"Izzie... why did Derek call you?", George asked again
"Well... We... sort of had a bit of a thing...",Izzie explained.
"What do you mean? Come on Izzie tell us, we're supposed to be friends...",Lexi said.
"We are!",Izzie sighed in defeat knowing she couldn't keep this secret from them any longer.
"Okay look, it all started about 3 months ago... I wanted to get away from everyone for a while and so I went to this cool place I know that I go to when I'm stressed out. I didn't know Derek went there too and well we bumped into each other. We started talking and one thing led to another and we slept together",Izzie started while the others stared in shock. Retelling it all brought back the memory of that very day... *Flashback*
Izzie was sitting on a stool in a little bar she liked to go to on her most stressful days. She took a swig of her beer and not meaning to looked up at the door. Coming in at that very moment was none other Derek Shepherd They made eye contact for a split second and he walked over and sat next to her. She tried to hide her face though there was no point, so she just lifted the bottle to her lips and emptied her still half full beer. Once she set the bottle down and signaled the bartender for another she could hear a laugh coming from Derek. She still wasn't sure what to say but knowing it was useless to ignore him she turned in her seat to face him.
After a few hours or so it seemed of silence they really got into talking to each other. Complaining about stupid things, laughing at other people in the bar who started a round of karaoke, until it was almost midnight. Obviously being her day off tomorrow Izzie didn't really care about the time mostly just the awkward reminder in the back of her mind screaming why are you still here, talking to this guy. She was planning on using the late night excuse to leave but she just seemed like she was having to much fun to go. Her brain screamed to leave now! To forget the warm feeling she was getting and the attraction she had towards this man that was so completely off-limits. But She stayed. And while he talked about some random thing she studied him. She noticed the way his eyes danced with excitement when he talked about something he truly liked, or when he got a far away look when he talked about something hard to talk about or a fond memory. Don't get her wrong, she also noticed his (in her opinion) perfect body, and gorgeous smile, but right now she was seeing the real Derek Shepherd. That was what attracted her most to him. The fact that he could so easily open himself up to her. As if they have known each other their whole lifes. In Derek's case he wasn't sure why he felt so comfortable basically pouring his soul to Izzie. He'd never really spoken much to her. When he was with Meredith sure, but just small talk. He'd never really noticed how amazingly beautiful she was because at the time he only had eyesfor Meredith. What a shame that was because he missed out on seeing one of (if not the most) beautiful creature he had ever laid eyes on. Now that thought scared him. It's just the liquor he told himself. He knew he shouldn't flirt with her. He just couldn't help himself. "What a can a little Harmless flirting do?" he asked himself. So what if we're flirting, just having some fun they both thought, nothing will come out of it. But something very unexpected happened. Derek got a phone call from Meredith, and he excused himself to answer it, even if all he wanted to do was ignore the call and keep talking to Izzie. While he was away a very good looking man walked up to Izzie " Hi, couldn't help seeing how extremely beautiful you are, I was wondering, if that guy you're with is your boyfriend?" Izzie wanted to say yes but dreaded what Derek would say if he found out. "uhm,... no. He's just a co-worker." Izzie said. "Oh wow well that just made my day" ,the guy said with a gorgeous smile. He sat down where Derek was.
"May I buy you a drink?, Oh my name is Christopher by the way"
"Hi, I'm Izzie, uhmmm yeah sure why not."
'It's not like I'm in a relationship or anything and I certainly can't expect anything to happen with Derek, he's Meredith's.' Izzie thought.
Derek was still on the phone with Meredith. "Derek I'm just saying maybe we can try a Just-sex-no-strings relationship again I mean I know you enjoyed the sex too." "Look Meredith I'm not saying the sex was bad, I Just can't do this anymore. I... I don't think we should have any type of relationship. We're just each others past. I'm sorry. I..." She hung up.
Derek sighed. It hurt but suddenly the thought of going back to Izzie made the pain lessen. On his was back he saw that a guy had taken his seat and was talking to Izzie. He doesn't know what took over him but he was completely enraged. He wanted to beat the crap outta this guy for even staring at Izzie the way he was looking at her now. He didn't know what this was. He's never been possessive. Especially with someone he's not even with. He was trying to calm himself down but when he saw the guy reach over and move a strand of hair out of Izzie's face and tuck it behind her ear, Derek lost it. He walked up to the guy and tapped him on the shoulder. "You're in my seat" Derek said. When the guy turned around, he smiled kind of angrily at him and punched the guy in the jaw.
To be continued...