This is the last thing that I need to be doing right now but I finished catching up on Grey's and the episode "Push" made me cry with Lexie crying on the floor because she heard Mark was moving on with Teddy of all people. So this is my first (main) Slexie story and hope you like it.
After a long day of surgeries, all Lexie Grey wanted to do was collapse onto her couch with a frozen pizza watching medical videos. She knew from the start of that amazing plan though that it would never happen in a million years. Instead, she took the elevator up to the 10th floor and as soon as she stepped off the elevator, she heard the shrieks and screams coming from down the hall. She went to the second door on the left and pushed it open setting herself into a room painted in bright colors with toys scattered around. She was filling the sign out sheet so she could scoop her baby into her arms and head home. She smiled politely at the woman sitting behind the desk and she went around the corner towards the back where children were sleeping on mats. She saw her baby just lying there and she scooped him up into her arms where he stirred just a little, but instead of waking he returned to his peaceful slumber. She walked out the day care door, hit the elevator button and stepped inside, grateful to find herself alone in peace. She took the time to look at her peaceful son. His beautiful blonde hair was messy from sleeping on the mats at day care and his little hands were formed into fists. The best part about him though was his eyes, though she couldn't see them at the moment since he was sleeping. Every time she looked into her son's eyes, she saw his father in him right away. Lexie had known right from when he was born, there was no mistake that Jacob Marcus Sloan was Mark Sloan's child.
She had never meant to keep Jake from his father, but it was just the way things happened. She had found out that she was pregnant about 2 months after their breakup and as she ran down the hallway towards his office, her positive stick in her pocket , thoughts were floating around her head. She was excited for this baby, excited to be a mother, but more excited at the fact that there was a chance that she could be back with Mark now. She was about to walk through the office door when she heard a familiar voice laugh and a baby's cry ring out. So instead of going, she peered in the window through the blinds and her mouth dropped at what she saw. There was Mark sitting at his desk with his grandson Riley in his arms and sitting on the desk was Teddy Altman, the woman that Lexie hated. She saw from the window them laughing together as the baby did something funny and Lexie just had to turn away, tears rolling down her face in both frustration and sadness. This is when she realized she had to get away and fast before any found out. She went to Derek and asked for a transfer to another hospital telling him that she wanted to explore other options. He gave her a sympathetic look knowing this somehow had to do with Mark and right then and there, he granted the transfer to John Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. Meredith had been shocked when she heard Lexie was leaving and she went right to her sister for an explanation. In a weak moment, Lexie had let it all out and when she was done telling her, Meredith urged Lexie to tell the truth. Lexie wouldn't hear it though and she swore Meredith to secrecy before leaving 1 week later for her new home. As she had left, Lexie wished that one day Meredith would let it spill to Mark that Lexie moved because she was having his baby and he would find her like in a fairy tale, but that had never happened.
She had gotten into her apartment safe and after putting Jake into his crib, she had sat down on the couch with another frozen meal watching medical tapes just like she had every night since she moved here. She had never dated anyone in Baltimore because her heart still lived in Seattle with the man that had crushed her. After watching a couple of surgeries, she got up to go to bed passing the table on the way that had the phone set on it. She went backwards after seeing the blinking light and the familiar voice of Derek Shepherd filled the room. "Hey Lex, just wanted to tell you to look at your e-mail when you get this message. It's important!" Lexie would have left it for the morning, but when Derek said it was important, she walked over to the laptop sitting on the kitchen table and signed into her e-mail address. She clicked on the message from Derek and immediately on her screen was a picture of a tiny baby. Underneath the picture was a message:
Derek and Meredith Shepherd are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl
Emma Caroline Shepherd
Born May 26th, 2011
7 pounds, 3 ounces, 19.5 inches
Lexie was so excited that she forgot all about sleeping and immediately called her sister even though it was almost 11:30 pm, but Lexie knew from experience that her sister would be up staring at her daughter for that first special night. Her sister picked up on the first ring and in an excited yet tired tone, Lexie said "Hey Mer. Congrats on Emma!" Meredith responded back in an equal tone saying "Hey Lex! She's wonderful and it's only the first day, but I don't think that I love anything more right now in this world." Lexie said "I know the feeling," and the sisters talked awhile until it was almost 12:30 am and Lexie heard the faint sound on the baby monitor of Jake starting to cry. She was about to say goodbye to Mer, but she heard her sister to hold on and the next moment, she heard the voice of Derek. "Hey Der, congrats on the baby! She's beautiful," said Lexie. Derek said "Thanks Lex, but do you think that I could ask you a huge favor?" Lex said "Yeah, anything of course." "I need to go away on business in 2 weeks and I hate leaving Mer alone with the baby. We talked about it and there's no way I can't go since I am representing the hospital, so I was wondering if you could come to stay here for a couple of days," said Derek. Lexie started to hesitate, but Derek said "You owe me one," and Lexie knew the deal was done. She owed Derek so much for giving her the transfer and it looked like it was time to return the favor. She agreed and by the end of the phone call, she had plans to return home.
Lexie laid awake all night, thinking about Seattle and the problems she now faced. She couldn't leave Jake here in Maryland, but the possibility of her seeing Mark was very high. She knew he would not only be around the hospital if she stopped by to say hello to her old friends, but that he would most likely be around the Shepherd house since it was his best friend's son and also his godson. When Lexie had learned her and Mark were godparents to little Emma, she just shook it off, but now she realized that they were joined in another way. The main problem though was keeping Jake away from Mark and she finally came to a conclusion hours later that it might just be time for Jake to meet his father.
