"Yeah, I fell in love with my best friend back then."
"You're insane."
"I was insane for you." They looked at each other the same way they did 10 years ago when they said their last goodbye.
"I fell in love with you too." Mark looked to the ground and back. Those words made him tingle inside.
"There you are!" A women's voice said. Lexie soon turned to the voice to see her sister walking up to her. "Lexie, I thought you got lost looking for the …" Mark cut her off.
"Grey. Grey." He said as he pointed his finger to Lexie and then to Meredith. "How did I not realize this before?" He asked himself.
"NO, I found it, I just ran into Mark and we were just talking. Me and him go way back." Meredith's plain face went to a super creepy smile towards Mark.
"Wait a minute." She said softly. "Wasn't she—"Mark suddenly covered her mouth and Meredith started mumbling words out.
"What?" Lexie said confusingly.
"Nothing!" Mark stated. "Just nothing." He took his hand off of Merediths hand. "I have patients to get to." He soon walked off.
"What was that about?" Lexie asked.
"Oh nothing.." Meredith smiled. "Just nothing." Lexie rolled her eyes. "Oh come on."
"Where's he going?"
"To go talk to his girlfriend like always."
The two girls began their day at work. As the day passed on, Lexie couldn't help but stare at Mark at every moment she could. The man was her best friend and the love of her life. And now, she knew that Mark had loved her. Seeing Mark just made all the feelings come back. All the feelings that she believed were gone, came back and she had no control over them. She wondered if Mark felt the same way.
Mark, on the other hand, had never lost his feelings. They were always there and he knew that they would never leave. Seeing Alexandra brought back all the memories. He was devastated, not because of Alexandra, but before of his long-time girlfriend, Julia. What was he to do? The reason he dated Julia was to try to get over Lexie, but he ended up falling in love with that woman. Seeing Lexie was probably one of the worst and best moments he's had in years.
Lexie had been walking around the hospital all day. This time, she lost Meredith to a surgery. She had no clue what to do. People starred at the lost puppy walking around looking for something to do. Hall after hall, all she thought about was all the guys she had dated and how they compared to Mark. Nobody seemed to compete to him. She didn't know if seeing Mark was a good thing or the worst thing possible. But all she knew, was that she was walking on sunshine, but Mark had a girlfriend. A girlfriend. Who was she kidding. Mark was over her, she thought, and she believed.
"Hey Lex." A familiar voice said. "Are you lost or something?" Alexandra turned around to see who it was. Arizona Robbins. Pediatric surgeon. She was a blonde beauty with deep blue eyes.
"Mer went into surgery and I have no clue what I'm doing. I've been walking around reading this book." She held up Fifty Shades of Grey and Alex Karev running towards them both in his surgery outfit. "Want to know something about it? Page 69 they—" Arizona cut her off.
"I understand." She cringed her nose.
"I want to know." Alex stated. Arizona elbowed Alex and shook her head. Alex listened to Arizona, after all, she was technically what he needed to get big.
"What do you need ?"
"Oh!" He shook his head. "Dr. Stark is about to cut off a perfectly good leg!"
"What? Is it salvageable?" She asked.
"The kid was moving it earlier and I have Avery blocking Stalk from cutting it off right now." Arizona shook her head.
"Page , meet in the OR room. Now." She turned to face Lexie as Alex ran off to get Torres. "Want to see something that a normal person would never be able to see?" Lexie shook her head and smile. The two women started running towards the OR.
Calliope Torres walked into the or room to see Alex starring at and keeping him away from the body.
"Karev what are you doing?" She asked as someone put gloves onto her hands.
"He about to lose his job if he doesn't move!" Dr. Stark yelled
"Check it out, Torres. 15 year old, GSW to the thigh with common inter-femur fracture. Lacerations to the superficial femoral artery. Ha!" He lunged at Stark forcing him to take a step back in surprise, which gives Callie time to look at the patient.
"What about his nerves? Are they salvageable?"
"Kid was moving her leg before we put her under. They're intact." He looked up to the operating theater to see Lexie smiling at him. He returned the smile.
"He has a life threatening hemorrhage in her leg and multi organ injuries in her abdomen.!" Stark yelled out.
"Abdominal injuries are under control for now." A fellow doctor said in the OR.
"Thanks Dave, I appreciate the support there." He said sarcastically then rolled his eyes.
"Well, I could put in a traction pin to stabilize the femur " Alex stated.
"And then we can use a graft to restore blood flow." Callie Responded.
"That's what I'm saying!" Alex shouted. He knew Stalks head was going to blow but the leg could be saved.
"I have never experienced anything like this before in my life!" Stalk yelled out.
"Dr. Stark, you're new here, but in this hospital, we save what we can and I can save this leg, so are you going to work with me or not?" Arizona suddenly walked into the OR room.
"Nope, I am. Dr. Stark, I've just spoken to the chief and this is my patient now. " The blonde sad as the scrub nurse helped her put on her surgery needs.
"What?" Stark stammered. "This.. This is just…" He stormed out.
"Yes!" Alex yelled and began to pump his fist. Callie, Lexie, and Arizona started smiling at Alex.
"Karev, as much as I'm proud of you, you have to go, pits full of people that need help. We can handle this without you."
"That's cool. My work is done!" He smiled.
"Take Lexie with you. Show her the ropes, she did go to medical school." Arizona smiled and winked at him. Alex nodded at Arizona and walked out of the OR.
"Wow. I never knew you guys take your work so seriously." Lexie said with a big smile.
" That's what being a doctor is all about. Especially if you're a surgeon, which I am."
"I wanted to be a surgeon when I was in medical school, but fashion institutes got ahold of me and that is what I am now. I'm just some lame fashion designer."
"That is such a lie. "The Grey Method." I know about it. And that does not make me gay. It's all over. You're somebody." Lexie's smiles widen.
"Lex." Mark said as he walked towards them.
"Hey Mark." She smile fell.
"Can I talk to you?" He looked at Alex.
"I'll meet you at the pit." He nodded at the woman and slowly walked away.
Lexie's stomach fell. She had no idea what was about to happen. She was scared, happy, and confused all for him. How could one guy make her go insane. But Alex, she felt happy when around him. Something clicked between them. She felt something for the man.
"You wanted to walk?" Lexie asked Mark as they began to walk the halls.
"About this morning. Meredith didn't happen to tell you—" Lexie cut him off.
"No." She lied. "She told me nothing at all." Lexie smiled and Mark caught the lie.
"She told you about Julia?" He asked. Mark knew Lexie's fake smile. He knew her too good. Lexie nodded and Mark sighed heavily. "Before I tell you anything else, I just want to say that I regret not telling you that I loved you in high school and Lexie, I still love you."
"Mark, what are you talking about."
"I love you and I never stopped loving you."
"What about Julia?" Lexie asked. She had about million questions going through her head. What the hell was going on. Mark still loved her? Lexie did love Mark but she didn't want to love him. Something was happening, something bad. Why did she come to Seattle, she could of just stayed in Paris, and she would have been perfectly fine.
"I went out with Julia because I wanted to try and forget about you."
"But?"
"I feel in love with her on the way." He looked to the ground. He knew Lexie was upset just by the way she talked. "But I'm still in love with you. I try not to be, but it didn't work"
"Mark." She put her hand on his cheek and looked at him directly in his beautiful eyes.
"Tell me to break up with her and I will." There was a moment of silence. They starred at each other for moments. Lexie shook her head.
"Stay with her. I'm not going to cause a break up." She took her hand off of his face. "Let's just be friends." A slight smile came out of her face. He wouldn't reply back. He just starred at the girl he could've of had in high school, but he never tried. "Mark." She whispered. He smiled and nodded.
If she had just said yes, he could have been all hers. She could of had him in her arms right now. They could've been together but no. Alexandra Grey doesn't break up relationships because she's in the love with the guy. The best thingy to do would be stay friends and go on from there.
Lexie's POV
He starred at me for a few moments, smiled and hugged me. I didn't want him to let go, so I was the one who got out of the hug. I'm going to get over this man, no matter how it would be, I will get over him.
"When do you leave?" He asked me. He seemed a little hesitant to ask.
"In a week." I told him. I was scared to see his reaction. He sighed at me. I knew he was uncomfortable to be next to me right now at this moment. "Then you won't have to worry about anything with us just like before." I slightly smiled but it fell. He chuckled and my smile returned.
"Alex is waiting for you." I was confused to why he told me that. Until his next few words came out. "He's a good guy." He nodded at me and soon walked away.
Was he suggesting that I should date Alex? Is he insane? Okay, maybe I liked him but … Mark, he's… No, I shouldn't think of him like that. I cannot think of him at all. But I love him…
I continued my way towards the pit to find Alex. My feelings were all over and I had no clue what to do. Everything is just jumbled up and I don't know what to do. Maybe I really have to get over Mark. You can't just break up someone's relationship. We can be friends, just like High School. I soon found myself smiling because of all the memories I had with the quarterback of the football team. There's a reason we split after high school. Because we weren't ment to be. Me and Mark? Yeah Right.
I walked up to Alex and everything turned around. I felt safe around him.
"Hey, I thought you had gotten lost or something." He said in his sweet voice.
"I know what a pit is Alex. I did go to medical school and all." He smiled.
"So what did Sloan say?"
I froze.