Thanks to everyone. Enjoy this chapter, even though it's kinda stupid.
"Why don't you just talk to her if it's bothering you so much?" Owen suggested. He and Cristina were on their way back to their shared apartment. It had been a silent ride until Owen decided to speak.
"Who?" Cristina asked, distracted.
"Meredith. You miss your friend, I can tell. If you would just talk to her—"
"I don't want to talk to her! I have nothing to say to her until she apologizes, which she won't because she's too damn stubborn," Cristina interrupted angrily. Owen sighed.
"Maybe if you just—"
"No," Cristina said firmly. Owen backed down for a moment.
"What if I talk to Derek? I'm sure he can convince Meredith to come to her senses," Owen eventually said. Cristina was silent for a moment.
"I doubt it. Meredith listens to no one but Meredith," she argued.
"It's worth a shot, right?" Owen insisted. Now it was Cristina's turn to sigh.
"I guess," Cristina finally agreed. Owen grinned triumphantly and spent the rest of car ride in silence.
***
"Hey, Derek! Can I talk to you for a minute?" Owen called, spotting the dark-haired surgeon in the crowded hospital hallway.
"Sure," Derek said, turning around to find who was calling him. He followed Owen into an empty conference room, slightly confused. "What's up?"
"Uhm…I'm not quite sure how to go about saying this, but…our women are stubborn. Very, very stubborn. They won't talk to each other when they clearly need to. It's kind of ridiculous. I know Cristina misses Meredith but she won't talk to her, and I'm sure Meredith is the same way…"
"You want me to talk to Meredith?" Derek concluded. Owen nodded.
"I'm not sure if I can guarantee you anything, but I'll try my best. Meredith's been a bit of a pain since her fight with Cristina," Derek admitted.
"Thanks," Owen said, shaking Derek's hand.
"No problem. It's pathetic it's come to boyfriend intervention." Owen laughed.
***
Derek held out the phone, his other arm folded against his chest. Meredith pouted and slowly took the phone from him.
"I hate you," Meredith whined. Derek said nothing, just stared at her, waiting. Meredith sighed before dialing Cristina's number.
***
Cristina stared in shock at her cell phone. The name on the screen was not one that she had expected. She looked up at Owen.
"It worked?" she asked. Owen looked at the phone's screen, reading the name 'Meredith'.
"I guess so," he shrugged. "Answer it."
"Hello?" Cristina said almost suspiciously when she answered the phone.
"Hey…Look, I'm sorry for what I said the other day," Meredith said quickly and awkwardly. Cristina was quiet for a moment.
"It's okay…" Cristina replied quietly. She rubbed the back of her neck uncomfortably.
"So, uhm…how'd the house search go?" Meredith asked. Cristina smiled, glad they were back to normal.
"It went good. Really good, actually. We found a place," Cristina informed her.
"Really? That's great! When do I get to see it?" Meredith sounded genuinely excited.
"When you help us move in," Cristina teased, the grin on her face obvious in her voice. Both Owen and Derek smiled. Score, they both thought.
***
"Hey," Cristina greeted, coming to a halt next to Owen. He looked down at her anxious face.
"Hey," he responded. He waited for what she had to say.
"So, I've been thinking," she began. Owen noticed that her hand was placed on her bulging belly and knew that it had something to do with the baby inside of her. "Since we're going to be doing this whole thing together…well, it'd probably be easier if we lived together." She wasn't looking at him, but staring at the tiled floor like she was reading something on it.
"I've been thinking the same thing," Owen admitted. "I would have suggested it sooner, but I was afraid of how you would react."
"Okay…okay so…how do we do this exactly?" Cristina asked.
"Well…my place is really, really small. It was a temporary thing I got when I came back to Seattle."
"So…so you think you should move into my apartment for now? To sort of…she how it works…before we get a bigger place?"
"Uhm…yeah. Yeah, I guess that would work." The both stood there, not looking at each other for a while. Then Owen said, "I should go. Patients," he explained. He gave her a quick kiss before he left.
"Bye," Cristina whispered, smiling and looking up in time to watch him walk away.
Sorry all, but I needed to re-establish Cristina and Meredith's friendship. And the guy alliance was fun =)