Thank you to all that have been reading and reviewing my story. I do love the reviews I get...really I do! And Im sorry it has taken me this long to update. I have been extremely busy this week with school and such, and on top of that I was sick...so this has been an over all sucky week for me. But I've really been wanting to update my story, so here it finally is. I hope you all like it, and again sorry for the delay. And please read and review:-)

Kat

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Chapter 8

Izzie woke up to the sound of her alarm going off. She hit the off button and opened her eyes. She sat up quickly, feeling panicked. Her first thought was that she was late for work. It was 9 o'clock, and her alarm was just going off. Then she suddenly remembered the events of the past few days. She sighed deeply, realizing that she didn't have work today. Although she did have to go in at 11 for her chemo. She sighed and pushed the covers back, crawling out of bed. She grabbed a towel and headed to the bathroom for a nice hot shower.

When she was finished getting ready, she went down stairs to find Meredith sitting in the kitchen with a cup of coffee in her hands.

"Hey Izz, how are you feeling?" she asked.

Izzie smiled slightly. "Alright I guess, still a little sore though." She said, pouring herself some coffee. She turned around and looked at Meredith. "Why aren't you at work?" she asked.

"I have to drive you to your appointment and back." She replied, sipping her coffee.

"Meredith I think I can drive myself, I'm not crippled or anything." She said, with irritation in her voice.

Meredith shook her head. "I spoke with Addison, and she said that someone should be driving you, especially on the way back. She said you may be too tired and weak."

Izzie sighed and sat down across from Meredith, drinking her coffee.

"So you have to miss a whole day of work because of me?" she asked, feeling slightly guilty.

"No. I'm going to work for a few hours while you're doing your thing, and then I'll bring you home, and then I'll go back to work." She said, as if it was no big deal.

"Yeah, but Mer I have to do this all week." Izzie protested.

"Izzie don't worry about it. Me and Alex are going to take turns. Tomorrow he is going to take you." She said.

"But-" Izzie started.

"No Izz. We are going to help you with this whether you like it or not." Meredith said.

Izzie sighed and took a sip of her coffee. She really didn't want to put her friends out like this, but she knew it was no use to argue with Meredith about it anymore. No matter what she said, it wasn't going to change Meredith's opinion. So Izzie decided to change the subject.

"So have you seen George?" she asked.

Meredith looked up. "Yeah, he came by this morning to get a change of clothes." She said.

"Oh." Izzie replied. "Is he um, staying with Callie or something?" Izzie asked, hoping that wasn't the case.

Meredith laughed a little. "Sorry. I don't think she would ever let him stay with her after he left her." she replied.

"Oh, right." Izzie said, feeling rather stupid. "So where is he staying?" she asked.

"Believe it or not, with Cristina." She said.

Izzie felt a little surprised. "Cristina? She actually let him stay there again?" she asked.

"Well" Meredith started. "She wasn't too keen on the idea, but Burke insisted."

Izzie laughed. "So what if she walks around naked again?" she asked.

Meredith smiled. "Burke said if she tried that, George would stay and Cristina would go until George leaves." She said laughing.

Izzie smiled. "Aww poor Cristina." She said in mock sympathy.

Meredith smiled and looked at the clock. "We should probably get going. Do you want to eat something first?" she asked, seeing that Izzie hadn't eaten yet.

Izzie nodded. "Yeah, I'll grab a muffin or something." She said standing up.

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When Izzie arrived at the hospital, Meredith told he to come find her when she was finished. Izzie then went to go find Addison.

"Hey Izzie, how are you feeling?" Addison asked when she saw her.

"Good." She said, smiling.

"That's good." She said, smiling back. "Are you ready?" she asked.

"Is that a trick question?" Izzie asked.

Addison laughed. "Not technically." She replied, opening a door for Izzie.

"Okay, this is where you will be having your treatment at." Addison said, closing the door. "Now do you want me to explain what I will be doing, or would you like to tell me?" Addison asked.

"What?" Izzie asked, feeling confused.

"I mean, do you want to tell me, since you are still a doctor." She said smiling.

"Oh." Izzie said, feeling dumb. "Well I'll be receiving my chemo through an IV. And I'm assuming you will be putting a catheter in my chest, and leaving it there throughout the treatment." Izzie said.

"Very good. Okay, so after I put the catheter in your vein, I'll hook you up to the IV, and most likely the treatment will take about 3 hours."

"Okay." Izzie said.

"And you know you'll have to watch for infection after you leave the hospital." Addison said.

"Yeah." Izzie replied.

"Okay, well lets get this going then." Addison said smiling.

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Izzie was sitting there, hooked up to the IV for the fourth day in a row now. She was extremely tired and just wanted to go home. She tried focusing on the words in the magazine, but she couldn't seem to do it. She kept reading the same sentence over and over again. She was just about to try watching some tv when the door opened.

"Hey Izzie, how are you doing?" Addison said, smiling.

Izzie sighed and tried to give a smile, but failed. "Not so great." She said truthfully.

Addison gave her a sympathetic look. "Tired?" she asked.

Izzie nodded. "Extremely. I can't wait to go home." She said.

Addison unhooked the IV and smiled. "Well now you can. I'll send Karev in here to help you."

Izzie smiled. "Thanks."

Addison turned around walked out.

Izzie sighed and put her head in her hands. She couldn't believe how hard this chemo was already. She had only done it four times, and she already felt like she couldn't take it anymore. She wasn't hungry anymore, she was always tired, and now she was really just in pain.

"Hey." Alex said, making Izzie jump.

"Alex you could have knocked!" she yelled.

He laughed. "Sorry, I didn't think I'd scare you."

Izzie sighed. "It's okay." She said, going to stand up. She got half way up, when her arms gave out and she fell back down.

"Izz!" Alex said rushing over to her. "Are you alright?" he asked, concerned.

Izzie took a deep breath. "Yeah I'm fine. I just seem to be kind of weak right now." she paused, looking up at him. "Do you think you could help me up?" she asked.

"Yeah. Just try to put your arms around my neck okay?" he said.

She nodded and did as she was told. She wrapped her arms around him and held on tightly.

He placed his arms around her and picked her up. Just then the door swung open.

"Alex, Sloan said- Izzie?" Izzie looked over Alex's shoulder to see a shocked George standing there.

"George." Izzie said.

"I can't believe this." George said, looking skeptically at the two of them, standing there with their arms wrapped around each other.

"George it's not what it-" Izzie started.

"Don't." he said, shutting the door and walking away.

Izzie looked at Alex with a lost expression on her face. "What am I going to do?" she asked.

Alex sighed. "I don't know." He said quietly.