Chapter 3: Avery Baby

A month went by before Lexie, reluctantly, told everyone she was pregnant. She went downstairs for breakfast and stopped. Derek was at the table drinking his coffee and reading the paper, Jackson and Alex were at the breakfast bar eating cereal, April was making some eggs, and Meredith was talking to Cristina, who had showed up just to talk about Owen.

"Morning Lexie," April said. "Want some eggs?"

"Maybe later," Lexie replied. "But I have something I want to tell you, all of you actually." They all looked at her and waited. "Well, I… I…"

"Spit it out already."

"Cristina!" Meredith exclaimed. "Give her a minute."

"I-"

"Well I need to go soon so that I can scrub in on some cool surgeries with Teddy."

"I-"

"Well that doesn't give you the right to be rude."

"I-"

"Will you both just shut up?"

"No one's talking to you, Evil Spawn."

"Cristina!"

"Meredith!"

"I think you should both-"

"Shut up Kempner."

"Don't talk to her like that Alex."

"I wasn't talking to you Derek."

"Well you shouldn't talk to her that way."

"Well she needs to stop being such a pain in the-"

"I'm pregnant!" They all stopped and looked at her like she had three heads.

"Excuse me?" Meredith asked.

"I said I'm pregnant." They all stared at her for a good five minutes before Cristina broke the silence.

"You're having a McBaby?"

"Actually-"

"Don't answer that. I need to go." Cristina hurried out the house before Lexie could stop her.

"Does Mark know?" Derek asked.

"No."

"Well don't you think you should tell him?" Meredith.

"No."

"Lexie-"

"It's not his baby."

"How do you know Alex?"

"Because it's mine," Jackson said. "Before she got back together with Lexie, we slept together." Meredith and Derek looked at each other and April, who broke the awkward silence.

"God help us all…"

"Yang!" Callie called down the hall. "Teddy needs your help in OR 1."

"Alright then," Cristina mumbled. She looked at her curiously.

"What's wrong with you?" Cristina glanced over at her annoyed.

"Excuse me?"

"Usually you're all excited about heart stuff. Well, not excited, but you're more interested than this." Cristina rolled her eyes and walked away towards the elevator.

"And Mark usually remembers a condom." Callie frowned and walked after her.

"Excuse me?"

"I mean getting one person pregnant is one thing, but two-" Callie stopped and grabbed her arm.

"What do you mean two?"

"I mean Lexie."

"What about Lexie?"

"Don't try and act like you don't know." Callie's eyes widened and she walked away. Cristina shrugged and headed for the OR.

Lexie was filling out some charts at a nurses station. She was behind and needed to get caught up. She heard some people whispering but paid no attention to it. That was until Callie grabbed her arm and pulled her to an empty on call room.

"Hey you can't do that!" Lexie said while rubbing her arm. "Ouch! That really did hurt."

"Are you pregnant?" Callie asked.

"What?"

"Are you pregnant?"

"Why-"

"Yang." Lexie looked down. "Does Mark know?"

"It's not Marks's."

"Cut the crap." Lexie looked up at her defensively.

"I'm not-"

"You may be able to pull that shit with everyone else but not me. So I'll ask again. Does Mark know?" Lexie shook her head and sat on the bed. "You might wanna tell him."

"I don't want him to know."

"Why not?"

"Why would I?"

"He's the father."

"And?"

"And this is exactly what he wants: to have a baby with you."

"But I didn't want to have a baby with him."

"And you think he wanted to have a baby with me?"

"Well he's not abandoning you."

"He didn't abandon you. You dumped him remember. And he didn't even want to tell you because he knew that you would break up with him again, but I made him."

"And he still chose you over me!"

"No you chose to walk away instead of being there for him! You chose to leave when Sloan was here!"

"Because he chose her over me!"

"Because he chose his child over you!"

"Well that's what I'm doing now. So do me a favor and not tell him."

"I'm telling him."

"No you're not. You're not telling him anything." Lexie stood and made her way over to the door. Callie sighed and put her hand on doorknob.

"He's my best friend and the father of my child. I have to tell him."

"No you don't. Jackson said he wanted to be the dad. So it's covered and I don't need him. I have a plan that doesn't involve him and I want to keep it that way."

"You rather lie and say it's Jackson's then tell the truth and get Mark back."

"I'd rather have an Avery Baby than a McBaby."

"Fine." Callie opened the door and moved out the way. "Your secret's safe with me." Lexie looked up at her and smiled.

"Thank you."

"Just promise me one thing."

"What?"

"That my best friend won't get hurt."

"Promise."

"Alright."

"Thanks again, from me and Avery Baby."

"You're welcome, and congratulations."

Friends in the end…Well they do have the same baby daddy. Will Callie keep her promise? Will Mark find out somehow? Will Cristina tell the entire hospital?

I don't' know!

So R&R! Tell me what you think!