"Mom, where are we going?" the little girl asked as she put on her coat.
"I thought we could go get some hot coco with someone I used to work with. Then we can go anywhere you want after that! How does that sound?"
"I don't know, daddy said that I can't go riding till I get better."
"I know baby! But we do something else if you'd like."
"When's daddy coming back?"
"Tomorrow night! Where did your grandmother go?"
"She went shopping!"
"That means we have all day." Cristina said mockingly making the little girl giggle.
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"Mom I don't need more shots right?" the little girl asked as they entered the hospital.
'No baby, Mom's friend is a doctor. He's chief of surgery."
"That's awesome!" the small child exclaimed.
When they reached his office his secretary informed them that Burke was called into emergency surgery. "Oh okay!" she said, "Do you know if he'll be done soon?"
"He has less then an hour left. Would you like to leave a message?"
"Sure. Just tell him that Cristina stopped by an…"
"Dr. Cristina Yang? The little old lady exclaimed.
"Yes."
"Oh, Dr. Burke asked if you could wait for him in the gallery. He seemed pretty excited about you coming."
"Umm okay I guess we can wait for a while. Can you point me in the direction of the gallery?"
"Of course Dr. Yang." She led them to the gallery where Burke was finishing up his valve replacement.
"Mom your name isn't Yang anymore."
"I know but that was my name when I worked with Dr. Burke. Do you want to stay and watch a valve replacement?"
"Sure I like those."
"Which one is Dr. Burke?" the little girl asked.
"He was my boss when I was an intern." Cristina said as she pointed him out.
He let one of his residents finish up and went to meet them in the lobby.
Hey…Thanks for waiting!" Burke exclaimed as he approached them wearing street clothes.
"Hi" Cristina said standing. "Burke I'd like to meet my daughter Melanie. Mel this is Dr. Burke"
The small child stood on the chair and extended her hand to Burke. "Very nice to meet you Dr Burke."
Burke shook her hand in amazement she was a very smart little girl. "Nice to meet you too. But you know you look like a princess and princess get to call me Preston."
"My daddy calls me a princess but he says I gotta call adults by their last names."
"See I was right you are a princess. You know we can be friends and you call your friends by their first name right? The small child still looked unsure. "Why don't we ask your mama?"
"Yeah baby you can call him Preston." She turned to Burke. "We should probably get going."
"I was thinking since I made you guys wait. I'd take you to a late lunch." Burke said facing Cristina.
"You don't have to do that." Cristina answered. Burke knew Cristina well enough to know she'd resist so he turned to the small child who probably had a better chance at changing her mind.
"What do you think princess? Some lunch and afterwards anything you want for dessert, how does that sound?"
The curly head little girl's big brown eyes went from Burke to her mother. "Fine we can go." Cristina answered. Ignoring the fact that he used her daughter to get her to do what he wanted
Burke smiled. "You know that look she gave, that's your look." Burke said in a low voice as they walked out of the hospital. He let out a laugh when she rolled her eyes.
He had missed her and he was glad that she was back in his life. He couldn't wait to get to know more about this amazing little girl who was just like her mother.
A/N: Had trouble getting this chapter out but I hope you like it. Read and Review!