"Come on, baby girl. I have to talk to Lexie and as much as you love your car seat, I can't leave you in the car alone," Mark said as he parked behind Lexie's car and unbuckled Sofia, causing her to stir from her slumber, only to settle herself against Mark's shoulder. While walking to the front door, Mark pulled his cell phone from his pocket and hit the number one, praying Lexie would answer her phone.

"I'm not coming back over, Mark," answered Lexie.

"I'm not asking you to come back over. Just come open the door. I'm standing on the porch, it's kinda cold out here and I have Sofia with me. I need to talk to you."


Two seconds later, the brunette opened the door and let Mark step inside. "What are you doing here? You better not have shown up for me to be your rebound because Julia left you."

"How did you know Julia left me? I need to talk to you and it couldn't wait. Can we go sit down, first?"

Lexie led Mark into the living room where he laid Sofia on Zola's play mat in the middle of the room. "I'm not gonna lie, you really hurt me when you left after Callie got pregnant. Those days after the accident when I never left the hospital, I wanted nothing more than for you to crawl into bed in the on-call with me and tell me that everything would be okay. Even though you left me twice, I realized that I didn't deserve you, but that doesn't mean I stopped loving you. Ever since you showed up at my door at the Archfield asking for me to teach you," Mark made air quotes as he said the last two words, "I knew you were different and would be a part of my life for the rest of my life."

Lexie couldn't believe Mark had just made the same kind of speech as she had made just hours earlier. "I just need a minute, I'll be right back," Lexie said as she ran out of the living room and up the stairs.


Arriving at the door at the end of the hallway, Lexie pounded on the door, "Mer, I really need to talk to you right now."

The door opened seconds later. "Are you trying to wake Zola up? What's going on? It's almost midnight," stated Meredith as she glanced at her watch.

"I went over to Mark's earlier and told him that I still love him. Julia walked in while we were sitting on the couch, talking. I guess she broke up with Mark after I left. Now Mark is sitting in the living room with Sofia, telling me that he never stopped loving me after I broke up with him when Callie got pregnant. What should I do?" panicked Lexie to her older sister.

"Go back downstairs is what you should do! Tell him how you're feeling about what he just told you. Good night, Lexie. Let me know what happens in the morning," Meredith closed her bedroom door, leaving Lexie standing alone in the hallway.


"Sorry about that. I had to let Meredith and Derek know that I won't be able to listen for Zola tonight. I just want to get this straight, you're still in love with me?" Lexie paced back and forth.

Mark hesitated before answering, "I never stopped loving you. Yes, I'm still in love with you. I've seen you with Zola and you've accepted that Sofia's a huge part of my life now."

"Sofia's such a great baby. It's pretty hard to not like her."

"I need to know one thing, Lexie," Mark said, pausing to be sure Lexie was listening to him. "You aren't going to run when something doesn't go your way."

"Before I say that I won't run, do you have other kids that you haven't mentioned to me?"

"I can honestly say I only know of Sloan and Sofia. Does this mean what I think it means?"

Before sitting down on the couch again, Lexie picked Sofia up from the mat on the floor. As she settled down next to Mark, she said, "I want to be a part of your life for the rest of it. I want to see this little girl grow up. It's still technically Valentine's Day. This is the best Valentine's Day I've ever had."