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Izzie's heart was racing. She picked at the food on her plate, her appetite long gone. Her mind raced wondering why Mark was at her friend's wedding. She could not remember him ever mentioning the bride or groom's name. What was he doing here?

While Izzie's mind was in turmoil her appearance was calm. She tried her best to focus on the conversation around her but often caught herself glancing across the table at her ex-boyfriend. He too appeared to have lost his appetite and was pushing food around his plate while the loud woman beside him chatted animatedly at him. Izzie knew he was not listening; clearly he was as shaken as she was.

Once or twice she caught him looking at her but his expression was unreadable. Izzie felt like time had slowed down; she just wanted to get the meal over with, but then what? Would they ignore each other? Or would they talk? And if they did would they be civil, friendly or cruel? She hoped they wouldn't fight like they used to. Both of them were guilty of causing the other unnecessary pain by saying horrible things. Izzie cringed as she remembered some of their fights, the sting of his words still hurt her but she knew she had said some unforgivable things too which now she completely regretted.

Stealing another glance in his direction she realised he was still as sexy and attractive as ever. When they had dated she often could not believe that she had fallen for such an attractive man and that he had fallen for her. She honestly enjoyed the jealous glances women would throw at her when they walked hand in hand. She never felt threatened by these women either. Mark worshipped her and he had left his title of man whore behind him when they started dating.

In the beginning she was sceptical about dating him. All of her friends warned her that he would hurt her, even his best friend Derek took her aside in work and highlighted Marks wrong doings. Izzie did not ignore these warnings, and honestly for the first few months of their relationship she was waiting for the day when he would slip up and cheat. For months she regarded their relationship as nothing more than a fling until he asked his parents to come to Seattle to meet her. Running to Derek for advice she was shocked to discover that she would be the first girlfriend to meet Constance and Michael Sloan. Izzie decided there and then that things were getting out of control; Mark was never intended to be a long term serious boyfriend. Izzie put on her best performance when she met his parents and she was surprised at how welcoming they were and how much she liked them. Soon after they departed she broke up with Mark.

Suddenly Izzie was alone and realised that she actually really cared for Mark, she missed being with him, his smell, his dry sense of humour. Of course Mark acted as if the break up had not affected him, he had known weeks before that he had fallen for Izzie and was mad with himself for moving so fast and introducing her to his parents. The irony was not lost on them as Mark who was a self professed commitment phobe was more committed to their relationship than Izzie who had her wedding planned to the smallest detail since her sixth birthday.

Both Mark and Izzie had been working together on a ground breaking new surgery for correcting cleft palates found their working relationship both strained and awkward until they finally had a break through with their research. Marks work would be published and that night Izzie went to his office with a bottle of champagne to congratulate him. Before they knew it the champagne was gone and they were back in Marks hotel room having the most passionate sex Izzie can ever remember. Thinking about it now at the dinner table made her blush. The next morning in Marks arms Izzie told him that she made a mistake and they decided to give their relationship another go. Two months later Izzie surprised Mark when she suggested that they should go on a holiday together and it was in Hawaii that Mark first told Izzie he loved her, with Izzie returning the feeling they had finally reached parity in their relationship.

Later after the dinner Izzie was walking across the room when a friendly voice called her name. She turned and smiled as she saw Chief Webber wave at her.

He gave her a warm kiss on the cheek but his face looked concerned.

"Stevens you know Mark is here?" Izzie smiled, the Chief had always been annoyed at the amount of relationships struck up between staff in his hospital but he always cared for his staff when these relationships crumbled. He had begged Izzie to stay when she had handed in her notice and even offered to keep her hours working near Mark to a minimum.

"Yes, Chief he was at my table for dinner, and we both survived." She joked "Your looking well, still presiding over all at Seattle Grace I believe?"

"Yes they can't get rid of me and Isobel call me Richard, I'm not your boss any more, but if you would be willing to come back to Seattle Grace I would be more than happy to have you and I'm sure the board would offer you a very generous salary. I have been keeping up to date with all your great work in New York; I always knew you would become a great surgeon. But you know you could keep up your great work in Seattle?" Izzie smiled at the Chiefs sales pitch.

"Richard that's a great offer but" Izzie began only to be cut off by the Chief.

"Isobel Seattle Grace has changed a lot since you have left, we have the best equipment the best doctors and the best plastics unit, will you be staying in Seattle for long, I would love you to see the hospital now. And of course the Denny Duquette clinic is doing a wonderful job, I don't think I ever said it to you but your investment in that clinic was one of the most self-less things I have ever seen anyone do, it's a credit to you." At the mention of her clinic Izzie's heart started beating faster, George had kept her up to date on all developments there but now she wanted to see it. She never went back for fear of bumping into Mark but now that was over she knew she would not be able to resist.

"Maybe I'll come by tomorrow, I was planning on just calling into Meredith's house but Richard you've convinced me to at least have a look, I won't be accepting any job offers Richard." She said as she moved away.

"Come in anytime tomorrow and I'll reschedule so I can talk to you, and we'll see about that job offer then." Richard said thinking what a great addition to his staff Isobel Stevens would be.