Thanks to Elizabeth Grey- the first, mcbitchy28, AiLing, tinnie75, Jime-GA-Lover, BekaRoo, MusicWritesMyLife, kitty00, Lky13, emu412, pkdbulldawg91, A Pink Beast, obsessive360, and shaemysterious for the great reviews on the last chapter!

I'm really sorry about the lack of updates! We had a medical emergency in my family, everyone's okay, but a few days were crazy.

I will likely alternately update this and my other story so updates may be somewhat sporadic.

I am going to start adding dates to the beginning of each chapter.

The plane crash was May 17, 2012.

Lexie woke up June 20, 2012.

I don't own anything!

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-August 3, 2012-

It had been over a month since Lexie had woken up. She was finally getting discharged from the hospital that night. She had gotten her cast off of her arm several weeks ago and had been able to regain function in her hand. She still couldn't walk, but Callie and Derek both felt confident that since she responded to stimulation she would be able to walk again with intensive physical therapy.

She was sitting in her wheelchair with her purse in her lap. Mark had put her other stuff in his car and taking it over to the apartment. She was moving in with Mark because his apartment was easily accessible with her wheelchair.

"Ready to go, Dr. Grey?" Dr. Webber asked her as he walked into her room.

"Chief, you're discharging me?" Lexie asked. During her coma, Dr. Hunt had resigned as chief. He didn't say why, but everyone knew it was a last ditch attempt to save his crumbling marriage. He had indicated Dr. Webber as his successor. Rumor had it that he was now preparing Dr. Bailey to take over when he eventually retired.

"Every department signed off on you. You're good to go." He said with a smile, putting the final touches on her discharge papers.

"Looks like we're all set. Ready to go, Lex?" Mark asked her, walking back into the doorway.

"Yeah, I'm ready," She said as she discreetly tried to look around the corner. She had hoped some of her other friends would come.

Dr. Webber smiled at the pair before they left. "Dr. Grey, whenever you're ready to come back to work, we'll be more than ready for you."

"Really? How about tomorrow?" Lexie asked eagerly.

"How about Monday? Take the weekend to relax." He said with a smile before leaving her room.

Mark began to wheel Lexie's wheelchair so that they could leave.

"You okay?" He asked her, noticing that she was considerably quiet.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I just kind of hoped a couple people would come."

"I'm sorry, Lex. A lot of our friends got held up on a case. I'm sure they'll all come see you tomorrow." Mark said, kissing the top of Lexie's head.

"I know. The curse of having everyone you know work at a hospital." Lexie said softly.

Mark gently rubbed Lexie's shoulder as they continued towards the exit. He smiled as she raised a hand to tuck a piece of long, wavy hair behind her ear. She had recently had her bands recut because they had grown out while she was in the hospital.

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Lexie smiled softly as Mark pushed her wheelchair up to the apartment.

He had already moved all of her stuff in earlier.

She smiled softly, thinking about the last time she had been down the dimly lit hallway. Things had changed so much since then.

Mark wheeled her up to the door and took the key out of his pocket. He unlocked the door and opened it.

"SURPRISE!" Her closest family and friends yelled. The apartment was clearly decorated for a party and all of Lexie's favorite foods lay around the apartment.

Lexie began to cry happy tears as she looked at the crowd of people in front of her.

Derek and Meredith were there with Zola.

Callie and Arizona were there with Sofia.

Alex was there.

Dr. Bailey, Ben, and Tuck were there. The two were trying a long distance relationship and Ben visited most weekends.

April and Jackson, who were now apparently dating, were there.

Cristina and Owen, who were working on their marriage and now in couples therapy were there.

Her dad was there.

Her fellow fourth-year residents were there.

Several of her other co-workers were also there.

Everyone had ended up staying after the plane crash

The next several minutes were a blur of hugs.

After everything had settled down, Lexie sat in the corner with Zola and Sofia each perched on one leg. The two little girls were happily babbling with each other. Lexie had a feeling that the two were going to be best friends when they got older. She had bonded well with Sofia since she had woken up.

She smiled as her friends and family floated throughout the room, laughing and talking.

Those of them who were in the plane crash were finally almost healed.

Slowly, as it grew later and later, guests began to leave.

"See you back at work," Jackson said with a smile looking down at Lexie.

"You too," Lexie said with a smile. April squeezed Lexie's hand before linking hands with Jackson and walking out.

Thatcher walked over.

"I wanted to wait until things had calmed down a little," He said handing Lexie a small box.

"Dad, you didn't have to do this," she said with a smile.

"Just open it," he said with a smile.

Lexie opened the box and saw a beautiful, single pearl on a silver chain.

"It's beautiful," Lexie said with a smile.

"It was your mom's," He said with a small smile. "She always said that she wanted to pass down her two favorite necklaces to you and your sister. I gave Molly the dove one because she's a free spirit." He said with a chuclkle. "I'm giving you this one because it's beautiful and delicate, yet strong, just like you." He said with a smile.

"I love it. Thank you," She said softly.

Thatcher smiled and put it on her.

"Your mom would've been so proud of you kiddo." Thatcher said. He hugged her. "I should probably head home, call me if you need anything." He gave her another hug before leaving.

Lexie shakily raised a hand to the pearl and smiled.

Meredith and Derek walked over to her with Zola asleep in Derek's arms.

"We're gonna head home. It's passed someone's bedtime." Meredith said with a smile as she gently rubbed her daughter's back. She hugged her sister and they turned to leave.

"Bye, Zo," Lexie said softly, waving goodbye to the sleeping toddler.

The only people left in the apartment were her, Mark, Callie, Arizona, and Sofia.

"We should probably head home." Callie said with a smile, looking at Sofia, who was fast asleep on Mark's couch.

Mark walked over and picked up his daughter. "Look at my sleepy little Bug, Daddy loves you." He said with a smile holding his daughter close.

He walked over to Lexie and she kissed the little girl's cheek. "Night, Sof. I love you, sweetie." She smiled.

Mark walked over and handed his daughter to Callie. He kissed her again. Callie and Arizona left.

"You ready for bed?" Mark asked walking over to Lexie.

"Yeah," She said softly. She shifted uncomfortably in her wheelchair.

Mark smiled and wheeled her to the bedroom.

"You wanna take a quick shower before bed?" Mark asked her.

Lexie nodded. She knew that Mark had gotten his shower converted to be wheelchair accessible.

"You okay on your own?" Mark asked her.

Lexie nodded and wheeled herself into the bathroom.

When Mark heard the shower turn on, he walked off to the kitchen.

He pulled out the candles he kept stashed in case of a power outage and poured two glasses of red wine.

He walked to the bedroom and began to set the candles out around the room. He heard the shower turn off and quickly moved to turn off the lights. The room glowed with the light of about two dozen candle.

Lexie wheeled herself out of the bathroom. She was wearing Mark's Columbia T-shirt.

"Mark," Lexie said with a wide grin.

"I thought we should celebrate," He said with a smile. He walked over and gently picked her up and carried her to bed.

He took off his clothes and pulled on a pair of sweat pants.

He grabbed the two glasses of wine and walked over to the bed.

Lexie took her glass and Mark wrapped her arm around him.

"We match," Lexie said softly, tracing his scar. Mark gently raised her hand to his lips and kissed it.

"I love you," Lexie said with a smile.

"I love you too," Mark said. He leaned in to kiss her softly.

Lexie laid back against Mark's chest and sipped the wine.

About an hour later, they were planning on going to bed. Mark had blown out all of the candles and their wine glasses were put away.

"I missed this place." Lexie said with a smile, pulling Mark close.

"It missed you, too," He said with a smile. The apartment felt completely different when Lexie was there. It felt better. He pulled her into a deep kiss and the two turned to face each other.

Lexie began to slide off Mark's pants.

"Are you sure?" Mark asked her.

Lexie slowly nodded. "It won't hurt me, I promise." She reassured him.

He smiled softly and deepened the kiss.