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Chapter 4
"Grey!" Bailey shouted, following Meredith down the hallway.
"Yes Dr. Bailey?" she said turning around.
"Have you seen Stevens? She was supposed to meet me in the clinic before she left and she never did." Bailey said, sounding rather irritated.
"I have no idea where Izzie is." Meredith said, trying to use her best innocent look.
Bailey looked at her knowingly. "Grey you have never been good at lying, so please don't disgrace me by trying now."
Meredith sighed. "Izzie is sort of busy at the moment."
"And what is she doing that is so much more important that reporting to the chief resident when told to?" Bailey asked, with her hands on her hips.
"She's being prepped for surgery." Meredith said quietly.
"You mean prepping for surgery." Bailey said.
"No." Meredith said, knowing this wasn't going to go over very well. "She is being prepped for surgery."
Bailey just stared at her. "Okay Grey, you have about 5 seconds until I completely lose my patience. What is going on with Izzie?" she demanded.
Meredith sighed, praying Izzie wouldn't kill her for this.
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"Okay Izzie, are you ready?" Addison asked, looking down at Izzie, laying on the table.
Izzie nodded. "As ready as I'll ever-"
"Izzie Stevens." Bailey said, standing just inside the door.
"Dr. Bailey?" Izzie said, staring at Bailey.
Meredith came running in the room.
"Izz…I'm so…sorry…she…made me…tell…her" she said, gasping for air.
Izzie rolled her eyes and looked up at the ceiling.
"I'm fine Dr. Bailey, you can leave." Izzie said, not looking at her.
"Izzie." Bailey said, stepping closer.
"Miranda" Addison said as Bailey stood next to Izzie.
"Can't I just have a word with her?" Bailey more said than asked.
Addison nodded. "A quick one, we need to get started."
"You could have come to me." Bailey stated.
Izzie continued to stare at he ceiling. "I know."
"Then why didn't you?" she asked.
"Because" Izzie sighed "I didn't see any point in worrying anyone else. I'm fine. I just found out, and now I'm getting it taken care of, it's no big deal."
Bailey shook her head. "You people are so stubborn. You think you know what is best for everyone else."
Izzie turned her head and looked at Bailey. "I don't pretend to know what's best for anyone else." She paused. "It's just easier for me if less people know."
Bailey grabbed Izzie's hand and gave it a tight squeeze. "I'll be here if you need anything."
"Thank you." Izzie said, smiling slightly.
Bailey turned to walk out.
"Dr. Bailey."
She turned around to look at Izzie.
"Could you do me a favor, and not tell anyone else. And keep everyone, especially George away."
Bailey smiled. "Yeah." She said and walked out.
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George walked into the locker room, hoping he would find Izzie. He only saw her once or twice the day before, and she wasn't at home when he got there. So he figured she had spent the night here. He spotted Alex and thought he might know where she was.
"Alex, have you seen Izzie?" George asked, walking up to him.
"No." Alex said dismissively.
George sighed and walked over to where Cristina was sitting.
"Have you seen Izzie at all today?" he asked her.
"No." she said not looking at him.
George sighed and went to walk away.
"But have you seen Meredith. I need to talk to her about something." Cristina said.
George shook his head.
"No, she was gone when I got up." he said, before walking out of the locker room.
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"Okay Grey, now we will need to completely remove the uterus." Addison said to Meredith.
"Alright." Meredith said, hardly believing she was actually doing this.
Meredith looked down and made herself believe that this wasn't really Izzie that she was operating on. She was about to step back to let Addison show her what to do, when she spotted something.
"Dr. Montgomery." Meredith said.
"Yes Dr. Grey?"
"It's probably nothing, but could you tell me why that looks like that." Meredith said, getting slightly nervous.
Meredith stepped back, letting Addison get a closer look. Addison looked down and silently swore to herself. She looked up and looked Meredith in the eye.
Meredith stared back, willing it to not be what she thought it was.
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"Dr. Bailey!" George yelled out.
Bailey turned around to look at him.
"Yes O'Malley?" she said, knowing exactly what he was going to ask.
"Um I was wondering if you had seen Izzie at all today. I can't find her."
"O'Malley don't you have more important things to do than to be chasing your girlfriend around all day?" Bailey asked, setting her chart down at the nurse's station.
"Yes, but I-" George started.
"No O'Malley. My job is not to help you, it is to instruct you. Now I am instructing you to stop looking for Dr. Stevens and to go help sick people. This is a hospital you know!"
"Yes ma'am." George said, before turning and walking away.
Bailey watched him walk away and shook her head. Just then her pager went off. She looked down at it and a foreboding feeling came over her.
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Meredith was sitting on the floor outside of Izzie's room when Bailey walked up.
"What's going on? Why are you already out of surgery?" she asked.
Meredith didn't even look up as Bailey talked. Addison looked at Bailey with a sorrowful expression.
"Miranda, I didn't know if you wanted to be the one to tell her." Addison began.
"Tell her what? How can I tell her something, when I don't know anything?" she asked.
Addison sighed. "It spread further than we thought."
"How much further?" Bailey asked.
"To the pelvic wall" she paused. "And part of the bladder." She said, her eyes watering slightly.
Bailey shook her head. "No. This can be fixed though right. You can fix her."
Addison sighed and looked at Bailey sadly. "Miranda I wish I could." She said.
"I can't take this." Meredith said suddenly as she stood up and ran down the hall.
Bailey watched as she ran away. That's what she felt like doing. But she couldn't. she had to be strong.
"If you want, I can tell her. I just thought maybe-"
"No." Bailey said. "I'll tell her."
Addison nodded as she put a hand on Bailey's shoulder. She gave her a weak smile, and then walked away.
Bailey took a deep breath before entering Izzie's room.
"Hey Dr. Bailey." Izzie said smiling.
"Hey Izzie." Bailey said, closing the door behind her.
The smile slowly slid from Izzie's face.
"They didn't do the surgery did they?" she asked.
"No." Bailey said, sitting on the edge of Izzie's bed. "They didn't."
"Why?" Izzie asked.
"There uh, were some problems." Bailey started to explain.
Izzie looked at her, trying to fight off the tears that threatened to spill.
"The cancer has spread further than Dr. Montgomery had anticipated."
"So what does this mean?" Izzie asked after a few minutes.
"It means" Bailey paused. "That there isn't going to be any surgery."
Izzie's breath caught in her throat.
"I'm dying aren't I?" Izzie asked.
A tear slid down Bailey's cheek as she nodded her head.
Izzie just stared at her for a moment, before completely breaking down and crying into Bailey's arms.