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Chapter 9
Back at the hospital Cristina was lying in her room, Most of the tubes and machinery that kept her alive was removed. She was still extremely weak and in a great deal of pain physical and otherwise. There were some pains that even morphine couldn't ease. Dr. Bailey was sitting with her and talking to her.
"You know Cristina I'm off this weekend. Maybe Christopher could spend the weekend with us. William would be happy to have him. He thinks of him as his little brother."
Cristina spoke so softly that Dr. Bailey had to bend closer to hear what she was saying. I don't know, . . . I told Meredith to introduce Christopher to Burke, . . . I told her not to say anything about his father . . . I have a feeling that Burke is going to figure it out.'
Bailey started to brush the hair from Cristina's face with her hands.
"Well, you know the offer still stands. But I can tell you that there is no way that Burke is going to see that child and not know that he is the father."
Tears started to roll down Cristina's cheeks and she sobbed quietly. 'He is going to hate me. He'll never forgive me.'
"No Cristina, he won't hate you. He'll be disappointed, maybe even angry at you for a while. But he won't hate you. That man loves you more than anything and I think deep down you know it. He spent three days in this room hardly ever leaving, talking to you and reading to you and begging you to live. That's not a man who hates you. You have a chance, don't blow it. Let him know how you honestly feel."
Cristina thought for a while about what Bailey said. She knew that Burke loved her once but she didn't believe that he still did, too much had happened between them. Burke had been away for almost three years and she was sure that he has had his share of women. She noticed Bailey looking at her with a frown on her face so she asked "why are you looking at me like that?" Bailey shook her head and said, "nothing, just don't do anything stupid, I have to go, I'll come to see you before I go home."
Bailey was about to leave the room when Cristina called out to her. "Doctor Bailey"
"Yes Cristina" Bailey answered.
"How come you're always here for me? Every time I have a crisis, and I seem to be having a lot of those lately. When I lost the baby you were the first person I saw when I woke up, you always seem to be around when I need someone and you always know what to say."
Bailey tried to turn sideways so that Cristina couldn't see her face, she was not used to seeing Cristina emotional and she didn't want to admit that she was also very emotional. She had to clear her throat before she spoke. "You know when you first started here I took one look at you and I saw myself. I was just as competitive and fierce, I was the only female in a bunch of male interns and everything that I got I had to fight for. Everyone seems to have a connection to the hospital except me. I was an outsider. When you came here you were an outsider, not anymore, but you were then. Now, everyone who works at this hospital knows who you are and they respect you. Your patients respect you and that I find amazing because you still have the worst bedside manner in the history of modern medicine. The only difference between you and me . . . is that I never fell in love with my attending."
" I never said that I fell in love with Burke."
"You don't have to, it's written all over your face. I have to go, see you later."
"Doctor Bailey"
"What, I have rounds"
"Do you have any sisters?"
"No, why?"
"I think you would make a great big sister."
Bailey left the room without commenting and because she didn't want Cristina so see the tears in her eyes.