strangers in love

chapter 15

AMELIAS POV
I woke up to the sound of my alarm. I rolled over and knew I had to get out of bed. I told Owen I wanted to talk to him today and now I'm scared. I want to tell him I really do like him but I am scared, but I do want to be with him if he wants to be with me. I got dressed and I walked downstairs and Emma was getting ready for school. Joey was still sick so my mom offered to come over and watch him when I go to work. I made waffles for Emma and Izzy. Emma sat down and ate breakfast and I went upstairs to see if Izzy was awake yet. I opened her door and she was playing on her iPad.
"Hey Iz time to get ready for school," I said.
"Mommy I don't want to go," she said.
"Why not?" I said and sat at the edge of her bed.
"Because," She said.
"Because why?" I said.
"Because it's more fun at home," she said.
"Well don't you have friends at school? Don't you want to see them?" I said.
"Yeah but school isn't fun!" She said, "I miss my old school!" I knew she did and it broke my heart.
"I know baby," I said.
"I don't want to go!" Izzy said.
"Izzy I know but we all do things we don't want to," I said, "and come on you'll have fun at school."
"Why can't daddy be here?" She pouted, "I miss him why can't we go see him?"
"Because we can't," I said.
"Bye mom the bus is here I love you!" Emma called from downstairs.
"Have a good day I love you too!" I yelled.
"I want dad!" Izzy said, "and I'm not going to school!"
"Isabel," I said, "you are going to school now get dressed."
"No!" Izzy yelled and ran downstairs. I heard a car door slam and I knew it was my mom. I walked downstairs and my mom opened the front door and Izzy was on the couch watching tv. Joey was still sleeping upstairs and I hope we didn't wake him up.
"Hey honey," she said.
"Hey," I said frustrated.
"What's wrong?" She said.
"She won't go to school," I said.
"Do you want me to try?" She asked.
"It's no use," I said and looked at the time, Izzy's bus was coming in 15 minutes and there's no way I could get her to go to school but I was going to try again.
"Izzy go eat breakfast your going to school," I tried again.
"No I'm not," Izzy pouted.
"Isabel go eat breakfast now," I said sternly.
"Daddy never yelled at me," She said and walked into the kitchen.
"Oh my god," I said frustrated.
"Just let her stay home she'll come around," she said.
"I know her she'll pull it everyday," I said.
"I'll talk to her," she said.
"I just want her to go to school," I said, "I just want her to like it here."
"I know," she said. I looked at the time and I had to get going to work.
"Shit I have to go to work," I said.
"Hey it's okay," my mom said, "I'll watch them go to work it'll be fine."
"Thank you so much," I said.
"Of course," she said. I ran upstairs and changed and grabbed my bag and ran out. I got in my car and realized I told Owen I wanted to talk to him. Now I didn't, now i was scared and I had a shit morning and I didn't even wanna go to work. I parked my car and I saw Owen get out of his truck. I got out and he smiled and walked over to me.
"Hey," he said.
"Hey," I sighed.
"You okay?" He asked.
"I had a really shitty morning," I said, "Izzy refuses to go to school and she wants her dad and I don't know what to do."
"I'm sorry," he said.
"Can we talk after work I'm really just frustrated right now," I asked.
"Of course," he said.
"Thanks," I said.
"You okay though?" He asked.
"Yeah," I said. We walked into work together and I was extremely exhausted, frustrated, and sad, it was going to be a long day.
OWENS POV
I walked into the cafeteria and I saw Amelia sitting on her phone with a coffee. I pulled a chair up next to her and she looked up and smiled.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," I smiled.
"I wanna talk now," she said and put her phone down.
"Me too," I said.
"I guess I'll just go right into it. I really like you Owen, but I'm really scared after Spencer and everything and I'm scared that if my kids find out they'll just hate me but Owen I really like you and I want to be with you, but I'm just scared right now, not to be with you but to be in another relationship and I know you would never cheat on me or anything like Spencer did but I'm just scared because of that and my kids. But Owen Hunt I like you a lot, and I'd go against my fear to be with you because I really want to," She said nervously. I smiled and Wanted to let her know it was going to be okay.
"I understand," I said, "I get that you're scared Amelia and I know that and that's totally understandable for what happened Amelia. And I really do like you too Amelia Shepherd, and I want to be with you, so with this, will you go out on a date with me?"
"Yes," she smiled, "I'd love to."
"What are you doing tonight?" I asked.
"Nothing," she chuckled, "Depends if my mom can watch my kids or if Emma can do it."
"Alright let me know," I said.
"Okay," she smiled, "But I do want to still keep this from my kids it's nothing personal it's just that with their dad and Joey and Izzy not really understanding where he is I don't want to upset them more you know?"
"Yeah that makes sense," I said, "and hey, keeping a secret will just make it more fun." She smiled and I leaned in and kissed her softly. She giggled and I pulled her closer to me. We were both sitting at the table and I put my arm around her.
AMELIAS POV
I got a text and I looked and it was from my mom.
"Izzy and I agreed that she has to go to school tomorrow without any fighting :)" she sent.
"Awesome thank you so much!" I sent.
"Of course honey," she sent. I felt Owen kiss my head and I leaned into him. My pager went off and I frowned.
"Ugh," I said, "I will see you tonight." He smiled and kissed me before I ran off.