Owen drove them to the place they had their "first date" they walked in and sat down at a table. Owen ordered a beer for him and a vodka water with lime for her.
"Owen….."
"Cristina…"
They spoke at the same time
"You go first"
Cristina said to him
"Cristina I need to tell you I've never felt this way with someone before, you know me so well and I know we met only a few weeks ago but our connection is more than anything I have ever felt before…..I just want you to know that."
Owen looked down he was a bit shy about what he just said but he had to tell her how he felt.
"Owen I meant what I said before, I really don't say I love you to many people so when I say it I mean it….and I haven't felt this way with anyone before either. I wish I wasn't married because I want to be with you so badly, I'm getting a divorce from Burke but we can't be together while I'm going through my divorce I mean we can try but we will have to keep it quiet because if he found out he would freak out and probably kick me off cardio forever"
"I know and you need your career because I know how important your career is to you, so I am willing to wait for you I am."
Cristina thought to herself how well Owen knew her even more than Burke already he knew her career was important to her and he understood why their relationship couldn't be out in the open. She reached over and grabbed his hand
"Once my divorce is settled we will be together and I will be getting the papers done up tomorrow so hopefully it will go through very quick, I just have to get Burke to sign the papers which might take some convincing"
Owen squeezed her hand to reassure her
"I'm sure he will sign them he can see your unhappy I mean he can't be happy either with all the fighting"
"Burke thinks that we can solve everything, he just doesn't get that we are totally opposite he wants a traditional woman and me Cristina Yang not traditional at all"
Cristina laughed a bit and Owen smirked
"No you definitely don't seem like the traditional type Cristina but that's what I love about you….you deserve someone who treats you right, Burke doesn't get you I hate how he tries to change who you are, you are amazing I don't ever want you to change Cristina Yang"
"When I am with you I feel like myself again, I feel like I can be myself you should see me around him I am so careful of what I do and say and I try to please him, it's just so exhausting"
Cristina sighed she was so tired of acting and she wasn't going to do it anymore
"Well I guess I better go and talk to him, can you drop me off at home?"
"Yeah of course I can. If you need me at all you call me and I will be there to get you ok?"
"Thank you Owen I will I promise"
Owen paid the bill and they got up and left they walked out to his truck and got in. Owen drove her back to Burke's apartment.
"Ok here it goes this is going to be interesting"
"It will be fine Cristina it will work out, call me"
"I will"
Cristina got out and Owen drove away. She paused for a moment before going in she thought to herself she will go in there tell Burke she wants a divorce and that's final there is no discussing their problems anymore she couldn't do it anymore.
Cristina walked in Burke was sitting on the couch on his laptop he looked up and smirked
"So you decided to come home"
"Yeah but we need to talk, I….."
"I saw you went out with your little boyfriend there, where did he take you on a nice fancy date?"
Cristina's face dropped how did he know she went out with Owen
"How….how did you know I was with Owen?"
"Oh so it's Owen now not Dr. Hunt anymore wow you two must be getting serious….I saw you Cristina! I was waiting for you in the parking lot so that we could you know go home together and I was going to wave you over but instead what do I see? You walking straight towards Hunt's car, getting in, and driving away! I mean you are clearly cheating on me!"
Cristina didn't know what to say she couldn't deny it because he was right she did cheat on him
"Burke I….yes ok I went out with him, but it's so different with him it's so easy he gets me, he knows who I am and doesn't want to change that! Since before I married you all you have done is mold me into what you want, you have taken pieces of me and you aren't all to blame for that because I let you take those pieces of me…..and that's not going to happen anymore, I need to be me again, I need to be Cristina Yang and when I'm with you I'm Mrs. Preston Burke and that is not me….I want a divorce"
"How could you do this to me Cristina? I can't believe you would stoop that low to cheat on me with someone you barely even know, and I haven't tried to change you all I have done was try to open your eyes and make you realize there was more to life than just surgery"
"How could I do that to you? Well let's see all we have done since we got married was fight! All you ever talk about is having children and how you are a traditional man who wants a traditional life but if you really knew me you know that I am anything but traditional! And I'm not an idiot I know there is more to life than surgery but my career is so important to me and you don't get that, Owen does get that….I know I shouldn't have cheated that was wrong of me but Burke you know how terrible this relationship has been it can't just be me who is unhappy!"
"Of course I am unhappy we can't work anything out and then you go and cheat on me!"
"Burke we just have to face it we are done, we have been done for a while now. We both can't go through this anymore, you need a woman who wants the traditional lifestyle, I am not traditional…..I'm sorry for cheating on you I am but we both know it's never going to work for us. I will pack my things and go and I will go and file for divorce tomorrow"
Burke got a bit sad he hoped it would work out between them but he knew that they were too different, he wanted a woman who wanted what he wanted and that wasn't Cristina Yang. He finally accepted that they were done after Cristina cheated on him with Owen he knew that their marriage couldn't be salvaged.
He walked over to her grabbed her and kissed her gently
"Ok Cristina, ok….a part of me will always love you and if I love you and you are that unhappy then I have to let you go. I will sign the papers once you get them drawn up."
Cristina hugged him back, they had been through a lot together throughout the years some good and bad. But she was happy that she was free from him, she felt a relief, she could put the pieces back together and be Cristina Yang again. And she wanted to be Cristina Yang with Owen Hunt.
She collected most of her stuff called a cab and left Burke's apartment. She knocked on the door and saw as the hot red-headed man opened the door.
"That's it I'm….I'm free"
Cristina started to cry, she wasn't crying because she was sad she was crying because she was happy she could be herself again.
Owen grabbed her and pulled her into his arms, they stood there for a while him just holding her.
"Oh Cristina Yang, I love you"
"I love you to Owen"
He brought her inside sat her down on the couch and just stayed with her the whole night.
The End
Authors Note: Hey everyone! Well I hope you all have enjoyed this story, I will be doing a second part to this story but I just wanted to kind of finish it up here. Thank you for continuing to read and review it I really do appreciate it so much! I hope everyone has a very Happy Holiday! Thank you!
