DaniminaWhore – so obviously when I said I'd be posting the next chapter tomorrow I meant the day after tomorrow lol
Chapter 2
Mark left to venture to the cafeteria for some chocolate pudding as per Teddy's request. She'd been awake for three days and she was still here being monitored since she was unconscious for four days. Teddy was getting a little stir crazy but Mark's presence helped. He was pretty entertaining.
Smiling to herself, Teddy flipped through the channels on the tv while she waited for him to return.
She had a visitor, but not the one she was expecting.
Lexie Grey walked into her room.
"Uh, hi," Teddy greeted her.
"He doesn't really love you," Lexie told her. "He loves me."
"I don't think you should be talking about how he feels," Teddy replied. "Leave that up to him."
Lexie crossed her arms. "He never cheated on me."
"You need to leave now," Teddy's voice was quiet.
"He's just going to leave you again," shot Lexie before leaving.
Teddy was alone with the beeping of the heart monitor and the quiet dialogue of some soap opera on the tv.
Mark returned not much later and handed her the pudding with a smile but he was a little concerned when she didn't say anything. He leaned down to kiss her and she turned her head so that his lips met her cheek.
"What's wrong?" He asked. He wasn't yet the Teddy expert he wanted to be and he couldn't exactly read her. "Are you sore? You just got more meds."
"I'm fine," she mumbled and put her chocolate pudding cup on the rolling table.
Mark sat on the edge of her bed. "You're not fine. Talk to me. Please?" He wanted to fix whatever was wrong.
"It doesn't matter," she shook her head, glancing out the window into the hall.
"You're upset, it does matter," he gently placed his hand on her cheek and caught her gaze. "Everything about you matters."
Her eyes teared up and she started to cry softly. He was saying such perfect things and the pain meds were making her more emotional than normal, and what Lexie had said to her didn't help.
Mark hugged her, wrapping his arms around her and softly kissing her cheek. "It's okay. You're okay."
He let her cry, rubbing her back. Whatever was bugging her, he figured crying would help.
When she stopping crying he reached to the bedside table and grabbed a kleenex. He wiped her cheeks and kissed her forehead then gave her another tissue if she needed it.
"Will you tell me what that was about?"
After a moment of playing with the tissue in her hands she told him about Lexie's visit and the things his ex-girlfriend said to her.
"She has no business saying anything like that. She doesn't know!" Mark took a breath to calm himself and took one of her hands in his. "I slept with the resident because I was scared. I felt myself getting serious about you, and I freaked out because the last time I was serious with someone - Lexie - she broke my heart, and I couldn't bear you doing that, too, so I screwed things up. I realize that was stupid and it doesn't excuse what I did, but I promise you I will not do it again. I love you. And Lexie...I don't know what she's doing but she doesn't know what happened so don't worry about what she says. Okay?"
Teddy nodded, "Okay," she laced her fingers through his.
"Will you smile for me? I love to see you smile." He lifted his free hand to stroke her cheek.
She pressed her lips together, hiding her smile to mess with him and shook her head.
Mark raised his eyebrows. "Don't make me tickle you. You have an IV and that would just make a mess and I don't feel like cleaning up," he told her, "And then you'd need more blood and," he sighed dramatically, "That's just so much work."
The image he was creating in her head made her laugh and the sound made him smile. His lips met hers and they kissed deeply, their tongues playfully wrestling. He separated from her lips just enough to take a breath and tugged her lower lip between his teeth, sucking gently, before pulling away from her lips.
"I hate that you know I'm ticklish," she ran her fingers around his ear.
He trailed kisses along her jaw, "I like it. I know how to make you laugh and you have an amazing laugh," he murmured against her skin.
Teddy grinned, "No I don't," her fingers running through his hair.
"Yes you do. It's sexy. You're sexy." Mark kissed just below her ear and nipped at the skin.
His lips sent tingles though her and she moaned softly as he placed open-mouthed kisses along her neck. She wished that they could go further, he had no idea the effect he had on her. Whenever he was around she instantly felt better than she did when he was gone; when he kissed her she didn't want him to stop; when he touched her, her stomach filled with butterflies.
But being a patient in the hospital, hooked up to an IV and having a cast on her leg prevented a lot of action. Not to mention her pain medication made her drowsy so she wouldn't be a lot of fun. Thankfully she was being stepped down from that so she was awake for longer periods of time.
Mark kissed her lips again softly before pulling away from her.
She yawned, covering her mouth and he chuckled.
"Making out with me is that boring for you?" He teased, tucking some stray hair behind her ear.
"You know the drugs make me tired." She made a face at him.
He smiled softly, "I know. Go to sleep. You need it to heal faster and get out of here."
She groaned, "I just want to go home already. I'm a doctor, you're a doctor, it's not like I don't know what I'm doing. And you could stay with me to help out. I hate being a patient."
"I know. I'll talk to Derek," he shifted to lay down next to her, "Just take a nap for now."
Teddy snuggled into him as best she could in the hospital bed.
"I love you," she whispered as she let the drowsiness overcome her.
"I love you, too," he replied in a whisper.
Mark went looking for Lexie and found her leaving the nurses' station.
He approached her and just started talking, "Don't talk to Teddy about how you presume I feel or what you think I'll do."
Lexie feigned innocence, "I didn't. I -"
Mark held up a hand cutting her off, "I don't want to hear it, just stay away from her! And from me!"
And with that he walked away, not caring what kind of gossip he was creating.
He then headed to Derek's office to see when he could discharge Teddy.
When Mark got back to Teddy's room about half an hour later and found her awake.
"You're supposed to be sleeping," he smiled, making his way to her side.
She smiled a little, "You weren't here." She felt silly, it had only been a few days but she couldn't sleep as well without him.
He kissed her forehead and laid down with her again.
"Where did you go?" She asked.
He couldn't lie to her, "I went to talk to Lexie and see if Derek will discharge you soon."
"You didn't have to talk to Lexie," she looked at him.
"I did," he kissed her forehead again. "I've done enough to give you doubt and I'm trying to fix it. I don't need Lexie lying to you, too."
She smiled, liking this protective side, "I love you. Lexie may try to lie to me about those things but I love you."
"I know," he grinned.
"What did Derek say?" She asked.
"He'll come by later to check you out. The CT yesterday looked good and I told him I'd stay with you so you'd be under doctor supervision," Mark told her then chuckled.
Teddy giggled, "You're dirty."
"It's true. I'll supervise you doing everything," he told her in a seductive tone.
"I would hope so," she smiled tiredly.
Mark smiled then kissed her softly, "go back to sleep babe.
