Two weeks later

"Good morning handsome" Lauren smiled as she leant against the nurses' station beside Alex. Peering over his shoulder she noticed a stack of Sloan's files in front of him "Ouch you're stuck with Sloan today. Tough break"

Alex just nodded without looking away from the chart he was updating. Looking down at the chart in front of Alex, Lauren read what the patient was having done.

"A hot Attending is standing next to you and you're more focused on a patient's nose job? I could be topless here and you wouldn't know"

"Are you sure you told Derek about us?" he asked bluntly completely ignoring her joke.

"You've waited two weeks to ask me that? Yes I'm sure I told him. As long as he doesn't have to see us making out or anything more, then he's ok" she laughed softly "Why do you ask?"

"Because I was on his service yesterday and it was like I'd never even met you and even Meredith hasn't said anything. She would be the first person to say something"

"I didn't tell Derek not to say anything. I'm surprised he hasn't told her either"

"So you have told him?"

"Yes" she sighed lightly "Relax, it's been a busy couple weeks maybe it slipped his mind"

"This is Derek and Meredith we're talking about. They tell each other everything"

"Relax, Mark can sense tension" Lauren laughed and quickly kissed his cheek "Meet me in the lobby at 8 and we'll do dinner at my place"

"No, we'll do dinner at mine" he insisted before she left. Lauren was taken a little by surprise; Alex had never offered to spend a date at the house he shared with Meredith, Derek, Lexie, Avery and April. "By the fire place"

"Romantic. I'm looking forward to it"

XXXXX

Lexie, April and Jackson walked up the driveway and toward the front door of their house after a long day at work. They had been down in the pit all day suturing because Bailey was on a warpath. It was lucky for any resident to see the inside of a OR that day.

"I am just going to collapse into bed. This day just needs to end" Jackson groaned loudly as he dragged himself up the stairs and past the window that looked into the living room.

"Stop" Lexie gasped before April and Avery made it to the door. Looking into the window, Lexie couldn't let Jackson in particular walk into the house unprepared. April and Avery joined Lexie at the window and stared at Alex and Lauren sitting in front of the fire together. Lexie took Avery's hand gently as they watched the pair laugh and eat Chinese takeout together.

"I need scotch. I need a lot of scotch" he said bluntly and started walking back to the car. Lexie followed him without question but April hesitated confused.

"Why do you need scotch? Did you guys know about them? We have to work tomorrow..." April called out after Lexie and Jackson as she raced back to the car behind them. Getting back to Lexie's car, they all stopped as Derek and Meredith gout out of Derek's car beside them.

"I wouldn't go in there" Jackson sighed and got in the car slamming the door behind him. Lexie shrugged and got in as well waiting for April to join them. He couldn't think about Alex all over the only woman he had really started to care about since he got moved to Seattle Grace. It was just his luck that someone else got in before he did.

"Alex and Lauren are together. I don't understand what's wrong with Lexie and Jackson though" April shrugged and got in the car. Meredith looked to Derek as Lexie pulled out of the driveway then up to the house in shock. She couldn't believe Derek was so calm about this unless he already knew.

"You knew they were sleeping together?"

Walking up to the house, Meredith didn't look through the window before bursting into the house and stopping at the entrance to the living room. She stopped and expected to see them half naked or something to that effect but they were sitting together, fully dressed and sharing the last fortune cookie. Thinking Alex was just sleeping with Lauren for the fun of it, Meredith was ready to rip his head off. Things were just getting better with Derek and Lauren and she wasn't about to let Alex ruin that for them. Derek needed Lauren and if he knew she was sleeping with Alex then he would just push her away.

"Hey Meredith" Lauren smiled when she noticed her sister-in-law standing there watching them.

"As far as I know they're dating like normal people" Derek chuckled as he joined Meredith and greeted his sister with a nod "She jumps to conclusions"

"I don't blame you" Lauren laughed "We ordered extra Chinese for you guys, it's in the kitchen"

Derek nodded and pushed Meredith through to the kitchen so she wouldn't embarrass herself any further. She was known for slightly overreacting but never like that. Holding back his laughter, Derek endured Meredith slapping him to stop laughing at her.

"They're just dating?"

"They're just dating" he chuckled "Lauren's just as bad as Alex when it comes to jumping into bed too quickly. I don't know what it is with my youngest sisters and sex but apparently Lauren wants to change"

"So they haven't..." Meredith asked hoping Derek would know how she wanted to finish that sentence.

"No and I don't want to know if they do. She's my sister"

"How long has this been going on?"

"About a month" Lauren chuckled from the kitchen door holding two empty wine glasses. She needed an excuse to get into the kitchen and a refill was the perfect opportunity. "I thought Derek would have told you about Alex and I"

"I thought Alex would tell Meredith, she is his friend" Derek defended

"And you're my husband. You let me barge into the house and humiliate myself" Meredith sighed lightly and took the glasses from Lauren. Filling them up with wine, she stood by Lauren's side like they were a team against Derek.

"Poor form Derek" Lauren smirked and took the glasses from Meredith with a smile "I guess everyone knows now" she chuckled and headed back to the door.

"Hey Lauren?" Meredith called out

"Yeah?"

"Alex is a good guy"

"I know. Why do you think we're taking it so slow?"

Thoughts?

Avery isn't happy... Poor guy