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I Still Get Jealous

Chapter 3, Please be Careful

Owen was over the moon.

For weeks he'd struggled with his separation from Amelia and for the first time in what felt a while he had hope. Pulling back the covers of their bed he tucked himself in and looked over to the empty left side where Amelia used to sleep. They hadn't been married long before she left him but he'd still become used to her being there, so much so he'd spent most of his nights without her sleeping on the couch. He missed everything about her being there, her laugh, her childish pout when she didn't get what she wanted, the way she'd stay up for hours talking his ear off, or how she'd roll in towards the middle of the bed in her sleep to be closer to him. As little as these things were they'd become part of his sense of normality, and to have it ripped away felt strange and unfamiliar. But now there was a chance that he might get that back, he wasn't going to lose her this time.

His thoughts were interrupted by his phone. Reaching out for it he could see it was Meg calling to facetime him. "Hey stranger".

"Hey yourself" she smiled, "I haven't heard from you in a few days how's everything going?"

"Yeah it's been busy" he told her, reaching his right hand and scratching his forehead.

"Owen what happened to your hand?" Megan gasped, noticing the scars.

"Ahhh" Owen paused, "well that's a long story".

"Come on Eeyore, what are you hiding?"

He did't really want to tell her but he also knew what she was like, if he didn't just explain he'd never hear the end of it. "Well, Amelia and I decided we should both move on and see other people" Meg looked at him with a puzzled look, not entirely sure where he was going with this, "and I started seeing someone and then she started seeing someone" her eyebrows raised slightly "…and well I might have gotten jealous and punched this guy she was with" he rambled.

"Owen!"

"I know, I know"

"How did Amelia react?" she figured Amelia wouldn't have been to impressed at Owen going all caveman. She just hoped that Owen was letting himself move on rather than staying wrapped up in his ex-wife.

"Well the guy was hassling her so she wasn't too upset" he explained.

"And this girl you started seeing?" She asked, feeling slightly sorry for who ever this girl was that somehow managed to get herself involved with a only just separated man.

"That's over"

"Because of Amelia?"

"Yeah, well the whole thing made me realise a few things, I'm not ready to give up yet, I thought I was, but I'm not".

"Owen it takes time after a separation to move on, but you have to let yourself, by the sounds of it Amelia has".

"I've done divorce where it was really over and it just needed time to heal, and this is different Meg, I really believe we have a future together. Amelia feels the same way. Can you please just trust me on this one?" he begged.

"Ok, but please just be careful and don't sacrifice on what you want"

"I won't" he promised, "there was a part of our marriage where we really did both want the same things, I really think that's something we can have again" he sighed, "so I'm taking things slow, this Saturday I'm taking her on a date and we're going to get to know each other again. We're not just jumping in like we did after her surgery".

"Well if that is the case then I'm happy for you" she smiled, he seemed rational about everything, unlike the previous times they'd spoken about Owen's marriage.

"Good" he smiled, "Oh and we're not telling people yet so keep that to yourself"

"Mom!" a voice could be heard in the background.

"Sure. Anyway Owen, I've got to go, I promised the little man I'd read him a story before bed".

"Alright, say hi from me"

"will do. bye".

—

"Amelia?" Meredith called out from the drivers seat "Did you hear what I said?" Amelia was in the back seat on their way to work, smile plastered on her face and totally off with the fairies.

"Sorry what did you say?"

"You totally zoned out on us there for a second. What are you smiling about?" Meredith figured it had something to do with Owen, since last night Amelia went from being totally removed to happy and secretive, it was a little unusual for her.

"Oh nothing" Amelia palmed it off "I'm allowed to be happy right?"

"No Mere's right somethings different" Maggie pointed out from the front passengers seat.

"This wouldn't have something to do with Owen's visit last night would it?" Meredith asked.

"Owen visited last night?" Maggie asked, leaning back towards Amelia. "Where was I?"

"You were asleep" Meredith explained.

"So" Maggie added, "what happened?"

"Nothing happened" Amelia sighed, "he just wanted to apologise for punching Tom".

"Speaking of which, you still haven't told us how Koracik was" Meredith pointed out.

"Yeah there's a reason for that" Amelia shot back.

"Why was he that bad?" Maggie asked, trying to get information. She hated when people didn't tell her things.

"No! It's just none of your business".

"Since when has that stopped us" she laughed. "come on Amelia, spill"

"Fine" she admitted in defeat, if she wanted them to drop the Owen thing maybe spilling some details on Koracik would help. "It was amazing... Hot... I nearly passed out" she started. "Sleeping with Koracik was kind of like a right of passage at John Hopkins, he was like a god, well, still is".

"Wow who would have thought all that arrogance would lead to a good roll in the sack?" Meredith laughed along with Maggie while Amelia rolled her eyes.

—

"I'm just going to get more IV bags before the next influx" Owen called out to April who was finishing up her charts.

"Yeah ok, theres a few ambulances about 15 minutes away, we'll need to stock up on everything" she nodded before he walked off to the supply closet. Once he got there he walked in to find Amelia there grabbing more items.

"Hey you" he smiled closing the door behind himself. He'd been hoping to have a moment with her all day but things had been crazy in the ER and there weren't too many opportunities where there weren't prying eyes around.

Amelia turned her head and reciprocated his wide grin, with such a crazy day and her sisters constantly sticking their noses in her business it was good to hear his voice. "Hey"

"So I was thinking for this Saturday, what time will everyone be out of the house?" He asked, taking the few steps towards her and placing his hands on her hips.

"You know you can just sneak up to my room, it's not like we haven't done it before" she winked, doing her best to stir him up. She knew he wanted to take things slow but that didn't mean she couldn't have some fun with him.

"No, I mean" he smirked, reaching up to tuck a stray bit of hair behind her ear. "I'm taking you out on a date, I was thinking I would pick you up from home and open the car door for you and all that fancy stuff".

"Right" she said, bitting her bottom lip and twisting it a little, it always amazed her how Owen had this effect on her, she could feel herself melting like a love sick teenager. His face was in close proximity to hers. All she wanted to do right now was kiss him and lock the door. "Well, Maggie has a brunch thing with Richard and Meredith has to work so they should all be gone by 9".

"Ok, 9 it is" he agreed.

"So where are we going then?" Amelia asked tilting her head in curiosity.

"You'll find out when we get there" he told her, watching her face change slightly at his response, he knew she didn't like surprises but he wanted this to be special.

"But how am I meant to know what to wear then?" She wasn't letting this go that easily.

"Anything in your wardrobe will be fine. Nothing too fancy".

"Mmm ok then" she nodded realising she wasn't going to get anything out of him. She had to admit, it was kind of sweet that he was going to such an effort. She could feel his finger tips running along her cheek bones, which made her stomach flip. His eye's never once left hers as they stood there, neither of them saying a word. It was almost like the crazy world on the other side of that supply closet door didn't exist. He could see Amelia's eyes darting back and forth between his eyes and his mouth. He knew he only had a few seconds to decide if he wanted to stop her. It wasn't that he didn't want her to kiss him. Oh boy did he want her to kiss him. But he knew in his plans he'd wanted to play things out right this time, he was going to take her on a first date, and maybe if the right moment came about he would kiss her then. But in reality he wanted to do so many things to her right now, things that involved locking the door that wasn't far behind him.

Sensing her face growing closer it took all his will power to stop her. Gently he raised on finger and placed it on her lips. "Amelia, I really want to kiss you right now, but I want to do this right ok?"

Amelia sighed, pouting her lips slightly "ok".

"And… I'm going to go before I change my mind" he told her turning around and reaching for the door. Before leaving he looked back at her and took in the sight of her, eyes full of desire, "I'll pick you up on Saturday morning".

Once he'd left Amelia let out a sigh of frustration, leaning herself up agains the shelves. After few moments she pulled herself together and headed out the door, on a mission to find something to take her mind off Owen.

"Where are the IV bags?" Kepner asked as Owen re entered the ER.

"UUUUmmmmm" Owen stuttered, looking back over his shoulder. He'd gotten so wrapped up in Amelia he'd forgotten what he was even there for. "There wasn't any down there, I'm going to get some from another floor" he lied heading out the other door.