A Change Is Going To Come

Chapter 10

Two weeks later....

It was a cold night. The wind hit Owen in the face when he zipped up his jacket outside the hospital. The man breathed out, leaving a trail of his foggy breath in front of his face. Finally the weekend, Owen headed back to his flat where fresh food he acquired a few days ago waited for him in his fridge. 

The redhead concocted a simple dish of grilled salmon and vegetables. He sat in front of his laptop on his sofa. Owen fixed his collar before logging on his Skype account. Fridays nights are when he chats with Cristina. The famous video call notification startled him. 

On the other end, Cristina had just gotten ready to get to work. Because she was running her own institute with the help of Shane.

"Good morning," said Owen to the screen.

"Hey." she smiled.

Owen has missed that glowing smile. He did not regret letting the love of his life go even if it made him miserable being without her. Seeing her so happy makes his bad days go away for a little while. 

"Got any new interesting patients?" he asked.

"So many of them, I'm glad I have help around here!" 

"Sounds great!" he laughed. 

Amelia shut the heavy metal door from the firehouse. The woman hear laughs as she walked up the stairs. She had forgotten that it was his roommate's usual Friday Skype calls. Amelia made her silently to the top where she found Owen telling Cristina bad jokes and did not notice her presence yet. She quickly walked next to him and greeted the other surgeon. 

"Hello, Yang." 

"Hello, Shepherd," Cristina grinned. 

She left them alone after exchanging a few words with the famous doctor. Amelia was glad to see Owen so glow-y from time to time. 

"So anyway, I've heard that I'm not your only Friday Skype date."

"What are you, jealous?" she laughed. "It's just Meredith."

"So did she tell you that she wanted to use you to make me not give Derek his job back?"

"Oh yeah," she answered as she finished her breakfast.

Richard parked his car in front of a tall and intimidating looking apartment building. The only thing illuminating the sidewalk were the street lamps. Heels clicked on the end of the dark road. Catherine Avery made her way to the main entrance and noticed the tall man. 

"Catherine."

"Oh. Richard... How you've been" she greeted.