Ch. 2: What do you mean it's over?

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"MEREDITH GET THE DOOR!!!"

"YOU GET IT!!! I'M TRYING TO SLEEP!"

"NO YOU'RE NOT…OH FINE I'LL GET IT!"

Izzy crawled out of bed and stumbled down the stairs. It was midnight and she wanted her sleep since she was going to have a double shift tomorrow.
"Do you have any idea what time it is-Christina?"

"H-Hey Izzy, is Meredith here?"

"Uh, ya sure hold on a sec. MER IT'S FOR YOU! Uh, make your self-comfortable Christina,"
Izzy gestured her into the living room, still obviously confused.

"Izzy do you have any idea what time it-What the hell is she doing here?" demanded George coming down the stairs.

Christina didn't take any notice of him as she sat down on the couch. Soon Meredith stumbled down the stairs being closely followed by Derek.

"Izzy you are aware that as doctors we need our sleep so we can save people right?" muttered Derek.

"Well tell that to Christina," snapped Izzy.

"Christina?"

Izzy pointed towards the figure on the couch. Meredith gave Izzy a quizzical look, but all she did was shrug. Meredith made her way across the foyer and sat down next to Christina.

"Well if any of you don't mind, I'm going back to bed," declared George annoyed. No one took notice of him so he climbed up the stairs and slammed his door shut. At the sound of the door slamming, Christina burst into tears. This surprised everyone, especially Derek.

"I-I'll make some coffee" he offered as he made his way to the kitchen. Meredith watched him go and turned back to Christina.
"Oh Christina, what happened?" she cooed.

Christina just shook her head and collapsed in her pile of tears. Meredith put her arms around her friend and held her. Christina shifted into Meredith's arms and just laid there crying. She didn't care what everyone thought of her. She didn't care that they were shocked that Christina Yang was crying in their living room. All she wanted was someone to hold her. She wanted Burke, but he didn't want her. She screwed up and now she would have to live with herself, which at that moment she couldn't. Christina felt the gentle touch of Meredith doing small circles on her back just like Burke did. The thought of Burke just made her cry harder. She heard Derek come back into the room and set the coffee down on the table but she didn't want coffee, she wanted to be home, in her bed sleeping next to the man she loved.

"Christina….what…what happened?" Meredith whispered.

Christina sat up and looked Meredith in the eye. She saw compassion and devotion. She looked into Meredith's blue grey eyes and saw Burke's touch in them. She couldn't stand to look at those eyes. Christina turned away and let the last of the tears fall.
"Chris…you're going to have to tell us…sooner or later. You can't go on like this. T-Talking about it always makes you feel better," attempted Izzy.

"WHAT? Talking about how Burke left me will make me feel better? Talking about how I screwed up our relationship by trying to convince myself that I could make his hand better? Talk about how the man I love just slammed the door in my face? Talk about how Bailey keeps treating my life crap and George too? Sorry Izzy, but there is not way I'm talking about ANYTHING!"

Christina collapsed again in Meredith's arms, crying even harder. Meredith looked up at, and saw each of them wearing the same expression as the next; shock. The only other time they've seen her like this was when Burke left her when she lost the baby. But this was different. This time she didn't lose a baby. This time she ruined the relationship herself, but none of them wanted to admit it. Suddenly Derek grabbed his coat and walked out. Hearing the door shut made Meredith jump. She knew he was going to one of two places. Either to the ferryboats to beat himself up about not seeing this coming or to knock some sense into Burke. Either way scared Meredith. She didn't want Derek to hurt himself and she didn't want him to cause anymore trouble. Staring at the door, Meredith could feel Christina fall apart. She didn't know what to do. Her best friend who was more competitive than anyone, who never showed fear or worry was now crying into her lap. Meredith didn't know what to do except stare at the door and hope that the sky would stop falling on everyone's lives.

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"PRESTON BURKE IF YOU DON'T OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW, I'LL FORCE IT OPEN!"

Derek stood at the door of Burke's apartment. He didn't know what he was doing here, but he couldn't stand to see Meredith's best friend and one of the best interns fall apart on his girl friend's couch. He couldn't handle it. Suddenly the apartment door opened

"Shepherd do you have any idea what time it is?"
"Do you have any idea where Christina is?"

This question astonished Burke.

"N-no and I don't care,"

Derek rolled his eyes as he stepped past Burke and into the apartment.

"Fine, just c'mon in. Can I make you any coffee while I'm at it?" questioned Burke sarcastically.

Derek turned towards Burke and gave him a look.

"How can you say that you don't care about her? You love her!"

"You mean I used to love her. I-"

"PRESTON LISTEN TO YOUR SELF! How can you say that you don't love her when she's over at Meredith's house crying her eyes out? How can you say that you don't care about her when she carried YOU'R baby for a month! Preston you care and you love her just as much as I care and love Meredith!"
Burke stood in the doorway staring at Derek.

"You know what Shepherd this is why I didn't stay friends with you. You have no idea what my life is like. You have no idea what I'm going through. YOU weren't shot and watched your girl friend walk away. YOU weren't forced to stay home and do suture after suture ON A CHICKEN! YOU weren't forced to come back to do surgery after surgery with your girlfriend who was actually doing the surgery for you. YOU weren't given the job as Chief and have it snatched away because YOUR girl friend finally cracked. YOU'RE not shunned from every hospital because word was already gotten around how you made up stories about your surgeries. So no Derek YOU'RE wrong. You have NO idea what I'm going through. YOU cleared me for surgery, which made Christina, think that I was ready. So as far as I'm concerned this is YOUR fault. So if you don't mind…LEAVE!"

Burke pushed Derek out of the room and into the hallway where he slammed the door in his face. Derek stood there looking at the door. He finally understood why Burke was the way he was. He was an independent bastard that if things didn't go right, he would collapse. Derek took one last look at the door and walked down the hall, planning never to speak another word to Burke again, unless he fixes things…and fast.

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