"So we are still up for tonight, right?" Owen asked nervously.
"Yes, unless you want to cancel which is totally fine" Amelia said with a disappointed look on her face, she moved her eyes from Owen and looked at the sink.
"No I defiantly don't want to cancel" he said immediately, he looked at the OR in front of him. The situation between them after Webber's wedding was confusing. They decided to go on a date and give it a try. Since that they couldn't find a free night for both of them. Any time Amelia was free Owen was working and any time Owen was free Amelia was working. Their schedules were reversed.
They finally found a night. Owen wasn't working and Amelia was on call so she couldn't go far away from the hospital.
Owen was waiting for her in front of the hospital.
"Hey, finally this is happening" he told her, he kissed her cheek softly.
"Don't celebrate yet, most likely something or someone will interrupt us" she said laughing.
"You are really optimist" he noticed sarcastically.
"I am an optimist, with experience" she joked.
They went in side the bar. Owen felt weird to bring Amelia here, he wasn't sure it is fair to her, she could see the concern over his face.
"Owen I told you this is fine" she reassured him again, they sat next to a corner table as she added "it's not my first time in a bar without drinking. You can order a bear or something it is completely ok".
"If I drink now I couldn't kiss you in the end of the night" he said with a smile on his face.
"And we defiantly don't want this to happen" she agreed.
They ordered their meals, Amelia was trying to tell Owen about her many sisters and their children.
"So Kathleen is the oldest then Derek, Nancy and Lizzie and then me" she said.
"They are all married with kids?" Owen asked.
"Yes, since their early 20th. Kate is married to Billy, he is my favorite except Addison of course" Amelia saw Owen's amused look "What?"
"It is wired, you know because she cheated on your brother with his best friend and still you are so close to her" he said.
"It was just Mark, the sisters decided it is forgivable because everyone slept with him" Amelia was interrupted by the waitress who brought their meals and Owen didn't ask the question he was so interested at, did Amelia slept with Sloan too?
As he was thinking about it the door opened and a group of noisy Doctor came in. Owen and Amelia looked at them, Meredith, Alex, Callie and Cristina. Amelia recognized her as Owen's ex after a second. She looked at him to see his reaction. "Do you want to leave? Or maybe that I will leave, you can go say hi to her" Amelia suddenly felt uncomfortable and insecure.
"Amelia I was waiting for this evening for a very long time, I am not giving up about it so easily" Owen didn't want to exclude anything so he added "I will speak to her later".
"Ok" somehow he mange to calm her.
"So how many little shepherds are there?" he asked with a smile when Amelia took a bite of her hamburger.
She chewed and then said "Kate and Nancy each have five. Kate has four girls and a boy, Nancy has two girls and three boys and Lizzie has three girls and a boy"
"Do you remember all their names?" Owen asked with a smirk on his face.
"Do you have pen and paper for me to write them down?" she asked.
The conversation between was flowed, they enjoyed their time. They barely heard their co workers who were drinking in the other side of the hospital. Meredith and Alex had to leave because of a penitent so only Callie and Cristina were left,
Cristina was drinking shots of tequila and Callie wad drinking beer. "Who is the woman sitting next to Owen?" Cristina asked "I maybe have something wrong with my eyes so I don't see her very well".
"Everything is fine with your eyes, you are just drunk" Callie laughed "this is Amelia shepherded, Derek's sister"
"Mini shepherd, why Owen is eating with mini shepherded?" before Callie could say anything Cristina already stood up and started walking towards Owen and Amelia.
"Hey" Cristina announced loudly. They both looked confusedly at her.
"Hey" Owen said "what are you doing here?"
"Conference in Portland so I will stay for only few days but this is not important, what I want to ask is why are you with baby shepherded?" Cristina grabbed a chair and sat next to the table, Callie joined her with a guilty face, she said sorry with her lips and no words to Amelia and Owen " I asked Meredith to look after you and she left you all alone and friendless" Cristina added.
"Umm Christina" Owen tried to say but she cut him in the middle.
"You look unhappy" she said "you should be happy".
"I am happy, Christina" Owen assured her and he was happy, until his date was crushed by his ex wife. He was happy to see her, but… not right now.
"Damm" Callie said as she heard the beep of her phone alerts the arrival of a text message "Sophia has a fever, I have to go. Come on Christina I will take you to Meredith's place".
"No I will take a cab, I still want to chat with Owen" Christina said.
Callie gave them an apologizing look and left without looking back at what she only can imagine will turn into a disaster.
"Owen I missed you, did you missed me?" Christina asked drunkenly.
"You are drunk" Owen said and in the same time Amelia said sarcastically "ohh you can't even imagine how much I missed you".
"Even though I missed you we both have different life, we should get you laid tonight maybe baby shepherded can help" Christina's offer made both Owen and Amelia to choke.
"What?" the asked together.
"We will find you a nice lady and you will get laid and it will un-unhappy you" Christina explained.
Amelia stood up.
"Where are you going?" Christina asked.
"I am" Amelia phone beeped and she added, her voice stable this time "I am on call, patient needs me, have fun getting laid".
Owen watched Amelia leaving the bar "Christina I am taking you home now".
After a little bit of struggle he drove to Meredith's house, he got Christina in and she fell asleep on the coach, after that he put a bottle of water next to her he left.
He drove to the trailer. In the shower he couldn't stop thinking about Amelia and how sad he was about their failure of a date. He got out of the shower and dressed when he heard the knock. For a moment he forgot Amelia was working and thought it was her.
He opened the door and saw Christina.
"Hey" she said and walked in.
"What now?" he asked, feeling tired suddenly.
"I thought about it, I didn't get you laid in the end so maybe we could make other arrangements" she said and sat on his bed with a smile.
"I don't think it will work for us" Owen said.
"Why?" she asked surprised.
"Because of this woman… I think I am in love with her" he said and sat next to her.
"Do I now her?" she asked and Owen looked at her and she finally understood, probably because the alcohol began to fade in her system "baby shepherd?"
"Amelia, yes" he confirmed her speculation.
"Wow I didn't except it"
"Me neither" he said with a smile "it took me by surprise".
When he looked at Christina she was already sleeping. Owen took his coat and keys and got out of the trailer
Wow that was a difficult one to write but a very fun one, I am mentally exhausted. I really wanted to show that Owen didn't lose any kind of feeling for Christina and this was very hard for the little Omelia shipper devil on my shoulder who was whispering 'no Crowen, they are the past. He should ignore her. Only Amelia forever'. So I hope I managed ignoring him. I tried to show how different this relationship is from the one he had with Emma. Cause they are ENDGAME! Hope you liked it :)
P.s I am thinking about a second part where I will write Amelia and Owen's conversation about what happened, maybe a fight? Or purpose it will be a chapter in "fighting for her". Let me know what you think.