I. Don't. Own. Grey's. Anatomy. Got it? Okay, good.

"Seriously, Izzie, tell me you're kidding."

"I'm not kidding Alex. This is where we're having dinner, and you are going to go in there and smile, and make pleasant conversation, and have a nice dinner, because you owe me that."

He sighed. He couldn't exactly say no to that. Regardless of everything, he still had a lot of ground to make up where Izzie was concerned.

"Okay, Dr. Model, let's get this over with."

Izzie rolled her eyes. She knew that he wasn't as opposed to the idea of dinner at Seattle's famous Space Needle as he'd like her to believe. She'd seen the small smile as he'd pulled up at the base of the tower, and saw his true happiness in his eyes. Although that could have something to do with what she was wearing.

"You know, I've lived in Washington my whole life, and have never been up here before," Izzie remarked.

"Yeah, well, we didn't exactly have a lot of strangely shaped, pointless towers in Iowa. Lots of crop circles though. My friend and I tried to make one once. Farmer wasn't too happy. Especially when he figured out it was shaped like a, well, you know, we were 17. I'll leave it up to your imagination."

"Oh c'mon Alex, you're a doctor. You know your anatomy. You made a crop circle shaped like a breast. Great idea. Very mature. Glad to see you've grown up a lot since then."

"You ready to go." Alex's voice broke through her thoughts.

"Oh, I was kind of hoping for dessert. But we can go, if you want."

They both laughed, and Izzie smiled to herself. This was nice. She never would have guessed that this was the same Alex Karev who'd wallpapered the hospital with pictures of her in lingerie. This new Alex, her Alex, was funny and smart and polite, while still managing to be his cocky and arrogant self.

"Oh no, don't worry. I won't forget about your sweet tooth darling. It just can't be properly satisfied here," Alex said with a wink.

"God, is that all you think about! I was talking about real dessert, the kind you eat."

"So was I doll face. Have a little faith."

"It's good, isn't it?" Alex said, nodding toward the ice cream cone in Izzie's hand.

"Seriously! It's like an orgasm in a cone!"

Alex merely raised his eyebrows.

"Okay, maybe not quite that good. But seriously, how'd you find this place?"

"I have my ways," Alex said a smile playing across his lips. "Actually, I've known about it for awhile. Joe told me about it. I was just waiting to go 'til I find a girl as good as the ice cream."

Izzie rolled her eyes and blushed. "Who knew you were so corny?" she said, smiling at him.

Alex looped one arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him and kissing the top of her head. "Only the ones I love get to see the softer side of me. Everyone else just has to deal with my bad boy side."

Izzie laughed, looking up into his eyes. "So you love me?"

"I thought we've already been over this."

"I know, but I like hearing you say it." She pouted slightly at him, and gave him her best puppy dog eyes, knowing he couldn't resist.

"Fine. I love you. I love you more than there are stars in the sky or fishes in the sea. (AN: this is from somewhere, I'm not sure where though.) I love your smile and your laugh. I love that look you get on your face during a surgery, when you're totally in the zone. I love that you're giving me a second chance. I love you. Happy now?"

"Very." With that she pulled his face down to hers, with a smile still spreading across her face. She felt a surge of passion rush through her body, as she did every time his lips touched hers. She pulled him closer, feeling his hard stomach press against hers, his hand tangled in her hair, his tongue darting lightly across her neck.

Izzie tried to pull away from the kiss, feeling both of their passion rising, but Alex wouldn't let her.

"Alex, c'mon, people are starting to stare."

"Let them stare," Alex whispered, his tongue trailing ever so slightly against the edge of her ear.

In that moment, she loved him more than she ever though possible. She wanted to be with him, to show him how much she loved him. But in front of an ice cream parlor didn't seem like the best place to give in to her sexual desires.

"If I remember correctly, your apartment is pretty close to here. Should we take this someplace a little more…private?"

Alex suddenly pulled back looking into Izzie's eyes. "You mean…" Izzie nodded.

"What happened to slow?"

"We did slow. And now, we're done with slow. I haven't had sex in three months, and you say you love me, and I love you, so slow is over. Unless of course you don't want to have sex with me, in which case-"

"No! As long as you're okay, I'm fine. I'm always fine! Better than fine actually!"

"Okay then, Mr. Better-Than-Fine, let's go!"

Okay, that's as much as you get. I really can't write sex scenes, so I'll just leave that up to all of your very active imaginations. (Seriously, just think about Justin Chambers naked. Or maybe with just that really cute hat he was wearing in the premiere on. He looked really hot).

Anyway, this was my longest chapter yet. I'm trying to make them longer, because I know how annoying short chapters are, but it's hard. Reviews really do motivate me to write more, so please review and tell me what you think! Thanks for reading!

BTW, I'm really excited for next chapter. And you should be too.