I Run To You

Wake Up Call

Owen wakes up the next morning at around five-thirty. He couldn't sleep anymore, he knew this was going to be difficult for Chris to do, as it was for him when he had to talk about what happened in Iraq. He looked over at Cristina, she was still sleeping so peacefully, he was debating on checking her pulse. He smiles, as she stirs awake. She looks at him and smiles, "good morning, did you sleep okay?" She asked figuring since he was up so early he didn't. "Good morning" he says giving her a kiss, "....I slept okay," "what time do we have to take Chris down to his appointment" "around ten" he answers her question. She gets up to go get a shower, but before leaving the bed kisses his cheek, he lays back down, until he heard Cristina, then he got up and started getting dressed. He was nervous on how this was going to go, would it help Chris or just make his PTSD worse, he kept questioning himself.

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Cristina could see Owen was having trouble, she goes up and hugs him, and try stand there holding each other for a bit, "this will help Chris, it won't hurt him, it helped you." She says with a shy smile. "What if it makes him worse and he has more episodes?" She gives him a serious look, "that's not going to happen" "you sure" she gives him an iffy look, he smiles a little bit, "you could be a little more reassuring" she smiles back at him and says in a jokingly stern voice "that's not going to happen" he just chuckles and gives her a kiss. He was still getting ready so Cristina goes to help Chris get ready, he was already up and dressed when she walked in. He looked upset though, Cristina went over and sat next to him, "what's the matter Chris?" She asks him "I'm worried, I haven't talked about the incident since it happened, and honestly I'm scared to, but I don't want to hurt anyone, like I already hurt my dad" he says getting a little emotional "I feel like a monster" as Cristina was listening to him she started to feel bad, "you are not a monster Chris, you do know your father had the same problem from being in Iraq, right?" "He mentioned it a couple times but he never went into detail about it." "It's kind of my story too, so I will tell you," he almost is on the edge of his seat, "so your father had some serious, complications, dealing with what happened over in Iraq, his platoon got ambushed, and nineteen out of twenty died. Your father was the only one to survive, when he came back to Seattle, he wasn't the same, he had night terrors like you, but he went to Dr.Wyatt and she helped him so much," she puts her hand on his shoulder "Chris if you go you won't have these night terrors anymore, and just so you know, your dad doesn't blame you for last night, he wants to help you," Chris smiles a little bit and hugs Cristina, she wasn't sure of it at first but then gave him a small hug back. Owen walks by the room seeing them hug, he gets a big smile on his face. He knocks on the frame of the door, "you guys ready?" He asked "yeah," Chris says getting up "and dad" he walks up to Owen, and hugs him "thank you, for everything you do for me" Owen smiles and hugs Chris back, "Chris you're my son, I will do anything for you," Chris smiles and runs downstairs. Cristina smiles and walks over to Owen, he smiles and hugs her too, "just so you know I will do anything for you too" she smiles and kisses his cheek, then they both head downstairs.

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They were driving to the appointment Owen and Cristina dropped him off and went to the hospital to get Cristina her job position back. Chris walked in, he was nervous, but then he thought about his dad, and Cristina helping him so much. He remembered his dad warning him that Cristina may not like him, being that she didn't want kids, but at this point he didn't see that, she seemed like she cared for him. He gets lost in his thoughts while he is waiting, and is snapped out of it by his name getting called, "Christopher Hunt?" He stands up, "that's me" "hi I'm Dr.Wyatt" she says holding out her hand to shake his, he shakes her hand. They go back to her office, and she sits down, "so what are you here today for Christopher?" "You can call me Chris, and I'm here...." He has trouble admitting it, "because, I have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, from the car crash I was in with my real parents," Dr.Wyatt nods her head, "do you want to tell me about it or do you just want to learn to separate your feelings?" He clears his throat unsure how to answer, "I think it would best for me to jump right into telling you." "Okay, just start whenever you are ready" he starts to get antsy and he puts his hand on his face and strokes the stubble he has, "I was fourteen, my mom and dad had planned a family dinner at our favorite place to eat....