Owen sat on his couch face timing with Teddy.

"How's Megan," Teddy asked.

"Getting better, still in the hospital," Owen said, "Lyss went back to work. Ameila is moving to Meridths."

"So," Teddy asked.

"We divorce," Owen said, "then I don't know Teddy. What am I going to do?"

"You divorce and you start over," Teddy said.

"Why do you have to be in Germany," Owen asked.

"I work here," Teddy replied.

"You get me," Owen said, "you get my family. You're my best friend."

"You're my favourite person," Teddy smiled, "and I love you family. I'm in Germany."

"Long distance," Owen proposed.

"We could," Teddy replied, "but you just ended a marriage. Owen you haven't even had time to file divorce papers. If we're going to be anything more in this life we can not start this way. I love you, you are my favourite person. Owen, we can't start like this. I want to be with you, I love you, I've loved you for years but this is not how I'm willing to start this. I know you and your guilt and your shame. You won't forgive yourself, you won't be happy."

"Teddy," Owen sighed.

"Owen I'm not saying no," Teddy said, "I'm saying not now. We will talk when you have the divorce started."

"I love you," Owen said.

"I love you too," Teddy said, "that's not what we're talking about. We know we love each other. We're discussing timing."

"It's not if," Owen asked, "it's when?"

"It's when," Teddy assured, "Owen I love you. I want to be with you."

"My family isn't simple or easy," Owen said.

"I know them," Teddy said, "I helped you raise Alyssa. I love your mom and Megan and Alyssa."

"But can you love them as your own family," Owen asked, "we just got Megan back."

"I already do," Teddy assured, "Owen when the time is right we'll figure it out."

"Kids," Owen asked.

"I've always wanted them," Teddy said, "we're getting a bit old for our own though. I'm not sure I even can. Henry and I were trying. We could adopt."

"We could," he agreed, "but you're open to the idea of kids."

"I want them," Teddy assured, "you know that. Two would be perfect."

"That would make three," Owen said.

"Lyss and our two," Teddy dreamed out loud, "a boy and a girl."

"One of each," Owen smiled, "as kind and compassionate and brilliant as their mother."

"As brave, strong and loving as their dad," Teddy suggested.

"Ours," Owen suggested.

"Ours," Teddy agreed.

"So Germany," Owen said.

"It's my place and work," Teddy said, "I'd rather be in Seattle now. The people I love are there."

"Christmas," Owen suggested.

"What about Megan," Teddy asked.

"She'll be here and Lyss and mom," Owen said, "and by then you and I can be together."

"Get it done Owen," Teddy said.

"I'll call a lawyer today," Owen assured.

"I have to go," Teddy said, "surgery. I'll text you later."

"Go kick ass," Owen said, "talk to you later."

"I will," Teddy said, "CABG and 4 stents should be fun."

"Go work," Owen said.

"I'm going," Teddy agreed.

Owen walked into Megan's room.

"You look happy," Megan said.

"I just talked to Teddy," Owen replied.

"And," Megan said.

"She's good," Owen agreed.

"So you and Teddy," Megan asked.

"I don't know," Owen shrugged.

"Amelia," Megan asked.

"I want to file for divorce but she's just had a brain tumour," Owen said.

"Just do it," Megan said, "she's completely absent and hasn't wanted you around."

"Lyss," Owen said.

"Is 24 and living her life," Megan said, "she's made that very clear."

"She is," Owen said, "she gets attached though. She still talks to Christina."

"You're okay with that," Megan asked.

"I let Riggs stay in Lyss's life," Owen said, "it was better for her to have the people who cared about her in her life. Riggs cares, Christina cares. They saw Lyss for herself."

"That's why you let Teddy's husband see her," Megan asked.

"Henry cared," Owen said, "the therapist told me the best thing I could do was surround her with people who cared and loved her. And I tried to do that. We would go camping with mom and Teddy and Henry and Christina. She's our kid and we love her."

"Our," Megan questioned.

"I'm claiming her as my own," Owen said, "I know she's your daughter. But life and circumstances made her mine as well. I know what biology says but I also know how I feel. Alyssa is likely the only child I'll get to raise. Headstrong, fiercely stubborn, brilliant, determined. Her mother's daughter."

"She's loyal, kind, protective, passionate," Megan said, "things she learned from you. And there's some Teddy in there with her. You can see how Teddy rubbed off on her in a good way."

"I think Lyss shows a lot of the nature vs nurture debate," Owen said, "I'm starting to see a lot as nurture because of Lyss. She's smart, she tested really when when her middle school did a full psychoeducational assessment when she was in 8th. She wasn't making progress and we were going through a process of elimination, she tested above average with her strength being math and spatial reasoning."

"So engineering," Megan said.

"Yes," Owen said, "it was determined that it was her mental health affecting her learning not her ability. So we had a lot of therapy time. She had individual and group sessions, I did family therapy with her. We made sure she had sports and dance and music, good friends. It was a stabilising process at first."

"Back to you and Teddy," Megan said.

"It's Teddy," Owen said, "she's Teddy. She gets all of us."

"She's always loved you," Megan said, "why weren't you with her?"

"Timing," Owen said.

"Fix it," Megan commanded, "be with Teddy. Be happy with Teddy. When do you see her again?"

"She's coming for Christmas," Owen said, "she always does and my living room will get turned into a winter wonderland by her and Lyss and they'll make 20 types of cookies."

"So you and Teddy," Megan said, "that's six months."

"It's a long time," Owen said, "we talk every day. She texts with Lyss every day. It's 8:30 Lyss will think I forgot her."

"What," Megan asked.

"I text Lyss every morning at 8 to say good morning and tell her to have a good day," Owen said, "since she went to college. I used to do it at 6 so she got it when her day started."

"Teddy dumb dumb," Megan said, "make it work she's single."

"She's usually single," Owen said, "he broke up with her while she was here. She had only been with him a couple months. She hasn't had anything serious since Henry. She doesn't want it."

"She does," Megan said, "with you. Go make it work."

"I can think about that when I'm actually divorced and when you're out of the hospital," Owen said.