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Chapter Two

The medicine is blending in

Mixing the blood and oxygen

I needed this right now,

To figure myself out

Cutting through the ribbons of self doubt

I never thought you would see me this way

You are the worst and I am to blame

-Lyrics by Hawthorne Heights, from Dead in the Water

-All three characters, George, Izzy and Alex are in a pile of twisted metal and still in the car, Alex is conscious, Izzy is semi-conscious, and George is completely out of it.

Alex: (groggily and whispering) what happened?

Izzy: (Meekly) Alex…? (Alex locates Izzy and reaches his arm over and puts it on her shoulder)

Alex: Iz, are you okay?

Izzy: I don't know. My head hurts, and I have some lesions on my face, arms and legs.

Alex: Help must be coming.

Izzy: Are you okay?

Alex: (grimaces) I am fine. Let's just wait, they'll come soon. (Holds Izzy's hand)

Izzy: (softly) What about George?

Alex: (loudly) O'Malley! George! (Twists head around to look behind Izzy's seat)

He's not answering Iz.

Izzy: (starts to cry softly) It's my entire fault. George! I should have listened to you Alex. Alex….how did I do this?

Alex: its okay Izzy, it's all going to be okay.

Paramedic: (talks through window) you two okay?

Alex: We're okay, we're both conscious, with just a few scrapes and stuff. I may have broken a few ribs, but we're okay.

Paramedic: You two the only ones in the car?

Alex: no, there's another man. In the backseat. He's not conscious.

Paramedic: We're gonna go get the fire fighters, and they're going to get you out of this mess okay? Hang in there.

Firefighters take Izzy, Alex and George out of the car wreck, and all three are placed onto stretchers and put into ambulances.

AT THE SEATTLE GRACE ER

Alex: (wheels himself over to Izzy's bed and talks softly) hey...

Izzy has a bandage around her forehead, and random bandages around her arms, legs and face. Alex has his arm in a sling, stitches on his right cheek, a black eye and gauze around his chest (although you can't see that, because of the hospital gown)

Izzy: (looks at Alex) Hey… (Voice is croaky) how are you doing?

Alex: I've been better, but I'm god. I'm more concerned about you. They said you had a serious concussion, not to mention that huge gash you had on your forehead.

Izzy: Oh, I'm a little tired, got a small headache, but it's going away. It took thirty stitches to stitch me up. Why didn't you tell me it was so bad?

Alex: (Brushes Izzy's cheek) I didn't want to worry you. You were messed up bad enough as it was from shock.

Izzy: Have you heard about George?

Alex: (Looks down) He's in bad shape Iz. He's in surgery right now, but I'm sure Dr. Sheppard can fix him up.

(Izzy cries silently.)

Derek: (tying up face mask) Okay people, this is one of our own. Let's fix him up okay?

Bailey: Okay Dr. Sheppard.

(surgery goes on without a hitch until….)

Bailey: He's crashing Dr Sheppard…

Derek: Charge the paddles to 200. And clear….. Again. Charge to 300. Clear…

Close the door, and lock it tight

Then I'll know you safe tonight

Turn on a song that means the most,

Believe I'm there and hold me close

She in my bloodstream

Tonight she draining me

The room is filled with reds and blues

I follow as she leads into the darkness

Drying up my veins

She's a ghost, a silhouette, calling out my name. (Dead in the Water, Hawthorne Heights)