A/N: ok I'm back with a second chapter: ) thanks so much for the reviews! So onto the story. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I totally forgot to add the disclaimer in the first chapter. But I own nothing, except Dylan.

Chapter 2

Dylan's Words of Wisdom

"Ow! Dammit!"

Alex's cup was overflowing with hot coffee since he wasn't really paying attention as he was pouring. It's been almost a week since he retook his boards and he still wonders why Izzie actually voluntarily helped him study. She hasn't really talked to him much since then.

He walked over to his sink and ran his hand under cold water and looked over at the microwave clock. 4:47 AM.

"Shit!" Rounds start in thirteen minutes and he didn't wanna be late. Again. He glanced at the coffee stain on his counter and floor. I'll clean it up later. Alex grabbed his keys and ran out his apartment door.

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"Karev, you and Grey will be on the double by-pass surgery case." Bailey instructed.

"So how was your Christmas?" Meredith asked as they walked down the hall together.

"I dunno. Too busy freakin out over whether or not I failed my boards again."

"Well at least if you did, you get to scrub in on a by-pass surgery before you get fired." Meredith smirked.

"Yeah, some fat dude who couldn't resist eating McDonald's twice a day."

"Sometimes I wonder why Izzie made such an effort to convince us that you weren't such an insensitive jerk."

"How is she by the way?" Alex asked nervously. Him and Meredith kinda became friends over the past few weeks.

"She hasn't talked to you, huh?"

"Not since she helped me study and started crying."

"Bet you handled that smoothly."

"Hey! I'm not used to having a girl crying in front of me."

"Obviously."

Alex honestly didn't know what to do, when Izzie broke down. He was being honest when he said he never meant to hurt her, but wasn't sure if she accepted that since she was still pretending to be a "farmer". He gave her an awkward kind of hug. At least she didn't reject me. He let her sob into his scrubs until she stopped and abruptly said she had to go and walked away. He would've been up all night picturing Izzie crying on his shoulder if he didn't mentally force himself to get some sleep because of his exam the next morning. I'm guessing she's past the angry phase…I think…so then what phase is she in now?

"Alex." He didn't seem to hear Meredith.

"Alex!"

"Huh? What?"

"That's the wrong room. It's the next one." Meredith noticed that he spaced off after their conversation about Izzie.

"Oh right. Sorry."

Alex and Meredith walked into their patient's room and well, the "fat dude" turned out to be an 11-year-old boy with a biological heart disease.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Grey and this is Dr. Karev." Meredith introduced to the boy's parents. "Do you have any questions or concerns regarding your son's surgery?"

"Yeah we'd like to know what kind of risks there are"

"Oh, okay. Well you see Dylan's heart…"

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Alex went to check up on Dylan one last time after his parents went home and before he heads home himself.

Dylan was propped up against his pillows reading the second Harry Potter book.

"So are you one of those huge Potter fans?" Alex asked, amused by the fact that literally every kid loved those books.

"Yup, this is my 57th time reading this book. Do you like Harry Potter?"

"I've only seen the movies, but don't tell anyone" He added with a smile. I actually kinda like this kid. "So you scared for your surgery?

"Um, no not really." Dylan gave it more thought and hesitated. "Okay, yeah a little. But not because of the surgery."

Confused, Alex said, "What do you mean?"

"I guess I'm just scared that I might die and won't have the chance to do any of the stuff that other people do. I don't get to run around a lot or get to play soccer all that much with my friends 'cause of my heart. But when I do, I'm happy. My grandmother once told me, don't take anything for granted because it might not always be around."

Holy shit. And the kid's only 11.

"Hey, don't worry about it. You'll be fine." Alex gave him a reassuring smile before walking out of the room and towards the locker room. He gathered all his things and started to walk out of the hospital. When a familiar streak of blond hair caught the corner of his eye, Alex looked up. He saw Izzie about 100 metres away walking into the staff parking lot.

Then he remembered.

"Don't take anything for granted because it might not always be around."

A/N: Well this chapter is longer, hope you liked it! Please give me some reviews! Thank you. I already have ideas for the next chapter, which will also be the last one. So I'll post that as soon as I can. Happy New Year!