Disclaimer: I'm gonna say it again... I don't own anything here.
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"Preston, it's good to see you back," Richard Webber smiled as Burke got onto the elevator next to him.
"I'm glad to be back Richard," Burke gave a small smile. He really was glad to be back in his scrubs with surgeries lined up.
Christina gave a small smile as she saw her boyfriend step out of the elevator and walk towards her.
"What do you have today?' Christina asked
"Simple procedures. Nothing you want in on,"
"I wasn't trying to get in on anything. I'm already assigned to Shepard," Christina defended herself.
"Are we still on for tonight?" Burke asked lowering his voice.
Christina had almost forgotten that they had a "date" that night.
Whatever the hell that is. She thought.
"Uh, yeah 6:30 right?" she asked
"Yeah, I'll be waiting for you outside. Oh and I hope you remembered to bring something nice, we aren't going to Joes," Burke picked up the chart for his next patient and walked away.
Christina watched him go. Of course I brought something nice.
"Something nice?" Meredith came up to her after hearing the tail end of the conversation.
"We are going out tonight to celebrate his being back to work or something like that. I don't understand why we can't just have a bottle of wine at home and then have sex. Same thing just less expensive," Christina said pulling out a granola bar she had had in her lab coat and taking a bite.
Meredith smiled at her,
"I think it means more to him than alcohol and a screw,"
Christina looked at her eyebrows raised,
"What about screw?" Alex came up to the two.
Christina rolled her eyes and walked away as Meredith gave a small laugh and followed her leaving Alex behind.
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"Any word from Delaney?" Meredith asked George as she sat down on a gurney in the deserted hallway.
George looked up from his books and shook his head,
"No, but she works just as much as we do so there isn't always time," George reassured himself.
Meredith nodded and offered Christina half of her cookie as the other intern entered the room.
"I have forty-five minutes before I need to meet Burke. I don't want to go out," she whined.
"Think of it this way, free dinner, good food, and time with your boyfriend whom you love," Meredith offered her.
Christina just shrugged and was about to say something when she heard a giggle from the hallway she had just come out of.
Looking at one another the three quietly got up and moved to peer out into the hallway.
"What the hell?" George asked.
Izzie and Alex stood not six inches apart laughing and flirting.
"Wow," Meredith let out in utter surprise at the scene in front of her.
"She doesn't waste time," Christina added.
"Christina!" George flicked her arm
"Ow!" Christina exclaimed in a hushed whisper.
"Shhh!" Meredith sushed both as they continued to watch their two friends.
"I thought they were never serious," George wondered aloud.
"Come on. Couldn't you tell? Alex has been like... I don't know he's been totally caught up on her since she dumped him," Meredith explained.
Just as Meredith had finished what she was saying her pager went off loudly causing she, George, and Christina to shoot out of sight and back onto the gurneys before Izzie and Alex could spot them.
Once sitting down again Meredith looked at her pager.
"Bailey," Meredith sighed and got up walking past Izzie and Alex as the walked in.
Making her way to meet Bailey Meredith sighed.
She and Derek hadn't really had a chance to see each other since the dinner party. Sure they saw each other at work but the past two weeks had been absolutely the busiest of her life.
She wasn't quite sure where they were headed but then again they had only been officially going out now for three weeks so it was still too soon to tell where it really was going but this was her and Derek which meant nothing ever went normally.
"I so need to stop rambling in my head. I'm driving myself crazy," Meredith muttered under her breath.
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Christina glared at the little red dress hanging in her locker.
You suck. She told it mentally.
Grabbing it off the hanger with such force she had to duck as the hanger flew out and hit the locker behind her.
Huffing, she slid it on and made her way to the mirror where she proceeded to apply make-up and do her hair.
"Woo," Izzie cat called when she walked into the room.
"Big night?" she asked.
Christina turned back to her locker to change shoes.
"More like a waste of my time night," she replied.
Izzie shrugged,
"Well you look hot. So it's not a complete waste of time right?" Izzie asked rhetorically.
Christina slammed her locker door shut.
"I just want to get this over with," she told her friend as she walked out of the room and into an elevator.
She passed George as he walked out,
"Wow," was all he said.
"I know I'm hot but I'm not in the mood," Christina slammed the button on the elevator wall and sighed as the doors closed.
She really hated dates. There was no real reason, she just hated them.
Once the elevator doors opened she stalked out of the hospital where she found Burke.
Burke smiled as she approached him.
"You look beautiful," he complimented her bending down and kissing her.
Christina smiled and suddenly felt like a middle school girl.
Ok so maybe a date won't be all that bad. She thought.
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George threw his backpack to the side of the door as he walked in.
Making his way to the kitchen he checked his phone for what seemed the millionth time in the past five minutes to see if Delaney had called. She had not.
Sighing he opened the kitchen door and was surprised to see Meredith sitting on the counter with a plate of cake that Izzie had made the night before.
"Hey!" He greeted her.
Meredith raised her fork to greet him- her mouth was full.
Once she had swallowed George questioned her,
"Where is Izzie?"
"She and Alex went to a movie," Meredith raised her eyebrows at him; they both knew what was happening between the two other interns.
George nodded,
"Well, why aren't you with Shepard?" He asked cutting himself a piece of cake as well.
"On call," was Meredith's reply which came out more as a frustrated sigh rather than actual words.
George smiled knowing that Meredith and Derek had barely been able to get five minutes alone in the past few weeks and it was getting to both of them.
"So it's just the two of us," he commented jumping onto the counter next to her.
"Yup," she smiled taking another bite.
They hadn't really had much time to talk one on one since the whole sex thing and even though they had both moved on it was still awkward at times.
"Any news from Delaney?" Meredith asked breaking the silence.
"Nope," George had an urge to check his phone again but stopped himself knowing that he would have heard it ring.
"She'll call," Meredith told him confident in the other woman.
George nodded not reassured.
"She will! I promise," Meredith persisted nudging him with her shoulder.
George smiled,
"So you and Shepard. Is it going well?" He asked changing the subject.
Meredith sighed as she took another bite,
"I guess. We haven't really had time to ourselves for a while, and I'm not sure what to think you know? Last time we were together I thought I knew that this was it. That he was who I was going to be with for the rest of my life, but then Addison came along and it all fell apart," Meredith had really been struggling. Sure she had given in and started dating him again but could she truly trust him?
George looked at the woman he considered one of his best friends,
"I know you can't see it right now Mere, but he loves you. He has loved you all along. He is Shepard of course he went back to Addison, it's just who he is. Don't worry about it, it will all fall into place at one point," George nudged her back just like she had done when reassuring him.
Meredith smiled and was about to say something when George's phone went off.
Grabbing it in an instant he looked at the front screen to see who was calling him.
When the name Delaney appeared he shot his arms up in victory and jumped off the counter.
Hugging Meredith he ran out of the room and up to his room answering it as he went up the stairs,
"Hello? Hey Delaney. No! I have had my phone off for most of the day, I suspected you'd call when you could I wasn't worried or anything..."
Meredith laughed at him and jumped off the counter and made her way to the living room where she flopped down on the couch and turned on the TV.
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Christina was going to throw up if she took another bite, but the Crème Brule was delicious.
As the waiter came and took their plates away another came to refill their champagne glasses.
They had already toasted to his return and now they were just enjoying the time together.
Christina dropped her napkin and bent down to pick up.
Once she had sat back up she went to take a sip from her glass when something stopped her.
Sitting in front of her was a small black box.
Looking at it for a moment she looked up at Burke, her eyebrows raised in question.
Burke smiled at her and got up coming around to her and got down on one knee.
"Burke!" Christina said in a hushed whisper as she looked around the restaurant to see if anyone was watching them.
"Christina, from the moment I looked into your eyes that day in the stairwell I knew that you were someone special. I know I haven't always been smart when it comes to us, breaking it off when you needed me most, but I know now that there is no way I could go on without you. You were the one person whose face was constantly in my mind during my recuperation and my first thought once that bullet hit me. You are haughty, pushy, and sometimes mean and I couldn't imagine you any other way, I love you Christina. Please do me the absolute honor of making me the happiest man in the world and marrying me."
Christina stared at him. Speechless for the first time in her life.
Burke looked at her his eyes for the smallest second reflecting fear.
Her body was stunned. She was in complete disbelief.
Slowly she regained control of her body and very softly started to nod her head,
"Ye... yes," was all she got out before Burke stood up and grabbed her in a hug kissing her passionately.
Letting her go he took the box and opened it, taking the diamond he slid it on her finger.
Christina stared at it.
Wow. Was all she thought.
"Crap," she said aloud as Burke sat back down across from her.
"What?" He asked concerned.
"I'm going to have to call my mother," Christina sighed and grabbed her champagne downing it as if it was a shot of tequila.
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A/N I know I say it every time I update but I really didn't mean to take this long to update. I PROMISE it won't take nearly as long the next time. I promise! Um, so pretty much thanks for all the support you guys really do make me smile when I get your reviews. I hope you all had a good week! Be happy! Tomorrow is Friday!
-Loti
