A/N Someone wanted me to do a chapter for the Twisted Sisters. So I did. Hope you like it.

Five Weeks

Meredith still couldn't understand why Cristina wasn't taking. She didn't get why Cristina had shut down. If Meredith was placing bets on who would be the one to shut down, she would never have guessed it would be Cristina. Derek was healing well and that allowed Meredith to spend more time with Cristina. She knew Callie came up here to visit Cristina but she also knew that once Mark woke up, Callie wouldn't come upstairs as often as she was doing now. Meredith needed her person to snap out of this mutinism. She needed to be able to have an actual conversation with Cristina. Meredith was losing it too and she was finding it hard to dump everything on Derek given all the work he was going to have to put in, in order to be able to return to surgery.

"Cristina, Cristina I know you can talk. Just please for the love of God say something. Say anything. Seeing as we really don't have access to the best ENT on the West Coast right now, you can't have anything wrong with your throat…or ears or nose." Meredith was starting to hate talking to herself and she wasn't lying about her insistence that Cristina couldn't have anything wrong with her ears, nose or her throat. With Mark in that damn medically induced coma, they would have to settle for a second rate ENT and Meredith knew that Cristina would not be okay with that. Still Cristina did not speak. Cristina was curled up on the bed across from the chair that Meredith was sitting in and she was rocking herself slowly and steadily. Meredith hoped that she was getting some comfort by the gentle self-rocking.

Meredith could only talk to herself for so long before she would start thinking that she was going crazy. She stood up and walked over to Cristina's bed and sat down beside the still rocking Cristina. She had to believe that the Cristina she knew was still in there or she'd go crazy. This wasn't Cristina. This was someone new. Someone Meredith wasn't sure she liked very much. The silence was making her uneasy.

"Derek's healing well but we still don't know if he'll ever be able to return to surgery again. Arizona's a mess, but she too is healing. It's going to be an adjustment for her. She's going to be in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Not even because of the accident but because of the botched surgery." Meredith told Cristina. She wasn't even sure if Cristina was listening to her but she was hoping that she was so that Meredith didn't have to repeat herself.

"Owen." Came a soft whisper. Meredith looked at Cristina who had stopped rocking. She wasn't sure if it was Cristina who had spoken, but she hoped it was. Meredith couldn't even tell what she had said because she had spoken so softly.

"Did you say something?" Meredith asked as she looked at the other Twisted Sister. Cristina slowly nodded in Meredith's direction.

"I want Owen." Cristina spoke a little louder this time. Meredith nodded again as tears filled her eyes. Her person had spoken. Nothing was wrong with her voice. She was talking again. Her voice didn't sound normal, but Meredith knew that was due to her not talking for over a month. She couldn't believe that Cristina's first words were about Owen, the man who had cheated on her. Meredith had been in the other woman's position before but this was different. Cristina was her friend…her person and the idea that Cristina could forgive Owen for cheating on her was just mind boggling.

"I'll call him. I'll get him here." Meredith whispered as she reached for Cristina's hand. Cristina took it and Meredith was struck by how cold her hands felt. If Cristina wanted Owen here, Meredith would get him here. Anything to get Cristina to keep talking.

"Thank you." Cristina whispered. Cristina knew that Meredith didn't understand the request but Cristina didn't care. As long as Meredith got Owen here, that was all that mattered. For some reason she still loved Owen. Despite everything he had put her through, she wasn't ready to just throw in the towel on their relationship. Comforted by Meredith's promise, she closed her eyes, her hand still holding Meredith's hand.

Once Meredith knew that Cristina was asleep, Meredith slipped out of the room and made her way downstairs. She was going to call Owen and make sure he got on the next available plane to Oregon. When she reached the hospital lobby, she pulled her cell phone out of her pocket. Somehow it had survived the crash, but of course they had had no cell phone reception when they were in the woods in the middle of nowhere. Her fingers were trembling as she dialed Owen's number. She hoped he wasn't busy. She hoped that he was near his phone. Meredith didn't want to have to explain to Cristina that she couldn't get ahold of Owen. Finally after what seemed like a hundred rings, the phone was picked up by Owen.

"Owen, its Meredith." Meredith said into the phone.

"Meredith? How is Cristina?" Owen had been worried about her the entire five weeks. He hadn't come to see her only because he wasn't sure if she wanted to see him. He didn't want to wreck her recovery.

"She spoke Owen. She's asking for you." Meredith told him quietly. She still could hardly believe that Cristina had spoken. She had never been happier to hear Owen's name come out of Cristina's mouth than she had been at that very moment.

Owen couldn't believe that Cristina's first words in five weeks were about him. He guessed that Meredith wasn't all that happy either, but he gave her credit for not saying so. Owen didn't think that Cristina would ever want to see him or hear from him again. He was sure that was why she was planning on going to Mayo to claim the spot that they were holding for her.

"I'll be there as soon as I can. Let me shuffle a few things around and then I'll grab the next flight to Oregon." Owen promised Meredith. Meredith heaved a big sigh of relief. She was feeling so much relief that Owen was making plans to come to Oregon as soon as he could. As much as she didn't trust him right now, Cristina wanted him with her and Meredith wanted Cristina to feel better…happier.

"Tell her I'm coming Meredith." Owen told her seriously.

"I will. Thank you. I know she'll be happy to see you." Meredith murmured into the phone. She could hear papers being shifted and keys being hit on what sounded like a computer keyboard. She guessed he was looking up flights out of Seattle and heading into Oregon.

"She's my wife and she's asking for me." Owen commented quietly. All he needed to know was that Cristina wanted him there. Had specifically asked for him to come and he was going to move heaven and earth to be able to be there as soon as possible.

"She's…She's not the same Owen." Meredith told him hesitantly.

"I know. I'll do whatever I can to help her through this." Owen reassured Meredith. He hoped that the Cristina he had fallen in love with was still in there somewhere. Meredith heard more keyboard typing and a sigh escape from the other end of the phone.

"I fly into Oregon five hours from now. From there it's a forty-five minute drive to the hospital." Owen told Meredith. Meredith breathed a big sigh of relief. Owen would be here soon. Thank God for that.

"See you then." Meredith told him. They exchanged good-byes and then they both hung up. Meredith decided to go let Derek and the others know that Owen was coming. Then she would return to Cristina and wait with her until Owen arrived.