I Drove All Night: An Alex/Izzie Fan-Fiction
Disclaimer: I do not own Grey's Anatomy or any of the characters.
PART ONE
Flashback to Cristina and Burke's wedding that wasn't.
Izzie Stevens sat alone in a pew in the back of the church waiting for someone she didn't think would ever come. She hoped with everything she had that he would come, but a part of her doubted that George would actually show up. George. Her best friend. The guy who she slept with. The guy who she loved. The guy who was married to Callie.
Just five more minutes, she thought to herself. I'll wait for him for five more minutes, and if he doesn't show up, I'll walk out of the church and go home and it will all be over.
Izzie heard faint footsteps and felt her heart stop beating. There he was.
"Izzie," he said softly.
"George. You came."
"I couldn't stay away. You asked me to come. And you're my best friend. And…"
"And?"
"And I love you. Izzie, I failed my intern exam. The Chief and Dr. Bailey said that I could stay and repeat it at Seattle Grace, but I can't stay here. There are too many people who will be disappointed. I was George O'Malley, the guy who performed heart surgery in the elevator, but now I'm George O'Malley, the guy who failed. Izzie, I'm leaving Callie. And I'm leaving Seattle."
"Where will you go? And how the hell can you tell me you love me and you're leaving your wife, but then go and tell me that you're moving?"
"I just got off the phone with a former professor of mine. He works at a hospital in Portland, Oregon. He said that he has two openings. One for an intern and one for a resident. Come with me, Izzie."
Izzie didn't know what to do. Should she leave her friends behind? Should she leave her career? But then she realized that without George, she really didn't have much to stay for. So she made her decision.
"Of course I'll go with you."
It was a hard decision. Telling Bailey and the Chief that she was leaving was difficult, to say the least. But what broke her heart was saying goodbye to Meredith, Cristina, and Alex. Especially Alex. Meredith and Cristina at least pretended to be supportive, but Alex told her flat-out that she was making a mistake. And like it or not, when she got in the car with George, it was Alex's voice she heard echoing in her head.