She woke up alone in bed, and frowned. Where was he...? and when had she begun to miss him in the morning? She was not the clingy girlfriend that needed her BF there 24/7… but she missed him waking her up with a kiss.

She discarded the feeling with contempt, and headed for the shower. It was really late, but she had still over two hours until the beginning of her shift, which was good, because sleeping in had made her well; and so had Owen during the last weeks with his assurance that he would support her decision of leaving. Somehow she had not realized until then that leaving Owen was the worst thing about leaving Seattle. Knowing that she did not have to choose between him and heart surgery had made her stronger. With him at her side, she could search for a cardio-god to teach her without haste. She could relax and enjoy life, because for the first time ever, she felt she could have everything. She could not help smiling on her way to the shower.

And then she saw him. He was sitting at the kitchen table… looking gorgeous, with his hair wet from the shower, wearing just an olive green t-shirt and his boxers, sipping at a cup of coffee, and with the newspaper displayed in front of him.

She leaned against the door, and left the domestic image slip in. She had not felt that well in a long time. She could not even give it a name. Happiness? Might be. She could not even remember the last time she had been happy. Well, she loved the rush of holding hearts in her hand. But holding his was actually much better, and made her happier.

Moving silently she approached him and bent to hug him from behind. She hugged his broad shoulders while placing a playful kiss on the side of his neck. She could not help laughing when the tickle made him shrug, and turn around to make her sit on his lap.

"Good morning Dr. Hunt" she said, kissing him playfully "was thinking you had already deserted me" she teased while caressing his cheek.

"Good morning Dr. Yang! I will be leaving in 10 minutes, so, I must hurry… you still have a couple of hours before your shift, so, have breakfast and relax. Today is going to be an interesting day, I promise" He said with a smile and a kiss. Unable to keep his hands off her.

"Why? What do you know? I can go earlier with you!" She asked, a bit anxious, kissing him again. "If the morning is slow we can find an on-call room to…"

"No!" he interrupted her laughing and kissing her back at the same time "It's a surprise. You are staying, and having breakfast. Have gotten you muffins, and your thermos is full of fresh coffee. I don't want you fainting in my ER like that big MercyWester"

"Mmmm" she pouted "I do not like surprises" but at the same time she got up with him, and followed him to the bedroom to see him get dressed.

A couple of minutes and some kisses later, he had left with a "Take care now" and she was sipping her coffee, wondering about his surprise with a smile.

****

She was in the cafeteria, sharing a table with Callie, discussing Callie's patient, when she saw him getting his lunch tray and talking to the blonde attending at his side.

"Who the hell is that? And what is she doing smiling at Owen?" She said, half interrupting Callie's tale, and nearly chocking on her sandwich "Why does he laugh at her comment?!" Callie followed Cristina's sight and couldn't help laughing at Cristina's expression. It was too rich to see impassive Cristina jealous.

"Cristina, you are jealous!" she teased, making Cristina glare at her and miss Owen from sight. "Of course I am not! I don't do jealous!" she complained. And then she saw them again, Owen guiding "Blondie" to their table, while Callie, was trying to keep a straight face.

"Hi! Yang, Torres, can we join?" He asked guiding the blonde woman to the first chair available, without waiting for an answer "Teddy, this is Dr. Cristina Yang, the resident I've told you about, she has been complaining about missing a Cardio attending to teach her for some time. And this is Dr. Calliope Torres, our most recent orthopedic attending. Dr. Yang, Dr. Torres, this is Dr. Theodora Miller, visiting us from Houston."

"You are Teddy Miller? The famous Teddy Miller??" Cristina asked with admiration in her voice. "Well, I do not know if famous, but I guess there are not many Teddy Millers around. Nice to meet you Dr. Yang" she answered amused.

"Oh my god! It's such a pleasure to meet you! I'm a big fan! I think I have seen hundreds of videos of your sugeries…" Cristina was definitely not speechless when she got exited, Owen thought smiling at her happiness. Nothing could make him happier than seeing her happy. And she really wouldn't stop describing Teddy's surgeries. It was too funny… even Callie was trying to keep a straight face.

Teddy could not suppress a smile at the emotion sounding in the young's doctor voice. She had once been young and excited about new surgeries. The girl really seemed to know her work, it was really flattering.

As she was enjoying the recognition, she saw Owen's face… and something suddenly froze inside her. She just wasn't listening to the brunette anymore. The adoration look in his face had just been a blow to her gut. He just wouldn't notice anything except the younger surgeon. She had been so happy, when Owen had called to tell her about an opening at his hospital. That he had thought of her when he had known that they were looking for a head of Cardio... Of course, he had not been anything but friendly, but… well; she had really hoped he had also missed HER. Actually, that had been the main reason for her exploration visit. She had really wanted to see him again.

She looked back at the younger woman. She was just oblivious of him, still talking about her surgeries, with shiny eyes... and she knew why she was there. Great! She was about to teach the woman he loved. How unfair could life be? Well, maybe she was not interested in him… she had nearly not looked at him once. Maybe she had rejected him, or he was trying to win her. She might have a chance there…she tried to convince herself. And before she could even continue wondering, all the pagers went off, "multiple trauma arriving", and they all went on emergency mode, jumping from their chairs, and heading quickly to the exit.

Cristina was happily rushing to the exit, wishing that one of the traumas would be heart related to scrub-in with Dr. Miller, and get to hold a heart in her hands, when she suddenly stopped on her tracks.

With the excitement of knowing that the blonde woman was Teddy Miller she had completely forgotten that only minutes ago she had been about to rip her apart with her bare hands. She had been smiling at Owen…he had even put a hand in her back, and he had called her "Teddy"… Did they know each other?... Was she hitting on Owen? Was he liking it?.. Oh, no, she realized; was SHE the surprise Owen had mentioned earlier?... She took a deep breath and tried to keep the calm. She remembered that she should be running to the ER, and she reminded herself, that she needed to be professional so, she continued, but most of the joy had disappeared. She would need to talk to Owen, but it should be later, now they had lives to save.