Chapter Two,
They stood outside shaking in their scrubs, Mark wasn't going to be happy when he found out he wasn't scrubbing in, no one talked and no one moved. Owen was pacing up and down the front of them, they heard the sirens and Owen began talking; "Alright guys. We have feelings, some stronger than others and right now we need to brush these aside to help Mark and Lexie, as Derek has already said I will be in charge of this trauma and whatever I say goes! Brace yourselves!" They turned round as they saw the ambulance pulling up, as soon as it stopped and the paramedic opened the door, Mark jumped out of the ambulance he had cuts and bruises on his face, but Lexie…dear god poor Lexie.
The stretcher was pulled out and everyone froze, the sight of Lexie was just enough to terrify anyone. They swarmed around the stretcher and Lexie tried to speak but her words coming out in gurgles, there were only three words they understood. "I…heard…music" the blood then blocked off her airway and she began to haemorrhage. "Lexie! Lexie! Please…Stay with me" Mark pleaded with his dying girlfriend. Callie put her hands on Mark's chest, "Mark, calm down! She'll be fine…She'll be fine"
Lexie's chest began heaving up and down quickly, "Trauma room 1!" Owen yelled as they ran through the automatic doors and into Trauma room 1. "One. Two. Three!" They moved Lexie onto the bed, her vitals were stable for the moment but she was still haemorrhaging. "Mark! Meredith! Stay against the window and be quiet!" yelled Dr. Webber, they looked over his shoulder, watching the girl they loved being operated on. "Is there a heartbeat?" Mark asked, just loud enough to hear. "Is there a heartbeat!" He yelled again. Meredith gulped and looked at Derek then at Alex. "Please, is there a heartbeat" She whispered. Derek looked at his wife and sighed, "How are we doing on that heartbeat Karev?" "If we got some quiet in here then I would be able to hear it!" he yelled, Chief Webber nodded at Karev, "Everyone be quiet so we can hear the heartbeat" and in that instant the whole room went quiet, listening for a heartbeat. Mark's heart was beating loudly and he swore he could hear it in his ears, then a sound came, the sound of the baby's heart, it was too fast. "We got a heartbeat!" Karev yelled and everyone went back to Lexie.
Lexie's eyes met with Owen's and he softly began stroking her hair as she began crying again, the doppelganger of herself appeared again and softly began to sing.
'We'll do it all We don't need If I lay here
Everything
On our own
Anything
Or anyone
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world'
Owen looked down at Lexie and stroked her hair again, he tried to give her a comforting smile but it was more of a grimace, then Lexie noticed, he began singing.
'I don't quite know Those three words If I lay here
How to say
How I feel
Are said too much
They're not enough
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world'?
Lexie screamed into her oxygen mask as they began moving out of her room, Mark and Meredith went to Lexie's head, holding onto the bars and pushing her faster. "Lexie, hold on. Please for me. I need you" Mark looked down at his girlfriend; he didn't want to lose her. If she died he had no idea what he was going to do.
"And stay for me too Lex. Me and Mark…We both need you here" Meredith whispered, soon enough they got to the elevators everyone crowded in, all of them wanting to be with Meredith. "We have too much people in here…Out! Out!" Chief Webber yelled. Mark, Meredith, Arizona and Callie all began running to the next elevator. After a few minutes of separation, they arrived at the same time as the others.
Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into lifeWithout warning Lexie began to crash, "She's crashing!" Derek and Owen both yelled as they wheeled her into the OR, Mark and Meredith watched helplessly as the girl they loved was wheeled away for a major emergency operation. "Gallery!" he half yelled at Meredith, she nodded almost right away and they ran. They got there just in time to see the surgery starting. Lexie had stopped crashing thanks to Bailey who gave her CPR until they got into the OR.
Let's waste time I need your grace If I lay here Forget what we're told All that I am I don't know where If I lay here
Chasing cars
Around our heads
To remind me
To find my own
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
Before we get too old
Show me a garden
That's bursting into life
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes
They're all I can see
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things
Will never change for us at all
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me
And just forget the world?
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
He smiles politely back at you
You stare politely right on throughOwen began singing as Christina worked her way into Lexie's heart, Mark didn't know if he could handle this or not, he had his palm against the gallery window and fought the tears that were about to fall.
Callie was working on Lexie's broken femur and tibia, Owen was working with Bailey to remove the shards of glass that remained in Lexie, Karev, Arizona and April were all keeping check on the baby's vitals. Chief Webber was standing beside Derek making sure that everything was going fine.
Some sort of window to your right
As he goes left and you stay right
Between the lines of fear and blame
You begin to wonder why you cameMark looked at Meredith as she began to sing, that was the only thing he could do…all he could do was sing…it might be like a pray for Lexie. Then he began to sing just as Lexie began to crash again.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Let him know that you know best Lay down a list of what is wrong And pray to God he hears you
Cause after all you do know best
Try to slip past his defense
Without granting innocence
The things you've told him all along
And pray to God he hears you
Mark had both of his hands on the window, letting the tears fall as the surgeons operating on his girlfriend tried to help her survive. "We need to get out!" Owen yelled but Derek shook his head, "Not yet…I've just got one more hole to do then we can get out" "Derek! She will die in the next two minutes if we don't get out now!" Derek raised his head to glare at Owen Hunt, this was his sister-in-law and he would not let her die. "Christina start closing up, we need to get Lexie sent for an x-ray I'm afraid there might be shards of glass stuck in her…How are we doing Derek?" everyone looked at the Chief, how could he be so calm in this situation?
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend As he begins to raise his voice
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
You lower yours and grant him one last choice
Drive until you lose the road
Or break with the ones you've followed
He will do one of two things
He will admit to everything
Or he'll say he's just not the same
And you'll begin to wonder why you came
"The hole has been drilled, all access blood has removed and the brain is pulsating normally" Derek breathed relief and they began to close her up.
The doppelganger of Lexie was standing there the whole time, singing the song with them, watching over her own body. She looked so fragile and broken, maybe she would never wake up from this. "What do we do now?" April's small, terrified voice piped up from behind Dr. Bailey. "Well, we send her up to ICU and she if she lives through the next 24 hours. If she does, then we can go back in" Dr. Bailey looked at Little Grey, "I want a Doctor with Grey at all times!" Chief Webber barked as he left the OR.
"You do not get to quit on me Grey. Do you hear me? You do not get to quit on me or any other of your friends?" She stroked her hair softly as they began to wheel Lexie out of surgery, ever since Lexie had been crashing Mark and Meredith were at the OR doors ready to intervene when suddenly they saw Lexie being wheeled out. "What happened? Is she going to be alright? Someone answer me!" Mark roared, Derek put his hands on his best friend's shoulder, "Mark…We're bringing her up to ICU, she started to crash before we got a chance to operate on the big stuff. She will be in a comatose state for a while but we don't know how long. These next 24 hours are crucial for her survival" Mark nodded and watched the elevators doors closing.
Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend How to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
How to save a life
How to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
Somewhere along in the bitterness
And I would have stayed up with you all night
Had I known how to save a life
