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Cristina came out of the bathroom and walked to the bed. Wrapped in a fluffy robe and with wet hair, she collapsed on the bed. It had been an exhausting day, a very exhausting one. First that long flight from Paris to Seattle and worse than that… Seattle. Remembering all those old memories, confronting all those old friends had been seriously exhausting. All those cold behaviors… not that she'd expected any warmer ones; she'd made it clear that she wanted to forget her 10 years of life in Seattle which wasn't acceptable for them. But for her, pretending it never happened was easier, for remembering it just… hurt.

She rolled over and tossed some of her clothes away to make room for herself and then closed her eyes. She didn't even care that she was wetting the mattresses. The hotel keepers would change it next morning.

Her eyes were just getting warm when she heard the phone of the hotel room ring. Groaning she reached out for it and pushed the button. "Yes?" she asked in a sleepy tone and then yawned, wanting to show the person on the other line how exactly he was disturbing her. "Oh, I'm sorry Ms. Yang, for disturbing you. This is the reception desk and there's someone here who wants to meet you. Shall I send him up?"

Cristina suddenly sat up, the sleepiness fading away. Someone wanted to meet her, her first day back? Who could it be? "Uh… w-what's his name?" she asked, running her fingers through her damp hair.

"He says it's Karev," the reception desk clerk asked.

Cristina sighed, relieved. "Oh, ok, send him up. Oh, wait! Tell him to come up in 10 minutes."

"Alright, ma'am, he'll be up in 10 minutes," he said and hung up.

Cristina put the phone back on the stand and jumped to go throw on some clothes. She sat on the bed and started brushing her hair and just then the bell rang. She went and opened the door and found a beaming Alex standing behind it. "When I told you my room number I didn't mean you could come here tonight. I was sleeping," she said in an exasperated tone as she shifted aside to let him in.

"And you don't wanna hug your friend after 5 years?" he asked as he opened his arms, ready for a hug.

She made a face and went to sit on the couch. "I've seen enough of you through facetime," she said and patted the space besides her, and he went and sat on it.

"So how was your first day back?" he asked.

Sighing she leaned back on the couch. "They are kinda… mad, maybe… that I never asked about them or that I came here for a patient not… them."

"And who are they?"

"Callie and Meredith… they're the only ones I've seen so far, except Bailey though. She was nice to me… or maybe trying hard to stay professional."

Alex nodded. "You had your reasons anyways, to not ask about them ever" he said.

"Just you know them, though," she said, looking up at him. "I told you I never ask about them because this way it'll hurt less, but… I wanna ask one thing."

"Go on," he said, looking at her.

"Where's… he? I didn't see any sign of him. I would've if he was still in Grey Sloan, right? I checked the OR board, even and… no sign of him."

He sighed. "Don't worry, he's just on a family vacation, will be back next week."

Cristina just stared at him and nodded slightly. Family vacation.

There was a silence for a while as Cristina had fallen deep in her thoughts. "Hey," Alex said, nudging her. "You've had dinner yet?"

Cristina looked up at him and nodded.

He groaned. "Thought I'd get a good hotel dinner tonight."

She smirked. "Ok, we can go down, you eat and I watch."

"Deal!" he said jumping up. "Let's go, I'm starving."

Cristina just laughed and shook her head. "You've not changed."

"Nope… and I'm starving."

"Alright," she said getting up. She grabbed her coat and together they went to the restaurant to eat their dinner. Cristina was grateful to have Alex left. He was the only one who had been on her side before she left Seattle and he was the only one who never let her forget him. Even if she tried to forget her pain by forgetting Seattle, always having Alex there was heartwarming. At least she had someone she could talk to and tell her secrets too. Alex wasn't a reminder of Seattle for her. He was someone who would remind her that nobody should ever be alone and that everybody needs a person. Alex was her person, her twisted kind of person and actually one of her only two people.

Hope you like this (sorry but short) chapter! I decided at least Alex would be left for her.

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