Hey guys! So it's official. Jackson called it quits. I almost thought we wouldn't see the day. I am pretty freaking happy. Anyway here is the next chapter and once again, thank you for all your kind words.

Disclaimer: Once again, nothing is mine. All rights go to Shonda Rhimes and ABC.

"Ugh, you should have seen her, Mer. All blonde and leggy and absolutely conceited. She just kept talking down about Haley, like her kid was friggin' Einstien." Lexie ranted, as she sat on a stool in Meredith's kitchen. "Did I mention that she was blonde and leggy?"

"Yeah, Lexie. You already covered that. What you haven't covered is what you think about the house Derek is building. Come on, look at these blueprints and give me your honest opinion." Meredith told her.

"My honest opinion is that having me look at blueprints is about the equivalent of asking me to read Greek. Sorry." Lexie answered, popping a potato chip in her mouth.

"I don't know what I'm looking at either. Derek wants answers and I have no freaking clue what I am looking at." She said.

"Mm-hm."

"Hey there, ladies." Derek said walking into the kitchen. "So have you had a chance to look it over? What do you think? Is the bedroom okay, because we can go with a smaller bathroom if you want."

"It's…great. Really…great." Meredith said with a huge, cheesy grin plastered on her face.

"That's why I love her." Derek said to Lexie as he kissed Meredith on the cheek, grabbed a bottle of water from the refrigerator and walked back out.

"You are such a dirty liar." Lexie said, in fake shock.

"Shut up." Meredith responded. "It'll be great. I trust him and he knows me so I am pretty sure that I will love whatever he builds."

"What if it's his metal trailer again?" Lexie asked.

"Then I will learn to love trout." Meredith said with a smile. "Compromise. It's what all great marriages are based on."

"Is it now?" Lexie said.

"You'll learn." Meredith said, following Derek out to the living room.

The next day at the hospital, Lexie found herself partnered with Cristina, a hell she hadn't suffered for quite a while. The upside was that after being Cristina's intern, she knew what made her happy and what made her snap. She grabbed her favorite coffee from the cart in the lobby and made sure she had reviewed any cases that were or could possibly be cardio.

"Dr. Yang. I'm with you today." Lexie said, handing her the mocha latte.

"Three. Sucking up already, huh?" Cristina said. "Never mind let's go."

Cristina led Lexie to room 2485.

"Grey, present." She ordered, stepping back and sipping her coffee.

"Uh, Brian Conrad, age twenty-seven, was admitted after experiencing what the emergency physician diagnosed as a myocardial ischemia." Lexie said.

"How would you diagnose?" Cristina asked.

"I ordered an EKG, cardiac CT, and a stress test." She said.

"Good work." Cristina answered. "Also, order a tox screen, just in case. I want to be sure this isn't something he is doing to himself."

Before Lexie knew it, it was lunch. She walked into the cafeteria with her salad and bottled water and immediately sat with Meredith and Alex.

"You don't know that." Meredith said defensively.

"What's going on?" Lexie asked as she scooted up in her chair.

"Girl was admitted today for a premature labor." Alex explained. "She comes in with her husband and husband's best friend."

"Weird." Lexie said.

"See?" Alex pointed. "That's what I said. I am telling you, chick's having her husband's best friend's baby."

"You don't know that!" Meredith yelled again.

"Why else would he be there?" Alex yelled back.

"Because he cares. She said they were all close friends." Meredith shot.

"Derek cared." Lexie interrupted.

"What?" Meredith asked.

"Derek cared and he was Mark's best friend, but I didn't have him in the room when Haley was born. Why? Because it's inappropriate."

"Thank you." Alex said.

"What is going on?" Cristina asked sitting down.

"Oh, a woman is having her baby with her husband and his best friend." Lexie explained.

"Oh…" Cristina paused. "She is so having his best friend's baby."

"Yep." Alex said, as Meredith rolled her eyes and let out an exasperated sigh.

After lunch, Lexie found Cristina sitting in the skills lab, reading over multiple sheets of paper. She was almost afraid to say anything as to disturb her and unveil the wrath of Cristina.

"Dr. Yang?" She asked quietly. "Mr. Conrad's tox screen came back negative. He's clean."

"Yeah, I know. I booked the OR and Teddy is on her way up." Cristina said. "I'll meet you in OR 2. Go ahead and scrub in."

"Okay." Lexie said. "Meet you in OR 2."

It was a long, dreadful surgery, but Lexie left feeling more on top of her game than ever and she was loving everything about it. The one thing she loved more than anything when it came down to the end of the night was getting to go home and see her man and her baby. She walked into her apartment and found it dark and quiet. Slowly, she hung her bag by the door and kicked her shoes off as she walked through the living room to the bedroom.

"Hey, you're still up." She said, happily laying next to Mark on the bed, who was busily flipping through channels on the television.

"Of course. I didn't want to miss you." Mark said, kissing her.

"Don't." She said, pulling away. "I'm all gross, I have been in surgery all day. We fixed this guy's heart and it was amazing. I am loving Cardio." She said, leaning back on the pillows.

"Okay, wait a minute. What does your love for Cardio have to do with me not being able to kiss you." Mark stated.

"I just want to get cleaned up, that's all." Lexie said, making her way to the bathroom.

"Hey, get back here." Mark said, as Lexie shook her head "no". "Fine. Do you want some company."

"No." Lexie yelled, sounding like she was twelve years old.

Lexie let the hot water wash away all the stress of the day's events. She finally felt like she had it all on balance. She had gone to work, she participated in a surgery and now she was home and spending time with her husband while her child slept peacefully in the next room. She wanted so badly to hear Haley laugh, but she wasn't going to be selfish and wake her up when she had just fallen asleep. She threw her clothes on and quickly towel dried her hair.

"You have got to be kidding me." Mark said, as Lexie walked out of their bathroom.

"What?" Lexie said, grinning.

"Can't you ever wear your own clothes?" He said, pulling her down to where he was.

"Yours are just so much more comfortable." Lexie said with a smirk.

"Yeah?"

"Yeah."

The pair kissed passionately and deep, slowly getting carried away. Hands began to roam over exposed skin and moans started to escaped from slightly open lips.

"Wait, wait, wait." Lexie said.

"What?" Mark said. "What's wrong?"

"We don't have one."

"Have one what?" He asked her, clearly confused.

"A condom." She said, simply. "We don't have a condom."

"So what?" He said, continuing to kiss her. "Let's just risk it."

Lexie pushed Mark away, before sitting up and pulling her shirt down to cover her exposed abdomen.

"Let's risk it?" Lexie asked. "What the hell is the matter with you?"

"What are you talking about?" Mark replied.

"We cannot risk it." She tried explaining. "I cannot risk getting pregnant right now."

"Why? I thought you always wanted a big family."

"Mark, we just transitioned into taking care of one baby. Two would just be a little much right now." Lexie said.

"We can make it work." Mark said, pulling her back to him.

"Mark, stop!" She pulled back. "What part of 'I can't risk this' are you not understanding?"

"The part where you don't want to have my baby." Mark said.

"I had your baby." Lexie said, defensively. "We're not ready for number two yet."

"Fine." Mark said, defeated. "It's your decision. I'm going to go sleep on the couch."

"Mark."

"No. Just, don't." Mark said, walking out of the room they shared.

Lexie sighed and flopped down on the bed defeated. Why did everything always have to be on way or the other with Mark. Meredith was just telling her about compromise this morning and she thought that was what she was doing. Mark wanted more kids and Lexie was still getting used to having Haley around. There was no way she was ready, and she knew it. She just closed her eyes and hoped that maybe, eventually Mark would understand it.

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