Chapter 3

Izzie woke up and glanced at the alarm clock next to her. It read 6am. Izzie turned around in the arms that were encircling her. She placed a hand on his chest and pressed her lips against his.

"Now that's how I like to be woken up on a morning, by a hot chick." He smirked.

"Shut up. I don't just let anyone into my pants you know."

Alex just laughed at her remark and pulled her in closer to him as she giggled away. He began to whisper into her ear.

"Look, Iz. I'm not good about talking about stupid feelings. Maybe you could teach or something. Tell me where I go wrong. Tell me how to start a relationship with you."

"You want lessons, huh?" She smiled at him.

"I want lessons" He smiled at her as they both sat up and looked at each other, Izzie covering herself with the duvet as she climbed on top of him.

"Okay. You start with 'Isobel Stevens, you are staggeringly good in bed. You are amazingly smart, wonderfully funny, and you care about animals'."

"That's where I start?" he asked and began to kiss her. Izzie broke the kiss and continued speaking.

"Mmm. And then you say 'Do you wanna go steady with me?'."

"That's what I'd say if it was 1952"

Alex then kissed Izzie once again. When the two actually finished the kiss Izzie asked Alex one of the most important questions of her life.

"Alex, do you wanna go steady with me?"

"If that's what you want, I mean yeah, whatever." He mumbled.

"We can't tell the others yet though, okay?"

"Whatever you want, babe." He answered.

Izzie began to kiss Alex passionately this time, her skin rubbing against his.

Meredith burst through the door.

"Alex, do you know where Izzie is? She can't of gone 'cause Jay's still..." Meredith's mouth dropped to the floor.

"Oh my god, Meredith!" Izzie exclaimed as she pulled the duvet to cover both her and Alex.

"I thought you'd already gone." Meredith gasped. She then began to ask questions about the previous night. "What happened after me and Derek left you downstairs? Actually, on second thoughts, get dressed and you can explain when you get downstairs."

"Whatever" Alex answered.

Meredith left the room.

"So much for them not finding out just yet." Izzie sighed as she and Alex got out of bed and got dressed.

"Come on, bud. Let's go get some breakfast before day-care" Izzie told the infant she carried in her arms downstairs towards the kitchen, who she had just collected from his room 15 minutes after the awkward encounter from Meredith.

"Yeah!" he clapped.

"Yeah." She replied in an excited tone to excite the young child.

"Are we going to have cereal?" Izzie asked her son.

"Yep." Jay, who was now 18 months old, answered.

Izzie sat down and took Jay out of the arms of his father. Alex sat down; Izzie and Jay sitting close next to him. Meredith and Derek sat opposite.

"So, explain" Meredith demanded.

"It just sort of happened..." Izzie admitted.

"Well it was bound to happen sooner or later. It was a matter of time." Meredith giggled. Her tone then turned slightly serious. "You could have at least waited until you had the house to yourselves. Jay was in the house."

"Like I said, it just sort of happened."

"I blame the stupid chick flick" Alex smirked at Izzie.

"Me too" Meredith moaned as she grabbed her toast.

"We have to leave soon if we don't want to be late." Derek told the group.

"Don't worry. We'll be ready on time." Alex, Meredith and Izzie said in unison eating their toast as quickly as they could before the three scrambled for their belongings, Izzie passing hers to Alex to carry so that she could carry their son to the car.

Once they had loaded the car up, the group including Derek got in and drove to the hospital. Upon arrival Izzie took Jason to daycare whilst Alex and Meredith headed to the locker room slowly so that Izzie could catch them up.

Izzie caught them up whilst they were waiting for the elevator to open. The small group got on the elevator and were waiting for the doors to close when George walked in with Cristina running in after him. The doors closed behind her.

"So, Mer told me about you and evilspawn doing the nasty nasty with the kid in the house..."

"You did what?" George exclaimed.

"You told her?" Alex and Izzie shouted at Meredith.

"Yeah, she rung me this morning and told me. She tells me all the gossip." Cristina explained as Alex and Izzie gave Meredith and evil look as Meredith turned to try and avoid it.

"Why did you have to tell her of all people?"

"Because she's my person?" Meredith murmured, trying to avoid the blame by looking in the opposite direction.

"You gonna give me details?" Cristina asked

"No. Why would I do that?" Izzie said with an angry tone in her voice.

"Because I can do this until you do" Cristina smirked as she pulled the emergency stop switch inside the elevator.

"We're not gonna tell you anything" Alex said as he pushed Yang out of the way, her yelling at him, and pushed the emergency stop switch once more in hope that the elevator would start once again.

All the lights flickered in the elevator and then completely shut down.

"Cristina, what did you do?" George asked cautiously.

"I didn't do anything, it was all evilspawn here" She said, pointing to him.

"It wouldn't have happened if you hadn't pulled the switch in the first place!." Alex yelled

Just then they heard a voice above them, someone outside of the door.

"Yang, Stevens, Grey, Karev, O'malley? Is that you in there?"

"Yes sir" Cristina replied.

"We can't get an engineer out for another hour. Apparently the area is out of power. I guess you're stuck in there." The chief told the group "Good job you're all friends."

The chief then seemed to leave the door.

"So, seeing as we're stuck in here for the next hour you might as well give us the details."

"Fine, whatever" Izzie sighed as her and the rest of the group sat on the floor leaning against the wall.

An hour of been stuck in an elevator was enough time for Cristina to catch up with all the gossip. The group just wanted to get out.

"So you guys are definitely together then?"

"Yep, looks like it." Izzie smiled then snuggled up closer to Alex.

"Ugh, give it a rest" Cristina moaned at the sight of Alex and Izzie together.

"Just ignore her. She's been like this since Burke moved away after they broke up."

Izzie just nodded and moved onto another conversation.

"I still haven't found a house yet. It's stupid. I can't afford a two bed roomed house with my wages. Hell, I can't even afford a two bed roomed apartment."

"How much is the rent?"

"Around $1000 a month. It's pretty steep."

"Iz, there's no rush to move out. We have a crib for Jay in your room. You have a bed. Everything is fine for now."

"I know but I need to give you space. You and Derek need space. Plus you already have Alex living with you." Izzie sighed.

"And it's your home too, remember? It'll always be your home. Just stop worrying. Everything is fine, that's all that matters."

"Thanks Mer." Izzie's face lit up.

"No Problem." She smiled.

Just then the elevator jumped back into motion again and the group were able to walk out.

Later that night when they all arrived back at home, Alex walked through the door holding Jay.

"Dada?"

"Yeah, I'm dada. What you wanna do, bud? You wanna colour?"

"Yep"

"You want to try colouring?"

"Yeah."

"Okay. I'll go get some crayons. I love you, little man."

Alex came back with a box of crayons and paper and placed them on the floor. Jay grabbed them and began scribbling on the paper. Alex lay down next to his son.

Izzie stood at the doorway with Meredith and Cristina close behind her, all looking at father and son bonding. All the women smiled. Izzie had never been happier, and Meredith knew that. So did Cristina to a certain degree.

Izzie, Cristina and Meredith walked in to the room. Cristina picked up a paper and began to read the latest new section whilst Meredith watched Izzie walk up to her son and kiss him. Izzie then leaned over to Alex and gave him a peck on the cheek. Meredith knew from this simple gesture that the family was already fixed and showed promise for the future.