I don't know if this comes across very well in this chapter but Izzie is definatly not ok with Finn cheating, she is trying to fool herself that it's not that big a deal but she still is a traditional girl and eventually she will have to take the blindfold off and face reality. As requested this chapter is pretty much all Alex and Izzie but there are a few storms that they are about to hit.

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Izzie had said goodbye to her friend and rejoined the group over ten minutes ago. Alex was still waiting for her to talk; strangely enough he was the only one who noticed how quiet she had gotten. "Iz, you ok?" he asked softly as the crowd around them continued to laugh at a story involving George and a drunken dare to run across Denny's farm naked.

"Yeah." Izzie said quietly as she continued to stare at the fireplace in front of her. Alex thought he could see her eyes glisten with tears.

"Iz, what is it?" he asked hoping she'd open up to him. "Who was that?"

Before she had a chance to answer Meredith, who was just finishing her run at karaoke, shouted over at Izzie to get her butt up and get singing.

Taking a deep breath Izzie sighed and quickly brushed one tear from her eye. All eyes were now on her, felling uncomfortable about the unwanted attention she stood and grabbed her purse.

"Sorry guys I'm not feeling great I'm just going to go home." She said smiling as best she could.

"Izzie what's wrong?" George asked as Izzie grabbed her jacket and began moving to the door.

"Just a headache, it's nothing. Have a good night guys." She replied quickly waving over her shoulder.

"Ok that was weird, right?" Cristina said trying to hide the concern in her voice as Alex downed his drink and picked up his jacket.

"O'Malley who was the girl at the bar?" Alex asked quickly, anxious to go after his wife.

"Sandy, Izzie's old roommate in New York. She's a photographer for Izzie's finance's tabloids. Stalks famous people or something. That's all I know." George stumbled wondering what news Sandy had that sent Izzie running out of the bar. Following Alex to the door he grabbed his friends arm. "Let me go after her Alex."

"No I got this." Alex replied harshly and pushed his way out of the bar leaving his bewildered friends behind.

He found Izzie near his truck furiously searching through her bag. As he approached she jumped but quickly recovered.

"You have the keys." She said meekly and watched as Alex pulled them out of his pocket.

"You wanna drive?" he asked holding them out to her. She just nodded and took the keys.

Climbing into the truck she noticed Alex get in on the passenger side. "I'm sure Mark or someone will drop you home."

"I wanna go home now." He said firmly as she turned the keys in the ignition.

"Izzie what's going on? What did that girl from New York say to you?" Alex asked as Izzie roughly pushed the gear stick into first and revved the vehicle.

"I don't want to talk about it." she said firmly before rolling her eyes to herself. God the last thing she wanted to tell Alex was how shit her fiancée treated her. Then he defiantly would never grant her the divorce. The fact of the matter was she didn't even know if she ever wanted to get married again. She knew this time round it was different. She knew the lack of excitement over her engagement was because she felt so little for Finn but she happily pretended that it was because it was her second time in this role.

If she was honest with herself, really really honest the truth simply was that she did not love Finn. In her quest to climb the ladder within Glamorous she had accepted a date with her boss. She was in the running for editor in chief along with Polly-Ann Lardner who should have gotten the job. The date with Finn gave her the opportunity to highlight why she should be editor. It was where she had made her first mistake, she saw the date as an extended interview and she took it. Finn fell for her and before she knew it she was editor of Glamorous with Polly-Ann and others firmly believing she fucked her way to the top. But when Izzie found herself at the top she realized there was a long way to fall and Finn could easily push her off her perch. So since that day she has been essentially trapped in a relationship with Finn. On the surface he came across as a great boyfriend and Izzie was fond of him but there was a little voice at the back of her head that said fond was not enough. Then there was the fact that he clearly cheated on her. Izzie really didn't care that much, she couldn't ask a man she was not in love with to devote himself fully to her, especially not a man like Finn Dandridge.

"Izzie slow down." Alex said bring her back to reality.

"What?" Izzie said shifting from fourth to fifth. She could see he was nervous; one hand gripped the seat belt while the other was hanging on to the roof.

"Iz cut the crap this is too fast." He said bringing a huge smile to her face. She always knew she was a dangerous driver but she always felt fully in control. The problem was her passengers never felt like she was in control.

"Please this is not fast Alex." She said increasing the pressure of her foot on the accelerator. "You must still drive like a pensioner."

"Yeah but at least I feel pretty confident that I'll reach my thirties driving like a pensioner." He quipped causing Izzie to laugh.

He looked over surprised at her laugh only to notice a wide smile on her face. Tears long forgotten. She looked beautiful when she smiled; it was amazing the way a bit of erratic driving could lift her mood so quickly. He wondered when the dark clouds from a few moments ago would return but he knew for the rest of this evening they were gone.

The next morning when Alex woke up the smell of pancakes was drifting through the house. Jumping out of bed he quickly threw on a pair of jeans and joined Izzie in the kitchen.

"Morning." She said cheerfully causing him to smile.

"Morning, you made breakfast." He said as he plonked down at the kitchen table.

"Yeah, to thank you for coming home early with me last night. You didn't need to but I really appreciate that you did. I got some bad news from Sandy, so thanks." Izzie said sheepishly. When they had arrived home last night she had made tea and spent a good part of the night teasing his driving skills. They had just sat around for ages and talked like old friends, it was really great. Izzie had given Finn very little thought; in fact she had decided not to broach that subject at all.

"No problem, I was not in the mood for karaoke night anyway." He grumbled as he took a sip of the orange juice Izzie had placed in front of him. "So what are you going to do today?"

"Well Joe is flying in at two this afternoon so I was going to visit Ruth and Papa before I go to collect him." Izzie said smiling as she popped the last piece of her pancake into her mouth. Alex stared at her. "I'm so excited but really nervous, do they hate me?" Izzie asked in a soft pleading voice.

"God no Iz, why would they hate you?" Alex asked shocked and wondering how to broach the next subject.

"For running out on their only Grandson." Izzie said not making eye contact with Alex.

"Izzie they loved you more than anything, Gran knows your here. She's looking forward to seeing you. And Bailey is too." Alex added as Izzie began clearing away her plate, he noticed her frown in confusion. "Ruth had a stroke two years ago; she's now in Bailey's nursing home."

"What?" Izzie gasped. "Oh god that must have scared the crap out of Papa."

Alex winced, "Papa died about six months after you left." he explained as he watched the colour drain from her face.

"Why didn't you tell me?" she asked with her voice shaking.

"You had left."

"So you thought I didn't need to know?" Izzie asked her voice getting higher.

"I just didn't think." He lied. At the time he had picked up the phone a million times to call her but never did it. He promised all of his friends that he would be the one to call her and let her know of his Grandfathers death but in the end he couldn't. Guiltily he pushed some of the pancake round his plate unable to look at the hurt residing on Izzie's face.

"Jesus Alex I can't believe you didn't tell me. This is so typical of you. You're such an ass." She screamed.

"Izzie you left. You walked away. You chose not to be part of our family anymore." Alex argued knowing he was talking crap he also know that it would hurt her to hear she was not part of the family. Izzie adored his grandparents and they adored her.

"Oh so because I left you think that meant I didn't care. And what about now, I've been back four days and your only telling me this now. I can't believe you." She said tears now streaming down her face as she roughly grabbed her handbag and stormed out of the kitchen and into the yard with Alex once again following her.

"Iz, I'm sorry I know I should have called years ago, I just couldn't." He said not noticing Mark getting out of his truck.

"You mean you couldn't get over yourself for two minutes to just pick up the phone and call me. I hate you." She screamed before jumping in her car and driving faster than a Formula One car out of the driveway.

"Jesus Karev, what did you do?" Mark asked looking at the trail of dust following Izzie's car.