Right Time, Right Place

Part 4

Owen's POV:

"Mom! I'm home!" I drop my keys off then walk into the kitchen where she is making dinner. 

"Oh Owen! How was your day?" She asks me as I sit down at the counter. 

"It was good! I Rolled up on an accident so I went with the patient to the hospital. But that's not even the best part. Guess who I ran into."

"Hmm, I don't know. Who?" She hands me a plate of pasta and I smile at her. 

"Amelia Shepherd." She gasps after I say her name, "Owen please tell me you talked to her! Are you already back together? I just love that girl. She is the sweetest."

I laugh, "Mom relax. We talked but we are not back together. We are gonna try and take things slow. It also helps that I got a job at the hospital."

"That's great honey. I hope you two can work things out. I can still see you marrying her."

I smile and nod, "Me too Mom, me too." 

Later that night....

(Texting) Owen : Hey, wanna meet up at the coffee shop by the hospital at 9?

Amelia: Sounds good to me

Owen: Alright sounds good : ) See you then. Goodnight 

Amelia : Goodnight Owen 

I pull into the coffee shop the next morning and walk in with Amelia. I buy coffee for the both of us and sit down. 

I slide her coffee across the table and she smiles, "Thanks Owen. So I think we should address the elephant in the room. What happened to you in Iraq?" 

I sigh, "I know, I know. I just do not want to scare you off." I put my head in my hands and rub my face. "Owen you aren't going to scare me off. If anything, I think it would be good for you talk about it."

I nod, "Yeah it will be. But" I look around and see lots of people sitting around us, "Can we please go sit in my car and talk? I don't really want all of Seattle to hear about this."

Amelia nods, "Yeah of course. Let's go." We walk outside and get into my car, Amelia sitting in the passenger and me in the driver seat. 

"So I saw a lot, I got shot at more times than I count on both hands. You saw those scars. It was never easy, on top of it I was just trying to come back alive for my mom, and - " I let out a sigh, "and for you. In case I would ever see you again. You are what kept me going Amelia. I knew that you most likely had moved on but there was some part of me that had hope you didn't" 

Amelia stares at me for a few minutes then grabs my hand, "I am so proud of you Owen, for doing what you did. I thought about you every single day. If we are being honest I even talked to your mom every so often to make sure you were still alive. Do you uhm have any lasting issues? PTSD I guess?"

I nod slightly, "I think I do have PTSD. I really don't know how bad it is since I have only been home for a small bit of time, but I can't even tell you the last time I got a good nights rest. Every time I close my eyes I am back in combat." 

"Oh Owen." Amelia looks at me with tears in her eyes. "If you need anything, anything at all just tell me. I know we are moving slow but I am still 100% here for you. I will help you through this if you let me, if you need someone. " 

"Thank you Amelia, that really means a lot. I will definitely talk to you about it since I trust you. So knowing all of this doesn't make you wanna run away from me?" I ask her still a little worried.  

Amelia's POV: 

I shake my head, "Of course not, I am going to be here for you through it all. Do you remember what we used to say in college?" I smile at him.

He nods, "Us against the world." He smiles back at me and I get a little glimpse as to what our life can be like together again. It feels great to just be around him. Even if he is going through some stuff, that does not make me love him any less. 

"So did anything exciting happen with Amelia Shepherd over the last 5 years. How many guys have you had drooling over you?" He smirks.

I laugh, "Owen I am not that popular."

"No you aren't popular, but you are damn good looking." 

I blush and look away, "Shut up. But I did date a few guys. I got tired of them all though."

He chuckles, "Oh I see, sex not good?"

"Oh my god! I am not talking about my former sex life with you....but no it wasn't good" We both laugh and then I look at the time. "Oh wow we should probably get going or else you are going to be late on your first day."

"Dang, you are right. We lost track of time talking about my trauma and then your sex life."I hop out of his car  and then we drive over. When we get out, I out of habit reach for his hand, before he can grab it I take it back realizing it might not be the best idea. 

"Hey come back here" He grabs my hand and holds it as we walk in. 

"I thought we were moving slow Owen." I chuckle and look up at him. 

"Oh should we have waited until marriage to hold hands?" He sarcastically says to me and I push him. 

"You are so annoying sometimes!" We both laugh as we walk through the hospital. 

"Alright I gotta go find my interns to see what they have screwed up overnight." I say to him finally letting go of his hand. 

"Have a good day! I will see you around."

I smile, "Have a good first day! Don't let anyone die!" He puts his hand on my back before he leaves and then I walk down the hallway in the opposite direction. 

Author's Note: 

Hey! Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed their talk. I also added in some comedy in this part to make the tone a little lighter instead of the whole PTSD talk! As for part 5, it will probably come Monday or so. I'm gonna try and think of some drama to cook up. 

I hope you all are enjoying this book so far : ) it is nice to write again.