A/N: We are approaching the end of this story! I decided to make the last few chapters more hilarious, I hope you guys will like it!

Chapter 7

"Alex? Whoa, gosh, it's… lively here." Jo walks into Meredith's living room with a few bottles of wine in her arms. While she enters the room, she was surprised by the people sitting there. Nearly all the attendings are there, all sitting around the table, with a single empty chair clearly waiting for her.

'They are all here! Is Grey-Sloan going to shut down tonight?' Jo thought in her mind.

"Wilson! Come on! We are all waiting for you!" Maybe because of the presence of Cristina, Meredith sounded a lot perkier than usual. Although it still sounds like ultimatums for Jo.

She quickly took off her coat and sat down besides Alex, trying to catch up with the topic. Saw her being all confused, Alex whispered to her, "We are telling Maggie, Arizona and Jackson stories when Yang, Mer and I were still interns."

"Oh my god Alex, you really spread Syphilis around on the surgical floor?" Maggie's were wide open when she heard about the legendary Syphilis outbreak from Callie.

"Yes he did, and the chief gets his secretary to demonstrate safe sex precautions for all the staff on the floor. I still don't understand why my interns were involved in basically ALL Seattle Grace stories and dramas." Bailey reassured Callie's story while giggling as she recall the scene of all the surgical staff watching Patricia putting a condom onto a banana.

"No we are not involved in ALL gossips. Only Mer is. She is the gossip mill of Seattle Grace. Remember the guy who could end his erection after screwing Mer? And the lace panties hanged on the notice board by Addison? Oh and don't forget about McVet! That is legendary." Cristina puts all the blame on Meredith while refilling her glass.

"Says the pregnant whore who screwed an attending and collapsed during surgery." Alex let out a chuckle with his jerk face on.

"Alex! That is too mean!" Jackson ruptured into laughter uncontrollably and everyone around the table follows him. Only Jo tucked Alex's sleeve and whispered to him, afraid that Cristina will rip her boyfriend's face off.

"Never mind! That's how evil spawn and I communicate. He is just saying that because he wants me to mock him. Aw you cute little boy." Cristina shrugged her shoulder and pinched Alex's face to irritate him.

"Get your paws off me Yang." Alex frowned and wiped her hand off his face. Everyone falls into laughter again.

"You guys have really interesting intern year! Mine was so boring comparing to you guys'. Hey, was that just the three of you and… George? Did I remember his name correctly?" Maggie asked and those who were in the hospital long enough all become silent.

"No… There were five of us, Mer, evil spawn, Bambi… aka George, Izzie and me. We called ourselves Bailey's dream team." Cristina replied, and Bailey made a noise to indicate her despise for the name "Bailey's dream team".

Talking about Izzie and George made everyone – except Jackson, Arizona, Jo and Maggie – recalled the unpleasant memories. The atmosphere went cold instantly, as no one seems wanted to talk.

"Em, Yang, I remembered Meredith says Preston is coming back to Seattle with you, where is he now?" Richard broke the silence, Cristina was surprised by his random question.

"Oh, em, err, he, erm, he was caught up in Zurich by… erm, a surgery. He will be here a few days later."

"Oh speaking of Burke, Mer, do you remember that time, Burke's parents walk in on them when Yang is…" Alex smiled wickedly as he remembers something interesting. Meredith responded by laughing loudly.

"Is what? Oh spit it out Alex!" Arizona is very curious, so does most people in the room. Those who knew about it either trying very hard to withhold their laughter, like Bailey and Callie; or shooting Alex deathly glares to make him shut up, like Cristina.

"Don't you dare evil spawn. I will cut your tongue into a million pieces if you say a word about that… incident."

"Ha, bite me Yang. So at that time…" Alex ignores Cristina's threats and continue telling the story, while Cristina roars angrily.

"Hey Mer, it's me again. Call me immediately!" Cristina yelled into her phone for the 39th times. She looked at the phone log and growled frustratingly.

"Grey is still not answering your calls?" Burke asked Cristina curiously. He was beside her all day and all he had heard is Cristina leaving messages for Meredith.

"Yeah. Alex says she disappeared the night of Derek's funeral. She took Zola and Bailey with her. God where has she been! I should have stayed for a few days more. I should not believe Meredith Grey when she says she will be okay without me. Ugh! Meredith Grey's okay is never the 'okay in normal standard'! Why do I have to rush back to Zurich! Weiss can take good care of the institute for me! I am such an idiot." Cristina rambles as she left Meredith another text message.

"Grey is reckless sometimes, but she is not nuts. She took her kids with her, which means she KNOWS she has something to do. It's a good sign. Just give her some time, she will call you when she is ready."

"You are not helping!"

"Well, if I were Grey, I would definitely want some space…" He was interrupted by someone calling his name.

"Preston!" He looked around and found his wife smiling and waving at him. His whole body went cold at that second.

'What is her doing here? Did she find out about Cristina and me? Should I tell Cristina to go first?' His mind was thinking thousands of scenario. He wondered what would happen the next second. Would she slap him? Would she slap her? Or would she slap the both of them for adultery?

Luckily, none of his scenarios matched with the reality. Edra walked towards them with a big grin on her face. She kissed Burke on his cheeks before she reached out her hand to Cristina.

"Hi! You must be the doctor who took over for my husband! I am Edra, Edra Burke. My husband has been praising you every day. What a pleasure to see you!"

"Uh, Cristina Yang, I run this hospital for Dr Burke now. Nice to meet you."

Cristina shook her hand unconsciously. The woman in front of her has a huge, sunshiny smile. She is tall and beautiful, seems to be an intelligent woman. She looks elegant in the expensive clothes, reminding Cristina of someone she used to work with.

'Why does all the McWifes have to look so hot? This woman is like Addison Montgomery's sister!' She rolled her eyes in her mind.

"Dr Yang, if you could excuse me, I have something to discuss with Edra." Burke pushed her gently, bringing her back to reality. She put on her best professional face and said, "Absolutely. Take all the time you need Dr Burke."

She smiled as she watched Burke and his wife walks away. She took a deep breath and started to type another message to Meredith.

"911! Why do all the wives have to look the same way? Burke's wife is Zurich Addison! By the way, call me back ASAP." She clicked send and scrolling down to read Alex's messages. She wasn't aware of someone standing in her way and bumped into that person directly.

"Oh I am so sorry… MRS. BURKE?" Cristina nearly screamed as she couldn't believe who she saw. Her worst nightmare, Jane Burke, was here, staring at her in the exact same way she did almost ten years ago.

"Cristina. It has been a long time since I last saw you."

"Yes, Mrs Burke. It has been ten years." Cristina picked up the files she dropped on the floor nervously. Out of her expectation, Jane kneeled down to help her with the papers.

"Thank you." Cristina whispered as Jane handed her a pile of sheets.

"I was wondering, do you have time to grab a cup of coffee with me? And to catch up a little?"

Cristina is literally shivering as she heard Jane's suggestion. It has been a long time ago since Jane talked to her, but that woman still freaks her out. She has those eyes that can see right through somebody, when she stares at you, it makes you wanna tell her everything you did. Also, given the history between them, Cristina is not as naïve as actually believing her when she says "catch up".

'She must know something. Or she won't be here. ' Cristina thought to herself.

"Cristina? Are you free for a cup of coffee?" Jane raised her eyebrows in annoyance, reminds Cristina of her son.

"Em, yeah, sure. I am going to put these files back into my office. Why don't I meet you later in the cafeteria?"

"Alright, I will be see you there." Jane left with a victorious smile, when all Cristina wanted to do is to punch someone in the face.

"Took you long enough to come." Jane sipped her coffee as Cristina sat down in front of her. She spent the last hour waiting for Cristina to prepare herself emotionally.

"I am sorry Mrs. Burke. I was paged for an urgent consult, patient's life always come…"

"Oh stop it Cristina. We both know you procrastinated because you didn't want to talk to me." Jane stared at Cristina, she always has the special power that can see right through someone. Cristina drank her coffee anxiously, waiting to hear what Jane is going to say to her.

"So, you have taken over Preston's position and run this hospital for a year already, am I right?"

"Yes, that's right."

To be honest, I never expected Preston will ask you to be his successor."

"Neither do I."

"Can I assume there is a story behind his decision?"

"I am afraid I don't understand what you mean by that."

"Oh Cristina, you know exactly what I mean. You are sleeping with my son again aren't you?" Jane took a sip of her coffee elegantly, as she uttered sharply.

Cristina nearly choked by the coffee. She coughed vigorously while trying to pretend she wasn't terrified by what Jane said.

"Whoa, Mrs Burke I think you have a huge misunderstanding here. The relationship between me and, um, Dr Burke is strictly professional. He invited me here to take over for him, and I did. That's all. Nothing more." She bit her lips and control her emotions, trying to convince Jane that there isn't anything wrong.

"He is my SON Cristina. I know him better than anyone else. At first it may be completely professional between you two. Now? I doubt that." Jane stared at Cristina, seeing her lowering her head because of guilt, then continued.

"He… was different. He was not happy anymore after he left you, I thought he had lost the ability to be happy again. He hold the choker in his hands and stared at it all day long. I was worried, but he said he was fine, so I decided I would give him time to process his feelings. Luckily, he then met Edra. I suppose you have already saw her just now?"

Cristina nodded and slightly rolled her eyes. 'The Europe version of Addison Montgomery. Sure.'

"You know, Preston and I had always dream of his wife being the kind of girl that is willing to put her family before her career. Someone who wants to have kids and spent her life taking care of them. Someone who is completely different from you, no offence. Anyway, I thought he would be happy again because of Edra. And I was right, he started to smile again."

"I am sorry, but how is these related to me? If you are telling me all these just to make me feel bad about myself, I am sorry, but I am not interested." Cristina interrupted Jane impatiently. She stood up from the chair and wanted to get back to work.

"I was not right, I was wrong. I just thought I was right." Out of Cristina's expectation, Jane admitted her mistakes. "He was not happy even he married a girl he always wanted. He has got everything he wanted in life, a beautiful wife, two adorable daughters, a dream job, but he is not happy. Until two years ago when he gave his institute to someone else. That's the moment when I got my son back, the one who disappeared for nearly ten years. Edra just thought he is thrilled to drop the burden off his shoulders, but I know it's not that simple. Although he didn't tell us who took over for him, I knew it was you. YOU are the reason why he is happy again. YOU are what he is missing from his life, YOU are the love of his life."

Cristina widened her eyes in shock, nearly choked by the coffee again. She never expected to hear this from Jane. She thought Jane would tell her to get the hell out of Europe, or give her a few million dollars and ask her to disappear forever. Does her bias made her unable to realize that Jane Burke is in fact a nice woman, or Jane accidentally skipped her meds? Maybe she got a tumour on her frontal lobe that changed her personality?

"Your eyeballs are going to fall out Cristina. I understand that you may think of me as an evil witch who will never say anything good about you, that explains why you look so terrified now. But no, I didn't say those because I am crazy. I mean what I said." Jane handed Cristina a pile of tissue paper, and carried on.

"I am a mother. What a mother wants most is their children to be happy. I am not going to lie, Cristina, I don't like you. Even ten years had pass, I still don't like you much. But I know you can make my son happy. He loves you is all that matters. I am not here to tell you to leave. I am asking you to stay with him."

"Mrs Burke… I never plan on leaving him. The seven years without him in my life are the worst years of my life. I don't want to experience that again."

"I am very happy to hear that. But still, I need more time to try and like you." Jane returned to her usual tone. This time, her smile is sincere and heart-warming. Cristina returned her a true-hearted smile as well. If this woman hadn't give her such a poor first impression long time ago, she might actually like her, she thought.

Cristina pushed her office door open, and see that Burke was already there, waiting for her.

"Hey, I heard you had a conversation with mama just now. How does that go?" He pretended to be asking casually, but deep down he was expecting Cristina to target all her anger on him.

"It's great talking to her." Quite the contrary to Burke's expectation, there wasn't screaming or shouting or Cristina Yang-styled-bitching about his mother. She sounded so peaceful, even delighted. Burke was confused by the situation.

"You two… did not argue? What did mama did to you? Or what did you do to mama?"

"You think the only thing we will do once we meet is ripping each other's throat apart? Now that is humiliation."

"Fine, I apologize. Can you tell me what you two talked about now?"

"Apology accepted, but nope, that is a secret between me and your MAMA." She grinned at him victoriously. He pulled her towards him and kissed her forehead. He is nothing but glad to see the two most important women in his life finally gets along. Sort of. In a strange way.