Chapter Seven- coming home

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One month later

Sydney Jane Meredith Grey-Williamson, 6 pound, 18 weeks old, corrected age 1 day

26th of March 2010

Lexie woke this morning with a spring in her step. Today was the day she had been waiting for for the past 18 weeks, today Sydney was coming home. Lexie was finally able to take her much loved daughter home and she couldn't wait. Today was a day that both excited and frightened her, but she couldn't wait for the chance to wake up in the middle of the night to a crying and screaming infant. Yes, there were some people that thought she was crazy for wanting that, but those closest to her knew exactly why she couldn't wait for that chance, and that was because she'd never been give the chance to do so with a healthy newborn.

She walked to the shower and got herself ready for the day. She put on a pair of jeans and a pink blouse. She walked down the stairs and into the kitchen only to find Derek sitting at the breakfast bar and Meredith cooking.

"I thought I smelt something burning," Lexie jokes as she sits down.

"Hahaha lex," Meredith replies.

"No, but seriously it smells really nice," Lexie replies.

"You seem very happy this morning, Derek replies.

"That's because today's the day," Lexie smiles

"Oh my gosh, that's right, you get to bring Sydney home. How do you feel?" She asks.

"Um, happy but so scared," she replies. "I wish that Mark could be here," she says. Mark had to fly to LA to help Addison on a case and was disappointed to miss Lexie bringing Sydney home. She knew that if Mark could be here, he would be here.

"Don't be scared," Meredith replies.

"It's fine. I felt the same way when I brought Layla home, it's not a new concept for me. This is the second time I've done this and it's just as scary as the first time," Lexie admits, "anyway, I'm going to get Layla ready and head off," she smiles.

At the hospital

Lexie holds Layla's hand as they walk through the main entry of the hospital.

"Morning Three!" Yang yells as she walks over to Lexie.

"Morning," Lexie replies.

"Mummy, I have a question," Layla says.

"Go ahead baby," Lexie replies.

"Well, how are babies made?" She asks. Lexie stops dead in her tracks with a fearful look on her face.

Cristina chuckles, "this is gonna be good," she smiles.

She takes a deep breath and bends down to Layla's level.

"We'll, um... Ah... Um, well you see when a mummy and a daddy love each other very much," Lexie begins to say before stopping when her daughter interrupts her.

"No, how was baby Sydney made. She was never in your tummy," Layla says.

"Oh, um, a medical procedure made her," Lexie replies.

"Why did a medical procedure make a baby?" Layla asks.

"Well, Aunty Jane and Uncle Sam wanted to have a baby but Aunty Jane couldn't have one so mummy offered to help her out," Lexie says.

"Did the doctors decide that they'd have a girl baby?" Layla asks.

"No, the doctor doesn't decide when the gender of the baby is. That's up to the chromosomes," Lexie says.

"What are they?" Layla asks.

"They're like letters. Mummy gave the baby a letter X. Because Uncle Sam gave the baby another X it's a girl, but if Uncle Sam had given the baby the letter Y then the baby would have been a boy," Lexie says.

"Why did Uncle Sam get to pick the gender of Sydney?" Layla asks.

"Well, he didn't really get to pick it because he didn't know what letter he's was giving the baby," Lexie says.

"I don't get it though. You never had Baby Sydney in your tummy," Layla says frustrated.

"Um," Lexie says Stumped.

Christina chuckles, "go on," She says. "Tell the kid how babies are made."

"Do you know how when you make a cake you need dry ingredients like flour, and wet ingredients like Egg and an oven to bake it in?" Lexie asks.

"Yeah," Layla replies.

"Well, The doctor went inside mummy and got the wet ingredients and Uncle Sam gave them the dry ingredients. They mixed it all together and it whet inside of Aunty Jane for nine months to Bake. But because Aunty Jane was in a accident the baby only baked for 22 weeks so the doctors had to help her," Lexie exclaims.

"That's cool! I wanna bake a cake inside of me!" Layla says.

"No! No you don't! Get that idea out of your head Layla-Rose!" Lexie says sternly.

Yang laughs, "what?" Lexie asks.

"I have never heard a more hilarious conversation about how babies are made," Cristina says.

"What, shes seven years old. I'm not going to tell them that a doctor's collected eggs from me using a giant needle and that Uncle Sam peed in a cup and then they were fertilised in a Petri dish in a lab and then placed them inside of Aunty Jane," Lexie whispers to Yang.

"Okay, I'll give you that. But seriously, it's like baking a cake? Could you not think of something better?" Cristina asks.

"Oh please, don't judge me," Lexie laughs.

"You are my resident. I have every right to judge you. The fact that I don't is because you're Little Grey and I like you," Yang replies.

Lexie and Layla head up to the NICU where they were given the discharge papers and information for Sydney. She had just passed her infant carrier test and was all ready to come home.

"Thank you for everything Arizona. Thank you for getting me my little girl here," Lexie says as she picks up the carrier.

"You're welcome Lexie," Robbins replies.

"I know it's our job to help save lives, but I can't thank you enough. I will never be able to thank you enough," Lexie says getting emotional.

Arizona walks over and gives Lexie a much needed hug, "are you ready Layla?" Lexie asks.

"Yep," Layla replies.

"Let's go then," Lexie smiles. She takes Layla's hand and together they walk out of the hospital with Baby Sydney in the carrier