Disclaimer: I only own the box sets still :(
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"Erm... The cancers gone."
"You mean all the cancers gone?" asked Meredith as she and Christina moved closer to the bed.
"Yeah, Dr. Swender says that she can't see anymore mets on my recent scans," said Izzie smiling.
"So when are we celebrating," asked Christina after hugging her friend. She rarely hugged anyone but this was a special moment like the time she had hugged Meredith.
"They want to keep me in for a bit longer so I don't know," she replied rolling her eyes.
"If you agree to come in for weekly check-ups and take care of yourself at home then I don't see why can't go home by the end of the week," said Dr. Swender making a few last notes in the chart.
"Really?"
"Yep because I'm sure you're friends will report to me if the slightest thing seems wrong," she said making everyone laugh before leaving the room.
"Yeah, I get to go home on Friday," said Izzie excitedly. She'd been stuck in the hospital for months now so she was desperate to get out and go home. Everyone stayed for a while to congratulate and hug both Alex and Izzie. People started to leave as they still had jobs to do.
"Congratulations Dr. Stevens," said Richard hugging her then exiting the room leaving Meredith, Christina and Lexie the only ones left. Izzie was smiling as she had been worried about her job since she had found out about the cancer but the subtle hint had pushed away all of her worries. She'd be able to go back to her job as soon as she was one hundred percent better.
"Can I talk to you three outside for a minute?" asked Alex. They all nodded and walked outside. "Well Izzie's coming home on Friday and I wanted to make it special so could you get a few people round at the apartment, for let's say three o'clock?"
"Yeah that sound like a great idea Alex," said Meredith. Lexie's pager went off so she quickly hugged Alex.
"Sounds like a great idea, congrats Alex," she said before quickly rushing off down the corridor.
"It doesn't have to be an Izzie styled party either," he laughed making them all remember the parties Izzie had hosted. Christina's pager brought them all back from their memories.
"I'll see you in a bit, congrats Alex," she said before rushing off in the same direction Lexie had just a few seconds before.
"We won't do an Izzie styled party but we will pick a few things up to make it a normal party." Meredith smiled and hugged him. "Congratulations Alex," she said before walking down the corridor to find Derek. Alex smiled to himself, glad that he had the friends that he had.
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It was half past two on Friday and Lexie, Meredith and Christina were rushing around Alex and Izzie's apartment trying to get everything ready. Christina hand hung up various banners around the room and was in the process of blowing up nearly three dozen balloons. Meredith and Lexie were sorting out all of the food. They'd made some little sandwich triangles, a fruit salad and a selection of buns and cakes. They'd also bought mini sausages, mini sausage rolls and cheese and pineapple cubes. Meredith was now arranging it all on plates to put onto the table while Lexie had gone to change. Christina had already changed before she'd started to blow up the balloons. Mark and Derek walked through the door carrying a large flat box between them.
"You got the cake?" asked Meredith putting the last plate onto the table.
"Yep, where do you want it?" asked Mark. Meredith pointed to a space that she had made in the middle of the table.
"I'm going to change, people should be arriving any minute now," said Meredith walking to the guest bedroom. Christina finished blowing up the last of the balloons and stood up.
"Thank god for that," she said inhaling a deep breath.
"How many balloons do you want Yang?" asked Mark looking at the floor which was covered on balloons. There were even some tied to the walls and around the door in an arc.
"Ask your girlfriend," she said making her way to the sofa.
"Ask me what?" Lexie said emerging from the bathroom in blue jeans, a white floaty top with silver sequins along the top and silver shoes. She walked over to Mark who wrapped his arms around her resting his hands on her stomach.
"You've gone crazy, I thought this wasn't supposed to be an Izzie styled party," he said kissing the top of her head.
"We couldn't decide which ones we wanted so we just got them all. Anyway it wasn't me who blew them up, Christina could have stopped when she thought there was enough," she said.
"Don't blame the craziness on me," Christina said holding her hands up. "I didn't want to get on the wrong side of a hormonal pregnant woman." Lexie glared at her before they all started laughing.
"It does look good in here though, very... Izzie," said Derek looking around and going for one of the buns.
"Don't you dare!" said Meredith coming out of the guest bedroom. Derek put the bun down and walked over to her pulling her into a hug and giving her a quick kiss on the lips.
"Spoilsport, I'm hungry," he said sticking out his bottom lip like a three year old would when they couldn't have what they wanted.
"You should have eaten earlier then." Before he could respond there was a knock at the door. Lexie went to answer it and was met by most of the people they'd invited. They'd probably all driven form Seattle Grace together. Bailey, Callie, Arizona, Owen and Tucker all walked into the room and looked around.
"I thought this wasn't supposed to be an Izzie themed party," said Bailey seeing all of the balloons. Tucker ran straight into them making them all laugh. Meredith sighed not wanting to explain it all again. "Thanks again for letting me bring Tucker."
"It's no problem," said Christina starting to play with the balloons along with Tucker.
"Aww, Christina's showing more of her motherly side," joked Mark. A few minutes later there was another knock on the door which Meredith went to answer. She let in Richard and Adele who were both amazed by the party and both commenting on how good everything looked. Before she closed the door she saw Joe and Walter walk up the corridor. They stood around for ten minutes until Meredith's phone rang to tell her that Alex was with Izzie in the parking lot.
They heard Izzie before they even saw her.
"Alex tell me where we're going... please," she begged. Christina quickly turned off the lights and everybody got into a big crowd next to the sofa. Christina, Meredith and Lexie stood in front of everybody else, all three of them anxious to see Izzie's expression when she turned on the lights. They heard the key turn in the lock then watched as the door opened. Alex reached to turn on the light and everybody yelled surprise shocking Izzie.
"Welcome home, honey," said Alex. The tears of happiness welled up in her eyes as she looked around at the people who were there. They'd all come here to welcome her home, they'd all come for her.
"This is our apartment?" she asked. She was stunned by what was happening not only had people come to welcome her home but now she had a new home, a home with Alex.
"Yeah, Meredith, Christina and Lexie helped me chose it." She started to look around the room and was astounded. It was beautiful. She went over to the windows and looked out to see the gorgeous view of the bay. She turned back to her friends with tears running down her face. "Does that mean you like it?" asked Alex seeing the tears and walking closer to her.
"I love it," she whispered as Alex pulled her into a hug.
"Thank god," said Christina breaking the two apart. Izzie looked at her confused. "Do you know how many apartments we looked around until we found this one?"
"She's trying to say she's happy you like it," said Meredith going over to hug her friend. Christina was reluctantly pulled into it as well. Everyone else in the 'crowd' looked at them and smiled. None of them knew that the four of them were all wishing that the fifth member to their family could be here to see it.
Once the hug had ended everyone went to get some of the food while Meredith turned on the music and played whatever was on Izzie's iPod. Alex her looked around happy that everyone else was happy and having a good time. And he was on cloud nine now that he knew Izzie was okay and she loved their new apartment.
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"Oh my gosh, this is so cute," commented Megan picking up a cream sleep suit with Eeyore on it. They'd been shopping for four hours and had bought tonnes of stuff; clothes, toys, teddies, blankets, dummies, bottles etc. They'd walked into every different bay shop that they had come across.
"So, when's your baby shower going to be?" asked Carolyn coming over with an arm full of toys and cuddly teddies.
"Ooh, can I plan it?" asked Izzie catching up with them all. It had been two weeks since she'd been released home; she was getting bored there on her own so Meredith had invited her shopping with them. But only if she promised to tell them when she was getting too tired or felt ill in any way. Lexie and Meredith turned to each other and rolled their eyes.
"Sure you can but don't go overboard," said Lexie knowing that she would but at least it would give her something to do when she was at home.
"We could have a huge party outside in the sun. You've got that big garden haven't you?" she asked, her eyes gleaming just imagining the different things that she could plan.
"Here we go again," said Meredith. Izzie just smiled.
"You know you love me really."
"Course I do Iz," she said giving her friend a hug. They walked around a few more shops before going into a cafe for a break. The waiter came to take everybody's orders – everyone order a hot drink plus a muffin or slice of cake.
"Well this has been fun," said Lexie taking a drink of her hot chocolate.
"Definitely," said Izzie yawning. They talked for another few minutes until Mark and Alex came over to them.
"What are you two doing here?" asked Lexie once Mark had wrapped his arms around her.
"I'm here to pick Izzie up, it's four o'clock."
"What? I have a curfew now?" she asked standing up. She was secretly glad that Alex had come to take her home; she was shattered after the day full of shopping.
"Yep," said Meredith standing up as well. Alex helped Izzie put her coat on while Meredith hugged Lexie, Carolyn and Megan goodbye. "I'll see you later." They all watched as Meredith and Alex helped Izzie, who was getting tired, walk away.
"She has a curfew?" asked Megan curiously as Mark sat down in one of the empty chairs. "It's only four o'clock.
"She needs her rest; she's two weeks into her remission stage. She had stage four metastatic melanoma," said Lexie eating a piece of her muffin.
"Bless her, I hope she stays that way, she seemed like such a nice girl."
"Yeah she is," said Lexie smiling. She was finally starting to be accepted into their small family which was more than anyone else could say even Derek. "Oh yeah, I let her plan my baby shower," she said turning to Mark.
"Great," he said sarcastically.
"I thought it was a nice idea," said Carolyn. "It's sweet of her to take the time to plan it for you." Lexie and Mark laughed. Mark patted her on the shoulder and started to tell her about all the parties he'd seen Izzie plan and the wedding.
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Wow, I've never updated this fast before :P I've already started writing the next chapter so that should be up soon. Please tell me what you think of the chap and any ideas are welcome.
LittleMiss x
