Lexie walked into her last class, she was a smart girl. A photographic memory was hard to compete with. She was nervous though, her first day in a new school. It was also her freshman year in high school, her mother had just died and her father turned to the bottle after that. It was sad, he loved her soo much.

Lexie held her books close to her chest as she walked to her seat in the back of the classroom, the bell had just rang. People just started piling in the room, she didn't know anyone and wasn't sure if anyone would like her. She was ackward and when she was nervous she talked fast and contenst mumbles of word vomit. It was quite embarassing at times.

"Hello class, welcome to Biology. This is not a slacker course your going to have to work hard to get a good grade in this class." The teacher mumbled as he went through the circulom and rules of the classroom. "And this year the school has started a senior buddy program, so at the assembly in twenty minuets everyone will get paired up"Mr. Cromby said with a smirk on his face.

"A freshman buddy, are you kidding me" Mark said in disbeif to his bestfriend Derek.

"I know what possible words of wisdom would you have" Derek chuckled. Mark gave him a heart look jokingly as they piled into the assembly room.

Principal Webber walked to the mirophone "Take your seats and settle down everyone, Settle down"

When the room got quiet Prinipal Webber started to talk again "This year we are bringing back Senior Buddies. For you seniors please don't take this lightly, help your freshman to the best of your abilities. And for you freshman, use your seniors to help guide you through your first year." Principal Webber took a pause as a couple of late seniors piled in the autitorium.

"Mr. Hunt, Ms. Robins, and Ms. Torres please take a seat and join us" he said impatiently. As they settled down in there seats Webber continued his mumbles on about back in the day and when he did the Senior buddy program.

"Any how, seniors you each received an envelope, in that envelope contains the name of your freshman buddy. Please meet up with your buddy and get to know each other… until your next class"

Derek and Mark just looked at each other. Mark shrugged his shoulders, "How are we suppose to find our buddy, theres a lot of people in here. " Mark opened his envelope, and sighed at the name "Lexie Grey… I hope this girl is at least good looking"

Derek chuckled and opened his envelope "April Kepner, I hope she's not hot so that Mereideth won't get moody about it."

Mark smiled and shook his, he noticed that no one was really moving to find there buddy. He stood up looked around and yelled out "QUIET!" Everyone liked and respected Mark, he was one of the first string football jocks along with Derek Shepard and Owen Hunt.

Once everyone got silent he smiled and said loudly "Lexie Grey, come on over"

Lexie felt her face get red from embarassment. She looked over and saw this hot, muscular boy repeatly call out her name. He kept repeating it until Lexie got out of her seat and quietly called out "Over here"

Mark barely heard her, when he looked over he saw a pretty girl, she had a lot of patenial to be a hot girl stand up. He turned Derek and whispered "Jackpot" He left the asile that he was sitting in and walked across the room to her, reached out his hand to her and exit into the main hallway.

Derek took his friends postive attitude towards the situation and called out his buddies name "April Keptner"

Mark took Lexie to the back gym that not a lot of people go to. He lit a cigarette as he sat on the bleachers.

"Smoking is bad for you" Lexie said without even thinking. "Sorry that was totally not what I meant to say. Well it is but I'm very sure that you know the effects of smoking on your body. Oh god I should stop talking, its like once I get started I just cant stop and'"

Mark just chuckled at the site in front of him, he thought that it was actually inocennt and cute. Not usually a thing that he would be into but on her he liked it. "It's okay really" he said to her as he put the cigaratte out on the bottom of his sneaker. "It's a bad habit, I'm gonna quit. But enough about this" he said as he place the evidence into a pocket of his backpack.

Lexie smiled she liked how he made her feel so comfortable, he wasn't like other seniors that would just act like you werent even there and take this like a joke. Or at least that's how it would have been back were she use to live.

"So have you been around this area, or did you just move here?" he asked genually interested. He had never seen her before, he would have remembered her face.

"I just moved back from Connecticut, my mom died" Lexie smacked her forehead "I didn't mean to say that, well it did happen and that is why I'm back. But I wasn't going to tell anyone and I ended up"

"Lexie"Mark cut her off and put his hand over hers which was on her knee cap. Lexie was now looking down at her hand. She liked the feeling of Marks hand on top of her hand. But he was older then her and probably had a girlfriend and why would he be interested in a freshman. Lexie's ,mind just went wild. Mark guided Lexie's face to look at his. He normally didn't act this way but she was special, he wasn't sure of himself or what he was doing. "Its alright you don't have to be nervous about telling me something. I'm not going to judge you. And I'm sorry about your mom" Lexie gave him a faint smile. Mark liked the innocents that he saw in her eyes, that was a rare thing to see.

The bell then rang.

"Mark there you are, come on we're going to be late for practice, coach will kill us" Derek said before going to the locker room.

Mark looked at Lexie "Well I'll see you tomorrow" he said with a smile and grazed his hand against her cheek. Lexie gave a little smile back.

Mark raced to catch up with Derek who was already in the locker room almost ready.

"So your freshie is pretty good looking" Derek said with a grin on his face.

Mark in the process of getting ready looked in Derek's direction, shrugged his shoulders "Shes alright"

"I'm just surprised I didn't find you making out with her"

Mark just laughed "Shes not that kind of girl my friend, not that kind of girl"

"Mark you turn girls into "that" kind of girl.

They were walking out towards the field "she's different" and Mark left it at that. He didn't want to change her, and that was a difficult thought for Mark to deal with. He usually loved a challenge to change a girl what wasn't easy. But he didn't want to change her.

Lexie was sitting on the bench outside, trying to figure out if she was over analizing what had just happened. He was really nice, could he be interested in me. I never had a guy rub my cheek before. It's kind of weird but I liked it and he seem genuine about it.

Lexie was lost in her own thoughts when two loud older girls walked by.

"Are you Lexie Grey?" One of them asked.

Lexie snapped out of her thoughts and looked over at the two girls "Yah I am" She replied holding her hand out.

The girls looked at her hand and laughed "Now be nice Christina"

" I am nice Mere"Meredith just smiled and shook her head "Listen we heard that Mark sloan is your senior buddy" the asian girl Christina said.

Great his girlfriend Lexie thought, that was the last thing she needed in a new school was for her Senior Buddy's girlfriend to hate her. "Yah, are you his girlfriend, because if you are.."

Meredith broke out into laughter "Listen sweetie, we came over to tell you that Mark doesn't date. He's a player. He'll get with any girl." Meredith looked up and over and pointed to a group a girls "Like them"

"Which one" Lexie asked out of curiosity.

"All of them" and the girls just walked away. "So Mere who did Derek get?"

"I don't know, but he loves me so I don't have anything to worry about."

Was he just being nice with the hope of getting in my pants? Lexie thought about this as she got on her bus and left school.