Chapter 19: Perfection is the Key

Izzy got home early from her shift. She knew Meredith and George would be arriving later on that night so she decided to surprise them with a nice dinner. As she started to get all her pots and pans out, she heard a knock at the door. Mer and George still have another 3 hours on their shift. Who could this be? She heard the knock again. Izzy left the kitchen and went to the front door. Cautiously she opened it,

"Hey," Izzy recognized that voice anywhere

"Alex?" Izzy opened the door a little bit wider, " What are you doing here? What about your shift?"

"It ended early, so I thought I might come by here. Can I come in?"

"Uh, ya sure," Izzy opened the door wider so Alex could step in. "I'm sorry, but it's such a surprise to see you here. We haven't talked in a while,"

"Ya I know. That's the actually why I came here," Izzy noticed he didn't have the sarcastic tone in his voice. He actually sounded…. compassionate.

"Oh, well I was just making dinner for Meredith and George, but c'mon into the kitchen,"

"Izzy, I really need to talk to you,"

Izzy turned and saw that Alex wasn't kidding around

"Oh, ok, c'mon lets go into the living room then,"

Izzy led Alex into the living room. She went back into the kitchen and brought out 2 cups of coffee

"Okay, let's talk,"

"Izzy, I-I, shit,"

"Alex?"

"Look Izzy you have no idea how hard this is to say. I know you loved Denny and that, and what you did to yourself after he died it just killed me. Seeing you hurt, hurt me. Izz, I never want to see you hurt like that again,"

"Alex-"

"Izzy please listen to me. I have never meant to hurt you. I never want to hurt you like I did again. I guess what I'm trying to say…Izzy Stevens, I-I love you,"

Izzy stared at Alex, tears running down her face,

"Oh Alex, I know you never wanted to hurt me. I was just mad, that you slept with a nurse in the same on-call room. I was mad, and Denny made it all better. I loved him, but I guess I also loved you. I was just so angry, I never got over it. Denny gave me what you didn't. But when Denny died, reality hit me. All my emotions came pouring out. I wasn't only crying about him. All my anger and sadness that was bottled up and that was the time I released it. Alex I know you never meant to hurt you. I guess what I'm trying to say is…I love you too,"

Both looked at each other, then dove into a long kiss

"What do you say we leave Grey and O'Malley to fend for themselves, and we go out to dinner?" asked Alex, pulling away

"I say, how about you help me with dinner, and we can go out tomorrow,"

"Works for me,"

They both got up and headed for the kitchen holding hands. They wanted to make one of the best dinners ever.

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"She didn't even tell me and I'm her best friend!" Burke and Christina were leaving the hospital and walking into the parking lot. Christina had just finished her shift and Burke had waited for her. They were heading to Meredith's house since Izzy invited them over for dinner.

"I can see why you're upset, but please don't be. She was probably was going to tell you, but it just wasn't the right time. I mean, you didn't tell her about your pregnancy,"

"BURKE! Whose side are you on?"

"I'm just saying,"

Christina climbed into the car and slumped in her seat

"Christina-"

"Just drive,"

"Christina,"

"What?"

"I want to talk to you,"

"Haven't we done enough talking for one day?"

"Christina, this is serious,"

Christina turned to Burke. Sure enough, he face was solemn.

"Okay, what's on your mind?"

"Why?"

"Why what?"

"Why did you run from me when I proposed to you?"

Christina sat there, looking into Burke's eyes. A lone tear ran down her face,
"Because, I'm scared Burke. What's going on with Shepherd and Meredith, I don't want that to happen to us,"

"Oh Christina, it won't. We love each other like we've never loved anyone else. I mean we live together for god sakes!" he laughed, " I mean we've gone through 2 really tough times,"

"Don't remind me,"

"We can have even better times if we get married. You're a resident now and everything will be easier. I love you Christina,"

"Burke, I love you too." Christina kept looking into his dark brown eyes, how could she say no twice?

"Okay, Yes, I'll marry you Pre-Preston Burke,"

Burke leaned over and kissed her,

"Thank you," He went into his coat pocket and took out a small box. He opened it, and pulled out a ring and slipped it onto Christina's finger. She just smiled at him as he started the car and started to drive over to Meredith's house.

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Meredith and George entered the house dead tired. They both got out late, since they both had surgeries to perform. Meredith was late for her 'date' with Derek, but she knew he would understand. They found the house unusually quiet when they finally understood they were in the house

"What's going on?" whispered George,

"I don't know. C'mon let's go into the kitchen and see what's going on,"

Both entered the kitchen and just as they thought it was dark and quite. Meredith switched on the light,

"SURPRISE!" Christina, Burke, Izzy, Alex, and Derek jumped out of no where

"What the?" Meredith and George were speechless

"What's the occasion?" asked Meredith, stepping into the kitchen recovering from the shock

"Well, I was just going to make a nice dinner for you two, just because. Then Alex came over and helped me with it. We talked for a while and well….we're a couple now," Izzy gave Alex a peck on the cheek,

"Okay, that's it? You did a surprise party just to tell us that?" questioned Meredith

"Well, then Christina came over and well I think she should tell you,"

"Christina?"

"Well, Burke and I are finally engaged," Christina said it kinda quietly, like she didn't want anyone to know

"SERIOUSLY?"

"Seriously!"

Meredith ran over and gave her best friend a hug

"What? I can't say no twice right?" responded Christina

Meredith just laughed

"And, I wanted to congratulate you and Derek on the baby, so here you go," piped in Izzy

"Oh Izzy,"

Meredith went and gave her other friend a big hug,

"Thanks,"

"No problem,"

"Oh, ya and I couldn't leave George out, so George, I invited someone over,"

"Who?" asked George stepping forward

"Me,"

George turned around to see Calli standing at the door,

"Call?"

"Hey,"

"Uh, can you guys excuse us please?"

Everyone is the room nodded and George led Calli into the living room

"What the hell are you doing here?" snapped George

"Izzy invited me. Look George, I miss you. Since the day we broke up, I've been practically crying myself to sleep. I know that doesn't seem like me, but I have George. I know I don' t know everyone that well and I got off to a bad start with them, but I'll try to make the best out of it. Please, give me another chance. I'll be nicer to Meredith and Izzy and even Christina. I see how much you care about them and I guess I care about them too. I want to be apart of this one big happy family that you have here. I seems so special,"

"Oh Calli,"

George leaned in and kiss her

"I'm sorry I didn't say it before. I've missed you too. Calli Torres, I love you!"

"I love you to George,"

The kissed again

"C'mon let's go tell everyone,"

George and Calli walked into the kitchen, hand in hand,
"Hem Hem. Everyone we have announcement to make,"

The whole kitchen got quite suddenly

"Calli and I are back together!"

It was quite in the kitchen for a couple of seconds. Then everyone erupted into cheers

"About time man!" yelled Alex

Meredith, Izzy, and Christina walked over to Calli

"We know we've been harsh on you before, but were willing to give you another chance if you're willing to give us another one,"

"Thanks," said Calli. All 4 girls (even Christina) did a small group hug.

"Mer?"

Meredith pulled away from the group when she heard Derek call her

"Sorry guys," Meredith walked over to Derek

"What's up?"

"Well do you wanna tell everyone now? I mean we've made up our mind right?"

"Are you sure you wanna go through with it though Derek? I mean we made the decision pretty quickly don't you think?"

"As long as you're happy with it,"

"Okay," Meredith smiled at him and cleared her throat. The room got quiet again,

"Everyone, we also have announcement to make,"

Everyone in the room was staring at Meredith and Derek

"Derek and I have made a decision on our wedding date," Meredith looked back and took hold of Derek's hand,

"We decided to get married on February 14 of next year,"

The room exploded into cheers again,

"That's great Mer!" cheered Izzy

"Congratulations Derek," Burke came over and patted Derek on the back

Meredith and Derek locked eyes. They were both thinking the same thing Perfection.

A/N: I know I got kinda caught up in MerDer ( okay, so for the last 18 chapters, it's been devoted to MerDer...sry), so I decided to make this chapter so I could inculde Izzy, George, and Chrtina in. Let you guys know what's been going on with their lives. Even though I did have a little MerDer at the end here, but I couldn't resist ;P. Hope you guys are enjoying this and remeber REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW...PLZ:D