A/N: I originally wanted this up on Wednesday, but obviously that didn't happen... Anyways, just to clarify: when an entire paragraph or more is italicized, she's having a flashback to the night before, unless its specified that she's thinking.

Also, this chapter goes to In-A-Parallel-World, for her IMMENSE amount of help on this chapter & for being my first official reviewer last chapter. Wouldn't have been able to finish it otherwise! Plus, I already got two chapter dedications, so its about time I step it up a notch. ;)

Disclaimer: The show isn't mine. The characters aren't mine. ABC isn't mine, but this story and its plot is.

ENJOY!

Chapter 2

Lexie woke up the next morning, more tired than she had been when she went to sleep the night before... If that was even possible. Everything after the Jackson Incident, as she had decided to refer to it in her head, was kind of a blur as it came back to her piece by piece the longer she was awake...

Lexie sobbed into her pillow, curled up in a ball at the top of the attic. She didn't even know why she was crying so much. Sure, she felt bad she had hurt Jackson like that, especially after he had accused her of being in love with Mark not long before, but its not like she was ever head-over-heels for him. She cared about him obviously, but she never even considered the possibility of being in love with him. He was- lets face it, Lexie- a rebound. But she still couldn't stop the tears from pouring. Why am I crying? Oh that's right. My life is in shambles.

There was a knock on the door. Meredith entered and gave her some pep-talk(or attempt at a pep-talk), that Lexie couldn't recall in her current state of half-asleepness.

She finally gave up trying to remember all the details that led to her, ultimately, being able to stop crying long enough to fall asleep. She looked at the clock and realized it wasn't really morning at all. 2:13 AM. But there was no way in hell she'd be able to go back to sleep. Ooh! She thought to herself, if I just go to the hospital now, I can avoid an awkward breakfast with everyone... Jackson more specifically. But if I go there then its obvious that I'm cowering away like an idiot... Oh, who gives a shit what they think? I'm going to the hospital.

She crept down the stairs and into the kitchen for breakfast, watching her feet to make sure she didn't step on any of the floor boards that she knew creaked. Phewf! I don't think anyone heard me, she thought as she looked up-

Jackson was sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee in his hand staring at her. She could still see the hurt in his eyes. "Oh." she practically whispered. "I didn't think anyone was up. I'll just eat at the hospital." she said as she made her way to the front door.

"Lexie," he called after her, "don't leave."

She whipped her head around. "Huh? What? W-why?" Was he going to forgive her? Was he not as mad as she thought? Or was he even more mad, and wanted a chance to scream at her? Did he just want to talk? Oh god. She really didn't want to talk right now.

"You aren't wearing any pants." he said flatly, staring into his cup of coffee.

"Oh." she whispered looking down to confirm what he said, before scurrying back upstairs to change.

It was only fifteen minutes later when she got to hospital. She showered, changed into her scrubs, and brushed her teeth there, avoiding as much time as possible at the house. She was strolling through the halls looking for something to do when she ran into Arizona.

"Oh, hi. Dr. Robbins. Why are you on call in the middle of the night? Weren't you at the party?" she asked.

"Yeah. I was. But the tiny humans beckoned." she said in a sing-song voice holding up her pager.

"Ah. I see. Can I assist you with anything?"

"No." Arizona replied.

"Wha- why not?"

"You look like you haven't slept in weeks and you're an emotional train wreck. Go do sutures in the pit or something." she said as she turned and walked away.

"I- I am NOT an emotional train wreck! I'm like- like an emotional really relaxing boat ride... or something more clever!" Lexie shouted after her.

"Sure, you are, Grey!" she called back before turning the corner.

An hour or so passed as she sutured up a group of drunken party-goers who had decided it was a good idea to have a giant sword fight with their beer bottles.

Lexie remembered Meredith lingering in the doorway with a beer in hand and not saying anything. Just standing there with a look on her face, like she was trying to making sense of the scene in front of her.

"... for me?" Lexie mumbled, looking at the beer in her hand as she wiped away her tears.

"Oh. Right. Yeah." Meredith said as she handed Lexie the beer and sat on the edge of her bed.

"Alright. You're all good to go." she said as she walked over to one man and took away the cigarette he was about to light. "No smoking in the hospital."

It was almost time for rounds to start when she came across Owen in waiting by the elevators. "Hi, Dr. Hunt. Can I be on your service this week?"

"Uh..." he said awkwardly his eyes focused on the elevator door. "I believe someone has already requested you on their service."

"Okay..." she said not understanding why he was acting so strange. "Who? Dr. Shepherd? Dr. Bailey?"

"Uh. No, actually it was Dr. Sloan." Well that's just perfect! "I don't think he heard of last night's... Uh. Well I don't think he knows what happened after he left last night." he said before practically running on to the now opened elevator to get out of the awkward situation.

"I wouldn't freak out too much about everyone knowing what happened... More embarrassing things have gone down in that hospital." Meredith said.

Lexie spoke her real sentence since Meredith had entered the room. "Wait- WHAT? Everyone KNOWS?" Lexie's heart started pounding in her chest.

"Dammit. I knew I was shitty at this sister stuff..." When Lexie didn't say anything, she continued. "You were kinda loud... But like I said! Don't worry about it." Meredith said trying to correct her mistake.

"By everyone... Does that include-"

"No. Mark got all mad and left before any of that happened. But maybe you should tell him about it. Not necessarily the whole situation. But you should talk to him. He told you he loved you. And you go and scream his name when you're having sex with Avery. Things happen for a reason. Just because they don't happen the way you expect them to doesn't mean they aren't supposed to happen." Lexie looked up at Meredith with hopeful eyes. "Ooh! That was good!" Meredith added under her breath.

Lexie wanted to scream in frustration as she suddenly remembered her conversation with Meredith.

"Ugh. No wonder everyone's acting so weird." she whispered under her breath as Arizona walked by.

"See, that's what I'm talking about Grey! I'm not letting anyone that talks to them self near my kids!" she shouted while walking past.

Just when everyone started thinking she wasn't crazy...

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Before rounds she approached Mark at the nurses station. "Hello, Dr. Sloan. It seems you have requested me on your service."

"We need to talk about what happened last night."

"What? You know? " she said as panic rushed through her body.

"Of course I know. I'm the one that told you I love you. That's not something I'm gonna just forget about over night. Is it?"

And the panic left as quickly as it came. "Oh right. That."

He paused. "That? That? God Lexie. You're fucking unbelievable."

"I'm unbelievable? What the hell did I do?" she asked, genuinely confused.

"Everything. You handled everything in the worst possible way. I told you I loved you. I asked for a second chance. And you don't even say ANYTHING? Worse you run off and leave me alone and practically force me to listen to you two... To hear you... Ugh, and now you just waltz in here and act like nothing happened. Something did happen Lexie. And I know you still love me. Why can't you just be honest about your feelings for once in your god damn life?"

She twiddled her thumbs nervously, and glanced around for an escape route. An excuse. Anything. But there was none. Oh god. Here it goes... "Mark. Something happened last night that I want you to know about it. Well not want, but I- I think you deserve to know about it. I wasn't gonna tell you, but Meredith told me to. Well, m-maybe I would've told you. I'm not really sure. I mean maybe I would've told you about it because you know it involves you, but maybe not because it doesn't involve involve you. So, no actually i wont tell you. Meredith was wrong. It has nothing to do with you. But-"

"Spit it out, Lex."

Lexie glanced away not ready to tell him.

Alex walked up to the counter, oblivious that he was interrupting anything. "Dr. Sloan, I heard you were doing a Trans-Umbilical Breast Augmentation today and I was wondering if I could scrub in."

"Do you know anything about this thing that happened last night, Karev?" Mark said nodding towards Lexie. Oh, no.

"Yup." Oh, no.

"Tell me what it was and you're on my service." Oh god, no.

"I don't really think it's my place to-"

"Do you want to be in on the TUBA or not?"

"She was screwing Avery and after you left she screamed your name so loud the whole freaking party heard." he said without hesitating.

Oh my fucking god. That didn't not just happen.

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