Jump Then Fall
A one shot about Mark and Lexie. What if instead of Teddy talking to Mark outside Sloan's room, it was Lexie?
(Lexie's POV)
I walked down the hallway, chart in hand. I was looking around for Alex but ended up about 10 feet away from Mark Sloan. My ex. Former lover. However you want to put it. I sucked a hard breath in, when I saw him. It wasn't painful to be around him like some people would have thought. It was more along the lines of happiness. A smile always tugged at the edges of my mouth whenever I saw him. Last week I was able to assist in a facial reconstruction with him. I was smiling the entire time. I really hoped that Mark hadn't noticed. Even though it wouldn't really bother me if he did. But when I wasn't in surgery with a face mask covering my mouth, I kept the smiling to the very minimum.
Now that same feeling occurred and I felt that smile tug at my mouth. I bit my lip to keep the smile from escaping. My mind then wandered to the reason why Mark Sloan would be standing out in front of a OB patient's room?
I let out a small almost inaudible gasp, when I realized why. Sloan. I remember someone (most likely Meredith or Cristina) saying something about Sloan Sloan being in the hospital, but as soon as I heard the word Sloan, my mind went to all the times I spent with Mark. Then to his scruff and chest. And eyes. Those piercing blue pools. I shook myself out of it. Going back to that same place every damn time I heard his name. Then I took a deep breath and walked up beside him, gently tucking my blonde hair behind my ears as I walked.
"Hey" I said softly.
He glanced over in my direction. Eyes looking lost. Like a sad beaten dog.
"Hey." He said. His soft tone matching me.
Minuets passed of silence. I finally broke it.
"How's Sloan?"
More minuets of silence.
(Mark's POV)
I looked down at her. Her face serious. I had seen that look before. She really wanted to know. I smiled at her. The blonde it was actually working for her. I had grown use to it.
"Sloan's OK." I finally admitted. "Her mom's going to come and take her home."
I sighed deeply. Even thought I had really only just meet the girl, she was the basically one of the only members of my family still with me. Running my fingers through my hair, I realized she was staring at me as if in deep thought.
When she finally broke out of it she said "Well, maybe its for the best. I mean it would be to hard to raise her here anyway. You would always be at the hospital. . and"
Her voice trailed off. She was thinking hard again.
"What about the baby?" she asked quietly after another couple minuets of uninterrupted silence.
(Lexie's POV)
His face turned ashen, after I asked the question.
"A couple is going to adopt him"
I nodded and grabbed his hand and squeezed it gently. He squeezed back a smile on his lips.
He pushed a strand of hair behind my ears. One stubborn piece of hair that no matter how hard I tried, I never got it to stay put. Surprisingly enough, it stayed.
I gazed into his piercing pools. He gazed back into mine.
Then I leaned closer into him and softly said "I'm sorry Mark. I know how much you wanted the baby."
His eyes were glassy with tears when he looked back at me. On the inside I gasped. I had never once, seen Mark Sloan cry. He then tried to make the tears go away.
But alas one escaped. It trickled down his cheek. Using my thumb I gingerly brushed it away.
I then allowed myself to kiss his cheek, right where the tear had been.
I then squeezed his hand one last time, and started down the hall.
I was then abruptly pulled back and I was pulled into a full on kiss. The kiss felt so natural, and normal, that I almost forgot where we were. But I pulled away after a couple minuets more.
"Mark." Was all I could manage to get out before I turned on my heel and walked back down on the hall.
(Mark's POV)
I stared after her. Star struck from the kiss. Even though I had been the one who started it. I wrung my hands together. How much I missed this was impossible. I missed her in general, but I knew this had to be, so I wept to myself silently.
THE END
