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Chapter 6

Izzie walked down the hall and opened the first unlocked door she came to. She slid down the wall and broke down in tears. She felt like she had just sliced her heart in two. She could see the liveliness and happiness leave George's eyes as she told him it was over. She was a horrible person. She actually told George she didn't care about him. She actually said that. How could she?

She took a deep breath and wiped the tears from her eyes. She had to. She knew, deep down, that that was the right thing to do. That way it would hurt George left when she…died. She couldn't believe it. She still hadn't quite grasped the concept, but she was dying. And no matter what she did, no matter how hard she fought, it would all end the same. With her leaving this earth, and all the ones she loved, behind. So that was why she broke up with George. She loved him too much to watch him watch her die.

She took a sharp intake of breath and winced. She lightly placed her hand over her stitches. She was almost positive that she had torn some. But she couldn't just lay around in a bed and wait for death to come. She couldn't just do nothing, knowing that her life would soon be over. She had to get out there, and do stuff. Like go to Italy, or France maybe. Who knows? But she had to do something.

Suddenly the door burst open and Izzie looked up to see Burke ripping off Cristina's shirt.

Izzie cleared her throat rather loudly, making her presence known. Burke and Cristina immediately stopped what they were doing and looked over at Izzie. Burke looked completely shocked and embarrassed, while Cristina just looked pissed off.

"Do you mind?" Cristina said rather rudely.

"Cristina!" Burke said, looking at her.

"What? She's just sitting there watching us." She replied.

"We should have knocked." He then turned to Izzie. "I apologize Dr. Stevens, it won't happen again."

Izzie laughed slightly and stood up cringing a little from the pain in her abdomen.

"It's alright, I was just leaving anyway." And with that she opened the door and walked out.

She shut the door behind her and leaned against the wall, sighing. She needed to find Meredith. Me stood up and walked down the hall, determined to find Meredith.

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George walked silently toward the locker room. He felt like the whole world had been turned upside down. He felt numb. He reached the locker room and went in and sat down on a bench. He sat there for a while, just staring at the wall. Had that really just happened? Did Izzie really just break up with him? Why? He asked himself.

At that moment Alex walked in.

"Hey O'Malley, why are you just sitting there?" Alex asked.

George didn't even acknowledge that Alex was speaking to him. He just continued to stare at the wall.

"Okay…" Alex said, before beginning to rummage through his locker.

"I can't believe her. She's all like 'Oh look at my blonde hair and big boobs. I can cry all I want to and interrupt great sex just because I'm a big baby'…please." Cristina said, slamming a random locker shut.

Alex looked at her and laughed slightly.

"What did Izzie do?" he asked.

At the mention of Izzie's name George's head turned quickly to the two of them.

"Me and Burke were about to have greatly needed sex, in the closet, but no. Izzie was sitting there all like 'Oh my life is so horrible.' I mean seriously couldn't she go cry somewhere else?" she said, rolling her eyes.

Alex laughed and shook his head as he closed his locker.

Cristina looked over at George.

"What's wrong with Bambi?" she asked.

Alex shrugged. "Beats me. I just walked in and he was sitting there, staring at the wall."

Cristina laughed. "Bambi and Tinkerbelle probably had a fight." She said, turning around to leave. "whatever, I'm going to get my sex now."

After Cristina left, Alex looked over at George.

"What did you do to her?" he asked.

George finally looked at him.

"What?" he asked.

"Izzie. Why was she sitting alone in a closet, crying?" he demanded.

"I don't know. We were happy. Well atleast I thought we were." George said, looking at the floor.

"We're?" Alex asked.

"We're. She just walked up to me, and told me she didn't love me anymore." George paused. "And that we were over." He finished.

Alex looked at him, feeling slightly shocked. As far as he knew, Izzie was happier than she'd been in a long time. She was singing in the shower again, and was back to her usual cheery optimistic self. Why would she all of a sudden say those things to George.

"Oh. Well I have to go." Alex said before walking out of the locker room to find Izzie.

George was left alone, again. Sitting there by himself, feeling completely hopeless.

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Alex was in the elevator when the doors opened on the 5th floor. He looked up and saw Izzie standing there.

"Izzie." He called out, stepping off of the elevator.

Izzie looked up and started walking away.

"Izzie." He said again, catching up with her.

"Not now Alex." She said.

"Izzie." Alex said, grabbing her arm and making her look at him.

Izzie sighed. "What?"

"Is everything okay, I heard about you and O'Malley." He said.

Izzie pulled her arm away and started walking away again.

"I don't need this from you right now." she said. She couldn't believe he was really going to rub this in her face and say 'I told you so.'

"Izzie!" Alex yelled.

Izzie turned around and looked at him. "Could you keep your voice down?" she asked.

Alex sighed and motioned for her to follow him. He opened a closet door and closed it behind her.

"Okay, so are you going to tell me what's going on with you, or are you going to stand there and keep pretending like everything's okay?" Alex said folding his arms.

Izzie tried to laugh, but couldn't seem to.

"I'm fine. George and I-" she paused. "We just weren't meant for each other. It just wasn't going to work." She lied.

Alex stared at her. "Look, I may not have loved the idea of you and O'Malley, but it made you happy. He made you happy. I can't remember ever seeing you this happy." He paused looking at the tears forming in her eyes. "I care about you Izzie. Even though I act like an ass most of the time, I still care about you. And I know when something's wrong, and something is definitely wrong." He paused again. "So tell me…what is going on?"

Izzie stood there, staring at Alex. A tear slid silently down her face. She wanted to laugh and tell him he was being stupid, but he wasn't. He was completely right. She wanted to pretend, but she just couldn't pretend right now.

"I have cancer." She blurted out, with more tears sliding down her cheeks.

"What?" Alex said, looking completely taken aback.

"I have cancer Alex." She paused before whispering "And I'm dying."

Alex looked at her with a confused, lost expression on his face.

"Izzie." He whispered. This wasn't what he had expected at all. She laid her head on his chest and began to cry harder.

"Izzie." He whispered again as he wrapped his arms around her. He just stood there, holding her as she cried desolately into his arms.