Chapter 19
"Izzie?" Alex whispered, filled with disbelief. "Iz?"
"I..." Izzie stared, but her throat was so dry.
"Did you just talk?" Alex asked her. "What did you say?"
"I c-... Ican't...
"You can't what?" Alex asked, desperately filled with worry.
A small, weak smile crept onto Izzie's face as she finally found the strength to answer the question. "I can't see-
"You can't see?" Alex interupted her, mid-sentence. "Oh no, she's blind!"
"George," Izzie corrected him, hoarsely. "I can't see George."
Alex's eyes locked with Izzie's and her eyes filled with tears.
"The tumor," Izzie murmured. "It... must be... gone."
Alex smiled and chuckled. He looked over at Meredith and Derek, Cristina and Owen and they were all smiling in disbelief.
It was over. The fight to win the cancer battle was over. And Izzie had lived to tell the tale of it.
A sudden laugh escaped Izzie's lips. No one understood at firdst until she laughed again. And suddnely her weak laughter filled the room.
"It's over," she laughed. "Ha! Ha! Ha! It's over!"
Alex chuckled at after everything they had gone through Izzie could still laugh like this. And then he joined in laughing. And the rest of the room began to fill in as well, until everyone was laughing.
It wasn't of humor, but of the crazy situation.
She was alive.
Lexie peered in through the window of Izzie's room. It was amazing. They all had their happy endings.
And as happy as she was that she had Mark, it wasn't much of a happy ending.
They were back together, for now that is.
She slowly turned and walked to an on-call room. She stopped in the middle of it and just closed her eyes, letting the darkness free her from her sorrows.
She was so lost in thought that she didn't even hear the footsteps and she was shocked when the big arms wrapped around her stomach and pulled her to their hard chest.
"I'm afraid you're not allowed back here," the deep voice joked.
"Hi Mark," Lexie sighed.
"Why are you crying Lex?"
"I'm not... oh look at that, I am crying. I had no idea," Lexie touched her face and felt the tears.
"Maybe we should get out of here," Mark whispered huskily.
Lexie shook her hesad and pressed her lips together before turning around quickly and looking Mark straight in the eyes.
"What is this Mark? Are we just going to pretend that nothing happened and just move on with it? You won me back. But what's oging to appen the next time some girl comes stumbling to your doorstep claiming that she is your daughter?"
"Oh please," Mark said, shaking his head. "I have restraining orders against the three others," he joked.
Lexie rolled her eyes and couldn't help but laugh.
"Lexie," Mark murmured. "I miss you. And I love you. And I can't live another day without you."
"So what, we just pick up where we left off and pretend nothing happened? Do we just go on saying that we are boyfriend and grilfriend?"
"Woah, woah, woah. After everything we've been through that's all I am to you, your boyfriend?"
"What else would I call you?" Lexie asked, confused.
"What you can call me is your fianc`e."
"What?" Lexie gasped, shosked. "Mark, I'm tired of the games."
"This isn't a game," Mark said, dropping down to one knee and pulling out a ring. "You see, I can start all over from the begining and do the proper thing. I could take you to dinner and we could start all over. But I like ot be a bit more original than that. So right now I am down here on one knee, and I want you o be my wife...
Lexie shook her head, trying to get some sence back into it. "We can't just go right into this, pretend that nothing happened-
"Lex, I wasn't finished," Mark said. He cringred for a moment. "This floor is hard. It hurts down here."
Lexie rolled her eyes and giggled. "I'm sorry for interupting, and it's your own fault that you are down there."
Mark chuckled. "Lexie, I'm just gonna get righ to the point. Lexie Grey, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?"
Lexie sniffed and swallowed hard. "I don't know if we are ready."
"Okay, I can't stay on this floor anymore," Mark said, standing up.
"Are you worried that someone will see or something?"
"No. That floor is just freakin' hard," Mark chuckled. "But I need you. I can't live without you. I love you. Now can you just say yes so we can go back ot my house and celebrate? Please?"
"No," Lexie whispered, watching Mark's hoped fall. "I can't say yes." Mark sighed, opening his mouth, but Lexie cut him off. "I can say absolutely, positively, definately, etc. But I think I have to be a bit more original than yes."
Mark's eyes widened and he let out a whoop of joy. He picked Lexie up off of the ground and spun her around.
Lexie giggled and leaned in to kiss Mark. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Derek finished checking Izzie's eyes. He had done tests, gotten a CAT scan, but all of them came back clean.
Izzie was going to be just fine.
"Well, I don't know how you do it Stevens, but you survived the unsurvivable," Derek smiled.
"That's not a word," Cristina commented from the back of the room, where she and Meredith stood.
"Sure it is," Meredith said.
"You know, I dont think it is."
"Are you sure?"
"Hey, twisted sisters," Derek caught their attention. "Shh!"
Izzie giggled at her crazy freinds and turned back to Derek.
"Anyways," Derek said. "You are cancer free. We will keep you here for another few days just to keep an eye on you. And then, if you are still completely cancer free, you can go home."
"I feel cancer free," Izzie said. "I feel like those tumors aren't weighing me down anymore."
Derek smiled. "Well I am going to leave the room along with the twisted sisters and leave you two alone."
"No," Cristina fought. "I don't want to leave."
Meredith rolled her eyes and whispered to Cristina, "Alex and Izzie need some alone time to get all cheesy."
Cristina huffed and nodded. "Fine, I'm out." She haeaded for the door. "Here I go." She reached for the door and Owen jut happened to be walking by. He grabbed her wirst. "I'm leaving... hey!"
Owen pulled Cristina along with him, down the hall. "Glad you didn't die!" Cristina screamed.
Meredith laughed and rolled her eyes again. "I'll see you tommorow Iz."
Izzie nodded towards Meredith. "See you."
Derek followed Meredith out of the room and the two laughed like cheesy love birds.
Izzie looked up at Alex and whispered, "I didn't die."
"I almost lost you," Alex said.
"But you didn't." Izzie smirked.
Alex looked away and there were tears in his eyes. He sniffed and Izzie reached up and wiped the tear that found it's way down his cheek.
"Only you could make me so emotional," he chuckled.
"I guess I'm just magical like that."
"Well this is all over. Can we go live happily ever after now?"
Izzie giggled. "Sure."
Alex stood up and walked for the door.
"Woah! Where are you going?"
"To live happily ever after," Alex joked.
Izzie laughed and opened up her arms. Alex came over and, very carefully, lay down into her bed wrapped his arms around her.
"All I need is you to live happily ever after," Izzie sighed, softly.
"You are so cheesy," Alex chuckled.
"And you are so sensitive."
"I am not."
"Yes you are. Now shut up and don't fight me on this. I love how sensitive you are."
"Hmm, than I guess I shouldn't fight you on it."
Izzie smiled and held Alex closer to her. "Now we can have that big house with all of our kids and two dogs."
"I love you," Alex murmured.
"I love you too."
George hit the button on the elevator and walked inside when it opened.
He hit the botton to the fourth floor and it brouth him down to that floor.
When he walke out of the elevator he walked to room 1432 where Izzie's room was. He closed his eyes. Even though he couldn't be there with her at the real room, he felt her presence for only a moment.
As Izzie stared out the window at the sky she realized something. The tumor may have been a bad thing, but it did allow her to be with George again, even if it was just for one more little moment.
The End
A/N: Well that is the end of the story. Thank you so much to all of my readers and reviewers. I hope you all enjoyed it. Can you tell me what you thought of that last chapter in reviews please?
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