Hey guys, I hope you are all still loving this story. I am working hard on it and I hope that comes across in the pieces. One reader pointed out the irony of the guy being named Nathan, the same as Chyler Leigh's husband. I would like to point out that my friend Emily picked the name and had no clue of the significance, just as I didn't until after the fact. Anyways, here we go. Tick, tock. Hurry up and get here, Thursday!

It had been two day and not a word had been exchanged between the two of them. Aside from a couple awkward silences and a few glances at work you could almost believe they were complete strangers. Lexie knew that Mark was hurting, but she also knew that he was in the same position she was in when Addison had been the speedbump in their relationship, so she knew he wouldn't be incredibly receptive. Derek had called her about an hour ago, giving her a heads up that Mark was packing and planning on heading over to the apartment, which gave Lexie plenty of time to get Haley dressed, packed and taken over to Callie's. She wasn't sure she wanted her daughter to witness the ugliness that was almost guaranteed to follow. All she could do was sit and wait. The click in the lock made Lexie sit up straight and let out the breath she didn't even realize she was holding. He walked through the door and immediately headed to the kitchen and grabbed a beer.

"Hi." She said, meekly, instantly cursing herself for even opening her mouth in the first place.

He turned around and walked stright to the bedroom without so much as a grunt of acknowledgement. Lexie closed her eyes and sighed as she got up and followed his example.

"Are you seriously not talking to me?" She asked. "Mark, come on."

"What do you want from me, Lex?" He said, so calm it almost frightened her.

"I just want to say that I am sorry. I am sorry that it happened, but he forced himself on me and I don't know what else to say that doesn't sound like a terrible cliche, so there it is." She let out, crossing her arms, more for something to do other than letting them hang there.

"Okay." He responded, sitting on the side of the bed and taking a swig of his beer, before putting his feet up and turning the tv on.

Lexie awkwardly began rubbing her small baby bump and did her best to blink back the tears before continuing.

"I um...I talked to Meredith. She says that I can stay there with her, until I figure out something a little more permanent." Lexie tried her hardest not to stumble on the words. "I thought it might be for the best."

"Yeah. I think it's for the best to." Mark said coldly, shutting off the tv.

"Yeah." She said, turning around. "I am going to head out then."

"You already packed?" He said, with a hint of shock in his voice.

"Yeah." She answered. "Haley and I have been ready since I knew you were coming home. She is at Callie's, I'll grab her on my way out."

"I would fight you on this but, little girls need to have their moms." He said. "I'll talk to a lawyer so we can work out some kind of custody arrangement."

She nodded. The words just wouldn't come out.

"I'm sorry it came to this, Lexie." He said.

With that, Lexie turned and raced to the front door. She was determined that he would not see her cry. She shut the apartment door and knocked on Callie's door. Callie opened the front door with Haley on her hip.

"It's Momma." Callie said with a laugh. "Hey, she-" She stopped midsentence when she noticed the tears. "What happened?"

"Nothing." She said, obviously doing everything she could to keep from falling apart.

"Come here." Callie said, pulling her into her apartment. "What happened?"

Lexie slowly sat down on the couch and began shoving Haley's toys in a small pink backpack. "Lexie." She coaxed, sitting next to her.

"He's talking about custody arrangements." Lexie choked out. "I tried to talk to him and all he could tell me was that we needed to talk to a lawyer about custody arrangements."

"What?" Callie said in disbelief.

"I really don't wanna talk. I am just gonna head over to Meredith's if you don't mind." Lexie said, standing up and grabbing Haley.

"I'm really sorry." Callie threw out, before she could leave.

"Yeah. So am I."

A couple minutes later, Callie marched out her door and banged on her best friend's. Mark opened the door, shirtless, with a beer in hand.

"Hey. Hope your not busy. Can I come in? Super." Callie said, walking by him without giving him a chance to answer.

"Hey, Torres."

"Uh-uh." She held up a finger and sighed, trying to regain composure. "What the hell is wrong with you?"

"I'm sorry?" He responded.

"What is wrong with you?"

"Nothing."

"Okay." Callie gestured for him to sit and he slowly obliged. "Do you remember when you screwed up and you left Lexie at the alter?"

Mark winced slightly, he hated being reminded of hurting her like that and he was even more afraid of where Callie was going with this.

"Do you remember what you said to me?" She asked.

"No, but I am sure you're going to remind me." He snipped.

"You said that you would give everything you had just to take that day back. To go back before you hurt her. Do you remember that?" She told him.

"Yeah." He sighed, placing his beer on the coffee table. "I remember. What's your point?"

"My point is, how do you know that Lexie wouldn't give everything she has to take that day back?" Callie looked at him. "And I think you and I both know that it wasn't her, it was that asshat Hanson!"

"She was kissing him, Torres." He defended.

"You mean the way you were kissing Addison?" She shot back. "Oh, no, wait. You screwed her."

"Lexie is better than that."

"Talk to her, Mark." Callie commanded. "If you aren't going to do it for her or for you, then at least do it for your kids." She said, before storming out of the apartment.

Meanwhile, at Meredith's, Lexie, Meredith, and Derek were sitting on the couch while Haley played on the floor.

"He's going to come around." Derek tried.

"I don't wanna talk anymore." Lexie said. "I don't wanna talk."

"Okay." He conceded.

"Look, guys. I am going to go to sleep. I don't feel to good." She told them.

"What's wrong?" Meredith asked.

"My stomach hurts." Lexie stated. "It's fine. I just need some sleep."

"Okay, Haley can sleep with us, then." Meredith offered. "Since you're not feeling well."

"Thanks, Mer. Have a good night guys."

Meredith and Derek sat in their bed that night, Haley fast asleep in the bassinet next to them.

"Do you think they will be okay?" Meredith asked.

"I honestly don't know, honey. It's not like Mark to hurt like this."

"It's not exactly normal for her, either." She said. "She has always been bright and shiny girl. she has to be happy, it's in her DNA."

"Did you hear that?" Derek asked.

"What?"

Derek raced to the door and looked in the bathroom.

"Lexie!"

She was curled in a ball, clutching her stomach.

"Are you okay?" He asked.

"I think I need to go to the hospital." She choked out.

I know this chapter was a little shorter than usual but the next one will make up for it. I wish you all a happy week and hope the reviews are good. Thank you all. Love to everyone!