Both of them were out of breath but utterly satisfied, and Keira was stress free for the moment. She was still lying on top of him naked with his arms around her. Weirdly intimate for a hookup but with everything going on she didn't really mind.
A little guilt plagued her. Having sex in a linen closet with a complete stranger while your ex roamed the hospital looking for you probably flirted with the definition of slutty behavior. Did she care? Maybe not at the moment. She tended to do things that verged on self destructive when her personal life was frenzied.
"Sorry." He gasped trying to get his breath
"Sorry? For what?" She grinned up at him from his chest, "I haven't had that much fun in a long time. If anything I should be thanking you. So, thank you Dr. DeLuca."
He grinned at her when she separated them and got up to put her dress on, "You can call me Andrew. You know, seeing as we just…"
Keira smiles at his shyness even after what they just did. It was charming. She didn't usually go for soft spoken and charming. Hell, she usually didn't hook up with complete strangers. Maybe this could be the clean slate she needed. Even if Owen was here.
"Thanks Andrew." She grinned and winked before peeking outside, "Looks like the coast is clear. See you around."
Quickly rushing to the OR that her sister was in, free of bumping into or seeing Hunt, she sighed in relief and slipped into the gallery sitting next to a friendly grey haired man who smiled in return, "Uh Dr. Williams. That's my sister."
They shook hands, "Dr. Weber. I know who you are. The legendary burn unit surgeon of Arizona Presbyterian." He smiled, "You're kind of a legend."
"Me?" She laughed, "A legend in a hospital full of legends. There's you, Dr. Grey, Dr. Sloan, The Shepherds, Dr. Yang, Avery. This hospital breeds legends."
Dr. Webber nodded proudly, "I guess it does."
"Uh… Do you happen to have a status update? She doing okay?"
"They're um just closing her up. Everything went smoothly."
"Great." She sighed heavily sitting next to him, "Good." Biting her lip and knowing that her sister was going to be fine she could finally deal with the betrayal her two very best friends have thrust upon her, "Where is Dr. Riggs? Do you know?"
"Uh the last I seen of him he and Dr. Hunt were in the attendings lounge. Hunt pulled him out of here which is why im sitting in."
"Thanks." Keira smiled and made a mental note to stay put until her sister was done
An hour or so later Noah was moved into post op care where Keira followed. Everything went smoothly with the installation of the LVAD. They just had to wait until she woke up. Riggs and Meagan were both in the room Keira shut the door and glared at the two traitor.
"How could you lie to me?" Keira asked the two of them as she turned and stared at her sister, still completely out from the surgery, "How could you do that? Why would you do that?"
"Keira-"
Her head snapped up and pierced Meagan with a glare, "No you don't get to make best friend excuses, Meagan. Not with this." She hung her head for a minute, "Like seriously? I get he's your brother but you should know better than to trick me into situations like this. Just because it's been x amount of years doesn't mean i want to re-open all of this crap."
"We didn't tell you because you wouldn't have come." She carried on anyway, "You've got bad history with my brother. I get it. And I also get that you want the best care for Noah. That's Maggie Pierce, and she works here. With my brother. That's why Riggs and I took a few weeks off."
"You took the weeks off for what?" Keira scoffed, "To play cupid?"
"No, to support you." Riggs added, "To be here for you and for Noah. Look, we get you don't want to be around him. We get you've moved on with your life or whatever but you asked for my professional opinion and Maggie was who I gave. Not because hunts here but because she's the best. You just need to stop looking at it as what's best for you. Look at it for what's best for Noah."
Well he isn't wrong.
Keira's hands tightened around the end of her sisters bed when she seen all their eyes shift to the doorway. Her entire body stiffened. She knew he was behind her. She knew he was staring her down. But she refused to turn around and look at him, refused to acknowledge his presence.
Hey, after all, she did just hook up with a stranger to try and forget about him, right?
"Keira…" the relief and adoration in his voice pained her to the depth of her soul, "I- I can't believe it's actually you. I cant believe your here."
She was gripping the foot of the bed so tightly her knuckles were turning white. She heard shifting in the room and the door close and knew Riggs and Meagan left.
Traitors.
She felt his hand come around her arm and twist her around so they were face to face. She was too weak to stop him. To yell at him or to scream. To weak to resist him after all these years. She looked up into those icy blue eyes and every feeling she ever had for this man rushed back to her.
This isn't how she expected to feel being face to face. This isn't how she wanted to feel. She wanted to hate him. But how do you hate the love of your life? Even after he crushed you in the worst way possible. Even after you hook up with his colleague in spite.
His hand came up to her cheek and his thumb wiped away tears she had no idea were falling. The amount of intensity in his eyes was shocking. Before she could run he leaned down and caught her lips hungrily. The passion radiating from his kiss was so intense she thought she'd burst. She hadn't experienced this in such a long time every inch of her body was on fire. Her hands slid up his chest as one of his tangled in her hair and the other down the small of her back. She wanted to feel his skin on hers again. His hands roam her body. She wanted him inside of her. She just wanted him and that fear was enough to give her the power to push him off.
Before she realized what she was doing her hand swung back and whipped him across the face. She seen his jaw tighten, obviously not expecting such a violent response, and he backed up givin her space.
"Where the hell do you get off, coming in here and pulling that crap?" Keira has to brace herself over the wave of sobbing her body wanted to go into, she wouldn't allow him to bring out that kind of reaction again, pushing past him she ran straight for the door
But he caught her arm before she could escape, "Keira, just let me talk to you."
Jerking her arm back she sent an intense glare, "No! I don't want to hear what you have to say. I don't want to hear you say sorry or explain why you broke my heart. I don't want to hear it. And you know what? It doesn't matter anymore. I'm not here for you. I'm here for her." She pointed to a still snoozing Noah, "So she can get the care she deserves. I didn't come here for you, Owen." She seen the effect her words were having on him, like little slices to his heart, but all she wanted was to make him feel how she did and to get him the hell away from her, "Im seeing someone anyway, so you need to leave. Now."
Okay, maybe the last part was a lie but what else could she do?! She knew him and he wouldn't leave short of an A-Bomb going off in the lobby.
It worked anyway and he brushed past her and out the door. When he was gone she collapsed into a chair and started sobbing into her hands. Remembering the day he destroyed their relationship.
Flashback: Iraq
It was her last day stationed with Owens platoon and she was packing her bags to get ready to leave. He had been distant with her the last few days, which she thought was due to the fact that she hadn't given him an answer to his proposal yet. He wanted them both to break up with the partners and start a life together. Originally they had both been scheduled to be discharged around the same time.
When she heard someone come into the tent she turned and smiled at Owen, "Hey."
"Hi." He cleared his throat and avoided her gaze, "Keira, i think we should talk before you leave."
"Actually, we should." She put her clothes down and turned to him smiling, "I broke it off with Eric last night."
His eyes pierced hers, "You what?"
"I broke up with him, like what we talked about?" She nodded and sat down, he still stood in front of her, "You're right. It's totally different between me and you than it ever was with me and Eric. He doesn't get it, how being here can change someone. I never in a million years thought i would fall in love with someone else while i was here though. Let alone an engaged man, but its crazy how things work out, right?" She eyed him a bit closer this time, noting that he wouldn't look her in the eyes, something felt off, "Have you talked to Beth?"
"Did you tell him why you were breaking up with him?" This time he looked into her eyes but Keira didn't see anything there, just a blank stare, her blood ran cold, "Did you tell him about us?"
"No," she looked at him confused and got up from the bed, "I figured me having to break up over skype was bad enough. Owen, what's going on?" He looked down again, "You haven't talked to Beth have you?" Realization hit her cold and hard in the face, "You didn't come in here to talk about us being together… you came in here to end it didn't you?"
"We should'nt kid ourselves, Keira." He shook his head at her, "We- we helped each other through this place, but that doesn't overshadow the people we have waiting for us at home."
"What are you saying?" Tears were blurring her vision, "I've told you things i never even spoke to Eric about and you've told me things Beth has no idea about. You told me you loved me more than anyone." Her breathing was speeding up and she couldn't really get her bearings, "Owen, you said-"
"We're using each other as a crutch to get through war, Keira." He barked at her angrily, "That's not love. You just need to go and- and call him when you get to base. Tell him you made a mistake breaking up." He came over to her and placed a hand on her cheek, "It's what's best for us. For you, Keira." Leaning down he kissed her one last time on the lips, to which she didn't reciprocate, turned and left
