Chapter 9

SCENE: LEXIE'S APARTMENT LATER THAT NIGHT

(Lexie and Mark are sitting on the couch when they hear a cry coming from Aiden's room.)

Mark: I'll go check on him. (He kisses her cheek.)

Lexie: Thank you.

(Mark heads back to the nursery. A couple of minutes later Lexie hears a knock on the door. Confused she walks over to the door and looks through the peephole to see Molly standing there. She sighs and opens the door.)

Molly: Before you say anything, I know you're angry with me and I deserve that. It's unfair of me to expect you to be at Dad's beck and call everytime he does something stupid while drunk. You work so hard, I guess I've always been a little intimidated by you. You were always the overachiever. You knew from when you were like 12 years old what you wanted to do with your life. You knew you wanted to be pre-med in college and then go to med school and then get an internship at a really great hospital so you could become this amazing surgeon. Nothing was going to stand in your way. When you got pregnant you still fought your way through med school even with all of your morning sickness and swollen feet and then you gave birth to a beautiful baby boy. Even with all of that you still graduated top of your class from Harvard Med School. You worked hard to accomplish everything you've ever wanted while becoming an amazing Mom. No matter how amazing of a Mom I am to Laura I could never do half of what you do. I don't know how you do it. You're an amazing Mom, an amazing Daughter, and a amazing sister. I'm sure you're a great intern along with that. I guess I've always taken all of your amazing qualities for granted and expected you to be more amazing. I expected you to fix everything and that isn't fair. You were right you were always there for me and I've never returned the favor, so I want you to know that now I'm willing to try to be at least half the Mother and Aunt and Sister that you are. If you ever need me to do anything from this moment forward I don;'t want you to be afraid to ask for anything. So, do you think you could forgive me?

Lexie: You're my sister Molly, and I love you, so of course I forgive you.

(They give each other a hug.)

Molly: I love you too.

(They break away from the hug.)

Lexie: Do you want to come in for a little bit to hang out or do you have to get home?

Molly: Um, sure, my sister-in-law is keeping Laura for the night so I can hang out for a little while.

Lexie: Great, come on in.

(Lexie steps aside and Molly walks in. Lexie closes the door just as Mark comes out holding Aidne.)

Mark: Okay, the little man doesn't seem to want to go to sleep. I guess I shouldn't have let him nap so much today. If you want I can sleep on the couch so you can get some sleep.

Lexie: If you want. I don't mind either way.

Mark: Great, that's what I'll do then. (He notices Molly.) Oh hi.

Lexie: Oh sorry. Mark this is my sister Molly, Molly this is Mark Sloan, Aiden's Dad.

Mark: (Sticking out his hand) Nice to meet you.

Molly: (Shaking his hand.) Nice to meet you too. So are you a surgeon too?

Mark: Yeah, I'm in plastics, but I'm also an ENT so I remove tumors too.

Molly: Ah, that's sounds cool.

Mark: Oh, excuse me for a moment. Someone needs a diaper change, I'll be right back.

(Mark walks back to the nursery.)

Molly: (Quietly) Wow.

Lexie: Yeah.

Molly: Don't tell Eric I said this , but he's so hot.

Lexie: Oh, I know.

Molly: He seems to be great with Aiden.

Lexie: Yeah, he really loves him and vice versa.

Molly: So what's going on with you two?

Lexie: Well, we agreed we're attracted to each other and we agreed to take it slow for Aiden's sake. We want to make sure we give Aiden a chance to have a healthy family whether Mark and I are together or not.

Molly: That's all well and good but I'd make sure to hold onto him because men like that don't grow on trees.

(They both laugh.)

LATER THAT NIGHT

(Mark and Lexie are sitting on the couch with Aiden finally asleep on Mark's lap.)

Mark: (Whispering) So, you and your sister seem to have made peace.

Lexie: Yeah, we had a good talk.

Mark: That's good, I'm glad you both agree that I'm really hot.

Lexie: (Blushing) Oh god, you heard that?

Mark: Yeah, and I think your sister's right, I definitely do not grow on trees.

(Lexie laughs.)

Lexie: Great, I think since I've got here your ego has inflated like 50%.

Mark: No, no, nothing I didn't know was true.

Lexie: Oh god, I hope Aiden doesn't get your huge ego.

Mark: Of course he will, he looks just like me.

Lexie: Lord help me.

(They both laugh and lean in for a kiss.)

A/N: Sorry, again there weren't a lot of Slexie moments but I wanted Lexie to resolve things with Molly. But there will be plenty of Slexie to come. I hope you like it!