CHAPTER 7

"Yes! Oh god! Yes, Yes, Yes!" Before I go any further, let me back up a bit and explain to you what's going on.

A few months ago, Mark had decided it was time to re-ask me to move in with him. At first he was a little hesitant because he was afraid I would overreact to something and move out; but boy was he wrong. I always hated when he assumed things about me.

"We can go over to your place after work and grab your things." Mark suggests as we stand in the hallway of the hospital. He looks at me waiting for a response before taking a sip of his coffee.

"Well?" He asks.

"I guess so." He tilts his head confused,

"You don't want me to help?"

"I do, I just…" I shrug a bit not sure of where I was going.

"Are you embarrassed?" I give him a confused look.

"E-embarrassed? Why would I be embarrassed?" I say a bit quickly.

"I don't know maybe you're afraid I'll be a pervert and just rummage through your sexy lingerie." He gives a smirk in which I lightly punch his arm.

"I wasn't thinking that, but now I am." I tease him.

"Then what is it?"

"I guess I'm just nervous about moving back in?" I say in a questioning voice before shrugging. Mark took another sip of his coffee.

"Well just take a deep breath." He says before getting paged. He looks at his pager and sighs,

"Crap, I'll see you after work?" He asks in which I nod.

"Okay, I love you." He quickly kisses me before walking off.

"I love you too…" I whisper and head to work as well.

"Hey Lexie." I hear April's voice as I see her and Jackson walking towards me.

"How are you?" She asks me before leaning against the counter.

"I'm okay, just a little nervous. How are you?"Jackson looks at me a bit worried,

"Nervous? Why nervous?" He asks in which April and I turn to look at him.

"Mark asked me to move in with him again." April gave a huge smile,

"Hey! That's great news, right?"

"Yeah, it is. But why am I so nervous?"

"Maybe it's because you guys have been apart for so long and now you're like…RE-falling in love. You know?"Jackson rolled his eyes,

"Are you serious?" April glared at him,

"What? I think it's romantic."

"Maybe. Or maybe I'm scared we'll fall into the same path that broke us apart."

"You guys learned from your mistakes. Not only that, but you guys almost died, but didn't. That's God's way of giving you a second chance. You two were meant to be." I listen to April talk and as I absorbed her words, I couldn't help but agree with her.

"Listen to me, Lexie. I work with Mark, he may be the type to flirt and make awkward sexual comments at people, but from what I've gathered, he seems to really love you."Jackson butts in again. April gives him a smile and nods,

"There you go. Now stop being so nervous and move in with the guy. Be happy!" April gives a huge grin before walking off. God, I hated her sometimes; her and her perky voice and her perky smile.

"I still can't believe you…" I pointed at Jackson,

"And April…" I point back at April.

"Oh shut up." He says a bit annoyed before looking down at a patient's chart.

"Do you like her that way? Or…?"Jackson looks up at me slightly,

"No of course not. It's just for fun." He nods before looking back at the chart.

"Yeah right. You don't just have sex with someone like FIFTY times and say you don't have feelings for them. Not to mention she was your BEST FRIEND before. You guys practically know each other."

"Can you stop?"Jackson closes the patient's chart and looks at me.

"Look, I can openly say I loved you, Lexie. But April, she's different." I raise my eyebrows,

"Oh? How so?" I ask waiting to be entertained.

"She just is okay? We both agreed it was JUST fun. Nothing more." I laugh a bit,

"You love her and you know it." I tease him causing him to blush a bit.

"I don't, so stop!" He growls at me.

"Don't get too defensive now. She'll soon be Mrs. April Avery." His eyes widens at that.

"Do you EVER stop talking?" He says while putting his hand over my mouth. I grin and start making kissing sounds.

"muah muah."Jackson quickly pulled his hand away and wiped his palm on his scrubs.

"Stop!" He says with a small smile trying his hardest not to laugh.

"But I got you to smile." I grin again.

"Whatever. Don't you have some place to be?" He says hoping to get rid of me.

"Maybe, but it's fun to tease you."Jackson rolls his eyes playfully.

"Then I guess it's only fair if I tease you."Jackson replies with a small grin.

"Mhm and what would you tease me about?"Jackson thought about it and shrugged.

"Don't you have an apartment you're supposed to be moving into?!" He blurts out a bit annoyed that he couldn't think of anything. I laughed and patted his back,

"Go ahead; tease me for going back to Mark." I shrug not really caring if he did.

"No, it isn't fun if you're telling me to do that." I smile,

"Why do you even care so much if I tease you about April? You sorta had it coming by sleeping with her."Jackson blushes a bright red.

"Okay, I'm gonna be completely honest with you." He says in a whisper before leaning close to me.

"I like April a lot, but she had a scare where she thought she was pregnant and I told her I would marry her so she wouldn't have a kid out of wedlock and in the end…" He pauses, closes his eyes, and takes a deep breath.

"She isn't pregnant and I'm crushed." I look at him unsure of if he's being serious or not.

"Oh god…Are you serious?" I asked sympathetically.

"Yes, I'm 100 percent serious, Lexie. We haven't slept together since that day…we're just friends for now. Please, don't tell anyone." He begs me.

"Of course…" I nod.

"Maybe the way you worded it, made it sounds like you would only marry her BECAUSE of the "baby." I add in which Jackson looks at me.

"But I actually meant it."

"I know, but maybe you shouldn't have said that you would marry her so she wouldn't have a kid out of wedlock."Jackson stood there silently and nodded. I felt so proud of myself for being right.

"You're right, thanks Lexie." I smile,

"Sure. Anytime."

"I gotta go, but tell me how things go." I say before I head off.

Later that day, I met up with Mark and we headed to my place and for the past few hours I had packed all my stuff and Mark "helped." And I say "helped" because he kept getting distracted with all my stuff.

"Oh, I never knew you had this top. It looks sexy." Or,

"I really love your panties." God, could he get ANYMORE creepier? But in the end, I still loved him.

Let me bring you back to the beginning; which is a few months later.

"Lex…" Mark says as he knocks on the bathroom door.

"I-I have something for you." He adds before I open the door a bit excited.

"Something for me? Really? What is it?" I ask really eager to see it.

"Could you come out here?" He takes my hand and I follow after him. When we get out into the living room, I see rose petals all over the floor and counter. I raise my eyebrows a bit confused.

"Are you saying my surprise is rose petals?" Mark swallows hard and before I can say or do anything else, he suddenly gets down on one knee and opens a ring box. My eyes widens as I shake my head in disbelief.

"No…you aren't." I say trying not to cry.

"We've been through so much together. The arguing, the breaking up and getting back together, the friends dying, the shooting, and then the plane crash. But through all that, I never stopped loving you. The day we met and the moment you came over here begging for me to "teach" you, I'm glad I got the courage to talk to you that day. You changed me for the better. So, Alexandra Caroline Grey, will you marry me?" I put my hand over my mouth and started to cry.

"That's where you answer." Mark whispers nervously. I laughed and nodded quickly.

"Yes! Oh god! Yes, Yes, Yes!" I say as Mark takes the ring out.

"Can I put this on your finger?" I'm so shocked that I can't even think of which hand to give him. He gently takes my left hand and places the ring onto my ring finger. I swallow hard as he gets up and kisses me.

"I'm engaged…" I softly say before kissing him again.

"You're engaged." He says with a laugh before we kiss again. I wrap my arms around his torso and he kisses my nose.

"I love you so much Lex."

"I love you too, Mark."

Fun Fact: The scene where Lexie says "I couldn't think of which hand to give." I got that idea from the Chyler proposal. When Nathan asked her to became "Mrs. Chyler Leigh West." She was like "I don't even know which hand to give." :)