-1Chapter 6

"Are we late?" I hear a tiny voice say. It was Lexie, she looked great.

"We got stuck in traffic." Great George and his wife are here. I heard they got married last year.

"If you had just let me drive in the first place we would have been here early! My ninety year old grandmother drives faster than you!" It's going to be a miracle if Yang can keep her big mouth shut tonight in front of Kelly; hopefully they will be far apart at the table.

Just my luck she sits down right next to Kelly and now I have to actually pay attention to what she is saying so I can keep myself out of trouble.

"Alex aren't you going to introduce me to your friends? I haven't met them yet."

"Yeah, sure. Kelly this is Lexie, she's Meredith's sister. George and George's wife Olivia. I'm sure you remember Yang from the other night." She's pretty unforgettable!

"Nice to meet you."

As everyone starts to take their seats, I am both relieved and panicked that the only empty seat left is right next to mine. When Izzie gets here I will have to sit right between her and Kelly.

"I need a drink, where's the waitress?"

"I see you haven't changed one bit Yang."

"Shut it!"

"Hey guys, sorry I'm late."

She sits down next to me and gives me a big smile, she smells so good. I am almost tempted to lean in and kiss her just like old times when she turns her head and kisses Sloan. That's when it hits me that she's really going to marry him and all of a sudden I want to run screaming from the table. Straight to the airport to catch the first fight that will take me the hell out of this place. I can't do that so I do the next best thing, run for the bar.

"What are you drinking Yang?"

"Why?" She asks me because she knows that I am never nice to her. It's kind of an unwritten thing between us.

"Do you want a drink or not?" I say a little too loud.

"Yes….please?" I can tell she's stunned because I've never heard Cristina Yang say please to anyone before. Even as I excuse myself from the table she has a disbelieving look plastered across her face, like she can't believe she said it either.

As I sat at the bar waiting for her drink I felt a hand run across my shoulders.

"Are you okay?"

"I'm fine I just didn't want to listen to Yang bitch about a drink."

The bartender sets the drink down in front of me.

"I know you haven't seen these people for a long time but after dinner could we go back to the hotel? They are talking about going out after but I think it would be nice if we could have some time….." She runs her hand up my leg. "…alone."

"Sure. If that's what you want." Because it sure as hell isn't how I want to spend my night! Having sex with Kelly while wishing it was Izzie, feeling so guilty I can't even enjoy it.

We walk back to the table and I realize that she has not met Izzie or Mark so I introduce them.

"So you're all surgeons?"

"I'm a nurse."

"Alex said that you didn't all get along at first?"

"We didn't get along with him!" Shut up and drink Yang.

"Why not?"

I can see her open her mouth to tell Kelly what I can only imagine is the reason they all hated me in the beginning. I expect it to be something like what an arrogant ass I was and how I cheated on Izzie and gave George a sexually transmitted disease, called Meredith a nurse and generally pissed them all off on a daily basis. However before she could get anything out, Izzie answers before Cristina can spew forth just what a shitty person I am and I am grateful.

"Being an intern is very competitive, that's all."

We made it most of the way through dinner before the conversation drifted dangerously close to something I didn't want Kelly to know about. It started with a simple comment about how George and Olivia are trying to have kids. Izzie made a comment about Olivia under her breath but George was not happy.

"Why do you always have to do that?"

"Do what George?"

"Izzie, I know why you don't like her but she's my wife! You're my best friend so please just let it go already." What the hell are they talking about?

"I don't blame you for hating me but I've told you I'm sorry. I didn't know you two were dating when we had sex!" They can't be talking about me, can they?

"Well he has slept with most of the women at this table! Four out of six anyway. Don't look at me I never slept with him!"

As soon as Cristina says it I realize they are talking about me! Oh shit! I know I should be concerned about what Kelly's reaction is going to be when she finds out that this is about me, but honestly I am kind of excited about the fact Izzie is still mad at Olivia for sleeping with me so many years ago. I can't seem to do anything but sit here and wait for this whole thing to explode in my face. That's when It happens, Kelly grabs my hand.

"Alex, I don't feel very well." I swear her face is almost a shade of green as she jumps up from the table and runs in the direction of the bathroom.