***Chapter12 – You're Not In Love

"Hey Jackson!" Lexie whispered in his direction when she passed the patient's room he was in.

"What?" He approached the doorway.

"Let's go to lunch today at a different hour than everybody" She kept whispering.

"Why?" He whispered as well.

"I want us to be alone" She gave him a small flirty smile and glanced at the hallway, worried that someone will notice.

"Okay" He wickedly smiled back.

She rolled her eyes at him "That's not what I meant! See you in the cafeteria at 14:00" She whispered "Now go!" She pushed him back to the room and looked to the sides before she left.

Jackson entered the cafeteria and sat across Lexie, he could see by her facial expression that she was mad "It's almost 14:15" She checked her watch.

"I know, I'm sorry, I got held up with a patient that coded" He apologized.

She looked at him in suspicion "Are you playing with me?"

"What? No!" He chuckled "Why would you think that? I told you I'm not into games, well not that kind of games anyway" He suggestively raised his eyebrow and grinned.

She rolled her eyes "Here we go"

"What?" He asked innocently.

"It's the sex thing" She frowned.

"What are you talking about? Lexie are you serious?" He turned serious "I don't care about that, I care about you"

"You're just not in love" She said sarcastically.

"So that's what your upset about" He leaned back and crossed his arms across his chest. She glanced at him nervously as they sat there in silence. She dug her fork in her salad, playing with it when Jackson finally broke the silence "I don't think it's Karev's or April's business how I feel about you" He lowered his head trying to catch a glimpse of her eyes "Lexie?" He said when she kept staring at her food.

"What?" She raised her head and looked at him.

He leaned forward "I am" He whispered as he looked directly in her beautiful brown eyes.

Her face softened and the sadness in her eyes turned into joy "You are?" She suppressed a timid smile.

"I am" He smiled and his green eyes sparkled along "How can I not be?" He shook his head looking at her, admiring everything about her.

"Quit staring at me! You're making me blush" She smiled coyly.

"You asked for it!" He chuckled.

"Okay, but now you can stop" She nervously looked around.

"Did I tell you you're crazy?" He smiled and nodded as he got up "I'm going to get something to eat, be right back, and while I'm gone, try not to drive your veggies crazy or something"

"Ha ha, very funny" She cried at him sarcastically when he walked away.

Jackson placed his tray on the table as he sat across Lexie. She looked at him "Are you a dog or a cat person?" She asked out of the blue.

"What?" He chuckled "Where did that come from?" He took a bite of his sandwich.

"Come on, do you prefer dogs or cats?" She asked seriously.

"Neither" He replied mouthful.

"But let's say you had to choose, what would you choose?" She insisted.

He swallowed almost choking on his food "Why on earth would I have to choose?" He asked.

"I don't know, just hypothetically" She rolled her eyes "Humor me" She urged him to answer.

"Fine then I'd choose dogs" He opened his water bottle "Now tell me why" He gestured with his hand for her to answer.

"No reason" She shrugged.

"Seriously? You just insisted for no reason?" He wondered.

"Why are you surprised?"

"You know, usually people ask questions cause they're interested in the answer" He replied sarcastically.

"Well, I'm interested in getting to know you better" She said decisively.

"Okay" He nodded without saying another word.

"You think it's stupid" She stated.

"What is? The whole cat dog person thing?" He looked at her "Maybe, but getting to know each other? I don't think it's stupid at all"

"Fine" She grouched "Let's talk about something else" She said while he kept on eating "So, did you think in what do you want to specialize?" She asked.

"Actually yeah, I gave it a lot of thought" He drank from his water bottle "But it's complicated" He shook his head "Maybe we should change the subject"

"No, I would love to hear what your thoughts are" She pleaded.

"Fine, just remember you asked for it" He raised his eyebrows, warning her and she nodded in reply "Okay, starting from cardio, I like it but I'll have a tough time competing against Yang, neuro is Meredith's thing but I'm not drawn to that anyway" She listened intently "ob is definitely not my style" She giggled as his eyes widen in anxiety just from thinking about it "I recently considered plastics seriously, but now that's out of the question, ortho is too aggressive for…"

She interrupted "Wait, wait, wait… what did you just say?"

"I knew this was a bad idea" He slammed his fist on the table, regretting he agreed to talk about it.

"No, tell me"

"There's nothing to tell" He shrugged "There's nothing surprising about it either"

"How come?"

"Look, it's not important, can we please let it go?" He pleaded.

She nodded "Okay, putting plastics and my ex aside, I think you were wrong about cardio too. I actually think that if anyone can compete against Cristina it's you, besides I'm sure there's enough room for the both of you" She said almost in one breath.

"Thanks" He looked at her "You're cute when you get so enthusiastic, you know I love that about you, right?"

"What?" She blushed.

"Ever since you gave me that diaper speech…" He grinned and nodded.

"Stop! Don't talk about that" She giggled and covered his mouth with her hand.

He kissed the inside of her palm "You really impressed me"

"Cut it out!" She said sharply as she withdrew her hand and looked around.

"I mean it" He giggled "There's something special about you Lexie Grey" He fondly touched her nose with his finger "And don't you forget it" She looked down at the table in embarrassment "Come on, we gotta go back to work" He picked up their trays.

"Aww… do we have to?" She said disappointed, dragging her feet behind him when he returned back the trays.

"Yeah" He turned to face her and smiled "Wait for me when the shift is over?" He asked and she nodded in reply "And will you sleep with me tonight?" He leaned to whisper in her ear "Just sleep" He stated as he threw his hands up and shrugged.

She looked at him and smiled "Just sleep" She repeated and nodded in reply.

A/N: I would love to read what you think! And of course to be continued...