A/N: Sorry I haven't updated in a while but life keeps getting in the way. Thank you for putting up with the sporadic updates and I am truly humbled by all the reviews. Keep reviewing!

Teddy sighed as she watched her subordinate fill out charts. Cristina was seated at an otherwise abandoned nurse's station dutifully trying to complete her task. Her hair was tied in a messy bun with a few tendrils escaping and framing her face. She looked beautiful.

Teddy sighed realizing how stalker-ish it must have appeared to watch Cristina as intently as she was. It had been two weeks since Cristina said she needed space and Teddy had been trying to give her as much space as possible but it wasn't easy. Besides her overwhelming attraction and lust for the girl, Cristina was on her service. Also the way Owen had been staring at her like a lost puppy didn't help matters much either.

"Hey!" Arizona greeted Teddy in her usual exuberant manner.

Teddy gave a small squeak of surprise and ducked behind a corridor in fear of being spotted.

"What are you doing?" Arizona asked, face scrunching in confusion.

"I'm giving her time." Teddy answered gesturing to Cristina's general direction with a wave of a hand.

"Time, why?"

"Because Owen caught us the other day and freaked out and then she freaked out and said she needed time and space so I'm giving her that." Teddy explained.

"That sucks." Arizona sympathized. "But I'm sure it'll all blow over."

Teddy shot her a disbelieving look. "Are you just saying that? Because right now my best friend for years and my girlfriend of a week are both avoiding me like the plague."

"No I'm not just saying that. But you can't just mope around or stalk her until they come to their senses. Go, fight for your girl!" The peds surgeon glided away on her Heelys without another word.

Teddy smiled at her retreating friend and turned around only to run directly into Cristina. The petite resident fell to the floor, the stack of charts falling around her.

"I'm so sorry, are you okay?" Teddy asked as she helped scoop up the charts. Cristina stayed silent, avoiding eye contact.

"Cristina. Please look at me." The cardio attending inwardly cringed at how pleading her voice sounded but it seemed to work. Cristina hesitantly met her gaze. Her eyes held sadness, exhaustion, and maybe even pain.

Teddy wanted to reach out and touch her but didn't think she could stop herself if she did. Jumping Cristina Yang in a hallway would definitely spark some rumors.

"I have to go." Without another word Cristina fled. Teddy could do nothing but watch her go.

The day carried on that way for the rest of the day. Cristina was the master of avoidance and all conversations they had were strictly professional. But worst of all had been Owen's behavior. He was snappy and rude to everyone all day, even making an intern cry. No one knew what they'd done to piss him off, well two people knew.

X

"Well today sucked." Jackson huffed as he joined his friends at their usual lunch table.

"Technically the day is still going on so it sucks." Lexie pointed out before taking a bite of her burger. Jackson glared at her but said nothing, simply opting to stab his salad with his spork.

"Dude you gonna tell us what's eating you or destroy your lunch?" Alex asked sounding more amused than concerned.

"Hunt is being an ass and Altman is being a bitch." Jackson replied still stabbing his food. Meredith looked at Cristina sharply expecting some kind of reaction but Cristina said nothing.

"Hunt has definitely been terrible today." April admitted. "But I haven't seen Altman all day."

"Good for you." Jackson muttered with an eye roll.

"She can't be that bad." Meredith stated casting a sideways glance at her friend. Still nothing.

"Nothing I do is good enough for her." Jackson sighed frustration coloring his voice. "Every time I do something it's like I did it wrong because Cristina didn't do it."

The statement caused everyone to look at Cristina who in turn pretended to be completely focused on her own salad.

"Well that's not surprising." April stated matter-of-factly.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Cristina asked narrowing her eyes at the exuberant red head.

"It's just…well you know…" April sputtered not wanting to anger Cristina.

"What April is trying to but doesn't have the balls to say is its obvious you're Altman's favorite." Alex drawled before shoving some chips into his mouth.

"What's wrong with that?" Cristina shrugged.

"It doesn't give anyone else a chance." Meredith pointed out.

"You're one to talk." Alex snorted and Meredith simply rolled her eyes.

"If you're not a favorite than you didn't earn it. So Altman's being a bitch, not my fault." Cristina shrugged but she knew that was a lie. It was her fault that Owen and Teddy were being completely insufferable and it was her fault Jackson felt like crap. She was sick of things being her fault. Thankfully the conversation moved on to other things and the camaraderie and laughs soon followed.

X

Cristina moved groggily to the resident locker room. It's not that work was terrible; in fact it was pretty good. She worked with Bailey and even got to do most of a very difficult procedure. But it wasn't a great day. General surgery was fine, but it had nothing on Cardio as far as the Asian resident was concerned. And she was sick of staring at her all day, Teddy, Owen, even Meredith and it was really starting to bother her. All in all, she was happy the day was finished.

The locker room was empty when she arrived, but Cristina expected as much. She didn't mind though, the silence was oddly comforting after such a hectic day. She began changing into her street clothes which consisted of jeans, converse, and a cranberry colored long sleeved shirt. She takes her hair from its previous messy bun and allowed it to cascade down her back. She grabbed her messenger bag and shoved her scrubs inside while simultaneously removing her black leather jacket.

"That's my favorite color on you."

Cristina whipped around at the familiar voice only to come face to face with Own Hunt.

"Owen, what are you doing here?" She asked feeling somewhat nervous.

"Well, I've been trying to talk all day. Cornering you seemed like the only option." He shrugged, before sitting on the bench in front the lockers.

"Okay…let's…let's talk." Cristina agreed nodding more than she should. She always became awkward when talking about feelings, it was what she considered one of her very few flaws. She joined him on the bench making sure they were pretty spread apart. Owen sighed running a hand through his fiery hair.

"I'm sorry." He said finally. "The things I said to you were horrible."

"It's okay. I understand. It was a lot to take in. We should of came and told you instead of you finding out the way you did." Cristina responded.

"You know there was a time when nothing could come between us." He sounded wistful and he wasn't looking at her, clearly remembering that time.

"There was…" Cristina agreed quietly. "But that was a long time ago."

"It was…" He responded. "Look I know what we had couldn't have lasted and it took me a long to get over it. I guess you moving on with my best friend did sting a little."

"Sorry."

"But I also remembered that we promised to be friends if the thing we had didn't work out. I wouldn't be a good friend if I took away your happiness and it's pretty obvious Teddy makes you happy." His voice was sincere and thick with emotion.

Without hesitation Cristina hugged him, hard. She hugged him, grateful for both of them to have some closure and happy that she kept him as a good friend. The red-head gently returned the gesture, his blue eyes now clearer than they had been in days.

After a moment the moment broke and the two friends broke apart. The attending moved to the door but stopped standing in the doorframe.

"Teddy should be home by now." With that he was gone.

Cristina sighed, the weight of the conversation making her feel surprisingly light. She gathered up her stuff and moved to the door hoping she remembered how to get to a certain Cardio God's apartment.

A/N: Okay I promise the next chapter will be up quicker unless… ya know… life gets in the way again. Please rate and review!