My Little Girl,

Chapter 2

Alex kissed Izzie on the forehead and left the room with the intention of proving to her that she was not going to die and to find Meredith to talk to her about getting Derek back in the hospital. Therefore, that he would operate on Izzie and save her life. Alex found Meredith at the nurses' station outside Izzie's room.

"Hey Mer can I talk to you if you have a minute?"

"Sure just give me a minute to finish this chart."

"Ok"

Meredith finished as quickly as possible and turned to Alex. She noticed the look on his face and realized something was wrong.

"Alex what's going on?"

He did not want to answer right away so he led her to the nearest on-call room so that they could have some privacy without the prying nurses around. They entered the room and Meredith just stood there waiting for Alex to talk. He paced around the room for a while, while Meredith watched trying to figure out what was going on.

"Alex will you tell me what's going on, I'm very confused right now."

Alex turned to her with tears in his eyes. Meredith did not need him to say anything else she knew that what was happening to Izzie was finally hitting him, and he felt as if the walls were closing in on him. Meredith went up to him and just took him in her arms, as he let the tears he was trying so hard to hold back flow.

"Shhh… Alex its okay just let it out I'm right here, and I'll be here as long as you need me."

After about fifteen minutes Alex was finally able to compose himself and pull away from Meredith's hug, but he still had, yet to speak and tell her what was going on. Alex finally looked at her with tears still in his eyes and said.

"She wants to give up Mer, she doesn't want to fight."

Meredith's heart broke for her best friend. Alex put out this vibe that he was tough, but once you got past that wall, he really was a sweet person. He had been there for her through many of her crises, and now she knew he was finally asking for her help in return. She was willing to do anything he needed her to do.

"Meredith I need you to convince her to fight for her life and our future please, I don't want to lose her."

"Alex I'm sorry of course I'll talk to her"

"Thank you, Mer; I really think that you might be able to get through to her."

"I'll try my best."

Just then Alex's pager went off, he looked down and back up at Meredith.

"It's a 911 in the pit I have to go. Can you check on her, she was asleep when I came to find you?"

"Sure go."

With that, they left the on-call room and headed for their intended destinations.