Chapter 7

Meredith noticed Alex pacing through the hallways angrily.

She could tell he was anxious and afraid.

"Alex," she said.

He turned around and saw Meredith walking up to him. He turned angrily and tried to walk away.

"Oh Alex, come on!" Meredith called.

Alex spun around. "Do you really have the nerve?"

"What?"

"After what you did! How can you just come over here and decide that it is okay to talk to me like that?"

"Alex look at me!" Meredith said, walking up to him.

"Meredith-

"Look at me!" Alex went silent and turned his attention to Meredith."I know how upset you are! I've been there! But taking it out on everybody isn't okay! "

"Meredith cut it out!"

"You are dark and twisty! You are angry! I was there three years ago Alex."

"I'm fine!" Alex tried to turn around my Meredith grabbed his arm.

"No you're not! You're scared! You think you're alone! But you're not." Alex slowly turned to face Meredith. "I'm here for you," Meredith whispered, feeling tears pierce her eyes, but not letting them show very much.

Alex tried to pull away again but Meredith pulled his arm until he close enough that she could hug him.

Alex just let go then and started to cry and Meredith felt her throat tighten.

"She'll be okay," Meredith whispered. "Izzie will be okay."

Just then somebody, who Meredith recognized as Teddy Altman, went running into the OR.

"Crap!" Alex screamed. "No!"

He tried to pull out of Meredith's grip and to the OR but she wouldn't let go.

"Alex-

"No!"

"You need to breathe!"

Alex ripped his arm out of Meredith's grip. "No!"

"Alex look at me!"

"I need to see her!"

"Alex!"

Alex ran past Meredith and threw the door open behind him as he ran into the OR.

"Alex!" Meredith yelled.

She ran after him into the OR and froze in her spot next to Alex who did the same.

Meredith gasped at what she saw.

"What the hell are you doing in here Karev?" Derek snapped.

As Mark walked through the hallway he noticed Teddy laughing with Arizona and Callie.

He tried to walk past without being seen but Teddy saw him. "Mark!" she said, excited. "Hey!"

"Hey!" Mark said, a fake smile plastered onto his face.

Teddy kissed his cheek and he awkwardly put his arm around her.

"Hey," Callie said.

Mark smiled and waved slightly. "So have you heard about Sloan?" Teddy asked.

Mark shook his head. "Nothing new," he said.

"How are you holding up?" Teddy asked.

"I'm okay," Mark said. "A little nervous though."

"Well maybe, if you want to take your mind off of things," Teddy whispered. "We can go to an on-call room…

Arizona and Callie weren't supposed to hear it but they did. Callie smiled and tried to hide that she noticed it by taking a sip of her coffee.

"No thanks," Mark said. Callie choked on her coffee slightly. Teddy's face fell. "I'm just not really in the mood," Mark said.

With that Callie started coughing and gasping for air.

"Are you okay?" Arizona worried.

She hit Callie's back a few times. Finally when Callie could breathe she spoke hoarsely. "Yeah, yeah. I'm fine. I uh… just swallowed wrong. Hey Mark, can I uh, can I talk to you?"

"Sure," Mark said.

"Alone," Callie added.

Arizona and Teddy looked at each other strangely and just seemed to shrug it off.

"Sure. I guess," Mark said.

Callie walked into the next hallway and waited for Mark until he met her there.

"Liar!" she accused.

"What?"

"You are freaking lying!"

"About what?"

"You're not in the mood? What is wrong? What's bothering you? You are always in the mood!"

Mark looked away. "It's just… you know… stuff. And I am not always…" he broke off staring at Callie who raised her eyebrows. "Okay, I am always in the mood."

"So what's bothering you?"

"It's just… Lexie," Mark said.

Callie raised her eyebrows again. "Little Grey?"

"Little Grey."

Derek was very slowly cutting around the tumor in Izzie's brain when the beeping of the heart monitor suddenly sped up drastically.

"She's going into technicardia!" one of the nurses announced.

"Page Teddy Altman!" Derek called.

He held pressure against the tumor in the brain until Teddy came running into the OR.

"She went into Techinicardia!" Derek told her.

Teddy was getting ready to start the procedure when Alex suddenly came running into the OR.

"Alex!" a voice came after him and Meredith came running in and froze as Alex had.

"What the hell are you doing in here Karev?" Derek snapped.

He watched as Meredith snapped out of it and grabbed Alex's arm.

She whispered something to Alex and tried to pull him away. He eventually left just in time to not see Izzie coding.

"Cristina," Owen said, walking up to her. "It's not good."

"W-what?" Cristina said, placing down the chart she was holding.

"With Izzie. It's not good."

"What do you mean by that?" Cristina asked.

"I talked to Derek. He was trying to cut out the tumor without removing the pituitary gland. It's hard to do. And I just saw Teddy running into the OR where they-

"Damn it!" Cristina hissed, cutting him off.

"Cristina," Owen murmured.

"What?" Cristina snapped. "More good news?"

"Cristina," Owen said. "You need to calm down."

Cristina turned and walked out of the room, ignoring his comment.

Alex noticed Derek walking out of the OR with a pained look on his face.

"Shepherd," he said. "What happened? How did the surgery go?"

He watched Derek's face fall and he shook his head.

"No," Alex whispered. "Oh no."

Was she…

He didn't even want to think the word.

"She's mostly gone. Her heartbeat is very weak. There was bleeding in her brain, complications during the surgery with her heart. We nearly lost her. She is almost completely brain dead."

"Is there any hope?" Alex asked, the last bit of hope pulsing through his veins.

"Don't get your hopes up," Derek said softly. "You'll probably be crushed." He put his hand on Alex's shoulder for a moment and then pulled it away. "They'll move her to a room soon and we'll have to see what happens."

With that Derek turned and walked off in the direction of where Meredith was wear he would soon pass on the news to her.

"No," Alex whispered, tears falling down his face. "Oh Izzie."

Alex turned then and saw Lexie standing in front of him and the anger began to fill him. He clenched his teeth together and kicked a wall.

"Alex," Lexie whispered with tears rushing down her face. "You had just as much to do with what we did as I did. You had just as much to do with the decision making! So don't go blaming me for what-

Alex pushed past her and stomped away angrily.

But he stopped in his tracks when he saw Izzie being wheeled out of the OR.

"Oh my gosh," he whispered.

He began to feel sick and his stomach lurched and he ran to the nearest bathroom with his hand clamped over his mouth.

As he ran he caught a glimpse of Meredith with tears in her eyes.

"Alex!" her voice called after him. "Alex!"

But all Alex could focus on was Izzie and getting to the bathroom in time to not throw up all over the floor.

A/N: So… yeah another cliff hanger. I'm getting a pretty evil with them, huh?

Just so you all know I have an idea for my next fanfiction once I finish either this story or What Happens Next.

I'm not sure if it will include George but what I do know is that it will have lots of drama.

So, let's try for 11 reviews this time. If I reach eleven reviews then the eleventh reviewer will get a hint of what will get to know if Izzie lives or dies… that is if it's a signed review, otherwise I can't send the answer.

But the more reviews I get the faster I update. And if you review I'll give you a preview of the next chapter.

There will be a lot more of Izzie in the next chapter.

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