd barely even discussed It with Owen.
"I am...I think...I'm not a hundred percent sure how I feel" She replied weakly.
Back at the hospital, Owen was standing at the nurse's station with Derek and Alex, when Alex's phone went off.
"Hey, party at your place tonight " Alex said turning from his chart to face Owen.
"What?...that's impossible. We haven't even unpacked yet!" Owen replied slightly confused. "Let me see that" He said reaching for Alex's phone.
"You didn't know?" Derek asked amused.
"No" He replied, "I guess I should be happy that I won't have to sit through hours of Dawson's Creek tonight" He joked.
Derek caught sight of Meredith walking past and called her over.
"What do u make of this party Cristina's throwing tonight?" He asked her.
Meredith paused, and faked a smile "I wouldn't know... I wasn't invited" She said in a bitter tone, before turning around and getting in the elevator.
Owen and Derek exchanged a look.
"You put your foot in that one man" Alex said as he clapped Derek on the shoulder and made his way down the corridor.
Owen turned to Derek, "You know you should come anyways. They need to get over this sooner or later. Maybe we could get them to chat"
"Yeah, you're right, I want my wife back...We'll be there" he said whilst plotting in his head how he would convince Meredith to attend.
Back at the mall, Cristina and Callie were onto their third store, after already securing decorations there were now shopping for food and drink. Cristina had been sent in search of ice but had got lost and somehow ended up in the clothing department. As she was trying to find her way out, her phone started ringing.
She looked down to see a familiar pair of blue eyes and ginger hair displayed on her screen, a smile grew on her face.
"Hello" She said into her phone.
"Care to inform me why I have the bank phoning me to tell me I've maxed out one of my credit cards" He asked.
"Uhhh...I went shopping" she said as if the answer was obvious.
He laughed at her response "You went shopping" he repeated.
"Yeah,I bought us lots of furniture and crap...you'll love it" she said knowing he wouldn't be annoyed with her, "And, oh...we're having a party tonight"
"I heard" he responded sounding slightly confused.
"I'm sorry are you annoyed?" she asked him picking up on his tone.
"No, I'm not annoyed" He replied genuinely. "I've just never seen you sober at a party" he joked.
Cristina continued to wander around the clothing department with the phone to her ear, when she came upon the baby section.
She picked up a tiny yellow onesie and just stared at it. Her mouth dropped open as the reality that she was pregnant sunk in.
"Cristina...are you still there" Owen called through the phone.
She lifted the phone back up to her ear "Owen" she said so softly it was barely audible.
"Yes, Cristina are you ok?" He asked growing slightly concerned by how she was acting.
"Owen...we're going to have a baby" she continued, beginning to ramble, "and it's going to pee and poop and probably vomit and...I'm the one responsible for cleaning it up." She said her anxiety over the subject growing by the second.
"I don't know anything about babies wh-" She continued rambling until Owen interrupted her.
"Cristina, you're not the only one responsible, I'll be there too. And we'll learn everything we need to know before the baby comes, okay?" he said trying to calm her down.
"And besides once you clean it up you get to dress it up in a cute little outfit" he said trying to lighten her mood.
She laughed slightly, and nodded her head as her anxieties slowly started to fade back away.
"Okay" She said softly, as she placed the onesie in her basket.
Back at SGMW, Derek paged Meredith to an on-call room, and waited for her to arrive. He was sat at the edge of the bed trying to figure out how to approach this topic. Convincing your wife to attend her best friend's party shouldn't be this hard, he thought to himself.
The door swung open, and Meredith appeared in front of, "Hey" she said as she sat down beside him and gave him a gentle kiss. He put his arm around her and decided to jump straight in.
"Okay, don't hate me for what I'm about to say, I'm doing it for you. Okay?" he said, receiving an alarmed look from her.
"Oh god, what is it?" she replied.
"We're going to the party tonight" he said looking into her eyes.
"No Derek, she doesn't want to see me" she said squirming out of his embrace.
"Come, on Mer you have to see each other eventually" he said. He could tell she wasn't going to budge so he decided to try a different approach.
"Okay, fine... remember that time I pulled you out of freezing cold water and saved your life...I'm calling in my favour" he said jokingly, taking her hand in his.
She smirked as he childish approach to blackmail her into going. He was right though, they would have to see each other eventually. She had been in a bad mood all week, she wasn't herself when they were fighting. But still she didn't know if Cristina would want her there.
"Ughh...fine" she said reluctantly "But we're not staying that long"
"Thank you" he replied softly and leaned forward to kiss her.
Back at the firehouse, the furniture had been delivered and all the boxes unpacked. Callie was rushing around adding the finishing touches, whilst Cristina stood and ate all the snack she placed out.
"You know you could at least help, this is your party" Callie muttered, "And don't pull the pregnancy card. You're barely pregnant and that shouldn't stop you from unpacking boxes." she finished slightly irritated by her lack of effort.
"How far along are you anyway?" she asked.
"Ughh... I don't know. Couple of weeks probably" Cristina replied with a mouthful of crisps.
"You haven't got a scan yet?" Callie asked, slightly shocked that 2 doctors hadn't got their baby checked out yet.
"I will...oh and don't tell anyone...You know about the whole baby thing, not many people know yet." she pleaded.
"Okay" Callie muttered before turning to do her next errand.
2 hours later, the party was in full swing. The alcohol had been well and truly raided, and Cristina found herself sitting bored on the couch surrounded by drunk people, all of which she didn't really know and were having a much better time than she was.
Owen, Alex and Mark all entered the party at the same time after finishing their shifts. As Owen walked upstairs his mouth dropped open at his now fully furnished home. His eyes scanned the room looking for a head full of raven curls. He found her on the couch with a bag of chips on her lap. He walked over to her and took a seat next to her.
"Hey stranger" he said whilst giving her a kiss on the check. A smile grew on her face, she shifted closer to him on the couch.
"Hey" She replied looking into his piercing blue eyes.
"The place looks great" he said shocked, "Did you do all this yourself" he asked.
"Yeah, well it was mostly Callie and Pete" Owen gave her a puzzled look, "The delivery guy, Callie bribed him with crab cakes to help out...nice guy" she muttered.
"Well, it looks perfect" he mumbled kissing the top of her head.
"How're you feeling" he asked moving his hand to rest on her stomach. She flinched and brushed his hand off.
"Not here" she whispered, as she took his hand in hers. "I feel fine, apart from random spurts of nausea and the fact I can't have an ounce of alcohol for the next 9 months" she rambled.
A few minutes later, Meredith and Derek walked up the stairs into the party.
Cristina caught sight of them and whispered under her breath, "What is she doing here?".
"Oh, I invited them" Owen replied looking up to meet Cristina's disapproving look.
She sighed and left him on the couch making her way in the opposite direction, in an attempt to avoid her as long as possible.
She went up to the roof, seeking some fresh air. To her surprise Alex was already up there.
"Hey" he said as she sat down next to him.
"What're you doing up here?" she asked.
"Avoiding April, I was kind of an ass to her. You?" he replied.
"Avoiding Mer" she muttered.
"What's going on with you two?" he asked concerned.
"Uhh...we had a fight. She was being all judgey even though I've always been there for her and then I might've told her I blamed her for my PTSD" she said growing quieter as she went on.
"Geez" he replied slightly taken aback.
"Do you?" he asked softly.
"I don't know, I know that I only did what I did because it was Derek...I know it's not right to blame her but she's fine. After everything that's happened she's fine. Everyone's fine and I'm all broken and it's not fair" she said spilling her heart out way more than she'd meant to.
Alex thought about what she said before responding, "We're not all fine you know." he said as she turned to face him, "Lexie asked a patient if she wanted her to shoot her, Derek had his whole driving really fast thing, Jackson wakes up screaming the house down every night...and I haven't been in an elevator since I got shot" He said softly.
"We're all messed up." he continued "And you're not broken...you had another shitty thing happen to you and maybe you're slightly cracked but not broken. You'll put yourself back together like you always do" he replied confidently.
She let his words sink in, slightly taken aback by how comforting they were.
"When did you get all philosophical?" she joked.
He laughed, "I have my moments" he replied, whilst looking out over the city.
They sat in a comfortable silence for a while enjoying the crisp air.
"You know you have to talk to her, cause I'm not sure how many of these talks I have in me" he joked, getting out of his seat.
"I know" she muttered.
As Alex descended the stairs to the party, he caught sight of a head of blonde hair coming towards him.
"Hey, there you are" Meredith greeted him.
"Yeah," he said looking around at the room of unfamilar faces, "Who are all these people" he questioned.
"Haven't a clue" she replied. " The whole of Seattle seems to be here, apart from Cristina. I haven't seen her once" she noted.
"Oh, she's on the roof." he replied, "You two should make up, you need each other, no one else gets you two" he joked and walked away.
Meredith knew he was right, she made her way over to the stairs. As she ascended them, she saw her sitting alone at the small table.
She walked over and pulled the other chair out to sit down, "Hey" she said casually.
Cristina tore her eyes away from the city to look at who had appeared, she was surprised to see it was Meredith.
"Hey" she responded softly.
"That's quite the party you have going on down there" Meredith said trying to break the ice.
"Yeah" Cristina replied quietly.
"How're you?" Meredith asked, suddenly feeling slightly guilty for abandoning her friend in her current state of PTSD and impending motherhood.
"Very, very sober" she joked whilst looking into Meredith's familiar eyes.
Meredith laughed, "If it makes you feel any better, I can't drink either, with the whole hostile uterus thing" she joked.
A smile appeared on Cristina's face "It does actually" she admitted.
After a couple moments of silence, they both went to speak at the same time.
"You first" Cristina mumbled.
"I'm sorry for being all judgemental... I just didn't want to watch you throw your career away. But I'm on your side...I'm your person" she said softly.
"I'm sorry, I unloaded on you" Cristina began, "It's obviously not your fault, I just needed somebody to blame and you were an easy target I guess" she noted.
They both looked at each other and smiled.
"I missed you Cristina Yang" Meredith admitted.
"So, what are we supposed to hug now or something?" Cristina asked unsure.
They both burst out laughing.
Downstairs, the party had died down. Derek and Owen were the only ones left. They both collapsed onto the sofa and stared at the giant mess in front of them.
"Where the hell are our wives?" Owen asked, turning to face Derek, he hadn't seen Cristina in hours.
"Let's hope they're not off having a cat fight" Derek joked.
Owen chuckled, "Yeah, Cristina would definitely win that one" Owen said jokingly.
"Hey, Meredith's surprisingly strong" Derek argued.
"Well let's hope we never find out, that wouldn't be good for the baby" Owen commented.
"Yeah" Derek said, before realising what he'd said, "Wait what?"
"Cristina's pregnant" Owen said grinning.
Derek was completely shocked, "Congrats man" he said standing up to give him a man hug.
Just then they heard footsteps and chatter coming from behind them. They turned to see their wives with arms linked chatting away.
"You made up" Derek shouted as both men walked over to them grinning.
"Yeah we did" Meredith mumbled.
"I'm glad" Owen added.
"I heard the news, congratulations!" Derek said to Cristina.
Cristina elbowed Owen "You told him" she said giving him a piercing look.
"What, Meredith knows" Owen said defending himself.
"Yeah, cause Meredith's my person" Cristina exclaimed.
Owen smiled knowing she wouldn't be mad for long, "Well how do you know Derek isn't my person" he joked, linking arms with Derek to mimic their wives' position.
They all burst out laughing.
After Derek and Meredith left, Owen had spent an hour cleaning up their home. When he was finally done, he climbed into bed to join his wife.
He wrapped his arms around her, and she turned over to face him. She leant up to give him a tender kiss.
As she traced circles on his back, she looked into his eyes, "Who is your person?" she asked curious after his joke earlier.
He looked at her, and stroked her untamed hair which he loved, "You are" he said leaning down to plant another kiss on her lips. She smiled at his response and curled up closer to him.
Notes: Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry if it's moving too slowly, I'll try and pick up the pace a bit. Next chapter should be up soon :)
