"Don't tell Mom or Dad." Lexie told Meredith later that night as the two drove home. Lexie had just got done explaining to Meredith how the age difference was between the two and she new that if her parents found out, they would freak.
"Lexie." Meredith said with a sigh. She wasn't so sure about this age difference thing.
"Mer. He is only one year older then Derek and you like him."
"Lexie I'm not dating Derek."
"But you want to get in his pants." Lexie said with a smirk.
Meredith just rolled her eyes and continued to drive.
The next week was amazing. Lexie spent every time she could with Mark and to no surprises Meredith was spending in awful lot of time with Derek. Sometimes the four of them hung out together sometimes they didn't. Mark had even met her parents for dinner. Meredith hadn't even mentioned Derek to there parents. Lexie just wanted her parents to like Mark as much as possible.
Mark and Lexie were walking hand in hand along the streets of Seattle. It had started to get cold so Mark wrapped his leather jacket around her. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize Lexie just wasn't herself today. She had been very quiet instead of her usually chatty self.
"Is something wrong?" Mark asked her finally.
Lexie shook her head. "I- I'm fine." Her voice cracking at the word fine.
"Hey." Mark stopped walking and stood in front of Lexie. Using his finger her tilted her chin up so she could look at him. That's when he noticed the small tear falling down Lexie's cheek. "What's wrong?" He asked as he wiped away the tears.
"I don't I don't want to leave you." She told him as she broke down crying. Lexie wrapped her arms around him and sobbed into his chest.
"Its going to be ok Lexie." He told her as he rubbed soothing circles on her back. "Will make this work I promise."
"I- I never thought I would fall- fall in love with you." She said with a hic up.
Mark was shocked. Had she just said she loved him? The last person to tell him that was Addison. "I love you too Lexie."
Lexie looked up at him smiling. "You do?"
"How could I not?" He said with a grin as he bent down and kissed her.
"I'm going to get us some drinks." Lexie told Mark later on that night. They were at a party and they had been sitting on the couch watching Derek and Meredith play beer pong with another couple. It was no joke that the two of them sucked, horrible.
When Lexie returned a few minutes later with two beers in hand she saw a tiny red head sitting fairly close to Mark. She groaned. It was Addison, Marks ex. Needless to say Lexie hated that girl. She pranced around in her five inch heels like she owned the place and it was obvious she still liked Mark. The two were sitting there laughing and Lexie had had enough
"Here you go." Lexie told Mark as she handed him his beer and kissed him. Seeing as Addison had taken her spot she decided to sit on Marks lap.
"Lexie you have meet Addison haven't you?"
"Um yeah." Lexie said as she took a drink of her beer. Then another and another.
"I was just reminding Mark of that time we went out on my families Yacht." Addison said with a grin.
"That's just great." Lexie said downing her drink.
"Yeah we snuck into the liquor bar and Addie got so drunk." Mark said with a laugh.
"You had to take care of me for the rest of the night."
"Yeah and explain to your parents that you were just sea sick."
"I have to pee." Lexie said to nobody in particular as she got up and headed to the bathroom.
How could Mark be flirting with Addison when she was right there. She usually wasn't the jealous type but something about that red head just got under her skin. She didn't know if it was her and Marks history or the fact that she could have just about any guy she wanted. After peeing and getting herself another drink. This time she decided to get some drink a guy was making. She wasn't sure what was in it but this time she didn't care.
"Hey where is Mark?" Meredith asked when Lexie walked over to her in Derek.
Lexie shrugged as she took a drink. "Probably flirting with Addison,"
Meredith looked over at Derek. "Mark and Addy they -" Derek said trying to explain his best friends behavior.
"Yeah they have history, I know." She said with a sigh. "I have to pee." She told them walking away.
When she came back a few moments later Meredith noticed how unsteady Lexie was. "How much have you had to drink?" Meredith asked. Unlike herself Lexie was a lightweight she hardly ever drank more then enough to get her tipsy but from the looks of it her sister was on the verge of getting drunk.
"I dunno. I lost track." Lexie said as she finished off her drink. "Hey lets go do shots!" Lexie said excitedly.
Meredith looked at Derek and then Lexie. "Alright but just one." Lexie squealed as she went into the kitchen to get there shots. "Will you please go talk to your idiotic best friend?" Meredith asked when Lexie was out of hearing distance. "Because if he doesn't stop flirting it up with Addison very soon the were going to have one drunk Lexie on are hands."
Derek laughed. "Yes I will go talk to my idiotic best friend."
Mark found Lexie a little while later doing shots with Meredith. He didn't know why she never came back from the bathroom earlier and then when Derek said Lexie was starting to get very drunk he became concerned.
"Come on lets do another." Lexie told Meredith.
Meredith didn't know what to do. One shot had turned into two and two three. "Lexie I think you have had enough,"
"Mere." Lexie said whining.
"I think she is right Little Grey." Mark said as he came up behind her.
Lexie ignored him and took another. "Done flirting with Addison?"
Mark ran his hand threw his hair. "Lexie."
"Don't Lexie me." Lexie said as she slipped off the bar stole. She was lucky that Mark was there because she lost her footing and almost fell.
"Can we just talk about this?" Mark asked as Lexie yanked her arm out of his grasp.
"Fine." She said bitterly as she walked out of the house and into the front yard "Lets talk. Lets talk about the fact that today I told you I loved you and then you set there and flirt all night with your ex slut of a girlfriend!"
"We weren't flirting Lexie." Mark said trying to defend himself.
"Oh you weren't? It sure looked like flirting to me!"
"She's just an old friend Lexie. I don't have feelings for her anymore."
"You might but she does!" Lexie didn't know if it from the fact that she was upset or the alcohol but her stomach was starting to turn and she couldn't exactly see straight. "I I don't feel so good." She said out loud just as she bent over and threw up.
Mark was by her side in a second, rubbing her back as she threw up. When she was done he guided her over to the picnic table sitting her down. Lexie laid her head down on the table closing her eyes hoping she would stop the world from spinning.
"Come on I will take you home." Mark said a few minutes later.
"I cant go home like this." Lexie mumbled.
"Lexie its nearly one in the morning. Your parents go to bed at like nine."
Caving in Lexie let Mark guide her too his truck. Once she was inside he went it to tell Meredith he was taking Lexie home. When he got back out to the car Lexie was sound asleep her head leaning on the door. When they got to the house Mark quietly helped her inside and up the steps into bed.
"I love you Lexie." He told her as he kissed her forehead even though she was already out like a light.
