A/N: So, so sorry for the delay! But here is chapter one. I hope you'll enjoy it. I decided to pick up where I left off in The Lost Girl. It's easier with the storyline I have planned out.
"Mom is daddy coming home with us?"
"Not yet honey. But he promised that he'll be there as soon as he can."
"Why not right now?"
"He has a job here. It's not like he can give it up immediately. Plus he can't give it up."
"Why can't he?"
"Well he needs a job doesn't he?"
"Yeah but I thought he was moving to Zurich…"
"Oh no he won't. We're moving back to Seattle. If that's okay with you of course."
"Wait what? When?"
"In the summer. I want you to finish elementary school first."
"Okay…"
"I know it's going to be a big change. But it's for our family. I mean, don't you want to be with your father?"
"I do. And I get why you would want to move back, your life is over there, but mine is here mom."
"I've lived here for ten years now, my life is here too."
"No it's not. You've barely made friends, you only have me. The people you really love and want to be with are all in Seattle. But my friends are all here. It's not that easy for me to just leave everything behind."
"Baby I know. But see it that way, you still have a few months left. You have time to prepare yourself. And it'll be fine. I promise."
"It's not like I have a choice."
"Olivia, will you stop being all teenagery please? We're just moving. We'll keep the house and go there for vacations and stuff okay?"
"Yeah whatever. It's fine."
Cristina opened the door to their house in Zurich. Olivia was pissed. She slipped through the door, took her shoes off and made her way to her room without a word. Cristina sighed. She had thought that Olivia would be thrilled. But apparently that wasn't the case. She got why Olivia didn't really want to go, but what did that all mean compared to finally having a real family? And it wasn't easy for Cristina either. Yet, she thought it was time to make a sacrifice for her relationship with Owen, otherwise it would just all be back to the same old fight again.
Cristina looked at the suitcases which were standing in the hallway. She was supposed to do the laundry. But not right now, not today. After the exhausting flight and the small dispute with Olivia she just wanted to lay down. She knew she had to call Ross though. He deserved to know as soon as possible. So she called him and asked him to come over. 15 minutes later he was standing in front of her door with a huge smile on his face.
"You look happy." Cristina stated.
"I am. May I come in?"
"Oh yeah sure, please."
They sat down on the sofa.
"So I guess you haven't had difficulties running my hospital?" she grinned at him.
"None whatsoever. But that's not why I am so happy."
"Wow. Okay what is it then?"
"Sylvia is pregnant." He almost couldn't contain his excitement when he told her that his girlfriend was expecting.
"Shane, oh my god, I am so happy for you. I didn't know you were trying."
"Oh no we weren't. It just happened. But I think it's a good thing. I never thought I wanted children, but when you had Olivia I knew it was possible. And I just hope my kid will be as amazing as Livie."
"Well Olivia is definitely one of the best things that happened to me." She smiled. She knew he wouldn't take the position of chief permanently. Not with a baby on the way.
"By the way, where is she?"
"In her room. She's mad at me."
"Why?" Ross was confused. What had happened in Seattle? Maybe she found out about Owen. That would be catastrophic for both Olivia and Cristina. Cristina sighed.
"That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about. We're moving back to Seattle."
"Wait what? Why?"
"That is a very long story which is hard to explain."
"I have time."
Cristina rolled her eyes. Of course she knew that she had to tell him eventually but she just didn't want it to be this soon. Deep inside she was still trying to deny it, at least a bit.
"Owen found out about Olivia."
"Are you serious? What did he say? What did Livie say? Oh my god what about his wife and child?"
"He was mad. Seriously mad. But eventually he accepted it and was, of course, happy about her. Olivia… Well… She was furious. And probably still is. She found out a lot about mine and Owen's past this week and I think it was a little much for her. As for his wife… She died, as did his son."
"Wow. I don't know what to say."
"I didn't know. I really didn't know. All this time I thought he was happy with his family. But that wasn't the case."
"You know that it's not your fault right?" Ross said, knowing that she would think that. Cristina chuckled.
"Everyone keeps saying that. But I can't completely shake off the feeling that if I had stayed none of it would've happened."
"Well that's probably right, key word being probably, but then you most likely wouldn't have had Livie and imagine what you would have missed."
"That's true. Anyway, now we're moving back to Seattle."
"Are you and Dr. Hunt a thing again? Sorry I had to ask."
"It's fine. I don't know though. I think so. Well we're trying again, mainly for Olivia's sake."
"That sounds like an excuse to me. You never stopped loving him, have you?"
Cristina smiled shyly and stared at the floor.
"No." she sighed again. "I guess I haven't." Ross smiled. He knew how much his mentor had been missing the love of her life. He couldn't help but being excited for her, mainly because he had become a romantic over the past couple of years.
"Just one more question – what about the Institute? I kind of need my job."
"I'm keeping it. I'm just going to extend it to the US."
"So who's going to take over here for you?"
"I was going to ask you." She looked up and looked in his eyes. She could see how torn he was. One part of him wanted to take the job so badly but the other knew now wasn't the right time. He was about to have a family of his own, he couldn't spare the time.
"It's okay Shane. I get it. Family comes first."
"I really want to. I just can't…"
"I know." She took his hand and squeezed his hand. There had been a time when she had thought that he was exactly like her. But the she discovered that deep down he was much softer than he let her know. She knew that, apart from what he kept saying, family would come first for him, and she admired that.
"I'm sorry."
"It's okay. It's okay to choose. And you made the right choice."
"You think?"
"I know you did."
"Thank you Cristina." She smirked. She really couldn't blame him, but right now, she had no idea who would take over for her. She felt like Ross was the only one capable of doing that job. Now she had no one.
"You're welcome."
That moment a tiny creature appeared in the doorframe. When Shane spotted her he jumped up, ran towards her and swept her off her feet. She screamed with a laugh.
"Hello princess. I heard you had quite a week. How are you?" He asked Olivia.
"I'm okay Uncle Shane. Has mom told you that we're moving back to the US?"
"She has. I'm going to miss you so much."
"Are you taking over the Institute now?" Livie asked with a serious face.
"No I'm not. Sadly."
Olivia turned towards her mother.
"I thought you were going to ask him?"
"I did ask him. He just turned me down."
She looked back at Ross.
"Why?"
"Because I'm going to be a Dad soon and I want to be there for my baby."
"But Mom was chief too and was still there for me." Olivia said frowning.
"Yeah but I'm not as badass as your mom."
"True." Cristina said.
"So who is taking over for you mom?"
"I don't know yet."
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"Mom we have to leave or I'll be late for school."
No answer.
"Mom!"
Cristina stepped out of the bathroom looking pale.
"Would you mind taking the bus today? I think I'm going to stay home today."
"Are you okay?" Olivia asked concerned. Hell would freeze over before Cristina Yang would call in sick.
"Yeah I'm fine. Just all the stress from finding a replacement for me."
"Alright. Well go easy on those guys. They can't all be you."
Cristina let out a laugh. She was definitely Owen's daughter.
"I've heard that before." She chuckled. "Now go or you'll really be late."
"Bye Mommy."
Cristina kissed her on the cheek and waved her goodbye. They had been back in Zurich for over a month now and her daughter seemed to finally accept the fact that they were moving to a different continent at the end of school year. The deal with Seattle Pres was already sealed and the only thing she had to still figure out was her replacement as chief.
She sat down on the bathroom floor. Her head was spinning. Her body had never handled that kind of stress well. She remembered she had a skype date with Owen in about thirty minutes. Damn it, she thought. She stood up and looked into the mirror. But as soon as she was on her feet a wave of nausea hit her. She emptied her stomach over the toilet bowl. What had she eaten? Nothing suspicious came to her mind. Was there a bug going around the hospital? Not that she knew of. It must really be the stress, she told herself. But there was this other feeling in the pit of her stomach that told her it wasn't. She cleaned herself up as well as she could and took a seat in front of her laptop.
She didn't have to wait long until her phone started buzzing. It was a text from Owen.
Bad time?
She texted back, smiling.
Not at all – already waiting.
Only seconds later his call appeared on the screen.
"Hey there." She said, trying to act as normal as she could.
"Hi." He stared at the wall behind her.
"What?" She chuckled.
"Are you at home? I thought you'd be at the hospital."
"Oh yeah no, I'm not feeling best, so I decided to stay home. They'll handle a day without me."
"What are your symptoms?" Owen asked alarmed. He had always been like that when she would say she wasn't feeling well.
"Owen I'm fine. Just worn out by all the stress of finding a damn replacement so that I can come back to you." She frowned.
"You know no one forced you to come back."
"No you just built the firehouse out of candles and asked me to be with you while our friends were watching. But no, no one forced me." She said a little pissed off.
"You don't have to if you don't want to." He said a little confused. Right now he wasn't sure if this was just her usual whining or if she really had doubts.
"Damn it no. I want to. Plus I think Olivia is finally okay with it."
"Okay. Good."
"Are you okay?" So much for acting normal, she thought.
"I'm great. Apart from the fact that I haven't seen you or Olivia in almost two months. I miss you."
"We miss you too." He could only see her face so she put one hand on her stomach under the table. Please, please this can't be happening, she screamed in her head.
"You sure you're okay?" He asked, because judging by the expression on her face, she wasn't.
"I told you I'm fine. I'm just going to go lay down for a while." She said, trying to smile.
"Okay then… Take care of yourself. I'll be there as soon as possible I promise." He said.
"I will. Bye."
"Bye."
With that his face disappeared from the computer screen. She took a deep breath, her hand still resting on her belly. It just couldn't be. She could slap herself for being so irresponsible. But it was just stress. Yes, just stress.
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