Pt. 7

"Are you okay?" Burke asked, "You look a little pale" he continued looking at her with concern.

"I'm fine, just a little lightheaded," she said as she walked past him.

"Go back to be, Addison put you on bed rest for a reason." He said as he led her back to the bedroom.

"I was thirsty," she said as she tried to move away form him trying to make it through the door again.

"No I'll get it, lay down" Burke came back with a glass of water a minute later, sitting at the edge of the bed he hands her the water. "I'll be home by six, there is lunch in the fridge and I'll bring home dinner." He sighed before he said the next part "Please stay here I don't want to find you at the hospital again."

"There is nothing for me to do here," she answered

"I found some new surgical tapes those should keep you busy for today." Leaning down to kiss her forehead. "I have to go now, Take care of our baby."

Two hours later she sat in the gallery watching Derek Shepard begin a craniotomy with George O'Malley.

"Burke is going to be pissed off if he catches you here" Alex, who was sitting next to her, said.

"What do you care?" she answered before grabbing some of his chips. "Because an angry Preston Burke means no intern in his path is happy."

"Let me guess you're on his service?" she replied dryly.

"No, but his has a transplant surgery at noon that I want to get in on and I wont be able to if he's pissed off." Alex answered crumpling his bag of chips.

"Stop crying, Burke doesn't know I'm here and he won't find out." She let out just before she grabbed her stomach and grimaced in pain.

"What's wrong?" Alex asked looking at her strangely.

"Nothing the baby just kicked." She answered dismissively. When the pain stopped she stood and walked out of the gallery hoping to find Meredith. She faintly heard Alex yell at her about making sure Burke didn't see her. After finding out Meredith was in surgery with Bailey she decided to take a nap before watching Slone in surgery. She woke up an hour later to a sharp pain in her stomach. Something was wrong, once the pain subsided she walked out of the on call room towards the nurses station to find alex reading through a patients chart.

"Where's Meredith?" she asked in a rush. "How should I know I'm not here babysitter." He said before closing the chart and walking away form her.

"Wait! Do you know where Addison is" she asked before he go too far.

"Why do you want to know where Addison is?" he asked looking at her strangely. He understood looking for Meredith they had become best friends but Addison was a different story.

"In case you haven't noticed I'm pregnant and Addison usually deals with things like that," she answered "Now where is she" she asked again.

"Is something wrong you're looking kind of pale." He asked walking towards her. He reached out to touch her face but before his hand got there she swatted him away. Digging her nails into his arm, "I think I'm in labor," she squeaked out as she felt another pain this one shaper then the first. "Get me Addison" she let out.

"Okay" he answered walking her to a wheelchair trying to pry her nails from his flesh. "What about Burke" he asked turning her into a room.

"Addison first, she has the drugs" Cristina let out as she felt another pain.

Addison rushed in five minutes later to find Cristina in a gown walking out of the bathroom. "My water just broke and my contractions are five minutes apart." She said as she lay back in the bed.

Burke gently pushed the hair from her sweaty forehead. "I should be mad at you," he said letting out a sigh.

"Excuse me, did I just not have your child," she said tiredly. "You should have been in bed resting not roaming the hospital." He replied. He'd been calling their apartment for an hour trying to check on her, when she didn't answer he told himself she was in bed resting but deep down he knew better. Then Alex pulled him out of a patient's room to tell him Cristina was in labor.

He was glad that her and the baby were okay that's all that mattered to him. But lying next to her watching their son sleeping in her arms he couldn't help but think that something could have gone terribly wrong.

"I'm glad I was here instead of home by myself" she said softly "It was good that I was with Alex instead of at home by myself." Turning to look at him she adds with a smile "and that's saying a lot."

He lets out a low laugh, she was right as long as her and their baby was safe that was all that mattered to him. "What should we name him?" he asked in a low whisper careful not to wake the tiny sleeping form.

"Xavier Eugene Burke" she says. He smiles, she would never cease to amaze him. Kissing the top of her forehead he mummers "It's perfect."

"We should call our parents," he adds.

"Do you remember what happened the last time we did that? Not going to happen again," she replies. "How about we send them a postcard."

"Cris"

"Not today, I need to rest"

"Okay" he replied softy watching her drift off into sleep with their child in their arms. When he was sure that she was a sleep he summed up the courage to whisper "I love you," He was so very happy everything that he had ever wanted in life was right there in his arms.

A/N: Hopefully an Epilogue to come soon.