You're Mine

chapter 40

Saturday, 22nd August:

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"Owen?", Amelia mumbled quietly, stroking his chest. They were enjoying their time together, snuggling in bed before the kids would wake up. While the redhead was shirtless and only wearing boxers, his girlfriend had one of her shorter pajamas on, currently not liking her body.

"Yeah, babe?", the trauma surgeon wondered. Whenever he talked to her, his heart skipped a beat because he still couldn't believe that she was alive and actually laying in his arms. "What is it?", he questioned, curious if she was going to tell him something or not.

"Why did you stop looking for me?", she asked sadly, her voice breaking, causing him to tear up. "Where were you?", she sniffled, hiding her face in her boyfriend's chest. She wasn't exactly blaming him, but she would be lying if she said she wasn't heartbroken about knowing that he had given up on her.

"I don't know...", Owen started crying. "And I regret it with every cell of my body.", he added, feeling her shuffle, so her head could be next to his. "The police told us so many times that you were dead...I guess I just believed it because it would stop me from overthinking. From the scenarios in my head that showed you hurt and in pain. They were slowly killing me, Amelia.", he sobbed. "Were you hurt and in pain? What did they do to you?", he finally wanted to know.

"Not really.", the brunette answered and swallowed heavily. "Not physically. I was hungry, I needed a shower, I at least had a rather normal toilet...they tried to kill me emotionally. By separating me from the people I loved and to show me how it feels to lose your kid.", she shared.

"God...", her boyfriend said in shock. "You were in that glass cage for a whole year? Was it the same one that James had used when he kidnapped you?", he asked carefully, not wanting to overstep. He faced her now and cupped her left cheek with his right hand to wipe away the tears that didn't fall onto the pillow.

"Yes, it was and almost. Sometimes they would get me out and let me have dinner with them. It was fancy, full table of everything you can imagine. But I just...I couldn't eat much because first of all, my stomach had gotten used to the few bites of bread I ate each day and secondly, they only did it to make me look at their new James. It was a human-sized doll that looked like him and I had to sit across from it, staring at it and facing what I had done to their son. At the same time, the whole room was filled with happy pictures of him, Logan, and me to remind me of the perfect relationship we had.", Amelia replied. "I don't blame you for choosing to stop searching for me and for continuing your life.", she pointed out. "I just wanted to know if you maybe felt better off without me or something.", she mumbled.

"Honey, I missed you every second of every day ever since you went missing.", the redhead informed his girlfriend softly. "I actually...there's a fucking Christmas present in your dresser because I was hurting about having to spend your favorite holiday without you. The only reason I decided to live as normally as I could while I thought you were dead was to make sure the children got to be somewhat stable again. Why do you think I am not together with Teddy? She couldn't ever be more to me than my best friend with benefits because I have always been so in love with you, Amelia. So no, I didn't, not for one second, feel like I was better off without you. I would even get married to you, right here and right now."

"We can't get married.", the neurosurgeon giggled at his sweetness and leaned in to kiss his lips. "Thank you for taking the time to listen to me open up about what has happened.", she gratefully smiled a little. "Now I gotta go get my Christmas gift.", she let him know, making him chuckle.

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"Good morning! Do you need help? I mean, obviously I am a bit too late, but I just wanted to ask.", Amelia talked to Teddy when she walked into the kitchen, holding Layla's hand. "My little magnet joined me, too.", she joked.

"Cute magnet!", the blonde chuckled and ruffled the small girl's hair as she greeted her. "Thanks, but breakfast is basically finished, so no help needed. But you can give me Layls and spend some time with your son.", she suggested, meaning Leo, who was playing on the carpet.

"No, my mama!", the toddler jealously complained when her aunt lifted her into her arms and put her on the counter to "help" with the scrambled eggs. She wanted Amelia all to herself and she hated having to share her with her younger brother.

"Logan, are you serious?!", the four of them heard Owen yell. He had never yelled at the boy before. "You are eleven! Stop running away from me!", he shouted and followed his child, that was running towards the kitchen and living room to hug his mom and hide behind her. "Oh, come on! You screwed up, not me.", he angrily stated, leaning against the doorframe with his arms crossed.

"What happened?", his girlfriend wondered, wrapping her left arm around her older son while holding the smaller kid with her right one. "Logan, what did you do?", she firmly wanted to know, but the young brunette didn't answer.

"I just caught him watching porn.", the redhead shared after cupping his daughter's ears with his hands, so she wouldn't ask what porn was. Both women's mouths fell open at that.

"WHAT?", Amelia questioned, putting Leo back onto the carpet to properly stare down Logan. "Why? How do you even know how to access such a website?", she asked, now angry too. "You are too young to watch p-o-r-n!"

"BECAUSE I HAD TO FIND OUT IF I AM NORMAL OR NOT!", the eleven-year-old started crying and let himself fall into the armchair, with his elbows on his legs to cry into his hands.

"What do you mean normal or not?", his father wanted to know, his voice not as loud anymore since there seemed to be a reason why he had done that. "You are normal, Logan.", he confirmed, joining his son and girlfriend at the armchair.

"We...Last time I had a sleepover with my friends, Julie's big sister told us to watch porn with her and when we did, Carlos and Francis had an erection and enjoyed watching naked women. After that, we talked about it and Atlas said, he liked seeing them but wouldn't have minded naked men either. And I was just sitting there, not turned on at all. I have liked Atlas as more than a friend for a while now but never really accepted that because he's not a girl and I am a boy and apparently, it's normal to get an erection when you see naked women as a male person.", Logan sobbed.

"So, you're gay baby, so what?!", his mother questioned, not seeing a problem at all. "It's a thing and it's real and it's totally okay. There is no unnormal sexuality! And you don't have to be ashamed of not liking girls. Look at Aunt Arizona. She only likes women. Aunt Teddy here and I are both bisexual and who the heck cares?"

"You are not bisexual, you only like men.", her son contradicted confused. "I am eleven and you've been with my other dad, James and dad, they're all men.", he reminded his mom, who stared at him basically asking with her eyes if he was serious.

"Just because you haven't seen me with a woman, doesn't mean I can't be into women too.", the neurosurgeon explained, got up and walked over to Teddy to give her a passionate kiss. "See? Just as great as kissing your father."

"Can I kiss everyone, too?", Layla meddled, hearing three loud nos. "Man!", she commented, making her parents chuckle because she was such a drama queen.

"You can when you're older, honey.", Owen made a deal with her. "Teddy, who are you texting?", he wanted to know when all of them were gathering at the breakfast table. "I'm sorry for yelling at you, angel. But imagine the shock I got when I saw what you were watching.", he added and shrugged. "But we love you, no matter what."

"Megan. Not everybody gets to be kissed by Amelia and I have to brag about it.", she shared, causing the brunette to laugh. "But seriously buddy, it's so normal and maybe Atlas even likes you back."