Happy New Year 2016 to all my loyal readers and followers out there! Thank you so much for all your support- I love you all!

I initially wanted to write a oneshot of Owen and Amelia celebrating New Year's Eve in a rented apartment or in his trailer- but then I saw a post on Tumblr with our favourite surgeons counting down in the OR, and that gave me this our favourite couple will be celebrating New Year's Eve at work instead. Enjoy!

Happy New Year

Being oncall on New Year's Eve sucks. Every doctor, every surgeon would attest to that. However, Amelia Shepherd would disagree with that. She loved being on call on New Year's Eve. She loved the adrenaline rush she got from being paged to review the numerous head trauma cases that would come in- be it from vehicle accidents or bar brawls. Of course, she would never wish for anyone to get hurt, but she basked in the idea of saving lives on a New Year's Eve while others were out partying. She personally thought that celebrating New Year's Eve was a lame idea, as for her, New Year's was just another ordinary day. Might as well do something useful on New Year's Eve, like saving lives and cutting brains open, instead of partying and drinking all night.

Last year, she was also oncall on New Year's Eve, as she couldn't bear the thought of being alone in the dream house. By busying herself with her job in the hospital, she avoided letting loneliness and melancholy visit her once again, as it always did during the long nights she spent alone in Derek's deserted house. By being in the hospital, she also avoided caving into the temptation of having a drink or two.

Amelia strided down to the ER, holding her pager which had just beeped signalling 911 from Owen. Her mind raced excitedly at the thought of another trauma case to attend to, another subdural haematoma for her to evacuate. She had already diagnosed and operated on 5 subdural haematomas tonight alone, all as a result of road accidents due to drunken driving.

Amelia smiled as she entered the ER and spotted Owen immediately. It was nearly impossible to miss her guy , who stood out as the only redhead standing in the middle of the beds, barking orders.

He saw her entering the ER and returned the smile, ever so glad to see his girl, even if it was just for a consult. What he didn't tell her was that he swapped his shift with April just so that he could be on call together with her tonight.

' What is the case?' she asked winking at him. They both tried very hard to keep their relationship professional at work, and have been doing a rather good job of that so far.

' 22 year old male, hit by a drunk driver who drove past the red light. GCS is 11/15. Vomitting and having nose bleed too. 'Owen cut straight to the point as Amelia took out her torchlight from her pocket to examine the patient's pupils.

' Are the family members here?' she asked.

'I believe they're on their way here' Owen answered.

After a few minutes, Amelia emerged from behind the curtain.

' His pupils are unequal and he has black rings around his eyes. I would like to order a brain CT to rule out subdural haematoma.' she told Owen.

10 minutes later, both Owen and Amelia were in a scan room, as the patient was being prepared for the CT brain.

' Do you have any new year plans?' Owen asked suddenly.

' Nope- just work and work and cutting into more brains' Amelia answered, only half jokingly. She really didn't have anything planned out for the coming year. ' Oh, maybe a vacation to LA . I haven't seen the LA gang for so long.'

'You're so boring' Owen teased.

' So are you' Amelia retorted back.

' What are your New Year resolutions?' Amelia asked suddenly.

' Well, first of all, I want to move out of the trailer.' he said. ' I want to find a brand new comfortable place for us to live in'

'Us?' That word didn't go unnoticed by Amelia.

' Yes, us. You're practically my housemate now, so of course you'll have to move in with me when I get the right house.' Owen answered with a twinkle in his eyes, laughing as he watched her facial expression which was one of pleasant surprise.

' What are yours?' Owen asked.

' My new years resolution is to spend every single waking day with you by my side' Amelia said, looking at Owen with a twinkle in her eyes as well.

Just then, the images of the patient's CT brain appeared on the computer screen.

' A subdural haematoma. Lets book an OR now!' Amelia was ready to burst into action again.

Half an hour later, both of them were in OR4, with Amelia's hands buried deep in the patient's brain, and Owen holding the retractors for her ( as there were not enough interns that night, Owen took over the job).

' Suction please' Amelia instructed the scrub nurse as more blood oozed out of the patient's brain. The patient's vitals were still stable, she thanked God for that.

' Diathermy' she instructed the scrub nurse again.

She smiled to herself behind her mask as the bleeding now stopped.

Suddenly, the entire OR became silent, more silent than usual. There was a huge air of suspense and quiet anticipation in the OR.

Then the anesthetiologist started the countdown...

'10...9...8...'

Now, the entire OR had joined him in countdown as Amelia and Owen's eyes met. Blue met darker blue. Their eyes locked for what seemed like eternity, but in reality was just a a few seconds.

' 7...6...5...'

All the blood clots had been evacuated from the patient's brain, now all that's left is to stitch up.

...3...2...1...

'HAPPY NEW YEAR!'

The entire OR erupted in applause as Owen and Amelia leaned forward as close to each other as the sterile field would allow, and let both their masks touch.

This was already shaping up to be the best year yet as far as both of them are concerned.

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