The weather here reminded her of England. Bleak and grey. If she shut her eyes and pretended she could be home, she could be four years old again, she could be happy. The siren shook her back to life and she watched, as another helpless stranger was carted off into the hospital.

She'd considered going in several times, wondering around helplessly and pretending to look for someone, just to be warm, to do something different. But the fear of rejection was too great, she'd been down that road before, made mistakes over and over, and now even at a strangers distasteshe felt a disappointment.

2 Hours Later

Lexie looked out the window, the girl was still there. She'd arrived this morning and Lexie had wrongly assumed that she was visiting someone in the hospital, or early for a check up, so she'd gone about her day as normal. But it was nearing lunch now and the girl was still there. Her pager went off '911' so Lexie left, without giving the girl a second look, this was a hospital it wasn't unnatural, and she didn't have the time.

The wind had picked up and the hairs on her arms stood on end. She needed to decide, stay or go. She couldn't waste anymore time, she had a life to build, she just had to decide whether she wanted to start it here in Seattle, or to move on. She could go where she pleased, no family to hold her down, money wasn't really an issue, she had enough to build a home, a base, and she's make money soon enough, she could act, model, just try to stay out of the underworld, she'd walked down that road before, and that was one of the few things in her past she wouldn't change.

It had made her a bigger person, a stronger person, but she'd never wish it even upon her worst enemy. Once you're in you never go back, she defied them, and she'd paid.

She sat still, but time didn't.

Lexie smiled to herself, she'd just performed and open anterior resection with hysterectomy. It wasn't much but she'd done it alone, and well, she was progressing. She climbed the stairwell, eager to tell Jackson of her girl was still outside.

"Hey you" his voice sounded like honey, sweet, thick, seductive. He crept up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist, fiddling with the tie on her scrubs. She smiled and relaxed into him. He nibbled on her ear and she turned around and planted a warm kiss on his lips.

"I'm not finished yet" Lexie pulled away.

"That's never stopped us before" she giggled and bit her lip, he loved it when she did that. It was something about those eyes, that touch, he led her up the stairwell into a room they know only too well.

Jackson was still asleep and Lexie didn't move, to scared of disturbing his tranquillity, it was pushing 6 and she had last minute checkups to do before heading home for the night. Slipping out of the bed and into her pants she crept out the door and along the corridor. It had been a quiet day for Seattle Grace-Mercy West and for once she was glad. Home. Bed. Sleep.

Everything was sorted, patients were well, and her operation patient was recovering well. Lexie half skipped out of the hospital. She was still there, half asleep on the bench. Lexies heart sank, poor girl, alone. She had a duty, she'd taken an oath, and whether or not the girl voluntarily walked into the hospital she was here, and Lexie was going to try to help her.

It was bitterly cold, she was going to have to make a move. The doors slid open, beckoning her in, someone glided out, she could see the tall figure out of the corner of her eye. Some people in her position would be scared, new place, new town, out in the open, vulnerable, but she'd been down this road before, and she wasn't scared.

The figure approached, this scared her. Not that the beautiful girl intimidated her in any way, she wasn't scared of the girl, she was scared of being judged, rejected, again.

"Hello"

She didn't know how to reply, scared of saying the wrong thing.

"You've been sitting out here all day." She looked up.

"Do I have to leave?"

"What, no. I, I just wanted to check that you were alright, are you waiting for someone?"

"Not for someone, just waiting."

"I'm Lexie" Lexie extended her hand. She went to shake it, her ice cold fingers sending a shudder down Lexies spine.

"I'm Cassie"

Lexie smiled.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Lexie genuinely looked compassionate.

"Where's the nearest motel?"

"Its just down the road, I can give you a lift if you'd like?"

"You've already done enough, thank you Lexie."

Cassie got up and walked away. Lexie watched in awe, this girl had been waiting for something, for someone, and then she'd just walked away.