Chapter 4:
A/N: The idea for this chapter comes from an anonymous prompt.
They were lying in the on-call room; Amelia was wrapped in Owen's arms and their legs were intertwined. He liked that her hair smelled like fruit and the way her cheeks flushed pink with heat. He liked everything about her.
"Amelia?" He knew that they were only back together an hour or two, but he had thought about this since she had left Iraq and he couldn't wait any longer.
"Hmm?"
"Would you like to move in with me?"
"In your trailer?" Amelia wanted nothing more than to spend every minute of every day with him, but she had also heard stories from Addison about the infamous trailer and poison oak.
"No, we'll look for our own place. We can go live in an apartment with a fireplace and a fully equipped kitchen and a real bathroom and…" Amelia liked how excited he was about this, but he grew a little nervous when he felt Amelia's body shake with laughter. "Of course, if you would want to?"
"I'd love to move in with you! We'll start house hunting right away." Amelia started to get up, but Owen stopped her.
"Do you really mean right away, right away or just right away?" He asked with a mischievous grin. "Because I don't really feel like leaving this on-call room just yet." Amelia laughed and let Owen pull her back onto the bed so he could kiss her neck.
"It's your first day back, you need to work! We both do."
"Work can wait."
"I think I can be okay with that." She turned back around and pushed Owen back down, starting with round three.
The next day Amelia was sitting in the kitchen with her laptop and a bowl of cereal.
"Auntie 'Meelia? What are you doing?" Her niece was sitting in the chair across from her. She had already finished eating and was coloring in one of her favorite Disney coloring books.
"I'm just looking some things up." Amelia looked up at Zola and frowned. "You really should be more careful with your markers Zozo."
Zola's cheek was full of colored stripes and so were her hands. "Let's go clean you up."
Amelia stood up and grabbed Zola's hand. After they had reached the bathroom, Amelia took a bottle of make-up remover out of the childproofed cabinet.
"What were you looking up?" Asked her curious little niece, when Amelia had placed her on the sink and started to wipe away the ink on her face. They had bought special markers, so they gave away easily.
"I was searching for a house to live in."
"But you have a house, right here with us."
"Well not exactly. I just live here, but I'm going to live somewhere else after I found a house."
"Won't I see you anymore?"
"Of course you will!" Amelia's heart broke as she saw her little niece was about to tear up. "I just won't be here all the time." Amelia had finished cleaning Zola's hands and face and she put her back on the ground.
"You promise?"
"I promise." Zola seemed cheered up and ran back towards her pictures, while Amelia cleaned up. She heard the door open and someone shouted her name.
"In here!" she called back and a few moments later strong arms grabbed her around her waist and kissed her neck. She didn't have to look up into the mirror to know that it was Owen, as his amazing sent was so overwhelming. She turned around so he could hold her even closer and she kissed him.
"What are you doing here?" she asked after she had pulled away.
"I just wanted to see you and I don't have to be in the hospital until nine." He answered while dazing of in her deep-blue eyes. Suddenly those eyes lit up in excitement.
"Come, I have to show you something." She pulled him back towards the kitchen and he followed curiously in her tracks.
"Owen, look at my princess! Isn't she pretty?" The moment they had reached the kitchen Zola had almost jumped of her chair, so proud was she of her drawing. Owen walked around the kitchen island to where Zola was sitting and he looked over the shoulder of the little girl.
"Wow Zola! She's beautiful! But I've seen a prettier princess before."
"Like who?" She looked really disappointed, but he pulled out his phone and showed it to her.
"That's me!" She started to giggle as she saw the camera on the phone was pointing at her. Owen looked up at Amelia who was smiling in the doorway.
"So what did you want to show me?" Amelia's eyes went wide for a second and she jumped up from her leaning position against the wall.
"Right, I forgot!" She ran towards her laptop and showed him what she had been looking up. "I found some great places for us: in nice neighborhoods, close to the hospital and with a REAL bathroom." She smiled proudly at Owen, who was looking through the folder she had made.
"You're right, these places look great! Maybe we can check some out tomorrow, if you're not on call?"
"I'm not." Owen smiled at her fondly and kissed her.
"So which one do you want to visit first?"
"I don't know, we can look through them later, but now we have to go to the hospital and drop Zola off at kindergarten. Meredith and Derek both left to work early and took Bailey already with them."
"Ok, I'll drive. Come on Zo! Where's your bag?" Owen grabbed Zola's hand and walked to the door to help her put on her shoes and jacket.
Amelia smiled and ran to her room to grab her own bag.
"So this is the kitchen." They had been looking at houses all afternoon, but they hadn't yet found a good home. The kitchen they just walked in had wooden cabinets and a stove that worked on gasoline. It was really nice, but also pretty small. The rest of the house was the same way. Amelia looked at Owen and saw that he didn't like it either.
"We saw some pictures online of a house that we both liked a lot. Do you think we could visit it today?"
"I'll have to call the owners, but I think I will be able to arrange a meeting."
"Ok thank you." The real estate agent walked out of the room to make her call, giving Owen and Amelia the opportunity to talk.
"What do you think?" asked Amelia.
"It's nice, but it's pretty small and it only has two bedrooms. If we get… you know. We'll need more space."
"Do you mean you want more room for kids?" Owen smiled nervously and fiddled with his fingers.
"Well yeah. I want kids some day."
"I want that too." Owen looked up, almost surprised. But Amelia just smiled at him and he kissed her.
A/N: So after I got some great prompts I decided to write them in this verse, so I'll probably add some more one-shots after this. Reviews make my day! :)
