Three months have passed since Alex retook his test. He waits nervously for the results to come in, but tries his hardest to keep it from Izzie. The gossip about them has died down, partly because shocking to everyone; the couple is still going strong. And partly because some intern got pregnant be some unknown source. Which helped focused everyone's attention elsewhere.
Now Alex and Izzie are often seen laughing and kissing at Joe's proving everyone who said it wouldn't last a week very wrong. George is still hesitant about the couple, remembering all the things Alex did to hurt Izzie in the past George does not trust him not to hurt her again. It still shocks him when he walks downstairs some mornings to find them sitting quietly at the table reading the paper after a morning run. Luckily for him, more often than not Izzie will sleep at Alex's to prevent things from getting uncomfortable at home.
It is a Tuesday night when Alex returns home and grabs the mail to see the letter has arrived. Izzie is on call tonight so he has the place to himself. He sets the other mail down on the kitchen table and stares at the envelope in his hand. Usually he would be cocky, knowing he passed, but considering the past failure he is nervous about what the results are. He sits down at the table and slowly opens the letter. He closes his eyes and takes a deep breath before looking down at it. He reads through it slowly and carefully and then folds it back up and puts it back in the envelope. Holding the envelope in one hand he grabs his keys and heads back out of the apartment.
Alex swiftly walks through the electronic doors to the hospital and starts scouting around for his girlfriend. He peeks in patient's rooms as he walks down the halls knowing that she'll be nearby her patients. He spots her sitting with a cup of coffee at the nurse's station and smiles wickedly. Clearing his throat Alex gets Izzie's attention. She smiles at him and raises an eyebrow at his crooked finger. She just shakes her head and walks slowly over to him.
"Yes, lord and master, what is it you wish that this humble servant must answer?"
"Haha humble servant my ass. Read it." He says thrusting the envelope into Izzie's hand.
"Is this it?" She asks before slowly opening the letter. A moment later her eyes return to Alex's and a huge smile lights up her face. "You passed!" She yells jumping into his arms. Alex spins her around before placing her back on her feet and giving her a deep kiss.
"All because of you." He whispers leaning his forehead against hers.
"Who passed what?" Christina asks grimacing as she walks up to the two. Izzie just shakes her head.
"It's nothing."
"Too much yelling to be nothing." Christina asks before snatching the letter out of Izzie's hands.
"Christina give it back!" Izzie yells making a grab for the letter.
"Dr. Karev we are pleased to inform you that your re-examination is high enough to gain a passing grade…" Christina reads. "Re-examination? You failed your clincials!" She yells gleefully.
"Christina!" Izzie shouts back.
"Happy Yang? Finally got some dirt on me?" Alex taunts.
"It's fine." He tells Izzie putting an arm around her. "People would have found out anyway. Couldn't keep it a secret forever."
"Yes we could have. The only way people would've known anything was if you failed it but you didn't. No one had to know."
"Oh I'll get you now evil spawn." Christina says gleefully making her way down the hall.
"Oh joy, it finally quieted down about us dating. Now it's going to start all over again." Izzie moans leaning her head against Alex's shoulder.
"It won't last long. Someone will do something else and we'll be forgotten."
"I have to get back to work. I'll see you later."
"Coming over tonight?"
"I'll see what time I get out. I have to stop off at home and get clothes anyway so I might just stay there if it's late."
"You should really start leaving clothes at my place."
"No because that's your apartment, I'm not going to take it over. Besides I have a perfectly good closet at home." Alex just nods not wanting to argue over something trivial and gives Izzie a quick peck on the lips before she heads back off to her rounds.
Gossip does run rampant about Alex having failed his clinicals for the following weeks. Izzie threatens to dismember every person who asks her about it. She looks so serious that when George is given the warning he decides to sit as far away from Izzie at the lunch table as he possibly can. It's the intelligent thing to do he decides. For his own safety. It has nothing to do with being scared of what Izzie might do if he gets too close.
"So?" Meredith asks as she sits down in the empty chair next to Izzie. "How are things going?" Izzie glares at her.
"Not the gossip. Things."
"We're doing good. No drama, it's nice. All the drama comes from the outside which is better then having it on the inside." Meredith laughs.
"Very true. Though if you keep up the lack of drama we're going to kick you out of the club."
"What club?" George asks.
"You don't want to know." Izzie tells him before Meredith can answer. "Just trust me on this one George. It's not something you'd be welcome in."
"Oh we'd welcome George. He doesn't count." Meredith answers smiling.
"Hey!" George yells. "What do you mean I don't count?"
"You don't cause problems in our lives. Just leave it at that." Meredith answers. George sits back and grumbles about confusing women.
"So are we ever going to see you at home anymore Izzie?" "I know I haven't been around, but its just easier being over there. I mean George freaks out every time Alex is over, so I figure I'd be nice and spare him."
"Good idea." George mutters.
By seven o'clock that night Izzie is gathering up her things to head home. Alex sneaks into the locker-room behind her and wraps his arms around her waist.
"Up for a quickie?" Comes the seductive murmur in her ear. Izzie laughs before turning around to Alex's kiss.
"Not today, I'm heading home for the night." Alex picks up Izzie's bag and starts walking with her towards the entrance.
"I have another hour left here. How about you come over around nine-thirty or so? I'll have some food for you and we can lounge around. Bring a change of clothes so you don't have to deal with going back in the morning." Izzie pauses just outside the doors.
"Okay, sounds like a plan. Want me to bring anything over?"
"Just you." Alex leans in for another kiss. "See you in a few." He whispers as he pulls back.
"Will do." Izzie replies. "I have to get going. I see a cab waiting past the lot. Hopefully I'll catch it before it goes." She gives him another quick kiss before turning and walking towards the parking lot. Alex stands in the doorway and watches her go. Out of the corner of his eye he sees a flash something reflecting off the lights from the hospital.
"What the hell?" As if in slow motion he looks over to see Izzie taking a quick look around her before stepping off the sidewalk into the emergency driveway heading towards the lot.
"Izzie!" Alex yells as he watches helplessly as the car runs into his girlfriend who just reached the middle of the driveway.
Authors Note: Just to kind of visualize the set up. Most hospitals have some kind of "road" where people can pull up to pick up and drop off patients. Beyond it is usually the parking lot and in this case beyond the lot is where cabs can be found. So Izzie just stepped out into the patient pickup/drop off.