slexie: survival of the plane crash ✈️ 💥

chapter 6- staying apart

pov: mark

"hey mark! how're you feeling?" julia asked me. i grunted as i rolled over to look her in the eye. it was the least i could do.
"um better. listen i need to tell you something, something important," i started. i didn't want to say it and hurt her feelings. "i love lexie!" i blurted.
"mark don't you think i know that? you'll always love lexie, but i know you love me and that's all that matters. you're not ending this relationship because you love lexie," she replied calmly.

so much for hurting her feelings. she was right, too. i do love her and no matter how much i love her, i'm not going to go back to my old habits. i'm in a committed relationship and i'm going to try to stay like that.

time jump- everyone has been discharged- lexie and arizona in pt

pov: lexie

i haven't seen mark since the crash. none of us have been at work and i've been staying at mer's. today arizona and i are being fitted with prosthetics (i only lost one leg btw) and i'm so nervous.
"hey arizona!" i called out, trying to sound cheerful.
"hey lexie, how's your leg?" she replied. the smile on her face was faint and forced. she wasn't herself, none of us were. we were in a plane crash for gods sake.
"how's mark?" i asked trying to change the subject.
"he's good. callie goes to see him often but julia's there taking care of him so she doesn't have to," arizona replied.

i felt so betrayed. how could mark stay with julia after what he told me? he wanted a future with me. he wanted to get married and have kids. he told me he loves me. i guess it was all just to keep me alive, an in the moment thing he didn't really mean. whatever, i'm done with him anyway.