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"Lexie is waiting for me. I'll be okay." I say, but what I can't say is that I see her in the darkness of the forest. She is there and she is beautiful. She doesn't have a scratch on her. She is holding her hand out for me to go with her. I want to follow her wherever she is going. I don't want to live this life without her. We were meant to be together. We were supposed to grow old together. We were supposed to give Sofia two brothers and a sister.
"No. Mark Sloan. No. Sofia is waiting for you. Callie is waiting for you. I am waiting for you. We are going to go home together. Okay?" begs Robbins.
"Okay," I whisper as I watch Lexie disappear. I will try to live for Sofia, Callie, and Arizona, but I just can't imagine a life that didn't have Lexie in it.
I can hear the helicopter touching down in the clear just beyond us. There are men and they stabilize my neck before lifting me into the chopper. I look to my side and I see the body bag that must have what is left of Lexie. I see her again; she is standing beside the body bag that has her body in it. She is holding her hand out, but I turn from her and the body bag because I made a promise to Robbins that I have to try and keep. I see Julie at the hospital, but I can't have her here so I tell her the truth, that I love Lexie.
I don't wake up again until the Surge hits. I send Avery to go get Sofia so that I can at least say goodbye to my daughter. I start to feel the energy leave me as Webber walks into the room with the DNR forms. I decide on thirty days before Callie should pull the plug on me. I don't want to be one of those people who stay on the machines forever. I have someone waiting for me. I wanted to… I tried to keep my promise to Robbins and stay, but I can't live in a world where she isn't.
It must have been thirty days because for the first time since watching Lexie die, I don't feel the pain in my heart anymore. I am standing in what looks like the lobby of the hospital, but the people are missing. There isn't a soul in sight, except one. Lexie is standing by the exit. She is waiting for me. She holds out her hand to me to lead me into the next life and this time I take it because I know that Callie and Arizona wont let Sofia grow up without knowing who I am, Arizona will take care of Callie, and Derek will raise his family with Meredith. Now it is time for me to be with Lexie.
Authors Note: I didn't particularly like the Izzie/George heaven like scenes at the end of season 5, but I feel like having a heaven scene with Mark and Lexie would have been the perfect way to send both characters off.