Chapter 2

Meredith, Cristina and Izzie sat around a circular table in the hospital cafeteria. The topic of Alex was long forgotten as they talked about the cases they were on and the latest hospital gossip. A few minutes later, George came over, setting his tray down on the table and taking a seat.

"Callie is driving me crazy," he muttered, before he noticed that everyone at the table was staring at him.

"I told you she was weird," Cristina replied with a slight smirk.

"I don't think she's that bad," Izzie commented.

"Of course you don't. You always see the good in people, even if you have to make it up," Cristina replied, looking over at her.

Izzie looked up from her sandwich and gave Cristina a look.

"What?" Cristina asked as she looked at her blond friend.

"Nothing," Iz mumbled, going back to eating. Truthfully, Cris's comment had made her think about Alex. She wondered if there really was any good in him, or if she was in fact making it up.

"So yeah…" Meredith said, turning the conversation around, "did you all see the new nurse? The one who keeps throwing herself at every guy she sees?"

Everyone laughed for a moment, including Izzie though her laugh was half-hearted and her mind elsewhere. No one seemed to notice this though. The conversation continued on and gradually Izzie got more and more involved, letting her thoughts go and focusing on her friends.

"She's not even that pretty," Izzie added in about the new nurse.

George shook his head. "She's not bad looking," he stated, looking up to the nurses' counter where she stood.

"Aw does Georgie have a crush?" Alex said, appearing seemingly out of no where. He set his tray at the empty seat, between Meredith and Cristina, and sat down.

"I do not. I'm with Callie remember?" he responded, moving his eyes off of the new nurse and bringing them down towards his food.

"And you were just saying she annoys you," Cristina pointed out with a laugh.

George gave her a look and shrugged. "I'm not like that," he reminded them.

"Yeah, George is too good and boring for that," Alex chimed in with a smirk.

"Oh leave him alone, guys," Izzie murmured.

"What's eating you?" Meredith asked, giving Izzie a concerned look.

Izzie looked over at her and sighed softly. "Nothing," was all she said.

Meredith shook her head. "Izzie…"

"It's nothing, okay?" she said, in a tone that told everyone that it was definitely not nothing. Their thoughts were confirmed when she stood up, picking up her tray. "I'm gonna go, I need to check on one of my patients," she muttered as a reason for her departure.

"Bye Iz," they all said, speaking almost in unison.

She turned around and left, throwing her trash away and setting her tray on top of the trashcan where it belonged. Then she left the lunch room.

Back at the table, they all watched her as she left.

"What's wrong with her?" George asked to anyone who could answer.

There was silence for a moment while everyone waited for someone else to answer, then Meredith spoke, "I have no idea."

Alex shrugged. "She's just weird like that."

"Hey!" Cristina, Meredith and George said at the same time.

Shrugging once more, Alex said, "What? It's the truth."

Meredith sighed. Sometimes she wondered if Izzie was right about him or not.

"Oh shut up, Evil Spawn," Cristina retorted, giving him a glare.

Alex glared back at her while the other three laughed.