Chapter 2

SCENE: SEATTLE GRACE-MERCY WEST THE NEXT DAY

(Mark is sitting in his office looking over paper work when Lexie walks in.)

Lexie: You had me put on your service all week. (She shuts the door.) Are you insane?

Mark: Insanely in love with you.

Lexie: Really? You just used that line?

Mark: It's true.

Lexie: FYI, someone who's insanely in love with someone doesn't go looking to fool around with someone else.

Mark: I had a moment of weakness.

Lexie: Ha, you're unbelievable.

Mark: Isn't that why you love me though?

Lexie: I'm feeling many things towards you right now but love is not one of them.

(She turns to leave but Mark quickly gets up and grabs her arm.)

Mark: Listen, I'm sorry. I know I promised to leave you alone, and I'm going to give you space. But I don't think the solution is for me to leave you alone completely or for you to ignore me. That's not going to solve anything and it's not going to get us back together.

Lexie: What makes you think I even want to get back together?

Mark: You wouldn't have come to my place last night or looked so hurt when you saw me with Amelia if you didn't want to be with me.

Lexie: Maybe I do but I don't see how it's ever going to work. We try and we try and all we end up doing is hurting each other.

Mark: And I think that's because we never fought for what we have. And I know it started with me. I know I should have never let you walk out my door that night. I should have fought for you to stay, I should have understtod I was forcing things on you that you weren't ready for.

Lexie: That's not all that went wrong, I slept with Alex, you slept with Addison. I told you I slept with Alex and you looked down on me for it even though you did the same thing. I stupidly continued to sleep with Alex while you slept with god knows how many women in this hospital. You even tried to sleep with me when I dyed my hair blonde. Then suddenly you decided I'm the love of your life and you want me back when I finally decide to move on from you. Then the shooting happened and you had to admit me to the psych ward. Then you treated me like I was going to go off my rocker so I asked you to leave you alone. And then you continually stare at me to the point where I still think you believe I'm going to lose it at any moment until April tells me you stare at me because you love me. I'm stupid and end up listening to her and go to your apartment only to find you making out with Derek's sister. Don't you see? All we've been is a disaster.

Mark: That's not true. And I didn't just suddenly decide you're the love of my life, I always knew that. I was just hurting-

Lexie: And I wasn't? Damn it Mark, you act like I did the happy dance when we broke up. Yes, I slept with Alex and I regret that, but I thought you would understand when you told me what you did with Addison but all you did was look down on me. And do you think I liked watching you walk around hooking up with all of these nurses and doctors, I didn't, so you don't get to pull the hurt card on me because you were not the only one who was hurting, and I'm really sick of you acting like you were!

(She goes to leave again but Mark stops her.)

Mark: I'm sorry, so sorry. You're right, I should have understood when you told me about Karev. There are alot of things I wish I could have done differently. But let me tell you something, the smartest thing I ever did was not listening to Derek when he told me to stay away from you. You taught me how to love, what a real relationship should be. I wouldn't take that back for anything in the world. Yes, we have alot of things we still need to work through, all I'm asking of you is that you at least open up to the possibility of us working this out. Maybe sometimes love isn't enough for some people. But I know it is for us and I think deep down inside you know that too. I'm just asking for baby steps here. Starting with us working together.

(Lexie looks at him.)

Lexie: Are you going to let me actually treat the patients or are you still going to treat me with kid gloves?

Mark: I went too far with that, I know that now. I think you're an amazing surgeon, one of the best we have in this place. So I'm going to treat you like it.

Lexie: Good.

(She walks out and Mark sighs.)

A/N: Yay. Another update on another story, like I said it had been a hectic couple of years I just needed time to get the creative juices flowing again. Hope you like it.