Derek lugged yet another box into the living room sweating with exhaustion.
"Where do you want this?" he asked.
Cristina glanced up at him from where she was sitting on the sofa, "What is it?" she asked scooping another spoonful of ice cream into her mouth.
Derek set the box down, "I don't know Cristina the box is sealed" he said exasperated.
Cristina thought about it, "Umm what did it feel like?"
Derek gave her a look, "Cristina they're your boxes." He said raising his voice slightly.
Cristina snorted, "You really think Owen let me pack. Bed rest Derek, remember?" she said gesturing to her seat on the sofa.
Derek didn't respond but she could see his agitation growing.
Cristina raised her eyebrows, "Okay fine just leave it here" she said defensively.
She shared a look with Meredith who was sitting beside her and offered her the pint of ice cream, she took it.
"Derek can you give us a hand with this" Owen shouted from outside.
"Mcdreamy is a little mcgrumpy today" Cristina joked as Derek left the room.
Callie snorted, "I think the labour is ruining his perfect hair, he probably spent hours on it this morning"
They all laughed even Meredith.
"Tell us Mer how long does he spend on it? It has to be longer than you" Cristina said gesturing to Meredith's hair.
Meredith elbowed her, "Excuse me!" she said feigning hurt.
"Well?" Callie asked from beside Meredith.
"Like 30 minutes" she said, "but don't tell him I told you"
Cristina and Callie laughed again.
Outside Mark groaned as he manoeuvred an armchair out of the moving van.
"How come they get to have all the fun" he mumbled having heard the giggles from inside.
Owen came up behind him and clapped him on the back, "They're knocked up."
Mark sighed, "But I want ice cream" he moaned.
Owen, Derek and Arizona stumbled through the living room carrying a bed frame. While Mark followed behind carrying the mattress.
"You ladies alright?" Owen asked as they passed through, although he was mainly focused on Cristina.
"No" Meredith sighed "We ran out of ice cream."
"There's another one in the freezer" Owen said as they began to climb the stairs.
The three woman sighed and looked at each other.
"I'm on bed rest" Cristina claimed throwing her arms up.
Callie and Meredith stared each other down.
"Mark?" Callie called giving her best smile.
Mark laughed and continued up the stairs, "Get your own damn ice cream."
Still neither made a move.
"It's ok Owen will get us it" Cristina said.
And sure enough Owen descended the stairs and laughed at the 3 pregnant woman staring at him, none of which had moved a muscle.
He retrieved the ice cream and handed it to Cristina with a kiss on the forehead.
"Thank you" Cristina smile.
Cristina opened the ice cream and looked up to see Meredith and Callie laughing at her.
"What?" she asked.
They both snickered, "He is so whipped" Callie joked.
"No he's not" Cristina laughed.
Just then Owen returned and handed them each a soda.
"Thought you might be thirsty" he said giving her a quick kiss.
Cristina laughed this time, "Okay maybe a little."
An few hours passed and the house became scattered with boxes and odd bits of furniture.
Meredith, Callie and Cristina hadn't moved an inch and had gone through another pint of ice cream.
Arizona had given up an hour ago and had joined the girls on the sofa, and Mark followed soon after.
Owen and Derek carried in the last piece of furniture, another sofa for the living room. As soon as they set it down, they collapsed onto it.
Cristina watched Owen from across the room he looked exhausted but happy. He hadn't stopped smiling all day and it warmed her heart how excited he was to move into their new home.
Owen caught her watching him and winked at her, then he sat forward and clapped his hand together.
"Well I think I owe you all some dinner." He said standing up and moving towards the kitchen.
"Yes Hunt!" Mark mumbled in excitement.
"I'm starving!" Meredith echoed.
Derek laughed at her, "You're starving? You haven't moved!"
She scoffed, "Excuse me it's exhausting work growing a baby with perfect hair."
Derek laughed and gave her a kiss on the cheek before heading to the bathroom.
The room settle into a mixture of different conversations and Cristina watched as Owen slaved away in the kitchen.
She got up, her legs feeling like jelly after sitting for so long and walked into the kitchen.
He was boiling pasta over the stove, she went over to him and put her arms around his waist from behind.
He smiled as he felt her embrace and turned around to look at her.
"What are you doing up?" he joked.
"I think I'll forget how to walk if I stay down any longer."
He smiled down at her again, he wouldn't tell her because she would brush it off and call him delusional, but she was glowing, the pregnancy glow is no myth and it looked good on her.
"Thank you for taking it easy" he said grateful that she hadn't complained too much about bed rest the last few days, although he knew it wasn't going to last.
She reached up and touched his smile lines, "You're happy" she said quietly.
His smile grew even larger if that was possible, "Of course I'm happy, you make me happy" he said cupping her face and bringing her in for a deep meaningful kiss.
They lost track of time and their serenity was broken by a hungry Mark Sloan.
"Yo love birds, am I ever getting this dinner"
Owen laughed, "Coming right up" he said turning back to his pasta.
They all tucked into the spaghetti bolognaise Owen had prepared, hungrily shovelling forkfuls into their mouths.
Derek had taken Cristina's seat beside Meredith, Callie and Arizona sat together next to them and Mark sat on the other sofa with Cristina and Owen.
The room was silent apart from the sounds of cutlery scraping and people happily chewing.
Derek looked around the room and smiled, "Isn't it funny how we all ended up pregnant at the same time." He commented.
There was a series of nods in response, "Who do you think will pop first?" Mark asked.
Owen laughed, "It's not gonna be us, Cristina's keeping the doctor's order and that baby's not coming out til it's full term" he said matter of factly.
"Well Callie's due first" Meredith noted.
Callie smiled, "Yeah it'll probably be us."
"I'll let you know what it's like" she said looking at the other two pregnant ladies.
"Can't wait" Cristina said with a scrunched up nose.
"How weird is it that in a few months we will all be parents" Arizona mused.
"There'll be 3 more little people any time we all get together." She continued.
They all seemed to get lost in that thought for a while.
"The hospital nursey won't know what's hit it" Derek joked.
They all laughed.
Everyone dispersed soon after, all exhausted from the days work.
Owen walked upstairs after finishing the dishes and smiled to see Cristina already asleep in their bed.
The bed was the one piece of furniture which was built, and it was surrounded by boxes, one box had been ripped open and a pile of his t-shirts lay on the floor.
He climbed in beside her and noticed that she was wearing her favourite t-shirt of his, he smiled again and wrapped his arms around her.
She stirred and turned over to bury her head in his chest.
"Happy first night in our new home." He whispered into her ear.
She smiled at how dorky and sentimental he was about these kinds of things.
She mumbled a response before falling deeply asleep.
The next day Owen reluctantly left Cristina at home set up with a supply of snacks and hours worth of surgery tapes.
He returned to work determined to find a way for Cristina to continue to learn even while on bed rest.
The idea came from an unlikely source.
Owen was busy filling out charts at the nurse's station when he heard his name being uttered by someone he was not particularly fond of.
"Dr Hunt" Burke said.
Owen looked up perplexed, "Yes."
"I have an idea for you, if you promise not to hit me."
Owen merely nodded in response.
"I heard some nurses talking about how Cristina is on bedrest and knowing Cristina that will probably drive her mad."
Owen hated how he talked as if he knew her, he wanted to rip his head off and roll it down the corridor, but he mustered the courage to keep a straight face and listen to what he had to say.
"And well, in the last hospital I worked at, one of the head doctors went on maternity leave and she would skype into the hospital throughout the day. She made an intern carry her around, she would go on rounds, monitor interns and then watch a live stream of the surgeries."
Owen pondered this, it was a good idea, he just hated that it wasn't his idea.
"She could remain on my service, so she wouldn't fall behind on cardio, or she could rotate around the hospital. Whatever she wanted. We would just need to get the chief to sign off on it."
Owen laughed slightly, "Oh don't worry about the chief, Derek owes Cristina a few favours."
Owen continued to think it over, it would keep Cristina from going insane and would prevent her from making a break for it.
"Okay" he said simply, "I'll run it by Cristina"
And then Owen did something he thought he would never do, he offered Burke his hand and Burke shook it.
"Thank you Burke" he said through gritted teeth, if it kept Cristina happy he would do just about anything, including thanking the man he hated with a passion.
Notes: Hope you enjoyed this short wee chapter, I 'took a break from studying' and ended up spending a few hours writing. I apologise for the excessive fluff I've really been missing them lately and needed some. Let me know what you thought!