After having gotten changed out of his attending scrubs and feeling relieved that he could now go back to being a resident so he could just let go of the day's events, Jackson heads out of the change room and goes to get a drink with April at Joes before heading to what he now called home at Meredith's house.
After having finished his drink he realises that he has left a few things in his locker that he needs.
Sighing out loud, he says to April "Hey I need to meet you back home, I accidently left a few things in my locker and I really need to get them so I am just going to head back to the hospital to get them."
"Do you want me to go with you?" She asks looking up at him while sipping her drink through a straw.
"No thanks, I shouldn't be too long anyway, I will see you later." He says as he gets up out of the booth and walks out of the bar.
"Yeah sure, I will see you later than." April mutters under her breath.
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Walking into the change rooms a little while later, Jackson see's Lexie fast asleep on the bench and dead to the world. Sighing he stands there and grabs his stuff out of his locker. He feels for her, she had a lot on her plate today running around everywhere as what they called a scut monkey, but truth was she was the person that had managed to keep the place running while everyone else was too busy preparing speeches or letting the dark blue scrubs get to their egos. She deserved to sleep but he knew she also deserved to sleep on something more comfortable than a bench, such as her own bed.
With that thought in his mind he crouches down and looks at her face before tapping her softly on the shoulder.
"Mmm, go away." She mumbles.
"Come on Lexie, you need to get home to sleep." Jackson says nudging her.
"Too tired." She mutters.
Sighing he knows it is going to be too difficult to convince her to get up, so he grabs her stuff with his and grabs her car keys before he bends down over her and carries her in his arms.
Burying her head into the crook of his neck she lets out a content sigh and grabs a fistful of his shirt before starting to softly snore.
Not wanting to draw too much attention that she really doesn't need at the moment, he looks around but can't find what his looking for. So he decides to quickly walk out of the room and goes to a supply closet and grabs a blanket and does his best to throw it over her sleeping frame to ensure her face is covered.
After managing the difficult task he walks out of the supply closet and heads towards the elevator to head out into the car park. Getting into the elevator he ignores all the stares he is receiving and heads towards the back of the elevator and regrets it instantly as he is standing next to Mark.
"Dr Avery." He says nodding his head slightly.
"Dr Sloan." Jackson addresses and subconsciously tightens his hold on Lexie.
"Who have you got there?" Mark asks.
"No one you need to know about, they are tired so I thought I would give them their privacy from prying eyes." Jackson says glaring at Mark who is trying to work out who he has in his arms under the blanket.
"How is Lexie doing?" Marks ask.
"Is it really any of your business?" Jackson asks getting annoyed at how the man can pretend like he has done nothing wrong.
"Well, I care about her and I still love her, but she won't speak to me on more than a professional basis." Mark says.
" Well can you blame her, seriously if you love her like you say you do, you have a funny way of showing it." Jackson says.
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Mark asks confused.
Snorting now, Jackson rolls his eyes and says " You say you care for her and love her, and just when she thinks she should give you one more chance, you throw it back in her face by sleeping with Derek's sister." Seeing the shocked look on his face, Jackson adds "Yeah that's right, she saw you with your tongue down her throat, so she left, now she has given up on you, if you love her as much as you say you do than you will let her go, she deserves better than that, especially after everything she has been through in that past year or two." Jackson says before walking out of the elevator.
….
Walking into Meredith's house, he sees Alex, Meredith, Derek and April sitting in the lounge room watching some random show on the television.
"Hey. Is she okay?" Meredith asks looking worriedly at her sister and getting up off the couch to walk up to them.
"Yeah, she is just tired from today I think, she was still asleep on the bench when I got back to the hospital and I couldn't wake her up so I had to put a blanket over her face so no one knew who it was, she gets stared at enough, and lucky I did cover her up." Jackson says as they both looked at Lexie.
"How did you get home when you didn't have a car, and what do you mean lucky you did?" Meredith asks as everyone listens in.
"I grabbed Lexie's car keys and drove us home, I ran into Mark into the elevator, he didn't realise it was her, but he was asking about her and acting like he did nothing wrong, so I kind of had a go at him telling him he has a funny way of showing that he loves her when all he does is go and shove his tongue down Derek's sister's throat, so he probably isn't too happy with me." Jackson says.
"Yeah, well Sloan is an idiot." Alex says.
"I better out her in bed." Jackson says.
"How, you can't carry her up to the attic?" Meredith asks.
"I will put her in my bed; I can sleep on the floor." Jackson says before slowly heading up the stairs.