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Title name by Vaughan Penn

Ready To Rise

Mark had fallen asleep just a couple of hours before, he had had a hard time sleeping without the heat of his girlfriend's body. He needed to be able to feel her next to him. To wrap his arms around her and protect her and the baby. To just be able to feel her warmth, and not being faced by the cold half of the bed.

He liked to think that he was able to sleep alone, because he was actually a fairly good sleeper. Even when she wasn't with him he still slept in his side of the bed and would reach out to hold her, but just reaching for the cold comforter that rested on her side. He loved to believe that he slept through the night and slept just fine alone. Because he loved to make Lexie believe that her movements and fidgeting woke him up, but it was the opposite, when she wasn't around he could notice because he is used to the constant fidgeting and her need to be holding onto him or looking for him to hold her. After a couple of days of dating her he started to find it oddly soothing. That's the way he knew if she was there next to him, and unlike the other Grey, her hair smelled like vanilla, it was sweet and not too strong, just enough to leave her smell in the pillows. Her body smelled like some sort of perfume. He was sure that half of her budget was spent in the expensive perfumes that she loved and drove him insane. Those perfumes were what the comforter always smelled like, and he loved it. Her half of the bed had the best smell, even if she always told him it was a lie and that his side was the one that smelled great.

The phone rang interrupting his dreams about Lexie.

He growled as he heard it. He stretched his arm towards it and picked it up, "I swear Callie if you-"

"It's not Callie." She quickly spoke, he could see her smiling on the other side of the line.

He smiled faintly, "This is an amazing way to wake up." he stated, "Of course not as much as when you're next to me and I way up to your lips against mine."

She laughed, "Sometime's you so are the girl in the relationship. I just wanted to tell you that we need to be at the hospital in one hour and a half."

He shook his head even if she couldn't see him, "And let me guess… You want to have breakfast before the appointment."

"Mm hmm." she answered.

He quickly got up from bed and headed to the bathroom, "Ok… I'm also guessing you are dressed and ready to go already."

She laughed, it was something that made Mark's day better, always, "You would be right about that too."

He turned on the shower and began to undress, "Fine I'll see you in the cafeteria in half an hour. Remember you need to have your bladder full even if you-"

"Yes, I know, I love you, bye." she said hanging up

He pressed the end button, "Love you too."

"Alexandra Grey?" the nurse called.

Mark and Lexie stood up from their chairs and walked to the nurse station. They had been waiting for almost half an hour and they were going crazy. Apparently Dr. Napolitano had to go assist an emergency C-section, so they had decided to wait for her until she was out. Lexie refused to get checked up by anyone else.

"You can go into room 201, a resident is going to start you up so you'll be ready when Dr. Napolitano gets out, in about five minutes." Said the nurse with a smile.

Mark lead Lexie to the room, where what seemed to be a third year resident was sitting behind the desk. Immediately, Lexie decided she didn't like her. She had blonde hair, and extremely green eyes, and was so sure she had never ending legs. "Dr. Grey, Dr. Sloan, I'm Dr. Derksen, please take a seat." she said, she wasn't sure at first what to call them, but thanks to their scrubs and ids it made them easier to identify.

They took a seat on the other side of the desk, "Ok let's start with the basic questions... You took a pregnancy test at home, and then took a blood test after the first came back positive?"

Lexie nodded her head, "Yeah." she said grabbing Marks hand and holding it.

"This is your first child right?" Lexie nodded her head.

"Check," she said to herself as she wrote something down on the chart. "Are there any health conditions or diseases we should be aware about?"

Lexie looked at Mark, unsure whether to answer or not, Mark nodded before answering, "My mom died of an aneurysm, and I had one about two months ago, actually it was discovered a couple of days before the baby being conceived."

Dr. Derksen looked at him questioningly, "I had surgery after I found out I had one, and I disappeared for a while, so we kind of know when the baby was... made." Mark said trying not to give more information than needed.

Dr. Derksen simply nodded, "Anything else?"

Lexie pondered for a couple of seconds, unconsciously placing her free hand on her stomach, "In a blood test I took about two months ago, it showed signs of anemia. Oh and also my sister has a history DVT, I think that would be it..."

"Ok... Here it says you don't smoke Dr. Grey, what about you Dr. Sloan?" she asked, both Mark and Lexie could notice she would prefer to be anywhere but in a prenatal consult.

Mark shook his head. "Not at all." he said.

"Ok, we have to more questions left." she said not taking her eyes off from the chart she kept scribbling, "How do you plan to have your baby? I mean where? He have many options here, home birth, water-birth, C-section, or natural but in the hospital? You and husband can make that decision later on, no need to hurry."

Lexie looked at Mark, "H- he's not my... husband, I mean he- he's the father, but n- not my husband." she rambled as if she was just put on the most uneasy position, and thinking about it, it probably was.

"Sorry... I just supposed. My bad." she said reassuring Lexie it was fine.

Lexie looked at Mark, "I want natural birth, at the hospital." Dr. Derksen looked at her.

"Are you sure?"

Lexie nodded, "It's my first baby I want to have natural birth at least with this one."

Maybe she nor Dr. Derksen had realized what Lexie had just said, but Mark wasn't slow at all, she had said 'with this one' he smiled. Of course he wasn't going to bring it up right now... maybe not any time soon, but he still could bring it up just in case later on.

Dr. Derksen nodded, "Ok, now if you follow me over hear we are going to measure you and weight you, here I have you file which includes your weight from before." Then she looked down at the numbers on the screen, "It seems like you are good for now, you have gained about two and a half pounds which is good. By the end of this first trimester you should have gained preferably four."

"Four?" Lexie repeated, she hadn't realized how much her body was going to change. Yeah, she is a doctor but you're not really thinking about all of what's about to change in your life. At least not Lexie.

Mark placed his hand on her back as he helped her up to the stirrup. Lexie lifted her scrub shirt so that it was just below her breast and grabbed Mark's hand.

"We are not going to do a transvaginal sonogram, since you're pretty far along" she said as she gathered the screen and the multiple wands near the stirrup "This is going to be cold." she said as she squirted some gel on Lexie's abdomen. She made a soft noise of discomfort so Mark gave her hand a small squeeze.

She was about to place the wand on Lexie's abdomen when Dr. Napolitano made an appearance. "Mark, Lexie, good to see you guys are starting now." she said sitting on the small chair from which Dr. Derksen had just retreated grabbed

As the doctor moved the wand around Lexie stomach and came to a stop right were the baby was. "This is your baby." she said as she clicked and dragged the mouse across the screen. "It has a good size and if you look closely you'll be able to see that it's making a storm in there. Pretty much your baby is throwing a tantrum." she said smiling at the new soon-to-be parents.

Lexie smiled softly, "Like father like... baby."

Dr. Napolitano moved the wand just a tiny bit and suddenly a fast swooshing took over the room. Lexie and Mark wide-eyed.

A tear fell from Lexie's eye as Mark raised her hand to kiss it. "That's our baby" she said in complete awe, "I can't believe it, our baby's there." she whispered as she dried her cheeks that had been invaded by multiple tears now. Looking up to see Mark who had been quiet since the sonogram had started, she was surprised to see a couple of tears escaping his eyes.

He looked at her with the biggest grin ever, "That's our baby."

As soon as she saw that the couple got themselves together, she proceeded, "Ok so it's entering it's tenth week." she said printing some pictures for them. "This right here is your baby's head." she said pointing towards the screen, "It has a good body length, about an inch."

The swishing came to a stop as she placed the wand in its holder, and cleaned Lexie's stomach. "Here are your pictures. And the due date should be around March 24. Also your next appointment will be in six weeks." she said as Mark and Lexie got up and headed to the door with one picture each.

Meredith had been reading a bridal-whatver magazine when she heard her sister enter the kitchen. "Hey how did everything go? Alex told me you had the appointment today." Meredith asked as her sister walked in and picked up her daughter. Lexie ignored her sister as long as she could by just smiling at her niece and having a small nonsense conversation with her. "Lexie?"

She sighed and sat Zola in her high chair, "Everything is fine Meredith." she couldn't help but smile at her words. Then deciding to stop being such an ass towards her sister sat down next to her and pulled the picture out of her bag. "I'm about almost 10 weeks along."

"Is that all of the information your going to give me?" Meredith asked her.

"Are you going to stop being a jerk with Jackson?" she asked, "Yes he told me you are scowling at him and snapping. What are you? Four?" she scoffed.

Meredith rolled her eyes, "Fine! can you just tell me about the appointment? I know your dying to tell me."

Lexie's mood changed immediately, "Fine." she said with a smile, "Ok so I get there and well Dr. Derksen, the resident, is like a total bitch! I hate her-"

Meredith raised her hand, "Watch your words. What did she do to be a beach?" she asked

Lexie laughed at Meredith's correction, "Nothing." she murmured, "She was just... Blonde and green eyed." she gritted.

Meredith tilted her head, "So am I a beach?"

"No because you're not tall, or as tall as she is." she said in an are you stupid? tone.

"Fine what else happened." She asked handing Zola her favorite toy before she started complaining about lack of attention.

"Well, I got all the common questions asked and then Dr. Napolitano came in just in time to start the ultrasound. It was amazing I mean look at it." she said pointing at the picture Meredith was holding. "And then she told me that everything is fine. Oh and also the heartbeat. That made it official w- I was so in awe."

Meredith smiled at her baby sister, "That's great, but how far along are you? I mean Jackson deserves to know... unless he's not the father." Meredith said. Her sister had been dealing with all of this practically alone and that was just such a big of a secret. If Lexie didn't want to tell Thatcher then that was fine with her, "You need to tell the father!"

"Jackson is not the father, so just shut up Meredith! Just shut the fuck up!" She yelled as she took her baby's picture and purse and walked out of the kitchen

Meredith looked at her actions completely bewildered. "Are you going to tell me who the father is?"

"Good bye Meredith!" Lexie yelled as she shut the door with extreme force.

Meredith turned around to face Zola, "Aunt Lexie is a basket case. Yup, she is" she sighed.

"Wow Mark! This is amazing!" Callie said, then she grabbed the picture, "Look Sophia. That's your baby sister." Mark had told her about the whole appointment, but refused to show Callie the picture to see how long it would be before it was taken from his fingers.

"Sister?" Mark asked her frowning.

Callie shrugged, "Well, Sophia needs a baby sister."

"Or a baby brother." Mark said. "I don't care about it's sex as long as everything is fine and he or she is healthy, just like you Sophia." He said grabbing Sophia and tickling her, getting as a reward a sweet little laughter.

They barely heard the door when someone knocked, "It must be Arizona. I told her I'd be here, so she could come. You should call Little Miss Muffet, invite her over. I can cook dine for the our of us." Callie said as she went to open the door, "Oh forget she's here." she said as soon as she saw Lexie o standing by the door.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt anything." Lexie said sheepishly as she still stood outside Mark's apartment.

Callie shook her head, "Don't worry. Mark told me about today. Congrats!" The latina said as she hugged the younger woman.

Mark looked at his girlfriend who seemed to have been crying, "Callie, why don't we reschedule?"

Callie pulled away from the hug and looked at Lexie realizing that they needed to talk, "Sure, let's go Sophie." she cooed closing the door as she left.

Mark lead Lexie to his bedroom as he quickly opened the drawer in the kitchen counter and took out the peanut butter cups. Then made his way to his room surprised to find Lexie in just her underwear resting on his bed, "Are you using me?" Mark asked.

Lexie laughed softly and kissed him as he laid next to her, "No, cause you already got some after the appointment. Actually you got plenty." she smirked.

"Then are you going to explain to me why you look like you've been crying for the past hour?" Mark asked raising his brows.

Lexie scoffed, "That's because I've been crying for the past hour, cause my sister is a bitch. She's all like you need to tell Jackson... you should tell the father. She's so annoying. Plus the father already knows." she said grabbing a cup and eating it in just seconds.

"Really? I didn't know..." Mark said with his trademark smirk. "So apparently we are having a baby girl, you know. At least that's what Callie said."

Lexie laughed, "So what? like you can't seem to have boys then we/you are just having girls now?"

Mark noticed that too. This was the second time she said something that hinted towards more babies, but again, he was going to save it for another day. "Apparently I can only have girls." he sighed. "Now I'll have no power."

"Well the baby and I will let you decide some things, like..."

Mark scoffed, "Yeah you and her are just going to make all the decisions here." he said as he moved towards her abdomen and kissed it.

Lexie began to laugh, "Your beard if tickling me."

Mark shook his head, purposely so that his scruff made a soft contact with her soft skin, "It seems like she decided to start making an appearance." he stated as he looked at her abdomen intently.

Lexie quickly jumped from the bed, "What? No! I would have noticed and we had an appointment today. I would have noticed." she said extremely fast for anyone who wasn't used to being around a Grey. She then moved to the full body mirror and turned to her side carefully examining every in in her body.

"It's right there." Mark said pointing it out, "I mean it's barely visible for anyone else, but I think I know your body well enough to be able to tell that something s different. Plus remember that Dr. Derksen said something about yo showing sooner because you are pretty slim."

Then Lexie was able to see it, "Oh my God! She's there our baby really is there."

Mark laughed, "You said that about her earlier in the ultrasound too. What else do you need to do to prove her existence?"

Lexie went back to the bed with her hand in her small bump. "So you are convinced that it's a girl huh? And I do know that she's there." she whispered as she lowered her body to capture his lips in a sultry kiss, releasing a moan of her own. "The bump, and the heartbeat, and just seeing her makes it all real. And it's exciting to know that we are going to have a baby in about seven months." she whispered smiling.

Mark groaned, "Woman, stop doing that, cause I swear that I'll have to take way to many cold showers."

Lexie laughed, "Fine." she said reaching on her side of the bed and turning of the lamp on the night stand, "Good night."

He kissed her forehead and placed his arms around her stomach as if protecting his girls, "Good night."

A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did writing it... I did soooooooo much research about pregnancy and babies and all of this things, ADORABLE! Maybe I won't be a plastic surgeon in the end, I could be a neonatal or O.B.

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