First off, I want to say that I am so sorry that it has taken me so long to update. Work has been completely insane for Christmas. Also, I just want to thank everyone for the amazing support that you have given this story. You are literally the reason I write this.

Disclaimer: Nothing belongs to me. All rights go to Shonda Rhimes and ABC.

It had been one week since the colossal incident that separated Lexie and Haley for an entire night. Things had seemed to be back to normal, or at least as normal as things had been around them. Lexie was laying on her bed with Haley laying in her lap, playing with a stuffed animal. She was wrapped up in the Lifetime movie she was watching when Mark walked through the front door.

"Lex." She heard him call.

"In here." She responded.

"Hey. You would not believe the day I had-" Mark began.

"Shhh…" Lexie cut him off, pointing at the tv. "Oh, by the way, Derek called. He wanted to see if you wanted to go to Joe's and grab some drinks. I told him you were still at work, but you can go if you want to."

"No. I'm exhausted." He said laying next to her, and stroking Haley's cheek. "Besides, I'd rather be here with my girls anyway. Isn't that right, Hales? Hmm? Yeah."

Lexie laughed lightly.

"So what are we watching?" Mark asked.

"This woman is on a mission to find the truth about who her husband really is." Lexie answered, never taking her eyes from the screen.

"Ah, I see." He said to her.

"Do you now?" Lexie looked at him.

"No." He said with a laugh, taking Haley from her lap.

"Come on, sweetheart. Let's play 'Spin The Baby'"

"Mark, I just got her to calm down. I want her to sleep tonight." Lexie protested.

"She will." He said spinning her quickly.

"Mark." Lexie said, warning. "She'll get sick."

"You worry too much." He said, holding her so she was facing Lexie. "Tell Mommy to chill out. You are fine, aren't you, punkin'?"

Lexie rolled her eyes and sat back, focusing back on the movie playing out before her. Mark sighed and sat next to Lexie, Haley resting her head on his shoulder as he rubbed circles on her back. Lexie found herself staring at them, she slowly rested her head on the headboard and smiled at them.

"What?" Mark asked, noticing her expression.

"Nothing." Lexie said, shaking her head. "You're just really good with her. It's kind of nice to watch."

"Well, it's easy with her." Mark said, holding Haley in front of him and kissing her on the cheek, causing a giggle to escape. "I would take a million moments like this."

"I know what you mean." Lexie responded. "There are times that I find myself watching her sleep and I just…I wish I could freeze that moment. Capture it and just stay there forever, you know?"

"Yeah. I get it."

Lexie reached over, grabbed the remote and shut the tv off.

"We should probably try to get her to sleep." Mark stated.

"I bought her a sound soother today, so she won't wake up crying as much." Lexie told him.

"What do you say, little lady? Want to go try it out?" Mark said to his daughter, carrying her to her room.

Lexie pulled her lotion out of the nightstand and began applying it to her body. IA nightly ritual that had made her become all the more predictable. She couldn't help but stare at the wedding bad on her left hand and think about the man and little girl in the next room that she loved more than anything else in the world. She had everything she could ever want and she found herself basking in the moment.

"Hey. What's wrong?" Mark asked, walking back in the room.

"Nothing." She answered, snapping back to reality. "I was just…nothing."

"Okay." He said cautiously.

Mark disappeared into the bathroom and returned moments later shirtless in pajama pants. He slowly crawled into the bed on his respective side and turned the lamp off. Lexie still sat on her side, with the lotion still in her hand.

"I love you." She blurted out.

"I love you, too." Mark said.

"Remember that." She said.

"Why would I forget?"

"I want to tell you something."

"Okay." Mark said, sitting up, prepared to listen and fully take in what she was about to say.

"I think I want to cut back on my time at the hospital." She explained. "I don't want to quit, by any means. I still love medicine. I just feel like I haven't really had enough time to really enjoy being a mom. I miss my daughter all the time and I can't help but wonder sometimes if she misses me too. Please don't hate me."

"Never." Mark said, kissing her on the cheek. "I think that's a great idea. I can cut back on my elective procedures. Give them to Dr. Morris."

"No." Lexie interrupted. "You don't have to cut your time too. I don't want you to miss out."

"I would be missing out if I wasn't here enjoying the precious moments with my family. I want to do this." Mark insisted.

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely."

"Okay." She said with a sigh. "I'm going to head in tomorrow morning to talk to the chief."

"Sounds good." Mark said.

After a couple minutes of silence, Mark broke it again.

"So, you want to do it, tonight?"

"What?" Lexie said, laughing out loud.

"Come on. It has been a while since we have had some decent sex. I miss it. I miss you." Mark said with a fake pout.

"Well…"

"Come on, Lexie."

"Fine." Lexie surrendered. "But I'm leaving my shirt on."

"I can live with that." Mark said, rolling on top of her and taking her into a deep kiss.

*TWO HOURS LATER*

Mark and Lexie laid intertwined talking about everything and nothing at all.

"So, I was thinking we should have like a date night." Lexie said, "Go see a movie or something."

"Yeah, that sounds like fun." Mark answered. "Final Destination 5 just came out."

"Mark." She said, scrunching her nose in disgust.

"What?"

"Those movies are disgusting." She said in protest.

"Lexie, you're a surgeon." Mark said simply.

"So?"

"You're a surgeon and you can't handle a little blood and guts?" He asked, baffled.

"I see it everyday, Mark. I want to see something different when I go to the movies." Lexie said.

"Fine." He stated, defeated.

"You know, I've been thinking." She said, playing with Mark's hand in her own.

"About?"

"Going off birth control." She stated with a smile.

"Really?" Mark asked in surprise.

"Yeah. With the extra time off, I can finally give Haley the time she needs and it made me think that maybe a little brother or sister might not be such a bad idea. Besides, I've always wanted a big family."

Mark kissed her deeply and passionately.

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

"Really?" She said. "I had no idea."

I hope you all enjoyed this chapter. It was a little rough so it was not my best. Reviews make my day so go ahead and make me smile. PS Grey's comes back on the 5th! I am super stoked and I hope you all are too. Anyway, until next time, my lovelies! X0X0