Amelia POV

I was laying in a nice bubble bath with Ruby suckling away as I held her close to me. Tomorrow I would return to work full time which gave me a mix of emotions. I was sad to be leaving Ruby for more than a few hours at a time but excited to save lives again. Owen and I were so in love with our official three month old. She was rarely ever fussy, loved eating, loved sleeping just like her dad, and could sucker Owen into giving her anything she wanted with her dimpled smile she inherited from me. My little moment of bliss was interrupted by the sound of Owen's truck door shutting.

"Roo, Daddy is home. Let's see if he can find us."

Ruby partially glared at me, unamused by me interrupting her eating.

"I know. You'd eat all day if I let you. Eventually you'll learn what real food is and I promise this won't seem as great as the real flavor of food."

The floor in our hallway creaked then Owen's taut muscular body appeared, covered by his pants, white button up, and navy tie.

"Well if it isn't my two best girls... Dinner in the tub, huh?"

"My back was aching so I wanted to soak it and Ruby Roo was hungry so we compromised. She should be just about finished if you'd want to get her dried off and dressed."

Owen grabbed one of the hooded baby towels we had and carefully picked her up. She started to fuss until she saw Owen had her, then she was content to be snuggled up in her towel with her Dad.

"You take your time, love. I'll get her tucked in for bed. I got some Chinese take out on the way home for us. It's on the table. Plain chicken fried rice for you and spicy house fried rice for me."

He planted a soft kiss on my forehead then made his way out of our bathroom to the nursery, blabbing sweet nothings to Ruby.

Once we were both stuffed from dinner, we decided to curl up on the couch and watch a few episodes of Impractical Jokers. We enjoyed the lighthearted comedy the four men brought the show. When I glanced up at Owen, I saw him softly smiling down at me. I loved being at home with him. He was so affectionate which was a drastic difference from how serious and professional he'd be at work. He definitely wasn't a man of much PDA. He pulled me closer to his side and kept his warm arms wrapped around me.

"I love when we have down time to just cuddle together like this, Amelia."

"Me too. It makes everything we've been through totally worth it. What we have now between the two of us and now with Ruby... This is so much more than any high I've felt and that says a lot."

Owen had a sweet little sparkle in his cerulean eyes.

"I become more proud each and everyday to be your husband. You are the one true love of my life, I really believe that."

"Ditto there, Hunt."

We shared a deep kiss, letting our lips linger for a bit before separating to get even comfier. He pulled me onto his lap and engulfed me in his strong arms. This was my home. Not Seattle, not L.A, not even Georgia. This man and the love and security he brought me... That would definitely always be home to me.

"Babe, do you have everything you need for tomorrow? It's gonna be your first full day back. It's a big deal."

"Of course. I'm nervous mainly because I know I'll miss Ruby but I have to go back to work sometime. Plus I interviewed and hired all of the daycare workers myself so I know who we are leaving her with and I know they're qualified. It'll be nice to actually be in an operating room again. I've missed that a lot."

"I've missed operating with you. It's always fun to get to work with you too."

"Oh yeah. It'll be even better now that I'll be your boss at work."

Owen laughed harder than he should've.

"Just at work? Amelia, you're my boss even at home. I'm not complaining though because you have me entirely smitten. Sure we are on an equal front and we discuss most things, but when it comes down to it, what Mama says is what we all do."

I playfully stuck my tongue out at him.

"Well if I let you have too much reign, I'd be barefoot and pregnant like clockwork and you'd be alternating between fishing and watching soccer and football on TV all day."

"What about a little bit of reign comes my way and I put another baby in you?"

"Oh hell no. Not right now. Ruby is 3 months old. The earliest I would consider another baby is her first birthday. Our hospital has been open for one month. Let's make sure it stays afloat first so we know we will be able to stay here in Georgia."

"Shepherd Hunt is already booming. We're off to a great start. Derek has even started doing riskier surgeries to really make an impression for neurosurgery in the state. Meredith and Maggie are working together on some new surgical technique for blood clots. Arizona has moms-to-be lined up wanting specifically her to do the surgeries to save their or their baby's lives. Not to mention all the rest that have hit the ground running. I have no doubt that we are going to last. We have some pretty talented doctors heavily staffed throughout the hospital."

I took a deep breath knowing Owen was right.

"We did a pretty good job. Are you going to miss being interim chief?"

"Nope. I've already had those days as chief. It's your turn and I know you'll do great. Just like you're a great surgeon, wife, and mother."

A smirk lingered on his face at the mention of mother.

"Mr. One Track Mind, we are not having another baby right now. You keep telling me to wait on getting a puppy so you can wait on having a second kid."

One of Owen's eyebrows raised as if he figured out the cure to everything.

"I'll get you a pair of puppies tomorrow if we can have another kid. Remember you saying you want 5 kids? We are only getting older now."

I playfully gasped and poked him in the chest.

"Speak for yourself. Yeah I want a lot of kids but we are just getting started. Let's walk before we run."

"We run Amelia, that's what you and I do best. We dated on and off for a year before you proposed. We married a month later, was separated for 4 months, you were pregnant, we moved cross country and opened a brand new hospital... All under three years of being involved with one another."

He did have a point— No! Baby number two would have to wait a while longer to come into the picture.

"Well let's learn to walk."

"You can learn to walk with the puppy I get you. You can walk plenty and we can expand our family again."

His eyes darkened with lust. I knew he wanted me. I could feel his erection in his sweatpants.

"Sleep on it, okay? We can have our fun tonight, condom and all, get home from work tomorrow and if you're still seriously wanting a second so soon, we can start trying then."

Telling him no was impossible. Our first kid turned out pretty damn cute and minus the issues with me not gaining weight, I had a relatively easy pregnancy. After our second child was born, I could always get an IUD since they last three years. That seemed like a smart idea.

"Deal."

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The drive to work was quiet minus Ruby blowing raspberries in the back seat. We had a late naked night which led to us being a little extra tired in the morning. Today I was officially Amelia Grace Shepherd-Hunt, Chief of Surgery. My heart soared with pride. All my hard work throughout the years was truly paying off. Although I did know that I'd be sacrificing a good bit of my normal OR time to be doing administrative work as chief. All of the responsibility would be a sizable adjustment but I'd fully intend to give it all that I can.

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My first day as chief consisted of 6 neuro consults, one aneurysm clip, a craniotomy, settling a childish argument over whose locker was whose, and a ginormous mountain of paperwork. Surely Owen wasn't saving this for me for 12 weeks? Maybe that was the typical weekly workload? All I knew was that I was dog tired and extremely late heading home. It had been at least 4 hours since Owen and Ruby hitched a ride home from Derek so that I'd still have a way to get home. Once my eyes were getting heavy, I decided to call it a night. I put a good dent in the stack of things needing my signature and approvals and the rest of the small, tedious tasks would just have to wait for tomorrow.

I had Today's Hits radio on loud to keep me alert at the wheel. I knew I missed out on Ruby's bedtime and even Owen would probably be asleep by the time I made it through the door. I guess this would be our new normal for the days we were both working. All I knew is that I just wanted to curl up in bed with Owen and sleep.

When I pulled into the driveway, I was surprised to see the living room light on. It was nearly 10:30 PM and we had work the next morning at 7. I unlocked the door and immediately heard Owen's laughter. It was most definitely a welcome sound after my 15 hour shift.

"Owen?"

"In here, babe."

I sat my purse down by the front door, hung my keys up, and made my way to the living room. Nothing could've prepared me for what I saw.

"Surprise! I told you I'd get you a puppy if we could have another baby but the pound had this sweet golden retriever named Katie and I know she'll fit right in. Even better, she is 3 years old, great with kids, and fully potty trained. Her owner died which is how she ended up at the humane society to begin with."

She was laying mostly in his lap with her tail wagging hard against our hardwood floors. Katie was definitely precious. I bent down next to them and reached my hand out for our dog to sniff me. She quickly did and moved to lick my hand then face. I couldn't believe Owen really went out and bought us a dog.

"Derek watched Ruby while I went and got her. Katie took her first ride in my truck when we went to Petco to get all of the essentials for her. She loved it and all of the workers were obsessed with her."

"I was honestly shocked but she is so adorable. Thank you Owen."

Nancy and Lizzie were allergic to pet dander which is why we never had any pets growing up. Owen on the other hand grew up with some dogs so he knew what to look for and what to get. I trusted his judgment.

"Now that second baby..."

He smirked at me and got up to let Katie out into the backyard to go to the bathroom. She quickly took off, leaving the two of us to chat.

"Owen, I don't know. Today overwhelmed me a little at work trying to learn what I'm supposed to do and being in charge of so many people is kind of weird. I'm not sure I'm cut out for it and I hate that. I know I'm capable for the most part but I lost track of time being in my office and before I knew it, it was pitch black out and I missed out on putting Ruby to bed."

"Babe, it's a part of our jobs. There's going to be nights where we aren't home to put her to bed and that's okay. Derek and Meredith haven't been home with their trio every single night. It's a sacrifice we make to do the job we love. Ruby managed to go down quite easily. She had no issues with the bottle. No one is expecting you to be 100% right away. We're a learning hospital so it's only right that our chief of surgery is learning too."

He pulled me in for a close hug and my body completely relaxed against his. I truly loved this man.

"Thank you. You almost always know just what to say. I can't believe we have a dog now."

"Neither could your brother or Meredith but they seemed excited because now they lose some pressure from Zola to get one."

"Can we wait just little longer before deciding on having another baby? I just need some time to adjust to things at work again before I'm working towards maternity leave again."

Owen genuinely smiled at me.

"Of course. I'm eager because I'm always going to want to make love with you but I want you to be as ready as I am so I don't mind waiting. Ruby and Katie are plenty right now for us."

I planted a chaste kiss on his soft lips that I love so much. Maybe I could be superwoman and be able to handle it all.

~Thanks for reading! FTGU has come to an end but its sequel should be up within the next week!~