The reception to the last few chapters has been so great and I honestly felt stunted on where to take this story next, but I am hoping that this chapter does the trick. Without further ado...enjoy!

"I am just saying, I have a three year old in there and it would be really nice if you could practice a little bit of human decency!" Mark could hear Lexie in the apartment hallway.

"I actually don't remember making my rent check out to you."

"Well, maybe you should!" Lexie fired back.

"What the hell is going on?" Mark asked, pulling Lexie to the side.

"This asshole-"

"You can't just call me an asshole!" The neighbor added.

"This asshole next door kept blaring his ESPN all night, last night. Haley didn't sleep at all last night and neither did I, for that matter." She explained.

"Not my problem, lady."

"Whoa! Okay." Mark stepped in. "Lex, why don't you head on inside and finish Haley's breakfast."

Exasperated, she turned on her heel and stormed inside.

"Look, what's your name?" Mark asked.

"Brandon." He held out his hand. "Brandon West."

"Brandon, I'm Mark." He continued. "Look, I know you are new here and all, but unless you want your time here to be a living hell, I would listen to what my wife says. Because, if my daughter doesn't sleep, she isn't happy and when my little girl isn't happy, I get a little cranky. I would hate to have to take it out on you, are we clear?"

"We're clear."

"Good." He smiled. "Have a great day, Brandon."

"What an idiot!" Mark let out, walking back through the door.

"Idiot!" Haley repeated from her booster seat at the table.

"Haley Grace." Lexie scolded. "No, ma'am. We don't say things like that in this home, do we?"

"But Daddy did." She whined.

"And now what does Daddy have to do?"

"He gots to give Mommy a quarter!" She cheered.

"That's right, pumpkin." Mark kissed her cheek, handing Lexie a coin from his pocket. "You got me."

"I got you." Haley laughed back, using her fork to feed him a piece of fruit.

"Okay." Lexie sighed as she took a spot across the table from Mark. "I have an appointment for Haley today at three-thirty with Dr. Wallace. Do you want to take her or would you rather I did?"

"Why don't we both take her?" He asked, making faces at his little girl, causing her to laugh in return.

"Doesn't one of us have to be at the residents' meeting for the apartment building?"

"No." Mark said with a full mouth. "It was cancelled."

"Oh...okay. Then we're both in."

"No doctor." Lexie's mini-me said with a frown.

"Honey, we have to make sure you're all healthy." Lexie said with a smile.

"I all healthy." She raised her arms in confusion. "I feel like Supergirl!"

"I bet you are Supergirl, sweetie, but we're still going." Lexie giggled at the little girl.

"Ah, rats." Haley began to pout.

"I know." Lexie rubbed her back, soothingly. "But Daddy's coming with us."

"Can I have candy after, Daddy?"

"What?!" Mark asked in fake shock. "I don't give you candy."

"Yeah-huh." She nodded vigorously.

"Really, Daddy?" Lexie smirked at him. "Candy, huh?"

"Well..."

"Is that how you get her to behave for you? You bribe her with sugar?" She asked.

"Someone's gotta be the good cop." Mark winked at her.

"Uh-huh." She scoffed, popping a grape in her mouth.

Later that afternoon, Lexie and Mark sat in a small exam room with Haley playing with her teddy bear as she sat on the table. Lexie flipped absent-mindedly through an old issue of People magazine. Mark just sighed and looked at his watch every five seconds.

"Okay, Ms. Haley?" Dr. Wallace asked, walking in.

"That's me." The small child smiled.

"Alright. What do you say we make sure you are as healthy as can be?"

"I healthy." Haley nodded. "Mommy and Daddy are doctors."

"I see, but can I take a look, too?" He coaxed.

"Come on, Hales." Lexie nodded.

"Just a quick peek, babe." Mark added.

Haley sighed in defeat. "Okay."

After the quick, routine checkup, Dr. Wallace jotted some quick notes and turned Mark and Lexie.

"Everything seems perfectly fine."

"Seems?" Mark chimed in. "What do you mean seems?"

"Mark."

"I am saying you have a perfecty healthy little girl." The doctor chuckled. "A little rambunctious, it seems, but healthy."

"Thank you so much." Lexie shook his hand.

"You're welcome." He said, shaking Mark's hand. "You guys take care."

"Thanks." Mark added. "You ready to get out of here, kiddo?"

"YES!" Haley cheered, jumping into her father's arms.

"Meredith invited us to lunch." Lexie shared, putting her phone in her purse as she pulled herself into their SUV.

Mark closed Haley's door and climbed behind the steering wheel. "That sounds like fun. Haley can play with Zola. Did you say yes?"

"I did." She leaned over placing a light kiss on his lips. "I love you."

"I love you." He replied.

"I love...ice cream!" Haley called from the backseat.

"She is your daughter." Lexie laughed. "She gets that from you."

"She gets the best parts from me. We're Sloans. It's what we do."

"Okay." She rolled her eyes.

As they cruised along, Mark grabbed Lexie's hand, pulling it up to place a kiss on her palm. Lexie leaned her head back against the seat and smiled. Her smile quickly faded when she saw the truck headed straight for them.

"Mark, look out!"

I apologize in advance for the reviews that I will get for this. It just seemed like the proper place to take this story. I hope to start work on the next chapter in the next couple of days and I cannot wait! Until then, my darlings!