Heart made to be broken
Chapter 11
Owen Hunt stretched his arms high above his head cringing as his shoulders cracked. His back ached but it was only to be expected after leaning over the operating table for four hours. His jaw stretched this time as a yawn took over his face as he arrived at the on call room. After stepping in Owen shut the door and pulled his stethoscope from around his neck and his pager from his pants placing them on the table with two more identical items. Looking towards the bed in the room he smiled softly,
"Hey" Cristina Yang said from where she lay on her back her arms folded behind her head. Before answering the man simply walked to the bed kicking off his shoes before climbing in beside her. He pressed a kiss to her forehead before laying down and wrapping an arm around her shoulders.
"Hey, heard you were pretty kick ass in the OR today"
"I'm always kick ass" Owen snorted at her cockiness laughing. He quickly however remembered what it was that he had wanted to speak to her about all day,
"Hey about Callie" he said and Cristina sighed before he could add any more,
"The whole thing...she's...there's something off...something I'm missing or ..I don't know, something's wrong though"she said and Owen nodded,
"Did you know that Callie and Derek were dating?" he asked his head tilted to the left to see her face not that he needed to since her body flung upwards so fast Owen jumped himself,
"WHAT!" she almost yelled,
"I'll take that as a no" he said realising that really no one had known.
"Bull...there's no way.. it's Callie and ...Derek...Derek as in soppy head shephard what the hell?" Owen just shook his head,
"Hold on but Mer was saying how he's back with Montgomery and they were all lovey dovey down in the cafeteria the other day...and the scrub room and the patients room God they are sickening. Tell your friend to grow a pair hunt, he's less and less McDreamy everyday. It's just sickening to look at him now" she said and Owen grinned at the dislike in her tone,
"And why are you looking at him exactly?" he teased,
"Well if it's any consolation it makes me puke a little" she said bluntly and Owen chuckled,
"Wait...dating, dating? Derek and Callie were dating?" she asked as if she was just processing the words that Owen had spoken,
"Derek and Mark told me the other day. He said he had wanted to keep it down after the whole Meredith and Addison thing and that Callie hadn't disagreed especially after everything with George and all" Cristina just nodded at his explanation,
"I can't believe none of us knew" Cristina said,
"Mere would have an MI if she knew" Owen nodded,
"Chris there's more" he paused for a second and Cristina frowned,
"Derek was still dating Callie when Addison happened" he said quietly images of the orthopaedic surgeon filtering through his mind,
"What!" Cristina almost yelled before he could finish and he could see the outrage on her face,
"He cheated on her?" she asked angrily and Owen didn't have to nod for Cristina to get the answer,
"Oh my God I'm going to kill that man. What the hell is wrong with him? After everything she's been through! And he cheats on her!" Owen just listened to the mini rant and while he hadn't been around for the George and Callie marriage he had heard from several people that it hadn't ended well and Callie had suffered greatly.
"She's not okay, no matter how many times she keeps saying she is, she's not okay" Owen nodded in agreement,
"I know"
"I just don't know what to do for her"
"Well another thing that probably isn't going to brighten the day up any.." Owen said and Cristina focused on him once again,
"What?" she asked,
"After Derek had left Mark said that he ran into Callie yesterday" Owen recalled almost apprehensively. Christina wasn't protective over many people, she didn't care what they did as long as it didn't effect her in any way. Along with him it was Meredith that he had ever seen her truly care for. But Callie was different. Their was a friendship between the two that while Owen wasn't sure how had formed exactly he knew that Cristina was definitely protective over the woman as the surgeon was over Cristina. He wondered if it had happened after Callie had broken up with George.
"Oh great!" Cristina's sarcastic tone made Owen focus once more,
"What did he say to her this time. You know I really don't get hi-"
"Cris, Callie was out running...yesterday..Mark saw her when he was driving home" he said before she could finish her sentence,
"He drove her home, said she was exhausted, that she wouldn't have made it home" Cristina just watched him frowning slightly,
"I picked her up from the hospital for exhaustion and malnutrition. Exhaustion! And she's out running!" she exclaimed,
"Is she working?" Cristina asked suddenly and Owen shook his head,
"Chief said she was having the day off, she'll be back tomorrow" Cristina nodded,
"I'm going to go over there" Cristina said,
"Cris it's the middle of the night, you can't just go over there. Talk to her in the morning. She's got a surgery at eight" Cristina paused for several seconds before sighing and dropping back down on the bed. Owen squeezed her shoulders again, turning his head to kiss hers,
"I know it's frustrating not knowing what's going on" he said softly and she let her head fall onto his chest,
"She just won't talk to me...anyone. I can't believe Derek did that" she said again and Owen just nodded,
"I know he feels pretty guilty about it from what I can tell"
"Good so he should" Owen couldn't help but smile at her tenacity another thing he loved about her. Her loud yawn drew his attention back to her and her nose crinkled when he raised an amused eyebrow,
"Shutup" she laughed before her lips descended on his and he wasted no time in pulling her on top of him.
It wasn't until the lunchtime the following day that Cristina was able to catch Callie but as she rounded the corner and entered the pit to find Owen she saw her leaning over a young boy inspecting his shoulder which even from across the room looked severely swollen. Callie looked up to his distressed parents saying something to make the family chuckle as she ruffled the boys hair before stepping out of the makeshift patient room pulling the curtain closed. As she headed towards the desk, chart in hand, Cristina beelined towards her quickly catching Owen's eyes who threw her a smile,
"Hey how are you?" Callie looked up as she leant on the bench between them,
"Hey, I'm good" she said with a wide smile but before Cristina could add anything she continued,
"And listen Cris thanks for all your help and Owen I'll have to thank him if I get the chance this place is insane at the moment" Christina waved her hand dismissing the gratitude while nodding quickly throwing a glance behind her at the chaotic emergency room,
"It's fine how are you feeling?" she asked and Callie looked up at her again, pausing her writing,
"I'm fine Chris seriously I'm fine I got a good night's sleep and had a big dinner" In truth she had ended up grilling two pieces of toast and throwing one out but she had eaten, none the less. She looked up from her chart when she felt Christina's eyes on her again,
"What Chris?" the woman sighed,
"I was talking with Owen who has obviously spoken to Mark who said that he had to drive you home the day before yesterday when he found you out running" Cristina said a few volumes lower and Callie just stared at her,
"Callie what the hell were you doing out running? You were in hospital two days ago!" she exclaimed at a whisper but Callie seemed to have gathered herself and answered,
"I just needed some fresh air that's all. Don't worry" Callie said hoping Christina would let it go. The intern watched her for several moments.
"Call-"
"Christina. I promise you it's okay alright. There is nothing to worry about" she said stretching a wide smile on her face,
"And Mark is an ass so don't listen to what he has to say. He wants trouble, he always does" Callie said and Cristina could hear the obvious comtempt in her voice. Before anything else could be said Alex sidled up beside her grabbing her pen causing Callie to throw him a mock scowl. He laughed and she looked down before she smiled, genuinely this time,
"X-rays ready for my patient, got to go Cris but we'll talk soon and everything's fine trust me" she said before she stole her pen back, closed the chart and spun around to escape her gaze.
Several moments later Owen stopped beside her with his own set of charts,
"Hey" he said capturing her attention,
"Hey" she replied quietly still deep in thought,
"So, what did she say?" he asked and Cristina focused on him,
"Nothing" she said with annoyance,
"She played it off...and I definitely don't believe her"
"Not at all"
Cristina and Owen and in on it now...more of Callie's pov next chapter and some more mark and callie interaction i believe :)
Just have to write it :)
Let me know what you think, i know that's it's been years but if any of you are still there i'd really appreciate knowing what you think
Thanks,
Nina