"I can't believe I missed you in the dress! I mean, I'm so glad Izzie got to see it, but I wish I had gotten to see you in it. I bet you looked beautiful," Lexie says, sincerely.

"You'll get to see me in the dress," Meredith promises.

"Really? How?" Lexie asks.

"Lexie, you're my sister. You're in the wedding!" Meredith points out.

Lexie's eyes light up. "Really? I am? I'm going to be a bridesmaid? Oh my god! I can't believe I'm going to be a bridesmaid!" she says, happily.

"Of course you are. But don't get too excited! You haven't seen the dress that Izzie picked out for you guys to wear!" Meredith says, smiling.

Lexie watches Meredith intently.

"What?" Meredith asks.

"You're a happy bride. I never thought I'd say it, but I think you're going to like this whole wedding thing…" Lexie says.

Meredith smirks. "Nah. I'm just doing it for Izzie…" she says.

Lexie shakes her head. "Liar. But whatever. Ummm…are we still on for dinner tonight?"

Meredith shrugs. "That depends…"

"On what?" Lexie asks.

"On if there's any food left in Seattle after you ate everything yesterday," Meredith says.

Lexie looks embarrassed. "It was just that…Mark…and Derek and the surgery…and I was in the middle and they…"

Meredith laughs. "We're on for dinner. And I'm not making eggs."

"Thank you. What time should we be here? Do you want me to come early to help you?" Lexie asks.

"No. I'm going to be a happy bride and a domestic bride. I'm cooking this meal by myself. I have a recipe and everything!" Meredith says.

"What are you making?" Lexie asks, nervously.

"I'm not telling. You'll have to wait and see. Izzie gave me some recipes," Meredith says.

"Mer?" Lexie asks.

"What?" Meredith replies.

"Did you mean what you said the other day with Derek and Mark? Is my skin terrible and is my ass huge?" Lexie asks.

Meredith looks at her strangely. "No. Your skin is perfect and what are you…a size 2? You obviously haven't learned much about Derek and Mark…They fight a lot. And when they do, the only way to stop them is to shake it up a little. You insult someone else so they are forced to laugh together. It always works," Meredith explains.

"So you had to tell my boyfriend I had a fat ass?" Lexie asks.

"Your ass is fine. If it isn't, Izzie will send you to ass boot camp or something before the wedding to get in shape for the bridesmaid dress," Meredith says.

Lexie looks unconvinced, but says, "Okay. Thanks."

Meredith's smile disappears for a moment.

"What's wrong?" Lexie asks.

Meredith shakes her head. "Nothing."

Lexie looks concerned. "It's not nothing. Come on. You just told me I'm your sister. I'm in the wedding. Tell me what's wrong," Lexie pleads.

"It's Izzie. She's really sick. She's so sick," Meredith says.

Lexie nods somberly. "She is."

"And I try to try on dresses for her and I smile and put on the tiara so she can be happy and get her mind off the chemo but, well…she's still sick. No matter how many of those poofy white dresses I put on, she's still going to have cancer," Meredith says.

"But at least you're making her forget how bad it is for a little while. That counts for something…doesn't it?" Lexie replies.

Meredith shrugs. "Does it? And do you think she really forgets? Or is she thinking the same thing I'm thinking?"

"What's that?" Lexie asks.

Meredith looks away. "That she might not make it to the wedding."

Lexie looks at Meredith harshly. "Screw the odds!"

"What?" Meredith asks.

"Screw the odds!" Lexie repeats. "My mother died of hiccups, and you're getting married in a big white poofy gown and I'm a bridesmaid in your wedding. What were the odds of any of those things happening? I say, screw the odds. Izzie's going to be at your damn wedding," Lexie says, sounding angry.

Meredith thinks about it. "And I'm about to turn on the oven. Screw the odds," she says, slowly.

Lexie smiles. "I better go. You need to start cooking…"

"Yeah. I should. Come over at 7 tomorrow. Tell Mark not to be early. He's always early," Meredith says.

"Okay, but odds are, he'll be early anyway," Lexie says.

"Screw the odds, Lexie. Just be here at 7." Meredith says with a half smile.

"See you at 7." Lexie says.

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Just a short update to celebrate an awesome night of Grey's! Dinner party to follow soon!! It's going to be a funny one!!!

Side note***Did you just LOVE the last scene...with Mer and Lexie??? I did! And how awesome has Cristina been to Izzie? So sweet!