The Sloan Family (the remake)

Chapter 7

Everything blows up

As Lexie was driving to the hospital, she started to picture the scene. What she would tell him. What his reaction would be. She still didn't know if this was a good idea, but it was already a better one than keeping his children away from him.

She parked her car in her lot. As she walked closer to the hospital, a bubble was starting to build up in her chest and she started doubting that this was a good idea. What if he didn't want of them? What if he wanted to take the twins away from her? Brian did say that he didn't want a father, how would he feel if Mark was introduced to him as his father? Would he throw a tantrum? What about Leslie? She never actually said she wanted him in her life? She knew she didn't have much choice since Mark knew he was the twins' father he could easily get a judge to sign off full custody to him since she lied for half a decade.

She arrived at her locker and Mark was there. It seemed like he was waiting for someone and she knew he was probably waiting for her.

"Look," she said "I have no idea what to tell you, I never thought I'd be telling you about them. But if you want to be in their lives, if you want to be their father, you'll have to give them time. They're 4, they don't understand our grow-ups business. Just wait, okay?"

"You don't think I've been waiting long enough? For four years you hid them from me. You purposely hid them! Not so they'd be protected but because you wanted to ignore the fact that we happened. You say I've hurt you that I've broken your heart, well guess what, you're not the only one to whom it happened."

Lexie was pissed more than ever, in part because of the pregnancy hormones, but mostly because of Mark.

"Oh, yeah because I'm the one who fucked with my best friend and got myself pregnant! I'm the one just keep pushing you out of my life until you can't take it anymore and leave?! I'm the one who turns into a whore when I break things off with you and can't handle that you slept with someone once?! Go to hell Mark Sloan!" She said slamming her locker's door.

~< a week later >~

Maggie had convinced Lexie to throw a dinner party to celebrate the twins' birthday and she had invited almost all the surgical hospital staff. Even Mark had shown up.

The party was thrown at Meredith's house since Lexie's was still full of boxes. The kids had invited a few friends and they all dressed up as different animals, Leslie and Brian each dressed as a lion since they were both the king and queen of the party.

Mark and Lexie hadn't talked since the locker incident and Lexie had asked Amelia to take all the neuro cases that were shared with Mark. She hadn't told her why but she knew Amelia knew something was up.

She was watching the kids running around the house, screaming of joy. Earlier that day, Leslie had asked her mother if their father was coming. Lexie not sure if Mark would come and not wanting to disappoint her daughter told her that he wouldn't.

Lost in her thoughts, she hadn't seen Mark walking towards her. She was unconsciously rubbing her belly. She wasn't showing yet but she felt some sort of comfort about rubbing it, as if she could communicate with the fetus.

"Can we talk?" The man asked.

"Mark!" She was surprised by his presence next to her automatically stop touching her stomach. "I didn't think you'd come."

"Well it's my kids' birthdays after all, why wouldn't I come?"

Amelia went inside the kitchen.

"Lexie they're ready for the cake, hey Mark!" She said. "I'm gonna leave you guys to it. Just don't forget the cake."