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Chapter Eleven
"Is that the last of it?" Callie asked, placing the last box down in Mark's spare bedroom.
"That's it," Lexie replied as they looked at all the cardboard boxes spread out on the floor. Callie, Arizona, Emma, Meredith, and Derek came to help move Lexie in from Meredith and Derek's attic. There really wasn't much to move, but they decided to come help anyway because Mark and Lexie were down one hand.
"So where are you going to set up the baby's nursery?" Callie asked curiously, looking all around the spare bedroom.
"Probably my room or...I don't know. We still need to figure everything out. Right now we took this tiny step," Lexie answered, looking to Mark who nodded in agreement.
"Besides, we could always put the baby's crib on wheels? Take turns?" Mark suggested, shrugging. "Anyway, it's not like we don't have room."
"Well I don't know about you people, but the game is on and I want a beer," Derek said, walking towards the bedroom's exit. "Mark!"
"Coming!" He responded, chuckling as he followed his best friend into the other room.
"So, how does it feel to be back here?" Meredith asked her sister once Mark left.
"Good. Like this is really happening and we're going to be a family," Lexie replied, rubbing her belly as she sat down on the bed they set up.
"Any names yet? Girl or guy? Mark mentioned to me the appointment would be coming up soon," Callie said, causing Lexie to nod. She was over sixteen weeks pregnant now and so that meant time to find out the gender.
"I don't know. We kept pitching names to one another and nothing. Who knows, maybe we have to see the baby's face to know what we want to name him or her," Lexie said, shrugging.
"What's he doing with the baseball?" The girls looked outside to hear the tiny voice of Emma. Arizona was playing with her for a bit, but I guess she got interested in what the guys were doing.
"They're getting ready to pitch it," Derek explained to her.
"Oh. My daddy use to watch this all the time," Emma informed them, her tone sad. "He said he was gonna teach me...I always wanted to learn."
"If it's okay Derek and I could teach you one day how to play," Mark chimed in, causing Emma to light up.
"Really! Thank you!" Emma exclaimed, hugging onto Mark's knee.
"He's going to be a good father, and Derek too when and if you two have children," Callie mentioned, looking back at the two Grey sisters.
"I think so too," Meredith agreed, leaning against the doorway. "Speaking of kids, what's going to happen with Emma? Are you and Arizona going to adopt?"
"We've had her for a few months and I think we are," Callie said as she watched Arizona bounce Emma on her lap. "I love her to pieces, and so does Arizona. This little girl needs a family who'll love her. I want to do it. I want Arizona and I to be her mothers."
"Well good, because you two have been great moms to Emma," Lexie added, smiling as she stood up from the bed.
"Lunch's ready!" Derek called out from the other room, interrupting the conversation.
"Lexie, this is gonna be great! You and Mark will live across from Callie, Arizona, Cristina, and me!" Emma exclaimed, taking a seat next to her at the counter. "And the baby! How many more days until the baby is coming?"
"More like a few more months sweetie." Lexie chuckled as Emma bit into her sandwich.
"Oh, well I still can't wait!" the little girl exclaimed, clapping her hands.
"Neither can we," Lexie said, stroking some of her hair.
"Here's your apple juice little missy," Arizona said, handing the little girl a cup.
"Thank you!" Emma exclaimed, taking a sip from the cup. Lexie observed and smiled as Emma then walked over to sit in between Callie and Arizona. She hopes, along with the rest of them, that Emma will become a permeant part of the Torres-Robbins family.
For the rest of the day they all hung out with one another. Alex, Cristina, and Owen even dropped by later on too. It was nice for Lexie to have something to take her mind off of everything going on.
Later that night it was just Mark and Lexie in the apartment. "So I really live here again," Lexie teased as she went to get a glass of water from the kitchen. Mark chuckled as they both then took a seat on the couch.
"It's nice to have you back. Things seem like they're getting better," Mark mentioned as he went to grab the T.V remote.
"They are," Lexie replied, grinning as she rubbed her baby bump. "Junior over here keeps kicking up a storm today."
"Give your mom a break, she does enough for you," Mark playfully scolded as he looked towards Lexie's stomach.
"Today was a long day," Lexie moaned, leaning against the throw pillows. "And tomorrow will be interesting as well. Gender time and all."
"Speaking of which, any good names?" Mark asked her. "I was trying to think of some, but there are so many. I can't exactly find one that'll be perfect."
"Well, I don't know...For a boy I did have one in mind though, actually...Matthew Derek Grey-Sloan," Lexie spoke up softly. "He's been like a brother to me and he's your best friend."
"He'd get a kick out of that." Mark chuckled. "But it's a good name. I like it."
Lexie smiled, "For a girl, well I haven't come up with any solid names. Jenny, Mary, Candice, Hannah-"
"Dated a Hannah once, no. That would be too weird," Mark stated, chuckling. "She use do this thing with her legs-"
"Okay, don't need to hear that much," Lexie said, stopping him before he could say more.
"Sorry." Mark winced. "So I guess not Hannah..."
"No...I actually do have one suggestion for a girl," Lexie said softly. "Susan. Doesn't have to be the baby's first, just somewhere in there. It would mean a lot to me if it was in there."
"Of course. I know how much she meant to you, Lex. I understand," Mark told her, his eyes filled with sincerity.
"I miss her," Lexie mentioned, fiddling with a bracelet she was wearing. "Especially during this pregnancy. I could use her, you know? And she always wanted to be here for this, but she's not. The only one in my family who knows is Molly-"
"Your dad doesn't know?" Mark looked at Lexie in shock. "I thought you guys were on better terms? You almost donated part of your liver to save him, and Meredith actually did. You introduced him to me. "
"We were..." Lexie trailed off. "It's just, I don't know how he'd react to this. My dad hasn't been the same since my mom died. He was a temperamental alcoholic and I haven't heard from him since Christmas. He's been busy trying to get sober, which I understand, but I don't know what to believe with my dad anymore. I want to tell him, I do it's just I can't handle anymore drama. If my mom were alive, there is no way in hell he'd be acting like this."
"I understand, but I mean, not to push you or anything but Lexie, you are almost four months. What are you going to do when your nine and it's time for the baby to come out? How's your dad going to react when you show up on his front doorstep with a baby? I just want to point that out to you if you plan to tell him. It's your choice though," Mark told her.
"Ughh. I don't care anymore. I'll just tell him tomorrow. You'll come with me, right?" She asked, resting her head against his shoulder.
"Are you sure you wouldn't want Meredith to go? I mean he's your dad and I helped get you pregnant...I don't know how he'll feel about me then..."
"I took part in the baby making too. If he gets angry he'll get angry at the both of us." Lexie huffed.
"Alright then Little Grey," Mark said, kissing her on the forehead as he turned on the television. He then rested his cheek against the top of her head while she snuggled closer to him, both falling asleep.
It was the next day and lunch time for Lexie. Today was going to be super busy because during lunch she was going to talk to her dad with Mark and then after work it would be appointment time for the baby. Once that was finished up there was a party at Meredith and Derek's house that night.
"So gender day, huh?" Jackson asked as he, April, and Lexie stood by their lockers.
Lexie and Jackson have formed an odd friendship since their little fiasco in the cafeteria. They just kept talking with one another. It was nice because she didn't always talk pregnancy with him. A lot of times it was all sorts of things. So in a way they were friends now and it felt nice for Lexie to have some else out there to talk to. Jackson and April were the only Mercy Westers she could tolerate right now.
April Kepner had irritated Lexie, but lately since she's been talking to Jackson she's gotten to know her a little better. She wasn't completely annoying, in fact very sweet and always asked Lexie how the pregnancy, how the baby was, and names, generic friendly stuff like that. Nothing major.
"Are you excited?" April asked.
Lexie smiled and nodded, "Definitely, I can't wait out if I'll have a son or daughter."
Meanwhile as Lexie talked to April and Jackson, Mark was walking back with Callie from a surgery to go get Lexie to go to Thatcher's. That's when he noticed her talking to Avery and Kepner, but specifically Mark seemed to focus Jackson Avery.
"Is that a little green eyed monster I see?" Callie smirked, raising an eyebrow at him.
"No...It's just I have to pick her up so I'm looking at her because...Yeah..." Mark responded awkwardly.
"You're acting like when she was sleeping with Alex. Mark, you can't be doing this," Callie warned him.
"Well...I think I still might be in love with her..." Mark muttered, looking at the way Lexie laughed at something Jackson told her.
"Well, she's not your girlfriend. You may love her, more than anything else in the entire world, but she's doesn't know that. You have to tell her Mark or one day she's going to move on," Callie told him seriously. "You know how it is. Life is too short. If you truly love her, tell her."
"I really love her...I've always loved her," Mark said softly. "Even when she was screwing Karev. I have never stopped loving Lexie Grey. I love the way she stumbles on her words, her viscous hatred for apples, how brilliant and caring she is, the way she looks at the good in people, and how she makes me happier more than anyone else in the world and if she's ever sad, I want to go through whatever it is with her. I don't want her to hurt because if she hurts then I hurt. I want to spend the rest of my life with her."
"Tell her that." Callie smiled at him. "That's how you tell someone you truly feel."
"I will, but not now. We're going to see Thatcher Grey...He doesn't know she's pregnant..."
"Oh god Mark." Callie sighed and buried her face into her hands. "Really? How does he not know that?"
"Lexie hasn't been talking to her dad a lot and well, I guess it hasn't come up yet? I don't know Callie, I don't monitor what she does all the time," Mark muttered.
"Sorry, but damn. If I was pregnant and my dad didn't know, he'd kill me. It was struggle when he found out I was bisexual, but he's accepted it now because he loves me and he knows that I'm happy with Arizona and Emma. I've been happier with them even more than I ever was with George," Callie said truthfully.
"I know and I'm very happy for you Torres. Looks like we're going to get what we dreamed and all the crap," Mark said, chuckling. "See ya later."
"Good luck!" Callie called after him as he went to go meet up with Lexie.
"Ready to go Lex?" Mark asked, coming over to her side and interrupting the conversation with Jackson Avery.
"Oh yeah! See you soon Jackson!" Lexie said.
"You too," Jackson replied, smiling. He did notice the odd look Mark Sloan was giving him before he walked away with Lexie.
All Mark and Lexie could think of now was the fact they were going to have to face Thatcher, something neither was excited for.
A/N: Thatcher's next chapter and oh boy, you know how that gem can be ;) AND OMG just this season of Grey's, season 11 has been hectic. Just what even. I can't wait for season 12. Anyway, hope you liked it and thanks for reading! Be on the look out for the next update :)
