A/N: Just to remind you all, as Lexie and Mark are still alive in this AU, it is still Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital.


Chapter 2

2017 Residents' Locker Room, SGMWH, Seattle

"Hey Shane, I heard Yang lost her heart to Seattle Pres?" Jo walks into the room and asked. She took a granola bar from Stephanie's cubby and started chewing.

"Yeah. She is in a terrible mood now. I strongly advise all of you to leave her alone." Shane shrugged and took a gigantic bite on his sandwich.

"Isn't that just one heart? She will probably get the next one at any time. It doesn't explains her level 10 anger. By the way Jo, get your own snacks!" Stephanie joined the discussion and noticed Jo chewing her last granola bar. She took it back angrily and stuff the remaining into her mouth at once.

"Seattle Pres? Ha, that's why." Ben, who was sitting at the corner quietly, suddenly opened his mouth. The three residents quickly gathered around him, waiting to hear hospital gossips.

"Don't bother. I am not telling you guys. Miranda will kill me if I leak anything to you."

"Is there anything to do with Dr Preston Burke? He is the Cardio surgeon of Seattle Pres. Seems like he had a history with Yang." Shane asked curiously.

"THE Preston Burke? The one who won the Harper Avery three times? The one who successfully implanted a 3D-printed heart into a pig? No way!" The two girls widened their eyes and exclaimed. While Ben chuckled and said, "Of course it has everything to do with Burke. He is Yang's ex-husband…"

"What?" "I thought Yang is a nun!" "You can't stop after dropping a bomb!"

"Ugh… Fine, but don't tell anyone you hear this from me okay?" After receiving promises from the three residents, Ben sighed and began telling the story.

"Burke was Yang's mentor when she was an intern. They got married after she finished her internship. Of course something happened at their wedding, but somehow she made it down the aisle. At first, no one is optimistic about their marriage, everyone thought they are getting a divorce right away, as they are always arguing. But they were happy, so people started to realize that arguing is their way of loving each other."

"Hang on, but you say they were happy! How come they got a divorce?"

"I haven't finish my story! Where was I? Oh okay. So a few years after they got married, their started to have more frequent and more nonsense arguments. They can argue about literally everything. At last, they got a divorce when she was still a fourth year resident. After the divorce, Burke left SGMW to Seattle Pres. Everyone assume that they are getting a divorce because of baby issues. But I heard from Shepherd that they are actually divorced because Yang accidentally used Burke's pancake plates to serve dinner."

"What? That is the dumbest reason of divorce I have ever heard." Jo couldn't stop herself from laughing. Therefore, she didn't sense the sudden change of the looks on her friends' faces.

"Wilson, is the hospital paying you to gossip?" Jo's face got paler right after she heard Meredith's voice. She turned around stiffly and pulled an awkward smile.

Meredith stared at the four residents for a while before she continues, "Warren, go find Dr Shepherd. Wilson and Ross, the pit. And Edwards, you are with Dr Karev today. Go!"

The residents escaped the locker room instantly. Meredith sighed and whipped out her phone and texted Cristina a 911.


5/F Ladies Room, SGMWH

Cristina leaned against the sink as she chat with Meredith, who is in the cubicle.

"So you went to Portland, competed with Preston over a heart, and lost it because Erica Hahn gave it to him?" Meredith tried her best to summarise everything her friend just said.

"Exactly! Can you believe that?"

"Actually, I can. Come on. You have been a surgeon for more than a decade already, you know how this works. The sicker guy gets the organ!"

"I know… Of course I know that I am a surgeon. It's just… I am outraged."

"Well, why are you angry then? Because you couldn't get a heart for your patient? Or because you lost to Burke?"

Cristina bit her lips hard and didn't make a sound.

"Cristina?"

"Fine! I'm angry because I lost to Burke. I feel like I suck and… You know, after the divorce, he just went on and on with his life. He won the Harper Avery AGAIN; he was chosen as the most valuable surgeon in the West Coast, he got beautiful women surrounding him every day. He lived his life better without me." Cristina pressed her hand onto her forehead and continued.

"But Mer, look at me. I printed freaking conduits for dying kids, but Maggie Pierce got the fancy job at Zurich. I tried to start a new life with Owen Hunt, but guess what! He chose my boss over me, now they are off to some war-zone saving soldiers. I am not even half as good as Preston Burke and I lost to him in everything. He is one of the most talented and eligible bachelor on the West Coast, while I am the sad, pathetic, divorcee who failed at everything. Oh and now I couldn't even get a heart for my patient."

Meredith walked out from her cubicle and washed her hands, "Cristina, you do not suck. Professionally Burke might be better than you for now, but so what? You are a very talented surgeon. One day you will surpass him. I can see that."

Cristina looked into her person's eyes and said, "Thanks… I am totally going to be a much better cardio surgeon than Preston Burke. One day he will be second and I will kick his ass… Meredith?"

While she was talking, Meredith frowned and quickly ducked beside the toilet bowl and started vomiting. Cristina hurried to her side and held Meredith's hair while patting her back gently.

"Okay… What happened to you? Food poisoning? I told you, don't eat Alex's food! God knows how long he had that thing kept in his fridge. Or did Zola caught that stomach flu again?"

"Ugh… Shut up..." Meredith collapsed on the washroom floor after vomiting. Cristina handed her some tissue for clean-up. "I think… I think I am pregnant?"