Chapter 4

Alex woke up and found Izzie with her head on his chest.

That's it, he thought. Today I will talk to her. We'll work it out. She'll get the surgery.

Izzie turned and her head pressed into Alex's ribs. It was slightly uncomfortable and Alex tired to situate them to make it better. Izzie's moved again and began clenching her fists and teeth in her sleep.

"No," she whispered. Her eyes then flashed open. "No!"

Izzie found herself standing in the middle of the hospital with George, Alex, and Denny standing next to her.

She smiled at Denny who smiled back at her.

She winked at George who winked back and chuckled slightly.

She turned to Alex and blew him an air kiss. He blew it right back.

But that's when things went wrong.

Denny clutched at his heart and fell to the ground. He let out a loud scream and a loud heartbeat sounded through the room and was growing slower and slower by the second.

Izzie realized it was Denny's heartbeat.

She wanted to run forwards and help him. But her feet felt like they were glued to the floor.

The heartbeat came to a stop and Izzie cried out. "Denny!" she shrieked.

George's eyes were wide and he was staring at where Denny had just disappeared. And suddenly his face began to peel away.

Izzie's mouth fell open in disgust and George fell to the ground screaming in terror.

His heartbeat sounded through the room as well. It slowed so quickly. George was gone in an instant.

Izzie stomped her foot and cried out. "No," she whispered.

She hung her head and her hair fell into her face.

"Alex!" she called.

The room echoed and pulled Izzie went flying backwards away from Alex.

"No!" she shrieked.

Her eyes snapped open and she jerked up in bed. Immediately she felt Alex's hand touch her arm lightly and she shrieked again.

"Izzie," Alex said, alarmed now. "What's the matter?"

Something touched Izzie's arm and she turned and saw George standing there.

She let out a shriek and fell back into Alex's arms. "What is it?" Alex asked.

"George," Izzie whispered. "He's standing right there." She pointed to the side of the bed.

Alex's eyes widened slightly.

"Iz… are you alright?"

"I'm fine." Izzie pulled out of Alex's grip. You know… I think I'm going to take a bath," she murmured. "I need time to think."

With that she pulled away and left Alex alone in the bed.

Alex walked into the kitchen and leaned against the counter.

He noticed Meredith walk in and he nodded his head toward her.

"Hey Grey," he muttered.

"Where's Izzie?" Meredith asked. She walked over to grab a glass and started to fill it with water.

"She's taking a bath," Alex said.

Meredith nearly choked on the water she was she was drinking. "She is in there all alone? She threw a vase yesterday at a wall because she was seeing dead people. But if she is in the bath alone and something happens… she could drown Alex!"

Alex turned and ran up the stairs.

Izzie turned on the bath water and turned to George who was sitting on the counter with his hands clasped together in his lap.

"George," Izzie said. I'm about to take off my cloths. So if you could leave-

"I would if I could Iz."

Izzie grabbed the bar of soap from the bath and through it into the water angrily.

"Izzie, please calm down."

"Sorry," Izzie muttered. "Well can you at least turn around?"

George smirked and turned around. "You know I've seen it all before. When I divorced Callie for you-

"George!" Izzie said, cutting him off.

"Sorry," George muttered.

Izzie rolled her eyes and pulled off her shirt when there was a knock on the door.

Alex knocked on the door to the bathroom. He could have sworn he heard Izzie talking.

"Who is it?" Izzie called.

"Are you okay in there?" Alex called back.

"Yes," Izzie said. "I'd be better if George weren't in here!"

Alex sighed and felt a little uneasy. "Well can O'Malley hear me?"

"Sure," Izzie said, sounding a little confused. "But you can't hear him."

"Alright," Alex said. "Well O'Malley I am warning you right now, if you take one look at my wife when she is naked I will kill you!"

There was a pause for a moment and Alex heard Izzie whispering. Then she answered.

"Well George says there's a problem with that!" Izzie said.

"What's that?" Alex asked.

"He says you can't do that for two reasons."

"And they are?"

"Well for one thing you can't see him."

"Good point," Alex shrugged.

"Well the other problem is… he's already dead. So you can't exactly kill him."

Alex chuckled and sunk down until he was sitting against the wall where he could hear Izzie if she needed him.

Izzie climbed into the bathtub and lay back in the hot water.

"So…" George started.

"So what?" Izzie said.

"So… I don't know. What do you want to talk about? What did you and Denny do?"

Izzie sunk lower into the water and felt her face grow red.

"Nothing that I will be doing with you," She said.

"Why don't you want the surgery?" George asked.

"I don't want to go through all of that again. It was hard enough the first time. Anyway, I don't deserve to get better. I left Alex."

"Izzie-

Suddenly Izzie felt a little dizzy. "Wow… I feel… strange."

"What do you mean?" George asked.

There was a movement from outside the bathroom. Izzie squinted her eyes towards the door which seemed to get farther and farther away.

Her vision began to blur and her ears started ringing.

She tried to shake it away but it wouldn't work.

Her eyes slowly fell shut and she sunk lower into the water.

"George," she croaked. She sunk a little lower in. "A-Alex," she whispered. "Help."

Izzie heard a loud banging on the door and a loud yell. But she was gone to fast to notice.

Alex listened mindlessly to Izzie's random conversations with George. He paid it know attention until he heard something that made him focus.

"I don't want to go through all of that again. It was hard enough the first time. Anyway, I don't deserve to get better. I left Alex."

Alex couldn't believe what he heard. Of course she deserved to get better.

What the hell was she talking about?!

But he let go of the thought when he heard the next thing Izzie said.

"Wow… I feel… strange."

He jumped up and began trying to open the door. But he found it locked.

He heard her murmur something else but then she became quiet.

"Iz?" he called, knocking. "Izzie! Are you alright in there?"

Silence.

"Izzie!" Alex screamed.

Feet came running up the stairs. "What is it?" Meredith asked as she got to the top.

Alex started banging on the door and trying to push it open.

"What's wrong?" Meredith asked.

"She was talking to George!" Alex yelled as he threw his shoulder into the door. He noticed Derek walking up behind them. "She said she felt strange," Alex said.

He moved back and then threw himself into the door. It killed his shoulder but he didn't care.

"Watch out," Derek said.

He moved toward the door and side kicked it. It wobbled a little.

"The doors to this place are old. They can only take so much. Keep doing that," Meredith said.

Alex pushed past Derek and side kicked the door just like Derek just had.

The door fell down with a loud crash!

He heard Lexie come up behind them then. "What is going on?" she asked.

Alex ignored her and barged into the bathroom.

Alex couldn't see Izzie's face. As he ran closer into the bathroom he realized that she was completely under the water. Her eyes were shut and her face was pale.

"Crap!" Alex yelled.

He threw his arms into the water, getting himself soaked in the process, and pulled Izzie's wet and limp body up into his arms.

She wasn't breathing.

"Call an ambulance!" Alex yelled.

He heard the rushing of feet and Derek barking orders as he ran in next to Alex and passed him a towel to cover Izzie's body.

He lay Izzie down onto the cold floor. The water from Izzie's hair and body began dripping onto the tiled floor as Derek placed a towel over her and held her eyes open to look at her pupils.

Alex touched her neck and felt no pulse and she still wasn't breathing.

He began to panic and immediately started CPR.

A/N: I think this story needed a good cliff hanger to really get the drama started.

Not too much has happened yet. But now it will get a bit more exciting. So does Izzie live… or die?

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