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Chapter Two
Lexie laid awake for most of the night. She should've seen this coming a long time ago, for god's sake she was a doctor. She should know the basic signs of a pregnancy!
Lexie knew something had to be up when she started to get sick. She would wake up with the worst morning sickness, throwing up everything in her stomach from the previous night into the toilet bowl. Plus she did notice the weight she was gaining and just thought it was from all the stress. Then, it finally hit her. She missed her period. That's when she started to worry.
Now here she was, knocked up with know clue who the father was. Lexie didn't know what to do at all. She didn't know who to tell or how to even raise a baby. Well first thing is first, she is going to tell Alex in the morning for sure. He was the one to buy her the tests and more importantly he could possibly be the father of this baby. Alex did promise Lexie he wouldn't abandon her, but Lexie needed a breather right now. She wasn't sure if she could do this.
The baby could definitely be Alex's or it was going to be Mark's baby. Mark Sloan. As if he didn't already have his grandson and Sloan to deal with, now he might have to deal with this mess. He'd probably laugh at her. After all, she didn't want to start a family and it's the whole reason why their relationship was toast in the first place. She could always get rid of it...But she couldn't. Lexie could not get rid of this baby. Maybe it meant something more than a maternal attachment, but she just couldn't put her finger on it. All Lexie Grey knew was that she didn't want to get rid of this baby.
Lexie groaned loudly into her pillow before finally getting some sleep. When she woke up it was time to go to work and pretend that everything was normal.
"Hey, morning Lex," Meredith said as Lexie approached the kitchen area. Derek was currently cooking some pancakes while Meredith was drinking a glass of orange juice. Lexie smelt the pancakes and bacon and felt her stomach rumble. "Feel any better?"
"Yeah, I actually do," Lexie lied, feeling her stomach get all twisty. "I'm...I'm better. Much better."
"You sure?" Derek asked, noticing she seemed a little uneasy.
"Really I'm fine, but I am starving," Lexie exclaimed, trying to act positive as she rushed to her seat. Her mouth watered seeing the food as she shoved the pancakes in her mouth. Derek and Meredith gave each other glances, watching the youngest Grey scarf down a bunch of pancake.
"Um Lex, slow down or you're going to choke," Meredith said, gently putting Lexie's arm down on the table. "You're acting like you've never seen food before."
"Oh um sorry, I'm just really hungry," Lexie replied, talking with her mouthful as she then swallowed. "I gotta um get to work. I'll see you there!"
"Don't you need a ride?" Meredith questioned as Lexie then rushed down the hallway.
"No! Alex's got me covered!" Lexie cried out, running upstairs to find Alex. She found him in his room, getting ready for work. He looked just as nervous as she did the night before.
"Lexie! Thank god," he said, rushing over to her. "Are you-"
"I'm pregnant," Lexie blurted out to him. "I am 100% positive I'm pregnant. Alex, I don't know who this baby belongs to...It's either you or Mark and I'm freaking out! I need to know!"
"Hey, hey calm down," Alex said, swallowing nervously as he placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "Look, you're going to get a ultra sound and from there we're going to determine how many weeks along you are. Lex we've been going out for about two weeks. You were dating Sloan for months and if the baby is older than two weeks then it's definitely Sloan's baby...But you should probably also get a DNA test."
"Okay. I know, but thanks for um being there Alex," Lexie said, stuttering.
"I'll sneak you over to Ped's during our lunch break. We'll give you a check up and see how the baby is," Alex announced, taking a deep breath. "I promise Lex, I won't make this difficult for you."
"I know, Alex," Lexie said, sighing a bit. She could tell he was a little freaked out. They weren't in the most committed relationship and this was something neither of them planned. Lexie wanted kids, but not now and probably not with Alex. He was a nice guy, but he wasn't the guy she pictured starting a family with. But who knows, if it is his kid they would be starting a family together. It could be a good thing. "Thank you, again."
"Alright. Great! It's all settled then," Alex said, grinning as he clapped his hands together awkwardly.
"Not quite." Lexie and Alex both looked up to see Meredith Grey leaning against the doorway. She raised an eyebrow at them while her lips formed a straight thin line.
"Hey there..." Lexie said, her voice laced with nervousness. She felt like she was going to barf now.
"How much did you um hear?" Alex asked, his face in a fake grin now as they both stared at Meredith.
"All of it. You two, ohhh. We need to talk, Lexie," Meredith said, holding her hand out for her little sister. "Alex go to work, I need to have a nice long talk with my sister. Meet me during lunch. You're coming to her first appointment."
"Um okay," Alex said, scampering away from the two Grey sisters. Lexie Grey swallowed as she then looked at Meredith with scared brown eyes. Her breathing became erratic. She was scared now. What was her sister going to do? To think, she finally got on Meredith's good side and now she's going to hate her.
"Look, I'm sorry-"
"Don't apologize. Calm down and just talk," Meredith said, sitting her sister down on the bed. "How...How did this and when did this happen? I just want to know."
"I...I found out last night. I don't know who's baby it belongs to Meredith!" Lexie cried out, bursting into tears. "I..I..I don't know. It can be Mark's or it could be Alex's baby. Mark doesn't know and Alex does, but Alex is freaking me out because he's forcing himself to be Mr. Dad but at the same time it's rather sweet- and I don't know what to do!" Lexie was bursting into sobs at this point Her hormones were taking over her rather well right now.
"Shh, Lexie calm down. We don't need Derek knowing just yet," Meredith hushed her, motioning downstairs to the fact they weren't the only ones in the house still. "Look, it's okay. I know you're scared and this is freaking you out, but let's just see if we can maybe determine more about this baby. Don't get worked up yet until you have all the information. Now understand this, I'm going to go with you and Alex to do this during lunch. And, instead of going to some secret closet and having Alex preform this thing by himself we're going to take you to a real gynecologist who's going to look at this baby. Then they're going to determine when we can get a DNA test. It's going to be the office down the block and that means no one in the hospital will know just yet. You're going to get through this."
"Wow Mer, thanks for the pep talk," Lexie chocked out, breathing normally once again.
"It's okay. I'm going to help you get through this because well...That's what sisters do and I'm going to be nice about it. Alright, so get ready for work so we can drive you in. You're going to be okay, Lexie, and if you can't handle this on your own, you have me and Derek. I promise that we'll help you get through this."
"Thank you Meredith," Lexie murmured, dapping her eyes. "Damn hormones."
"Come here." Meredith rolled her eyes, bringing Lexie into a side hug. She allowed her sister to cry for a few moments on her shoulder before heading off to go get ready for work. Lexie felt a little more at ease now with Meredith's support. She was going to make through this, she just had to tell herself that more.
Work was pretty normal for everyone. Lexie went for rounds and then did some paperwork. Mostly it was to avoid a lot of the others, especially Mark. Every time they passed each other in the hallway their eyes would meet and it was hard to unlock from his sight. But, after a few hours writing her eyes and hands were killing her.
"Mark!" Callie Torres cried out, causing her best friend to snap out of whatever day dream he was having about Lexie Grey.
"Yes Torres?" Mark asked, keeping his cool as she came rambling over to him.
"Guess what?! Arizona actually got Bailey to go on a date with the Ben guy. Can you believe it," She said, flipping through some labs. "Anyway, more importantly how are you holding up?"
"I'm fine," Mark said, glancing at Callie. He knew she was trying to get him to talk for days. "No need to-"
"Oh no, I know something's up. You're my best friend for a reason Mark," Callie said, glaring at him. "What I meant to say was how are you holding up with Sloan out of the house. You haven't talked to me about it for days."
"I don't know, look I have a surgery. I need to go to," Mark said, trying to ignore the fact his daughter and Lexie Grey were both out of this life. He didn't need to talk about it with Callie right now.
Just as he was about to leave he saw Lexie Grey emerging from the hallway, rushing away. "Where is she rushing too?" He mused. "She's been acting odd the past couple of days."
"You should ask her. It might be nice for you two to talk, you know," Callie said, smirking a bit. She knew Mark was still in love with Lexie, no doubt about that. A blind man could tell those two still loved one another.
"No, most certainly not," Mark muttered like a child.
"It might make you feel better, you never know," Callie said, her tone slightly chiding.
"You know what would make me feel better, sex. Dirty hot sex in the shower," He said, smirking at her. Callie rolled her eyes as she gave him a nice punch in the arm.
"Yeah, nice try buddy," She said, walking away. Mark sighed, looking back at Lexie before heading into surgery. He missed his little Grey.
Meanwhile it was finally lunch and Lexie was going to find out more information about this baby. Lexie rushed out of the room to head to the parking lot where Meredith was sitting in a car with Alex Karev in the front seat.
"Get in," Meredith said, smiling at her. Lexie nodded before hopping into the car with them.
"So...What do I do after this?" Lexie asked, looking at her sister and Alex. "Do I tell Derek? The others? What about Mark? He kind of needs to know, as much of an ass as he is, he needs to know. Mostly considering the fact this could be his baby."
"The time you think is right Lexie, it's your life and your baby. Plus it's your body so you're entitled to do whatever you want," Meredith told her as she drove away from the hospital. "Though my only suggestion is to maybe tell Derek...Or Cristina?"
"Oh someone's itching to talk about it!" Alex laughed at his friend, earning a glare from Meredith.
"Meredith!" Lexie groaned, rolling her eyes as she let her face fall into her hands. "Really?"
"Hey! I just want to tell someone, and Lexie you're my sister so I'm not going to say anything. But, Derek is my husband and Cristina, well she's my person. It's hard to keep things away from them," Meredith said, looking back at her sister.
"Well I'm going to tell Derek anyway because he's my brother now, and Cristina can wait. Happy?" Lexie stated, chuckling.
"Okay much better." Meredith laughed, smiling victoriously as she then pulled into the parking lot.
When they got in there the three of them snuck into the doctor's office. Soon they were heading into one of the rooms to get an ultra sound.
"Hello there, Dr. Grey. I'm Dr. Arthurs. How are you today?" She asked, looking at the three of them.
"Good, just want to get some information about this baby. I just found out I'm pregnant and all," Lexie said, rambling off a little bit.
"Okay. That's great. Let's get started then," Dr. Arthurs replied, setting up her equipment. "So your friends are..." she trailed off, looking at Meredith and Alex.
"That's my sister, Meredith Grey, and my um friend Alex," Lexie told the doctor, not sure if she should call Alex her baby daddy yet.
"I'm her possible baby daddy," Alex filled in the doctor. "Speaking of which, not butting in here, but we're going to need to do a DNA test."
"Alex," Meredith scolded, smacking his arm. She then turned to the doctor while Lexie's cheeks flared up like red tomatoes. "My sister broke up with a boyfriend and this idiot decided to sleep with her. So we're just trying to see who the father is. That's all."
"It's fine, don't worry. I've had odder cases in my life time, this isn't a first," Dr. Arthurs replied warmly, placing the gel on Lexie's stomach. "Now this'll feel a little cool, Dr. Grey."
"Okay," Lexie said, holding Meredith's hand tightly as they looked at the monitor above them. Appearing there was a small little white mass of baby, moving all around in Lexie's stomach. They could even here the baby's heartbeat echoing throughout the room now.
"It looks like your about a month pregnant, Dr. Grey. I'm 99% sure," Dr. Arthurs said, looking around at the monitor. "And he or she looks very healthy."
"So does that mean it's Sloan's kid?" Alex asked, looking back at Lexie. "Because we only had sex a few times and that was in the past two weeks."
"I guess it is..." Lexie said, feeling her nerves tightening in her stomach and all around her body. She was 99.999% that she was carrying Mark Sloan's kid. Mark freaking Sloan. Oh great, she knew she was going to get some hell of a shit storm now.
"You can still take the test, just to be sure if you'd like," Dr. Arthurs offered. "Just to be 100% positive."
"I think I will, and when will I be able to take that?" Lexie asked quietly.
"You're next appointment," Dr. Arthur's told her gently. "We'll have the tests done then because you'll be nine weeks into your pregnancy and it'll be easier for you and the baby to take them. But, Dr. Grey I'm very positive that this child is not this gentlemen's over here."
"Okay, thank you then. Very much," Lexie said, shaking hands with the Doctor.
"I'll be back. I just need to get some paperwork and vitamins for you dear, and then you'll be off. Congratulations!" Dr. Arthurs told them before heading out of the room.
"So look, one mystery was solved already. Alex is probably not the baby daddy, doesn't that make you feel a little bit better?" Meredith asked her sister.
"Hey! I would've been a pretty great father to the kid," Alex said, shrugging. "But hey, as I said before Lexipedia, you need any help or if Mark gives you any crap, just call me. I may be a jerk, but hey I'm not a horrible guy. I'll kick his ass if I have to."
"Aw, the evil spawn is growing up," Meredith teased, causing Alex to eye roll.
"No, it's cool." Lexie chuckled, smiling at him.
Alex smiled back before getting up from his seat. "I'm going next door to the mini mart to get us some lunch. See you out there in a bit."
"Alright!" Meredith and Lexie called out as he then left them alone. Lexie sighed, burying her face into her hands.
"I'm a mess, Meredith. Mark's the baby's father. MARK!" she cried out, tears rushing down her cheeks. "How is he going to take this? I broke up with him because I wasn't ready to start a family, but it looks like now I am. The irony!"
"Hey! Calm down, you don't want to put stress on the baby," Meredith told her gently, rubbing her back. "Lexie, I'm sure it'll be fine. Okay? I think you are just going to be fine. You are a strong woman Lexie. Mark, he may be a man-whore, but he cares about you and he'll care about this baby. Don't worry, alright? I'm going to be here to help you every step of the way, but you need to stay strong yourself. Alright? You're a Grey. You can do this."
"Alright," Lexie said, taking a deep breath before smiling brightly at Meredith. "I can do this."
"Good, now come on before Alex eats all our food," Meredith teased with her before they headed out after the paperwork.
Lexie smiled, looking at the picture of the little peanut she now had her in stomach. This could be good for her and she can do this. Even if Mark or Alex have nothing to do with this baby, Lexie can do it. She's Alexandra Caroline Grey. She can do this. She was going to do this.
A/N: Sooo whatcha think? :) Can't wait to see more Slexie moments? Who's excited about the baby hehe? Anyway in the meantime thanks for reading, be on the look out for the next update, and please review! :)
