Hidden Scars
Author's Note: Before you even start reading please read this first. I'm going to be honest. This is going to be a very dark story. It involves rape. I really don't want to make anyone uncomfortable reading Scars, so if reading stories that deal with rape you probably should not read this.
Hidden Scars Part One
It had been two weeks since April Kempner revealed the truth to Lexie that Mark Sloan was still in love with her. Hearing the news Lexie couldn't be happier. She had never stopped loving him. Then she had heart broken once again when she saw Mark with Derek Shepherd's little sister, kissing in the hallway, outside his apartment.
It was obvious what they were about to do.
Needless to say she was devastated.
Now, two weeks later Lexie and Mark had barely spoken a word to one another. Of course Mark did not know that she was there that night. After Lexie revealed to Meredith how upset she was after she saw Mark and Amelia together Meredith was pissed. Lexie had to beg her not to Mark and go off on his about the whole situation.
Now she was avoiding him as much as possible, anyway. She had the occasional patient with him, but it was strictly professional. It was time to move on. And that was just what she was going to do. Move on. She was going to move on.
"Did you hear who the temporary Cardio attending is?" Meredith asked as she walked up to Lexie, who was focusing on a patient's chart.
"Nope. Who is it?" Lexie asked, making her final notes she closed the chart. Teddy Altman was taking a two week leave; she had decided to take part of a special medical training program for the army.
"Jared Jameson." Meredith said the famous doctor's name with a grin on her face.
"Seriously? He is one of the youngest and one of the most prominent Cardio surgeon's in the country." Lexie grinned, "Cristina must be going crazy."
"I'm a Cardio whore, so what?" Cristina Yang stated as she walked up to Meredith and Lexie. "I am so happy that I am in the OR again." She grinned, "I am back just in time." It was just earlier that week she was finally cleared to go back to work.
"There he is." Meredith gestured across the room.
Lexie and Cristina looked towards the direction Meredith was gesturing. "Wow." Lexie and Cristina gasped in unison.
"He is hot." Lexie was the first to say it. She looked at him, trying not to make her stare obvious. He was tall, had light blonde hair, dark brown eyes, and even though he was wearing a lab coat it was obvious he had a nice body.
"You should ask him out." Meredith nudged Lexie with her elbow, "I heard he is single."
Lexie felt her cheeks blush, "No. I couldn't. He is only here for two weeks. And I'm not ready. And I'm still in love with Mark…And I'm just not ready."
Meredith tried not to smile at her sister's incisive rambling. "Lexie, relax. You don't need to explain yourself. It was just a suggestion. If you aren't ready you aren't ready." She glanced past her younger sister, "By the way, he is coming this way."
"Hello." Jared greeted the three women with a charming smile. "Jared Jameson." He extended his hand to Lexie first.
"Lexie Grey." She shook his hand. Lexie flashed him a quick smile as he took her hand.
"Cristina Yang." Cristina introduced herself next.
"Meredith Grey." Meredith smiled politely as she shook his hand.
Jared raised an eyebrow. "Two Greys." He paused. "Sisters? Or just the same last name?"
"Sisters." Meredith and Lexie answered at the same time.
He grinned, "Well I have surgery starting in thirty minutes, and it looks like I have Dr. Yang and Dr. Lexie Grey on my service. You two ready to scrub in?"
"I was born ready." Cristina answered in all seriousness. "Can I see the patient's chart?" Jared nodded, handing her the chart. "Heart valve repair. Awesome. I will go prep Mr. Andrews." Before anyone could reply she was gone.
Meredith laughed, shaking her head slightly, "When Cristiana is back, she is back."
"How about you Dr. Grey? Are you ready to scrub in?" Jared asked, turning to the younger Grey.
"I am. I just need to hand off this chart."
Meredith's pager began going off, "Damn. It's my patient. I'll see you later Lex. It was nice meeting you Jared." She quickly jogged off toward her patient's room.
"I just need to drop off this off at the nurse's station." Jared followed Lexie to the nurse's station and watched her politely handing off the chart to the middle aged nurse behind the counter.
"So what year resident are you?" Jared asked as they walked their patient, Mr. Andrew's room.
"Second." Lexie told him. "I've read a lot about you." She suddenly blurted out, "You have some pretty impressive surgeries."
Jared grinned, "From what I have read, so have you."
"Me? What have you read about me?"
"I read that you assisted Dr. Sloan with a face transplant. That is quite impressive Dr. Grey. Less than a handful face plant transplant surgeries have been preformed. And you were just an intern then, which is even more impressive. Dr. Sloan must have had a lot of faith in you."
She silently prayed he missed her sad smile, "He did." She paused for a moment. "I think he still does. At least I hope he still does."
"Have you picked a specialty yet?" Jared asked her as they continued walking towards their patient's room.
"I'm not sure…" Lexie told him honestly. "I have one that I'm leaning towards…"
"What is it?" Jared asked.
She smiled, "I'm sorry. I'm not really ready to tell anyone yet. And there is someone who I need to tell before I tell anyone else. How about you? How did you pick Cardio?"
He shrugged, "I've always loved the adrenaline rush." He told her, "The first time I literally held someone's heart in my hand…It was a feeling I just cannot describe." They stopped at the patient's room. Jared took a step back before opening the door for her, "After you Dr. Grey."
"Thank you Dr. Jameson."
A week passed by and Lexie continued to ignore Mark. Meredith had told her three days earlier Mark had asked Derek why she had been ignoring him. Derek, of course, knew nothing. Derek knew Mark had slept with Amelia, but had no idea that Lexie had seen them.
Lexie used her straw to stir her drink before sucking most of the liquid through the straw. She sighed, Meredith, Alex, Derek, April, Christina, Jackson and the rest of her friends were working, so she sat at Joe's alone. Drinking in attempt to forget all about Mark.
"Mind if I join you?"
Lexie looked up to see Jared, smiling down at her, "Um, sure. I probably shouldn't be drinking alone anyway." She returned the smile before downing the rest of her drink. "So how do you like Seattle Grace Mercy West hospital?"
He shrugged, "It's fine. I prefer Mayo Clinic. I will be happy to go back to Minnesota."
She wrinkled her nose, "You aren't a Vikings fan, are you? If you are we might have a problem. My Mom's parents were originally from Wisconsin. So I like the Packers."
"I'm not a big football fan. I am more of a hokey kind of guy." He told her as he flagged Joe down for a drink.
"I can deal with that."
"What will it be you two? Joe asked Lexie and Jared.
"I will have a beer, and whatever Lexie would like."
"Another rum in coke please." Lexie handed Joe her glass for a refill.
"So…" Jared surprised Lexie by placing a hand on her thigh, "What do you have planned for the rest of the night? Maybe we could go back to my hotel…"
"I'm sorry." Lexie quickly apologized, "I wish I could say yes, but I'm really not in the right place right now. I'm still kind of in love with my ex boyfriend."
"Would that ex be Karev or Sloan?" Jared asked, taking his hand away from her thigh.
"How did you…"
"Seattle Grace is one gossipy place Lexie. I've heard things."
She looked down, "It's Mark." She admitted, "I've tried not loving him, and it sucked. I can't do it. I just cannot not be in love with him.
Jared sighed, "I really hate to break this to you, since I like you Lexie, and I hate to see you get hurt…But I think you deserve to know. I saw him with someone when I was leaving the hospital. They seemed…" He cleared his throat, "Very…Comfortable with one another."
"Oh." Lexie felt a lump in her throat, and she quickly struggled to swallow it. "I see." She looked up when Joe brought them their drinks, "Joe, can I get a shot of tequila as well?"
"Sure thing Lexie." Joe smiled at her. "One for you to?" He turned to Jared.
"No. I'm good." Jared looked over at Lexie, "I'm sorry. Maybe I should not have told you…"
"No. I'm glad you did." Lexie lied.
He smiled at her, "You know just because you don't want to go back to my hotel doesn't mean we can be friends, right?" Jared asked, "I know I'm only here for another week but it sucks that I don't know anyone here."
"I'd love to be friends with you Jared." Joe handed Lexie her shot of tequila. "Thanks Joe." She quickly took the shot, "Can I get another one please?"
"You driving tonight Lexie?" Joe asked.
"Don't worry about Lexie." Jared smiled, "Give Lexie as many shots as she would like."I will take good care of her tonight. I promise."
TBC…? Feedback is loved.
