"Andrews! 4217 is stinking up the place! Get to it!" Alex yells as he passes a nurse in the hall.
"Explain the joy you find in being an ass to everyone around you." Izzie comments as she comes up behind him. Alex smiles evilly as he looks at her.
"I save my best behavior for you." He states before pulling Izzie into the stairwell.
"Alex!" She hisses because Alex pushes her against the wall and kisses her. Izzie fights back for a millisecond before giving in and allowing him to deepen the kiss. "Alex, we can't do this here, we have work to do. Someone will see." She breaks in when Alex begins to trail his lips down her neck.
"So? Let them?"
"You're hanging on by a thread as it is. Don't tempt them."
"We're not doing anything wrong. Interns can be with other interns. It's just frowned upon." Alex trails his lips back up to Izzie's and kisses her again. With one last nibble on her lips Alex pulls back.
"Happy?"
"Yes. Now we have to get back to work." Izzie ducks under Alex's arm before he can kiss her again and heads back out onto the floor.
Over the months Alex and Izzie's relationship has grown steadily closer. Dinner and movie dates lead into night long conversations which lead to hot make out sessions in the locker-room and Alex's apartment and finally cumulating in Alex handing Izzie a key to his apartment over dinner last week. Shockingly they have managed to keep both their relationship and Alex's test a secret from the rest of the hospital. Izzie knows its not going to last especially as she and Alex get closer. Now its time to see how all their work paid off. Today on his day off, Alex heads out to retake the test. He heads over to the University where he will be taking the exam and pulls into the visitor lot. Alex makes his way to the room where he will take the test and takes a seat. For three hours Alex racks his brain to answer the questions many of which he remembers Izzie asking him over the course of their study sessions. Finally finished Alex returns out to the parking lot feeling as if a weight has been lifted off his shoulder. At least he has gotten his part of it done. Now only time will tell what his future holds. He hops in his car and pulls out his cell to call Izzie. He gets her voicemail,
"Izzie, just finished up here and was wondering if you wanted to get dinner later on. I'm heading back home, so give me a call and let me know if you want to go out or just order in." Twenty-five minutes later Alex is walking into his apartment to find his girlfriend sitting quite contentedly in his kitchen.
"How did it go?"
"Truthfully?"
"Yes."
"I think it went pretty well." He smiles as Izzie laughs and launches herself into his arms. Alex picks her up as she puts her legs around his waist and kisses her before looking around his kitchen.
"What did you make?" He asks as he puts Izzie back down.
"Just some cookies. You never have anything homemade. I thought it would be a nice change."
"Very nice." Alex replies as he picks Izzie back up and carries her into the bedroom.
A few hours later Alex quietly slips from the bed and pulls the blanket up Izzie's sleeping form. He grins as he picks up her clothes off the floor and carries them out with him to the kitchen. Throwing them into a cabinet Alex smiles before snagging one of the cookies that Izzie has made. Happily chewing on the snack Alex flips through the phonebook trying to decide what to get for dinner when he hears the bedroom door open and Izzie comes padding out wearing one of his shirts.
"What did you do with my clothes?" She asks when she arrives next to him.
"Hid them."
"Why?"
"Because I wanted to see you either like this, in a sheet, or just like I left you in bed. Either way I'm quite happy with the outcome."
"Very glad to hear you're happy." Izzie answers sarcastically. "Now can I have my clothes back?"
"Only if you'll go to dinner with me?"
"Where?"
"Joe's. I haven't been by to see him in awhile." Izzie smiles.
"I can do that."
"Good." Alex heads over to a cabinet and pulls out Izzie's clothes. "Milady." Izzie laughs as she grabs her clothes and heads back into Alex's room to get dressed.
"Alex!" Joe calls as he spies the couple enter the room. He smiles as he notes their arms around each other and the smiles on their faces. 'Finally' he thinks to himself as they take a seat at the bar. "So how did the test go?"
"How did you know about it?" Izzie asks. Joe winks at her,
"Because I know all. It's obvious that the test is over. How'd it go?" He asks directing his attention to Alex.
"I'll let you know when I get the results."
"Good idea."
"Well considering this momentous occasion, first round is on me." Alex and Izzie spend hours at the bar snacking on appetizers and sipping drinks while laughing with Joe. Kisses are liberally shared between the couple and Joe is happy to see how comfortable and happy the couple is. Others in the bar make note of them, especially some interns and nurses who just came in after their shifts.
Kissing and laughing Alex and Izzie stumble back into Alex's apartment, where he promptly picks Izzie up and carries her back into the bedroom. Much later that night, Izzie sits on the edge of Alex's bed as she starts to get dressed and feels and arm grab her around the waist.
"Come back to bed."
"It's late. I have to get going."
"Just stay, you'll waste another hour of sleep to get home. Just go back in the morning."
"If I go back in the morning I will be cornered by Meredith and George."
"So?"
"If you don't mind everyone knowing then I'll stay. But I don't want to hear you bitching and complaining that everyone is butting into your life when they find out."
"If I promise not to bitch and complain will you stay?"
"As if you would actually not bitch and complain. But yes I would stay."
"Good." Alex pulls Izzie back into bed and tucks her against his chest before going back to sleep.
At four-thirty Izzie tries to quietly sneak into the house. Alex just dropped her off with the promise to bring lots of coffee into work.
"Izzie!" Come two voices from the kitchen.
"Damn." Izzie whispers before turning and making her way into the kitchen. "You guys are up early."
"Yea, you're coming in late." Meredith answers.
"Would you believe me if I told you I went for an early jog?"
"Nope. Not when we just saw who dropped you off." Izzie smiles slightly remembering the night before. Then she tenses and replies,
"Okay, hit me with it. Tell me how stupid I am for getting involved with him and how he's going to hurt me." George opens his mouth to reply, but Meredith beats him to it.
"We're not. It's been going on for awhile hasn't it? At least a few months. You both have been acting differently. In a good way. So we are just going to mind our own business."
"We are?" George asks before getting elbowed in the ribs by Meredith.
"But you do realize that everyone is going to find out?"
"I know. We know. And we're ready for it."
"Good. Well get changed before we're late." Izzie heads upstairs as George turns to Meredith.
"That's it? We're just okay with it? Oh will the lambs ever stop screaming?" George moans walking slowly around the room.
"Yes we are okay with it. Haven't you seen how they act when they are around each other? How they have acted ever since they got together. They are both happier. Why try to ruin it? Everyone deserves a normal relationship. I'm just jealous that they have one while McDreamy still tries to figure out what he wants to do."