Chapter 2: Learning the ropes to death
Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's Anatomy or any of it's characters
It was the next day and Lexie had fully recovered . George had told her the day before that she could go straight to work right after she had fully recovered which was exactly what she had done. She walked towards the attending's lounge which she had assumed is where she needed to go, opening the door to George who was talking to Reed Adamson a Mercy wester who had died due to the horrors of Gary Clark.
"Hey Lex, uh- What are you doing in the attending's lounge?" George asked in disbelief.
"I'm ready to work! So I'm here. Ready to work." Lexie responded. She had thought that it wouldn't matter if she was a fifth year resident or a fellow because, well no one is really alive and living and there probably aren't any medical board exams there. Right?
"Yeah, you aren't an attending yet princess go to the resident's lounge." Reed annoyingly answered right before George had a chance to even breathe!
"Oh. Uh- alright." Lexie replied blankly and walked out of the attending's lounge disappointed that it did still mattered which position you held within the hospital. But she just went with it and headed towards the residents lounge. It had all looked like the resident's lounge at Seattle Grace Mercy West almost like a replica. The only difference was, there was no Meredith, no Cristina, no Alex, the only Locker that seemed to catch Lexie's eye was the one which she had held her belongings in, in Seattle Grace Mercy West. In this particular Hospital the only thing that was in the Locker was a lab coat with Lexie Grey's name on it.
She quickly got dressed into her usual light blue scrubs. At least the bright side of the situation was that she got to cut into someone's brain, just like she always does. Or did. She had just spotted George in the E.R. wearing the usual navy blue scrubs talking to a man with a scruffy, plain, gray t-shirt and jeans on. His hair was very messy and he looked like a rather nice guy that could probably tear someone to shreds if he could!
"Oh! Lex, this is Denny. Izzie's- uh- dead-" George was trying to find the words to describe who this man was as he quickly noticed Lexie approaching them.
"Fiancee" Denny cut in helping out George.
"Right, yeah fiancee." Lexie's friend caught on to the final word.
"Oh, I had no idea Izzie had a fiancee!" Lexie said accepting Denny's out-stretched hand.
"He sometimes sticks around this place. It gets a little irritating at first but you'll get used to it." George informed his friend whilst looking through a patient chart.
"Hey!" Denny called out defensively receiving a shrug from the trauma surgeon.
Just as Lexie was accepting a patient chart from the nurse, a couple paramedics come rushing into the emergency room with a gurney. The two surgeons come running towards the gurney looking to help in anyway they could. She looked at the patient on the gurney to come face to face with the man she'd never thought she'd see ever again. Mark Sloan.
The dark haired woman froze in place as if paralyzed once more. She absolutely couldn't move, hell she could't even speak at the sight of the man she once loved now dead and in the exact same place she was. She knew that it would happen someday, she just hadn't wanted it to be now. Why now? Why so early? Of course she wanted to be with him. That was really the only thing she wanted, was to be with him, but not like this. Not there and certainly not then! It was as if everything was moving in slow motion. She had drowned out everything until she was left to marvel at the reality of Mark Sloan being dead.
She had eventually snapped out of it and went to help with the others in the trauma room. She was beginning to open the door when George had beaten her to it. "Uh uh, you know the rule about family or anyone close to the patient. You cannot be in here Lex I'm sorry" he said to his friend whilst closing the door between them. This was the only part George dreaded was not letting someone see a certain patient especially if that person was Lexie.
She couldn't hel but sit in the O.R. Gallery watching the surgery. Sure they were all dead and if something were to happen it wouldn't matter in the slightest but Lexie just had the urge to sit and watch praying nothing went wrong.
Mark surgery had finished hours ago, Lexie decided to trust her friend in not making a bad move during the surgery and busied herself with neuro patients and paperwork. George was on his way to the I.C.U. to check on Mark's vitals when he ente red the room to find that Mark was awake and responsive. "Hey O'Malley!" Mark eagerly said.
He just had a feeling that Lexie was somewhere in the hospital, all he wanted to do right then and there was walk around the entire hospital-like building screaming Lexie's name until she came running towards him and they'd both live happily ever after. But no according to the once alive surgeon, he still needed some time to recover after the surgery.
"Where's Lexie? I know she's somewhere in here." Mark asked the trauma attending.
"Uh she's still in surgery, it might be a while. Don't worry I'll tell her you're awake" Mark slightly nodded in response.
It had been a rather long and agoning half hour for Mark until the familiar small frame of Lexie Grey came running towards the glass door to the I.C.U. room with her long flowy dark chocolate hair waving behind her as she entered the room with tears filling in her eyes. He couldn't help but let a soft smile form. "So. You-you're dead. A-and I'm dead. Y-you can't be dead." She was tripping over her words.
"And you can?!" Mark didn't like where this was going at all "Yes, I'm dead. And you're dead. At least we can be together now without anything getting in our way. I know this was probably not how you wanted us to finally be together, me neither. But we have to deal with what we have right now. The important thing is, we're together which is al that really matters right now. No interruptions, no surprise babies. Nothing. It's just us, me and you. I still love you I don't want that to change not now not ever."
Lexie was speechless tears were beginning to fall down her cheeks, the only thing she willed herself to do was walk over to his bedside and climb into the bed beside him placing a kiss on his lips "I love you Mark Sloan." She mumbled kissing him again and laying her head on his chest.
Okay so I have no idea how long ago I actually published the first chapter, all I know is that it was a while and I'm sorry I was just super busy with I'm not telling you. And yes you are all probably saying "well you had time to publish a brand new story why not update THIS one?" And the answer to that is for about a week I COMPLETELY forgot about it plus I had writers block... Anyways tell me what you thought of it and also if I should add Lexie's mom into the story or some patients that had died! Who knows!