He had been avoiding the section of the hospital he knew she'd be at. After a while his nerves had got the better of him and he decided that it wasn't a good idea for them to see each other again. She had a family and he wasn't going to ruin that for her.
Pushing his doubts away he went to the supply closet and grabbed an extra pillow and blanket and headed towards to the room number that he saw in the patient's chart when he accidentally bumped into the nurse. He turned to the hallway where the room was and there she was standing just outside of the room making a phone call.
'Hi" he said nervously, they hadn't spoken to each other since he left her nine years ago.
"Hi" she said tiredly. "Umm you work here?" she asked not knowing what else to say.
"Yeah, I'm chief of surgery…. Is your daughter okay?"
"Yeah she's going to be fine, they're just want to keep her overnight to make sure." She said turning to look at the closed door where her daughter was sleeping soundly.
"That's good, I'm glad she's okay." He paused before he continued not knowing whether she'd want to hear the part he wanted to say. "She's beautiful just like her mother."
When the air filled with awkward silence he handed her the pillow and blanket. "I brought this for you. I figured you'd be spending the night so I thought it might make you more comfortable."
Before she got a chance to respond, a man came in between them. "Hey where is she? Is she okay?"
"She's fine. She just broke her arm but she's fine."
"Where is she?" breathing a sigh of relief he asked again.
"She's in there sleeping." Cristina said pointing to the room behind her. The man concerned for the little girl pushed passed Cristina and went into the room.
"I better go" Cristina said turning back to Burke. "Thanks for the extra pillow and blanket"
He watched her walk back into the room and through the small mirror of the door he saw the man wrap his arms tightly around the love of his life.
Before he left the hospital to an empty apartment he passed by the hospital room where she was. Cristina was lying in the bed next to her daughter and the man was watching them sleep. Somebody else loved her now.
He had lost her.
A/N: this one may not be happily ever after.