Sorry it has been slightly longer than usual, I had some unexpected work stuff come up. I am still kind of surprised that so many of you are still interested in this story. I thank each and every one of you sincerely. It feels so good to have that kind of support.

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It had been one week since Lexie decided to try again with Mark. She felt she owed it to herself to at least try. She didn't want to be a bitter old lady, whining about what could have been. If it could be, she wanted to find out now. She had moved back to his apartment and tried to take things one step at a time. It was mid-afternoon and Mark was on-call while Lexie had the day off. She was doing laundry and Haley was playing in her playpen. It was the textbook definition of a boring day. Lexie heard her phone ring and practically jumped over the coffee table to answer it. It was the most excitement she had gotten all day.

"Hello?"

"How are my two favorite girls?"

"Oh, Mark." Lexie said with a sigh.

"Well, hello to you too." He answered. "Who were you expecting? The Dalai Lama?"

"No. Don't be ridiculous." She said. "We are fine."

"Good." He told her. "I'm on way to scrub in on a rhinoplasty, but I just wanted to check in and make sure you guys were okay."

"Everything is fine. Haley can't wait to see you, have a good surgery." Lexie told him.

"I will. I love you."

"Love you, too." She said, hanging up the phone.

"That was your daddy." Lexie said to her daughter, who was now propped up on all fours. Haley had been crawling for a couple weeks and Lexie wished she knew how to keep her still. "Come on, let's change your diaper. It's almost naptime."

Lexie laid Haley on the couch and removed and placed a new diaper on her. She turned to reach for a jumper to put her in when she saw her try to crawl. It happened too fast. She threw her body to the side and crashed to the floor, cutting her forehead on the leg of the coffee table.

"Oh, my God." Lexie cried, picking up her screaming infant. She checked the cut and was relieved to find it was small an required no medical attention. She comforted her and made sure she was not scared, then kept her awake, just in case of a concussion. About four hours later, bandaged and better, she was playing with her toys again.

"Just so you know, you can't do things like that, missy." Lexie said, crouching next to her. "Don't scare me like that ever again."

Haley just cooed.

"Good, and by the way, you're grounded." She said with a smile, as she heard the front door open.

"Hey." Lexie said, greeting Mark with a kiss. "How did the rhinoplasty go?"

"Perfect. As always." He answered, with the smug grin she had grown to love.

Lexie shook her head as Mark walked over and picked up his little girl.

"Hi, baby. Did you miss Daddy?" He said, before noticing the Band-Aid. "What the hell happened?"

"She had a little accident. She fell off the couch when I was changing her, she tried to crawl away and she scraped herself on the table." She explained. "She's okay. I checked it all out."

"And you thought that was enough." Mark said, his voice growing louder.

"What are you talking about?" Lexie asked, genuinely confused.

"You should have called me or at least brought her up to the hospital." Mark began to rant. "Lexie, it could be serious."

"She is fine. I made sure she was okay."

"You didn't do anything!" Mark yelled.

"Okay, first of all, stop yelling and second of all, I got a medical degree too!" Lexie yelled back, fed up. "You don't think if I thought it was serious I would have taken her in."

"Well it may not be serious to you, but I am going to have Derek run a CT." He said gathering the diaper bag.

"Seriously?" Lexie said. "You're going to have Derek run a CT for a scratch?"

"Yeah, and if you were really concerned, you would come with me." Mark shot.

"Don't question my motives like that." She said, throwing her running shoes on. "Let's go then. Let's go have Derek tell us there is absolutely nothing wrong."

"Lexie." Mark said, warning.

"Sorry."

Thirty minutes later, all three doctors were waiting while the CT ran.

"How exactly did this happen?" Derek asked.

"Lexie let her fall off the couch." Mark said, half irritated and half humor.

"Mark." Lexie started.

"Sorry, she pushed her off the couch." Mark said with a chuckle.

"I will punch you in the ear." She said with a glare.

Before they knew it, the CT was finished and Mark was pulling his daughter out.

"Well, the good news is, I always love to see my niece." Derek said. "The bad news is, there is nothing remotely wrong with this precious little girl."

"Ha." Lexie said.

"I wanted to be better safe than sorry." He said.

"I was safe." Lexie protested. "You just refuse to listen."

"Really?" Mark continued. "I refuse to listen?"

"Yeah, you do."

"Okay." Derek interrupted. "I'm going to go back to work. You two should take this whole love fest home."

After a silent drive home, Lexie broke the silence as they walked in the front door.

"I'm sorry, okay?" She started. "I just didn't want you to panic when there was nothing to panic over."

Mark sighed.

"I'm an idiot and it won't happen again."

"No, I'm an idiot." Mark said. "I shouldn't have yelled at you. I know you love Haley more than anything and you have her best interest at heart."

"Can we agree on nothing?" Lexie laughed.

"No, I guess not." Mark smiled.

"Well, I'm going to go put her to bed." Lexie nodded to Haley, who was fast asleep in her car seat.

Lexie gently placed the sleeping infant in her crib and lightly draped a blanket over her, kissed her forehead and turned the baby monitor on before exiting the room, closing the door behind her. She then changed clothes and crawled into the huge bed she shared with Mark. He was reading a book and Lexie began applying lotion to her body. This had become routine for them.

"I really am sorry I made you feel bad." Mark said, closing his book.

"I'm sorry I let it happen." She answered, placing her lotion in the drawer.

"It's not your fault. Don't start believing that it is, because I was an ass." Mark said, caressing her face.

"I love you." Lexie said, kissing him.

"You make it impossible to think when you do that." Mark said as they broke apart for air.

"No." Lexie said, climbing on top to straddle him. "No thinking." She said before she kissed him again, harder.

"Lexie." Mark said, trying to slow her down.

"What?" She said frustrated.

"Don't you think we are moving a little fast?"

"Why?" She asked. "I want to. Don't you?"

"Of course I do." He told her.

"Then what is the problem?" She asked removing his old Columbia T-shirt she was wearing.

"Problem?" Mark said. "No problem at all."

Mark took her into a deep kiss and rolled over so that she was now pinned under him. They broke apart only long enough for Mark to remove his shirt before he kissed her again.

"God, I love you." Lexie said as they breathed heavily.

"You have no idea how much I love you, Little Grey." Mark said, kissing her again.

I hope you guys enjoyed and I hope you guys are sticking with the story. I don't wanna do anything to radical yet so just bear with me. I love you all and I will update soon. Peace & Love xoxo