Cristina was waiting for Pete. Pete was one of her old friend, they were in same college and med school. They were enough close to make people who see Cristina and Pete misunderstand they were a couple. But there were really just friends. The fact Pete was no interested with any girl made Cristina feel more comfortable in their friendship. In Mass, Pete was the one person who knows her history in Seattle, he was so helpful for her moving on. Pete knew even if she worked so hard, she was very strong willed and she looked like a surgery robot, she had been suffering very hard time for last three years. Not like the other woman, she just had worked to ride out the pain and sadness. Watching her suffering made him more be helpful for her.

Sitting down the seats, Pete knew she looked a little sad. Her makeup and dress were flawless but her eyes were filled with tears which might be about to run down immediately. Recently, she looked more elegant and feminine losing her a few pounds weight, of course she denied the part that she looked more feminine, now her eyes with tear made her more beautiful. Pete was thinking even a gay guy couldn't take his eyes off her, what about the normal guy, all guy in this restaurant was gazing at her. Today, she was stunning.

"You're late," Cristina said

"You look fantastic, despite your tears" Pete said.

"No, there are no such thing, I don't have any."

Her denial was expected, of course.

"Your eyes are stained, mascara..You know" Pete said.

"No, it's a dark circle" Cristina said.

"Oh,, liar! How about your shopping?"

"Not bad.."

"Then, what the hell makes you cry now?"

"Pete, I have never cried!" Cristina's voice got loud.

"Got it. Let me correct. What the hell makes you get a dark circle which looks like mascara stain? Satisfied?" Pete said

"Better. Mmm…I saw him, in department store." Smiling a little bit, she said.

"Him? You mean Dr. Burke?" Pete said.

"Yeah, he was with a girl like Naomi Campbell" Cristina said.

"What did you talk to him?" Pete said.

"Nothing, just I walked way from him" Cristina said.

"You wanna talk about this more?" Pete said.

"Definitely, not. "

Pete could read her face, which is saying 'stop asking'. So, he decided to not question to her about him and said.

"O.k. let's just eat"

"That's exactly why we are friends" Cristina said.

Then, their pager were starting beeping.

"It's 911. We have to go" Cristina said.

"No, I have to go to the hospital, you have to go home." Pete said.

"Dr. Waise, I'm a resident, too!" Cristina said.

"There are two reasons, you should not go to the hospital now. First, if you go to hospital now with your beautiful look, then every nurse hates you more than now because of their jealousy, second, you have to take a rest in bed tonight because of your dark circle as you mentioned a few seconds ago. So, go home and sleep till tomorrow morning your alarm rings. I'm sure it's definitely not a cool surgery, I promise!!" Pete said standing up the chair.

Smiling to Pete, she decided not to go to the hospital. He was right, today, I had to take a rest. A few minutes later, both of them leave the restaurant.

Anna and Burke were sitting the bench in the waiting room, speechless. On their way to the airport, Anna asked to Burke he was still in love with her. Of course, Burke knew the answer she wanted to hear from him but, he couldn't say the answer to her, so he just talked to her "I don't know". After listening to his answers, she didn't speak any word. He didn't have any idea why he couldn't say anything to her. Anna was very nice person and he knew the fact they were good looking couples, however, he could not give Anna anything sure because she was not 'her'. There were nothing sure about Anna and he could not assure about Anna and him, but, he knew very certainly he couldn't help but think about Cristina, her voice and her tear. It was so vivid as if it happened a few seconds ago, suddenly all memory with her in his heart started running all over his head. He should say something to Anna but, there was nothing he could do that moment.

At the time, not far from the place from their bench, a lady screamed, then someone got shot. The police officer in the airport arrested the shooter but a little girl was laying down the hall. Her mother was keeping screaming. That brought to him some terrible memory..

"Please, help us. " Girl's mother was screaming. The mother's terrified voice gave him Cristina's voice he heard in the O.R table. Suddenly he could remember her eyes he saw in the O.R, her eyes were as same as the girl's mother.

Instinctively, he got up and rush over there.

Burke took a look at her. The wound was close to the heart, it was not through and through. That was very dangerous. The bullet was still in her body cavity, she should be in surgery for removing bullet in a short minute otherwise she would be dead because of lots of bleeding.

"Ma'am, I'm a surgeon, maybe I can help you. Call 911, "

He pressured her chest eagerly for stop bleeding but it didn't work. The girl was losing her consciousness even if her mom was trying to keep wake her up but the girl was closing her eyes.

"Please, save my daughter, doctor, please" the mother was pleading for him, desperately. If the ambulance was not here in a minute, the girl was not gonna make it. Burke was very nervous. Then, he heard the ambulance siren. Carrying the girl into a gurney, a paramedic was asked to Burke who he was. When he was about to answer them, the girl's mother said.

"He is a surgeon, right? Please go with us, save my girl."

Then, he could see her pain and terror in her eyes, so he said..

"Yes, ma'am I'm gonna be with you"

Over the crowd, Anna was standing alone. Burke talked to her that he had to go and promised her to call as fast as he could. Getting on the ambulance, he said to the paramedic he had to do surgery for getting rid of the bullet in a minute and they had to go to the nearest hospital from here. Hearing Burke, the center ordered them to go to the Harvard Clinic

Pete rushed into the E.R. When he arrived at the hospital, a nurse notified him that a gun shot patient was coming on and the bullet was in her body cavity. Pete talked to her to prepare emergency surgery and waited for them at the entrance. The ambulance was arriving at a few minutes later.

"The patient's name is Amy Brooks, 12years old. "

A tall man was cutting a paramedic and started saying

"Her b.p is going down and bullet is in very close to the heart. She lost lots of blood"

When Pete raised his head, he recognized this guy. Actually, he knew who he is very accurately. Pete's face didn't go unnoticed by Burke and Burke talked to him. There were so many things he could talk to him, but, there was a bleeding girl in the gurney. He should save the girl's live first, and kicking him would be the next thing he could go.

"Dr. you have a problem?" The tall surgeon said.

"No, sir, right now, there is no problem." Pete said.

"You better be. Hurry, people. No time." they all headed to O.R

When, Cristina arrived at the hospital, some nurses were gossiping about something. They were talking in a low voice without noticing Cristina approached to them. Cristina heard they were talking about a tall and handsome male doctor and visitor doctor. That did not surprise Cristina at all, that was exactly what they were doing in every single day in the hospital. But just this time, the number of nurses who were involved with the conversation was a little more than any other day. Just that was different. Cristina was a little relaxing in the hospital and going to the comfortable place, on call room.

'I love hospital. Shopping sucks.' Muttering to herself, she laid in the lower bulk.

The girl's surgery was very successful and all scrub nurses and doctors in the O.R were looking at Burke with respectful eyes, except one, a resident, Dr. Waise,. When Burke was washing his hands, then, Dr. Waise was in his side. And he was staring him down with a non-respectful-eye with no word. Feeling his uncomfortable, Burke was looking at him, too. During a few moments, they were just looking at each other. They just totally ignored the other doctor's and nurses' eye as if they were dueling with each other just like western gunfighters, with no gun. It was Burke who broke the weird silence. In Burke's eye, the guy, Dr. Waise, he seemed to be very kind, courageous and very competitive surgeon. So he started speaking.

"Dr. Waise, nice to meet you, I'm Preston Burke, a cardiothoracic surgeon." He stretched out his hands to him.

"Of course you are. I know you. I'm Dr. Waise, a resident in cardiothoracic." he shook Burke's hands.

"Dr. Waise, I think you probably have something to tell me, right?" Burke said curiously.

"Yeah, you're the guy who left a girl friend, oh, let me correct, you're the guy who left your fiancée with a wedding dress, in the church, on your wedding day, right?" Pete's said sarcasrically.

He was confused a little. How this guy knew about him and Cristina, who the hell this guy was? Burke wanted to ask Dr. Waise about that guessing he might be involved with Cristina and wanted to everything about her. When he was about to say something, in the moment, a nurse was coming to him and started saying something.

"Excuse me, Dr. Burke, The chief of surgery, Dr. Dones wants to meet you. He is waiting for you in his office. "

"Yes, thank you."

"Let me show the way."

Burke was looking at him for a few seconds, then he left the room.

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A/N I'll update as soon as i can. I know this chapter a litlle bit long, next chap ter is gonna be short, I promise!! I hope you guys enjoy my fic!!