"They look… happy." Izzie said with a trace amount of astonishment as she watched Meredith, Alex, and Carson in Meredith's hospital room the next day.

"Does it surprise you?" Mark asked.

They group turned to look at him. "Yeah, sort of." Christina answered.

"A month or two ago, but Meredith was even here, Alex didn't even know the kid existed." Izzie pointed out.

"But he loves her." Mark shrugged.

"What have you done with the Mark we all know?" George asked giving him a curious look.

"Just leave it alone guys." He shut the chart and walked away.

"That…" Izzie started.

"Was weird." Christina finished shaking her head.

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"Daddy!" Carson laughed as his father chased him around the room. Alex picked him up, laid him on the bed by Meredith's feet, and started tickling him. Carson's laughter filled the air as Meredith joined in. "No more! No more!"

"Say the magic word." Meredith giggled.

"Please! Please!" Carson squealed. Alex stopped tickling him and lifted him into his arms. Carson planted a kiss on his father's cheek. "Thank you."

"Your welcome. Now, give on to Mommy. Give one to Mommy." Alex chuckled at Carson crawled up the bed to Meredith and kissed her twice on the cheek.

"Thank you, Sweetie." She giggled as Carson climbed down to the ground. Alex sat own beside her. "Hey."

He smiled. "Hey." Leaning down, he kissed her soft and sweet on the lips. "I love you."

"I love you too." She smiled leaning her head on his chest.

"Mer?"

"Hmm?"

"I'm never going to leave you."

She looked up and smiled. "You better not."

He chuckled. "I won't." He kissed her. "I promise."

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Short chapter, I know. But I'm going to skip forward quite a bit and I didn't want to mid-chapter. The next chapter is probably going to be the last on.