Take a Chance in Me
The emotional upheaval I experience after watching the Nurse Fallon and Coffee episodes is so profound that I can't bring myself away from writing about it, even though other great fan-fic writers have already done so.
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i"Are you sure she's what you want, Preston?"/i
The remnants of Liz Fallon's words filled the room as Burke riffled through the gifts and cards she left behind.
Everyone agreed that the late scrub nurse was wise and saw beyond the needs of others, but Burke wondered if his certainty about his feelings was in part forged by the directness in Liz's question.
i"You know you have changed, Preston. I never saw you look so steadily and deeply into any woman since the day you started your fellowship here 5 years ago, not to mention an intern. You know that's forbidden."/i
Burke nodded awkwardly and twisted his earlobe.
"That girl looks like a rebel. You don't even know if she likes men or not."
True, he knew nothing about her, except that she was wild as a horse, ready to break every rule to get ahead.
i"She seems to be just like you. Competitive, smart, ready to kill for the best case. You know she came here at 4:30 this morning to get this case?"/i
Of course he did, because he had been following her like a gentle stalker, since the first day when he gave the surgery to O'Malley instead of her. Yet, it was hard to know more about Cristina Yang. She was too private a person to explore. Besides, he was Preston Burke. He didn't want to be like Sheppard, making his pursuit of an intern so blatantly obvious.
i"You'd rather be here, you know it. Why, you got anything that's waiting at home? Boyfriend?"
"Nope."
"A girlfriend?"
"Nope."
"A pet? Family?
Hands loosely crossed across his chest, Burke was grinning from the entrance.
"A bed." /i
Burke's face glowed when he recalled how Liz tried to grill the intern on his behalf. He remembered how he couldn't conceal his excitement as he caught the tail-end of the conversation. Lucky for him, the self-possessed expression on Cristina's face didn't seem to suggest she knew what was on his mind.
i"I don't feel sorry for you…This is our life."/i
But when Nurse Fallon said that, Burke was silent. He almost felt sorry for his curly hair intern, perhaps himself as well.
The male nurse knocked and brought Burke's reflection to a halt. "Dr. Burke, need any help with the gifts?"
"No thanks, I'll be done in a minute." Burke carefully placed every item into a huge box, showing his last respect for Ellis Grey's scrub nurse.
He knew there was an even better way to thank the late nurse, however. Liz helped open the door. It was now up to him to jump at the chance. With tact.
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