Looking Series Book 1

Chapter 5

"Lexie? Lexie. Lexie!" A voice kept calling her name. She shot her head up and blinked a few times to clear her vision. She squinted and saw the outline of her stepmother become much more evident. She looked around her and apparently she had fallen asleep at her father's bedside. The last thing she remembered was them talking about all the nasty tricks she used to play on Molly when they were younger.

"Dannie," Lexie said as she wiped her face. "Hi. What time is it?"

"Uh," Dannie pulled out her phone from her purse. "It's 9:05."

"Shit!" Lexie swore as she got up from the chair. It was her first day and she was already five minutes late to her first attending meeting—so much for being the punctual Grey. Thank goodness she had changed into her scrubs before she fell asleep. "Tell someone to give me a page after he's had his chemo." Lexie told her.

"No problem." Dannie said as she pulled up a chair next to Thatcher's bedside.

"Thanks." Lexie said before rushing out of the room. She walked as quickly as possible towards the conference room. Before she entered, she took a deep breath and quietly snuck in without being notice. She easily squeezed in between Meredith and Alex.

"You're late." Meredith whispered.

"I know," Lexie whispered back. "What's he talking about?" Lexie nodded towards Owen.

"The regular—teaching residents, high profile cases, blah, blah, blah." Lexie half listened as she scanned the room. She saw Callie and Arizona sitting next to each other, Derek was glancing down at his phone, and Mark was glancing around the room until his eyes fell on Lexie. Blue met brown for a couple seconds before Mark frowned and turned his attention to Owen.

"And last but not least, Dr. Grey," Owen announced as he looked at Lexie. She stepped forward and put on a professional smile. "Some of you may remember Dr. Grey from her residency years and some of you may've never met her. She is our new neuro attending. She is very intelligent and is an outstanding surgeon. Would you like to say a few words?"

"I'm just really happy to be back and I can't wait to be on cases with all of you." Lexie smiled before glancing at Mark, who had an impassive look on his face.

"Well then," Owen started again. "I hope you all will make Dr. Grey feel welcome." Owen adjourned the meeting and everyone started to file out.

"Two Greys again," Dr. Bailey said as she passed Lexie and Meredith on the way out. "This should be interesting."

"Technically, I'm a Grey-Shepherd." Meredith spoke up.

"Nobody calls you Shepherd, Grey." Bailey said before leaving the room.

"What's it like having her as the head of general surgery?" Lexie asked.

"It's a riot." Meredith said dryly.

"I can only imagine."

"Good to have you back Lexipedia," Alex said as he punched her playfully. "I was tired of being surrounded by idiots." He said before leaving.

"I still can't believe he's married." Lexie snorted.

"Join the club." Meredith agreed as they walked out of the room.

"Things are so different," Lexie said softly as they walked through the hallway. "Everyone's gone."

"Yeah," Meredith nodded. "Alex and I got shitfaced one night because everyone just left us here but they could always come back. Look at you."

"You're really enjoying this." Lexie laughed.

"What can I say? It's just been me and Alex all this time. Him, the lesbian lovers and their daughter."