Dear Readers,

You are probably wondering why you're reading a forward rather than the first chapter of Underfoot. The answer to that question is rather simple. There are a few things you need to know before reading this story. The first is I owe my friend Tatiana a great big thank you for coming to me with this idea and for staying on top of me about writing it. I believe in giving credit where credit is due and this idea came from her. I hope I am able to tell the story as she envisioned it. The second is I am taking a lot of liberty with the legal and medical aspects of this story. While I am friends with doctors and lawyers I am not going to ask them to take time from their busy schedules to answer my silly fan fiction questions. Nor am I going to try to muddle my way through the text books. I am sure you all understand! I am however going to try to stay as close to reality as possible. Thirdly, there will be chapters of this story that are from the point of view of characters I have made up. This might sound odd to you right now, but after you read the first chapter I am sure you will agree that using them was the best route. Don't worry you will learn quite a bit about the main characters in those chapters. In fact, you will probably learn more with me writing them this way than if you were to read a chapter that was from Izzie or Alex or another main's point of view.

The fourth thing I want to address before we start this story is that it is completely alternate universe. Izzie has never had cancer and mom's name is Addison, not Robbie. George is still very much alive and very much gay. Alex's father wasn't an abusive musician and he has a house full of sisters! One of those sister's is his twin, Arizona. Their connection is a key part of this story. In fact, you could say the storyline is dependant on how close they are. You see Arizona wants a child that looks like her and her wife Callie. As you know, two women cannot create a child. Enter her twin brother and fertility specialist Dr. Richard Webber. Also using Dr. Richard Webber to have a baby without the hassle of a man is Izzie. Like Arizona and Callie, she has turned to someone she is close to and can count on: her gay best friend George. About now you are probably grumbling, thinking to yourself that you want an Alex and Izzie baby, not a Callie and Alex baby or a George and Izzie baby. Relax. Callie's psycho ex-girlfriend Erica works as a nurse for Dr. Webber and she gets the ultimate revenge by swapping sperm samples. If you want to know the full story you're going to have to stay tuned and read!

Much Love,

C.