Just a quick update as I had an idea and went with it and decided to quickly post it before I chickened out on my idea. I do know which direction I am going in but it may have some 'twists' as Shonda says. Also can I say that I really appreciate the reviews, they give me confidence to write more and sometimes give me ideas.
"So I was thinking that maybe we could give Lexie a room in the new house." Meredith said to Derek as they got into bed.
"Really?" Derek asked, surprised at Meredith's overprotectiveness over Lexie.
"Well we can't leave her homeless and she's going to need our help a lot more in the next three months."
"I agree. It's nice to see you standing up for your sister."
"Well she's not going to do it for herself so I'm going to have to do it for her." Meredith replied back, not wanting to make her sisterly ways a big issue.
"Maybe you could be a bit nicer to Mark though."
"Why? He got her into this mess. I said it from the start that he was bad news and now this has happened."
"But he's making an effort and he is the father."
"Yeah, the father to many unknown children around the world also."
"Meredith." Meredith just rolled her eyes at Derek and got into bed.
"I just don't trust Mark around my sister."
"Well he's going to be around a lot more so you better get used to it. In the meantime, we have our own baby to look forward to." Derek said with a smile.
"What if I'm not a good mother?" Meredith frowned.
"You will be. I can tell from the way you've been looking after Lexie."
Meredith smiled at Derek's response and kissed him before going to sleep.
Whilst Meredith and Derek were sleeping, Lexie was tagging along with April in the hospital as no one else would let her in on a case. They all told her they didn't want her to have too much stress but Lexie knew Mark had told the staff to lighten her work load. Even though Mark was still angry at Lexie, he was still overprotective of her although he only talked to her if it was about the baby. She knew he had a right to be angry but secretly she was hoping that this baby could've brought them closer rather than further apart and if there was one thing that Lexie was feeling the most at that point: it was loneliness. She was surrounded by couples and though she was having a baby, really she was all alone. It was these moments that Lexie really missed Mark but she didn't know if it was the loneliness talking or what she actually wanted.
"How excited are you about the baby?" April asked with a lot of enthusiasm.
"Not as excited as you are." Lexie said glumly. How could she be excited about a baby that was going to be brought into a broken home and have parents that could barely talk to each other.
"You just need to get into the spirit. Oo how about I throw you a baby shower?" April suggested cheerfully. Lexie made a face at the idea. "Oh come on Lexie, you get gifts for the baby and free food."
"Fine but you're planning it then."
"Awesome. I love baby showers."
"I can tell."
April ignored Lexie's negative attitude and kept discussing details of the baby shower when Lexie began to feel what she thought to be contractions. She stopped walking and held onto April for support.
"Lexie? What's wrong?"
"I think I'm in labour." Lexie whimpered, her eyes full of fear.
"Oh god, erm someone page Dr Fields!"
"You will be glad to know that you are not in labour." Lucy said to Lexie after she had examined her.
"Well then what was it? Could it be the placenta detatching? Or-"
"Dr Sloan, before you jump to anymore wild conclusions, it was just Braxton Hicks."
"Are you sure?"
"Mark, she said she was sure." Lexie butted in, not wanting Mark to piss off Lucy, who she had grown quite fond of.
"Are you sure?" Mark repeated again, ignoring Lexie completely. Lexie, who had had enough, got up and stormed off.
"You know Dr Sloan, she is young and going through a difficult time so my advice would be to support her and not ignore her. You can't raise a baby together if you can't talk to each other." Lucy said to Mark before leaving. Mark realised what Lucy said was right however he had his own interpretation; they couldn't raise a baby like this and Lexie was young, too young to handle the emotional responsibility of raising a child along with the financial capacity and the time restraints from her job. There were only two solutions: they could get back together purely for the baby's sake which could have disastrous consequences and repercussions or Mark could file for full custody, giving Lexie access of course, but being the main parent and not having to worry about Lexie keeping the baby from him.
