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Two weeks had passed since the day Cristina told Owen she was planning on coming back. In this two weeks the lives of both of them had turned back to normal. It wasn't like before, but it was better than before.
They did have good lives before Cristina step back into Grey Sloan, but they both felt something was missing. There was a hole that neither knew how to fill. Owen had his good job and his precious daughter. Cristina had her two Harper Avery Awards and her son. And still something felt missing.
But, now, they didn't feel that hole anymore, at least not as obviously as before. Because something had changed. Because at least about once a three days there would be a phone call, or a Skype call. They, Cristina and Owen, would talk to each other. About this and that, their jobs, their days, their kids, they would talk. And there were no awkward moments. Even if there were some long silences, they were comfortable. They, Cristina and Owen, were comfortable with each other so much that it seemed like there never were 5 years of separation.
And if Crissa was awake while Owen was talking to Cristina, she would definitely want to talk to her too. Crissa would tell Cristina about the adventures she'd had in the hospital and Cristina would tell her about things that she thought would be interesting for her.
Owen, in the other hand, had bonded with Evan. Evan liked the blonde man so much. He couldn't communicate much with him in English, but by only giving Owen one of his sweet smile he would show him that he liked him a lot.
Life was back to normal for all the four of them and definitely, much better.
It was a cool August night and Cristina was enjoying her French coffee in her apartment's balcony, while watching the Eifel Tower. She, honestly, didn't regret coming to France, at all. For maybe the first few months, she kept missing Seattle. She kept missing the rain and the nights and Joe's and the streets and the Space Needle's view and… everything. She wouldn't let herself miss the people, though. Whenever her thoughts would fly to a blonde man or a blond woman, she would go to her balcony and would appreciate the view she had of the Eifel Tower and would keep reminding herself that she was going to have a perfect life in Seattle. She would keep telling herself she was better off with the blonde man and woman.
She didn't regret coming to France. Her life was perfect and luxurious and she was prosperous. And everything turned even better when Evan entered her life, despite the fact that she always thought a baby would stop her from having a good life.
She enjoyed the view of the Eifel Tower for 5 years and she didn't regret it at all, but now, she kind of felt like it was enough. She'd enjoyed everything enough and she felt like Paris had given her its all. She was ready to start a new life, back in the U.S. And as she explained for Owen, it was important for her that Evan start school in the U.S.
So far she had received a few job offers in Boston, New York and Los Angeles. She had thought a lot about them and she was going to accept one of them. She was not sure if she had to pick Boston's world class hospital, Mas Gen, or go to the coolest city ever, New York, or if she had to go back to Los Angeles and enjoy the sunny weather. She had had enough of California back when she was a child. So Los Angeles was out of the game for now. New Y-… She looked up as he phone started ringing and stopped her thoughts. An unfamiliar number, but she knew it was Seattle's code. She shrugged and picked it up. "You're speaking to Cristina Yang."
"Dr. Yang," she heard the other person say. "Uh… Dr. Bailey?" she asked, frowning. Why would she call her?
"Yes, it's me," she replied. "So how's everything?"
Cristina leaned back against her chair and shrugged, even though Bailey couldn't see it. "Uh, good. How's everything with you and the hospital?"
"I'm good too. And so is the hospital, except…" she paused.
"Except?" Cristina inquired.
"Except that it's lacking its head of Cardio."
"Oh…" Cristina frowned. "What's happened to Dr. Russell?"
Bailey sighed. "Well he's going to Florida for a change, with his Family and he turned in his resignation like three weeks ago."
"Oh… so what are you going to do?"
Bailey chuckled. "Do you really think I'd call you only to know how're you doing and tell you that Russell's gone?"
Cristina shrugged again. "Well I don't know. Maybe you just missed your old intern?"
"Huh! As if you ever did miss your old mentor?"
Cristina sighed. "Of course, I did," she said and then shook her head. "Just… So why'd you call?"
"And you still don't know? To offer you the damn position!"
"Oh!" Cristina said as she sat up. "Uh, you really want to…"
"Well we all would be happy to have you back," Bailey said. "I've heard Mas Gen had offered you too. What've you been offered? Can I top that? Because well it's not so easy to get a two time Harper Avery winner to work for you, you know."
"No, the money is not important."
"Isn't it?" Bailey said in a rather sarcastic tone.
"I've made so much money so far that it can last for the end of our lives."
"Our?"
"Um…" She frowned slightly. "Well you know what? I'll think it through and will let you know if I'll accept the offer."
"Alright," Bailey said. "But our?"
"I… um… will tell you later, okay?"
"Alright," Bailey said in a confused tone. "Goodbye then."
"Bye."
"Jo?" Alex called out for his girlfriend. "Yeah?" he heard her reply. "Someone's ringing the bell. Could you get it? I'm in the middle of something," he replied back as he poured the coffee beans into the coffee machine and started it. "Okay," Jo replied and walked down the stairs of the frat house.
She opened the door only to see Dr. Cristina Yang at the door with three suitcases standing behind her, and hand in hand with a little blonde boy. Her eyes went wide. "Uh… Dr. Yang?"
"Dr. Wilson," she acknowledged. "Where's Alex?"
"Um, he's in the kitchen. Should I call him?"
"Yep!"
"Alright," she nodded. "You wanna come in?"
"Yep!" Cristina said again and then walked inside with Evan. Once Evan was inside, she let go of his hand and went to bring her suitcases.
"Yang?" Alex said as he walked out of the kitchen.
"Uncle Alex!" Evan exclaimed and ran towards him. Alex hugged him, laughing. "Oh how're you big boy?" he asked ruffling his hair. Then, he looked up at the boy's mother and frowned. "What the h-… are you doing here?"
Cristina shrugged. "Bailey offered me a job offer a week ago and I… took it." She said and watched as Alex's eyes went wide.
"You're gonna stay here and work? Like forever?" he asked, shocked
Cristina smiled. "I know you're so happy, no need to hide it."
Alex shrugged. "Well… I am shocked before that."
Cristina smiled again. "Could you give me a room until I find a place for us?"
"Sure," he said as his shocked expression turned softer. "How about your old room?"
"Just perfect!"
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