Chapter 1: A Surprising Phone Call
Time setting: It’s been 6 months since the season 3 finale when Burke left Christina at the alter. And about 3 months after 4.11 took place!
Dr. Preston Burke sat in his office at Boston General gazing at the ceiling. It has been 6 months today. 6 months since he had left Christina on their wedding day. Even to this day, he couldn’t understand if he did the right thing または not. After leaving Christina on their wedding day, または もっと見る like the non-wedding dad, he had handed his resignation letter to Richard (who wasn’t very happy with his decision) and transferred as Head of Cardiothrastic surgery at Boston General. No one except for the Chief knew where he was, not even his parents.
Preston sighed loudly and rubbed his hands over his tired face. It was 10 p.m at night, but he couldn’t find the strength to get up and go to his apartment…His lonely apartment. It was nights like this he wished he had a friend, a close confidant who he could discuss his problems with so that he didn’t have to carry this heavy burden of guilt and regret on his chest. Even though he has been in Boston for six months, he hasn’t found any new フレンズ または even acquaintances. Not that people didn’t want to be his friend, after all he was Preston Burke, but because he didn’t let anyone get to close to him.
Burke missed Seattle. He missed the chief, he missed Derek, George, hell he even missed the interns. But most of all, he missed her-Christina Yang. She was the only woman who had his heart, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t bring himself to 移動する on. Thinking about her was too painful, so he decided not to think about her at all. However, this plan backfired soon, because she had taken up a permanent spot in his brain and his heart, and was just not going away.
He was jolted away from self-pity from the shrill sound of his cell phone ringing. Sighing again, he reached over for his cell-phone. Looking at the caller-id he was very surprised to see Richard’s name blinking on the screen. He wondered why Richard Webber, chief of surgery at Seattle Grace would be calling him at 10 p.m at night. Deciding to take the call, he flipped open the phone and answered:
“Hello, Preston Burke speaking.”
“Preston, this is Richard from Seattle Grace,” Richard replied from the other end.
“Yea, I saw your name on the caller-id. To be honest, I am very surprised to be hearing from you.”
“Well, we need your assistance here at Seattle Grace. We have a very interesting and intense case arrive here this morning,” Richard answered, getting right to the point.
“Well, I would 愛 to be of assistance to you, but why do あなた need me?” Preston wondered out loud, confused at why the chief was asking for his assistance while SGH had Erica Hahn on their team now. Continuing he said: “I mean, if it has something to do with cardio, I am pretty sure Dr. Hahn is もっと見る than capable to handle it herself. I heard she is the new Head of cardio.”
“Yes, she is, but this is a high magnitude case and we need もっと見る than one skilled cardio surgeon to operate. I am pretty sure あなた will agree with me once あなた hear about the case. あなた see, today morning 2 conjoined twins arrived at the hospital. The twins are conjoined in a very complicated way. They are conjoined from the chest, and not only that, their X-rays 表示する that the twins are conjoined in a way that the right ventricles of their hearts are very close to each other. However, there is a chance that the twins can be separated. This will require a massive surgery and we need もっと見る than one skilled cardio surgeon to pull it off. After a meeting with Dr. Hahn and the Board, we have decided that it will be in our best interest to have three cardio surgeons for the surgery. One of them obviously is Dr. Hahn, and the other two are あなた and Dr. Jason Kurt from Chicago Memorial.” Richard finished.
“Hmm…that does sound like a great case, but I don’t know if the chief here will let me off…..”
“I talked to the chief of BMH and he has agreed to let あなた off for a week starting tomorrow for the case.”
“O, well in that case…I will take あなた offer Richard. Just tell me when I have to leave.”
“You leave tomorrow afternoon, and will be staying here for about a week, because further tests will have to be taken before the surgery can be performed, and that might take a couple of days.” Richard explained.
“Alright then Richard, I guess I will be seeing あなた tomorrow.”
“That’s great. I will send a hospital’s driver to pick あなた up from the airport and then I will meet あなた in my office. And Preston, I am glad あなた took me up on my offer. Have a nice trip. Bye.” Richard answered, ending the call.
Burke slowly took the phone away from his ear, wondering if he had made the right decision in going back.
“O well there’s no turning back now. It’s just for a week anyways. What could go wrong in a week?” he questioned himself.
As he got ready to go back to his apartment and get ready for his trip tomorrow, he had no idea how wrong he was. A lot could go wrong in one week!
Time setting: It’s been 6 months since the season 3 finale when Burke left Christina at the alter. And about 3 months after 4.11 took place!
Dr. Preston Burke sat in his office at Boston General gazing at the ceiling. It has been 6 months today. 6 months since he had left Christina on their wedding day. Even to this day, he couldn’t understand if he did the right thing または not. After leaving Christina on their wedding day, または もっと見る like the non-wedding dad, he had handed his resignation letter to Richard (who wasn’t very happy with his decision) and transferred as Head of Cardiothrastic surgery at Boston General. No one except for the Chief knew where he was, not even his parents.
Preston sighed loudly and rubbed his hands over his tired face. It was 10 p.m at night, but he couldn’t find the strength to get up and go to his apartment…His lonely apartment. It was nights like this he wished he had a friend, a close confidant who he could discuss his problems with so that he didn’t have to carry this heavy burden of guilt and regret on his chest. Even though he has been in Boston for six months, he hasn’t found any new フレンズ または even acquaintances. Not that people didn’t want to be his friend, after all he was Preston Burke, but because he didn’t let anyone get to close to him.
Burke missed Seattle. He missed the chief, he missed Derek, George, hell he even missed the interns. But most of all, he missed her-Christina Yang. She was the only woman who had his heart, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t bring himself to 移動する on. Thinking about her was too painful, so he decided not to think about her at all. However, this plan backfired soon, because she had taken up a permanent spot in his brain and his heart, and was just not going away.
He was jolted away from self-pity from the shrill sound of his cell phone ringing. Sighing again, he reached over for his cell-phone. Looking at the caller-id he was very surprised to see Richard’s name blinking on the screen. He wondered why Richard Webber, chief of surgery at Seattle Grace would be calling him at 10 p.m at night. Deciding to take the call, he flipped open the phone and answered:
“Hello, Preston Burke speaking.”
“Preston, this is Richard from Seattle Grace,” Richard replied from the other end.
“Yea, I saw your name on the caller-id. To be honest, I am very surprised to be hearing from you.”
“Well, we need your assistance here at Seattle Grace. We have a very interesting and intense case arrive here this morning,” Richard answered, getting right to the point.
“Well, I would 愛 to be of assistance to you, but why do あなた need me?” Preston wondered out loud, confused at why the chief was asking for his assistance while SGH had Erica Hahn on their team now. Continuing he said: “I mean, if it has something to do with cardio, I am pretty sure Dr. Hahn is もっと見る than capable to handle it herself. I heard she is the new Head of cardio.”
“Yes, she is, but this is a high magnitude case and we need もっと見る than one skilled cardio surgeon to operate. I am pretty sure あなた will agree with me once あなた hear about the case. あなた see, today morning 2 conjoined twins arrived at the hospital. The twins are conjoined in a very complicated way. They are conjoined from the chest, and not only that, their X-rays 表示する that the twins are conjoined in a way that the right ventricles of their hearts are very close to each other. However, there is a chance that the twins can be separated. This will require a massive surgery and we need もっと見る than one skilled cardio surgeon to pull it off. After a meeting with Dr. Hahn and the Board, we have decided that it will be in our best interest to have three cardio surgeons for the surgery. One of them obviously is Dr. Hahn, and the other two are あなた and Dr. Jason Kurt from Chicago Memorial.” Richard finished.
“Hmm…that does sound like a great case, but I don’t know if the chief here will let me off…..”
“I talked to the chief of BMH and he has agreed to let あなた off for a week starting tomorrow for the case.”
“O, well in that case…I will take あなた offer Richard. Just tell me when I have to leave.”
“You leave tomorrow afternoon, and will be staying here for about a week, because further tests will have to be taken before the surgery can be performed, and that might take a couple of days.” Richard explained.
“Alright then Richard, I guess I will be seeing あなた tomorrow.”
“That’s great. I will send a hospital’s driver to pick あなた up from the airport and then I will meet あなた in my office. And Preston, I am glad あなた took me up on my offer. Have a nice trip. Bye.” Richard answered, ending the call.
Burke slowly took the phone away from his ear, wondering if he had made the right decision in going back.
“O well there’s no turning back now. It’s just for a week anyways. What could go wrong in a week?” he questioned himself.
As he got ready to go back to his apartment and get ready for his trip tomorrow, he had no idea how wrong he was. A lot could go wrong in one week!