Hey guys! I meant to post this this morning. But time crept up on me. So here it is now. Hope you guys like it.
It's two steps forward one step back
I get so nervous that I crack
I've got so much I want to tell you
I just don't know what to say
You know when pushing come to shove
You've got me hypnotized my love
I've got so much I want to give you
I just don't know what to say sometimes
Sister Hazel, Hello It's Me
Cristina Yang never thought when she was younger that she would stay in Braxton. She'd always sworn as soon as she turned eighteen, she was going to leave the pit hole of a town for something bigger- mostly just better. And she had left. She'd went all the way across the country to California to college, just to find that bigger didn't necessarily mean better. At least not in her case. But California hadn't been a complete waste of time, she did become major in Law. She was even offered an internship at one of the top legal companies in the state, but she promptly declined after her mother called and informed her that her father had become ill. Ten years later, she still hadn't left. She was now the Mayor of Braxton, seeing as how there was much of a calling
for a lawyer there, and whether she ever admitted it out loud she was happy. Sure, she dragged Meredith on a road trip every now and then just to get some sense of reality, but besides that, she lived a relatively normal life. It was so normal, it almost made her sick to think about. Normal had never been a apart of her plans. Nothing in her life had gone according to plan.
"Ms. Yang?" He broke her train of thought as he knocked on her office door slightly. She thought momentarily of grabbing a notepad and at at least pretend to be doing something, but they both knew that there was just nothing for her to do. The day was just another day in the perfect town.
"It's unlocked, George." She muttered, loud enough for him to hear her. Sometimes she wondered how she dealt with him, but then sometimes she realized that there wasn't anyone she liked any better. He'd been there for three years, and he'd never once raised his voice to her. He was like an overly obedient puppy, and sometimes, she just wished he'd bite the bait and fight back. He always made her feel bad about her comments. Like she cared or something. A normal person would bite back that she
was a heartless person, but not him. He just looked at her with puppy eyes that were begging to shed tears before leaving the room. Ugh. She really hated him sometimes.
"Um. You have a phone call. It's Max." If she was really truly pushed, she would admit that she could possibly love Max. If you can love someone you only see once a week on Saturday night. He was an architect that lived in the next town over, but he was usually gone most of the week on business, leaving her to her own muses.
She simply nodded before George left the room, closing the door behind him. She waited until she could hear him type on his computer before picking up the phone.
"Hello." She answered, sounding as busy as she possibly could considering how little she had to accomplish that day.
"Hey Cristina. How are you?" his voice sounded the same as it always did. Calm and collected. Much like him. He rarely raised his voice, and if he did, it was usually about a bad call from a referee or umpire. She found it to be completely amusing, and just a little on the hot side. His face always always reddened and the veins in his neck got strained. Yep, she definitely loved watching him watch the games.
"Eh. How about you?" she responded, rolling her eyes as George's laugh filtered through the walls. She often wondered how his girlfriend found the time to be online to talk to him all day, but she never cared enough to ask. She even tried to be angry that he spent more time talking to her than working, but the way she saw it, better the girlfriend than her. There was only so much Bambi time she could handle in a day.
"What do you think about staying at my place tonight?" she'd only been to his place a handful of times, but never during the week.
"Why?" she asked cautiously. There'd been hints that he was going to propose soon, and she was going to avoid it as long as possible. Sure, after two years it was a logical step, but it still wasn't something she wanted.
"Something different, I suppose." Different? What was wrong with their schedule, she wondered but shrugged her shoulder as she realized that she didn't have any plans anyway.
"Well, uh, I guess I'll see you tonight then." She smiled slightly into the phone. Making a note to call Meredith before she left.
"Oh, it's suppose to rain, so don't ride your bike, babe." He grinned before hanging up, knowing how much she hated driving her car.
"Ass." She muttered into the air before looking at the calender. Crap. Meredith was at school. Why did school start on a Wednesday this year, anyway? It was ten minutes till Lunch anyway. The kids can have an extra few minutes. She was the mayor after all.
I really heart Cristina in this story. Hope you do too!
