Lips of an Angel

Chapter 4

It had been a long day at Seattle Grace. Cristina had lost a guy in brain surgery with Derek who had been hard on himself for the 21 year old's death. As she entered the house, which she shared with her husband, it was with a heavy heart, losing a patient really sucked, especially if you spoke to them a lot and had started liking them.

When Cristina walked into the house she smiled as she saw Owen sitting at a table with a candle lit in the middle. She dropped her bag and took her jacket off.

Owen stood and pulled out her chair as she approached, "I heard you had a hard day." He said as she sat down across from him.

Cristina nodded, "Lost a guy in surgery." She said simply, knowing that Owen would understand.

She took a bite of the food and smiled at Owen, "I didn't know you could cook this good." She said, looking at him fondly.

Owen shrugged, "I try." He said with a smirk.

Cristina only smiled and looked down.

"So, what's the latest Seattle Grace gossip?" Owen asked, when his wife came home she usually had a lot of gossip that cheered her up to talk about.

Cristina thought for a second, "Meredith and Derek are fighting about how to decorate the new house, Izzie wrote a letter to the chief but he won't tell anyone what it says, and rumour says that Mark and Lexie are back on again." She said, knowing this stuff didn't interest Owen, but he listened anyway, "Oh and did you know that Teddy is seeing someone?"

Owen frowned, he hadn't known, "No, I didn't know." He said honestly, pulling off casual rather well.

Cristina nodded, "Well she must be because she's pregnant." She told her husband, not realising the effect this would have on Owen.

He managed to stop himself from choking and composed himself rather well, "How do you know that?" Owen asked, wondering how on Earth she'd known, Teddy would never tell her, given the circumstances, would she?

Cristina swallowed a bite of chicken, "I bumped into her on the stairs and the photo of the baby scan fell out of her pocket." She replied, she hadn't yet realised Owen's shock and horror at this news.

"Do you know who she's been sleeping with?" Cristina asked casually, she really couldn't see the feelings Owen was struggling to keep hidden.

He frowned, shaking his head, "Last I heard was about her and that patient, Henry." Owen replied, lying through his teeth.

Cristina nodded, "Yeah, me too. So, how did your surgery today go?"

*****

Owen Hunt hadn't slept at all the night before as he climbed out of his bed at 5am, he'd been dying to call Teddy but he knew that he couldn't without Cristina knowing anyway.

He wrote a quick note saying he was on-call and had gone into the hospital and left it on the bedside table.

Owen checked to see if Cristina was still sleeping and left for the hospital. His mind was on Teddy throughout the whole drive and when he'd arrived at the hospital and changed into his scrubs all he could think about was finding her.

He knew that her shift had started at 6pm the night before because she'd been on her way in as he was leaving for the night, she worked 12 hour shifts lately so that meant that she was still here somewhere but the hospital was a big place.

The first place Owen checked was the surgery board but Teddy wasn't in surgery. He tracked down Mark, but he hadn't seen Teddy since 11pm last night. He tried on-call rooms, but he didn't find her there either. He checked the entire cardio ward but no one had seen her since the early hours of the morning.

Eventually in pedes where he thought she might be with Arizona, he found her.

She and Arizona sat at the Nurses station, they were talking and drinking coffee as Owen approached them. He hadn't spoken to Teddy in months, not since that night, he hadn't been able to bring himself to do it.

Teddy turned to Arizona with a look that said 'what do I do?' as she saw Owen approach.

"You shouldn't be drinking that." Owen said in a low voice when he finally reached them, "Owen-" Teddy began, but Owen stopped her, "We need to talk privately." He told her, his voice still low as he pulled her into the nearest on-call room.

"You know." Teddy whispered, unable to look at the man.

"I know." Owen confirmed, pacing back and forth in the small room.

"Cristina told you." Teddy guessed from the day before with the baby scan photo.

"Yes." Owen said, turning to look at Teddy with anger in his eyes, "I had to find out from my wife because you didn't tell me!"

"You haven't looked at me in 3 months!"

"You knew I was married!"

"You knew you were married too! Don't you dare put this on me Owen!"

Owen knew she was right and, breathing heavily, he slumped down and sat on the floor with his head in his hands.

"How long have you known?" Owen asked, sounding defeated.

"Not long." Teddy replied honestly, "A couple of weeks."

"And you didn't tell me." Owen sighed.

"You wouldn't speak to me Owen, I thought you hated me, and you're married, what did you expect me to do?" Teddy asked, sounding almost as defeated as Owen felt.

Owen knew that she had a point, "I'm sorry. I couldn't speak to you, not after that night." He said softly.

"Cristina never found out." Teddy guessed again, and Owen nodded, "I managed to keep it from her, but now..." He groaned, "God Teddy, what happens now?"

"I don't know." Teddy replied quietly , she sat down next to Owen against the wall, "Are we in this together?" She asked as she held out her hand. Owen looked at her hand thoughtfully.

After a few moments of tense silence Owen placed his hand in Teddy's, "We're in this together."