Amelia POV
The drive to work was quiet- almost too quiet for my liking. Owen was still shook up from our incident this morning and Bella dozed in her car seat. Seattle was still a winter wonderland with snow everywhere. Owen's truck had four wheel drive so that was our main vehicle during the winter. I knew he was still trying to keep his distance no matter how many times I told him it was alright.
We made it to work and checked Bella into daycare before going to find Callie.
"Hey you two. Amelia, what's up with giving Edwards all of your surgeries today? Are you feeling okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. We had a little incident this morning and I need you to check out my wrist."
"Alright sure. Let's go somewhere more private."
She led us into one of the farther exam rooms in hopes of no one coming in there. I removed my lab coat and pulled up the sleeve of my thermal long-sleeved shirt I wore under my scrub top.
"Jesus Christ... Did you get your wrist stuck in a bear trap?"
I looked over at Owen and suddenly wished he wasn't in the room. He took a seat by the door and could hardly even look at us.
"No, not a bear trap. Uh... Owen was having a PTSD episode in his sleep. I just thought it was your average nightmare so I went to wake him up... When he felt my hand on his shoulder, he grabbed my wrist really tight. I finally got him to let go and he woke up. I know it's not broken or sprained because I have full range of motion, there is just some shaking which is why I cannot do my surgeries today."
She gave me a sympathetic smile then looked at Owen.
"You love her Owen. Everyone knows that. You didn't do this, PTSD did this. Don't beat yourself up over it."
She moved my hand and wrist around and beside the tenderness from the bruises that were quickly forming, I was fine. I just needed to give it a day to readjust back to normal.
"Owen, see? I'm really fine. Come on now."
He finally stood up again and seemed to relax a bit.
"What are we going to tell others?"
"We aren't going to tell anyone anything because it's none of their business."
Callie looked between the both of us.
"I would hate to interrupt but I do want Arizona to check on the baby. When high stress events like that occur, sometimes it affects their heart rate or your water can break early. And I already care a lot about my little nephew."
I smiled brightly at Owen. This would be the first ultrasound he's seen since being back from overseas.
"That sounds good. Right Owen? Let's check out our little man."
The pain and worry on his face dissolved and he let a small grin escape.
"I would love that."
We left the exam room to find Arizona. She was already expecting us since Callie had paged her.
"Let's see how baby Christopher is doing. He should be growing a lot more rapidly now that you're in your third trimester."
"Yeah, it's like my bump gets huger every day. Even Owen's shirts are starting to get tight on my stomach."
Owen smiled at me as I laid on the table and lifted my shirt.
"Amelia says they're tight... They fit her just fine. Her belly button is starting to come out. That's the only part that pokes out on the shirt."
"I'm even wearing a large scrub top and it just hardly covers my stomach. This baby is going to come out huge."
They both laughed while Owen stood by my head and held my hand. Arizona squirted a big glob of the cold blue gel and smeared it around. Almost instantly you could hear the baby's heart beat which was very strong.
"Look at how big and healthy he is... Really Amelia, you couldn't ask for a better baby right now. There wasn't the concern of you being underweight this far along and same with Christopher. He's right where he should be. I remember with Bella it took us a while to find the right diet for you to be on to gain good weight."
I couldn't help but beam with pride. I would never get sick of hearing that I had a healthy baby, especially after my first one who didn't make it. Things were finally going good for me.
"I'm glad. Thanks Arizona. We will see you around."
Arizona cleaned up the area then left. Owen just watched as I wiped off my stomach and put my shirt back down.
"We have to actually get to work now, huh?"
"Sadly. You'll be down in the pit?"
"Unless I'm in surgery, yeah."
"I'll probably be doing paperwork in my office until they need a neuro consult."
"I'll come find you around noon for lunch, alright?"
"It's a date. I love you."
"I love you too Mia. Always."
He gave me a kiss then we parted ways.
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Around 2 in the afternoon, Meredith came and knocked on my office door. Whenever I told her come in, she immediately shut the door behind her and hurried to sit down."
"Penny is back."
"What?"
"Penny. Derek killer Penny."
My stomach started to churn.
"Why? What the hell does she want?"
"She is trying to transfer here to work under Edwards, at least that's what I heard."
"Work under Edwards? She is a resident and so is Penny. She would be working under me. That's not going to happen."
Meredith got a bit quieter as if she really didn't want to say what she was about to.
"It just might... She's talking to Hunt right now in his office. Chief of surgery overrules chief of neuro."
My blood started to boil. Surely Owen wouldn't be so stupid and hire her. I stood up to go see what the hell my husband was doing when I saw Meredith's eyes drop from my face to my wrist since I didn't have my lab coat on.
"Oh my god Amelia... What happened?!"
"Nothing happened, don't worry about it."
"Obviously something happened if you have some deep tissue bruising."
"Owen was having an episode in his sleep. I tried to wake him up and he grabbed me. He woke up and let go and was really upset for doing that. He didn't mean to. I shouldn't have touched him. Everything is okay."
"Amelia, that is not okay!"
"Meredith please. It's just bruising and we resolved the conflict."
"I thought I had to protect Owen from you for Cristina, but really I have to protect you from Owen for Derek!"
I gasped. Protecting Owen? Protecting me from my own husband?
"Get out."
"Amelia, you're my sister. When Owen's PTSD was really bad the first time, he strangled Cristina. Callie had to stop him. I'm sorry but I can't let him hurt you, especially since you're pregnant. He could've hurt the baby!"
"But he didn't. I'm not afraid of Owen. That is my husband. He loves me."
"You don't hurt the people you love."
"It was an accident! Now get the hell out of my office and mind your own business!"
I stormed out before she even did. Right as I made it to Owen's office, Penny was leaving it. I glared at her then barged inside.
"Owen! What are you doing with Penny?!"
He immediately sighed knowing he was in for it.
"She wanted to see about transferring her residency to here. It's almost time for her to pick her specialty. She wants trauma. Kepner, the others, and I have trauma fully taken care of. I took her resume but that's it."
"You swear that is it?"
"We talked for a bit but I wouldn't do that to you Amelia. Not to you and not to Meredith."
Oh Meredith...
"Okay. I'm sorry for getting so angry. Do you know what Meredith told me?"
"What?"
I took a deep breath knowing he wouldn't like this but he had to know.
"She saw the bruising on my wrist and thinks she has to protect me from you now. I told her she needs to mind her own business."
"It wasn't intentional."
"I know, which is what I told her."
We were interrupted by both of us being paged 911 to Pediatrics. I opened his door only to see Callie running towards us looking pale, even for her mocha skin.
"Guys... It's Bella..."
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