A/N: Wow thanks for the reviews! They really lightens me up and motivates me to write! As always please read and review! I would be thrilled to know what you guys think as I am still figuring out how to continue with the story.


2017 Alex's house, Seattle

"Can you tell me once again why you need me here? I have two children at home with my occasionally-brainless neurosurgeon husband, a baby growing inside of me and an exhausting day job. I really need to sleep. So if you are dragging me here in the middle of the night for nothing, I am really going to castrate you. Seriously."

Meredith whines as Alex dragged her upstairs. She was at home having a belated princess tea party with Zola when Alex suddenly show up on her porch and pulled her away from her dream house, claiming that she is the only person that can save the day.

Therefore, Meredith left the kids with Derek, who knows almost nothing on how to take care kids, at home while she hurried to her old house. She was so annoyed by the situation and has been bitching at Alex throughout the car ride.

"Its Yang. She came home very late tonight, which I obviously don't care, but she crawled onto my bed and kicked Jo out of bed. I asked her what happened, but she didn't say a word. Now she is on MY bed drinking MY beer. So yeah, I think it is something important." Alex replied sarcastically. Although he pretended to be annoyed by Cristina, she is still someone important in his life. So of course he is worried, something huge must have happened if his friend is acting so strange.

"Did... she cried?" Meredith frowned and asked.

"No, but she is singing. I think she is drunk."

"'That is not her being drunk!" Meredith pushed Alex to the side and ran up the stairs immediately. She snapped the bedroom door open and saw Cristina singing loudly while pouring beer into her mouth. She quickly climbed onto the bed and took the bottle from her.

"What's wrong with you? Tell me."

Cristina only peeked at her for a second, then she began to sing even louder, trying to overlap Meredith's voice.

"Dude, seriously, you are scaring us. Just spit it out. Its not like you've killed someone right?"

"Alex!" Meredith hissed and resumed talking to Cristina, "Lexie said you loss a patient today, is that why you are acting so strange?"

Cristina's singing stopped when Meredith mentioned Mr Miller. Instead she glared at Alex and Mer silently, after successfully creeping the both of them put, she finally decided to talk.

"Mr Miller died because of post op PE. There's no way we could have predicted it."

"Well, then great! You didn't kill the man! So what's with the singing?"

"His wife said to us, that the death of her husband taught her to love the person we love when we still have time."

"Fair. My mother used to say that too." Alex nodded and as soon as he realized the two women are staring at him strangely, he explained annoyed. "My schizo mom is normal from time to time. Anyway, so?"

"So I went to Burke and told him I love him."

"You what!" Meredith screamed because of shock. She has always knew that her person is a very decisive person who would not hesitate before action. However, she never thought Cristina would be that decisive, especially when it comes to relationships. 'Derek must be thrilled to hear this.' She thought to herself.

"And then? Can you spit it all out at once, please?" Alex rolled his eyes annoyed. He is never a patience person, especially when it comes to gossip.

"He… he didn't really give me any response." Cristina sighed before continuing, fear that her friends' eyeballs might fall out from the orbit. "There's a woman in his apartment. To be exact, a friendly, classy, gorgeous woman."


Few hours ago, Burke's Apartment, Seattle

"Burke? Oh! You have a guest! Hi, I am Edra." The woman arrived at the door and is surprised by the presence of Cristina. She quickly pulled a heart-warming smile and reached her hand out to Cristina.

"Cristina. Yang." Cristina grabbed her hand and gently shake it. Her mind was absolutely blank and didn't really know how to react. She glanced at Burke and found him looking at the two women emotionlessly.

"Edra, could you give us a moment please?" Burke smiled and asked. Edra nodded and went into the apartment with a meaningful smile on her face.

"Cristina, I…"

"No it's… it's okay. I see that you have found a nice woman now. Good for you. Really. Um, just forget what I said. I am probably traumatised because I lost a patient." Before Burke can say anything, Cristina quickly interrupted him. Then she immediately ran into the elevator, praying for the door to close faster and end this ridiculous drama.

Once the door closed and Burke's face disappeared, she squatted and hid her face in her palms. What the hell did she do? Did she just humiliated herself in front of her ex-husband, who she still loves, and her ex-husband's new girl friend? Speaking of which, his new girl friend is almost "perfect" in terms of the standard of the Burke family: tall, gorgeous, mother-like, cooks well… She is exactly the kind of women Burke wants at the first place.

Cristina Yang isn't someone who would often feel incompetent, but at this moment, she felt like a total failure. And all she wanted to do is drink. Binge drinking, Meredith Grey style drinking. Therefore she drove home as fast as she could and crawled onto Alex's bed with a dozen bottles of beer.


2017 Lobby, SGMWH

"Hold the door please!" With Bailey in the car seat and Zola dragging the lap of his shirt, Derek hurried to the escalator and found none other than Burke. After he settled Zola, he gave Burke a mysterious smile.

"Hello uncle Preston!"

"Hi Zozo." Burke kneeled down and kissed Zola on her forehead, in exchange he got a sweet smile from the little girl. Then he looked at Derek and frowned, "What are you staring at? You're creeping me out."

"I heard."

"Heard what?"

"Last night? You and Cristina? Meredith told me all about it." Derek smirked devilishly at his friend, who looked defeated after hearing what Derek has said.

"Meredith told you? She sure Cristina would allow her to tell you?"

"I don't think that is the first thing she had in her head right now."

"Anyway, that's not what you think so quit smiling at me like a perv."

"Then tell me what happened!"

Burke stared at Derek suspiciously, but finally he gave up resisting, so he covered Zola's ears and whispered.

"Edra, aka the woman in my apartment? She is my college buddy's second wife. He was visiting Seattle, originally we wanted to go have dinner at a nice restaurant, but they are full-booked, so he suggested to have dinner at my place and Edra can show us her cooking skills." Burke sighed and continued, "And when Cristina was at my door, Edra came out to tell me dessert's ready. That's all, nothing's happening, but apparently Cristina thinks that Edra is my new girl friend, as she escaped without allowing me to say a single word."

"Mm. So you actually wanted to explain. So you still love Yang." Derek nodded and used a statement instead of a question. "Of course you are, even a blind can see it." He added in his head secretly.

"I am not YOU Shepherd. I don't propose and marry someone without knowing that person is the love of my life." Burke smirked slightly as he saw Derek made an "Ouch" face. "All I ended is our marriage, not my love for her. I needed her in my life, and she needed me too. But we are better off keeping some distance from each other."

Before Derek can ask further, the door opened and he has to take the kids to daycare. Burke volunteered to help holding Zola's hand, but his phone started ringing once he grabbed Zola.

"Hello? Mama! Why are you calling?" Burke can clearly remember that his mother hated to chat on phone, so it is a huge surprise for him to receive his mother's phone call, especially when she knows he should be working.

"It's fine, Preston. I just want to let you know that your father and I are coming to Seattle."

"What? You are visiting Seattle? When?"

"We will be flying in on next Monday. You don't need to come pick us up, a dinner will be fine. Oh, remember to bring Cristina with you, it has been a long time since I last saw her."

"Crap." It is the only thing in Burke's mind right now. It has been five years since their divorce, yet he still didn't have the courage to tell his mama about it, as Jane is a very very traditional woman who will never be able to tolerate her son getting a divorce. At first he thought his Mama will ever bother to ask about Cristina so his secret can stay in the dark forever, but as his Mama started to accept Cristina as a family member… maybe it's time for him to tell the truth.

"Mama, actually, I…"

"I've got customers walking in. Talk to you later. I love you."

"I love you too, mama." Ending the phone call, Burke felt like the whole world is becoming black and white to him. He would never disappoint his Mama, so he only got one choice left. After making up his mind, Burke walked towards the closest nurse's station and said,

"Page Dr Cristina Yang from Cardio for me. No, page her using Dr Meredith grey's name, tell her it is 911 emergency and ask her to meet me at the dark room. Yes, just do as I say, she will understand what I mean."