Alex Karev was a wrestler. Not only did he wrestle for Harmony High School, he was the best one on the team. He was also a prankster, but the administrators ignored it because he was that good of a wrestler. Unfortunately, they could not ignore a failing grade. When the principal discovered that his star wrestler had an F in history, he asked the history teacher, Mr. Long to do whatever was necessary to correct the situation. Isobel Stevens was the best student in Mr. Long's AP history class. That's how Alex and Izzie ended up in a classroom together after school on a Thursday afternoon.

Alex sat in an uncomfortable chair as Izzie droned on about America's role in World War I. She was saying something about German submarine warfare, but he wasn't paying attention. His mind was on the upcoming meet he had against their rival school the following Friday. The history test was next Wednesday and if he didn't get a B on the exam, he would be ineligible to compete in the match.

Izzie waved her hand n front of Alex's face. "Are you even listening to me?"

He blinked, his eyes focusing on the blonde in front of him. "What?"

"You haven't heard a word I said," she said. "What in the world could you possibly be thinking about?"

"There's a party this weekend."

"Seriously? I hope you're thinking that you're going to miss this party this weekend because you'll be too busy studying for your history test."

"Actually, I was thinking how much fun Derek Shepherd's parties always are."

Izzie groaned. Derek was Meredith's on-again, off-again boyfriend. Meredith and Derek were on this week which meant that she was invited to the party as well. And Meredith was going to do everything to try and convince her to go to the party with her on Saturday.

Alex smirked as he studied her facial expression. He had never seen someone look so pissed off about a party. "What's a matter princess? You didn't get an invitation?"

Izzie scowled. How could Alex be such an ass to her when all she was trying to do was help him pass his history exam?

Alex snickered as Izzie appeared even sourer than before. "That's okay. You can come to the party with me."

"Sure," Izzie replied. "I'll go the party with you. But only if you answer one question for me."

"Whatever you want."

"Why did America join World War I?"

Alex smiled. This was going to be easy. He was going to go to this party on Saturday and he was going to get Izzie to loosen up in the process. "When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan." Alex folded his arms across his chest as he sat back in his chair.

"Congratulations," Izzie said.

Alex grinned.

"You just failed your history test."

His smile faltered. "Do you just not like fun? I know I'm right. Everybody knows that Japan bombed Pearl Harbor."

"You're right. The Japanese did bomb Pearl Harbor. But that was in 1941. The United States joined World War I in 1917. But I'll give you another chance. Why did the United States join World War I?"

Alex scratched his head. He thought that was the right answer. How could he have been so wrong? "Um, they didn't like the Nazis?"

Izzie shook her head. Alex was hopeless. He didn't know the difference between World War I and World War II. "The United States joined World War I because the Germans were bombing US ships even though they were neutral at the time. I was talking about Germany's use of submarine warfare for thirty minutes."

"Did you actually expect me to listen to that? You make everything so boring."

"That's not my fault. You should have been paying attention. If you would have studied the material, you could be going to the party on Saturday. Instead, you'll be spending the day with me at the library researching World War I."

"Are you serious? I'm not going to spend a perfectly good Saturday inside some stuffy library reading some boring history books written by some equally boring old geezers. I'm going to the damn party."

Izzie had never met someone as frustrating and stubborn as Alex Karev. He refused to put the effort in to learn the material and expected her to just go along with whatever he said. "Fine," she said. "But when you fail your test next week and the team loses the wrestling match, don't blame me.

"I'm not going to fail," he protested. "I'm going to get an A. And I don't need your help to do it."

Izzie's laughter filled the room as the thought of Alex passing the history exam entered her mind. "You've got to be joking right? You don't even know when World War I was or who fought in it. I bet you don't even know who won the war."

"The United States kicked Germany's ass," Alex remarked.

"Lucky guess," she replied. "But I'll tell you what. If you can prove to me that you will be able to pass this exam by Saturday, not only can you go to the party, I'll go with you."

Who the hell did this woman think she was? His mother? But no matter, he would play her little game. He would go to the party and so was she. "Deal."

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