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Part Three: Don't Lie

"…In my book of lies I was the editor
And the author, I forged my signature

And now I apologize for what I did to ya
'Cos what you did to me I did to you

No, no, no, no baby, no, no, no, no don't lie
No, no, no, no, yeah, you know, know
Know, know, you gotta try
What you gonna do when it all comes out?
When I really see you, what you're all about?

No, no, no, no baby, no, no, no, no don't lie
'Cause you know, you know, you know
You know, you know you gotta try

She said, I'm leaving', 'cos she can't take the pain
It's hard to continue this love, it ain't the same
Can't forget the things that I've done inside her brain
Too many lies committed, too many games

She feeling like a fool getting on the last train
Trying to maintain but the feeling won't change
I'm sorry for the things that I've done and what I became
Caught up in living my life in the fast lane…"

~ "Don't Lie" – Black Eyed Peas

May 5…

Lexie was quiet as Mark pulled the Lexus into the corner park spot in the parking garage of Seattle Grace. She hadn't been sleeping well since Addison's email and Derek's angry threats that seemed never ending. When Mark wasn't around, she'd become Derek's verbal punching bag. Addison had been more and more persistent about reconciliation in the past month than she'd ever been before. It was early May and all Lexie could do was dread working with Derek every day. She wasn't always on his service but when she was, Derek put her through a lot more than he did with other interns. His excuse to her was that he was making her a good doctor but they both knew that he was punishing her for Addison's email.

Unhooking her seat belt, Lexie grabbed her bag but was stopped by Mark who put his hand on her wrist.

"I'm going to talk to Derek today," he told her softly, "This has gone on long enough."

"What has?" Lexie asked, not ready to fess up to Mark about Derek.

"Don't think for a moment that I don't know what Derek's been doing. He's so blinded by his anger at Addison that he doesn't see that he's hurting you in the process. You're exhausted Lexie from him working you into the ground unfairly while he treats Meredith like his little princess. You haven't done anything wrong professionally and he's punishing you for something that's personal. That's not fair to you."

Lexie sighed, "Don't Mark. Please don't say anything. Derek is the attending and I'm the intern. He's just…"

"Abusing his power and making everything personal," Mark interjected heatedly, "He's making it personal Lexie and that's wrong. You and I both know it."

Lexie yanked her arm back and quickly got out of the car, "You say something to him it will become worse Mark. Please just leave it alone."

"I can't do that," he said as he followed her and locked the car behind him, "This has gone on long enough and if he can't see that he's putting a time bomb on his relationship with his friends then I'm going to point it out to him because nothing that he's doing is okay and it sure as hell shouldn't be okay with you Alexandra."

She stopped and crossed her arms. A car horn was honked and they both moved out of the way into the empty parking spot next to their car.

"He's angry at Addison. It's just coming out sideways. Until he actually deals with Addison, he's going to keep doing the same thing. Nothing you say is going to change that," Lexie snapped back at him.

"And that's why I'm going to talk to him today," Mark told her firmly, "Lexie he's got his head in the sand and the sooner someone pulls it out the better it will be for everyone else. Even the nurses are threatening not to work with him."

Lexie shook her head, "Do what you want to Mark but until he solves this with Addison…nothing is going to change. You can talk till you're blue in the face, Derek won't care or listen."

Mark wrapped his arms around her, "Well then at least I can say I tried at the end of the day."

"Mark you always try to reason with Derek," she told him, "When has it ever worked?"

"Maybe it will work this time," he reasoned, "He might listen."

"Mark how hard did you hit your head the other day in the shower?" Lexie asked jokingly with a smile. They'd been getting frisky when Mark had slipped on a bar of soap and had nearly crack his head open. It hadn't been bad enough that a hospital trip we needed but it had ended any ideas of having sex in the shower anytime soon.

He laughed and kissed her cheek, "Not hard enough. I'll see you after work babe."

Lexie resisted the urge to roll her eyes as she turned and followed him into the hospital.


It was a little after noon when Meredith grabbed Lexie's arm roughly and dragged her into an on call room. Lexie looked at Meredith startled and yanked her arm back.

"What's wrong?" Lexie asked as she rubbed the spot that Meredith had grabbed.

"You and Doctor Sloan? What the hell is going on with that?"

Lexie felt fear flood her as she stared at Meredith, "W-w-w-what about Doctor Sloan?"

"Are you sleeping with him? I saw you and him this morning in the parking garage."

"You honked this morning?" Lexie asked in a daze.

"You two were standing in the middle of the road practically!" Meredith said defensively, "How long have you two been sleeping together? You're both married for Christ's sake."

"I'm not cheating!" Lexie defended before she could stop herself.

A look passed over Meredith's face and Lexie knew she'd been found out.

"You're married to Doctor Sloan?!" Meredith exclaimed loudly.

"Keep your voice down!" Lexie hissed back, "I don't want the whole hospital knowing!"

"I'm getting put through the ringer because I've been sleeping with Derek and you've been hiding the fact that you're actually married to one of the attending doctor? Why haven't you said anything? I've been going through hell and you've been comfortably hiding everything!"

"Meredith please, I didn't mean to hide it on purpose. It's just Mark and I thought it would be better if no one knew."

"I feel like you've been using me to fly under the radar!"

"It was never like that!" Lexie protested, "I never meant to lie to you. You have to believe me!"

The door was suddenly yanked opened and both Lexie and Meredith turned to see an annoyed looking Yang standing in the doorway.

"What the hell is going on between you two?" Christina asked as she looked into the on call room, "Everyone can practically hear you outside."

"Meredith…please don't," Lexie begged hoping that Meredith wouldn't say a word.

"Did you know that Lexie is married to plastics god Mark Sloan," Meredith said with a sneer completely ignoring Lexie. Christina looked shocked for a brief moment before turning and looking over her shoulder at George O'Malley and Alex Karev who both looked just as equal shocked.


May 17…

Gossip had spread like wildfire around the hospital about Lexie Grey being married to Mark Sloan and with it came plenty of taunts from other interns, hospital worker and doctors. In the first few day of the gossip spreading, plenty of people had taken pleasure in making her life as miserable as they possibly could and they still were doing it. Lexie tried to ignore it and focus on her work. According to Bailey, she was on the road to becoming one damn good surgeon if she kept working like she was and Lexie felt some pride that Bailey recognized how hard she was working. In truth, Lexie busted her ass as much as she could during her shift and always went home exhausted. For some silly reason she felt like she had to work hard to prove that she was her own person and that she didn't need Mark to become a good surgeon.

In many ways, Lexie was resentful and envious of Mark. He was a department head and no one would ever dare to do or say anything to him about the rumors or talk to him out right about it unless they really wanted to lose their job. But there was a difference between them at work. She was at the bottom of the surgical food chain as Bailey liked to remind everyone and Mark was at the very top. She took everyone's crap for the both of them and it was beginning to wear on her. Lexie pushed the door open to the basement and walked down the white hallway and enjoyed the silence. There weren't any taunts or sexual innuendos about her and other doctors and she relished the peace.

If she thought being shunned with Meredith was hard, what was happening now was even worse. No one spoke to her unless they absolutely had to and there was always some new outrageous story about how she'd married Mark for his money or because he could open doors for her that not many could. Plenty of the other female interns led by Izzy Stevens believed that she'd tricked Mark into marrying her for different reasons including that she'd faked a pregnancy and had blackmailed him. Nothing in high school had ever prepared her for the amount of crap she was facing now. She'd been desperately trying to ignore everything they said and did but it didn't mean that her feelings still weren't hurt. Mark had started distancing himself at work and she knew that he thought it would help her with her co-workers if he wasn't around but even his cold shoulder hurt.

Setting the brown bag lunch she'd tossed together in the cafeteria, Lexie hopped up onto an abandoned bed in rested her back against the cold cement wall. It felt good because in truth her body ached for the added stress of everything. Her muscles were sore and her feet hurt from constantly moving and working. Seeing Mark sleeping in earlier had made her jealous and Lexie was ashamed to admit that she'd been noisy on purpose when she'd left the hotel room earlier in the morning for work. It was childish but she was in pain and she wanted him to suffer with her.

Opening the bag and taking out the peanut butter and jelly sandwich she'd bought, Lexie took a bite and closed her eyes. Resting her head back on the on the cool wall, she wondered when the torture would end. She knew that being married to one of the attending doctors was frowned upon but Chief Webber hadn't made a big deal about it when they met with him earlier in the year. In fact, he'd been happy when they'd told him that she'd been using her maiden name at work. They'd already planned to down play their connection at work and Webber had been fine with it. She hoped that in a few weeks the shock would wear off and people would move on to the next piece of gossip and forget about her.

Taking a second bite of her apple, Lexie could feel the bed move a little. She didn't bother opening her eyes because she could smell the cologne. Mark had worn the same aftershave for as long as she'd known him and it was a comforting smell. She could fell his warm body next to hers as the sounds of the brown paper bag crinkling made her smile a little.

"Don't even think about raiding my food," she said slowly opening her eyes to see him checking out the contents of the bag.

"Don't you have anything healthy in here? All I see are candy bars and a thing of chocolate milk," Mark said, "Your teeth are gonna be rotten by the time your thirty."

"That's not that far off."

"Exactly, that's my point babe."

Lexie shook her head and grabbed the bag away from him. She tucked it in her lap and rested her head against his shoulder as she finished eating her sandwich. Sitting on the bed, Lexie felt a wave of exhaustion hit her and she couldn't believe how tired she felt both mentally and physically. Her lunch break would be over soon and it would be back to the hell on earth that was her job. She didn't mind it so much because working took her mind off the other problems she had in life but it was the people around her that caused issues. Lexie could feel Mark rest his cheek against the top of her head and for a single moment everything felt right. She felt safe and she felt loved. There wasn't much Mark could do for her in the sticky predicament they were in without making things worse but him just sitting with her felt good.

"I'm sorry I was noisy this morning," she said quietly.

"I was already awake," Mark told her softly as he turned and pressed his lips to her hair, "Don't worry about it."

"Why were you awake?"

"I was thinking about Derek," he confessed, "He's been moody for weeks and I'm just about ready to punch him if the face."

Lexie nodded but didn't say anything. It was true. Derek had been moody for weeks to everyone including Meredith. They both knew it was because Addison was calling and looking for him. She wanted to talk with him but Derek was too angry to even see her, let alone have a conversation with her. Lexie could understand that Derek was angry. She'd probably be furious too if Mark ever cheated on her but there came a time when Derek would have to talk to Addison. He was hitting the self-destruct button on many of his relationship with family and friends and it hurt them all. Mark and Derek had been friends since they were boys and Lexie knew that Mark wasn't taking Derek's plan of cutting everyone out of his life that remind him of Addison well.

Lexie was about to speak up and tell Mark that everything would be okay when her cell phone rang. Taking the cell phone out of her scrub pocket, Lexie sat up straight and looked at the screen. The number was unlisted which was strange. Mark looked at her with a raised brow as she hit the answer button and raised the phone to her ear.

"Hello?"

"Is this Lexie Sloan's phone?"

Lexie's heart nearly stopped in her chest.

"Addison?"


May 20…

It was almost one o'clock in the morning when a pounding on the door woke Mark. He reached for the lamp and blearily flicked the light on. The bed next to him was empty which wasn't surprising. Grabbing a white t-shirt, Mark slipped it over his head as he walked to the door of the hotel suite.

"Crap," he groaned looking through the peep hole. Derek stood angrily on the other side of the door with his hands on his hips. He looked furious and Mark had a feeling it had to do with the phone call Addison had made to Lexie a few days before. Unlocking the door, Mark opened it and stared tiredly at his best friend's angry face.

"Is she here?" Derek asked angrily as he pushed himself into the suite.

"Addison?" Mark asked feeling confused.

"Lexie," Derek corrected, "Where the hell is Lexie!"

"Why?"

"Because I want to know what she told Addison," Derek yelled, "Addison called her and they spoke! Now Addison won't leave me alone and keeps leaving messages about how we have to talk! She wants to know more about my life here and crap like that! So, I want to know what Lexie told Addison!"

It was strange to Mark to see Derek so angry. He didn't think his best friend was capable of as much anger as he was spouting off. Running his fingers through his hair, Mark hoped that Lexie was tied up at the hospital with something because if Derek saw her right now he'd probably go crazy.

"Listen," Mark said calmly, "Addison called Lexie two days ago asking about you because you, her husband, won't talk to her. It's time to talk to her Derek. I know you're angry and you have every right to be but taking this out on other people isn't helping. Lexie did nothing wrong in speaking with Addison."

"That's bullshit! She should have kept her mouth shut and stayed out of it!"

"You're forcing her to pick a side and that's not fair to her," Mark said trying to rein in his own anger and frustration, "We've had this conversation before Derek. Let's not have it again."

Derek was about to reply when the front door opened and closed. The sound of key's dropping and movement alerted both of them that Lexie was home. Derek looked even angry than before if it was possible.

"Mark?" Lexie called.

"In here," he answered hoping to God that Derek didn't blow up the last breakable thread that held together his friendship with Lexie to pieces.

"Why aren't you-"

Lexie stopped in the arched walkway that led into the sitting room of the suite and looked at Derek wearily. She must have guessed the reason why he was there because she looked like she'd have rather run in the opposite direction and Mark didn't blame her. Derek stomped over to her quickly and used his height to intimidate Lexie's small frame.

"What did you tell Addison!" he demanded, "What the hell did you tell her?"

"I'm warning you to back off right now Shepard," Mark said before Lexie could reply.

"What did you say!" Derek demanded again ignoring Mark.

Lexie looked nervous as she twisted her fingers together, "She just asked how you were and I gave her an update. Listen-"

"No, you listen to me," Derek interrupted, "Addison calls again you tell her nothing. Is that understood?"

"Derek! Stop it," Mark growled.

"This is between me and her," Derek snapped, "Stay out of this Mark! Now you listen to me Lexie! You're banned from my OR. I don't even wanna see you with in ten feet of any of my patients if you're on my service. The next time you talk to Addison about anything I will see to it that you don't see the inside of an OR till Christmas. Is that understood?"

Lexie nodded mutely. Mark had seen the look on her face a hand full of times and every time he did, Jerry Ezitka was involved. Derek left the room quickly and Lexie flinched when they heard the door slam shut. Lexie collapsed down on to the flowery couch and covered her face with her hands.

"Please tell me he didn't really mean what he said," she cried, "Please tell me it was just words with no real meaning behind them."

Mark stood mutely in the center of the room. He wanted to tell Lexie that it wasn't true but the feeling in his gut said otherwise. In truth, Mark thought that Derek was truly serious.


May 31…

Derek's threat had turned out to be true and Lexie couldn't help but resent her husband's best friend. She was angry at both Addison and Derek for not talking about things and putting her in the middle. Either way she was destined to lose one of their friendships and it made her heart ache. For the past ten days she'd been on Derek's service and he'd turned her life into a living hell as payback for everything it seemed. She was the punch bag and Derek used her well. Anything he wanted she got and he had her doing the whole Neurology department's paperwork. The day before he'd even had her cleaning out files and charting well into the night. He kept her away from his patients and the OR all the while he was sunshine and smiles around Meredith. Lexie wanted to scream at him and tell Meredith the truth about everything but Lexie couldn't bring herself to do that. Even though Meredith was still angry with her for lying about being married to Mark, Lexie wasn't going to poison the water between them anymore.

What happened between Meredith and Derek was their business and she wasn't getting in it. She'd had enough drama between Derek and Addison to last a lifetime and Meredith's drama wasn't going to be added to the mix. Lexie had a pretty good idea that in the end Meredith would be even more angry at her for not telling her about Derek's marriage and if Lexie did try and tell her about Addison, Meredith would still be angry at her. There wasn't a winning situation in any of the problems she had between Derek, Addison and Meredith. At the end of the day, someone was going to be mad at her and Lexie was slowly beginning to accept that.

"Is he making you do more paperwork?"

Lexie looked up from where she was sitting at the nurse's station. Alex Karev stood in front of her looking bored. Over the past few day they'd forged something like a working friendship and Lexie was grateful he was the person she could work with him and not deal with any crap about Mark.

"Is he letting you scrub in on that cool surgery with the Taylor's girl?" Lexie asked as she dropped her pen.

"Apparently I've been a good little slave this week," Alex grinned, "I get to observe the whole surgery from right next to him."

"Good for you," she said trying to not let her jealously over rule her. Alex was a good doctor and deserved the reward that Derek was giving to him.

"You know that you can sneak into the observation desk? There is going to be a lot of people there and you'll blend in."

Lexie shook her head, "Derek made it very clear that observation desks are off limits too. I think Mark might kill me though if I practice on any more of his bananas though."

Alex shrugged, "You've got to stay sharp Grey. You don't know when you'll get called in to the game."

"I guess you're right," she said quietly picking the pen back up, "Enjoy the surgery Alex. Doctor Shepard says I'm not allowed to leave until I finish this. So I'll probably see you after your surgery."

"All of it?" Karev asked looking at the two large stack of charts from various doctors in the neurology department.

"Yep," Lexie replied as she popped the 'p' between her lips, "It's gonna be a long night."

"Have fun with that and get some sleep. You look like crap."

Lexie chuckled and looked down as Alex walked off towards the OR.

"He's right you know," a familiar voice said, "You do look like crap."

Lexie's head jerked up and she started at the familiar face of Addison Forbes Montgomery-Shepard.


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