First Thank You SO much for the reviews I love getting them so here's another chapter.
Izzie was really tired. As she made her way along the halls she tried her best to stifle a yawn but it was no good. She needed coffee and she needed it badly because she had just found one of the coolest cases she had ever come across and her patient would be arriving in three hours. Maybe she would have time to grab a nap she thought as she joined Mark at the coffee cart. Making her presence know by leaning her head on his shoulder she complained.
"Make me go to bed early tonight. I am so tired."
Mark just chuckled as he ordered her a double espresso which she used to always drink during their late night study sessions during their college days.
"Why are you so tired? You left the party early last night?" he asked.
"Yeah I know but then I was up talking to Alex for ages and then Derek and Meredith came home and I heard noises a sister should never have to hear. Do you know how loud the two of them are?" she asked still traumatised from the previous night. Alex had tried holding two cushions over her ears but that still did not drown out the noise but it only ended up in the two off them laughing when the noises got even louder.
"I've heard rumours around alright." Mark said as he took his coffee and walked with Izzie towards the nurses' station. He wasn't too happy about the thoughts of Izzie and Alex becoming friends because he knew Alex had a reputation which was only out done by his own man whoring ways. "If it's that bad you should come and stay in the Archfield with me?"
"Thanks but I really like staying at Meredith's. She's great isn't she? Derek did well. And anyway I'll be fine once I get a good nights sleep maybe their one of those couples that only has sex like once a month." Izzie said hopefully as Mark gave her a funny look.
"I wouldn't count on it Izzie, from what I hear they are the hospitals most sexed up couple." Mark said smiling as Izzie groaned and leaned on the nurses' station for support. Smiling at one of the nurses she asked for the phone so she could ring the hospital and find out if her new special patient had left yet. As the dial tone rang in her ear she studied Mark as Lexie Grey approached and reached out for a chart almost knocking over his coffee which Mark grabbed quickly.
"Oh my god, Dr. Sloan I'm so sorry." Lexie gushed as her face turned bright red.
"Little Grey what have I told you about my personal space." He barked causing Izzie to frown.
"I know, I know, I'm so sorry. I could get you another coffee?" she asked taking a step back.
"Why would you do that this didn't spill? Just go check on my patient in 4220." He ordered sending Lexie Grey running in the other direction with Izzie staring at him with an angry look on her face. When she finished her call she poked him in the shoulder.
"What the hell was that about? You scared the crap out of that poor girl."
"She's just an intern." He replied in a toneless voice.
"Well you should be nicer to interns. And since when have you have a problem with women being in your personal space?" she asked but as soon as she verbalized her thoughts she realized what was going on. "Oh my god, you like her! You're into Lexie Grey."
"Izzie shut up." Mark said looking around to see if any nurses heard "God you might as well have published it on the front page of the New York Times the way you shouted that." He hissed at her.
"Sorry. So have you asked her out?"Izzie asked unable to keep the giddy tone out of her voice.
"No and I won't be." He announced, having Izzie knowing was going to be hell. Yes she was his best friend but she would not understand why Derek had told Mark to stay away and therefore she would be nagging at him about asking Lexie out for the rest of his life.
"Why the hell not? She's lovely." Izzie demanded.
"Because Derek said I can't because Meredith doesn't want me to so I am listening to Derek for once. Now I have surgery so that's the end of it Isobel"
Izzie frowned as Mark walked off. He only called her Isobel when he was being serious. Seeing Bailey at the other side of the nurses' station she slid over beside the small doctor and sighed.
"Is this one of those hospitals that has lots of drama between the doctors?"
"If by that you mean this is the kind of hospital where all the doctors bump uglies then yes it is." Bailey said honestly. "We're all sex crazy nasty doctors here, Dr. Steven's. So you have two choices you can join in with all the fun or you can sit back like me and just watch them all. The plus side of my option is that when their all spreading diseases, like the syphilis outbreak a few years back, you can just sit back and laugh."
"Your way sounds more sensible." Izzie said nodding wondering how many inter work relationships there were and how many of them involved Alex.
"Yes it does but the thing about sex is that often sensible is forgotten about." Bailey said knowingly as she picked up her things and began to walk away.
"Bailey." Izzie called; before she let the doctor leave there was one more thing she wanted to talk to her about.
"Yes, Dr. Stevens?"
"Can I have a word with you about your clinic?"
Alex spotted Cristina at the nurses' station and joined her placing a small bag on the counter and grabbing his charts.
"Hey." She said acknowledging his presence as she signed off on a chart. "Why are you yawning? You left Joe's really early last night."
"Yeah but then I stayed up talking to Izzie." He replied.
"Oh good plan, keep your friends close and your enemies closer. If it was me I'd just tell her she aint getting her New York hands on my department but I like your plan."
"She's actually from around here originally." He responded rolling his eyes.
"God your good, you even know all about her background." Cristina said impressed. "Oh look there she is." Cristina nodded to where Izzie was crossing the hall.
"Dr. Karev." She called out excitedly as she approached them. "I have got a brilliant case coming in; you will want to see this."
"What is it?" he asked as he noticed that when she got excited her eyes lit up.
"It's a surprise. She'll be here in thirty minutes arriving by helicopter." She replied smiling.
"I got you something." Alex said ignoring Cristina as she raised her eyebrow.
"Really?" Izzie asked in surprise.
"Yeah, here." Alex said as he pushed the small bag over to Izzie wishing he had waited to give this to her until tonight.
Izzie smiled as she pulled out a pair of ear plugs out of the bag.
"Anyone that stays over at Meredith's needs them, right Cristina?" Alex said nudging the cardio surgeon.
"Their great, thank you Alex." Izzie said smiling from ear to ear. She could feel her attraction for Alex growing and was disappointed when she realized that the middle of the hospital would be an inappropriate place to hug her colleague. "Well I better go prepare for my patient." She said as she flashed one more smile at Alex and Cristina and left.
"Holy crap." Cristina said.
"Shut it Yang." He said firmly.
"You know when I said keep you enemies close I did not mean buy her presents." Cristina said in an amused tone.
"It's not a present." He said quickly.
"What is it then? A loan? Are you gonna ask for them back when she's done with them?" She asked unable to stop smirking.
"There just ear plugs." He said defensively.
"You like her. You are into the Barbie who is after you job." She said accusingly.
"Listen Yang she's not after my job, she's just visiting her brother and I am just being neighbourly." He replied calmly.
"Really? How many people have neighbours who look as good as her? I've never seen you being neighbourly before, you've never done a nice thing for that fat middle aged woman who smells funny in the house next door to Meredith?" she smirked leaving Alex with nothing to say. "Exactly so maybe you should stop being neighbourly to the girl who has Mark Sloan wrapped around her finger and Derek Sheppard as her brother because they are certainly not going to be ok with you being neighbourly to her." Cristina pointed out smiling at Alex to prove she was right.
When she left Alex knew she was right. He was going to have to forget Izzie Stevens.