The next morning at the hospital, Izzie found herself sitting by her locker, debating on how best to speak to the others, she understood jealousy but she didnt understand why she felt like she needed to be the bigger man about it, why cant she just be petty like them? Oh right, no friends means lonley Izzie.

'Hey Izzie'

The voice of a flustered Meredith Grey spoke up, Izzie looked at her curiously.

'Hey, what happened to you?'

Meredith laughed sheepishly as she attempted to compose herself, she took a deep breath before speaking.

'I had sex with someone I met at a bar the night before we started our internship here'

Izzie nodded her understanding, listening intently to Merediths story.

'Well.. I bumped into him earlier.. He works at this hospital..'

Izzie smirked as she was now extremely intrigued by this story

'Its not the chief, right?'

Izzie chuckled at herself for asking such a blatantly silly question.

'No... Its Dr Shepard..'

Izzie gasped, an attending, Meredith Grey, Child prodigy has slept with what would be considered her boss and more importantly their boss' boss.

Izzie let out a long whistle as she eyed Meredith, she was clearly having a hard time with this.

'Did he speak to you?'

Meredith nodded, blushing as she recalled their time on the stairwell

Izzie nodded and smiled.

'Well it shouldnt matter too much, so long as he doesnt treat you any differently, then there would be no problems'

Izzie smiled, stretched her arms out and sighed before getting up. Alex, Cristina and George entered as she stood, glancing and smirking at Izzie.

'Guys, stop'

Meredith spoke up, placing her hands on her hips and glaring to the three that entered, Izzie smiled at Meredith before shaking her head, she took a step forward to her colleagues as she spoke.

'What you dont like me because I look like I should be on the cover of a magazine? You think I fucked my way through medical school and what? Slept with the chief to get my internship here? Is that really what you think this hospital is about? I worked my ass off to get through medical school, I worked 2 jobs and studied, just so I could pay of my debt before arriving here, but yeah, Im blonde, big boobs.. I must be sleeping with our resident attending right? How else could I have gotten the opportunity to assist him with major surgery?'

Denny was just about to open the door to get his interns when he heard Izzies speech to the other, smiling, he listened intently.

'Its not like you guys werent around because you were too busy watching another surgery? Or the fact that you hadnt eaten anything for 7 hours? Or the fact that you show any interest in the things that Dr Duquette is trying to teach us, right? so before you criticize me for showing an interest in what I hope will be my career, then I suggest you take a long hard look at yourselves first'

She turned on her heel to leave for the door but stopped and turned to Alex.

'And by the way, that magazine, was how I paid for med school. How much debt do you still have left?'

And with that she opened the door and bumped straight into the chest of Dr Denny Duquette.

'Whoa, tiger'

He held her shoulders to prevent her from falling backwards and laughed as he looked at the faces of the other interns, Meredith was smiling proudly, Cristina looked like she had developed the fear of getting her ass whooped, George was confused and Alex had the biggest look of disdain.

That boy is like a preschooler, Denny thought as he noted Alexs' behaviour.

Izzie blushed and took a long step backwards to allow Denny entry into the locker room. Denny smiled down at her and entered, looking to each intern as he spoke.

'Ok so I've made a list regarding who assists with my surgeries, since Dr Stevens here assisted yesterday... today it will be...'

He glanced at the paper to see the first name.

'Karev, I choose you, so scrub in today'

Alex nodded and turned back to his locker, Denny smirked and eyed the rest of them as they stood to attention for him.

'Remember, this is not kindergarden. So stop acting like toddlers, I dont want to overhear conversations revolving other interns like yesterday'

Izzie looked shocked, just as everyone else from the revelation that Denny had actually heard the bullying.

Cristina was the first to speak

'Sorry Dr Duquette, it wont happen again'

Denny frowned as he looked at her.

'Your aplogising to the wrong person Yang'

Cristina gulped and glanced between Izzie and Denny, sighing, she mumbled under her breath, a very unbelievable 'Sorry..'

Izzie nodded and smiled glancing to Meredith who was now eyeing Denny suspiciously. He's just being nice, he doesnt want drama, theres nothing to this, Izzie thought to herself but was suprised to see that Denny did not stop with Cristina.

'That reminds me, Karev, if you want in on my surgery today then you need to apologise too'

Alex looked up, a face of utter disapproval from what Denny had just told him, he looked back to Izzie and frowned.

'Ok, sorry Iz'

Izzie looked at Alex and frowned for the use of the nickname that Denny had given her, she didnt particularly like the idea of someone else calling her Iz, especially if that someone was using it to taunt her. It appeared Denny felt the same way, although he didnt show it, it was something that the ever perceptive Meredith Grey had noticed, the tightening of his fist, the whitening of his knuckles. There was definitely something there, Meredith mused to herself as she watched Dr Duquette nod his approval and turn to leave, ushering the interns to follow him.

'Ok, so here is the list of surgeries I have this week and who will be assisting'

Denny handed out the piece of paper to each of them before heading to see their patients.

OR1

Izzie watched from the gallery as Denny was operating on a heart transplant, she chuckled as she saw Alex in a corner, huddled around the nurses with a look of disappointment as he could not see a thing that Denny was doing.

The sound of the monitor flat lining caused Izzie to stand closer to the glass to have a closer look, she saw the flatline as they removed the patients heart, she watched as Denny took the donor heart out from the container and place it back into the chest cavity, she found herself wondering as she watched him work reattatching the arteries and veins, wondering how old he was when he went through the same procedure that he was now doing.

After a heavy silence, a beep was heard on the ECG, she could see the weight lift from Dennys shoulders as he informed the others that he would be closing up the chest.

He was mind blowing, and she didnt quite understand why he was so underrated, it appeared that Dr Shepard and Dr Burke were stealing the attention of the interns, yet Denny, a humble and good doctor who so far hasnt lost a life was getting overlooked.

Denny finished suturing the wound and stretched his back, it had been a long day and he was starting to feel it, he twisted his back to stretch out the muscles and noticed his other interns watching him work, he found himself locking eyes with Izzie and smiled, nodding his head and holding a thumbs up to them in the gallery.

Izzie smiled as she watched him, biting her lip, she headed out to go and get dressed as it would be time to leave any minute, the voice of Meredith following behind her caught her.

'Its crazy, he really doesnt look like the type that would be a heart surgeon.. he looks more like..'

Cristina Yang stood and followed, finishing Merediths sentence for her

'Gruff biker gang?'

Izzie frowned as she watched Yang but decided against interacting, she opened and the door and walked down to the locker room.

'See you tomorrow Izzie'

Meredith chirped as they walked out to the car park.

Izzie smiled and nodded her head

'Yeah, see you tomorrow'

Izzie headed to her car, looking around as she was secretly hoping to bump in to Denny, she saw his car was still in the parking lot, she had managed to park her car across from his yet again, Was that on purpose? She mused to herself, leaning against the hood of her car as she stared up into the starless sky.

'Hey Iz, lost your keys?'

Denny asked as he strolled over to her, his smile so bright that it made his eyes sparkle.

'Denny.. Hi, no, I.. I wanted to ask you something'

She stated sheepishly, biting her lip.

Denny smirked as he watched her, how she had wrapped her arms around her body, the biting of his lower lip and lack of eye contact. What on Earth does she want to ask thats made her this uncomfortable? He wondered. Sighing he stood next to her and took a long breath as he stared at the sky.

'Ask me anything'

Izzie smiled as she watched him, appreciating his silhouette in the dim night, she stood straight as she asked him.

'How old were you? I mean.. when, when you had your transplant?'

Denny chuckled to himself, thats it? He found himself disappointed that it was anything more inappropriate, a date even.

'I was 11, I was healthy for the first 6 years, never suffered a cold and then one day.. I just wasnt, and I had my diagnosis and after 5 years of docs that werent sure what to do, giving my parents worse news with each second opinion.. I had an LVAD put in, and then after dying for a few minutes, I finally had my heart'

He looked down at her and smiled sadly, the look was heart wrenching, how he could be sad because he was able to live thanks to someone else dying, it was evident in his expression, she wondered if he acted so happy because he had to make his life good, he had to be happy because he needed to make that heart that was inside his chest worth it.

'Im glad your alive Denny'

Izzie stated simply, not looking anywhere else, she watched the look in his eyes change, but to what, she wasnt sure.

Denny looked back up to the sky and made a long whistle sound before looking back to Izzie, his smile faded slightly but his eyes still bright with emotion.

'I need to ask you something Iz?'

Izzie nodded for him to ask and sunbconciously began rubbing her hands against her arms as the chill was beginning to hit her. Denny took her hand and led her to his car, Izzie suprised was unsure what was happening but didnt stop him as she followed him, he opened the passenger side door for her before getting in on the other side.

Denny noticing the confused look on Izzies face laughed as he stated

'Heated seats'

Izzie blushed and nodded her understanding, ofcourse he wasnt whisking her off her feet.

'So I wanted to ask how you guys would feel being Dr Baileys interns?'

Izzie snapped to look at him as she was even more confused, why? Why cant they stay with him?

'Why? Are you leaving?'

Denny took a moment to think before replying

'I need to take some time off so you guys would be without a resident, but Bailey has offered to take you on.. Im asking you since I dont really have much of a connection with the others'

She watched him as he spoke that word, noticed him bite his lip and smile afterwards, and then a thought occured to her, if she was no longer his intern, then she could have hope? It might be a good thing, she smirked as she thought of a way to reveal a little bit of her feelings regarding the matter.

'Well unless you want to date one of your interns but if not then.. we would rather wait for you..'

She looked out the window, blushing, she realised just how stupid she sounded, ofcourse he doesnt want to date his interns, well definitely not her or Cristina anyway, to her suprise, the warmth of Dennys hand brushing her arm, pulled her back to look at him.

Denny saw her flushed cheeks, emotion filled eyes and bit his lip, he did want to date her, and that was the reason why he was debating giving away his interns, he wanted to give her attention and not get called out on it.

He smirked as he decided to test the waters with a bit of flirtatious banter

'Dr Stevens, Im a catch, ofcourse you've fallen for me'

He winked at her, causing her to gasp in embarrassment, she huffed and nodded her head.

'Yes ofcourse, I am so inlove with you'

She looked out the window but noticed his reflection in the glass, he was staring at her, no smirk, no playful aura, he just watched her, she took a breath and turned to face him.

'Ok what if I did.. a little bit?'

Denny smiled and rubbed his hand over his face, he couldnt win, he was never going to win, she was a catch and that unseen connection was there from day 1, he's only known Izzy for 2 days and already he's feeling the risk to his career.

'Well I best move you guys over to Bailey, until then..'

He looked at her in a rather serious way, a way that Izzie hadnt seen him look unless it was in the OR.

'..Im your boss, so I best get you back to your car'

He sighed, taking another breath and opening his door, to his suprise Izzie had grabbed his hand, stopping him from getting out, he turned to look at her but it was too late, she had crossed the line, her lips were now ontop of his in a blissfully sweet kiss, he took a moment to relish the kiss, begining to lose his sense of self, when Izzie pulled away, blushing and biting her lip, she stated a simple goodnight and was out like a shot, running over to her car and leaving a dazed Denny watching her.