"You're home," Lexie says, throwing her bag on the couch and sitting down dejectedly.

"Lexie. I'm glad you're here," Meredith says, sitting down next to her sister.

Lexie looks puzzled. "Why?"

"Because I love you. And I just wanted to tell you that. We have to tell the people that we love how much we love them," Meredith says, giving Lexie a quick and awkward hug.

Lexie smiles. "Thanks. I love you too." She pauses. "Mark asked me to move in with him. I said no," she says.

"Derek and I got married on a post it," Meredith says.

"Izzie would be horrified," Lexie says.

At the mention of Izzie's name, Meredith's eyes begin to water.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…We don't know anything yet," Lexie says, quickly hoping to direct Meredith's mind away from her friend who was fighting for her life.

"It's okay. Derek says we just have to wait…It's okay," Meredith says.

"Was there any word on George? I went in to check but Owen said…" Lexie asks.

Meredith closes her eyes and shakes her head. "No word yet. Why did you say no to moving in with Mark?" she asks.

"We don't have to talk about it now. There's so much going on and if you want to…" Lexie begins.

Meredith shakes her head again. "No. We do have to talk about it. Now. Everything has to happen now. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. We are here…now. We have each other. Tell me why you said no to moving in with Mark," Meredith says, adamantly.

"It's probably going to sound crazy," Lexie warns.

"I got married on a post it. I'm not really in a position to judge," Meredith reminds her.

Lexie ponders this for a moment. "Well…I thought about my mother. And well…she married my father who was limited. And she loved him and he was good to her, but he was limited…and she could have done better. She was smart. She could have had a huge career and done so many things, but she stayed home with us and sacrificed for him and what if it wasn't really enough for her. Mark isn't limited like my dad was, but emotionally…he's stunted. He's Mark Sloan. And I don't know…he sprung it on me so fast that I didn't know what to say. I panicked. I don't want to have regrets. I don't want to give it all up for Mark Sloan only to find that it's not enough," Lexie says.

"Okay," Meredith says.

"Okay? That's all you have for me? Okay? Come on Mer…help me out a little bit here…" Lexie pleads.

"What can I say…I like having you in the attic," Meredith says with a half smile.

Lexie sighs.

"He'll have to understand. If he loves you, he'll have to let you take things at your pace. Like Derek did with me…he can't rush things," Meredith says.

Lexie sighs. "What did the post it say?"

"It said that we will still love each other when we're old and smelly," Meredith says.

Lexie laughs. "Romantic," she says.

"Very," Meredith agrees.

They sit in silence as they ponder all that has gone on today.

"Everything is seriously broken," Meredith says.

"I know. Except for you getting married on a post it. That was good," Lexie says.

"Yes. It was," Meredith agrees.

"But overall…today was an awful day," Lexie says.

Meredith nods in agreement.

"What if they don't get better? George and Izzie…" Meredith asks.

"They have to…" Lexie says.

"That's the thing, Lexie…they don't have to. People die every day. Izzie and George…they are just people. They could live or they could die. We don't know," Meredith says.

"You're right," Lexie acknowledges.

"What if they die?" Meredith asks.

"I'll still be here," Lexie says.

"Thanks. So will I," Meredith says, leaning her head on Lexie's shoulder.

Lexie strokes Meredith's hair. "It will be okay. Whatever happens, we'll be okay," she tells Meredith.

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Okay…so I couldn't go to bed until I wrote this. It's not much, but it's a debriefing to tonight's finale. I can't believe we have to wait a whole summer to find out about Izzie and George. I'm so sad about both of them. More about Izzie…she's my favorite!! She WILL live…right?