To Love And Lie

Prologue - Part One

Summary: While in the waiting room at St. Ambrose, Addison Montgomery meets a young girl that reminds her of a lot of people she knew years before. MerAlex friendship, Lexizzie and MerDer implied ...

The young girl seemed very distraught. Lost. Addison almost laughed at her own observation. Of course she was. People in a hospital waiting room usually did. From what she gathered listening to the conversation between her and the nurse that had shown her there about forty minutes earlier, the girl's sister had had an accident and her condition wasn't good.

But that wasn't what drew Addison's attention. Of course, it was horrible and she couldn't help not feeling sorry for both the girl in surgery and the one currently hugging her knees two seats from her.

What made Addison's head jerk up and look at the girl in the first place, was the nurse calling her 'Miss Karev'. Then as she looked at her she noticed the undeniable resemblance.

She had taught plenty of young doctors and worked with twice (or thrice) as many, but there were a few that made a difference. Dr. Izzie Stevens from Seattle Grace Hospital was one of them.

Yes, the girl in the waiting room was the spitting image of Izzie Stevens. Same warm brown eyes and silky blonde hair. Even the ponytail reminded her of Izzie ...

And her last name was Karev ... Of course she also remembered Alex Karev, but he wasn't in the students/co-workers category since, well, she had done more than just work with the guy ...

She must have been looking at the girl too intently because she lifted her head and looked back.

"Hi" she said scanning Addison with curious eyes.

"Hi, to you" Addison answered offering a smile. "I'm Addison" she added extending her hand.

"Izzie Karev" the girl mumbled shaking her hand.

So she was looking at a mini-Izzie down to the name.

"I overheard you talking to the nurse. I'm sorry about your sister" Addison said and young Izzie nodded.

"It's pretty bad" she said wrinkling her forehead in an attempt not to cry. "I'm afraid she might ..." she couldn't say it and buried her face in her hands.

Addison moved into the seat next to Izzie's and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder.

"I know it's hard, but you have to stay strong ..." she said.

Izzie wiped her tears and looked at her. She wasn't the one to socialize in a waiting room, that was more like her sister, but she found it easy to talk to this woman.

"You have someone here, too?" she asked.

"Um, no, I am waiting for a friend. I'm a doctor" Addison explained.

"Oh ... So are my parents" Izzie said.

Of course they were.

"You and your sister must be close" Addison observed when Izzie let out another sigh.

"We are. She's my best friend and although we're nothing alike, she understands me best. We complete each other and I don't think we could have been closer even if we were twins or something. She's everything I'm not, she has everything I lack, she ... she has to be okay, she has to! I can't live without her, I'm lost, I'm nothing without my sister. She can't die!" Izzie rambled tearfully.

"If she's as strong as you are, I'm sure she'll make it" Addison told her. She liked this kid and she was curious of what the other Karev girl was like ...

"Why don't you tell me how it happened?" she prompted the girl hoping to distract her although making her talk about how her sister got hurt wasn't exactly a distraction.

"She skates. She's a skater. She had to come to L.A. to work with a new choreographer ... She wanted me here with her so I came. It's the first time we're leaving alone, the first time neither mom or dad came with us ... And ... a week ago she fell. Another skater bumped into her and knocked her down. She slid head first into the boards. She was taken to a local hospital and they said she was fine ... And she seemed so. That was eight days ago ... And she's been having dizzy spells and headaches, but we thought it was from the lack of food. She's been keeping this diet to lose some weight, you know. I should've known. I want to become a doctor for Heaven's sake I should have realize that she wasn't fine ... She had a subdural hematoma. The doctors said she had been bleeding in her brain for days." the girl said and dissolved into tears.

"Shh ... It wasn't your fault" Addison comforted her. Where were her parents? Why was she alone here?

And right on cue, the double doors were pushed open.

"Izzie!" a voice called.

"Mommy!" the girl cried and Addison watched as she ran from her seat to collapse into the arms of ... Meredith Grey?

A/N: I'm not sure how this story will end since I only wrote the prologue and have just one or two more chapters outlined in my mind ... It definitely won't be more than five chapters long plus an epilogue, but I'm opened to suggestions.

Also, I would like to apologize in advance if updates won't be as often as expected, my spare time is sort of limited. Oh, and further chapters won't be as short as the prologue.;)

Thank you for your time!

~Saturnina~