Ok so here is what I think should have happened after Some Kind Of Miracle! Mark and Izzie are actually like the perfect couple!

Chapter 1

I believe.

Izzie Steven's words echoed back in forth in his mind. Through the doors where he was sitting with Derek, they had heard the speech she had made to the other interns. Poor Derek he had never seen his friend in such a state, never once had he been like this with Addison.

He knew Derek hated him and probably wanted nothing more than to never talk to him again but he needed someone who understood him to be there. Mark still thought of Derek as his best friend, even if Derek didn't.

His thoughts suddenly turned back to Izzie Stevens again. That had been happening quite a lot today since the ferryboat incident, since the drill and since her speech made half an hour before. Denny must have been the L-VAD patient who she had been engaged to. He couldn't believe she'd said that to her best friend about Torres but then again he'd done worse to his. He looked at Derek. At least what she done had been with good intentions.

Burke walked out of the trauma room Meredith was in, Derek immediately stood up.

"There's not change so far, we're just warming her up right now."

He didn't reply instead he just sank back downs with his head in his hands.

Burke turned to Mark, "We'll let you know if there is any change."

"Thanks." Burke went back into the trauma room and Mark knelt back down beside Derek.

"I have to go and check on a patient but I'll be back soon," he promised. Derek mumbled something which Mark couldn't make out. "I'll be right back."

He walked through the doors and took the lift up to the patient's room. The patient was the one that Izzie had saved. He needed a neurosurgeon but Derek was the only neuro attending and all the residents were busy down in ER.

He entered the room and found Izzie standing staring at the patient.

"How is he?" he asked her.

Izzie jump as she realized someone was with her. "He's fine he's the same as before."

He moved closer to her. "Good."

Izzie's voice was shaky when she spoke, "What if she dies? What if we can't save her and she dies?"

"They'll save her." He sounded more confident than he felt. Izzie was right. What if they couldn't save her? Mark touched her arm. She turned her head and met his eyes.

"We don't know that." He didn't say anything else, he simply looked at her. He leaned in closer to her and was about to kiss her when suddenly his pager started beeping and vibrating. He tore his eyes away from hers and looked at the message flashing on the screen. 911

"I'm sorry I've got to go," he said running out of the room.

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"He was never like that with me." Addison was watching Meredith (who to everyone's relief had woken up a few hours before) lying on the bed with Derek's arms wrapped around her.

Mark raised his head. "What?"

"Derek, the way he is with Meredith, he was never like that with me." Mark didn't really know what to say to that, knowing that what Addison said was true. "60 days. If you can go 60 days with no sex then we can try us."

Mark was surprised; she had no idea how long he'd been waiting for her to say that. "Really, if I have no sex for 60 days you will have a proper relationship with me no booty calls for just sex an actual relationship?"

"Yes Mark we will try having an actual relationship."

"Addison I'm sorry," he said sympathetically. "You have no idea how long I've hoped you would say that but you just said it too late."

"What?" she sounded hurt.

"If you had asked me even 2 days ago if I wanted a relationship with you I'd have been ecstatic but to you I'll always be a replacement for Derek and it has just taken me till now to realize it."

"Mark I…"

"Addison I'm sorry I love you I really do but just not like that."

"Thanks for being honest with me Mark. I appreciate that."

Mark didn't want to lose Addison as a friend. "We're ok though aren't we, we're still friends right?"

Addison smiled, "Yeah Mark. We're ok."

A Day Later

Izzie and Christina were sitting at the bottom of Meredith's bed.

"Well I'm going now, I have to go and speak to Burke."

"Have fun," Meredith said, winking to Christina.

"What was that about," said Izzie when Christina and left.

"Well, you can't tell anyone but her and Burke are engaged."

"Seriously! Seriously!" Izzie was so happy for them. Burke and Christina were really good for each other and although Christina didn't show it, she loved Burke. Thoughts about Christina and Burke didn't last long though her she started to think about McSteamy again.

"What's up with you?" asked Meredith.

Izzie didn't want to bother her. "It's nothing."

Meredith raised her eyebrows, "Izzie?"

She could never really hide stuff from Meredith. "Fine, it's something but I don't really want to bother you with it."

"Izzie you're not bothering me, any gossip, any problems you come to me with, anything and I will be happy to hear and to help you."

Ok that was weird. "Meredith that was very, well not you."

"What can I say, my near death experience has officially made me want to live life to the full and be permanently bright and shiny."

"Good for you Mer!" Izzie laughed.

"So spill it sister."

"That was too bright and shiny, but ok when you were, you know dying, Sloane and I had a…a moment, sort of and we were about to kiss then his pager went off."

Meredith looked shocked. "What…how…what?" she squealed.

"I scrubbed in on a surgery with him when I came back from the scene and then I was checking on the patient and well the whole thing just sort of happened and now I kind of can't stop thinking about it."

"Izzie that's great."

"How is that great? It's not great it's tragic."

"How is it tragic?"

"How is it not?" Izzie retorted.

"Mark is actually a very good person and I believe that behind his whole man whore façade he is actually a human being with human feelings. I think that his act is just a way of hiding the hurt he actually feels."

"What hurt would that be exactly?" Izzie said sceptically.

"I'm not really that sure but I get the impression from Derek that he didn't have a very good childhood and that's why he spent all his time at Derek's. Plus he's still hurt about Derek."

"He shouldn't be hurt; he was the one that slept with his best friend's wife."

Meredith chose to ignore Izzie's comment. "I wish Derek would forgive him, he misses Mark too even though he won't admit it."

"What happened to him in his childhood?" asked a now curious Izzie.

"I think his dad died when he was young and I think his mum was a rich bitch who didn't have much time for him but I don't know you would have to ask Derek."

Izzie nodded thoughtfully, "I think I will."

"Ok that's all well and good but what are you going to do about the moment?"

"I don't know. Even if I am ready to move on, I don't know if I'm ready to move on with him or if he even would want to. Yeah sure he would sleep with me but I don't do one night stands or just sex and he's not a relationship sort of guy."

"You don't know that Iz, he might be, you have to do something anyway."

"Yeah I know. I don't know what though, I mean do I go up to him and say so we almost kissed want to have a relationship?"

"Yeah that sounds good to me." Meredith said jokingly.

"Ok well I've got to go and help out at the clinic, there's still lots to do from yesterday, lots of lives to save," Izzie shrugged, "you know, the usual."

Meredith smiled, "Ok but please come and visit me later on because I'll be so bored."

Mark was in Meredith's room visiting his favourite dirty mistress.

"What?" he asked Meredith who was staring at him weirdly.

"Ok I can't keep this to myself anymore you and Izzie almost kissed."

That took Mark by surprise. "How the hell do you know that?"

Meredith looked at him like he was stupid. "Mark we're girls, we bitch and we gossip, so did you kiss her or did she kiss you."

"We didn't kiss, but it would've been me that almost kissed her and then my pager went off."

"Do you like her?"

"Yes,"

"Like her as in just for sex or like her as in girlfriend like her,"

Mark decided not to answer that. "So when do you get out of here anyway."

"You're the doctor you figure it out and stop avoiding my question."

"Fine I really like her and I can't stop thinking about her, happy now?"

"Very!" Meredith looked extremely pleased with herself. "So what are you going to do about it, you know she won't just jump into bed with you."

"You know Meredith; my aim in life is not to get into every girls' pants, as hard as you may find that to believe."

"Funny, you could have fooled me. Seriously though what are you going to do?"

"I'm not sure yet, probably get her drunk and take advantage of her," said a serious sounding Mark.

Meredith looked shocked. "You can't do that, don't use her Mark. I mean it I may be ill right now and have tiny ineffectual fists but I could still kick your ass."

"Calm down, I was joking, you do know what joking is don't you? I'll ask her out on a date and if it makes you happy on the date I won't let her drink and then that way when we have sex I can say she was taking advantage of me."

"I was being serious Mark."

"About what? Not using Izzie or kicking my ass?"

"Both."

So please let me know what you think..should I continue, please review!