Teddy and Owen walked down the beach hand in hand both carrying their shoes.
"Does this feel slightly wrong to you," Teddy asked.
"It's our honey moon," Owen said, "we're newlyweds."
"With three children," Teddy said, "that your mom and sister are staying with."
"Its only 3 nights," he argued, "they're loving time with my mom."
"It's not too much for her," Teddy asked.
"She's happy to," Owen promised, "Teddy it's a long weekend for us. Relax let's enjoy and I the beach."
"I like walking like this," Teddy said, "calm and quiet."
"I like having you to myself," Owen said.
"We haven't had this," Teddy said.
"Weekends just us really," Owen asked.
"Conferences the first time I worked in Seattle but not as a couple," Teddy said, "we haven't had time."
"We haven't," he agreed, "it's time we do this. Maybe once a year, our anniversary we take a few days just us."
"We can't ask your mom to do that," she argued.
"She would be happy to," he disagreed, "but tonight Mrs. Hunt?"
"Dinner and watch the sunset on the beach," Teddy suggested.
"We can," he agreed.
"I still can't believe we're doing this," Teddy said, "the first time a wedding has felt right."
"It feels right," Owen agreed, "you and I."
"It does," Teddy smiled, "I should have been brave enough years ago when I first came to Seattle to fight for you."
"We can't live in the past," Owen said, "we're newlyweds and together."
"Our honeymoon," Teddy said, "the first time I've done this. There's still firsts for us."
"Mine two," Owen said.
"You," Teddy said, "not with Amelia?"
"No," Owen said,"we never agreed on where to go."
"Our days on the Oregon coast," Teddy said.
"We chose together," he said, "we've traveled a bit of Europe. I want to do our mexico trip in the winter. You never did this?"
"Romantic trips no," Teddy said, "med school, then there was never time."
"Time," Owen said, "the problem with our careers."
"We have more of it now," Teddy said, "not running anything to just operate."
"It's nice to get out when we're done," Owen agreed.
"Having a good schedule," Teddy said, "home for bedtime and i've only had one late night call in."
"I've had a few," Owen said.
"Cardio vs trauma," Teddy said.
"It is," Owen said, "some days general looks really appealing."
"Why," Teddy asked, "you love trauma."
"Schedule," he replied, "more time with the kids and you. Predictability."
"Do you want to," she asked.
"I like trauma but it's more important to be with our family," he said.
"You're on days most of the time," she said, "you only have a couple weekend nights a month. We have our little things for nights you work."
"So do we," he said, "but I hate leaving you on the weekends."
"I understand," she said, "it's always been our life."
"It has," he agreed, "do we want it to be?"
"What would we do," she asked, "we like what we do in the OR and working with patients."
"I want to teach," he said, "I want to teach more and do less time in the pit. The university of washington emailed me."
"What did they want," she asked.
"To teach some truma classes in their medical school," he said.
"Do you want to," she asked.
"I do," he replied, "we already get their students at the hospital why not teach them."
"Is that why you want to go to general," she asked.
"If I do general my schedule is better to teach," he said, "I want to operate but I want to teach trauma start them right."
"Teach and still do trauma," she suggested, "bring them in with you."
"I hadn't thought of that," he said, "I can do general but I don't like it the way I do trauma."
"You pick up general when needed," she said.
"Your just doing cardio now," he said, "is that what you want?"
"It is," she said, 'heart's that aren't traumatized. Valve replacements and bypasses. Back to my roots."
"It's good then," he asked.
"It is," she smiled.
"Then maybe you keep doing that," he said, "and I'll work between trauma and the university. They wanted a one year commitment starting in January."
"Do it," she encouraged, "its a year."
"I'll meet with them when we get back and Bailey," Owen said.
"Tonight, you and me, sunset, wine, no kids," Teddy smirked.
"We're alone," he said, "totally alone. Not the kids are asleep, or in another room. They're not here."
"No kids," she agreed, "I love them but sometimes it's nice to just be us."
"We've never been just us," he said.
"We haven't," she said, 'this, Saturday night."
"I like not sharing you," he said.
"Not sharing is nice," she agreed, standing on her tip toes and kissing him.
Owen pulled her close and returned her kiss, he ran his hands down her back.
"You keep doing that," she mumbled.
"Should we just go back and have a sunset picnic tomorrow," he asked.
"We should," she agreed.
Megan sat on Teddy and Owen's back deck watching the kids play on the grass with Cassie and Faroke.
"You okay," Nathan asked sitting beside her.
"They're on their honey moon," Megan smiled.
"We're next," Nathan said.
"After this baby," she said, "baby, wedding, honeymoon."
"What can I do," he asked.
"Tell me I'm not crazy," she said.
"Why," he asked.
"I'm wondering if it's twins," she said, "I've gotten bigger faster than I did with Cassie. I feel slower, rounder, heavier. It could be my second but mom is a twin. Theres twins on both sides. Your aunts were twins."
"We have an ultrasound in about a week," he said.
"We do," she said, "can we handle twins. Four kids?"
"We can," he said, "if we have twins its more to love."
"Can I physically do that," she asked.
"I will be with you every step of the way," he said, "we are together my love."
"Five kids right now is a lot," she said.
"You're not feeling well," he said, "and three aren't ours."
"I wasn't expecting Leo's separation anxiety," she said, "Danny but Leo. Allison seems to be the most easy going."
"She's getting more like Teddy," Nathan said.
"She is," Megan agreed, "but she's a daddy's girl."
"They're smart kids," Nathan said.
"They are," Megan agreed.
"Mom when do we go back to LA," Faroke asked.
"Next week after Uncle Owen and Auntie Teddy get home," Megan said, "we're going back to our old house on the beach."
"My old room," he asked, "that looked over the ocean?"
"No," Megan said, "you're going to the attic room, it's bigger and has windows on two sides over the ocean."
"The whole attic where your desk was," Faroke asked.
"Yes," Megan said.
"Then the new baby in my room," Faroke asked.
"Cassie there and the baby closer to dad and I," Megan said.
"All my friends," Faroke asked.
"You'll see them," Megan said, "and no quarantine or face masks now."
"No more masks," Faroke said.
"Not here," Megan said, "we'll see if it changes. It could if the virus flares up again."
"Will it ever go away," Faroke complained.
"Probably not," Nathan said, "it's better all the time. And maybe in time it'll be like the flu. We're all vaccinated."
"Cassie," Faroke said.
"She's still too young but when she's old enough we will," Megan said.
"Are you okay with another brother or sister," Nathan asked.
"If mom doesn't get grumpy this time," Faroke said.
"I'll really try," Megan said, "I didn't expect to get grumpy with Cassie either. I think a lot of it was the lock down, stress and not knowing. This time I'll be doing my normal things."
"Army," Faroke asked.
"In a different way," Megan said, "not to the pace we did in Germany. I want more time home with you guys."
"Will you play soccer with me again," Faroke asked.
"They'll have a ball some where go find it and we'll play," Megan suggested.
"Meg," Nathan asked.
"Kick it around," Megan said, "you can tackle your dad but not me."
"Not fair," Faroke whined.
"I can't risk falling," Megan said, "I can run and play but don't knock me over."
"Okay," Faroke said, "I'll still get more goals."
"Just try it," Megan challenged.
"Go get the ball," Nathan said, "kids against adults."
"Give me the preschoolers," Faroke complained.
"Leo's getting good," Megan said, "and your dad has never been very good. It's Owen and Teddy you have to watch."
"I know," Faroke said, "they're not a fair team."
"They have Leo and Allison," Nathan pointed out.
"We have Cassie," Faroke said.
"Daniel," Megan said.
"Can we just kick it and ignore all the little kids," Faroke asked.
"They look happy now but if they ask to play we have to let them," Megan agreed.
Faroke ran to get the ball and brought it into the back yard to kick it around with Megan and Nathan.