Hey guys. So about a month ago I started to get into Grey's Anatomy and immediately fell in love with Mark and Lexie. I've recently finished season 8, and it left such a bitter taste in my mouth, I really wish they hadn't been killed off and they'd been given a better ending, really unfair in my point of view, they were such a perfect couple. I guess the only good thing is that they both left together, still doesn't make things easier though. Anyway I felt like writing a fanfic to help get over the loss of them. This is my first fanfic, so constructive criticism is encouraged as I'd like to improve my writing in any way possible.
Backstory:
Characters are also younger than in the show. Meredith, Cristina, Alex, Jackson and April are all 2nd year residents, Lexie, and Sadie-(I put her in it bc I feel that Lexie doesn't really have any intern friends.) are interns, and Mark, Derek, Addison and Callie are all 5th year residents. I might include some more characters along the way but this is basically it for the moment. Oh and Meredith, Cristina, Alex, Sadie, Mark, Derek and Callie all live in a type of community house, (kinda like Meredith's house but bigger), which Lexie also ends up moving into.
P.S, sorry for the long-ass Authors Note but I felt it was necessary, if not, none of it will make sense.
I don't own any of the characters
The sound of an alarm clock going off shook up Meredith, waking her up from her rapidly ending dreams. She groaned. Her eyes immediately clamping shut and the ache in her body making her want to stay in bed. The repeating noise from her alarm hit her harder than usual. She rolled over immediately lifting her arm from under the cover. Throwing it around trying to shut off the impending intruder. The faint sound of coffee being ground, travelled around the house, declaring it was time to wake up. She lifted her head up checking the time. The clock read exactly 06:31. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief. Why she had to get up so early, even now that she wasn't an intern any more, was beyond her. She lifted the covers, threw her dressing gown on and made her way downstairs.
Her mind barely took notice of Alex scoffing down a burnt piece of toast and Cristina in the corner making much needed coffee. She opened the fridge door taking a quick scan of the contents inside, before closing it and settling for a badly made cup of coffee courtesy of Cristina. Even though this house consisted of various habitants, there was a deafening silence taking over, whether it was because everyone was utterly exhausted or because it was their first day of their 2nd year as residents, it was appreciated.
Unfortunately, the peaceful silence was quickly broken.
The sound of the doorbell being tapped repeatedly shook the three residents from their half-awake slumber.
"Damn. Who the hell is at the door this early in the morning? Don't you kids ever sleep." The drawl of the infamous 5th year resident, Mark Sloan, barely registered their minds when he threw the door open and someone came tumbling through.
"Woah, careful there Lassie. Bad enough you woke me up, no need knock me out as well, slow down."
"Is Grey here?" Was the only response given.
"Excuse me?" Mark barely had time to reply, before the blonde-haired girl completely pushed past him, taking way for the kitchen.
By the time he registered the shrieks coming from the kitchen, he realised he didn't actually care who she was as she was probably connected to one of the 2nd year residents he, unfortunately, had to share a house with.
"Mark? Are you coming back to bed?" He lifted his head to find a legs-up-to-her-chin blonde, on the stairway wearing one of his buttoned up shirts.
He squinted his eyes, trying to recollect what her name was. Not that it really mattered, all he knew was that she wasn't Addison, therefore he didn't care. He did need to get rid off her though. He put on his most charming smile and carefully worded his sentence.
"Look, erm, last night was great. Really. You were great, fantastic even." Not that he actually remembered any details of it, but it's always better to send them off with a compliment.
"But, I'm a busy guy. So if you could, just, let yourself out, that'd be great." He gave his best smirk, and with a flick of his wrist pointing towards the direction she needed to go, the girl got the hint, pouting slightly, before making her way upstairs to get her clothes.
He made his way to the kitchen just in time to witness a reunion between one of his room-mates, Meredith and the girl from before. He pushed past them. He picked up a mug and poured the coffee. Almost immediately regretting his decision.
"Doesn't anyone in this goddamn place know how to make a decent cup of coffee?" He accused the three residents who all took no notice of him whatsoever.
"Unbelievable." He scoffed. Before making his way out back upstairs.
"Death!" The blonde-haired girl wrapped her arms around a shell-shocked Meredith.
"Die? Sadie, what are you doing here?!" In disbelief at the girl in front of her.
"Where else would I start my intern year?" The rhetorical question stunned not only Meredith, but Cristina who just took notice of the squealing blonde. Dreading the worst. Happy, screechy people, were not her type of people. And neither were they Meredith's. Or so she thought.
"Are you being serious? Die, you could've warned me! A little preparation for this could've been helpful" Meredith chuckled softly, still not believing of the situation occurring. She rubbed her forehead, deciding that today was going to turn out very different to what she had originally planned. She reached over the counter to grab the pot of coffee, catching the eye of Cristina who looked bemused. Taking note that she'd most probably have to explain Sadie's existence to Cristina. That was something she was not looking forward to.
"It was a kind of.. Spur of the moment. You know me." She winked, before turning around and pulling at what looked like a suitcase.
Meredith nodded distractedly, before taking notice of what was happening in front of her.
"What's with the suit-" Immediately it hit Meredith. She could see exactly where this was going. And judging by the look Sadie had on her face, she was along the right lines.
"Well, since, I only just got here, and I am on intern wages, and, I spent all my money on moving here, I was hoping you'd have a spare room for an old friend?" As sheepish as she tried to look, she didn't feel any shamefulness in asking. It's not like Mer could turn her down and she knew it perfectly.
A deep breath came automatically as a response, before she answered.
"...Sure. Take the one two doors to the left, it's right across from mine." The answer clearly came out hesitant, but neither of them commented on it. Sadie took her suitcase upstairs and from the squeaking of the floorboards directly above her, she knew Sadie was already settling in. Much to her doubtful mind.
Minutes later though, she heard the sound of the front door close. Realising Sadie was intern and had to go do pre-rounds made Meredith feel a bit better. At least she didn't have to be at work so early any more.
The minute Meredith had downed her coffee she made her way upstairs, stumbling when she hit a broad chest.
"Wha-sorry. Wait, Derek?!" She looked up in disbelief at the face of her now ex-boyfriend. Even thinking that left a bitter taste in her mouth.
"Meredith." He nodded.
He tried to navigate himself around her, obviously not wanting a confrontation so early in the morning. She quickly shot down that wish of his.
"What are you doing here?!" She questioned almost accusingly.
She'd just been getting used to the idea of seeing Derek everyday, but not being with him, and seeing him now, walking around her house, half naked might she add, was kind of putting a kink in her plans.
"I live here." He stated simply, with a slight smirk tugging at the corner of his lips
As if there was nothing out of the ordinary about that. Oh, yes. My ex-boyfriend Derek, now lives in the same house as me. After breaking up with me because his wife came into town. Yep. Completely normal..
In the middle of her internal rant she saw him out the corner of her eye, discreetly walking around her.
"Derek. Stop."
He stopped and turned slightly.
Both of them quickly locked eyes, staring intensely at each other, neither breaking the eye-contact. Which caused them not to realise the figure that looked suspiciously a lot like Callie, taking present, and avoiding, the now, non-existent couple, and walking directly downstairs.
"What are you doing here? Seriously."
"I live here." He spread his arms out trying to emphasise his point.
"Yes, I got that. But. no- since when has this happened?!" She still couldn't believe what was going on.
"Mark told me. About the free bedroom, I decided to take him up on his offer and move in here." He scratched the back of his head, now only beginning to look sheepish.
"Look Meredith, if it'll cause problems, I'll move out. I just- I needed to move out of the trailer, I needed space. But if you really don't want me here, I'll move out. Okay?" His face began to take one of a kicked puppy. She wished so much that she didn't care and could just kick him out, but, she couldn't. After all, she knew what it was like to need space- Wait, hang on a second. Why would he need space? Space from Addison? But they only just got back together? What if-
"Meredith." He interrupted, clearly wanting an answer to his silent question.
"What? Right, no, it's fine, you can stay. Just- don't bring Addison round. At least when I'm here." She whispered the last part quietly. She wished it didn't hurt. It was a pathetic request. She knew. But she couldn't stand the thought of seeing them both together in her house.
His face looked understanding, almost wistful.
"Of course." With that, he turned away and walked downstairs.
It all sounded extremely bittersweet to her, if she was honest.
The conversation, or lack-off, downstairs wasn't any better.
By looking at them all, you wouldn't have guessed that they even knew each other. They all avoided eye-contact with each other, none of them making the effort to start any sort of conversation. Why they all lived together was baffling.
But if there was one who couldn't handle awkward silences, it was Callie.
"So.. 2nd year residents. How's that going for you all?"
Unfortunately, no-one was in the mood to reply. Leaving her question hanging, in now an even more, awkward silence.
"No? Right. Okay. Well, I mean. You all did good to get this far I guess. What happened with Stevens though? I mean she got through didn't she? Why would she leave?" Callie's curiosity clearly got the better of her.
"Who cares?" Alex scoffed.
"Right. Okay then..."
"Someone's clearly still bitter over Izzie leaving them." Cristina snidely added. Clearly in the mood to piss everyone off, as usual.
"Screw you Yang. You don't know what you're talking about." Alex spat out. He threw his plate in the sink and walked out. The sound of a door slamming was heard seconds later.
Cristina snorted.
"I guess I shouldn't have said anything." Sensing the touchy subject and lasting tension, Callie tried to think of a reason why she even tried to make conversation in the first place.
"Whatever." Cristina picked up her cup of coffee and bag.
"Mer! Come on, I'm leaving now."
The sound of the door closing and an engine revving being the only indication that they finally left.
"Remind me to never again make conversation with them." Callie scoffed
Derek chuckled softly before turning around and dumping the remainder of his coffee down the sink.
"Need a lift to work?"
"Sure. Thanks."
Derek nodded and headed upstairs. The faint sounds of Derek and Mark conversing was heard.
Soon the house was empty and the remaining residents left.
Lexie, as a person, had always been on time to everything. Being late to something just wasn't something she did. She was a perfectionist. She didn't mean to be. It's just who she was. So now that she was starting her intern year in SGMW she made sure to be earlier than needed to make sure she didn't mess up. It was her first day today. She was nervous as it was, but realising that today, she'd meet her half-sister for the first time. Her stomach did flips. Not the good kind either. Nausea was hitting her. She sat down on the benches in her locker room trying to calm down. Taking deep breaths. In. Out. In. Out. Repeated this exercise at least 10 times.
She felt a bit more stable now, so she got up and opened her locker and took a swig of her water bottle.
She couldn't help but start pacing. What if she hated her? What if she didn't want anything to do with her? Would she completely ignore her even as they worked in the same hospital or would she try to make her life a living hell? But. I mean, come on- she had to like her. They were family. You don't hate family. I mean, sure they didn't know each other. But, they shared the same dad, the same DNA. You couldn't just ignore that.
While she was in deep thought, contemplating this, the door to the locker room opened and shut. Loudly.
"Oh god. Sorry- you erm. You scared me." The girl in front of her just stared, quirking her eyebrows.
"I'm Lexie. Hi." She smiled awkwardly. Cringing internally. What the hell was wrong with her. Come on, she's on her way to becoming a surgeon. Surgeon's aren't awkward. She needs to snap out of this.
Two fingers clicking appeared in front of her, snapping her out of her personal pep talk.
"I was just saying, I'm Sadie." The girl gave her a small smile which in turn made Lexie feel a bit better.
"Right. Hi. You're an intern right?" Jesus. Did she really just say that?! Of course she's an intern you moron, why else would she be in the intern locker room.
Fortunately the girl didn't take notice of her embarrassment and merely laughed.
"Yeah I am."
After leaving the locker room her and Sadie stayed close until they reached the nurses station where all the other interns were situated at.
"You're Alex. Right?" Lexie heard Sadie question one of the residents in this place. How did she already know the residents? Baffled, Lexie turned to scan the room looking for someone who might resemble her dad in anyway possible.
Distracted in searching for Meredith, she realised that Sadie had joined her side again not minutes later.
Smirking Sadie simply asked.
"So, do you reckon I've got a chance?" She winked.
"Um. Sorry? Chance wit-what?" Completely clueless, Lexie stared at her.
"With him." Sadie pointed at the resident she'd been chatting to before.
"The resident?!"
"Yeah." Sadie merely smiled and diverted her eyes back to Lexie before Alex caught her staring.
"Um. I don't know. I mean. He's a resident.. You don't even know him. It's a long shot I guess. And risky. Sleeping with your boss doesn't give you a good reputation. I mean- it's basically intern suicide." Lexie babbled. She cursed mentally. She needed to learn when to just stop.
"I live with him, so I guess that's a step forward right?"
"Oh and calm down. Sometimes you just gotta do things and not care about the consequences. I mean, if not it's just boring."
Lexie was quickly getting the impression that this girl didn't just come here to learn how to be a surgeon.
"You live with him?" Her eyes popped out. Confused, she stared at Sadie.
"Well, yeah. I mean, Death's letting me stay for a bit, and he lives there so. Yeah, I do live with him." She stated, almost proud.
"Oh right, wait- death? Who's death?"
"Oh, Meredith. I call her Death, she calls me Die. It's just a thing we have."
"Oh." Wait.
"Wait- Meredith, as in Meredith Grey?!" She stared at Sadie like a deer in the headlights.
"Yeah. You know her?" Sadie distractedly asked. Not really paying attention any more as she scanned the room full off doctors- hot, good-looking doctors.
"Yes. No. Yes. Kind of yes. Kind of no. No, not really. Not yet." Word vomit just spilled out her without intention, this babbling thing she did when she was nervous was getting ridiculous. How could she be a well respected surgeon if she couldn't even form a proper sentence without babbling.
"Uh huh." That caught Sadie's attention. But she didn't comment.
"I'm living with parents. Well my dad. Not my mum, because she's well- no actually nevermind."
Filling awkward silences was something Lexie Grey did NOT do. And this was why. I mean, why the hell did she just tell her first maybe-friend that she still lives with her dad? I mean, who does that?!
"Right,"
"Why?" Not judging, merely curious.
"I can't really afford anywhere else. So I don't know, I guess it's easier. It would be cool to have my own place though."
To this, Sadie smiled in understanding. Before their attention got directed back to the residents who were now picking their interns. Hopefully the rest of the day would go smoothly. And if Lexie was really praying, hopefully she'd get Meredith as her resident and maybe build a relationship with her. Hopefully.
I know this first chapter didn't have any Slexie but I just had to introduce all the characters. I didn't actually intend this chapter to go like this but idk. I wasn't planning on really having any MerDer scenes but they fit in nicely so I figured why not. Next chapter Lexie will meet both Meredith and Mark. But do bare in mind that Lexie's main priority is having a sister-relationship with Meredith and Mark is still pining over Addison- who will be introduced in the next chapter. Don't worry though this fanfic is focused around Slexie and they will be endgame. Hope people liked this chapter, it took me some time to write it, but idk when my next chapter will be up since I'm busy with exam preparations and such.