Meant to Be

Chapter 11

Derek Pov:

I was standing at the table with the human brain sensors waiting for Lexie to come.

- "Hi!" - she said entering.

- "Hi!"

We worked like this for a while, but I saw that something was bothering her. As if she wanted to tell me something. She was distracted and not very delicate.

- "Lexie. Would you like to tell me something?"

- "Actually, ask" - she replied irritated.

- "Come on."

- "Have you talked to Mark? How is he feeling?"

- "He is as sad as you are, but he does not show it. But it seems to be holding up well. From what Callie says, he'll recover."

- "That's good, very good."

- "I'll give you advice, don't put pressure on yourself. I'm not saying you should avoid each other or anything, but don't just talk about it all."

- "Did he come to terms with what I said in the morning?"

- "I don't think he understood it yet. You know he loves you very much and I know you love him too. I also understand why you decided to do this. Your sister did exactly the same. We broke up, started seeing others and after a while we got back together. Maybe it will also be so with you."

- "I have heard this sentence very often for several days. But I don't know what to think myself. Alex talked about himself and Izzie, you and Mer, but you. Uhh, you guys don't have a baby on the way with another woman."

- "I had a wife"- I said, laughing.

- "It's not the same, I guess."

- "Simply, let each of you live your own life and that's it."

- "That's all we have left"- she admitted - "Do you think he thinks I'm selfish because I don't want to be a stepmother?"

- "No, he understands that. Believe me, I've known him all my life, and at your age he was saying all the time that he would never have children in his life. See for yourself, Sloan's mother got pregnant with her, and he gave her some money and ran away. He could see that you were not ready for the baby, but he did not look to see if he was safe."

- "It's a coincidence, I guess. Arizona was gone, and Mark and I weren't even a couple then. They probably got drunk and that's how it turned out. Apparently they had done so often before, when she was with George, and they got divorced."

- "I still can't believe he's gonna be a father. Mark Sloan, who changed women like socks all his life." -

- "He will be a fantastic dad for this little one" she said.

- "Derek, in three weeks baby shower I hope you show up Ooo" - said Mark, who was standing in the doorway in a hurry, clearly impatient - "I'm sorry to disturb you, I should come later."

At this point, I looked at Lexie. She didn't look at him, she was looking at the model we were working with. He wasn't looking at her either. He kept his eyes on me, waiting for an answer. The atmosphere in the room was terribly strange. It was very unfriendly , there was deathly silence. If someone from the outside came in here, one hundred percent would not say that these two were not so long ago such a terribly happy and loving couple.

- "You're not disturbing"- I replied after a moment, listening to this monstrously emotionless silence. - "I'll come."

-"That's great"- he replied. - "And you, Lexie?"