OK, so I decided to continue the story. Didn't like leaving Burke & Christina mad at eachother...Enjoy!
When he woke up and walked into the kitchen he realized that she was already gone. The blanket and pillow he had thrown at her the night before lay carelessly on the floor in front of the couch. Last nights argument had gotten out of hand, even he could admit that. But Christina was just so damn frustrating sometimes, maybe a night on the couch had taught her a lesson. He smirked at that thought, it would take a lot more than a night on the couch to teach that woman a lesson.
He began making himself breakfast when he noticed the piece of paper on the kitchen counter, pinned under his favorite coffee mug. He picked up the piece of paper and read:
Burke-
I left for work early to check on a patient from yesterday. Don't worry, I spent the
night on the couch, I wasn't out working the streets or anything. K well, I only
left this note so you couldn't add 'leaving without saying anything' to my list
of offenses for the week. See you at work.
-Christina
He could here the sarcastic tone of her voice as he read the note. He shook his head in frustration; she never failed to keep things interesting. And he had to admit, he could never make the claim of boredom in this relationship.
All the interns stood at the nurses' station staring at Christina as she angrily rummaged through the charts on the table and mumbled angrily to herself.
"Rough night Yang?" Alex asked smirking.
"Devil let you out for the day, evil spawn?" Christina responded as she rounded the desk and walked up to where the rest of the interns were waiting for Bailey.
"Looks like Christina borrowed Burkes' stick from yesterday." George muttered to Izzie from where he stood behind Christina. Christina turned and shot him a nasty look.
"Shut it Bambi." She growled.
"What, did Burke turn the tables and fall asleep on you last night?" Meredith whispered to Christina not being able to contain the grin on her face. Christina looked over to her friend and sighed.
"He called me a whore." She said under her breath. Meredith's eyes shot open.
"He called you a…"
"Good morning, everyone." Meredith was interrupted by Bailey, who immediately seized everyone's attention. "Hope you all had a good night sleep, because it is going to be a long day of…suturing, delivering labs, and there are a number of patients in the pit that are in need of enemas." The interns let out a collective groan. "Get to it!" Bailey barked.
"If I have to stick my hand up one more person's rectum today I'm going to have to seriously consider making an appointment with psych." Christina slammed her tray down and collapsed into the cafeteria chair, much like Meredith had done the day before.
"Yeah well I've done so many sutures this morning that I think I'm developing carpal tunnel." Meredith whined.
"This morning has been the worst!" George protested as he and Izzie joined the table with their trays. They all looked around at each others disgruntled expressions.
"So Burke called you a whore?" Meredith asked.
"Yeah, can you believe that?" Christina responded.
"What's with men these days? Calling women whores for no good reason." Meredith spat out.
"Seriously!" Christina added. Both women's glares fell upon the only man present. George looked up to meet their stares.
"What are you looking at me for? I didn't call you guys whores!" he defended.
"It's your species." Christina accused. "Arrogant..."
"Egotistical" Meredith added.
"Callous!" added Izzie. Everyone turned to look at her.
"Who are you mad at?" George asked. Izzie shrugged
"No one. Just didn't want to be left out." She said.
"So I don't get it." Meredith began again. "He called you a whore for falling asleep during sex?"
"No… we started to argue again, one comment led to another and I ended up asking how many people he's had sex with. He answered then asked me and I took too long to answer, blah blah blah. To make a long story short, he called me a whore, three times!" Christina explained
"Ass." Meredith commented.
"That's not even the worst part! He made me sleep on the couch!"
This caused George to choke on a piece of chicken from his salad.
"He made you sleep on the couch?" Izzie exclaimed.
"That's just wrong. That punishment is reserved for men only." Meredith commented.
"Tell me about it." Christina said.
"Men are asses!"
"Asses!" Christina emphasized.
"Ahem." Christina recognized that specific throat clear. She and Meredith slowly turned in their chairs.
"Dr. Burke." Meredith said awkwardly.
"Dr. Grey." Burke acknowledged before looking down at Christina. Christina turned back to face the table.
"What do you want?"
"Dr. Yang, can I have a moment?" He asked.
"What? Wanna get in your daily quota of calling me a whore before we get home tonight?" This caused Burke to clear his throat again uncomfortably.
"Christina."
"No. You know there are a few more enemas I have to perform this afternoon. And I'd actually prefer to be there right now." Christina said as she stood up, grabbed her tray and stormed off. Burke continued to stand there as the three other interns stared at him.
"Doctors." He acknowledged before turning to walk away.
"Ass." Meredith spat out unintentionally and quickly covered her mouth with her hand in shock. Burke paused with his back turned to the table, cleared his throat for a third time, and then continued to walk away. "Did I really just call Dr. Burke an ass?" Meredith said in horror. Izzie and George look at each other and begin to laugh.
"Yes." They respond in unison.
"Dr. Yang." Burke addressed from where he stood behind her at the nurses station. Christina looked around her before turning to face him.
"Burke, seriously, unless you're planning on apologizing to me, I don't have anything to say to you."
"Apologize? Me? If anyone should be apologizing it should…"
"Be me?" she interrupted. "Yeah, I did apologize! Remember? Then you proceeded to call me a whore three times and make me sleep on the couch!" she whispered angrily.
"Christina…" Burke began only to be interrupted once again.
"No! You know, you have no right! It's not like I get drunk at bars, bring home random guys, and have sex with them!" Christina defended. Meredith had been walking by and caught part of the argument.
"That better have not been a reference to me." She says sitting down at the desk in front of them. The couple turned to look at her. "Sorry, did you guys want privacy? Cause if you did, you'd probably want to pick a better spot." Meredith finished with a smirk.
"Christina? Is that you?" Came an unfamiliar voice. This caused all three doctors to turn and locate the owner of the voice. The trio were approached by a good looking male in his mid-twenties. Christina looked back to Burke and Meredith with a clueless expression on her face and then turned to face the man.
"I'm sorry, do I know you?" she asked confused.
"Kevin. You don't remember me? We met at the bar across the street a little over a year ago." Christina continued to look at the man baffled. "We went to my hotel room…" he continued to try and jog her memory. "You told me if I was in the area again I should stop by."
"Oh!" Christina said recognition finally dawning. "Kevin! Right." Christina shot an uncomfortable glance at Burke who stood there with his jaw clenched, and Meredith who was trying not to laugh.
"Ok, this is a sick twist of fate." She says to the two of them. Burke merely raised his eyebrows at her.
"So when do you get off work?" Kevin says forcing her to face him again. "Maybe we can grab a drink."
Christina forces a tight smile. "Uh I don't think so Kevin. I'm kind of in a relationship right now. Sorry."
"Oh it's cool. He doesn't have to know." He said with a sly smile. Burke cleared his throat in anger, causing Christina to turn towards him. He narrowed his eyes at her once they made eye contact.
"I'll speak with you later Dr. Yang." He said evenly before turning to leave.
"Burke! Come on!" She yelled after him. Once she saw him disappear onto an elevator she turned back to Kevin and sighed.
"That…was my boyfriend." She explained.
"Oh." He said. "Sorry. I guess I'll see you around." And with that he walked away. Christina turned to look at Meredith who was still seated at the desk.
"Seriously. God hates me, or at least Burkes' God hates me. Probably getting back at me for not believing in him." Christina rambled dropping her head down to the counter.
"Yeah, I'd say that's a fair assessment." Meredith said patting her sympathetically on the shoulder.
OK, the next chapter should be up by later tonight or tomorrow morning! Hope you guys like it:)
