Parenting

10

OWENS POV
Amelia and I were now at work. I hadn't seen her a lot today because we were all crammed with surgeries. I grabbed one of my charts and walked into a patients room. It was a little girl, Jillian, she broke her arm falling off of a jungle gym.
"Hi Miss Jillian how are you doing today?" I said.
"Better than yesterday," she said, "arm feels a little better."
"Well that is excellent news," I said, her mom
smiled and I smiled back. I took a look at her arm and everything looked good, and her cast fit fine, she would get discharged later this afternoon. I was walking down the hallway and I saw Meredith.
"Hey," she smiled.
"Hey," I said, "what's up?"
"Been crammed with surgeries, what is it today?" She said.
"No clue," I said. We were walking and we heard a gunshot and yells. The hospital alarm went off and code silver was going on. Meredith grabbed my arm and pulled me into a supply closet and locked the door.
"I need to find Amelia," I said.
"Owen you need to listen to me," she said, "I am worried about Derek too, but I'm sure they're fine, we can't go out there looking for them." We heard another gunshot and moved to the back of the closet. I took out my phone and texted Amelia.
"Where are you? Active shooter on floor 3," I sent. I stared at the message, it felt like forever until she answered.
"My office with Edwards and Derek," She sent. I told Meredith and she nodded.
"Are you okay," I sent.
"Yes I'm fine where are you?" She sent.
"Floor 3 supply closet with Mer," I sent.
"Do we call the kids?" She sent.
"We can't worry them," I said.
"Okay," she sent.
AMELIAS POV
I was freaking out. Derek, Edwards, and I were in my office.
"Do I call my kids?" I said to Derek.
"I don't know," Derek said, "I don't want to worry mine."
"Me either," I said. The room went silent when we heard footsteps outside the door. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I looked at Derek and he offered me his hand to hold and I did the same for Stephanie. After a few moments we heard footsteps walking away. All I could think about was Owen and the kids. It was killing me to be separated from them right now.
AVAS POV
Mom and dad were at work right now. I was sitting on the living room couch channel surfing when I hit the news. The news title dead "active shooter at Grey Sloan memorial hospital." I felt my heart stop.
"LIAM," I yelled, "LOGAN." I ran up the stairs and opened Liam's door.
"Turn the news on," I said.
"Ava I don't give a fuck about the news," he said.
"Turn the news on," I said sternly. Logan opened his door and looked confused.
"What?" He said.
"Look," I said as the news story came on.
"Oh my god," Logan said.
"Liam lets go we're going over there," I said.
"Are you stupid!" Liam said, "we're not going over there there's a shooter ava!"
"Fine logan lets go," I said.
"Ava he's right," Logan said.
"What if something happened to mom or
Dad?" I said.
"They're not going to let you get near the hospital," Logan said.
"Guys we can't do nothing!" I said crying. Logan walked over and hugged me.
"Text them," Liam said. I made a group chat with my mom and dad and texted them.
"Are you guys okay??? I saw the news," I sent.
"Yes I'm fine I love you," my mom sent.
"I'm also fine love you guys," my dad sent.
"Don't freak everyone out," my mom sent.
"Okay," I sent.
"We're going to be fine," my dad sent. I looked at Logan and he hugged me again.
"You're right lets go," Liam said.
"You're not going to get close to the hospital," Logan said.
"He's right Liam," I said. Olivia ran into the room and I knew she knew.
"Mom and Dad-" she started.
"They're fine I promise I just talked to them," I said.
"Okay," she said and I hugged her. The news was still on and I sat down next to Liam. Olivia sat down next to me and Logan sat at the end of the bed. Riley came in the room and I grabbed the remote and changed the channel.
"What are you watching?" She asked.
"Nothing," Olivia said.
"Why are you all in here?" Riley said. I looked at Logan and my heart broke.
"Come here," I said. Olivia moved over and Riley sat down in front of me. Liam went to go get Noah. I didn't want to tell them everything but we had to watch the news so we had to tell them something. Logan came back with Noah and he was confused too.
"You know the hospital that mommy and daddy work at?" I said.
"Yeah," They both said.
"Well there's a stranger in there right now, who isn't supposed to be there, so we're all watching the news to see what happens," I said softly and pushed Riley's hair behind her ear.
"Mommy and Daddy are okay though right?" Noah said.
"Yeah they evacuated them from the hospital," Logan lied. I turned the news back on and Riley snuggled into me. We were all sitting on Liam's bed together.
OWENS POV
We were still in the hospital. I heard from Arizona that they were evacuating people out of the hospital. Amelia and I were in contact with Ava, we didn't want to freak everyone out, and I knew Amelia was already freaking out and didn't want to project that onto the kids.
"Do they know?" Meredith asked.
"Ava saw the news," I said.
"I'm so scared," she said.
"Me too," I said. I looked at my phone and it had been 3 hours. Amelia texted me that she heard SWAT was here. We were texting each other every 10 minutes to make sure each other were okay. Meredith and I were behind the supply racks.
"I want to get out of here," Meredith said.
"Me too," I said, "we will." I felt my phone buzz and it was Amelia.
"I'm out. I'm safe," she sent.
"Thank god. I love you so much," I said. We heard gunshots and Meredith's eyes widened.
"It's okay," I said. She nodded and there was a knock on the door. Merediths face went pale.
LOGANS POV
We had been watching the news for almost 4 hours by now. Ava kept getting updates from mom and dad, but if we're being honest I was really worried. We were still in Liam's room. Liam was sitting on the couch in his room and Noah was asleep next to him. Riley was cuddled into ava asleep, and Olivia was next to me.
"I'm worried," Ava said quietly.
"Me too," I said.
"Have you heard from them?" Olivia asked. Ava checked her phone and shook her head no. We knew mom was okay but mom didn't even know where dad was.
"What if something happens?" Olivia said.
"Don't talk like that," I said.
"Logan it's been 4 hours," Ava said nervously.
"I don't want to think about it," I said.
"Me either," Ava said as she looked down at Riley. The news came back on after commercial break and I looked over at Liam who looked so stressed out.
"Liam," Ava said.
"What?" He said.
"Come here," ava said. Liam got up and sat down next to ava.
"It's going to be okay," Ava said softly and put her arm around him.
"Why isn't dad evacuated?" Liam said, "what if he's dead?"
"If you're going to talk like that get out," Logan said.
"Logan," ava said.
"What?" I said. I looked at the clock and it was almost 9:30. I was glad riley and noah fell asleep because it was a lot easier without them worrying. Avas phone buzzed and she looked at it.
"He's okay," she said, "he and Aunt Mer were just evacuated they're safe."
"Thank god," I said. We started hugging each other and I felt like I could finally breathe again.
OWENS POV
I was finally evacuated and I needed to find Amelia. I saw her in the parking lot with Derek. I ran over to her and when she saw me she started running too. We met and I wrapped my arms around her.
"I love you so much," She said.
"I love you more," I said. She looked at me and she was crying so much.
"It's okay Mia," I said. I held her in my arms for a while. She looked at me and smiled. I kissed her passionately and I never wanted to let go.
"I have to text Ava," Amelia said. I nodded and watched her text her.
"They must be so worried," Amelia said.
"I know," I said.
"I wanna go see them," Amelia said crying.
"We will soon I promise," I said.