"Soo that Christmas party is tonight." Izzie said as she got out of bed. It had been a late night everyone had rushed to the hospital to see April when Jackson gave them the good news.

Alex mumbled something in his sleep, Izzie ignored whatever he had just said and got up to bake. Something was troubling her, she didn't know what it was but she would only bake when something was up.

Wrapping up in a robe Izzie made her way to the kitchen. Deciding to make something for April who would be discharged in a week.

It wasn't something with Alex, they were going strong. Maybe it was Denny? Izzie stopped her train of thoughts. She thought back to the times that she was a police officer, and how she met him, how she met Denny.

8 Years ago:

Izzie was waiting for her new partner, since George, her former partner, had died she had an open spot

"Are you officer Stevens?" It was a man dressed neatly in a police uniform, his mouth was pulled in a friendly smile.

"That's me." Izzie replied, she felt has if she had known him for years. "I made cookies." Izzie said as she pointed to the basket on the passenger's seat. Denny smiled as he got in the car.

"Thank you, these are delicious!" He grinned while taking a bite.

"All unit report to Evergreen avenue, we have a shooting!" The radio said.

Denny flipped on the sirens as Izzie started the car.

Derek was sitting in his apartment talking with Jackson. "The meeting, you know the secret one? It's happening tomorrow night." Derek said to Jackson as he came back with some popcorn in his hand, they were going to watch a movie.

"Yeah I know. I say we take Addison, Izzie, Alex and Teddy and we sneak into the building, plant a couple of recorders and camera's, we can go back to the basement and watch everything from there, it could compromise the mission if we stayed, we could get caught.

Derek nodded in agreement. "But let's start this movie. I'm thinking 'Die Hard' because it's Christmas." Derek grinned. "Are you going to the Christmas party tonight?" He asked. "Yes, probably, I was planning to go to see April again but she told me it was better if I stayed so that I could meet more people and investigate, stuff like that." Jackson chuckled at April's assertiveness.

Derek remained silent for a while but then he smiled.

"You like her don't you, more then friends?"
Jackson paused, knowing that he was going to have to accept it one way or the other.

"I love her."