A/N: Thank you so much for the reviews! So here's the last chapter. And its kinda New Year's themed, I guess and I know it's a couple days late but oh well. Enjoy!

Chapter 3

Guess We're Even Now

Today was kinda weird for Izzie. She thought about it as she was walking towards her car. At lunch this afternoon, she saw Alex and Meredith eating together in the caf. Okay, so they can be friends. I wanted them to be friends. Even if it is kinda odd. She was sort of avoiding Alex these days. Ever since the night she helped him study for his boards, he's been trying to reach out to her.

Flashback

Izzie was at the nurse's station doing paperwork for her patient.

"Hey Izzie…umm can we talk?" Alex asked after checking his patient, who was bleeding internally and did not die this time 'cause Alex made sure to check if he was.

"Umm…yeah. I mean no. Sorry I gotta get this to Dr. Shepard." She answered hurriedly, a little disoriented and walked down the hall. Dammit! What am I gonna do? He's not gonna stop…but do I want him to? I don't know anything anymore. Alex, still standing there watching her walk away, didn't know what to do. Ok, one more try. If I still get nothing, then I'm giving up. She can't say I didn't try.

End Flashback

Izzie was about to unlock her car door when she heard the voice she's been dreading all day.

"Izzie! Hey, wait up!" Alex called.

Alex jogged up to her car. Okay Izzie can't back out now. I mean, she wouldn't really just drive away…right? Izzie unlocked her car door and debated whether or not to just take off or give Alex a chance and hear him out. Okay, I can't keep doing this. He's not gonna keep trying for the rest of his life. He's gonna stop caring after awhile.

Izzie turned around in time to see him stop in front of her.

"Look, Izzie. I just wanna know…I just…are we over?" Alex finally got the chance to talk to her and now he can hardly word what he's saying. Please say we aren't.

Izzie looked at her feet. I don't want us to be.

"Izzie. Talk to me."

She looked up. Damn, why does he have to be so hot? Okay, think, Izzie. What do you want? She opened her mouth to say something then closed it again.

She's gonna say yes isn't she…I can't take the anticipation anymore. So Alex broke the silence.

"Okay, never mind. I think I know." He was gonna walk away but stayed where he was just a second longer…hoping she'd say otherwise. I guess not. With that he started to walk away. And I still have that damn coffee stain to clean up.

"No. Alex, wait."

He stopped walking and Izzie stepped in front of him so he wouldn't have to turn around.

"Listen. I…okay, I suppose I half forgive you for the whole Olivia thing, 'cause I still don't know why you did it, but I guess you really do seem like you feel bad about it—"

"I do. I never meant to hurt—"

"I know." Izzie said in a small voice. "But I don't know what we are, okay? I mean I don't even see how it's gonna work. We were good for like, what? A week?" Izzie went quiet, trying to gather her thoughts and form her words. "Maybe…maybe we're just…not meant to be together." That last part hurt her to say. And hurt him to hear. I didn't mean that, did I? I can't have.

Tell me she didn't just say that. Okay so she did, but she didn't mean it, right? She couldn't have. No, not after I found someone that I lo— I mean really like. Oh, who are you kidding, Karev? Admit it. You fell for her. Hard.

Alex didn't know what to say. So he gave her a small nod and started to walk towards his car.

Dammit Izzie, he's walking away. Take it back.

"Izzie!" A woman with a recognizable voice called.

Alex and Izzie turned around to see who it was. Meredith.

"Hey, Izzie you were supposed to drive me home today, remember?"

"Right. Sorry. Forgot."

"Oh hey Alex. I thought you had a late shift today."

"Nope, just George."

"I'm just glad I don't have to work late tomorrow either with New Year's Eve and everything."

Oh yeah tomorrow's New Year's Eve. How depressing, Izzie thought.

"Huh. New Year's Eve. That's depressing. I'll probably just get drunk at Joe's or something. Well anyway, I'm gonna head home. See you guys." Though Alex looked more at Meredith then Izzie when he said his goodbye and got into his car and drove off.

"What's up with you and him?" Meredith asked as she got into the passenger seat.

"Nothing actually."

"Right." Meredith gave Izzie a skeptical look, which she didn't bother to respond to.

GAGAGAGAGA

"So what do you wanna do tonight?" Meredith asked Izzie as they were getting their stuff from the locker room to go home.

"I dunno. Whatever."

"But it's New Years Eve."

"Since when were you so festive?"

"Well you don't have to be bitter about it." Then Meredith added, "Just 'cause you and Alex are done."

"What! We're not. I mean we are. But this is so not about him! We'll hang in front of the TV and get drunk or something."

"Whatever you want."

GAGAGAGAGA

Izzie looked at the clock. Fourteen minutes till 2006. Then she heard Meredith laugh at something.

Oh right. The 'Friends' rerun.

Izzie walked over to the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room and lied down underneath it. Just like she did on Christmas.

She looked at the clock again.

So thirteen minutes till the New Year. And spending it alone, again. Well I guess I got Mer. But damn…okay so I want him back. Not like I ever didn't want him. Well except that time he was an ass and posted pictures of me in lingerie. But he was still hot.

"Izzie, what are you doing?" Meredith asked during the commercial break.

"Just…lying here."

Twelve minutes.

Izzie suddenly sat up. She looked at Meredith. Meredith saw her glancing at the clock for the past two hours.

"Just go."

Izzie looked at her. Meredith had a knowing smile on her face.

"You know you want to."

Yeah I do.

She quickly slipped on her coat and ran out the door. But she only got as far as the driveway. Shit. The keys. And turned back, when Meredith came out and threw them to her.

"Thanks Mer!"

Ok I have nine minutes to get to Joe's. There better not be a lot of traffic.

GAGAGAGAGA

Alex sat at the bar finishing his shot and called Joe over for another.

"You're not getting drunk yet, are you?" Joe asked passing Alex his drink.

"What? No way!"

Alex remembered when him and his friends used to play Twister with shots in college. Wow, that was a depressing memory. Twister. Hell, sitting in a bar alone on New Year's Eve is depressing. He looked up at the TV, four minutes till the countdown. Not like he cares anyway.

GAGAGAGA

Izzie was stuck on red light as she took a look at the clock in her car.

11:58

The light finally turned green. But for some reason the car in front of her didn't speed up. She honked. Holy hell! You better move! I'll be so pissed if I don't get there on time. Why the fuck is this street a one-lane road? She honked one more time. That's it. Izzie swerved into the other lane after making sure there were no cars coming from the other way. Not like any sane person would be on the streets during the last minute of the year anyway. Shit! One minute. When Izzie finally arrived at the bar and got out, she could hear people inside starting to count down.

10…

Ok, I didn't miss it.

9…

Alex shot a look at the bar entrance.

8…

Right. Like she'd somehow magically appear. Dream on, Karev. She said it was over.

7…

Izzie pulled the door open and started to scan the bar for Alex.

6…

Dammit! Why's it so fricken crowded!

5…

Then she saw him. At the bar, in front of Joe.

4…

She ran up to him.

3…

"Alex." He turned around and saw her panting slightly.

2…

His face was both confused and surprised. "Hey. What are you—"

1…

Izzie simply kissed him. And all around them they could hear people yelling 'Happy New Year!' but really faintly, seeing as they were too busy to care. Joe looked at them and smiled and went off to bartend to another customer.

They broke the kiss when the need for oxygen got in the way. But still, with their foreheads touching, Alex smiled at her and was the first to talk.

"What's with us and awesome kisses at the bar?"

"Guess we're even now."

End

A/N: That was the longest chapter I wrote. Twice as long as the last chapter. Hope you liked my fic and please review! Thanks so much.

Izzabella