Hey you guys! Once again, thank you for all of the wonderful reviews. I'm sooo sorry I hadn't had a chance to update sooner, I have been insanely busy! Anyways, here's the next chapter! I hope you like it :) And keep reviewing, because I'm actually really excited about what I have planned for you guys next. Hope you enjoy!

"Izzie, Izzie!" Alex called as a team of surgeons and nurses pushed Izzie down the hall towards the OR. Meredith had to hold onto his arm just to keep him grounded, in more ways than one. "Oh God, Iz," he said as he lowered himself into a seat outside of her room. "Mer, you have to let me go with her, she can't do this alone, I need-"

"Alex, she's not alone okay. There are a dozen people in there with her, and all of them just want the best for her."

"Please."

"Alex, I'm sorry, I just can't. Not as a doctor, and right now, I am a doctor." Then, she silently added, "but as your friend, and as Izzie's friend, I wish I could."

"Please, she needs me," At this point, Alex had given up on forming sentences. Instead, he just tried desparately to convey the urgency he felt to Meredith. But he just couldn't find the words for it; he just needed to be there. It was like he needed to breath or needed to blink. It wasn't an option. And, although no-one knew better than Alex that it is absurd that the need to be with a certain person be hardwired into the brain the same way the instinct to breath is, it didn't change the fact that for Alex, it was. So finally, in one last desperate attempt, Alex just looked at Meredith, hoping the pain he was feeling would be evident enough in his eyes that it would convince her to let him go.

"Alex, I'm sorry, but she's out anyways. I promise you can be with her when she wakes up, she'll never know the difference." How was she not getting this!? It wasn't about Izzie knowing he's there for her, it's about actually being there for her. How did Meredith not understand that Alex needed to be there as much for Alex as he did for Izzie because, if anything happened, he would never forgive himself if he wasn't there with her. He needed to be there.

"Mer. Just, he hurt her," by this time, Alex could feel that lump that always comes before tears forming in his throat: he was tired, he was tired of begging, and he was frustrated. "Izzie, she got hurt in a way she didn't deserve, she at least deserves someone holding her hand." Alex just placed his head in his hands as he finished speaking, covering his eyes not daring to hope that she might actually allow him to be with her, to breath again.

Now, Meredith is a good doctor. She is compassionate with her patients, but doesn't get attached, she has the vigor of a good surgeon, but is patient when need be, and because she is a good doctor, she knew that allowing Alex to be with Izzie in surgery was not the right thing to do. He was not legally allowed to be there, and most people couldn't handle seeing the person they care most about exposed in that manner. However, Meredith is also a good friend, and Alex is not most people. So, for these reasons, she knew that she had to let Alex go.

"Fine. Don't make me regret this, it will land on me if you…." But he was already gone, half way done the hall and far out of earshot.

Less than a minute later, Alex burst through the doors of the ER only to find the electrical paddles used to shock a patient's heart back into rhythm lying on a table and a large group of surgeons crowded around Izzie. Alex froze. Had he missed it, was this really it, after everything they had dealt with…..

"Dr. Karev. Karev!" It was Bailey, of course. "What the hell are you doing in here." Only after being yanked out of his head, which at the moment was being painted with all shades of panic (inside and out) did Alex hear the steady beeping in the background. She's okay. Her heart is beating! Thank God, he thought to himself.

It took another sharp "Karev," a few moments later to bring him back to full awareness.

"Sorry, what?"

"I asked why the hell you are in my OR."

"Umm, Dr. Grey sent me here to.." So it wasn't completely true, but it wasn't really a lie, as long as it kept Alex in the Or, he could care less.

"Fine, but you get in my way, and you'll never set foot inside an OR again. If you make me mess this up, mark my words, I will make it my mission to make sure that your career never bounces back." But Alex had no intention of messing her up, for obvious reasons. At this moment, he could care less about the future of his career: if he made Bailey mess this up, he would lose something worth a hell of a lot more to him than a job.

Alex walked over to Izzie's right side where her arm was stretched out in a straight line and filled with every sort of needle possible. Then he took her and in his and bent his head down to kiss her knuckles through his surgical mask. Then in a slightly muffled tone, he whispered gently, "Its okay Iz, I'm here."

However, in the emergency room, trouble was brewing….

So.... Please let me know what you think! Do you guys like the direction I'm taking it in? The next part is a whole big story line, so please let me know if you want me to go ahead with it. I think you might like it......... I am also waiting for those new Lexzie stories we had been discussing. Please let me know if you come out with any!

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