TITLE: She's Got It BaD
FANDOM: Grey's Anatomy
RATING: NC-17 eventually
EPISODE: Somewhere between season 1 and when Denny arrived.
PAIRINGS: Izzie likes Alex; Mere likes Derek; implied Addison/Derek
A/N: I don't own the characters, just the ideas.

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"Alex, wait up."

Izzie's voice broke into Alex's mind as he wandered the halls of Seattle Grace Hospital. He stopped in his tracks and waited for the blond to catch up to him.

"Yes?" he asked, cocking his head to the side and looking at her as she was now standing next to him.

"George mentioned that you didn't look too happy, are you okay?" she asked, looking at him carefully, unsure of what to expect.

"Tell Bambi he needs to mind his own business, I'm fine," he replied, rolling his eyes as he started walking again, but this time at a slower pace.

"Are you sure? You seem annoyed," Izzie said, feeling that something was in fact wrong as she started walking with him.

"It annoys me when people ask if I'm okay for no relevant reason," he retorted a bit coldly. He continued to walk, his destination unknown.

"Fine!" Izzie replied, spinning around and walking away quickly. Alex Karev made her want to scream at times... and at other times, he made her want to kiss him. Now she felt like doing the former.

"Ugh!" she said, frustrated, now standing at her locker. She put her hand against the metal door and leaned her head on her hand. She really liked Alex and she knew deep down he was a good person, but this arrogant guy that he usually was, really drove her insane.

"What's wrong?"

Of course, she wasn't alone. She could never get a moment alone in this hospital. The voice belonged to Meredith and she knew it long before she looked up and let her eyes connect with her friend's.

"Alex just drives me crazy sometimes," Izzie replied with a deep sigh.

"Sometimes?" Meredith questioned with a knowing look on her face.

"Oh fine, all the time," The blond admitted, shrugging her shoulders up and down, "but I can't help it that I like him."

"I know... Trust me, I know. You'd think I would give up on Derek as much as he's hurt me," Mere said, thinking back to the moment she found out he had a wife, and then the time when he finally decided to pick Addison over her.

"I guess whoever said that you can't pick who you love, was right."

Izzie's voice broke Meredith out of her memories.

"Yeah..." Mere said, nodding her head. Replaying what Izzie said in her head, a confused look passed over her face and she looked at her friend intently. "Iz, did you just say you loved Alex?" she asked, curiously.

Izzie looked at Meredith oddly for a moment until she realized what she had said. "I... I'm not sure how I feel about him anymore," she confessed honestly.

"Feel about who?" Cristina asked, appearing around a row of lockers.

Her voice startled Izzie a little, but she calmed down instantly. "Oh no one," she said instinctively, forgetting for a moment that it was Cristina she was talking to.

"Oh come on... you aren't talking about Alex are you?" Cristina asked.

Meredith, standing behind Izzie now that Izzie was looking at Cristina, nodded her head.

"I knew it!" Cristina exclaimed.

"Oh just drop it Cris, seriously," Izzie said, getting annoyed with this topic, "I don't love him and I'm not even sure if I like him... he's a jerk."

"You know you like him, anyone can see that," Cristina said, pointing out what was obvious.

Meredith nodded. "She's right... it is kind of obvious that you like him."

Izzie rolled her eyes. "Forget this, I have patients to check on," she said before turning away from her friends and making her way out of the locker room.

Cristina and Meredith started laughing the moment the door closed behind Izzie.

"She's got it bad for him," Cris observed and Meredith nodded in agreement.