A Spanner in the works
Chapter one: Don't mess with Izzie.
VOICE OVER: Living in a house with 3 other people can be difficult. All of you being medical interns and working together seven days a week makes it even worse. You are always in each others faces, always vying for the same surgery, the same bathroom times, the same cutlery. Being so close makes you think you know everything about a person, but people are unpredictable and have a tendency to say something that knocks you completely off balance.
George comes into the kitchen, worry on his face. He barges past Christina, whose hair is a mess, she is clearly ill and nursing what looks like a hangover. George goes to the cupboard, grabs a cup and absentmindedly grabs the coffee pot. Meredith rushes in and does the same, tutting at how slowly george is pouring his morning coffee. Izzie comes in, wearing a suade jacket, her hands grabbing at her currently untamed hair, in her mouth is her hair clip, glittery with a red rose motif. She stands in the space behind george, who is oblivious to her presence, and as he turns round and steps forward, he bashes into her and his coffee is splashed all over her jacket
"Jesus George! What is wrong with you!" she shouts as she quickly forces the clip into her hair, grabs a towel from the side and begins dabbing her jacket. Meredith and Christina stop their conversation and look over at the commotion.
"I'm Sorry" George mumbles, looking dazed. He still hasn't drunk his morning coffee, so he is clearly still in the land of nod. "it was an….."
"I don't care that it was an accident. You are a clutz you really are! This is a suade jacket! This stain won't come out! I cant wear it now!" Izzie pulls off her jacket, and leaves the room in a huff. Meredith and Christina are stuck gazing at George, who is stood there dazed, still in the position he was when he turned around, facing the wall, cup still in his outstretched arm.
"George, that wasn't the best thing to do" Meredith says, "she'll be a bitch all day now"
"No difference there then!" adds Christina, as she gets up from the breakfast stool, puts her cup in the sink and follows Meredith out of the door.
George snaps out of his daze, realising he is going to be late. He throws his cup in the sink, runs out of the kitchen door, and grabs his coat from the bottom of the stairs. Izzie runs down the steps and pushes past him. George follows.
The four quickly change into their uniforms, grab their white coats and go to work. Christina hesitates, the sickened look on her face returning, and she runs off to the bathroom. Meredith looks highly confused, but thinks nothing of it. She thinks of following her, but Doctor Shepard is walking down the corridor, accompanied by a blonde, small yet attractive nurse, who smiles, takes the medical notes from him, and leaves to a room to the left. He continues to walk towards her, not making eye contact. He glances up, then too the floor. When they are closer, he looks up, sees her, smiles and then brushes past her. Meredith continues to look up the corridor, turns her head to watch him leaving the corridor, then continues on her merry way to the next patience.
Izzie is sat at the bedside of an elderly man, the victim of a house robbery. His face is badly cut. Izzie is cleaning the wound when Alex walks in. Her jaw tightens. She cannot stand him , and today is not the day to be messing with her.
"Hey Izzie, your bedside manner certainly is improving. Maybe you could try it on me sometime"
Izzie throws down the swabs and the old man jerks as she does so. She looks down at him apologetically. Then stands to stare at Alex.
"Sure, lets do that. I'll see you when hell freezes over"
"Ooooo. It's a date" Alex smurks, then struts out of the room, Leaving Izzie to get on with the old man's stitches.
The old man speaks "That guy has the hots for you. Put us all out of our misery and get into bed with him!"
Izzie is shocked by this man's comment. Clearly this man is not as sweet as she thought.
"Oh no! Never! Alex is pure evil, we don't see eye to eye, he doesn't like me, he just likes to annoy me"
"oh no dear, that isn't annoyance, he's trying to woo you, believe me, I've done that many a time in my life"
Izzie hesitates and looks out of the exam room window. She sees alex, talking to the nurses. It was true, he wasn't this much of a wise ass with any of the other women. Was this his way of showing affection? She looks back at the old man, his facial trauma mended. She smiles "We'll see"