CHAPTER 6

Arizona, Derek, Cristina, Mark, Meredith, and I had been going to court a lot since the accident happened. Because of the crash, the hospital decided to sue the plane company for creating such a horrible plane. In the end, well let's just say, things were going to be a LOT different for all six of us.

"Holy crap." Meredith said as her, Derek, and I stood in the elevator.

"I know." I say without turning to look at her nor Derek.

"What are we gonna do?" Meredith asks,

"Buy a new house?" Derek suggests which finally gets Meredith and me to turn our heads to look at him.

"It was just a suggestion." Meredith and I share a look before laughing.

"And what about the house you just built us?"

"We can still live there, but we can have an EXTRA house. Maybe buy a house somewhere romantic, like Hawaii."

"I swear Mer, if you don't take that offer, I will." I tell her, in which she replied,

"You have your own money. Not to mention with Mark, tell him to buy that for you." Oh right, Mark. I had sort of forgotten about him. After the other night when he had to take care of Sofia, I guess I never really found time to talk to him. The elevator doors open and we all go our separate ways.

"What am I supposed to do with 15 million dollars?" I overhear Arizona talking to Callie. I smiled when I noticed Arizona, I was glad she was back at work. After her leg had been amputated, she had been avoiding work. In fact, she didn't even want anyone to know she was getting fitted for a prosthetic leg.

"We could…" Callie began, but couldn't finish the sentence because she wasn't sure what they could do.

"Oh, I know! We could help the tiny humans."Arizona chimed in with a huge smile.

"Yeah, I suppose we could." Callie tapped on the nurse's station counter as she thought.

"Oh! Mark!" Callie suddenly called out his name. I stood there a little curious about what Callie was gonna say.

"Yes?" Mark asked while heading over towards them.

"Are you planning on doing anything with your money?" Callie asked,

"I don't know. I'll probably take Lexie somewhere nice. I mean, she deserves it after all we've been through." I stood there a bit in shock, but also a bit in flattery. I didn't really expect for him to mention my name.

"Speaking of Lexie, I need to talk to her." Callie sighed loudly,

"I don't even know why I'm worrying so much on what to use the money on."Arizona shrugged,

"It's just nice to know we have it. You know, just in case something happens we'll have the money!"Arizona grins.

"There's Lexie…" Mark spots me, but before I can escape, he calls me over.

"Hey Lex! Come here." I take a deep breath and walk over.

"We were just talking about you." Callie says as she looks at me.

"Oh, really?" I say a bit worried acting as if they knew I was eavesdropping.

"Yeah, I was just asking Mark what he wanted to do with…" Callie began, but Mark gave her the "end it" sign with his hand crossing his neck and Callie stopped talking.

"Wait, what?" I asked pretending to be confused.

"Oh, never mind. 15 million is a lot of money, isn't it?" Callie suddenly asked.

"Y-Yeah, it's so much."

"What do you plan on doing with yours?" I shrug.

"I'm not gonna spend it all. I mean that would be almost impossible, especially if you only spend it on small things."Arizona, Callie, and Mark looked at me weirdly as I cleared my throat.

"Oh, I think I'm gonna have Mark buy me a house in Hawaii." I grin before slowly backing up.

"What?!" Mark looked at me before grabbing my arm,

"I'M buying you a what now? In where?" I laugh,

"Oh nothing, I'll see you later." I try to escape Mark's grasp, but he held on tightly.

"Lex…" He softly says,

"Nothing, it was a joke." Callie chuckled a bit,

"I think that's a great idea." She kinda nudges Mark.

"W-What?!" Mark says in a confused tone.

"Oh c'mon Mark. You were just telling us how you wanted to take Lexie out."

"I know, but I don't wanna buy a house on a state I barely visit." I sigh,

"It was a JOKE!" I emphasize on the word "joke" so he understands. I remove my arm from Mark's grasp.

"Besides, I have enough money to go to Hawaii on my own." I let out a scoff.

"Lex, you know that's not what I meant." Mark replies.

"I honestly don't care if you spend some money on me or not. It's too much money, it's so overwhelming. I honestly just wish we never got this much money." I sigh again before realizing that Arizona, Callie, and Mark were now looking at me weirdly again.

"And that's my cue to go." I awkwardly say as I quickly walk off before Mark can grab my arm again.

During lunch, I was sitting in the cafeteria with Alex, Cristina, and Meredith.

"I think I'll donate mine to charity." Cristina jokes while we discussed about the money. We all look at her in which Cristina lets out a loud laugh.

"Yeah right." Meredith laugh-talks.

"Are we seriously all still talking about this?" I ask before taking a bite of my sandwich.

"Yeah, mo' money, mo' problems." Cristina adds. Meredith and I nod in agreement.

"I hate you guys. I should have been on that plane." Alex says a bit bitterly before getting up and leaving.

"Seriously, who WISHES they were in a plane crash?" I ask a bit confused.

"He was definitely dropped as a baby." Cristina says. Meredith and I share a look before laughing.

"That explains so many things." Meredith says.

"I don't understand Mark at all." I randomly say while taking another bite out of my sandwich.

"What now?" Cristina asked a bit annoyed.

"He says he loves me, but the moment I jokingly say I want a house he acts as if we're moving TOO fast." I scoff. Meredith looks at me without saying anything.

"I mean, I don't want a house with him, but it would be nice to at least KNOW he's serious." I swallow hard and suddenly feel awkward.

"I-I-It's whatever. I told them I wish we never got the money." I quickly add before stuffing my face so I wouldn't say anymore.

Cristina looks at me,

"I agree with you." She says with a serious face.

"All these idiots looking at us as if we're gonna share our money. People sucking up to us hoping we'll help them out. They're nothing but desperate little fishies." I say in which Meredith looks at me a bit shocked.

"Oh god! I sound so selfish, don't I?" Cristina lets out a dark chuckle,

"You sound like Evil Spawn. But I like it." I glare at Cristina. Was she serious? That wasn't a compliment at all. Being compared to Alex was an INSULT!

"Oh god!" I put my head down on the table,

"I don't wanna sound like Alex, but at the same time, I really don't like blood-sucking desperate fish." Meredith laughs,

"Oh Lexie, what are we gonna do with you?"

"Why do you even care if they ask for money? You don't even want it, just give it to them and that's that." Cristina chimes in. I perk my head up and look at her.

"I don't know, it just seems unprofessional. Not to mention it's not like ten dollars, it's fifteen MILLION! Do you know how long that would take to give away?" Cristina shrugs,

"Don't know, don't care. All I know is I have a really cool heart surgery." Cristina sits back in her chair and waves a french fry in the air.

"Thank god!" I groan loudly. Meredith and Cristina look at me funny,

"The subject changed…" I say softly, but get up feeling embarrassed, and walk off. I head into an on-call room and lay down on the bottom bunk. I look up at the bottom of the top bunk and start thinking about things; about how life changed SO quickly for not only me, but for everyone around me. Right as I closed my eyes I hear a voice.

"Lex." I instantly knew it was Mark. I continued to keep my eyes closed hoping he would just leave, but instead he sat at the edge of the bed.

"You asleep?" He asks. I let out a sigh and slowly open my eyes.

"What?" I ask a bit annoyed.

"Sorry…" He softly says while looking at the wall.

"Sorry." I apologize too,

"What's up?" I say, trying to act casual.

"Can we talk about earlier today?" I slightly sit up and look at him,

"Uh…" I reply. Mark turns to look at me,

"The house thing." I nod my head a little,

"It's not that I don't wanna buy you a house, Lex. I just, I don't know. The way you said it, it was…it just kind of threw me off." I roll my eyes a bit,

"You know what? Just forget I even mentioned that." I lay back down.

"No, I wanna talk about this. I wanna know where we stand in our relationship." I place my hands behind my head and think.

"I don't know Mark. It seems you're always on my back about getting back together, but the moment I make even the SLIGHTEST joke about a house, you get freaked out as if we're going too fast." Mark takes a deep breath,

"It's not that, I'm all for buying you a house and living with you. I guess I'm mostly worried that you'll move in and then just…leave me again." I let those words sink in before I sit up and take Mark's hand.

"I told you that I loved you. I meant that. I'm all in as long as you are too." Mark turns to look at me before moving some hair away from my face.

"You know I am, Lex. I've always been one-hundred percent in." I laugh because he hasn't, but I shake it off.

"Look, I don't care about the house in Hawaii or whatever else. I really don't wanna talk about the money we got. I honestly DO wish we never got that money. It really IS overwhelming. It's making me CRAZY!" Mark smiles a bit and kisses me lightly on the lips.

"Then we won't talk about the money." He said as he lays me back and hovers over me.

"We'll just enjoy life and act as if that money never showed up at our front door." I wrap my arms around his neck before we start kissing again.