The next day, Izzie was awoken by Dr Shepherd.
"What, what's goin on?" She asked, looking startled.
"It's okay Izzie, I'm Dr Shepherd, I performed your surgery yesterday. I'm just here to check you over."Dr Shepherd explained, unwinding his stethoscope.
"Oh right. Okay!" Izzie said looking around the room. "Where's Taylor?" Izzie asked Dr Shepherd looking worried.
"It's okay don't worry. Dr McIntosh...Hayley...took him up to radiology for an MRI to check for residual bleeding. When he gets back it's your turn!" Dr Shepherd told Izzie who was very relieved to hear that Taylor was alright.
"Dr Shepherd ..." Izzie started.
"Please call me Derek!"Dr Derek told Izzie, with a cheeky smile.
"Sure. Derek, I just wanted to ermmm... I just ... What I'm trying to say is, thank you. If it wasn't for you Taylor would be dead."Izzie told Derek trying her best not to cry.
"That's why I'm here!" Derek told Izzie patting her on the shoulder as a sign of support, and also, as a way of mildly hitting on her.
Just then, Hayley wheeled Taylor into the room.
"Hey Iz! How are you today?" Taylor asked Izzie who was smiling profusely.
"I'm good! How're you?" Izzie said, looking up at Derek and smiling.
"Well it just struck me that I have got the most amazing best friend anyone could ever ask for!"Taylor told a blushing Izzie.
"Oh come on!"Izzie said, trying to change the subject to avoid getting embarrassed in front of Derek.
"No I'm serious! I mean, I thought the guys I went to high school with were good friends, but I don't see any of them giving me half of their liver!"Taylor said making everyone laugh.
"Okay Izzie, it's your turn!" Hayley told Izzie.
"Oh, can I wait a little while, I want Mike to be here when I go up." Izzie asked since she hadn't seen Mike since the day before.
"Oh yeah about that, he called before and said he couldn't make it in today. He said he would call after work, sorry honey!"Hayley said feeling guilty.
"Oh rite. Then let's get this over with! See ya later Taylor! Thanks Derek!"Izzie said as she was wheeled out the door.
"No problem!" Derek shouted after her.
When Izzie was finished with her MRI, she and Taylor were discussing reasons why Mike hadn't showed up to see her.
"Maybe he was thrown off by thinking of you being in here."Taylor suggested.
"Well that can't be it, I mean he was here yesterday and he seemed fine! I dunno maybe he's got a cold or something or maybe he's working an extra shift, it could be anything!"Izzie said, trying to convince herself.
"Yeah that's true! But don't you think he'd blow all that off for you, y'know it's not every day your girlfriend goes through major surgery!"Taylor said which caused Izzie to get a little angry that she wasn't important enough for Mike to get off work for her.
After discussing it further, Izzie and Taylor came to the conclusion that Mike was probably exhausted from sitting with Izzie the entire day before and then going to work, and he would be in to see her later that day.
This seemed like a good theory until it came to 11 o'clock that night and there was still no sign of Mike. Izzie was in a mix between being worried enough to call him and being angry enough to kill him.
When Hayley walked in Taylor was trying to comfort Izzie who was fuming about Mike not showing up.
"Iz, do you wanna call him? I can get Olivia to bring the phone in for you if you want?"Hayley asked her just in time before she imploded.
"Yes please! If that asshole doesn't have the nerve to call me, then I'll just have to call him!"Izzie said very mischievously.
"Hello? Mike's phone." Came a voice from Mike's end of the phone that definitely didn't sound like Mike.
"Excuse me, who is this?"Izzie asked sounding extremely annoyed.
"This is Mike's girlfriend Janay. Can I ask who's speaking so I can pass on a message?"Janay asked Izzie who was now bright red and scaring the life out of Taylor.
"Yes, you can. This is Mike's other girlfriend and you can pass on this message: Mike, you are the lowest most pathetic piece of crap on this planet and I hope you have a miserable life, because you are a miserable man! Oh and Janay, if you have any self esteem, I would leave him right now because God knows how many other women he's got going. Goodbye!"Izzie slammed the phone down and burst into tears.
Taylor immediately got out of his bed, got into hers and hugged her. "H...he was ch...cheating on m...me! H...how could he d...do that? How path...thetic is he?"Izzie said crying her eyes out.
"Hey, hey don't think about it! Just try to concentrate on getting better, that way when you get outta here you can trash his apartment!"Taylor said, making Izzie giggle a little.
"Okay I guess you're right. But could we have been more wrong? So much for that big proposal, hey?" Izzie said starting to calm down.
"I know, I know it was a bit stupid of us to jump to that conclusion! But hey, none of that matters. All that matters is that we both get better and we both get through this. And you're not alone in this, you've got me and Hayley and we're always here for you! Okay?"Taylor said and then hugged Izzie.