Chapter 1: Back to School

The sound of an alarm blared through the bedroom. The clock read 06:30. Izzie stepped out of bed and walked to open the blinds. Instantly she felt her head-ache coming on. Weird, those have been happening for months now. Probably just migraines.

Alex let the light shine in and switched the shower on before stepping inside and embracing the warm water. He could all ready tell that his mom hadn't taken her meds, when he heard her screaming Aaron. His dad had long since left them to do anything about her schizophrenia.

Cristina grabbed the shampoo, rinsing herself before stepping out of the shower to brush her hair. She was even more dark and twisty than before, now that her dad had died in a car crash just weeks before. Nobody at school knew and that was how it would stay.

Owen grabbed his comb and stood in front of the mirror with a towel wrapped around his waist. Repressing the memories of his war-experience, when his dad asked if he would help out in Iraq. The things he had seen were keeping him up at night.

Arizona walked out of the bathroom with her toothbrush, ready to pick out her clothes for her first day at school, deciding to text Teddy good luck before she dressed.

Callie danced through the room in her underwear singing along to her iPod, toothbrush in her mouth, feeling good about the day coming up. She wasn't looking forward to Erica though…

Addison walked downstairs for her breakfast. Luckily her parents weren't up yet, so she could start her day in peace. They were fighting non-stop, it was so tiring. Why couldn't they just get divorced already?

Teddy looked down at her phone, seeing a text from her best-friend, Arizona. Quickly replying before pouring herself some cereal. She was kind of nervous about her first day but, Arizona would be there, so at least they had each other.

April finished her break-fast hoping to get away from home, quickly. At the smallest sound she would jump, when someone at school would touch her she would flinch. April placed her bowl on the counter, turning towards her bag to pack her books, but she was too late. Her dad walked up to her, his belt at the ready…

Jackson gathered his books before putting them in his bag.

"Honey, say hello to April from me!" his mother said, kissing him on the cheek.

How did she know about his crush on his best-friend?

Meredith yelled up the stairs before leaving.

"Bye mom!"

No answer. Her mom hadn't been home in days. She just wished someone cared for her. Maybe Derek would notice her this year.

Derek checked his hair in the mirror again, hoping to impress one of his best-friends, Meredith, who happened to be his neighbour.

Walking outside to his car he frantically felt his pockets.

Crap! I forgot my phone! He thought rushing back inside.

Lexie grabbed her phone wanting to get to her new school as quickly as possible.

"Where do you think you're going, Susan?" Thatcher's drunk voice boomed.

"Dad, it's Lexie." She said softly, wishing she hadn't forgotten her phone.

"Shut the hell up, you're all disappointments!" He said, slapping her hard.

Lexie rubbed her face as she ran up the stairs, to cover up the forming bruise with some make-up, ignoring the urge to slice her wrist open again.

Mark stood in front of the mirror. Hopefully the bags under his eyes were't visible.

He was struggling with his insomnia, but his parents were never home. The only time he could really sleep was when he was at Derek's.

Meaningless sex was just him trying to fill a void. Mark wanted to meet someone and have a relationship, nobody trusted him though, never mind believed him.

"Hey guys!" Meredith exclaimed as she walked up to her group of friends.

"Meredith!" Izzie stood up to give her friend a hug.

"How was Boston?" Derek asked. They had all just had their summer holiday and this was their first day back.

"Good, good." Meredith replied blushing deeply.

"Grey!" Everybody turned to see the manwhore of the school.

"Mark, always one for a dramatic entrance..." Derek said. Mark scoffed as he sat down next to Addison and Alex.

"Anyway, l'm really excited for the team this year we've got some good players." He said looking at Jackson, Alex, Owen and Derek.

"Yeah" Jackson said, wrapping his arm around April, who looked at Cristina, trying to distract herself from Jackson.

"So you think there will be any cute guys?" She said, distracting herself from Jacksons arm that was captivating her senses.

"Oh no, no new boys for me!" Cristina answered. Owen looked disappointed and he tried to change the subject.

"So, new freshmen." He said, immediately catching Marks attention.

"Ooh, yes a new load of girls to woo." Mark looked smugly towards Callie whom had been rather quiet.

"Manwhore" she said slapping him. Derek chuckled.

"Hey, isn't your sister new here?" He said looking at Meredith.

"Yeah she should be coming to meet you guys any minute.

"Yeah, so Mark. Little Sloan does not enter Little Grey!" Derek said sternly.

"Don't worry l'll back off." Mark said putting his hands in the air.

"Hey Iz. Alex said. "Do you know who we have pre-med with?"

Izzie looked at her phone. "Yeah we all have pre-med together with Bailey and Webber."

"Yes, l was hoping we would get them." April said happily.

The group went on chatting about their classes and holidays but Mark was distracted by a beautiful girl walking on the other side of the canteen,

her dark brown hair fell down in wavy curls that framed her face well. She was absolutely breathtaking.

Meredith had also spotted her and stood up.

"Lexie! Over here!" The girl started walking their way.

"Hi guys! I'm Meredith's half-sister."

"Hi" the group replied.

"Okay let me introduce you." Meredith said and started pointing at everyone.

"That's April and she's best-friends with Jackson who's sitting next to Callie. That's Addison and Alex and Izzie. Then there's Cristina and Owen and finally. Derek and he's best-friends with Mark."

Lexie looked up at Mark and felt a blush rising from her neck. He was extremely handsome with salt and pepper hair and a slight scruff defining his sharp jaw-line. He was wearing a tight leather jacket that really enhanced his muscles. She was about to say something but the bell cut her off.

"Okay guys. Don't distract me this year, l can't do with a bad grade." Callie said as the whole group walked off the their class.

"Listen up, everyone." Bailey said. "We have three new students joining us today: Teddy Altman. Arizona Robbins and Lexie- Hey look at that we've got another Grey sister. Altman you can go sit next to Montgomery and Robbins you can sit next to Torres." Bailey looked around for an empty seat for Lexie.

"Grey!" She said. Both Meredith and Lexie looked up.

"Yes?" "Oh well that's not handy." Bailey said. "We need a nickname... How about: Little Grey?"

Lexie nodded "Sure."

"Okay then little Grey, you can sit next to Sloan and Shepherd.

Webber looked over at his colleague.

"Okay everyone. Welcome to pre-med. My name is Dr Webber and this is Dr Bailey we are going to teach you everything you need to know.