Two weeks later Zoey's face had healed and was looking as good as new. She was soon discharged and was very pleased to be able to go back to college. Her friend had given her the work she had missed so she was able to soon catch up on everything. The part she dreaded was going back to work because she knew that there was a chance that she would bump in to Mark. She had considered leaving but she needed the money so she could pay the bills as Justin spent all the money he earned on beer and larger. Derek had been concerned about her going back to the apartment with Justin. He had even offered her a place to stay at Meredith's until she could find somewhere else.

"Zoey, I don't want you going back. Promise me you won't go back to him." Derek went on at her.

"Derek, I'm not promising that. That place is my home and no way am I going to be pushed out of it. I'll go out when he starts drinking or just stay out his way."

"That won't work and you know it. I said you could stay with me and Meredith." Derek continued.

"Yes I know you did but as much as I want to finally meet the woman, I just want to go home. I'm not leaving him Derek. I love him and he loves me."

"He loves you does he? Tell me Zoey, because I'm curious, how many times has he seen you in here? How many times has he called you to see how you were doing? Zoey he didn't even know you were in here and you've been admitted for the past two weeks! And you really think he cares about you?"

Zoey stopped outside the door before putting the key in the lock. She was terrified of what the place will look like or what kind of mood he was in. Derek was right, he didn't have a clue he had put her in hospital. He had stormed out before she called Derek to let him know she was coming in. She held her breath as she put her key in the lock and turned it. She walked in and saw darkness. She flicked the light switch on so she could see where she was going. She walked in to the lounge and saw nothing but a clean and tidy room. There were no beer cans on the floor, no papers everywhere and no bills left on the table for her to pay - the carpet had even been cleaned. "I must be in the wrong apartment." Zoey said out loud, astonished at what she had come home to. She heard a key in the door and Justin walked in with bags full of, from what she could see, groceries.

Justin dropped the bags on the floor and flung himself at her. "Where have you been? I thought you left me! I'm so sorry babe, I won't hurt you ever again I promise. I've stopped drinking, look, I even tidied the place up."

Zoey just looked at him, stunned at what he just said. "Did you actually ask me where I've been? I was in hospital Justin. I was there for two weeks. You put me there." She told him, putting extra emphasis on the last sentence.

"Why didn't you tell me?"

"I thought it would have been pretty obvious – you beat me up really badly."

"I'm so sorry. I love you so much. I promise you I'm a changed man; I haven't had a drop of alcohol since you left. Honest."

Zoey looked at him and saw the sincerity in his face and heard it in his voice. "I believe you."

"Really?"

Zoey smiled at him. "I love you too." She told him and wrapped her arms round his neck and kissed him on his lips. "Come on, we've got a lot of making up to do." She whispered in his ear. They both laughed together as they made their way to the bedroom, where they had the best make up sex either of them had for a while.

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Mark looked in the empty room that had been occupied by Zoey. She had gone. He lost the chance to make things right. He turned away from the room and saw Lexie without her usual bright smile plastered over her face. He knew he had neglected her over the past couple of weeks since Zoey had re-entered his life but now she was gone, he knew he had a lot to make up for. He knew that he had to forget about Zoey and concentrate on his relationship with Lexie. He knew that there was only one thing he could do to put things right. "Dr – Lexie, could you come here please?" He called over to her. Lexie was shocked that he had used her first name but walked over to him all the same.

"Yes Dr. Sloan. Is there anything I can do for you?" She asked him.

"Lexie cut the Dr. Sloan crap will you." And without saying another word, he grabbed her face and kissed her passionately on her lips in the middle of the surgical floor. Everyone who was passing stopped what they were doing and stared. The nurses gasped and the interns' jaws just fell to the floor. Mark was the one who broke the kiss and whispered in her ear, "Please accept my apology for neglecting you."

Lexie smile grew even more if that was at all possible. "I accept your apology Mark."

"I'm going to make thing right with you Lexie. We are going to do this properly and screw everyone else if they don't like it."

Lexie had the biggest smile on her face as he said that. "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely." He answered and leaned in to give her another long lingering passionate kiss. He looked up and saw Derek standing there and he did not look happy. Mark quickly told Lexie to meet him in at his hotel room at the Archfield after her shift. He kissed her again as she skipped off to continue with the post-op charts she was working on for Christina Yang. Mark watched her go before coming head to head with Derek. "Listen before you say anything I'm seeing Lexie. I'm sleeping with her. I'm seeing Lexie and I'm sleeping with her."

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Zoey got out of bed a couple of hours later. She and Justin had fallen asleep and she thought it was best not to wake him up. She went in to the bathroom and splashed her face with cold water. Looking in the mirror she realised that no one could tell she had been in hospital as her face looked perfect. She ran her fingers down the side of her jaw as she thought of the amazingly perfectly hot doctor who had fixed it. She thought back to the last conversation the pair of them had and her eyes started to water. What she felt when she was with Mark; she didn't feel with Justin or anyone else. Despite the five-year gap, when she first saw him, all the feelings came back – something she never thought was possible. She had always assumed that when she had left for Seattle she left all her feelings for Mark behind. "Life's a bitch." She said to herself.

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Derek said nothing. He just looked at Mark and swung his fist back and then towards his face and knocked Mark back with shock. "Okay, maybe I deserve that." WACK! Derek's fist went in to Mark's face again. "Actually no, I didn't deserve that." and before he could punch him again, Mark punched him right back and before anyone who had stopped to whiteness the attack, a fight had brawled out between the two attendings.