I hope you will enjoy it. also i can't see jealous Amelia but i think that maybe Owen will be next chapter.
After a short ride they arrived, they got out of the car and Amelia saw where they are.
"You are taking me ice skating?" Amelia said her voice revealed the stress she felt.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Owen asked.
"I don't really know to skate" Amelia looked embarrassed "and I think that ice skating isn't the best way to learn it".
"Come on, Amelia, I will teach you to skate. It's going to be fun."
"I am sure it will be, if you call cerebral hemorrhage fun".
"I promise you won't regret it, I will hold and you won't fall".
"Fine" Amelia said "but don't let Nelson operate on me, he is sloppy".
"Don't worry. For you I will bring the very best, but you know, most likely you will just break a limb or something. Probably a leg" Owen said with a smile on his face and pulled her inside.
While they were putting their skates Amelia's confident got shaken and then restored by a kiss from Owen.
He made sure she is wearing crash pads and handed her a pair of gloves.
"Ok first of all, try walking in your skate. Let your body adjusts to balancing so you won't fall" Amelia listened to Owen's instructions and tried to walk "yes, you are doing great".
After few minuets Amelia felt comparable with the skates "so now what?"
"Now we are getting on the ice" he offered his hand to Amelia, who received it not willingly and the two got on the ice "remember I am holding you. You can use wall for help, get used to the ice. Just like that, you are natural".
"I am gone fall on my ass and all the sixteen years old here are going to laugh and take pictures of my underwear" Amelia wasn't so confident.
"No they won't. If you are on your ass they can take pictures of your underwear" Owen smiled "move slowly and most important relax. Think about the thing you are good at, like craniotomy and…umm…" Owen got stuck.
"Seriously you can't think about anything else?" Amelia asked.
"I can think about it but we are surrounded by teenagers and other people so it's inappropriate" Owen said and Amelia's cheeks turned red.
They continued for a while until Owen was sure they can move on "now leave the wall and try to skate".
Amelia was skating for a few seconds until she lost balance and Owen caught her before she fell.
"I told you I will fall" Amelia said, feeling safe between Owen's hands.
"well I have to admit it feel nice having you so close to me" Owen kissed the tip of her nose, "lets try again".
They two doctors tried and practice for a while longer until Amelia was tired "I think I am done skating for today. There is a certain amount of humiliation one person can through in day"
"At least you stopped falling" Owen said.
"After I fell six times" Amelia watched Owen's smile "and then a grandma was skating faster then me"
"But no one sew you underwear" Owen tried to stay positive.
"Yet" she said and took off her skates.
They walked out and Amelia rubbed her hands ageist each other.
"You are cold? Here take that" Owen said and gave her his coat "lets go, I have something to keep you worm".
Owen hugged Amelia shoulders on which his coat was and they started walking.
"Where exactly are we going?" Amelia asked.
"I used to go to this coffee shop and bookstore" he answered "when I was in high school, I used to sit there and study. I opened the letter from mad school there".
They got out of the main street and into a small street. There were few house in this street additionally to a little bar " Syphilis- since 1965", art shop and the coffee and bookstore- " 221B Baker Street".
"Nice, Sherlock" Amelia said and walked inside the shop and immediately smelled cinnamon.
They sat next to a corner table and an old waitress took their orders.
"So I barley know anything about your life in LA, you worked in a practice, right?" Owen asked.
"Yes, and in a hospital too. The practice was great, the people there are family, especially Addie and Sheldon" she said.
Owen opened his mouth to say something but was interrupted by the waitress who brought their orders. She gave Amelia her hot cocoa and cinnamon roll and Owen got his banana bread and iced coffee.
"So Addie is Derek's ex wife but who is Sheldon?" Owen asked, pinch of jealousy in his voice.
"He is my best friend, he is one of the shrinks there" Amelia said.
"One of the shrinks? How many shrinks one practice needs?" Owen asked.
"One for Patients and one for the doctors, it's LA everyone needs a shrink there" Amelia said and took a sip of her drink "everyone always wanted to know how are you feeling. It was horrible, I have meetings for that I don't need more".
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you left? Not that I am complaining but it sounds like they were your family".
"I wasn't planning to leave LA" Amelia took a deep breath "I actually came to Seattle to get un-freaked after my ex boyfriend proposed"
"Wow I didn't expected this. What does "un-freaked" means?" Owen asked. Amelia was afraid of his reaction but he looked like he is willing to listen.
"For the first time in my life I had a chance of having a different kind of life, the whole grown up kind. Family and all" Amelia said.
Owen turned pale "so you don't want kids?" he couldn't believe this is happening again.
"No, I want to have kids" Amelia said quickly "just not with James, I mean he helped me go trough really hard stuff and I found myself in the other side, not needing him. I am awful, I know but… I just couldn't marry him knowing I can't love him like he deserves to be loved so I left him and took the job Derek offered me. And now you think I am horrible".
"I don't think you're horrible. I think you are brave, leaving behind everything, starting over isn't easy. You didn't have other choice but break up with him, even thought I may be biased, if you were together we never had a chance".
Owen and Amelia kept talking until closing time, Owen drove Amelia to Meredith house. He pulled over next to the house but neither of them moved. They looked at each other wishing this date will never ended.
"Thank you for tonight it was great" Amelia said.
"It was" Owen agreed and leaned to kiss her. His hand was on her cheek and his lips touched her soft lips. Their kiss was intercepted by the lights of Meredith's car, Amelia smiled at Owen said good night and got out of the car.
I never was in Seattle and I live in a very warm country so I never went ice skating too, hope it is close to reality.
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