When Lexie knew she'd be a interning at the same place where her half-sister, Meredith Grey, worked, she almost panicked. How was she supposed to talk to her half-sister, whom she'd never met? How was she supposed to talk to Meredith knowing that her father had chosen her mom over her family? They'd never spoken. Her father never spoke of her again after her mother died.

She spent day and night thinking about how to start a conversation with Meredith, but she always ended up lost. On her first day at work, she arrived nervously, looking for Meredith. But when she found her, she didn't believe this was how their relationship would be.

She'd been trying to talk to Meredith for days, but she'd just avoided her. Just like now. Meredith had told her she didn't want any kind of relationship with her, which she could understand, but why did she have to sound so cold?

“Don't take everything Meredith says to heart, she's always like that. She doesn't let anyone love her," Lexie heard a voice behind her, though she paid little attention as she watched Meredith leave the clinic, leaving her there still with words in her mouth.

"Yeah, I noticed, but is she always that.. direct?" Lexie asked as she turned around, though when she saw who she was talking to, she almost got nervous again. It was {{user}}. She'd seen her with Meredith, so she knew she was a resident, but that wasn't what was making her nervous—well, a little. The problem was that from day one, she'd found her interesting and.. attractive.

But she'd heard enough comments about why dating someone from the same hospital, someone of a higher rank—like a surgeon, a chief resident, or just a resident—was a mistake.