Chapter 5: Chance Not Taken

"What the hell happened?" Mark asked when he came out to the trauma bay.

"Car vs truck," Owen answered.

"Get me a gown!"

"Sloan," the Chief said. "Look at me. Callie and that baby are your family, and the best way you can help them is by stepping back and letting the rest of us do our job."

"Mark," Derek started. "Mark, listen to him."

"I'm in the room."

"Ok," the Chief agreed.

"I'm in the room!"

"Ok." The ambulance pulled up and Callie was rushed inside. Lucy found the baby's heartbeat, but Callie started crashing. Once she was stable, she was rushed up to the OR.

"I asked her to marry me and a truck came out of nowhere," Arizona kept repeating over and over again.

In the OR everyone was rushing, trying to do too much at once. Owen yelled for everyone to stop and breathe. He said there was no room for error.

"Someone needs to keep an eye on Mark," Derek said while looking up at the gallery.

"Little Grey," said the Chief. "Eyes on Sloan." Lexie, who had been sitting next to Callie, glanced at Jackson before leaving. She looked around the lobby and all throughout the halls, but she couldn't find him. Finally, while passing the stairs, she peeked through the door window and saw him sitting on the stairs. She walked in, causing him to look up at her and wipe the tears from his eyes.

"You don't have to do this," he said. "I know you hate me."

"I don't hate you." She replied before sitting next to him.

"She's my best friend. She's my best friend." She nodded and held his hands.

"You really don't have to be here. After what I did to you-"

"And after what I did to you I should be here. I left you when you needed me the most."

"That's exactly what anyone would have done in your place."

"Mark I…" Now was her chance to tell him. She wanted to tell him. She needed to tell him. He saw the conflict in her eyes and squeezed her hand."

"Lex, you can tell me anything."

"I want you to know that…

"That…?"

"You're not alone." She wanted to tell him, but she couldn't. Not now. He might be happy that she was pregnant, but he'd be pretty pissed that she didn't tell him. It wasn't something he needed to know right now.

"C'mon Lex, just tell me."

"Tell you what?"

"I know you're with Avery."

"Mark-"

"And I'm ok with it." He stood and gave her a small smile. "I need to go. Thanks and I'm happy for you." He left, leaving her with her secret.

"Hey," Jackson said as he walked into their locker room. Lexie had just finished washing her face and turned to look at him.

"Do they have a plan?"

"Callie goes back into surgery in the morning. They're just waiting for Robbins and Sloan to decide."

"Decide on what?"

"Whether to deliver the baby first or wait." She nodded and looked down. "Do you wanna go home? You need to sleep."

"I uh…"

"I get it. It's they're brother or sister." She looked up at him and was about to say something, but he was gone. She sighed and left the locker room. She was heading to Callie's room when she heard a loud noise. She stopped, and when she heard it again, opened the door to an on call room.

"Damn it!" She closed and locked the door before walking up behind Mark and putting a hand on his shoulder. He turned and looked at her, tears running down his face and his hand cradled to his chest.

"What happened?" She took his hand and examined it. There was some slight bruising that would be gone in the morning, but nothing severe.

"I was hit my head while getting up and I hit the wall." She raised an eyebrow at him.

"You hit the wall?"

"Let me guess, I'm not being rational?"

"I wasn't-"

"I don't need your help!" He snatched his hand away and glared at her. "I don't need you! Look at you! All you do is lie. Lie and screw your precious boyfriend."

"How is that any different form when I was with you?!" She was crying now. She was hurt. It was all his fault. He sat on the couch and looked at her.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

"Never mind." She wiped her face and walked towards the door.

"Lexie?" She stopped, her hand on the knob.

"What?"

"You're different." She paled and looked at him.

"Different how?"

"Happier. Avery makes you happier than I ever could." She sat next to him and wiped his face. He was tired, both physically and emotionally, and wasn't thinking clearly. She knew he didn't mean half of what he was saying.

"You both make me happy."

"But I hurt you-"

"Shhh." She moved his head into her lap and ran her fingers through his hair. "Get some sleep." She smiled when, after a few minutes, she heard him start to snore.

Callie had started crashing the next day. She was rushed back into surgery, with Mark and Arizona watching from the gallery. Both hoping, praying for a miracle. Lexie glanced up at Mark and nodded, telling him it was going to be ok. The others were all doing their jobs, trying their hardest to save Callie. Then, just after Cristina finished repairing the heart, Callie crashed.

"You have a minute to get her heart beating or else the baby's coming out," Addison said while putting on a gown. Mark and Arizona looked at each other before rushing down to the OR. Just as they got there Addison was handing the baby over to Lucy. Callie's heart was getting stronger and the bleeding had stopped, but the baby was pale and her heart wasn't beating. Mark looked at Arizona and nodded, telling her to help, but she could only stare at him.

"Do something!" he shouted. She shook her head and walked towards the baby.

"Move," she said, moving Lucy out of the way and starting compressions. "C'mon baby." Then she was breathing, and Arizona was crying. "Her heart's beating." Mark closed his eyes and let out a sigh of relief. Callie was going to be fine. His baby was going to be fine. His family was going to be fine. Lexie couldn't help but smile. She may not have taken her chance to tell Mark about their baby, but at least his family was ok.

"Lexie are we going home tonight?" Jackson asked that night in the locker room. Callie had woken up sometime after surgery and was doing fine. Mark was with his daughter in the NICU. She and Jackson had just finished changing. "Because if you wanna stay-"

"Jackson," she interrupted. "Let's go home." He smiled and led her out the room.

"Did you tell him?"

"Tell who what?"

"Sloan. Did you tell Sloan?"

"Oh, no… I was going to but-"

"It just wasn't the right time." She sighed and nodded.

"I really wanted to tell him before I left."

"I know, but for now it's just a chance not taken."

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