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"Owen, have you seen-" Teddy started, going into Owen's room. She saw Owen putting on cologne. "What are you doing?"

"Nothing," he answered.

"You're getting all dressed up to take the kids to the play group," Teddy noticed. Owen had offered to take the kids tonight so that she and Tom could have a night off together.

"I'm not dressed up."

"More so than usual," Teddy argued. Tom walked in.

"Hunt, do you have the peanut's shoes in here?" Tom took a look at Owen who looked well put together. "Oh, I thought we were going out tonight and you were taking the kids."

Teddy smiled. "See. You do look like you are going on a date."

"I'm just going to the neighbors'," Owen said, irritated by their persistence.

"So, who's the girl?" Tom asked.

"There is no girl," Owen insisted. He didn't want to tell them about Elizabeth as it may not turn out to be anything. Owen managed to dodge their questions and leave with the kids. Sheila had told him that he could always bring Allison to the play group too. There were a few other parents who brought their younger children too. He was excited for Elizabeth to meet her.

"There's definitely a girl," Tom and Teddy said simultaneously once he left.

"Aww, I was hoping he and Amelia were going to get back together. She's over here a lot ever since he apologized to her," Teddy commented.

"She's still dating the ortho doc," Tom informed her.

"You always know all the drama at work," Teddy commented. "Why is that?"

"It's all common knowledge," Tom shrugged.

"Well, I don't have time to listen to hospital gossip," Teddy replied. She teased, "You know, with saving lives and all that."

"Oh, I save lives. I just do it while prying into people's personal lives," Tom defended, pulling her closer. "I mean, I knew all your drama before you even met me."

Teddy smiled. "And for some reason you still wanted to meet me?"

"Well, yeah, you're gorgeous," Tom explained, holding her close.

"That's the only reason you wanted to meet me?" Teddy asked with a pout. "I feel like I should be offended by that. What about my surgical reputation? Or, my personality?"

"Well, I didn't know about that stuff at the time," Tom admitted. "I just wanted to sleep with you."

Teddy laughed. "Imagine that. You just wanted to sleep with me and now we're getting married. I guess that backfired."

Tom smiled and held her by the hips. "Why? I get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend and I still get to sleep with you."

Tom kissed Teddy and Teddy responded, pulling him against her by the collar of his shirt. Tom pushed her backwards against the kitchen counter. Teddy moaned as Tom pushed up her dress around her hips and lifted her onto the kitchen counter. His hands then moved from her hips downwards taking her panties with them. Teddy reached for his belt and started to undo it.

"What about our dinner reservations?" Tom asked, praying that she was okay with skipping them. They didn't get to do this that often since the kids were always around or they were too exhausted from the kids.

Teddy undid his belt and pushed his pants down. "Oh God. Just forget it."

Tom smiled then grabbed hold of her thighs and pushed her legs apart. Teddy had to use her arms to stabilize herself when Tom's tongue expertly explored her. She cried out for him, letting him know just how amazing it felt. Just as she was on the brink of release, Tom stopped, removed his boxers and pulled Teddy to the very edge of the counter so he could easily enter her. Teddy gripped onto Tom tightly as he thrusted against her rhythmically. When they were finished, Teddy and Tom stayed where they were for a moment, neither of them able to move.

"Skipping dinner was definitely a good idea," Tom said.

"I agree completely," Teddy replied.

"How long until Hunt gets back?" Tom asked.

"I don't know. We should go to the bedroom instead," Teddy suggested.

"Mhm," Tom agreed, kissing her again. They grabbed their clothes from the kitchen floor and went upstairs.

They heard Owen come home with the kids later on but he didn't disturb them. Owen got the kids ready for bed. He had had a good time at the play group getting to know Elizabeth better. Leo and Nicky got along well and had become instant best buddies. Elizabeth also spent time trying to entertain Allison because she didn't want her to feel left out. Owen felt excited about this woman. She obviously loved kids. She had a good career. She didn't work at the hospital which would mean less drama. Not to mention that he was attracted to her and found her personality to be endearing.

"Daddy, book," Leo pleaded, pulling Owen out of his thoughts.

"I wouldn't forget about your bedtime story," Owen promised him. He sat down with Leo beside him and Allison in his lap. He let Leo be in charge of holding the book and flipping the pages since he was holding Allison.

Leo was enjoying the story until Allison reached forward and used her tiny hands to try to grab the book.

"No!" Leo said, pulling the book away from her hands. Allison started to cry.

"Leo!" Owen said sternly. "You need to share with your sister."

"No!" Leo said defiantly. "Mine."

Owen rubbed Allison's back and she stopped crying.

"You need to share the book, or it will be bedtime," Owen told him. Allison reached for the book again and Leo pulled it from her hands again. Owen couldn't believe that Leo, his good boy, wasn't listening to him. He took the book from Leo and closed it. He picked up Leo and put him in his crib. "Time for bed."

"No," Leo cried, as Owen put him in his crib. Owen said goodnight to him and left his room with Allison. He could hear Leo crying but Owen refused to back down.

Owen and Elizabeth were talking about where they grew up near Seattle and realized that they went to high schools that were rivals in sports.

"No way! Were you on the team that vandalized our soccer field? I remember that being such a big deal for our school," Elizabeth said, laughing.

"I was on the team but I didn't take part in it. Although, I wouldn't call it vandalism," Owen said, knowing exactly what she was referring to. "All they did was spray paint the field with our team's colors."

Elizabeth smiled. "Yeah, I didn't see the big deal. They just had to cut the grass. But, I remember the soccer team being incredibly pissed off."

From the play area, they heard crying that took their attention away from each other. It was Nicky crying. Owen and Elizabeth ran over to Leo and Nicky who were playing with each other.

"What's wrong, bud?" Elizabeth asked, rubbing Nicky's back.

"Want ball," Nicky cried, pointing to the ball that Leo was holding. Owen sighed. Leo had been having trouble sharing lately. They were trying to work with him at home to fix it, teaching him and modelling sharing for him.

"Leo, buddy, why don't you share the ball with Nicky?" Owen suggested.

"No," Leo said, pulling the ball into his chest to avoid it being taken away.

"Leo," Owen warned.

"It's okay, Owen," Elizabeth insisted. "Nicky can pick a different toy."

"No," Owen said. "Please. He needs to practice sharing. He's been doing this all week."

Elizabeth smiled. Owen was obviously a good dad. "Alright."

"Hey, Nicky, why don't you share the action figure with Leo and maybe he'll share the ball with you?" Elizabeth said to her nephew. Nicky looked at the action figure in his hand and gave it to Leo. Leo took the action figure with one hand while the other hand loosened the grip on the ball.

"Okay, Leo, wasn't it nice of Nicky to share with you?" Owen asked. Leo nodded. "So, now you share the ball with him."

Leo extended his hand and gave the ball to Nicky. Once the kids were taken care of, Owen and Elizabeth went back to talking.

"Thank you for your help," Owen said. "This sharing issue came out of nowhere."

Elizabeth smiled. "It's just a phase. He's just learning the concept of owning things. You're doing a great job with him though."

"Thanks," Owen said.

Teddy answered her phone, seeing that it was Owen calling. He was working the weekend shift as was Tom.

"Hey," Owen greeted. "How are the kids?"

"Well, Leo and Allison are playing with the truck together now," Teddy told him.

"Now?" Owen asked, sensing that this was not true earlier.

"Allie was playing with it while Leo was coloring but as soon as he saw her with his truck he ran over and took it from her," Teddy explained.

Owen sighed. This lack of sharing on Leo's part had been out of control for the last two weeks. "Did you put him in time out?"

"Yeah," Teddy answered. "Afterwards, I told him that if he wanted to play with the truck he had to play with it with her. Now, they are pushing it together."

"Good," Owen said. "I'm exhausted with all this showing him how to share stuff."

Teddy laughed. "Well, maybe if you were a better sharer then it wouldn't be so exhausting for you."

"Yeah, you're right," Owen laughed. "Well anyway, the reason I called is because I'm going into another surgery so I won't be home until later than I thought."

"Alright," Teddy said. "Good luck."

They hung up and Teddy returned to playing with the kids. At one point she realized that Owen usually took the kids to the play group at this time. She got the kids ready and walked with them down the street to the neighbor's house.

When they got inside, Leo seemed to go right up to this one boy. Teddy wondered if it was just kids being friendly or if Leo had made a friend.

"Hey there, Allison," said a woman that was already in the room who was standing next to Teddy and peering into the stroller.

The woman smiled at her. "Hi. I'm Elizabeth. I've met Allison and Leo a few times with Owen."

Teddy said, "It's nice to meet you. I'm Teddy. Owen's friend."

"Right," she said. "And, Allison's mom."

Teddy nodded. "So, how long have you known Owen for?"

"A few weeks," Elizabeth answered. "Nicky and Leo get along so well together."

"Oh is that your son with Leo?" Teddy asked. She truly wanted to ask if she was the reason Owen had been dressing so nicely for the play group lately. Elizabeth was pretty and Teddy could imagine that Owen would be interested in her. Teddy hoped that, if Owen liked her, that he would ask her out. She could tell that Owen was interested in dating again. It had been about nine months since Owen was with anyone. She knew he was lonely.

"My nephew actually," Elizabeth corrected. Teddy and Elizabeth made small talk while the kids played together.

Later that night, Owen and Tom came home from their shifts around the same time looking exhausted. The kids were already in bed, so the three adults sat together.

"So, I met your girlfriend today," Teddy teased Owen.

"Girlfriend?" Tom asked, ready to hear the gossip.

"What are you talking about?" Owen asked.

"I went to the play group and met Elizabeth, the very pretty aunt who is very single and very interested in you," Teddy told him.

Owen seemed interested. "What makes you think she's interested?"

Teddy smiled, knowing that Owen was intrigued. "Well, she only really asked me questions about you. She had this little smile when she'd talk about you. It was obvious."

Owen considered it for a minute.

"So, are you going to ask her out?" Tom questioned.

Owen smiled. "Yeah, maybe I will."

"Shh, stop," Teddy said to Tom, their laughs filling the house. "You're going to wake the kids."

"You're the one laughing at my expense," Tom reminded her. He had just told her an embarrassing story back from his medical school days. Tom poured them each another glass of wine.

"I can't believe you didn't know where the gallbladder was," Teddy teased.

"What can I say? I was already hyper focused on the brain. The gallbladder is useless compared to the nervous system."

"Yeah, but considering you guys were practicing gallbladder removals on cadavers, you probably should have thought to look it up before class," Teddy told him. "I mean, how did your classmates ever let you live that down?"

"They didn't," Tom told her. "Nobody wanted to be my partner after that which was a damn big loss for them since I ended up being top of my class. I swear my ex-wife almost dropped out of med school when she was first paired up with me later that year."

Teddy bit her lip. Tom almost never talked about his ex-wife. She was always curious to know more. "Is that how you two met?"

"Well, obviously we knew each other from class but being partners was how we actually got to know each other," Tom explained. He usually avoided talking about his ex-wife. Too many painful memories that surely Teddy didn't want to hear. That he surely didn't want to talk about. "But, anyway, what are your embarrassing med school stories?"

Teddy told Tom some stories too. They spent the night laughing together. Owen was out on a date with Elizabeth for the first time so Tom and Teddy were enjoying their night in. The kids were asleep so they had broke out the wine and were starting to feel the effects. Teddy pulled Tom in for a long kiss.

They had already made love earlier that night but now Teddy shifted on top of Tom in bed as they kissed each other passionately. They were enjoying their time together until they heard the sound of Allison wailing from the baby monitor.

"We-should-go-check-on-her," Tom told Teddy, each word being interrupted by a kiss.

"No," Teddy pleaded, clutching onto Tom so he wouldn't get up and ruin the moment. "She'll be fine. She can practice self-soothing."

"Okay," Tom said, reluctantly before focusing his attention on Teddy again. However, he couldn't focus with the sound of Allison crying. Tom pulled away from Teddy's kiss. "Her crying breaks my heart."

Teddy sighed and reached over to the nightstand to turn off the baby monitor. "Better?"

They could still hear Allison's cries from down the hall faintly.

"Not really," Tom admitted.

Teddy groaned and rolled her eyes.

"What? I can still hear her," Tom defended. "She just wants love."

"I just want love too but you don't hear me crying about it," Teddy joked.

Tom laughed. "Funny, I've heard you crying out multiple times tonight."

Teddy shot Tom a playful glare, smiled, and rolled off of him. She threw on her pajamas. "Come on."

She and Tom went to Allison's room. Teddy picked up her crying daughter and held her closely.

"What's wrong, baby girl?" Teddy asked her. Allison continued to cry. Teddy brushed Allison's reddish blonde hair back and off of her forehead, which made her realize that Allison felt warm.

"Does she feel warm to you?" Teddy asked Tom. Tom touched the back of his hand to her forehead.

"She does. I'll go get the thermometer," Tom told her, going to the bathroom and grabbing the thermometer. Teddy felt immediately worried about Allison and tried to comfort her. She took her temperature and found that it was 99 degrees.

"We should take her to the hospital," Teddy insisted.

"Um, okay," Tom agreed, half-heartedly. He could tell that Teddy was panicking. It was Allison's first fever. But, her fever wasn't high enough yet to really need medical attention. Not to mention that they were doctors and knew how to take care of a child with a fever.

"I'm not being crazy. I know that's what you're thinking," Teddy told him.

"Not crazy. Just overly cautious," Tom corrected. "I just don't think they're going to give us any more information than what we have. She has a fever, likely from teething. It will go away on its own. We will give her medicine, give her a bath, and monitor her temperature. Okay?"

"Okay, but if it goes up I'm taking her," Teddy warned, feeling better after Tom's reasoning. They started by giving her Tylenol and then Tom got her bath ready. Teddy handed her off to Tom so that she could call Owen. She didn't want to ruin his date but felt like he should be home for his daughter.

"I'm really sorry that we had to cut this short," Owen apologized.

"It's okay. I understand. It's important that you're there for your baby," Elizabeth told him. Owen noticed that her voice quivered a little when she said that. He wasn't sure why. Maybe she wasn't as okay with him taking off like this as she said.

"I really did have a great time with you tonight," Owen insisted.

Elizabeth smiled at him. "I did too."

Owen had really enjoyed spending time with Elizabeth without the kids around. They had talked about so much. Owen had figured that telling her too much about his two failed marriages would be a lot for a first date and hadn't planned on bringing it up. But, naturally, their conversation had led there and Owen felt a lot better about his less than perfect record knowing that she was also divorced. Owen opened up to her about how Cristina had wanted different things, namely not wanting children. He left out that he had cheated on her after she aborted his child. He told her how he had married Amelia hastily and that she had had a brain tumor that affected her judgement, including her feelings for him. He left out the part where he got back together with her later. In return, Elizabeth shared that her marriage had ended because her husband hadn't been there for her and she had felt incredibly lonely.

Owen felt like he could really connect with her and that they understood each other. He was excited about her. He pulled up to her house and parked out front.

"So, would you like to do this again sometime?" Owen asked her.

Elizabeth smiled. "Yes."

They made plans for their next date and Owen walked her to her door. They stood outside the door for a moment. Owen leaned in and Elizabeth met him halfway, their lips brushing each other's softly. Elizabeth pressed harder against his lips and Owen kissed her back with the same intensity until he pulled away a few seconds later.

"I'm sorry. I've really got to get home to Allie," he apologized.

She smiled. "Go. I'll see you soon."

Owen left and went home.

Owen could feel himself falling asleep as he held Allison in his arms. He had his finger in her mouth, the only thing that seemed to be soothing her incoming teeth.

"I can take over," Teddy offered, coming into Allison's room. "You can get some sleep."

"Thanks," Owen said. "My finger is numb."

Teddy laughed. Owen handed her their daughter and removed his finger, causing her to fuss a little. Teddy tried to replace it with her finger but Allison began crying.

"I know, baby," Teddy comforted, stroking her hair. "I know it hurts."

Allison reached her little arms out towards Owen. "Dada."

"Did she just say-?" Owen asked, a smile forming on his face.

Teddy smiled. "I think she did."

Allison was still fussing. Owen took her back from Teddy. "Daddy's here."

Allison stopped crying when Owen resumed his original position.

"I guess you're stuck doing it," Teddy said.

"That's okay," Owen said with a beaming smile. "I'm wide awake now."

Teddy was happy for Owen to hear their little girl call him 'dad'. But, she also felt sad that she had learned 'dad' before 'mom'. Teddy sighed as she laid back down in bed.

"What's wrong, Altman?" Tom asked, obviously half asleep.

Teddy let out a soft cry. Tom sat up in bed and rubbed her back. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"Am I a bad mom?" Teddy asked.

"What? No. You're a great mom. Why would you ask that?" Tom replied.

"She didn't want me," Teddy cried. "She wanted Owen. She said 'dad'."

"She did?" Tom asked excitedly. Allison's first word. It was a huge step. "Oh you're upset she didn't say 'mom' first?"

Teddy nodded, still crying. "I'm the one who carried her for nine months and had to go through labor. Without an epidural. In this bed!"

Tom had to try to suppress his laughter. Teddy very rarely cried and now she was crying for a very silly reason. Allison hadn't said 'dad' first to spite her or discredit how good a mom Teddy was. Tom rubbed Teddy's shoulders.

"Teddy, most babies say 'dad' before 'mom'," Tom told her. "That syllable is easier to say."

"Are you sure?" Teddy asked, wiping her eyes.

Tom smiled at her. "Yes. Trust me, she will be calling you 'mom' soon enough."

"Okay," Teddy agreed. "Sorry for getting so emotional."

Tom laughed. "It's okay. I think it's cute."

Teddy scrunched up her nose at him and he kissed her forehead. They snuggled up together and fell back asleep.

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