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Chapter 1-Into-"Confrontation"
Alex still followed closely behind Izzie as they went through the front doors; George slowly and deliberately followed a few steps behind.
"So this is where it happened," Alex thought taking a few minutes to glance around, " this is where Dr. Burke was shot and I would have been there too…" He shuddered. Suddenly he heard a new voice come from behind him and to the side, it was Dr. Torres talking quietly to George. Not wanting to intrude, he turned around. However, he soon heard George call out,
"Alex! What are we going to do?"
"I'll take care of Izzie and try to get her home" he replied, "for whatever reason she's only responding to me right now…but I'll call either you or Mer if anything happens…"
George had now reached him with Callie close behind, "Don't you dare do ANYTHING to hurt her" he growled, "ANYTHING. Because I swear, she doesn't need any of your crap right now and I know that somewhere in there is a part of you that knows that too…that actually gives a damn about how she feels."
a silent stare-off ensues
"…however small", George grumbles.
He had gone too far with that last comment!
"I'm NOT going to hurt her" Alex responded somewhat angrily, "I just want her to get home. Let her cool off."
George continued to keep their eyes deadlocked, his face contorted warning and anger, "Callie is going to be staying at Meredith's with me tonight so we're just going to get some of her stuff and then head over to Mer's" he grabbed Callie's hand and started to walk away but then turned around again, "I don't know what kind of brownie points your trying to earn yourself by doing this, Karev, but I don't think its really going to get you what you want. You broke her, Alex. Remember that." Then two of them walked back towards the hospital.
Alex turned, unsure of how he was feeling but deciding that getting Izzie home was what was most important right now. He glanced around in slight panic because Izzie had disappeared from his line of sight. Eyes darting around at lightning speed, he soon found her. Alex jogged forward a little to reach her.
Izzie was fumbling with her key, trying to get it in the slot to unlock the car door but sobs raked through her body too violently to keep her arm steady.
"Iz," Alex said quietly, touching her hand ever so lightly, Izzie slowly looked up at him, "you shouldn't drive like this… I'll take you home." He reached his hand out for her keys. She looked down at them as she considered his offer and eventually logic won out over pride. Lifting her head and looking up at him like a sinner in prayer, pleading eyes filled with pain and hope meshed together as one, Izzie dropped the keys into his outstretched palm, her eyes never leaving his. Her eyes startled him; haunted him and he could not break the spell between them. Her pain cried out to him through those eyes and now his heart reached out to her through his.
"I can't go back to Meredith's", she said suddenly, "...all my makeup...the two other dresses...my room it just…all over I'll just see…Denny her sobs increase…please, I can't go back. I have to be the strong one. I have to keep them going. I comfort Mer with all her problems. I always side with George. I can't let them see me so...so..."she couldn't bear to say weak...or vulnerable because she didn't want to believe it herself. "...like this", she finished.
Alex was suddenly uncomfortable and at a loss but he wanted to help her so he decided to take the chance "I can take u back to my place, would that be ok? I can sleep on the couch, its a pullout, I-"
"No," Izzie said firmly.
"...No?..." Alex asked a little worriedly Smooth, Karev…real smooth. Now she probably won't even get in the car with YOU to go ANYWHERE
"I'll take the couch" she said between sniffles, "it's your house...I-I just need to go somewhere...and...and think"
"Leave it to Izzie to think about manners at a time like this..." he thought, internally chuckling, it was one of the things he loved about her. "Sure Iz," he said comfortingly and going around to open the passenger-side door for her, "let's get outta here."
They had been driving for a while when Alex was suddenly startled by the sound of her voice next to him.
"Thank you" she said quietly, "Alex."
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After getting Izzie settled on the couch, Alex sat with her and held her until she eventually cried herself to sleep.
"I'd better call Meredith" he thought, "before Bambi has the whole forest hunting me down." The last bit added bitterly of course.
"Hey Mer" he said after dialing Grey's number, "Listen, Izzie said she needs to get away for a little while so she's gonna stay with me. Is that okay?"
"What!" Meredith exclaimed surprised and somewhat distracted.
"As soon as I can, I'll try to get her back to you guys," he added quickly, " but she really needs some time to calm down and there's too many memories over there."
"I guess that's okay…" Meredith replied sounding very unsure.
"Yeah," Alex continued. "I thought you be would be more understanding. Unlike O'Malley who nearly jumped down my throat thinking that all I wanted was to get in her pants."
"Well" Meredith said, her voice gaining a berating teacher-like quality, "its not like you've really given any of us reason to trust you, Alex."
'I know" he responded dejectedly and shame-faced, "but you know I wouldn't intentionally hurt her, Mer…especially not now…I know I've made some mistakes, I have to live with them everyday and I hate myself for it-"
"I know" Meredith replied sympathetically, she knew what that was like and the enhanced cold affect the breeze from the window had on her as it blew around and up her dress served to only further remind her. "I know how you feel about her…and she's decided to trust you, so that's something even George and Cristina will have to accept. But Alex, please don't try anything… and don't do anything to screw this up. She needs you right now…but be careful about getting too involved and don't pressure her."
Alex was silent, waiting for her to continue.
Not believing what she was about to say but feeling it was necessary since she had just ascertained the true meaning and value of the words she had heard earlier, she said " Ask yourself, 'What does this mean?'"
"Thanks, Mer" Alex said, his hand and voice shaking slightly for some reason, "I'll be by tomorrow to get some of her stuff."
"Okay", Meredith said as waves of emotion were battling throughout her body over what had happened during the prom, "Goodnight"
"Goodnight" Alex said as he hung up the phone, checked in on Izzie, pushing a strand of hair that had fallen in her face behind her ear. He walked toward the door but stopped in the doorway,
"Goodnight" he murmured as he glanced at Izzie and turned out the light.
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A/N- Hey everyone, this is just my intro to my favorite story I have written so far (I have also written LOST and Breakfast Club fics). Please feel free to review and please tell me where you think I should go with it. I REALLY don't want to make it cliché and I want a very strong friendship between Alex and Izzie before any romance romance, ya know? Okay, Chapter 2 will be up in a few minutes actually and then it might take a little longer for me to update.
