Chapter 3:

Six months had past since she had visited Owen in Iraq and things were going exactly the same as before; she kept going to work, was still jumpy and worried and she still hadn't lost the habit of pulling her fingers. The last time she had heard from him was a week ago; after she had left, Owen called her every week to tell her he was fine. He didn't want her to worry about him and hearing her voice once a week helped him through the dark times of war and losing friends.

She was waiting at the information desk for Meredith to come out of surgery; she needed a lift to get home. She had already been waiting for thirty minutes, when a nurse walked up to her.

"I had to tell you from dr. Grey, that she was still in surgery for a couple of hours and was probably staying at the hospital tonight. She wanted me to ask if you could pick up Zola and Bailey and drive them home."

"Sure, I don't have a car though. Could you tell her that I'm taking hers? I'm sure she won't mind." The nurse nodded and walked back into the direction she came from, while Amelia was going to pick up her niece and nephew. At the daycare she met Arizona, who was here to pick up Sofia, and Bailey, who came for Tuck. They were both talking rapidly about some cases they had earlier today. Amelia signed Zola and Bailey out and together they walked towards the attending's lounge to pick up Meredith's car keys.

"Amelia, were are you going with my kids?" Amelia turned around and saw Derek stand behind her, looking confused. "Where's Meredith? I thought she was bringing you home?"

"She's still in surgery and I thought you were too. Mer asked me to pick them up and bring them home." Derek picked up Zola who happily hugged her father.

"My surgery got canceled, I'll go home with you." They walked out of the hospital together and drove back to the house in the woods. The rest of the evening they played with Zola and Bailey and when they went to bed, Amelia and Derek watched some TV. It was 11:43 when she went to bed herself, falling asleep in the complete darkness while thinking of her trip to Iraq and the last time she saw him.

At 3:17 she was sitting up in bed again, back and neck all sweaty and fear still pulsing through her veins. It wasn't the first time she had had a nightmare about Owen being hurt or dying, but this time it was so unexpected; it caught her off guard. Feeling the need for some fresh air, she grabbed her robe and some slippers and she walked out of the back door. The cool air immediately helped against her burning skin. She slowly breathed in a few times; she liked the way the fresh forest air tickled her nose and smelled like pine trees. She then turned around and looked towards the trees she knew Derek's trailer stood behind. She probably just imagined it, but she thought she could see light shine through the branches. When she stepped a little closer to have a better angle through the woods, she could see the trailer only a few feet away, but it was totally dark. Amelia shook her head and went back inside to get some more rest; she didn't want to have to be admitted to the psyche ward.

The next morning she was drinking coffee in the attending's lounge when she and some other attendings got paged to the lobby. She knew it meant that the chief of surgery wanted to talk to everyone and she wondered what Bailey had to say. When most of the doctors were there to attend Bailey's speech, Bailey started to talk.

"Good morning everyone, even though I loved being your chief, I have decided to step aside from my position as chief of surgery." She stopped for a second to let the protest calm down, before continuing her speech, "I came to this decision because I miss the OR time and because I want to spend more time with my family," She quickly glanced at Ben, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs and smiled, "but I'm happy to say that we will welcome back our OLD chief of surgery, dr. Owen Hunt." Everyone applauded except for Amelia, who's hand flew to her mouth in shock; this was the last thing she had expected. She thought Bailey meant Richard when she said old chief of surgery, because she hadn't known Owen was back. Owen stepped in sight and walked up the stairs to stand besides Bailey. A tear was forming in the corner of her eye and she almost let out a sob; she was so happy he was back. If it wasn't for not wanting to make a scene in front of all her colleagues, she would have ran into his arms by now.

"Hello everyone, I'm glad that I'm back and I want to say that I'm thankful for dr. Bailey for being such an excellent chief of surgery, I couldn't have imagined anyone better than Miranda to fill in the place. Thank you, now you can all go back to work." The minute he saw the doctors were leaving he looked for Amelia and saw her stand close to the elevator, holding her hand to her mouth. He started to walk down the stairs and when most of the doctors were cleared out, Amelia ran into his arms.

She finally let out the sob she'd been holding since she saw Owen; she just really couldn't believe he was here in front of her, that he made it back alive and that he was going to stay. Owen breathed in her intoxicating smell and stroked her soft hair; he had missed her terribly. He didn't want to leave her arms ever again. But he also realized they were standing in the middle of the lobby, so he let go of her and looked into her beautiful tear streaked eyes.

"Since when are you back? Why didn't you tell me?"

"The same reason you didn't tell me; I wanted to surprise you. I only came back last night. Come on." He pulled her to the closest On-call room, so they could talk without being interrupted. "Ever since you left I missed you so much, even more than before. I wanted to tell you before you had to go back to Seattle, but I didn't want to make it any harder not to be with you than it already was. I love you too, Amelia. I love you so, so much. I never missed anyone like you before; I couldn't sleep or breath, all I could do was think of you and of how beautiful and smart and kind and soft you are. I love you." Amelia was still crying; she was so relieved that he was back and shocked, because it was such a surprise and she needed some time to process what he had just said. She couldn't believe it; he loved her too. All this time she thought he just cared about her as a friend. She knew he had feelings for her, but when he gave up on their relationship and left to Iraq, she thought that was over. She couldn't hold it any longer; she kissed him like she had never kissed anyone. It was like their souls were united as she put her hands on his face and he had his arms wrapped around her slim figure. He never wanted to leave her again, he never wanted to lose her again and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with this amazing woman, who he loves with all his heart.

Hy guys! This was probably the last chapter, I'll maybe upload some more one-shots, but I'm not sure. Thanks for reading!