Alex walked back to the room with a little extra bounce in his step. Izzie was coming home. He couldn't believe how easy it had been to convince Shepard. He'd had a whole argument planed out in his head to convince him and he'd only needed to use the start of it. It was a little weird. Did Shepard trust his judgment that much? Alex shook the thoughts of self doubt from his head, he was ready for this, he could do this. Izzie was coming home.
Alex couldn't wait to tell Izzie the good news. He was excited and he hoped she would be too. He still held hope that somewhere underneath the demanding, self-centered, irritable Izzie, was the old caring, generous, funny Izzie he loved. He was sure that going home was the key to finding her.
Alex walked into Izzie's room with a big smile on his face, the kind of goofy one that used to make her laugh. He walked up to her bed but didn't say anything, he just stared at her. She looked back at him, confused.
"What?" she asked. But Alex didn't say anything he just kept staring at her. "Alex?" She said trying to work out what was going on. And then he kissed her. It was the first time since the shooting that he'd really kissed her. He'd kissed her hands, he'd kissed her cheek, he'd kissed her goodbye but he hadn't really kissed her. He wasn't sure why he did it, it just seemed like the right thing to do. When he pulled away Izzie's mouth hung slightly open, she looked shocked, surprised, that was the last thing she was expecting Alex to do. She stared back at him confused, she didn't know what was going on. She watched his face for clues, he was happy, that was all she could pick. She felt his hands reach down for hers and grasp them tightly. He looked into her eyes and she thought for a moment he was going to kiss her again but he pulled back just a little and spoke instead.
"We're going home." He told her.
Izzie's mouth dropped a little further. The kiss had surprised her but this was a complete contradiction of everything she'd been told all day.
Alex watched Izzie's face for her reaction. He hoped she'd be happy but she was so unpredictable. He saw in her eyes, she was trying to make sense of everything, trying to work out a reaction. And then she started smiling. The smile started at her mouth and spread all the way to her eyes. She almost laughed and then she found her tongue. She looked Alex in the eyes and simply asked.
"Seriously?"
"Seriously." Alex replied and in that instance he saw the old Izzie return.
a/n: Yes I know that part was really short but it was written and I really liked it just by its self. Please keep the reviews up I really appreciate them.