-1Chapter 11

Izzie rounded the corner to Derek's office. The more she thought about this the more pissed she got, the more pissed she got the faster she walked. As she approached Patricia's desk she tried to calm herself down.

"Is Dr. Shepard available?" Izzie asks.

"The Chief? He's in surgery."

"Where?"

"OR 2."

"Thanks."

The gallery was filled with interns. She could only find room to stand by the door.

She watched him as he performed the surgery to perfection. As she makes her way out of the room, she sees Alex. He is walking at a fast pace towards the cafeteria. Forgetting all about Derek, she hurries trying to catch up with him. Entering the lunch room she sees him sitting down at a nearby table, as she is about to approach him she feels someone squeeze her ass. As she turns around she is met with the most beautiful blue eyes and a smile that almost makes her feel sick to her stomach. It was true; she was having an affair with Dr. Shepard! He smiles at her and she can feel all the color draining out of her face.

"Are you alright? You don't look well."

He reaches out to touch her face and she jumps at his touch.

"Are we having sex?" She whispers.

"Right now? We can, just let me grab a snack and we can go back to my office. Actually we better make that your office, after last time Patricia couldn't stop blushing…..she must have heard us."

"Are you kidding me?"

"It's okay, I think she enjoyed it."

"No, I mean…..Oh god!"

"You're not getting shy on me now are you?" He smiles.

"Dr. Shepard, You just got a phone call from school. They want to know if someone can go pick up Jacob. He seems to have got a little flu bug." Patricia says.

"Thank you Patricia, could you let them know that one of us will be right there."

"I will."

Patricia leaves and Derek turns his attention back to Izzie who is starting to panic.

"God, I'm a horrible person." Izzie says.

"You're off in a few minutes aren't you?'

"Yes, I think so. Why?"

"I just thought I could take the rest of the afternoon off and we could spend the day together."

"What about Meredith?"

"What about her?"

"She knows."

"Knows what?"

"About us!"

"Of course she does, we've been married for eight years. Izzie, are you feeling okay? Have you eaten? You look awful pale; I hope you don't have the flu too."

Now she was confused. She and Derek were married. In fact they had been married for eight years? They had a son, Jacob. And Meredith…..Meredith was mad at her for sleeping with her boyfriend. A boyfriend that was not Derek Shepard.

"I'm sorry……Derek, I think I might be coming down with something."

He brushed the hair off her forehead and kissed it.

"Let's go pick up our son and go home, I'll take care of you both."

"Okay." She managed to say.

He took her hand and led her out of the cafeteria, as she glanced back she saw something she didn't expect to see. Meredith was yelling at someone but she couldn't see who because a few people had gathered around to watch the drama unfold. Izzie suspected that whoever was being yelled at was the person she was supposedly sleeping with, that person who just happened to be Meredith's boyfriend.