And here we are again. Nearly 2 years later posting an entirely different type of story. I was never planning on posting this one to be honest... It's also not the best thing I've ever written. Its very spazzy and jumpy and I know that trust me. Leave a review if you want. If anyone has suggestions on expanding the jumpy parts please share. Hope you like it.

Thanks,

Kaylee

DISCLAIMER: I do not own any part of Shondaland. All characters belong to Shonda except for the ones you don't recognize. If I owned Shondaland Derek, Lexie, Mark and Henry would still be alive.

Just Another Grey's Story: Part One

Meredith:

Your kids, your keys, your family photo album. It's the list you repeat in your head before you fall asleep. It's the short list of things you'd grab in case of disaster. A list makes you feel in control. Your kids, your keys, your family photo album. When the fire starts, when the tsunami hits, when the earth literally quakes…Do you remember your list or do you just duck and cover?

"Lex! Jo! Come on hurry up! We need to leave!"

"We're coming Mer! I am just putting on Ev's shoes!" Lexie yelled from the other end of the house.

"Well come faster Lexie! We need to leave!" Alex yelled at the younger Karev.

"Alex I am moving as fast as one can with a 5-year-old!" Lexie yelled back

"Less yelling more moving"

And that was a normal morning in the Grey-Karev household. Every morning as hectic as the last.

"Okay so the kids are all at daycare or school so now we just need to get to work on time." We drove our normal route to work. We were making our way down I-5 when out of the corner of my eye I saw a car heading right for us. I started to merge into the lane next to ours to try and get out of the way but the car ended up hitting a giant semi-truck, which was for some stupid reason carrying cans of nitrogen and oxygen. There was a massive pile up on the freeway that day. Who knows if we will all make it out alive. That was the last thing I remember other than screaming from that day.

When the shock wears off, when the body can accept that a trauma has happened, when it can let down its defences, it's a scary moment. It's vulnerable. The shock response had protected us and it just might have saved us.

Lexie:

Do you know who you are? Do you know what's happened to you? Do you want to live this way? All it takes is one person, one patient, one moment to change your life forever. It can change your perspective, color of your thinking. One moment that forces you to rethink everything you know.

They hit you out of nowhere. When bad things come, they come suddenly without warning. We rarely get to see the catastrophe coming. No matter how well we try to prepare for it.

Being loaded into an ambulance is really where my memory starts. I don't remember the crash itself. I just remember screaming and holding onto Mer as our car flipped. Then the next thing I remember is being wheeled into the trauma bay at Grey Sloan where I work. I remember seeing Owen and April hovering over me and starting to treat me. Then I remember Arizona telling me that I was going into surgery and that she would take care of the kids. After that it's all black. Just me and my thoughts. It feels like I am underwater. I can hear everything going on around me. It just feels like I am in a fishbowl. I have no idea how long it has been since the crash. I just know I need to wake up. I need to know if my brother, Mer and Jo are okay. Jo has been my best friend since the first day of intern year. If something happened to any of the three of them. Here's to say I would be lost without them.

-=2 Weeks Later=-

[March 1st 2034]

I started to choke on something. That's when I realized my body was pulling itself out of its sleep. I am really hoping someone will come and take this tube out before I asphyxiate. Finally, a nurse walking by the room sees me so she can take the damn tube out.

"Nice to see you awake Dr. Karev." The nurse said

"Thank you for taking that tube out! Can you page Dr. Hunt or Dr. Robbins? Please?"

"Of course Dr. Karev" She replied

I waited for Hunt or Arizona to come in and talk to me about my injuries and what the hell had happened. Arizona came running into my room. I guess she was really excited to see that I was okay.

"Oh thank god Lex you gave us all a scare there. Well, all 4 of you did really. But I am so so happy to see you up." Arizona rambled on

"How are the others?' That is the biggest thing I want to know right now.

"Your brother is doing okay. Other than you he sustained the least injuries. But you were still the only one partially conscious when we brought you in. The explosion happened to not really blow any of the car apart it just flipped the car on its side, which was actually very lucky. Jo and Meredith would have sustained much worse injuries if the car had not flipped. But on the docket for you my dear, you had many contusions all over your body. Most likely from the glass shattering and the car flipping, Jackson stitched you up all nice so not too many scars should be there. Then you had dislocated your hip but Callie fixed you up there. Also, your knee came in messed up pretty badly again. Your kneecap was dislocated and both your meniscus and ACL were torn in the right knee." I interrupted Arizona at that point.

"Well I have done all that before to my knee. It seems to be a pretty common thing with me. But the recovery time on my knee isn't too bad. But continue?"

"Okay well you are right about that. But other than that you compressed your spine and dislocated your shoulder. Your back was worked on when you first came in so it should work itself out after you walk around for a couple days. Your arm just needs to be in a sling for another week seeing as you have been out for a while. But since you also hit your head in the crash Amelia is going to come in and check on you." Arizona finished explaining and paged Amelia.

"Thanks Zone' How are the kids doing?"

"Pretty good. Definitely missing their mom's. We had to tell them what was happening but I called Brandon and Kara so they have been helping with Ev especially. But something else I need to tell you. Owen insisted we call one of your emergency contacts and seeing as your main 3 were in the accident with you we called Chris. He has been here with you day and night since the accident. I kicked him out earlier to go get a shower and get some good sleep back at the house." As soon as Arizona stopped talking Amelia walked in.

I mouthed 'Thank you' to Arizona and she left.

"Hey Amelia."

"Hey how are you feeling?" She asked me

"Pretty sore but nothing worse than last time. Now come shine a bright light in my eyes." She started to laugh at that.

"I can see that the accident didn't affect your sense of humor which is also a very good thing. But okay you know the drill follow the light with your eyes." I followed the light. It is actually very annoying to have a bright light shined in your eyes.

"Okay now squeeze my hand? Good. Lexie I am happy to report you seem perfectly fine with your general neuro exam. Are there any holes in your memory? Like any things you can't remember?"

"Not that I know of." I thought about it for a minute. Thinking back about the accident. No holes other than since the accident.

"How long was I out Amelia?"

"I will tell you that once you tell me what you think the date is. Or the last date you remember it being." She told me.

"Okay the last date I remember it being was 3 weeks after my birthday I think so February 18th 2016." I told her confidently

"That was the date of the accident." Amelia confirmed.

"So now are you going to tell me what day it is?" I asked her

"Two weeks later. Its March 3rd 2016."

"I was out for two weeks?! What about the others?" I asked her frantically.

"You are the first one up. The hope is that it won't be much longer for anyone else. I had a feeling you would be the first one to come around. I believe Alex may be next. Meredith and Jo were injured the worst in the crash as Arizona already told you. We need our pediatric surgeons back! Arizona has had a hard time keeping the department up in the past few weeks. With her being the only attending. She has a few residents who have decided to specialize in Peds but she needs the help. So I am going to clear you for Neuro. So that means once Callie clears you and you get back on your feet you can be working again. But I see a certain someone who came back and wants to see you now." Amelia said. I looked away from her to see Chris standing in the doorway.

"Hey Squidge." He said.

"Come here now so I can slap you for calling me that. Or better yet Amy can you hit him on your way out?"

"With pleasure m'dear." She said. And with that Chris got a very hard punch in the shoulder as Amelia walked out. After that whole debacle Chris made his way back into my room.

"How have you been for the past what is it 5 years since we've seen each other? Busy? Any girls?" I asked him.

"Well. In the past 5 years, wow I can't believe it's been that long already. My life has been interesting to say the least. My dad passed the tugboat company onto me so I have been running that. I was thinking about adding on a cruise ship aspect to the company." Chris started

"Wait. You are telling me that YOU want to buy a cruise ship and start a cruise line?"

"Exactly. I thought what better place to start it than Seattle?" He said next. Then I interrupted him again.

"Wait you are going to stay?"

"Well I figure you need someone to take care of you before you go back to work and well… All four of you who live in that house were in the accident. You all need help." He said.

"That is a good point. But what makes you think I want you to stay with me."

"Lexie, Lexie, Lexie. You forget I have known you for 20 years at this point. I know you much better than you think." He sassed.

"I forgot how much I love you." As soon as I said that I realized how it had sounded. But then I realized. I actually mean every word I just said. I am in love with my best friend. And I have been for 20 years. Even when I was engaged to Mitch and was pregnant with his child. Who did I go crying too before Alex when Mitch cheated on me with my best friend? I went to Chris. He answered my 3am phone call saying I was coming home and needed a place to stay. He didn't ask any questions. He just said he would be there when I landed. He really is the perfect guy. Now I realize I just have to see if there are any girls in his life.

We do our very best but sometimes it's just not good enough. We buckle our seat belts, we wear a helmet, we stick to the lighted paths. We try to be safe. We try so hard to protect ourselves but it doesn't make a damn bit of difference cause when the bad things come, they come out of nowhere. The bad things come suddenly with no warning but we forget, that sometimes that's how the good things come too.