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"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" Izzie yelled as Hannah walked down the stairs.
"Hum?" Hannah sighed, and gave Izzie a thumbs-up. Izzie knew that Hannah was not a morning person, so she didn't take her silence personally. Alex came down the stairs after Hannah, and he greeted her with a high-five.
"So, presents now or later?" Izzie asked. Hannah rubbed her eyes, which Izzie knew she only did when she was sick, or beyond tired.
"What? Weren't thought the concert tickets were my present?" Hannah asked.
"No. That was just one present. And by the way, I am still surprised at how amazing that concert was. I had never really listened to No Doubt before that. I am glad I went." Izzie said, and Hannah nodded enthusiastically.
"Well, I guess we'll just have to open them later. I am going to be late for school if I don't hurry up. This is why I hate weekday birthdays!" Hannah said as she returned up the stairs to get her uniform on. Izzie and Alex also began to go about their morning routines. They both had to work that day. When it was almost time to leave, Izzie came down the stairs, and noticed Hannah sitting on the couch, clutching her abdomen, with a bucket beside her.
"What's wrong?" Izzie asked.
"I think I know what's wrong, and I've felt it all morning. But, I hope it's not that. I hope it's nothing. Not on my birthday." Hannah said. It was clear that she was in pain, from the sound of her voice.
"What are you talking about?"
"My abdomen hurts, and I can't really figure out where the pain is coming from. It's also very tender, and I feel nauseous." Hannah said. "It sounds like-"
"Appendicitis." Izzie concluded before Hannah could finish. "Well, in any case, you should come to the hospital with Alex and I."
"No! It's my birthday! I don't want to sound spoiled, but this blows!" Hannah exclaimed, still sounding like she was in pain.
"What's all the commotion?" Alex asked.
"We think that Hannah-" Izzie began, but she was cut off by Hannah vomiting into the bucket. With that, Izzie put her arm around Hannah, ran to the car. Alex said he would walk over to the hospital after he cleaned up. He was glad that they moved close to the hospital. Within minutes, Izzie and Hannah arrived at the hospital. They were greeted by Derek.
"What a surprise!" He said happily. "Happy birthday Hannah!"
"Tha-" Hannah began, but she proceeded to throw up on the floor, just missing Derek's feet.
"Well, that's not so happy." He said, and Hannah smiled.
"Appendicitis, I think." Izzie said. "Actually, she pretty much diagnosed herself."
"Well, why don't I page Dr. Bailey?" Derek said, and Izzie agreed. A few minutes after he paged Bailey, she arrived. Hannah was admitted into the hospital, and they preformed many tests on her. They concluded that she did need her appendix out, just as Hannah had predicted. They quickly rushed her to surgery. Dr. Bailey, Meredith and Alex would work on her. Izzie wanted to work on her too, but Bailey put an end to that notion very quickly.
"What a way to spend your fourteenth birthday." Dr. Bailey said, as she was operating.
"Yeah, but it is just like Hannah." Meredith joked. "She likes to make an entrance."
"That's true." Alex laughed. "'Go big, or go home' she always says."
"Well this is quite the entrance into a new year." Bailey agreed.
"She really is a good kid Alex." Meredith said. "And I am not a huge fan of children. I really like her. I hope my kid is like her."
"Yeah, me too." Alex agreed. They continued making small talk about Hannah throughout the surgery. The operation went smoothly, so when Hannah woke up, she was in a private room with Izzie.
"Hey! You okay?" Izzie asked.
"Yeah." Hannah said, still kind of in a daze. "Happy birthday to me." Izzie began to laugh.
"I am glad you're okay."
"I'm better than okay. I didn't have to go to school on my birthday." Hannah said, with a wink. Dr. Bailey walked in as Hannah made the joke.
"Still making jokes? You just woke up from surgery." She laughed.
"I always have enough energy for jokes."
"I bet." Bailey said.
"You know, its really hard being your mother Hannah. It's always you!" Izzie laughed. "Everything happens to you."
"Yes. I have been asking for this." Hannah laughed. At about four, Hannah's friends showed up at the hospital. When Izzie called the school to say that Hannah wasn't coming to school, she told her teacher what happened. Apparently, her teacher told the class. Hannah was happy to see Olivia, Christopher and Jack, but there seemed to be tension between Hannah, Kaylee, and Brandon.
"I thought you said that she was dating Brandon. They aren't even looking at each other?" Meredith said as her and Izzie looked in to Hannah's room.
"I thought they were. And what's going on with Kaylee?" Izzie wondered out loud. As she said this, she and Meredith saw Kaylee burst out of the room, in Brandon's arms. She was crying, and her face was flushed. They looked in and saw everyone else laughing. Izzie gave up pretending she wasn't spying on them and came into the room.
"What's going on? Why was she crying?" Izzie asked.
"Good afternoon doctor Stevens." Christopher said.
"Izzie," She corrected kindly. "And hi everyone. What the hell is going on?"
"I'll tell you. We just told those nasty rotten liars to leave us alone." Olivia said, Jack and Hannah snickered, and Christopher nodded.
"Mom, you were right to tell me not to trust boys." Hannah laughed, and she gave Jack a high five.
"I'm lost." Meredith said. She had followed Izzie in.
"Well, Kaylee and Brandon have been seeing each other behind mine and Christopher's backs!" Hannah laughed.
"Was Kaylee dating Christopher?" Meredith asked.
"Yea, but apparently she would rather date that loser." Jack said, and he and Christopher doubled up with laughter.
"I don't get why this is funny!" Izzie cried. She was very puzzled.
"Oh." Hannah said. "It's funny because we all suspected it. I am not hurt because I pretty much got prepared for it. Actually, Christopher and I dumped them! We were going to do it at school today, but seeing as I am ill, I couldn't. They even tried to deny it!" After that, they all roared with laughter.
"I'm sorry…?" Meredith asked.
"Nope. Christopher is better off without Kaylee, and Hannah is better off without Brandon." Olivia said, with a smile and Izzie smiled too. Her daughter was cheated on, and it was with one of her best friends, and yet all her true friends were there for her. Hannah seemed to have the best group of friends. After a while, they all left Hannah alone with Izzie. Hannah was reading Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets for almost the 3000th time, so Izzie didn't mind interrupting her.
"So, now that they aren't around, are you okay?" Izzie asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be? I feel fine after my surgery." Hannah said, not looking up from her book.
"I meant about Brandon." Izzie said, and she rolled her eyes.
"Mom, I just had surgery. I have real things to worry about. It was a grade eight, two week relationship. It's not like it matters." Hannah said honestly. She returned to her Harry Potter book, and Izzie decided to let her get some sleep. Izzie walked out into the hall, and she met up with Alex.
"Is she taking it okay?" Alex asked. He was obviously asking about Brandon. "Meredith told me that she broke up with that kid."
"Yeah, but it's not like it mattes. It was a two week long grade eight relationship. She has real things to worry about. Her words not mine." Izzie added after Alex gave her a look.
"Is she honestly okay? First break-ups are usually hard." Alex said. "Usually the girls can't eat or sleep."
"Well, look in the window." Sure enough, Hannah had fallen asleep, with the Harry Potter book covering her face.
"I'll be." Alex said under his breath. "I'm getting a coffee. You want one?"
"Sure." Izzie said. Alex gave her a quick kiss, and went to the cafeteria. Izzie continued to look into Hannah's hospital room.
"Happy fourteenth birthday Hannah." She said.
