Paper Rings| m.s

[ten: dash]

3x13

Daphne sits in the cafeteria, eating her cheeseburger, not paying attention to anybody else in the room. Three interns walk by, giggling and staring at the young intern, "What?"

The blonde intern, who's name is Lilian based off of her idea answers her, "Nothing, just talking about how fucked you're gonna be."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

The three interns start giggling again,
"You don't know?"

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Daphne storms throughout the hospital, looking for a certain plastic surgeon. Finally she finds him talking with Mer at the nurses station. She grabs his arm, and pulls him into the closet, giving him the wrong idea.

Mark looks at her amused, "Now? Okay, I mean I'm not preapared but I can mak-"

"Shut up!"

He stops talking and pulls back on his lab coat, "What?" Daphne sighs, "Not only did you tell people about us, not letting me know, but you're leaving?! I thought I was your girlfriend, not some girl you sleep with and brag about!"

"Hey!" Mark grabs her face and forces her to look at him, "I never told anyone, I did tell Derek, he most of told people!"

Daphne stares at him and nods, but her glare returns just as quickly, "And the other thing?" Mark shakes his head, dropping her face and looking down, giving her his answer.

"Wow, okay. Don't ever, ever talk to me again!"

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Daphne's POV

I sit on the couch, watching Rory dump Logan at her graduation. Slowly tears start to fall from my eyes, not just from Rogan ending, but also Mark and I. I have never felt anything like what I have felt for Mark in my entire life, I guess he just didn't feel the same.

Was I not good enough?

Did he meet someone else?

The questions continue to swarm through my head when the sound of Callie arriving home, "wakes" me up. She walks through the foyer, not noticing me on the couch. With a small whimper I let out a breath, "Callie?"

My sister's head snaps to me, slightly scaring her, "Daphne? What are you doing in the dar- oh my god, what happened?"

As if her words were the switch, my tears start to pour out, every single one hitting the soft pink blanket that lays on top of me, "Mark's leaving."

Callie runs over and sits next to me on the couch, holding me in her arms. She continues to listen to me tell her what happened, letting me sob in her arms, when the doorbell rings throughout the house.

She slowly sits back up, "I'll get it."

She walks to the door, and opens it to find Mark, "Well, well if it isn't dash."

"Callie, please let me talk to Daphne."

Callie shakes her head, "No, you can talk to me, and explain to me why you would leave my sister!"

"Five minutes. Please!"

Callie shakes her head, "You know, when you came here and met my sister, I hated you. I thought, oh he'll just break her heart, he doesn't deserve her! But Daphne tried to tell me otherwise. I guess I was right all along!"

"You don't know what you're talking about Callie!"

Callie pushes him back, stopping him from entering the home, "I know you're leaving, leaving my sister. And I know that you didn't even bother to tell her!"

"I'm not leaving Seattle!"

I look suprised, and slowly I walk over to the door, standing next to Callie, "What?"

Mark sighs and looks over Callie's shoulder, to me, "I'm not leaving. I was never serious about leaving, I just didn't feel like I belonged. The only person who made this whole place worthwhile was you!"

I sigh and grab his hand, pulling him into my room so we can talk, privately. "You're not leaving?" Mark shakes his head, "No, I'm not leaving."

I nod, which Mark recipricates, "Okay then." He leans forward to kiss me, but I put my hand in between, blocking him, "What are you doing?"

"Kissing you."

"Why the hell are you kissing me?"

"Because you're my girlfriend."

I shake my head and sit at the edge of my bed, "Mark, I like you - maybe even love you - but you lied to me, kept this huge secret from me! I don't know if I trust you anymore."

Mark shakes his head, tears pooling in his eyes, "Please don't." Slowly I get up, and open up my bedroom door, "Please leave."

"Doll-"

"Leave Mark."

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A/N

I'm sorry...
I think with them breaking up, I may introduce Daphne's bi side, give her a temporary love interest? What do y'all think?
Don't worry they will get back together, some way or another....