Disclaimer: I dont own any Grey Anatomy characters.

A/N: Thank you everyone! Im glad you enjoyed the first chapter and hope you enjoy this one too!

Lexie collsaped on her bed, sigh to herself. She couldn't help but smile, she could only think about Mark. The down fall was that she wasn't sure if he was being sincere or not. "I can't be thinking about him, he's a senior….i'm a freshman. He wouldn't be interested in me. Stop thinking about his eyes and his smile. That cute little laugh that he does. LEXIE Stop"


"Hi momma" Mark said as he walked through the living room.

She smiled, It was rare that he was in such a good mood. "Hi sweetie, what's going on?"

Mark sat next to her on the couch "nothing why"

"I don't know you just seem really, happy…..i don't know" she shrugged her shoulders.

"Everything is the same momma" he smiled, gave her a wink and walked to his room.

She shrugged, she knew her son, something was different. Maybe he didn't notice it yet.

Mark collasped on his bed, the coach worked him extra hard today. They had an important game three days away on Friday, and his head just wasn't in the game.

Flashback:

"Sloan get your head out of the clouds" the coached screamed. Getting frustrated Mark just got tackled again before getting the ball to his runner. "Focus on the game. I don't know what your doing out there!"

"Yes coach, sorry coach" Mark screamed, he didn't know what was wrong with him. He's a great player and its like his mind was stuck in the old gym where he was talking to Lexie.

Then a tackle again.

"Okay everyone 3 laps around the field and 20 lounges now!" the coach screamed "And you all have your buddy Mark to thank."

"Great thanks Mark" several teammates remarked as they jogged by.

"Sorry guys" was the only thing that he could say.

"Are you okay?" Derek asked jogging next to him.

"I'm fine"

Derek chuckled and with a little smile said "Your thinking about that girl"

"who"

"Freshie Lexiee" he said smiling

"No, come on she so young not for me"

"A little less talking and more running boys, you don't want to have 6 laps do you" the coach screamed as a bunch of teammates turned around and gave them dirty looks.

"Sure" Derek said before running off in front of him.

Mark thought about it, could it really be her. Is she like taking over my mind. I cant let this happen.

"Now lets get back to working on whats important, our games in three days and we need to have everyone ready"

End of flashback

Mark picked up his phone "I know how to get this chick out of my head"

"Hey Addison, yah lets meet up"

Addison did a flirtaious giggle on her end of the phone, her and Mark were friends for a long time. And they've been benefiting for almost all of though years. She knew that Mark wasn't boyfriend material but he was good in bed….and many girls knew it. "What was Kristy, Angela, Mia or who ever is next on your list busy"

"I want you" he paused "and I never did or would do anything with Kristy."

"Come over in twenty" she said smiling, he couldn't see her smile, but she really did enjoy his company. Whenever one of them "needed" the other, they were there for each other.


"LEXIE" a scream came from downstairs, "LEXIE" the screams got louder and louder.

She tried her best to ignore them but she took a deep breath and opened her door, slowly started to walk down the stairs.

"Yah dad" she said walking closer to him, he was sitting on the couch, an empty scotch bottle in his hand.

His words were already slurred and he basically lived on the couch…drunk all the time. "Whhaat took you soo long" he slurred looking at her with disgust.

"Studying, and if this isnt important I would like to get back" she commented with a slight attitude.

"Don't take that tone with me" he yelled, he stumbled up enough to start to fall over.

Lexiee went to go stablize him. "I'm fine" he stood up steady on both feet "Now you look at me Lexiee" he yelled and roughly grabbed her wrist. Lexiee made an uncomfortable sound, but Thatcher ignored it. "You need to listen and respect me, I am still your father" he let go of her wrist and plopped back down on the couch.

Lexiee pulled her wrist in close to her chest, and rubbing it with her other hand. She took a deep breath and looked up to the ceiling. She was about to speak again when she felt her face get hot, and her eyes get full with tears. She took another deep breath, she didn't want him to see her broken. She couldn't let her own father see her broken. "What did you need father"

"Get me the other bottle of scotch" he stated coldly tipping the empty bottle over on the coffee table.

Lexie just shook her head, and walked into the kitchen. It killed her to see her father like this. He use to be so loving, kind, and full of life. Now that her mother was gone it's like this funk, or drunk that he was in would just not go away.

Lexie said nothing and just placed the new bottle of scotch on the table and ran upstairs slamming her door behind her.


"Mark, Mark stop that tickles" Addison screamed in laughter as Mark was tickling her.

Mark stopped and he just laid on top of her smiling looking into her eyes. Addison stared deeply into his eyes, this was a weird experience that they had never had before. Complete silence but feeling content and whole. Addison was enjoying the experience when she blurted out "You seem I don't know different"

Mark dropped his head down "Different" he smiled and laughed and vigurously started kissing her. Moving down to her neck and then chest. Addison started to moan as Mark moved further down her body. This was the Mark that she remembered, but wasn't sure if it was the only side of him that she wanted to see. She always thought that Mark had more to him then a "sex machine" mentality but she never seen a glimpse of it before, and she ruined it in seconds. But its not like she could complain, he always lived up to his reputation.

Addison got out of her head, and flipped him over so now she was on top. She knew that he liked the power but got turned on when she took controll. She could feel him getting turned on as she kissed him down his neck and onto his muscular chest. His breathing got heavier and hands got a little rougher as they roamed her naked body.


"Derek I'm just asking if you think she's pretty" Meredith explained as they walked to the patio area of the ice cream parlor.

Derek sighed, he really wanted to have a guy freshman buddy because of this. "Do you trust me Mere?" he asked calmly, he already knew the answer but her face was soo cute when she would start explaining herself.

Merediths shoulders dropped as she exhailed her breath "Well of course I trust you. I'm just curious you know. I think I have every right to be curious"

Derek smiled he knew exactly why she loved this girl. "And that you do" he gave her a little peck on the lips and then leaned back in his chair. Derek chuckled.

"What's funny?" she asked they both didn't say anything so he had to be thinking something.

Derek put his cup of ice cream on the table "Well I was thinking that if I had Mark's freshman buddy this conversation might be different"

Meredith put her bowl down across from his, she had a guilty look on her face and Derek knew this look. "What did you do?"

"Well Christina and I kind of warned her that….you know"

Derek got concerned, he was pretty sure that Mark might have a thing for this girl and hoped that they didn't do anything to mess up something that hasn't started. "No, I don't know"

"Well we saw her sitting outside and kind of warned her that Mark is a player….not to get too attached" she instantly wished that she never said anything. She knew that Derek loved her but his friendship with Mark is something that Derek treasured.

Derek's face dropped, he always thought that Christina had a bad influence on her. He knew that he couldn't totally blame Christina because Meredith was far from an angel. He was speechless, he couldn't say anything, they poisoned the girls mind.

"Derek say something" she hated it when he was silent, yet he still said nothing "yell at me or something"

Derek shook his head "I think we should go"


The school bell rang, second period class was over. Lexie was standing at her locker when she felt someone leaning on the locker next to her.

She turned her head, it was Mark. "Oh hey" she said cheerfully and kind of surprised. I thought that he was just being positive for the first day, but here he came up to me.

"How's everything going?"

Lexie shook her head "Things are going good" with a little smile. Lexie closed her locker and Mark noticed a good size bruise on her wrist.

He nodded his head. "Um, do you mind me asking you what happened to your arm" and brought her arm closer to him to further inspect it.

Lexie felt a tingle sensation as Mark guided her arm closer to him. Addison was watching the interaction in the near distance.

"Really its nothing" she lied

Mark sighed and released her arm and looked her in the eyes "It doesn't look like nothing" he paused "Did your boyfriend do it?"

Lexie looked in his caring eyes, not understanding how such a caring guy had such a bad reputation. 'I don't" she paused "I don't have a boyfriend" she paused again "Really it's nothing."

She moved away from her locker, Mark wrapped an arm around her shoulder and they headed down the hallway towards her next class "If anything and I mean anything is wrong, you could tell me" and handed her a small piece of paper before walking off back in the opposite direction.

Lexie sat down it her class and unfolded a piece of paper. Her jaw dropped when she saw that it was his number. A smile came across her face as her friend April sat next to her.

"Hey Lexiee was that Mark Sloan you were walking with?"

"Uh yah" she looked down "He's my senior buddy"

April started giggling when she saw that Lexiee's face was serious "oh your serious" she paused "Its just that I've heard a LOT of stuff about him"


Addison caught up to Mark in the hallway, yes he was her best friend but she was kind of jealous.

"So who is she" trying to nose out some information.

"My freshman buddy" trying to make it seem like it wasn't that big of a deal.

Addison giggled. "Yah right, you never looked at me or any other girl the way that I saw you look at her" giving Mark a look.

Mark stopped dead in the hallway and turned to face her "What look"

"A look that I never seen you give any other one night stand or even me" and she started to walk away but mark slightly grabbed her arm turning her back towards him.

He took a breath " I don't know the look that your refering too"

"It's a look that comes from your heart, not just having sex with random girls" she said tapping his chest, and looking deep into his eyes. People thought that they were dating before, but then they saw him with other girls and her with other guys.

Mark broke the gaze "Addison you have nothing to be jealous about"

She scoffted "Jealous"

Their eyes met again "You're my best friend, you know I love you" he said caressing her cheek softly. He never seen this side of her before and didn't no if he liked it.

"I love you too" she said forcing a smile hoping that she didn't freak him out. She didn't know why she got so jealous I mean Mark was always with other girls but this time she felt like that freshman buddy was stealing him from her.