You're Mine

chapter 4

Sunday, June 11th:

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"Hey, you paged me?", Amelia asked when she joined Owen in the ER. Once he saw her, he couldn't help it but had to smile at the brunette. Though, before he was able to answer, her boyfriend joined them at the gurney.

"Hey babe, what are you doing down here?", James wanted to know from his girlfriend and pecked her lips softly. The patient wasn't conscious and therefore needed a neuro exam.

"Owen...uh the Chief paged me.", the neurosurgeon informed the brunette, who hadn't failed to notice that his boss and girlfriend suddenly called each other by their first names. "You?"

"I don't have anything to do, slow day. Do you mind if I join you guys?", the jealous trauma surgeon questioned, now more alert than he already had been when it came to the redhead across from him.

"Sure.", Owen agreed, also smart enough to realize his employee had picked up on the fact that he and Amelia were closer than before and not wanting to get her into trouble. "How about you do the work and I watch? I actually enjoy watching new colleagues work their magic."

"Sounds great!", his counterpart said, hearing his girlfriend's phone go off once she received a message. "Who is it, babe?", he straightforwardly asked, not at all ashamed of the question.

"Logan. He wants to spend another night with his cousins. Apparently, Derek is playing Hide and Seek with them in the house.", Amelia replied instantly and chuckled as she showed him her phone. "Here, see for yourself."

"What the fuck!", Alex, who had joined the trio a few seconds ago since the patient was a child, mouthed to Owen, who slightly nodded. The most disturbing thing wasn't even the fact that James was surveilling the neurosurgeon like that but how she let him without any kind of contradiction.

"Let him. This way we get to spend the whole night together in bed.", the brunette was, unsurprisingly, the one to make the final decision, although Amelia was the boy's mother, and he didn't like his stepfather at all.

"How about we focus on the patient now?", the pediatric surgeon suggested annoyed after he had cleared his throat and earned the couples' attention. "Nobody cares what the two of you are going to do with each other tonight. Especially since Hunt is our boss."

"Well, Karev, you might be single and not aware of this, but I like to make sure that Amelia obeys certain rules because I don't enjoy being lied to or replaced. So, I'll share the plans I have with her as soon as possible since I want her to know about my needs.", James explained himself.

"I have a girlfriend, buddy.", Alex let his new colleague know. "But note taken. You want Shepherd all to yourself.", he continued. "If this is the way your relationship works, that's totally cool with me."

"I hope the same goes for you, Chief!", the brunette told his boss in a peaceful way. He didn't want to get into trouble at work but also needed to clarify that his love for Amelia was nobody else's business.

"Yeah, what do I care?", Owen lied. If James knew he was onto him, he would probably go crazy and after everything Logan had told him, this could, in no way, end well.

"I mean, one never knows, right? You see, we just had a conversation between men which my perfect girlfriend completely stayed out of. That's what I call wonderfully trained and I couldn't be prouder, honey.", the other trauma surgeon praised the neurosurgeon.

"Well, why wouldn't I do what you want? My sexy night was at stake.", Amelia responded. Was she truly not able to see how possessive her boyfriend was? "So, what are you guys going to do when you get off work? Enjoy the rest of your Sundays?", she asked her colleagues, who were at a loss for words after what they had just witnessed.

"Jo, who's my girlfriend, and I are going to have a dinner date.", the pediatric surgeon answered, glancing up into James' eyes as he said the girlfriend part to rub it in that the guy had been wrong earlier. "You, Hunt?"

"Derek, Meredith, Maggie and I decided to have a movie night at their Dream House.", his friend shared casually, causing the couple to stare at him in surprise.

"So, you're gonna be around my kid, huh?", James realized. "Babe, I wish your brother would inform us about such things. I mean, this is our son.", he complained.

"Is that a problem for you?", Owen wondered, trying his best to remain calm. While the other trauma surgeon was being really dramatic about the situation, the redhead noticed that Amelia seemed to actually be kind of sad about the fact that they hadn't been invited to such a family event.

"Nah man, it's fine. I mean, I am glad to have some alone time with my girlfriend. It's just nice to know stuff. Like, who is going to be around my child tonight, if you understand. It's nothing personal. I like you. But at the same time, I should know every little detail about my family members' lives.", the brunette pointed out. "Right?"

"Obviously.", Alex commented since his boss was busy eyeing the disappointed neurosurgeon. She looked so sad; it broke his heart. Especially since it was so clear that she wasn't the reason for her family to shut them out but her boyfriend.