Thank you guys for your comments and follows. One of the reasons I didn't indicate who was speaking in that previous chapter is because I am really rubbish at coming up with different ways of saying he/she said and I think I sound boring so I do apologise if this next chapter is a bit repetitive with he said/she said. I think I need to buy myself a thesaurus!
Cristina locked eyes with the man from across the bar. He seemed to be heading her way with the blonde following close behind him. A look of confusion fluttered across his face as he eyed Cristina.
"Arizona, Owen" Callie called.
Cristina watched the man hug Callie and the perky blonde following him, and giving Callie what can only be described as a hug which you only give to your significant other. Cristina's heart accelerated once again when she realized the perky blonde was in face Arizona Callie's girlfriend.
"Guys this is Cristina, Cristina this is Owen and this is my Arizona, Cristina is a fellow surgeon on vacation from Seattle" Callie introduced.
"Oh hi Cristina it is super to meet you, so glad you could come out for a drink with us. What is your specialty?" Arizona gushed.
"Thank you, nice to meet you too, thank you for letting me hang out with you guys. I'm a cardio surgeon." Cristina replied.
"Oh that's awesome" Arizona said.
Whilst Arizona and Cristina were engaged in small talk Owen felt as though his legs were about to give way. Who was this woman with the raven black curls and beautiful brown eyes who was causing his body to react in this way? He couldn't take his eyes off her; he thought she was the most beautiful woman he had ever set eyes on. Cristina could feel eyes on the back of her neck she shifted in her chair to the left to meet blue eyes gazing at her. The feeling was instant, she felt as though she had been punched in the gut, and then someone had decided to set of thousands of fireworks in her belly. She knew she had to get to know this guy.
"Hey guys where's Teddy is she not joining us?" Callie asked breaking the moment.
"No there was someone with a bullet in their chest, I had managed to get them stable and then transferred them onto her, by the looks of things she is going to be there all night." Owen replied speaking for the first time. Cristina wasn't expecting Owen to be Scottish. He had a thick accent and his voice was very deep and rugged. She thought she could spend hours listening to him talk. Their eyes met each other's once more.
"Damn…I've not cut for two days and I am already missing it, god knows how I am going to manage a whole month." Cristina said.
"Speaking like a true surgeon" Arizona replied.
"I don't know what I am going to with myself; I have never gone this long without seeing any blood." Cristina said.
"Have you got any plans whilst you are here Cristina?" Owen asked.
Cristina loved the way Owen said her name.
"No I don't, no plans at all. I didn't do any research before I got here so I don't even know what London has to offer apart from the queen." Cristina replied.
"What made you come here if you didn't know what it had to offer" Owen asked.
"Erm.. I sort of just hopped on a plane here, I didn't exactly plan it. I was just having some problems at home and needed to clear my head" Cristina said.
"What sort of problems" Arizona pried.
"Ari leave it" Callie whispered whilst giving Arizona 'the look'.
"Oh its fine Callie, well I found my fiancé making out with somebody else at my best friend's wedding."
Owen at this point was just enjoying a taste of his beer, choked when Cristina replied. He couldn't help but wonder what this woman must be going through. She must be hurting pretty bad right now and he really wanted to make her feel better.
"I'm sorry to hear that Cristina, whoever he is he must be clinically insane to do that to you" Owen said.
"Well I don't know about that, things hadn't been right with us for a while so I guess it was expected." She said.
"It doesn't matter how bad things get you should still be faithful" Owen said.
"I guess so, thanks Owen" Cristina said giving Owen a small smile.
"No problem Cristina"
Meanwhile Callie and Arizona were watching how these two were looking at each other. They both looked at each other and knew what the other was thinking, which was that they needed to fix these two up together. Callie could feel the tension coming from Cristina and Owen and knew Arizona could feel it too. Arizona gave Callie her big smile, it was time to start the match making.
"Hey guys, Callie and I are going to go; I'm up at five for work in the morning. Owen would you mind walking Cristina back to her hotel, she's staying next to O'Neill's." Arizona asked.
"Oh no it's fine honestly its only 5 minutes up the road, I will be ok" Cristina interrupted.
"Cristina its fine, I really don't mind. These streets are not safe at night. I would be very happy to walk you back to your hotel" Owen added quickly.
"Oh…err..Ok if you are sure" She added trying not to sound too happy about it but inside Cristina was dancing. She was going to spend some time with this man on her own. It may only be five minutes but at that second she was happy to settle for anything.
"Right now that's settle can we please leave, I need to get my girlfriend to bed" Callie said smirking.
They all said their goodbyes, arranging to meet up again for drinks the night after next, as tomorrow (Monday) the doctors were working the late shift. Cristina and Owen began walking down the road.
"So Cristina, have you got any plans for tomorrow?" Owen asked.
"Well no not really however I do really need to get myself some new clothes, I only brought enough for a couple of days so I need practically a full wardrobe of clothes if I am going to be here for a month. So I guess I will spend tomorrow shopping. I think I am overdue some retail therapy." Cristina answered.
"Yes you definitely need to go and treat yourself. What are your plans for Tuesday?" Owen questioned.
"I have nothing planned for Tuesday, I will probably spend the day crying over all the money I spent the day before but then again I might not, it might only hit me once I see my bank statement." Cristina said smiling at her joke.
Owen smiled back at her, he could watch her smiling all day, he thought she looked radiant.
"Well I was wondering whether you would like me to show you around London. I have been a tourist here before and I know how intimidating it can seem to someone new, especially the underground. And I can show you all my favourite places, show you all the sights and we can even do all the touristy things as well if you want like the London Eye, visit Big Ben and St Paul's Cathedral."
"Owen, that is really nice of you to offer. Yes I would love to. It would be nice to have some company whilst I'm trying to figure out my way around this city."
As they arrived at the hotel, they both wished the walk to have been longer.
"Well that's settled then. Would you like me to meet you here say around 9am on Tuesday" Owen asked.
"Yes that's fine, do you want to grab some breakfast here before we set off for the day. I've heard the hotel does an amazing English breakfast, which I haven't tried before. "
"Yes I would really like that, you can't beat a good old English fry up" Owen added.
"Good, I will see you then"
"Good night Cristina"
"Good night Owen"
They stood smiling at each other for a few seconds unsure of whether to hug or shake hands. Cristina just nodded and turned away. She thought about how the next thirty six hours couldn't come quick enough. She really needed to get herself a nice outfit for her day with Owen. Not that it was a date or anything like that; he was just being a nice guy. He probably was just doing out of sympathy after being betrayed by her Fiancé and jumping on a plane to a foreign country, one where she had no friends. She pushed these negative thoughts out of her mind. Whilst falling asleep that night she thought to herself god bless Callie Torres for introducing her to this man.
Hope I didn't disappoint anyone by not making it into a Cristina/Owen/Teddy triangle I hated it when they did it in the show so I really didn't want to write about it.
Does anyone know of any London land marks they would like Owen and Cristina to visit specifically?