After scrubbing in on Dr. Bailey's appendectomy, Lexie was searching for the first on-call room she could find to get some sleep before she was paged again. She made her way into the dark room, kicked her shoes off and collapsed on the first bed. She was exhausted and her body was not the only part of her that felt it. Her mind was exhausted as well. Thoughts of Mark and the words he had said had been running through her mind all day and she wished she could figure out how to make them disappear. She laid staring at the ceiling for what seemed like an eternity when she heard the door open and close. She ignored it and turned over, until she heard his voice.

"Can we talk?" she heard in a voice that was all to familiar.

She continued to face the opposite direction. "We can talk."

"How are you doing?" Mark asked.

"Just peachy." she said sarcastically.

"Look we can't avoid this forever. I just wanna know where I stand with you." he said, "I'm losing it here, Little Grey."

She smiled as she remembered how much she missed him calling her that. She then slowly turned over to face Mark and let out a sigh.

"You know it's just as hard for me as it is for you. Maybe even harder. I haven't been able to let you go. You're still with me, everywhere." Lexie explained.

" Is there any way we can work this out. I don't want to—I can't lose you, Lexie." Mark told her.

"Mark-" Lexie tried.

"No just let me finish." he continued, "I know I screwed up and if I could go back and change it I would do it in a flat second, but I can't. All I can do is continue to ask for you to forgive me and give me a second chance and that it something that I will continue to do for as long as it takes. So just know that I am not going anywhere and I'm not going to hurt you again. When you are ready, I will be too." he said.

Lexie continued to sit in silence as Mark made his way to the door.

"Okay." Lexie said, barely above a whisper.

"What?" Mark said, trying to make sure he wasn't hearing things.

"Okay. I'm ready…I think I can try again." She said while she fidgeted with the blanket. She was still unsure, but if there was a chance that things could work for them, she felt like she owed it to him.

"Are you sure?" he asked her.

"Yeah. I am." she answered.

"Lexie—" Mark sighed as he kissed her with all the passion and heat he had been holding on to for days, "God I have missed you."

"I missed you too." she whispered as she hugged him tightly. She had almost forgotten how good it felt to have his arms around her.

"I'm so sorry for everything, for what I did with Add-"

"Mark, can we not talk about that anymore." Lexie asked. " I just want to try to get past everything."

"Absolutely. God, I love you." he said before kissing her again.

Later that afternoon, Lexie made her way to the cafeteria for lunch. She wasn't incredibly hungry but figured she should have something in her system. After settling for a small salad, Lexie sat down and began to play with her food.

"Hey, girlie." She heard Meredith say

"Hey" Lexie replied. "How was your bowel obstruction?"

"It went well. How was your appendectomy? " she asked.

"Routine." Lexie said.

"What about Mark?" Meredith said, trying to be cautious in case Lexie didn't want to talk about it.

"Good, actually. We are gonna try to patch things up and smooth things over." she told her.

"Wow, that's great. I don't think you will be sorry. I think he really does love you." Meredith said.

"I know. I just hope you're right."

"Calm down, you have nothing to worry about, you'll see." Meredith told her.

"Okay, this cheery attitude is starting to creep me out. You're like happy." Lexie said, confused.

"It's the new bright and shiny me. Get used to it."

"Ooo-kay" Lexie said laughing. "I should get going."

"Alright, catch you later."

Lexie discarder her trash and made sure she focused on her work. She was tired and all she wanted was to go home, bury herself in her blankets, and sleep. After some last minute charting, Lexie was slowly making her way out of the hospital when Mark caught up to her.

"Hey there"

"Hey" she answered.

"Where are you headed?" he asked.

"Home" she answered, "I'm absolutely wiped out. Long day."

"You mean Meredith's?" he said, "That's not home. Why don't you come back to the apartment? We can pick up your stuff tomorrow."

"Don't you think it's a little soon?" Lexie asked.

"I might, if I didn't know for sure that this was going to work. What's it going to take for you to understand that it's different now? You are the only girl I want." Mark asked.

Lexie paused for a moment before replying, "Are you sure?"

"I have never been unsure about this, I promise." he said.

"Okay, shut up and let's go, I'm tired." she told him.

With that he put his arm around her and they walked to his car together. Something told Lexie that maybe this was right after all. It certainly felt right and maybe, just maybe, things could work out better this time. There was no denying how she felt about Mark. She decided that she had to just trust it and dive all the way in. Fall and trust that Mark would catch her. Mark held her close to him as they walked to the car and she realized, she had never felt safer.