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Summary: Season 4 Christmas story. Hope you like it!
Chapter 1
It's Beginning to look a lot like Christmas
The house was aglow in white twinkle lights. Faint sounds of Christmas music could be heard from the street. The kitchen still smelled of gingerbread cookies that Izzie had baked earlier that afternoon. The fireplace held three stockings on the mantle. Alex sat on the couch with a beer in his hand waiting for his roommates to make their way downstairs. They had all decided to exchange gifts on Christmas Eve, because Meredith was on call Christmas day. Meredith suggested they make a little party of it and invite Derek and Cristina. There is a knock at the door as Meredith reaches the bottom of the stairs. Alex jumps off the couch and sprints to the door because if he sits there any longer he might just fall asleep. He pulls the door open and is a little surprised at who he is looking at.
"Lexie, what are you doing here?" Meredith appears behind him.
"I invited her; Alex let her in its cold outside." Alex moves aside to let her in. As she is taking her coat off, he gives Meredith an annoyed look and walks into the kitchen for another beer.
"Maybe I should just go."
"Lexie, please stay. I want you to stay."
"Why?"
"I was thinking about what you said about your dad, our dad and…"
"I get it, poor Lexie gets to spend Christmas cleaning up a drunken dad."
"Yes that's it. Look here's the thing, you're my sister. You might be a pain in the ass sometimes but I think that's what a sister does. I don't really know because I didn't exactly have a normal family life and if you ever met my mom…..well I just…I… I really want you to stay."
"Okay." Lexie walks toward the living room.
Just then the door opens and Derek walks in with Mark Sloan following close behind.
"Hey, you made it." Meredith kisses Derek on the cheek.
"I brought Mark along, I hope that's okay?" They take off their coats and hang them in the hall.
"It's fine. Alex is in the kitchen getting a beer if you want one."
"Thanks." Mark says as he makes his way to the kitchen.
"So Lexie is in the living room."
"Really, I think that's great."
"Yeah, me too." She smiled.
Meanwhile upstairs, Izzie was searching her room for her mother's necklace; she knew it was in her jewelry box a couple of days ago. It held her grandmothers engagement ring. The chain was old so she hardly ever wore it. Her grandmother's favorite holiday was always Christmas; she even got married on Christmas Eve. For the past Ten years Izzie would wear it this one day. It had to be here somewhere. After looking through her jewelry box and dresser she got down on her hands and knees to search under the bed and around the floor. There is a knock at her door.
"Come in."
"Hey Iz, Meredith sent me up here to check…." Izzie stands up and smoothes down her dress with her slender fingers. "Wow, you look beautiful."
"Thanks Alex."
He notices her clothes are scattered all over her usually clean room.
"What the hell are you doing up here, cleaning out your closet?"
"I just misplaced something, that's all. Is everyone here?"
"Just waiting on Yang. She's probably at the hospital sucking up to Hahn."
"We better get downstairs."
They exit her room and head for the stairs. When they get to the top Izzie stops abruptly and Alex bumps into her, nearly knocking her down the flight of steps. Izzie gasps as Alex's arm wraps around her waist catching her fall. She turns to face him and he can see the tears threatening to fall.
"What's wrong?"
"I'll be fine Alex, I just…..We have unexpected guests."