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Chapter 9

Izzie slowly sat down on the couch and sighed deeply.

"Is there anything you need before I go?" Alex asked.

Izzie didn't hear him though. She just stared ahead, trying to figure out what she was going to do. She wasn't ready for George to know, but was there really any other way to handle it. She had no other choice than to tell him now.

Alex waved a hand in front of her face.

"Hello, earth to Izzie." He said, looking at her.

She looked up at him strangely.

"What?" she asked.

"I asked if there's anything you need before I go back to work." He said.

"Oh." She said, looking down. "No."

He sighed and walked over to the door.

"Alex." She called out.

"Yeah." He said, walking back over.

"Could you-" she paused "Could you tell George I want to talk to him? And ask him if he'll stop here after work."

Alex nodded. "Yeah."

She smiled. "Thanks."

And with that he turned around and left.

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Izzie was in the kitchen, looking for something to eat, but couldn't find anything that sounded good. She finally decided on some left over spaghetti. She put it in the microwave and leaned against the counter. She sighed deeply, wishing that she could just feel better. Ever since she started the chemo, she hadn't felt good at all. And she really couldn't stand it anymore. The microwave beeped and she took her food out. She sat down at the table to eat, when she heard a knock at the door. She sighed and stood up. She opened the door to see George staring back at her.

"George." She said, surprised that he had actually showed up.

"Look Izzie I only came over here so Alex wouldn't beat me up" he said, looking at her.

Izzie's heart dropped and she opened the door wider so he could come in.

"Well you came, that's all that matters." She lied.

She shut the door and looked at him.

"So what did you want?" he asked, as if he couldn't wait to get out of there.

"I needed to talk to you-" she paused and looked down "About earlier."

George shook his head. "You know what I don't care. You broke up with me to be with Alex, I get it." he said.

"No George, that's not true." Izzie said, looking at him.

"Really? Because you broke up with me with no explanation, and then I walked in and saw you and Alex all over each other."

"You don't understand!" she yelled.

"You're right, I don't." he said, looking at her disappointedly.

"George me and Alex aren't together. I don't feel that way towards him anymore." She tried to explain.

"Okay, well then why did you break up with me?" he asked.

Izzie sighed. "I did it to protect you."

George scoffed. "Protect me from what?"

"From hurt." She said, looking down, finding this to be the hardest thing she had ever done.

"Izzie what are you talking about?" George asked.

Izzie looked up at him with tears in her eyes. "Do you remember the last time that we-" she paused "had sex?" she finished.

He looked at her feeling bewildered. "Yeah, but what does that have to-"

"Just listen!" she yelled, getting frustrated. "The last time we had sex, do you remember when I pushed you off of me and ran to the bathroom?" she asked, hoping he remembered.

"Yes, but-"

"Well it was because it started to hurt, and it freaked me out." she paused for a moment. "So I went to see Dr. Montgomery-"

"Wait why did you go see her?" he asked.

"Well because I thought it might be in her area of expertise…and it turns out I was right." She said, trying her hardest to keep back the tears that threatened to spill.

George suddenly became extremely worried. "Izzie, what do you mean you turned out to be right?" he asked, taking a step towards her.

Izzie wiped at her eyes and looked away, trying to get up the courage to tell him.

"Izzie" he said, laying a hand on her arm, forgetting everything she had put him through this past week.

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Meredith walked up her front steps and saw Alex sitting there, leaning against the wall.

"Are you locked out or something?" she asked, walking up to him.

He looked up at her and shook his head. "No, I thought I'd give them some time alone." He said, motioning over his shoulder.

Meredith looked in the window, and saw Izzie and George standing there talking.

"Is she telling him?" she asked hopefully.

Alex nodded. "Yupp."

She smiled. "That's good." She sat down next to Alex just as she heard Izzie yelling.

"Just listen!"

Meredith looked at the house then at Alex. "That is good, right?" she asked.

He sighed and nodded. "I think so. I'm sure it's hard, but at least she's finally telling him. I was getting sick of him constantly hounding me."

Meredith laughed slightly, looking at the house again. "Wanna go get a drink?" she asked, looking back at him again.

"Hell yes." He said, before standing up and walking over to Meredith's car.

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Izzie looked up at George as a tear slid down her cheek.

"I know I should have told you sooner. But I just thought-" she paused, wiping away her tears again "I thought it would be easier this way, you know?"

"Izzie," he said, grabbing her chin so she was facing him "What is going on?" he asked, feeling concerned.

Izzie sighed. "When I went to Dr. Montgomery, I told her my symptoms and she ran some tests…" she trailed off, looking at the floor.

"And?" George asked, feeling his eyes start to sting as he made her face him again.

She looked into his eyes. "I have cervical cancer." She said with her voice cracking. "It's in stage IV." She took a steadying breath and closed her eyes briefly. She slowly opened them back up and looked at him. "It's incurable" She paused "I'm dying George."