

After a very long time, Meredith began to care about her, and eventually admitted that she loved Lexie. Lexie also confronted Meredith about her mistreatment of her on quite a few occasions, all with the good intentions of letting Meredith get to know her. While Meredith did not appreciate Lexie's presence at first, over time, Meredith eventually tolerated her and accepted her as a sister.

Soon, she went to Seattle Grace for her residency in hopes of meeting her.

When Lexie found out that she had a sister through her father, she began to have fantasies of getting along with her. She called him for not treating her better while she had always been there for him. Lexie started having feelings for George, which he did not reciprocate. They even moved in together after George's relationship with Callie ended. Starting Her Internship Īs Lexie started her internship, she met George O'Malley while he was cleaning out his locker in the interns' locker room. They both agreed it was too bad, showing interest in one another. He confessed to having had a bad day too but decided not to have a drink with her because he was there with some friends. He was visibly charmed and called her forward, to which she replied that she had a bad day, so she got to be forward today. After the funeral, Lexie went to Joe's bar where she offered to buy Derek a drink. On the day of her mother's funeral, Lexie waited in the car while Thatcher, accompanied by Molly, went to tell Meredith that she wasn't welcome at Susan's funeral, again missing the opportunity to see her older half-sister. Despite this, Lexie stayed with her father and continued to care for him, even though he would often unreasonably and randomly lash out at Lexie.īy the time of Susan's death, both Lexie and Molly knew about Meredith's existence, though Lexie had never met Meredith before. When her mother Susan died of complications of the hiccups, Thatcher took to drinking and soon became an alcoholic. Near the end of Meredith's intern year, Thatcher mentioned to Meredith that Lexie was in medical school and that she soon had to choose a residency spot. She was very popular in high school, having a great group of friends, being crowned prom queen, and being class valedictorian. When she turned seven, her parents threw her a surprise party, which she always remembered as one of her best birthdays. As a child, she was bright and skipped third grade. She also had an older half-sister Meredith Grey, born to Thatcher and his ex-wife Ellis, a famed surgeon. She had a younger sister, Molly Grey-Thompson. Lexie was the daughter of Thatcher Grey and his second wife, Susan.
