A/N: I struggled with writing this chapter since it is a build up for the next few chapters.

***Chapter14 – Worried Eyes

"Crap! I'm on Mark's service today" Lexie said as she entered the locker room, slouching towards her locker. April was standing next to her locker while Jackson was sitting on the middle bench with his back to the door "I'm going to do a lot of latte and coffee runs today, so I'd better take some money" She took out the purse from her bag.

"For Sloan?" April raised her eyebrows at her.

"No" Lexie snorted "For me" She glanced at April "I'm going to need any excuse I can get just to get away from him" She frowned "It's going to be a looooong day" She sighed.

"Well good luck" April said while putting her stuff in her locker "I'm on Bailey's service today so I'm going to need some luck too" April said as she turned to leave. Jackson and Lexie wished her good luck and she gestured with her hand to thank them when she headed out of the room.

"You will have to forgive me today" Jackson looked at Lexie from where he was sitting on the bench.

"What?" She asked confused as she approached him.

"You will have to forgive me today since I'm going to be insanely jealous" He pulled her by the waist to sit on his lap. She smiled right before they joined their lips together in a deep long kiss. They suddenly stopped to the sound of the door opening.

"Don't mind me" Alex walked in heading towards his locker. They both looked at him slightly embarrassed "Why did you stop? Carry on" He gestured with his hand for them to continue. Lexie and Jackson seemed puzzled, they looked at each other and then back at Alex as he crossed his arms across his chest, his back leaning against his locker, watching them with a smug grin on his face.

"You perv!" Lexie growled at him as she got up, closed her bag and turned to leave.

"Hey! I'm willing to join in" Alex called after her as she stormed off.

"What's with you?" Jackson got up and leaned his shoulder against the locker in front of him.

"What?" Alex asked innocently.

"Are you still into Lexie?"

"Dude, what are you talking about?" Alex snorted.

"You can't stop teasing her, and what you said to me the other day about how you messed things with her – "

"Look" Alex interrupted and took a step in Jackson's direction "She's an easy target, jumping at every word I say, it's fun" He chuckled to himself "But she's too nice for me, so no, I'm not into her or anything like that, besides it's not me you should be worried about"

"What do you mean?" Jackson wondered.

"Sloan. The minute he finds out about you two he will do everything he can to destroy your career"

"Oh, I don't care about that" He answered confidently "I thought you meant he will try to win Lexie back"

"Yeah, that too" Alex said with a nod and turned to his locker, leaving Jackson to ponder on what he just said.

"Dr. Grey" Mark acknowledged Lexie when she approached him at the nurses' station.

"Dr. Sloan" She nodded trying not to look nervous. It was the first time since they broke up that she's been on his service, until that moment she pretty much managed to avoid him.

"We're performing a breast reconstruction in an hour, so let's go prep the woman" He closed the chart that was in front of him and started walking towards the patient's room, Lexie hurried to follow him.

"So how have you been doing?" Mark asked as they got out of the OR. It was their third surgery that day.

"I knew it!" She irritably ripped the mask from her face and tossed it in the bin. Mark raised an eyebrow at her in confusion while he washed his hands "I was just about to thank you for being strictly professional today. But you couldn't help it, could you?" She put her hands on her waist and narrowed her eyes at him.

"Just an honest question" He shrugged "You don't have to get all worked up about it" He smirked at her as he dried his hands.

"Well I'm not" She said defensively. He shot her a look letting her know he doesn't believe a word she said "Fine" She crossed her arms across her chest "Well working with you is awkward enough as it is" She stammered nervously just a little.

"It doesn't have to be" He took a few steps to close the distance between them.

"Mark" She said softly as she felt nervous that he was so close, she didn't want to face a situation of him trying to kiss her or something of the sort so she took a step back "I'm seeing somebody else" She said cautiously.

"Really?" He looked slightly surprised "That's good for you" He faked a smile "Do I know him?" He looked at her.

"Dr. Sloan?" The OR nurse barged in "The patient is crashing" She informed him and returned quickly to the OR, Mark and Lexie rushed to get in after her.

Lexie attacked Jackson with kisses when he entered the on call room "Is this why you called me in here?" He asked, smiling against her lips.

"Not exactly" She pulled back for air "This is only the preview for tonight" She gave him a seductive smile.

"I thought we were waiting" He gently caressed her cheek.

"It's been over a month, don't you think we've waited long enough?" She asked and before he got a chance to say something she continued "Oh my God! You think I'm easy?" Her eyes open wide as she took a seat on the bed.

"No!" He sat beside her "I would never think that" He pulled her close "I just want you to be sure that's what you want – okay?" He looked at her, a soft smile on his lips.

She nodded "I'm sure" She softly smiled back.

"Good" He pulled her for a kiss "This day just got better" He smiled as he stroked the back of her neck "A lot better" His smile grew before he kissed her again.

"So I take it that your day didn't go so well so far?" She asked as she looked into his gorgeous green eyes.

"I got to scrub in on two cardio surgeries, so it was okay I guess" He nodded "How was with Sloan?" He couldn't help but ask.

"Okay" She replied "Actually I kinda told him about us"

"Really?" He asked surprised.

"Well I told him I'm seeing somebody else"

"And how did he react?" He was curious to know.

"Indifferently?" She shrugged. Jackson raised his eyebrows in surprise, he knew that Mark was anything but indifferent to Lexie "He didn't seem to care" She shook her head. Jackson's eyes revealed that he was worried "Well that's good isn't it?" She raised her eyebrows at him in anticipation for his response.

"Yeah, I guess" He answered hesitatingly, forcing a smile and thinking to himself what the hell Mark was up to.