I know it has been awhile, but here it is. I got kinda carried away with my other story which I am still shocked by the success of both of these. Without further ado...

"I miss you." Lexie spoke into the phone.

"My teddy." Haley answered, clearly preoccupied.

"Haley?" She tried. "Hales?"

"Haley, did you say I love you to Mommy?" She heard Mark coerce.

"No." She answered.

"Don't you think you should?" He tried.

"Later, Daddy!" She ran to her bedroom as Mark came back to the phone.

"I have been replaced." Lexie said. "By an insipid teddy bear."

"She's just tired. She gets a little wired when she's tired." He explained.

"I know." She sighed. "So do you miss me yet?"

"Nah." Mark joked.

"Mark Sloan!"

"I'm kidding. Of course, I miss you." He replied. "So when are you heading back anyway?"

"I have a flight for early the day after tomorrow. No layover so it should be fast." She told him. "The faster, the better, because I miss you guys like crazy."

"Well, that goes both ways."

"Okay, I should get some sleep. Please make sure that Haley bathes, okay?"

"I will." He sounded annoyed.

"And don't give her any of that Cap'n Crunch before bed because you know how she gets with sugar." She continued.

"I know, hon."

"And put the rainforest sounds cd on for her, so that she falls asleep and stays asleep-"

"Lex. I got this." He cut her off.

"Okay. I love you."

"Love you too, babe."

"So does he know?" Derek asked as she hung up.

"Nope. He is completely clueless."

"Flight 136, to Seattle, Washington is now ready for takeoff. Please fasten your seatbelts." The pilot announced on the intercom.

The next morning, Lexie arrived in Seattle, on time and couldn't wait to surprise Mark and Haley, who were not expecting her for another day or two. She nervously picked at her cuticles on the cab ride to the apartment. She didn't do surprises well. She remembered the last surprise she planned, the birthday party for Arizona. It ended with her leaving in tears, she slowly began to doubt herself. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. The cab pulled up outside her building. She got out, paid the driver and grabbed her bag before staring at the building and letting out a sigh of relief. She was home.

Lexie let herself in the front door and placed her bag on the floor, no one was in sight.

"I'm home!" She called out, opening the bedroom door to find an empty, made-up bed.

She quickly walked to Haley's room, opening the door to find her toddler bed, empty and made as well. She was confused. Where were they? She slowly walked to the living room and sunk into the couch. Nothing left to do but wait.

2 hours later...

Lexie laid asleep on the couch, after an hour of waiting and being awake on the overnight flight, she succumbed to her fatigue and passed out. Mark walked a sleeping Haley to her room and placed her in bed before returning to his sleeping wife and lightly waking her.

"Honey." He whispered.

"Hmm..." Lexie slowly became alert. "I'm awake."

"What are you doing here?" He smiled sitting next to her as she sat up.

"Damn it!" She said, frustrated. "I was supposed to be awake so I could surprise you."

"I'm surprised." Mark replied, placing a small kiss on her lips.

"Don't humor me." She told him. "It was supposed to be better than this."

"Nothing is better than coming home to you." He tried.

"Except maybe coming home to me awake?" Lexie sulked.

"Lex." He couldn't help but chuckle at her slight anger at her failed surprise attempt.

"This is the last time I try anything like this." She vowed.

"So how was the trip?" He asked, pulling her close.

"Boring." She shared. "I love Neurosurgery, but I really, really missed you and my baby."

"We missed you more than you'll know."

"Where is my kid anyway?" She asked, looking around the room.

"I took her to the park this morning and she fell asleep on the ride back. I put her in bed so she could get some rest since we have been having a few rough nights." Mark explained.

"Hmm."

"What do you mean?"

"What do say to going into the other room and having a little reunion of our own?" Lexie said with an eyebrow raise.

"I say, I thought you'd never ask." Mark chuckled as he picked her up and carried her into the bedroom.

Sorry this update took a little longer than expected but having two stories going at the same time is a lot of work and I really wanted to get the second story on it's feet. I hope you enjoyed and please remember to leave your thoughts and comments in a review. Love & Grey's!