Chapter 2

LATER THAT DAY IN THE CAFETERIA

(Lexie is paying for her lunch and is walking away towards the cafeteria exit as Mark walks in.)

Lexie: (Curt) Dr. Sloan.

Mark: Dr. Grey, where are you going?

Lexie: That's none of your business.

Mark: Are you avoiding me?

Lexie: I know this may bruise your ego when I say this, but not everything is about you. I have prior plans.

Mark: Can we just talk, we don't have to do it here, we could meet tonight at this bar across the street, Joe's.

Lexie: I can't tonight and even if I could there is nothing to explain. I was just another notch on your belt to you, I didn't have any expectations that night. It's not like I expected you to be the great love of my life or anything. So the next morning when I woke up to you not there with a note that said simply "Had a good time" it just confirmed what I already knew.

(Lexie walks past him and walks off.)

A FEW MINUTES LATER AT THE DAYCARE

(Lexie walks in and sees Carol feeding Aiden.)

Lexie: Hey, how's my little guy doing?

Carol: He's good, he's hardly made a peep all day.

Lexie: That's my boy.

Carol: Hungry little thing too.

Lexie: (Giggles) He definitely has a good appetite.

Carol: He just finished.

Lexie: I'll burp him.

(Carol takes the bottle out of Aiden's mouth as Lexie puts a birthing cloth over her shoulder and Carol hands Aiden to her.)

Lexie: Come here little man. (She puts Aiden over her shoulder and starts to burp him.) Mama loves you so much.

(Outside of the daycare Mark walks up and looks through the window to see Lexie holding a baby laughing along with a woman he doesn't recognize.)

AN HOUR LATER IN THE PIT

(Lexie walks up to Mark and puts a chart down.)

Lexie: Dr. Shepherd wants to see you in room 427, he needs a consult on a patient.

Mark: Okay. (Beat) Is the kid mine?

Lexie: Excuse me?

Mark: I saw you today in the daycare center holding a baby, is it mine?

Lexie: First of all, he has a name, his name is Aiden, second of all, I don't appreciate you spying on me, and third of all whether or not he is yours is not important because you're not going to get anywhere near him.

Mark: And why is that?

Lexie: Because I may have only been here a day but I've heard plenty about your reputation McSteamy, so don't think I'm going to let my son be under the influence of some womanizer who gets what he wants and just bails because if you can do that to women then you could do that to your child. So just pretend you never saw anything.

(Lexie walks away and Mark sighs.)

LATER THAT NIGHT AT JOE'S

(Derek is sitting at the bar having a scotch when Mark walks up and sits next to him.)

Derek: Hey, you look like hell.

Mark: Wow, with that charm, how did Meredith ever let you go?

Derek: All I meant was you don't look like you've had a good day.

Mark: It wasn't the best, I mean I got some good news but my mood soured quickly after that.

Derek: Why, what happened? (He takes a sip of his scotch.)

Mark: I have a son.

(Derek spits out his drink.)

Joe: Woah, say it don't spray it Shepherd.

Derek: Sorry Joe. (Derek takes a napkin and wipes his mouth.) Who–what—where—when?

Mark: You forgot the why.

Derek: Mark.

Mark: About a year and a half ago I hooked up with this girl who showed up today as a new intern.

Derek: Wow, she must be young, did I meet her?

Mark: It's Lexie Grey.

(Derek spits out his drink again.)

Joe: Shepherd!

Derek: Sorry Joe, last time, I promise. (He turns to Mark.) Lexie Grey? Meredith's half sister.

Mark: I guess, I thought the name was just a coincidence. Meredith has a half sister?

Derek: From her father's second marriage. She has a kid?

Mark: Yeah, my kid.

Derek: Are you sure?

Mark: Yes, one, she doesn't seem like the kind of girl to sleep around, I mean, she slept with me, but you know what I mean. Two, when I asked her about it she didn't confirm or deny it.

Derek: Well that's great, what came out bad? Do you not want the kid?

Mark: No! No, that's not the problem, the problem is she wants me nowhere near the kid—near Aiden.

Derek: Cute name, she doesn't want you near him?

Mark: No, she doesn't trust me, I guess that's understandable, we barely know each other and I bailed the next morning. But still, I'm not my parents. I've always believed if I had a kid one day I'd be able to step up to the plate and be there for it. How am I supposed to do that if the Mom won't let me see him?

Derek: Look, despite all that's happened between us in the past in the long run I think you're a good guy. But that's because I have a lifetime of friendship to base that on. People who just meet you don't know the real you, you have to let them know who you are. That's what you have to do with Lexie. You want a relationship with your son? Then you're going to have to fight like hell for it.

(Mark sighs.)

A/N: There you go, chapter 2. Hope you like it!