Chapter 25- going out with a bang
Lexie stands up on the stage in the auditorium. She was about to address the hundreds of graduates from ten years ago. She breathed in and out heavily as she began her speech.
"Good evening everyone. I just want to start by saying how great it is to see so many of you here tonight, it's been far to long since I've seen you all. So, we've made it ten years out of high school, and wow, what a busy ten years it's been. If somebody had of told me what my life would be like in ten years and all that I'd walk through I would not believe them. I'm sure the same is true for most if not all of you standing in this room tonight. Because the truth is that we can have a plan, a direction, a goal, we can plan our life out to every little detail, but it is never going to work out the way that we plan it to, you'll get thrown a curveball and have to make a new plan, but that plan isn't going to turn out the way you want it to either. I had my life planned out and it sure as hell didn't include a teen pregnancy, inheriting my dead friends 18 week premature newborn baby and a battle with breast cancer, but I'm here, we're all here. If it were up to me I'd be a board certified surgeon before I started a family. But like I said we are all here, we all made it. Some of us are at different stages in our lives some of us are married and have babies and are sharing stories about sleep deprivation and what they don't tell you about giving birth, some of us are newly married, some of us have worked extremely high up on the career ladder, some of us are expecting our first baby or even a 2nd or third. Some of us don't even have that on our radar, and that's okay. We all walk through different paths but the important thing is that we've made it back to the place that kick started the rest of our lives, and I said this as valedictorian and I'll say it again, if I had to walk through high school with anybody, I'm glad I walked through it with all of you, and I wish you all the best that life has to offer. Let's do this again in ten years," Lexie says smiling and the whole crowd claps. "Thank yooooooou!" Lexie say in a high pitch as her eyes grow wide and she clenches her stomach. She looks down and sees a puddle of water below her, her waters had broken.
The auditorium burst into noise as Mark rushes up to the stage to help Lexie out.
"We need to get you to the nearest hospital," Mark says coming to the aide of his wife.
"We're not going to make it," Lexie says panicking.
"We will make it. you just have to hold on," Mark measures Lexie.
"No, I said we're not going to make it! The twins are coming far to fast!" She yells as she lies down on the floor. She faced away from the crowd so nobody could see more that was was desired.
"Ohh..okay then," Mark replies. "Travis, Sally, can you please run to the nurses office and get me some clean towels, a pillow or two hand sanitiser, some scissors in sterile packaging and a small clamps in sterile packaging," Mark says through the microphone.
"OWW!" Lexie yells loudly as she had a contraction.
"Here Man," Travis says handing the supplies to Mark. Mark nods his head. At this point the whole room was pretty much quite and everybody was watching the live birth unfold right before their eyes.
"OWW! Oh god, I am going to kill you Mark Sloan!" Lexie yells.
"I know baby and I'm sorry," He says as he hold her hand. "Im going to check how far you've dilated," He says. "You're ready to push," He announces.
Lexie gives a number of groans and screams as she pushes the first baby out into the world. "It's a girl," he says. He cuts the cord using the scissors and wraps the baby in the towel. He hands the baby over to Travis as he helps Lexie deliver the second baby, "It's a boy!" he says surprised. He does the same thing with this baby and hands him over to Sally so he could deliver the placenta as the whole crowd clapped and cheered over the safe arrival of both crying and screaming infants.
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"They're beautiful, just perfect," Lexie says to mark as she cradles the tiny babies in her arms while being wheeled into the ambulance. When they get into the ambulance the babies are placed into incubators to be monitored. Grace Elizabeth and and Oliver James Everett Sloan were perfect in every single way.
"You did a great job hon, I'm proud of you," Mark says before he plants a kiss on his wife's lips.
"I can't believe that just happened. I just gave birth in front of my whole entire graduating class. It's a reunion that nobody will forget," Lexie says.
"Oh that they won't. You certainly went out with a bang," Mark grins. "Do you want me to call Meredith and your dad?" He asks.
"No. If everything goes well and everything looks good I'll be discharged in the morning and we can head back home and surprise them. It'll be good having this moment just between the two of us," Lexie says.
"Alright. But we can't keep this from them for too long otherwise they'll hate us. So if you're not discharged tomorrow we'll face time them," Mark says.
"Oh, alright then," Lexie says.
A/N: so what do you guys think? I'm planning on the next chapter being the final chapter. It's so surreal to think that this story, my baby, is finally coming to an end. But I suppose all stories come to an end at some point. Leave me a review to let me know what you think. Also, do you guys like the names? It took me forever to find the perfect names for out little Grey/Sloan babies. Sending you much love and happiness! :)