Lexie has another run-in with Meredith Grey while trying to meet up with Alex. Meredith tells Lexie off and says she needs to get her "own friends" and stay out of her life. I still have a hard time imagining Lexie Grey having "no strings" sex, but she tries to get Alex Karev to meet her in the on-call room later and he actually rejects her. He says he doesn't want to be in the middle of her and her sister. As unusual as it seems for Alex to turn down a fling, he's not quite cut out for being in the middle of an argument either. I don't blame Lexie for being a little upset by this, especially when her sister stops talking to her when they were finally starting to make some headway.

They all end up at Joe's and after Lexie passes out, Alex tells Meredith that he's broken things off with Lexie. Meredith kind of understands she's being a jerk at this moment and tells Alex to take Lexie home. When Alex takes Lexie home, he sees that things are not all well there. Lexie's (and Meredith's) dad is a drunk-and a lousy one at that . Lexie makes Alex promise not to tell her half-sister. While I'm not surprised that he's a drunk, and I know that this sounds kind of mean, I hope that this is a bridge for Lexie and Meredith to find understanding with one another. Meredith thinks that Lexie has had such a perfect life with their father and a complete family. That will change if and when she ever finds out.

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