Thanks for all of the reviews. I was thinking to my self today that with Gracie being four in a half and Mark being in a coma for 4 years, that really didn't make sense. I did the math in my head and if I got it right Mark would have been in a coma for five years and three months. So I went back to my last chapter and I changed it. Sweettater8, I'm so glad you decided to stick with the story and like where it's going. Sorry that the chapters are not as long as your use too. I just run out of ideas and sometimes when I'm writing I come up with more things to put in the story and that's what makes some of the chapters a little longer. Please review!


Lexie rubbed a hand over her face and sighed. Mark just looked at her impatiently.

"Lexie, what the hell is going on?" Mark asked upset. Lexie removed her hand and let it fall to her side. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out. Mark sighed in frustration and then looked to Alex.

"Are you gonna tell me what's going on since blondie can't seem to talk at the moment" Mark asked. Lexie just looked at him in disbelif and shook her head.

"Look this isn't my issue. I have patients to see" Alex said before leaving the room.

"LEXIE!" Mark yelled. Lexie jumped a little, she wasn't use to Mark yelling.

"What is wrong with you?" Lexie asked. It was Mark's turn to look at her in disbelief.

"What's wrong with me? You and Karev have a kid together and your asking me what's wrong with me" Mark said.

"What!" Lexie yelled. Mark was about to say something but Lexie beat him to it.

"No, me and "Alex" don't have a kid together. She so happens to be your "kid". The one you left me with because you decided to go in a frigging coma for five years because your an idiot for wanting to come here and propose to me in the middle of a storm" Lexie said in tears. She stopped to catch her breath. Mark just sat there speechless, he was hurting because she was hurting.

"Lexie..." Mark said trying to find the right words. Lexie rolled her eyes and headed towards the door.

"Lexie!" Mark yelled. Lexie turned around to face him when she got to the door.

"Your "kid" has a name by the way, her name is Grace. She has been waiting her whole life to meet you and today when I picked her up from school I told her that her daddy was awake and couldn't wait to meet her but apparently I forgot to mention that her dad's an ass" Lexie said before walking out of the room. Mark sighed he picked up the phone that was on the stand and threw it against the wall.


Derek was walking to Mark's room to take him in for some test when he saw Lexie out side his room on the floor with her face in her knees crying. Derek walked up to her and stood in front of her. Lexie looked up and saw Derek.

"You okay?" Derek asked. Lexie shook her head and sighed. Derek reached his hands down for Lexie to take them. Lexie looked at them for a second before taking them and pulling her self up with Derek's help. Once Lexie was standing up Derek pulled her into a hug. Lexie hugged him back while she cried some more. They stood there like that for a couple minutes before Lexie pulled away and began to wipe her tears away.

"What's going on little grey?" Derek asked.

"That's not Mark. That's not Mark, I don't know who that is. But that's not Mark" Lexie said wiping away fresh tears. Derek sighed.

"Lexie..." Derek said.

"He wanted kids, he...he was sweet and kind and understanding" Lexie said.

"Lexie, he's been through alot" Derek said. Lexie just glared at Derek.

"And I havn't!" Lexie said upset.

"Lexie, I'm not saying you haven't. I'm just saying..." Derek said before getting cut off by a little voice.

"Mommy!" Gracie yelled. Derek and Lexie turned their heads to look at the little girl who was running up to them with April quickly following behind her. Lexie turned her head away for a second wiping as much tears away as possible before turning back and embracing her daughter in her arms.

"I'm sorry Lexie. I tried to keep her desaturated a little while longer but she wanted to see her daddy" April said when she reached them. Lexie shook her head with a forused smile.

"It's okay. Thank you April" Lexie said. April nodded before heading down the hall. Gracie turned her head to look at her mother.

"Mommy can I see daddy now" Gracie asked with a smile. Lexie looked down at her daughter and her heart broke at just the thought of what she was about to say.

"Oh honey. Daddy's really tired right now. He needs to rest" Lexie said before looking up at Derek. Derek eyed her and shook his head.

"But mommy, you promised" Gracie wined. Lexie put her down on the floor and then bent down to her level.

"I know honey, and I'm so sorry. Maybe tomorrow okay?" Lexie said. Gracie didn't say anything instead she stood there with her arms crossed and a mad expression on her face. Lexie sighed when she stood up.

"Lexie..." Derek began.

"I know Derek. He's been through alot. The difference is that he slept through it. I had to be here, really be here. He got the easy part, he wasn't here" Lexie said before looking down at her daughter.

"Honey say goodbye to Uncle Derek" Lexie said. Gracie didn't move, she staid the same way she was the last time she talked to her mother.

"Gracie! Come on, say goodbye" Lexie said nudging her daughter's arm. Gracie sighed and gave Derek a hug. Derek bent over and hugged her back.

"Bye Uncle Derek" Gracie said sadly when she pulled away from the hug.

"Bye sweetie" Derek said touching Gracie cheek. Lexie took Gracie's hand.

"Come on sweetie. Let's go home" Lexie said giving Derek one last look. Lexie and Gracie then made their way down the hall while Derek watched them go. Gracie turned around while walking and with her free hand she gave Derek a quick wave goodbye. Derek gave her a small smile and a wave in return.


Derek walked into Mark's room and he saw the phone on the floor and Mark looking out of the window.

"What happened?" Derek asked. Mark looked at Derek and then back out the window.

"I got mad and I threw the phone" Mark said.

"No, I wasn't talking about that. I was talking about Lexie. I saw her out side your room crying" Derek said. Mark quickly turned his head towards Derek.

"Is she okay?" Mark asked.

"She's in pain Mark. And that pain is nothing I can heal..." Derek said. Mark rolled his eyes and went back to looking out the window.

"Only you can fix that pain for her" Derek said. Mark looked back at Derek annoyed.

"Is that why you came in here? To make me feel like crap?" Mark asked. Derek shook his head.

"No..." Derek began but got cut off by Mark.

"Did you know she slept with Karev?" Mark asked.

"No. I didn't" Derek said shaking his head.

"I'm I just suppose to forget and forgive her for that" Mark said.

"I don't blame you for being upset, I would be too. You had no control over what happened. None of this is your fault" Derek said.

"Thank you" Mark said sighing.

"But I don't blame her. She couldn't control the way she felt at the moment. This is not her fault either, Mark" Derek said.

"I know this isn't her fault. Just the thought of her moving on and having a child with someone else, I just can't believe that everything was perfect one minute and the next it's like my whole world has changed" Mark said.

"You know she still loves you. She's in here every day, she even brings Gracie down here to visit you" Derek says. Mark nodded.

"What I'm I suppose to do now?" Mark asked. Derek walked over to the phone on the floor and picked it up and placed it on Mark's lap.

"You call her and tell her what you told me and just go from there" Derek said. Mark looked at the phone in his lap.

"I'll get Dr. Kepner to take you for you CT scan" Derek said before turning around and walking out of the room.


April came into Mark's room a few minutes later. When April walked in the room she saw Mark looking at the phone in his lap.

"Mr. Sloan?" April asked. Mark looked up from the phone and over to April.

"That's me" Mark said. April smiled a little.

"I'm Dr. Kepner, I'll be taking you for your CT scan today" April said walking over to Mark. Just then a nurse came in with a wheel chair.

"Thank you" April said as the nurse placed the wheel chair beside April. The nurse smiled and nodded before leaving the room.

"If you can pull your self over to the side of the bed we can get you into this wheel chair" April said while she took the phone off his lap and put it back on the stand that was beside the bed. Mark nodded and did what he was told. April helped him stand and helped him sit down in the chair. April wheeled him into the hall way before she started to talk again.

"It must have been nice to see your daughter for the first time, uh?" April said.

"I didn't get to see her" Mark said sadly. April looked surprised.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..." April began but got cut off by Mark.

"No, it's fine. You know Lexie?" Mark asked looking up at April. April smiled a little.

"Oh yes. I live with her, Meredith, Derek and Jackson" April said.

"Oh and Gracie of course" April said. Mark looked up at April again.

"Gracie?" Mark asked. April looked down at Mark confused.

"Oh, Lexie called her Grace when she was talking to you uh?" April asked.

"Yeah" Mark said rubbing his head.

"Sorry, were all so use to calling her Gracie around here" April said. April and Mark finally reached the CT scan room. She wheeled Mark into the room right next to the machine. She helped him out of the chair and onto the bedding of the machine.

"I'm nervous about seeing her, Gracie" Mark said as he sat down on the bedding. April thought for a moment. She went into her back pocket and grabbed a picture and looked at it for a breif second before handing it to Mark.

"Here" April said. Mark reached out and took it from her hand. He turned the picture around and smiled. It was a picture of Lexie and Gracie at the beach smiling, they were making a sand castle. Gracie had on a white bikini with flowers and a dark pink strap with polka dots on them around the back of her neck with her hair tied back into a brand. Lexie had a black bikini on that fit her frame perfectly and her blondie hair in a pony tail.

"That's my daughter?" Mark asked looking up from the picture over to April who was right in front of him. April smiled and nodded.

"That picture was took a couple days after Gracie's fourth birthday" April said.

"That's my daughter. She so beautiful, she looks just like her mother" Mark said looking at the picture again.

"She has your eyes and Meredith's hair, but yeah, she does" April said with a smile. Mark laughed.

"Yeah I guess she does" Mark said laughing a little. Mark thought for a moment.

"I don't even know when her birthday is" Mark said looking back up at April.

"June 30th" April said. Mark nodded his head.

"Thank you" Mark said with a small smile. April smiled in response. The moment was interrupted by Derek's voice through the intercom system.

"Okay Mark. Were ready for you" Derek said. Mark and April looked over to where Derek was from behind the glass in the little room. Mark looked back down at the picture and then looked up at April.

"Do you mind if I keep this picture" Mark asks. April nodded.

"Sure. I got tons of pictures of Gracie anyways" April said with a smile. Mark then laid down on the bedding and held the picture close to his heart.


Lexie was looking around in the fridge for something she could make for supper when Gracie walked in.

"What are we having for supper mommy?" Gracie asked as she walked up to Lexie. Lexie peeled her eyes away from the fridge and looked at her daughter.

"I don't know yet honey. I'll let you know when I do, okay?" Lexie said before kissing her daughter's forehead.

"Okay, I'm gonna go watch my princess movie" Gracie said before running out of the kitchen. Lexie looked back into the fridge and sighed a deep sigh.

Mark was back in his bed and had the phone in his lap and the picture of Lexie and Gracie in his hand. He kissed the picture and put it on his chest as he dialed.

Lexie heard the phone ring and frustratedly slammed the fridge door closed and walked over to the phone that was on the table. She picked it up on the fourth ring.

"Hello?' Lexie said.

"Lex" Mark said.

"Hey" Lexie sighed lightly.

"I'm sorry. I need to see you. Do you think you can you forgive me for being such an idiot?" Mark asked.

Lexie sat down and sighed.

Mark took the picture from his chest and held in his hand again. There was a moment of silence. Mark heard another sigh and then some sobbing.

"Lex, you okay?" Mark asked worried.

Lexie wiped some tears away before she answered.

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay. I love you so much" Lexie said placing a hand on her forehead and placing her elbow on the table with tears falling from her eyes.

Mark sighed with relief.

"I love you too Lex" Mark said.


Next chapter will inclued some more flash backs. Please comment!