Notes: It's me again guys! Hope you're well! I want to thank you for the reviews, you guys are awesome!
Baby, let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin
(Are you ready for it?)
Baby, let the games begin
Let the games begin
Let the games begin
(Are you ready for it?)
That morning, Cristina woke up to a excited Leo, kicking her side and saying: "Na na na!"
"Good morning to you, too Leo." She greeted him trying to sound cheerful, although, she sounded just sleepy and woozy.
"Bah!"
"Yes, it's time to get up, I get it, I get it…" she said with a little smile. Leo was energic and nice, he was understanding, as far as a baby could be, and Cristina respected that, and appreciated it as well.
She picked up the boy from the bed, and walked to the kitchen, turning up the stereo on her way there.
A Taylor Swift' song started to play and Cristina concluded that it was appropriated for a kid his age. Even though, he couldn't get the words straight, she couldn't let Lana Del Rey and her unique lyrics flood the house.
"C'mon, let's have breakfast!" she bounced the baby in her arms and Leo let out coos in agreement.
Again, she had the day planned. This time, Cristina figured everything would play out the way she wanted. Her patient was thriving, Ross was taking care of things… maybe that stroller ride would happen this afternoon, after their nap, of course.
"So, what you want for breakfast?" she inquired to the baby boy as she downed him in his high chair.
"Bah!"
"Bananas? Or your bottle?" she asked turning quickly in his direction and opening the fridge to sew through its contents.
She caught a Tupperware with fruit salad, so she picked that, and some butter to get some French toast done. Cristina started the coffee maker on her way to take the bread out of the overhead cupboards.
"Fruit salad for you…" she announced as she put the Tupperware in front of Leo, who started to take the pieces of fruit in his hands, putting them inside his mouth. The baby made some incomprehensive sounds while eating. Some time ago, Cristina would've thought nothing of those sounds, if anything, she would have been annoyed by them, now it was a sign that Leo was happy, so per extension she was satisfied too.
Her toasts were ready, as were her precious dark brewed average, then she got comfortable on the bar stool beside Leo and started to eat.
In the middle of her coffee, she heard her cell ringing in her room and went there to pick up the call. Could be Ross… she prayed it wasn't, and she was genuinely happy when it turned out to be Owen via FaceTime.
"Hi!" he greeted when she answered. He heard the music playing on her side. "Some party you have there!"
She smirked. "Breakfast soundtrack." She explained. "how's it going there?"
"I'll be back tomorrow."
"Great!"
She walked into the kitchen back from her room.
"Look how's here Leo!"
The boy averted his attention from the now smashed fruits to Cristina and the device in her hands, the boy had a puzzled face, that was gone as soon as he caught his dad face in there.
"Daddy!"
"Hey Leo!" Owen exclaimed on the other side. "Is Cristina treating you alright?" he asked with a laughable voice.
"Of course, I am!" she responded.
Owen laughed through the phone speakers.
"Dad will be back tomorrow, okay?" Owen explained as Cristina was padding Leo's head with the hand that wasn't holding the iPhone.
"Daddy!"
"That's right, that's dad!" Cristina said as she cleaned his face with a tissue.
"See you guys tomorrow night, okay?"
Cristina nodded with a little smile and said: "Say 'bye-bye daddy'" she had Leo's hand in hers signalizing a wave.
"Ba! Daddy!" Leo uttered and even blew a kiss to his dad.
Cristina waved goodbye and disconnected the call.
"It's just you and me again kiddo."
"Gah!" the baby exclaimed in pure glee. He liked this lady a lot.
Eventually, Cristina was able to finish her breakfast, alternating between hers and Leo's, and once she was finished, she led Leo and his wobbly legs to the living room.
She chose not to put him in his playpen, and sat on the floor with him.
"So, with what do you play with usually?" the Asian asked as if the boy was older.
Leo seemed to understand what she was asking of him, because he crawled to the sofa and took a teddy bear that had an stethoscope with him.
"Oh, so you play doctor?" she questioned amused.
"Ya!" it was his response, as he went to sit in front of Cristina, handing her his teddy bear.
"For me?"
The little boy nodded, his big blue eyes shinning with excitement in having someone other than his dad to play with and show his tricks.
Yang held the bear toy in her hands and used the chest-piece from the fake stethoscope to press on her heart.
"Batah!'
"Yes, my heart is beating!" she said in an enthusiasm that wasn't fake. She never thought she'd be happy playing doctor, instead of simply going to work and get to be one, but now in her living room, on the carpet, playing with a almost one year old boy, she was just as content.
Leo motioned for her to give the stethoscope to him and she did.
"Can you say stethoscope?" the woman tried.
He looked at her puzzled.
"Cope!"
"Almost got that right, buddy."
That moment, she had an idea. She got up and quickly went to her and Owen's room to sort on her closet. Cristina came back, a few moments later, with a real stethoscope in hand.
"Now, I have tons of these, so what do you think you hear a real heartbeat, huh?"
Leo shook his head yes in agreement. He remembered slightly that his dad had done something similar with him, but he thought that this lady doing it was just as cool as his daddy.
Cristina made herself comfortable on the floor again and Leo stood in front of her.
"So, I'm gonna put this…" she eased the earpieces in her ears and the chest piece of the device in the baby's chest, just as she usually did with her patients. "You have a strong heartbeat little sir." She commented with a smile.
Leo giggled as she moved the chest piece away from his heart and tickled his side with her fingers.
"Now, it's your turn, Dr. Leo Hunt." She spoke handing him the stethoscope.
The boy took the thing in his hands and Cristina helped him putting the earpieces where they belonged. Cristina guided the baby boy's hands through the tubing, 'till the chest piece, and rested it where she knew he'd hear her heartbeat.
Yang waited an instant before catching the glee in the boy's eyes with the new discovery.
"Beat!"
"Yes, Leo it's beating, just as yours is." She explained with attentiveness.
The little Hunt chuckled in happiness. He moved away the chest piece just to plant it again in Yang's chest. She moved the device where he could hear her heartbeat and Leo giggled again, thinking that it was the most funny thing ever.
Cristina was in awe seeing the world opening new widows to the boy in front of her eyes.
The woman gently removed Leo's hands from the stethoscope and planted the chest piece in his chest this time, so he could hear his own beating heart, and when he did, his face in pure amazement was enough to make her wanna cry of happiness.
After they played doctor for a couple times more, Cristina went to update some charts in her laptop, she brought it to her couch and did jer job while Leo was playing with his other toys, trying to hear their heartbeat with the fake teddy bear' stethoscope.
When she realized the time it was, she walked to the kitchen to fetch some food for them. She brought the plates back to the living room and when Leo noticed her, he crawled to the sofa and stood in front of her.
"Foo!"
"Yes, it's your food." She confirmed and spooned some soup in his direction. He ate it, like a champ.
Yang took turns in her plate and his and in no time, they were happily full.
She watched as Leo rubbed his eyes, yawning in the process.
"I think it's time for you and me to take a nap, what do you say?" she picked him up and made the short walk to his room. Carefully, she deposited him in his crib and in just few minutes he was out like a light.
Cristina sighed in relief, as least she didn't have to fight for him to sleep, as she initially thought she would.
Before leaving the room, she took a last glimpse inside the crib, just to check if he was okay, seeing nothing abnormal, the woman walked back into the living room, collected her MacBook and walked back to the master bedroom, crashing into the mattress.
When she woke up, she looked at the alarm clock on the beside table. It read: 2:42P.M. Cristina yawned and got out of bed, routing to Leo's bedroom.
"Hey Leo…" she mumbled when she entered, seeing the boy up holding the bars of his crib.
"Na!"
"How did you sleep? Good?" asked the woman as she picked him up. Leo kicked her abdomen as she carried him to the common bathroom. "Someone need a change, so we're going to bath you and after that, we're gonna have that stroller walk I told you about this morning, how that sound?" she asked as she eased him inside the tub.
"Yah!"
She smiled. "That's what I thought, too"
Cristina got rid of the boy's clothes and started the warm water and the bubbles.
"Baba" Leo acknowledged the commotion around him with a giggle.
The Asian continued the process, and in no time, she had a clean and intoxicating good smelling baby boy in her arms. She walked them to his room, to his changing table, and chose a plain black shirt, jeans, little old school vans and a black beanie, and a coat. All clothes she had bought online, with some Leo already had with him when he arrived with Owen. His father would bring the rest of his things home with him, but she was already very satisfied with what she'd come with.
"Oh my God, you're super cute, a mini bad boy!" she said with a board smile, picking him up from his changing table and taking him to her room, surrounding him with pillows, as she had done before.
"Now, we're going to take a picture of you for your dad, and after that, I'm going to take a shower, and you're going to be a good boy 'till I'm finished, and then we're gonna hit the streets!" Cristina announced enthusiastically and Leo clapped his hands in agreement.
She took several pictures of him and send some to Owen, and as she informed, she got in the shower and after that she changed her clothes.
It could be only a coincidence, but Cristina had jeans, a black top, and a beanie on, just like the baby she dressed moments ago. The exception was her boots and leather jacket. Leo had a sweatshirt on, and vans.
"We're good to go now." The doctor announced as she finished with her lipstick and the things she needed from hers and Leo's room.
As the duo got out of the apartment and into the elevator, Cristina noticed their outfits and fished out her iPhone from her back pocket and urged Leo to look at the elevator mirror, so she could take a picture of them both.
It was actually cute, like son and mommy. She clicked them couple times and then they were in the lobby.
She set him back into his stroller and went out of the metal box, greeting the doorman and getting out of the building.
They strolled for a few streets, and every now and then, someone would compliment the duo in German, sometimes in English. Cristina thought nothing much of that, but deep down she was proud of her handiwork. On the other end, Leo was looking everywhere with curious eyes, once or twice he screamed in excitement and kicked the air in approval of the way they're going.
She stopped by a coffee cart and asked for a simple latte, Leo cooed to the owner and to the people around them. Of course, he was the sensation of the line.
After the little commotion, Cristina found them a quiet bench and sat, unbuckling Leo from his stroller and picking him up, letting him stand on the ground near her.
"So, what do you think of Zurich so far, is it beautiful?"
"Bah!"
"I think so, too. Hope your dad will think the same as you…"
"Daddy"
She smiled down at him. Again, she picked up her phone and clicked this moment, this time Leo being the only one the lens captured. She told herself it was for Owen, but she knew it was for her sake as well. She liked this boy very much. He earned her care and love.
The golden hour was here and the way the sun was shining, made Leo more blond then redhead witch, made him almost angelical. It was beautiful and cute. Cristina was happy she was able to catch that on camera.
The boy started to climb her legs and she scooped him up in her arms, seating him there and going through his bag to find the bottle she was sure she got before leaving the condo.
Bottle in hand, she started to feed him, who was very glad this lady had his food, he was starving.
He had his eyes focused on her, his hands security holding the transparent bottle as well as hers, sometimes he'd kick his legs just to stay still for some time, and it was like this until the meal was finished and Cristina put the bottle away.
Leo burped after minutes and Yang saw his eyes heavy again. With some short walking around the bench, the baby was out and the woman had him secured in his stroller again.
When Owen got home, the house was quiet. The moonlight coming through the glass walls made everything look greyish and glamorous.
"Cristina?" he called dropping his suitcases in the foyer.
"Shhh!" she appeared in the living room, baby Leo resting in her arms. "I just put him down." Clarified.
Owen smiled with the sight in front of him.
His family was there, in front of his eyes, just like he always dreamed of.
Hunt approached them and laid his hand on Leo's back, running it up and down. It was soothing feeling the baby's warmth after days without him.
"I saw the pictures you send me on my way here." He spoke and she smirked looking him in the eye.
Owen pecked her lips and said: "I'm so proud of you." Just to kiss her again.
Cristina ran her free hand through his strawberry blond hair and smiled again, thanking him with her eyes.
"Lemme put him on his crib, then I'm all yours." Announced the female surgeon, as she went to Leo's room.
The man nodded following her, staying by the doorframe as she settled the boy down.
He never felt nothing like this before.
When it was only him and Cristina, back at the firehouse, every time he caught her doing something domestic, he felt overjoyed in seeing her adapting to their new life together.
With his son, was another type of joy. He felt such proud when the boy learned something new; his eyes would shine as the boy smiled at him showing his new found ability.
But now, seeing the both of them together, Owen just couldn't explain the sensation. It was like having it all. The love of his life, with the love of his life.
It was the warm sunshine bathing your face after the most refreshing rainy hour. It was the green grass tickling your toes, the wind blowing your hair, as you looked up to the sky. The rainbow was there.
And it looked beautiful.
Notes: I guess it didn't take long this time! I want to thank you all again for the comments, they make my day and I love the fact that there's Crowen shippers out there still! Thank you for your support, I truly mean it! A quick reminder, I made a CROWEN GUIDE and posted it on tumblr! You can find it on my profile: .com, also take a look on my Crowen Playlist fics, bc they're heart broken material! That's all folks! See ya nxt chapter! Xx