Chapter 11
2017 Emergency Room, Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital, Seattle
"Code yellow." Shane whispered to his fellow residents as he walked by them and stopped beside Burke.
"Dr Burke, thank you for requesting me on your service. It is my pleasure." He put on a flattering smile and said. Burke looked at him curiously, and replied,
"I picked you because you are specializing in Cardio. It is my responsibility to teach you. Plus I heard from Derek that Dr Yang speaks very highly of you, I would like to see how good you are myself." He grinned devilishly and added, "You and I are gonna have so much fun together."
"Hey. Code yellow today." Jo mumbled as Stephanie put on her trauma gown next to her.
"Still? I thought after a week, Yang should be used to working with her ex and will start to be less grumpy!"
"I thought so too. But obviously she is getting more and more annoyed every day. Last night she kicked me out of bed and drank three bottles of tequila with Alex while facetiming Medusa."
"Lucky for you that Medusa is not ACTUALLY there. Or else they would've kicked you out of the house." Stephanie cracked up loudly and immediately hide her grin when she saw Cristina stepping out from the ER, "Shh… Stop talking now. Yang's here."
"Dr Burke, may I speak with you, a bit more privately?" Cristina stopped next to Burke and asked. He nodded and went to a corner nearby.
"Why did you take Ross under your service today? He has been working with me since he was an intern. I need him in my OR."
"I don't know why you are so disgruntled, but I am the chief of Cardio. If a resident is specializing in Cardio, I have the responsibility to teach them."
"I can teach him! You are not the only… Wait. Are you trying to punish him because you know he slept with me before?"
"You slept with him?" Burke's eyes widen because of the shocking news, apparently he knows nothing about it. Seeing his reaction, Cristina wanted to bite her tongue off for letting out a secret. She has never felt guilty for sleeping with her intern before, not since today. It sounded ridiculous but she feels like an adulterous bitch.
"Um, well, you didn't know it before, and you sure as hell don't need to know any further details." She tried to act like she didn't care, but somehow she didn't have the courage to look him in the eyes. Burke frowned and stared at her, wanted to gain more information before their conversation being interrupted by Meredith.
"Oops, sorry to interrupt, but the ambulances are here. We need the both of you."
"Right, right. What happened?" Cristina felt so relieved as her friend came to rescue her. She bet that Meredith must be snooping since they started talking, but she didn't get mad as Mer saved her from the awkward situation.
"Oh, I heard it's a car crash. A car bumped into a bus. Most of the he passengers in the bus only suffered minor lacerations, while the couple in the car are injured quite severely."
"Shut up Wallace. We wouldn't be here if you drove carefully for once in your life." A woman screamed angrily at someone who seemed to be her husband. Cristina and Meredith exchanged a quick glance and sighed. This must be a long day for them.
"No you shut up. It was you who keeps nagging and rushing me when I drive. You distracted me and send us both here." The husband shouted back at his wife. Just before the wife shoot back, the doctors stepped into the room and distracted her.
"Hi, what's your name? And how old are you?" Meredith asked as Cristina ordered a CT for the woman.
"Tina Miller, I am 36."
"Okay Tina, is there anything that hurt?" Meredith unfastened the belt on Tina's abdomen and palpated it with her hands.
"Um, my legs and my head hurts and I can't breathe very well."
"Just now someone is still screaming at me! I don't think that's breathing not too well!" The husband, Nathan, on a bed nearby added sarcastically.
"You are such a…"
"Stop! Wallace, mind your own business please. Tina, let's focus on your injuries." Cristina stopped the couple from engaging in another fight.
"Tina, your CT shows that you have a broken leg and a few broken ribs. One of the broken rib is pressing on your lung, that's why you can't breathe well. We also found a tiny rupture in your spleen." Meredith showed the patient her CT and pointed out the problematic bits.
"And one more bad news, there is a tear in the pericardium. It's not too big, but I will need to repair it." Cristina added. Tina rolled her eyes and replied dryly, "So I will be cut open in three places? This is just great."
"Uh… We will see you in the OR!" Meredith faked a smile and dragged Cristina out from the room. The two women laughed once they got out from the exam room.
"That woman is difficult."
"I know right?"
OR 5, SGMWH
"Mrs Miller, we are going to put you under now. Do you want to know how Mr Miller is doing?"
"Is he dying?"
"Uh… no, he suffered a subarachnoid haemorrhage and a collapsed lung. It is severe but not life threatening. Our neuro surgeon, Dr Shepherd is very capable and your husband will be just fine."
"Whatever. I don't care unless he is dying." Although Tina claim that she doesn't care, everyone on Earth can notice how her body relaxed once she knew her husband is fine. Meredith gestured to the anaesthesiologist, and pulled Cristina aside for a quick chat.
"I think you are just like Mrs Miller."
"What do you mean?"
"Both of you act like you hate your husband and wanted him to disappear, but deep down you actually care for him a lot."
Cristina glared at Meredith until she hide her smirk. She sighed and pulled away her mask, "I am going to check on a conduit baby now. Page me when you finish."
OR 2, SGMWH
"Burke?" Cristina held a mask in front of her face and asked. Burke turned around and saw her staring at him. Derek, who just took out a piece of blood clot from the man's brain, waved to her happily with a pair of forceps in his hands.
"Can I help you?"
"Um, you done with his surgery?"
"Not yet, but it is a simple, textbook procedure, so I should be done in a few minutes. What do you need?"
"One of my conduit babies is having some complications. I need Shane scrub in with me."
"Dr Yang, you know how much I love working with you on the trial, but with all due respect, I really want to learn from…" Shane tried to free himself from the mysterious fight of the ex-couple, but his voice faded gradually as Derek keep warning him to shut up with those dreamy eyes.
Burke took a look at Shane and nodded, "Ross, go. I don't need you here."
The resident sighed and removed his gown and gloves. As he walked by, Cristina shot him an angry glare for his obvious disappointment just now.
After the fuss in the OR, Derek took away his headlamp and grinned. "Are you two competing over a resident now? Mm. It's like watching those soap dramas where parents compete for the son's attention."
"Shepherd, if I were you I would keep my comments to myself." Burke finished his suture and left the OR without saying another word.
Derek shrugged and carry on with the closing. "Stubborn, aren't they?" He mumbled to himself and smiled behind his mask.
