Owen POV

When I touched down in Seattle after my long journey home from Iraq, I decided to go see everyone at the hospital. That tour is what I needed. I could cope on my own, recenter myself as a surgeon, and then come back to my normal civilian life. I couldn't wait to see all of my old friends, especially Amelia. I decided about six months into my tour that whenever I got home, I would do whatever it took to be with her fully. She was the woman I wanted to grow old with. I never thought I would feel that way after Cristina but there was something about the dimples and cerulean eyes on that mysterious woman that deeply drew me to her. We had shared some of our most intimate secrets with one another, and even if she didn't want to be with me, I would always care about her. I walked through to the O.R floor to walk right into a fight between Meredith and Amelia. It was more of Amelia losing it on Meredith, and Meredith trying to justify why she didn't call Amelia when Derek's wreck happened. I couldn't even focus on the specifics of what was being said because Amelia was holding a baby carrier with a pink bundle in it. She either have had to gotten pregnant with someone else's baby the second I left, or she was pregnant before I left and didn't know it with my own kid. I had to find out. Karev and Pierce hurried Grey away to calm her down before her surgery, leaving it to be Webber, Robbins, and Torres there talking quietly as all of the nurses started coming back around. I figured Webber would tell me so I went to him.

"Webber."

"Hunt! You're home! Welcome back."

He shook my hand and smiled.

"Just got off the plane. Thank you, it's good to be home. I have a question. Amelia had a kid?"

"Yes. Uh, about 8 weeks ago. Cutest little thing. She has her mother's eyes and dimples."

"Who is the father?"

He looked at me and quickly looked away.

"I just remembered I have a consult. Sorry, I'll be back."

He rushed off and I knew he was avoiding the answer. Next was Torres. She was a good friend, loyal to me more than Amelia. She could tell me.

"Torres, whose kid was Amelia holding?"

"That's her daughter Bella. I have to go to pre-op."

She scurried away, so I groaned and started getting annoyed. I just needed to know. The only one left was Robbins.

"Robbins, before you make up an excuse and run away, please just answer me. Whose kid is Amelia's?"

She bit on her lip, debating whether to tell me or not.

"It's her kid."

"Obviously. Who is the father?"

"If I tell you, you cannot freak out or do anything that will stress Amelia out even more. I've had to take care of her for the past year and she doesn't need that."

"Calm and collected, just tell me please."

"Owen, that's your kid. She tried contacting you. We all did. Gabriella Elise Hunt. That's your kid. Your name is even on the birth certificate."

My heart started to race. That really was my baby. I had a baby and I didn't even know she existed until now. I had to meet her. I had to talk to Amelia. Now I felt bad for putting all the distance between me and everyone else. I missed out on what should've been the best day of my life.

"She's really mine?"

"She only has a little bit of hair, but it's your hair color. She's long and lean like you. You're the only guy Amelia has slept with in Seattle."

"So she is mine."

"Yes Owen. I know you, and I know you're going to see her. Don't grill her on stuff. If Amelia wants you to know, she'll tell you. She's barely hanging in there so take it easy."

"I'm not going to be like that. I just want to meet my daughter."

"Oh and welcome home. We missed you."

"Thanks Robbins. I'm glad to be back."

We shared a quick hug then I left for Meredith and Derek's house. I made it there in record time. I was surprised to see Amelia on the front porch. Was she waiting? I got out and walked up but I knew right away something was wrong. She was shaking and her breaths were hard and labored.

"Amelia, is everything okay?"

"I can't lose Bella... Please don't take her. I lost everyone and she is all I have left."

I could tell by her dilated pupils and panicky mannerisms that she was having an anxiety attack.

"Hey, no one is taking her from you... What's wrong? Talk to me please..."

"Derek died... My brother died... And Meredith is probably going to kick me out now... And I have nowhere to go... I have a baby and I'm going to be homeless. And you came and now you're going to take Bella from me..."

She was hyperventilating and I felt so bad for her. I had never seen her like this. I got closer and pulled her in for a hug. She needed to know she had someone on her side. Instantly she fought back, trying to push me away. Advantages of being significantly bigger than her in every way, her fighting had no effect so I just hugged her tighter.

"Let go Owen! Just go!"

"Amelia, I'm not leaving you again... Just breathe."

"I can't! I have nothing left! Let me go!"

I sat on the bench and held her close to me.

"Yes Derek died, but Meredith isn't just going to throw you out. It's all going to be okay. I would never take Bella from you, okay? Please don't worry about that."

As soon as I reiterated I wasn't going to take the baby, she completely broke down in full sobs that wracked through her entire body. I softly rocked her, trying to soothe her the best I could. After a few minutes, her sobs subsided to sniffles and she broke out of my hold. Her anxiety attack was over and she was back to her strong willed and straightforward self.

"Don't act like you're innocent. You left me like everyone else did. You left and I was home pregnant."

"I didn't know you were pregnant or I would've never left."

"Don't pull that card. I tried hundreds of times to contact you. I called, I emailed, I wrote letters. I got every surgeon at Grey-Sloan to try, even Karev..."

"I just needed time. I couldn't be around everyone. I needed to cope on my own. Derek was one of my best friends. I was always going to come back. We were in a very awkward place. I called us a plane crash and you were done with me. But I was coming back."

If looks could kill, I would have been dead a million times.

"How dare you fucking say that. You sound just like Meredith! I lost Derek just like everyone else. That was my brother. He was my father figure, brother, best friend, and protector all in one. He died and the two people who should've stayed with me left quicker than anything."

"I'm sorry Amelia, if I could have done-"

The baby monitor that was clipped to her belt loop started going off. Bella was awake.

"I have to get her... Um, come sit on the couch. I'll let you meet her so you don't have to find out about your kid from our coworkers."

She switched from pissed to level headed within a second which surprised me. Bella really was good for her. I'm glad she at least had her. We walked inside and Amelia went upstairs, leaving me sitting on the couch. Everything seemed to have stayed the same. There was nothing new or out of place. You could hardly tell people lived there which was crazy since there were two young kids and two babies there. A minute or two later, Amelia padded down the stairs with a pink swaddled bundle in her arms. She kissed Bella's temple before cautiously handing the fussy baby to me.

"I'll warm her up a bottle and you can feed her, I guess."

The second she was placed in my arms, it's like my world shifted. One look at her and you could tell she was the perfect offspring of me and Amelia. She was beyond perfect. She gazed up at me with her baby blue eyes and smiled a huge gummy grin. I instantly smiled back. This was my little princess now.

"Hi Bella... Beautiful baby girl."

At the mention of her name, she grinned even bigger. Amelia walked back over and even smiled some.

"That's amazing... She hasn't smiled for anyone but me. She knows you."

I looked at Amelia and she patted my leg. I could make this work.

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