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Chapter 5
The show Grey's Anatomy and the characters are the sole property of Shonda Rhimes and does not belong to me.
A few hours later Burke was back at the hospital changed and looking a little better but still tired. He did the same routine as before; ran his finger across her brow, bent over and kissed her cheek. He told her stories and read her the newspapers and articles on ground breaking surgeries. He talked to her about everything, anything that he thought may interest her. He told her about surgeries that she was missing, and gossips about the other residents and he told her about himself
"I had a very hard time during my recovery, for a time I thought it would be best if I gave up surgery completely but I couldn't, so I fought and I regained full function of my hand. My point is if I can do it, so can you. You've never been a quitter so don't start now, this is the most important fight of your life, you can't lose it." Burke never stopped talking to her and on the third day Cristina opened her eyes. He had finally rested his head on her bed and had fallen asleep. He awoke suddenly ,feeling that something had changed, it's the feeling you get when someone is watching you and you're not aware of it. Then he heard it, it was so soft that he almost missed it. He looked toward the sound, it was Cristina, her eyes were opened and there were tears running down her face. He looked at her not fully believing what he was seeing, she looked at him pleadingly and his heart ached. They have been apart for so long but nothing had changed, they were still able to communicate with each other without saying one single word. She was glad that he was there.
Burke got up out of his chair bent over her bed and wipe her tears and whispered, " welcome back."
'What happened to me?' Her voice was so soft he could hardly hear her.
'You were involved in a car accident. You have been in a coma for seven days.'
Cristina said something but Burke couldn't hear her so he leaned over so his ears was close to her.
"Christopher . . . where is Christopher, . . . Is he okay," I . . . need to see him."
Burke was taken aback, who was Christopher? And if he was so important to Cristina why wasn't he here. He was a little bit angry but he didn't show it. He could not believe that he spent the last three days losing sleep, telling this woman how much he loved her, coaxing her back to life and the first person she asked for is this Christopher.
He was afraid to know the answer but he needed to know so he asked question.
'Who is Christopher?'
'He's our . . . he's my . . . Meredith, please get Meredith,' and she started to sob quietly.
'Shh, don't cry, okay . . . I'll get Meredith and we can talk about Christopher when you're better.' With that, Burke left the room and went to the nurses station to let them know that Cristina was awake and to page her doctor and Meredith.
Meredith arrived first as she was already on her way to check on Cristina. She was about to enter the room when Burke took her by the arm and led her outside. He seemed upset and somewhat sad, and when he spoke he could hardly control the emotion in his voice.
'Grey; I just spend the last three days with Cristina praying to God to save her life, now she is awake and .. Meredith interrupt "Cristina is awake, when." " Yes she woke up about ten minutes ago, but as I was saying she is asking for someone named Christopher. Since no one will tell me who this Christopher is I suggest you get him here as soon as possible so that I can leave, my work here is done."
Meredith was torn, she wanted to tell Burke who Christopher was but she couldn't that was something Cristina had to do herself, so she tried to coax Burke into staying without saying too much. 'Dr. Burke, I know you're frustrated but please believe me when I tell you that I can't answer that question for you. It has to come from Cristina, but it's not what you think. Please don't go. She needs you.'
Burke was adamant.
'I am not who she needs. She is asking for whom she needs. I don't know why you people thought that it was okay to involve me in a situation where she clearly has moved on. It's been three years Grey. Our time has passed.'
'I am truly sorry that you feel that way Dr. Burke but Cristina is my friend and I'll do anything to help her, and if that means getting you involved, so be it. I don't regret that decision, my friend is now conscious and for that I am thankful and I can guarantee you that pretty soon, you'll be thankful too. So don't be so quick to give up on her. She may just surprise you. Besides, she hasn't moved on and neither have you' if you had, you wouldn't be here.