Chapter 16

"Hey Cristina!"

Cristina turned her head slightly up from her patient's folder, seeing Henry's annoyingly cheery expression, then went back to the patient's chart. How can someone be this cheery so early in the morning? She wondered.

"Hey Cristina," Henry stopped right beside her, making Cristina groan under her breathe.

"Yes, Dr Kim?"

"I'm here to tell you that...I'm leaving today, back to Washington."

Cristina looked up in surprise, wondering if her friend was pulling her leg.

"Leaving? You kidding? Didn't you want to stay at Seattle for longer than 3 months?"

'Yes, but something um...came up."

Cristina frowned a little, wondering if her friend was alright.

"Came..up? Your mum's still mourning over your father?"

"No no, mum's fine...and dad's not dead yet..."

"Oh right...so what's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing drastic really. One of my patients...well Burke's patient is in critical condition and they need Burke to operate."

"But they only need Burke, you don't have to-"

"Burke said I should go back with him!" Henry suddenly snapped, which was really unnatural and rare of him. There a was slight pause, thankfully saved by Cristina's soft smirk. "Woah,did Henry Weny just snap at me?" she held her hands up in feigned defence. "I was starting to worry that you no longer possess any emotions of anger or irritation where you treat the whole world around you like a freakin' Disney movie."

"Cristina-"

"Hey Mickey, don't worry, if you need to go back I'm not stopping you. Lets just say since your arrival I had a very interesting yet disturbing experience for the past few days, and I'll be glad that life around here will return to normal once you leave."

"With Burke."

"Especially with Burke." she murmured, concentrating back to her patient's files.

"Soo...are you going to see me out this afternoon?" Henry leaned down to Cristina's eye-level, giving her the sweet, charming look that most girls would swoon over. Well, most girls other than Cristina, who remains unmoved and continued filling out her files.

"Yea yea Snow White, I'll also make sure your skirt doesn't fly up when the wind comes so that everyone would see your lady bits."

"Charming to the last," he gave a big smile and hit her lightly on the head with a folder he just took from the counter.

"See ya later, Grumpy."