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Chapter Thirteen:

By Rosa241

Alex's POV:

I officially HATE pit duty. I get it, I mean I've been off for a while now but jesus! I hate pit duty!

"Okay so next time this happens just take a couple of aspirin and stop drinking. You have a hangover dude." The guy in front of me shakes his head – before deciding it was a bad idea – and stalks off. Kids! Why are kids so stupid? I mean seriously he has a hangover and he thinks he's dying? What's wrong with people today?

Yesterday's argument with Izzy is still fresh in my mind. I get why she hates me, I cheated on her and let's face it pretty much I treated her like crap. But George...George is supposed to be her best friend yet she's treating him like this? What the hell is wrong with her?

"Dr Karev? There's a woman in that cubicle who thinks that she might have a brain tumour." As I take the chart off of the nurse in front of me and head towards my patient I force Izzy out of my brain.

"Mrs Steiner, we've been through this yesterday. You've had the CAT scan and nothing showed up, you have a migraine." People!

Izzy's POV:

How can Dr Bailey do this to me? I was just trying to help George and she sends me to the pit? We're doctors, aren't we supposed to help people in need? This is all Alex's fault.

Flashback:

"Izzy will you please shut up, you're driving me insane. There is nothing going on between me and Alex, we're roommates and friends but that's it." He just doesn't see it; he doesn't see what that man's doing to him.

"George, you have to understand that I didn't see it happening either. He just worms his way into your life. He's like a damn leech, sucking you dry and then just abandoning you." How can he not see this?

"Izzy! Enough!" He turns away from me as he examines a chart. "I'm sorry." Finally he's starting to see sense. "I'm sorry that you feel this way, I'm sorry that you can't see Alex for who he really is and I'm sorry that you feel the need to hate him. But Izzy, I'm not you. I don't see Alex the same way." With that he walks away, ignoring me as I call for him.

"Dr Stevens!" Oh crap. "I asked you, no, no I told you half an hour ago to order a CAT scan for Mr Rodgers and instead of doing it you thought it'd be okay to stand here and do exactly what I told you not to do yesterday."

"Dr Bailey, I just...I need George to see the truth. I need to protect him, he doesn't see Alex for who he really is and I need to keep him safe." She sighs before she speaks.

"Stevens. Come here." She pulls me into an empty room before we speak again. "Look, whatever problems you have with Karev are none of my business. It's also none of your business if George and Alex are together."

"Wait –" I try to explain but she cuts me off.

"No! George is a grown man, if he wants to sleep with someone then let him. And he can take care of himself, he's not child. He doesn't need you protecting him every second of the day." She doesn't get it. "And as for Karev. He's not the person you think he is."

I can't help but scoff, how can he have her fooled?

"Yesterday I told you not to go bringing your personal issues into this hospital and yet again here we are. You are a damn doctor here and you are ignoring your patients in order to deal with your personal life. Well I have had enough. You are on pit duty for the next week. Maybe that'll help you to focus on being a doctor."

End Flashback:

"Okay so give her ten milligrams of..." My thoughts are interrupted by the source of all my problems. Alex.

"Oh you have got to be kidding me. " I mutter before wandering towards the other end of the pit.

Several patients later and I officially hate Alex even more. This whole thing is his fault, how can no one else see what he's doing to George? There has to be something I can do.

"Excuse me? I'm no doctor but I don't think it should take that long to read a chart." The woman in front of me comments as she draws me out of my mind.

"Sorry just wanted to be thorough." She rolls her eyes at me before placing her arm around her young son. "Okay I think the best thing to do is..."

"Dr Karev!" The boy shoots off of the bed before I can finish my sentence. As I turn around I spy my patient with his arms wrapped around Alex. "Hi."

"Hey kiddo." He lifts the kid – Simon? – up before wandering back towards us. "I thought I said I didn't want to see you in this hospital again?"

"I have an infe-infectious." He – Scott? – stumbles over his words as he speaks.

"He has a chest infection." Surgery?

"Brandon here had an emergency appendectomy about three months ago, I was in the operating theatre." Alex explains as he places Brandon back on the bed. "Oh one thing..."

I tune him out as he speaks, why is he talking to me? Seriously Alex just go away and let me take care of my patient. There has to be a reason why no one else can see what he really is. Alex continues to talk as I prep the penicillin. Go away Alex.

"Okay. That should take care of this infection, thankfully it looks like we've gotten to it pretty early but if it continues to worsen then you should come back and we'll take another look." Brandons mother smiles at me before turning her attention to her son.

"So does this mean I can go home now?" I give him a nod. "Yay. Mr Karev, can you...you..."

"Brandon?" Alex moves forward slightly, get away from my patient Alex! "Izzy what did you give him?"

"Alex it's my patient, go away." He growls at me before laying Brandon down on the bed and grabbing hold of a nearby oxygen mask.

"It's okay Brandon. What did you give him!?" He snaps at me, oh god!

"Penicillin." I can barely breathe as I realise what is going on.

"Damn it Izzy he's allergic to penicillin. I need a shot of epinephrine now!" My mind goes blank as a nurse rushes forward. How could this happen?

Alex's POV:

"Brandon's going to be fine." Celia sighs in relief, the tears in her eyes still continuing to spill over. It took two shots of epinephrine and some antihistamines before the reaction stopped.

"I don't understand how this could happen. Why did that Doctor give him penicillin?" Her eyes leave her son for the first time.

"I don't know but rest assured we're going to find out." As I wander over to where Izzy is now standing a familiar figure bursts through the doors. Damn.

"What the hell happened?" Bailey comes to a halt in front of us, the reason behind her nickname has never been more clear.

"Allergic reaction to penicillin. I must have missed it in his notes." Izzy sets about explaining. Wait, missed it?

"I'm sorry missed it? Izzy I told you about it. When Brandon came over to me I told you about his allergy." She gives me a confused look.

"No you didn't."

"Yes I did. Don't you dare try to weasel your way out of this."

"ENOUGH!" Bailey snaps at us. "I want to speak to both of you now!"

She leaves us with no choice but to follow her. What the hell is going on?

"Karev you better start explaining." She turns to me, she's already spoken to Izzy who still maintains that I said nothing about the allergy.

"Alright look..."

Flashback:

"Dr Karev!" I hear a familiar voice shout my name before something collides with me. Oof. Looking down to the source of the noise a familiar face gazes up at me. "Hi."

"Hey kiddo. I thought I said I didn't want to see you in this hospital again." He smiles at me as I lift him up. Now I'm not a kid person but this kid has definitely wormed his way into my heart.

"I have an infec-infectious." He tries to explain but trips over his words.

"He has a chest infection." Celia explains as I wander over towards her. Stevens rolls her eyes as she see's me. Well that's just great!

"Brandon here had an emergency appendectomy about three months ago, I was in the operating theatre." She rolls her eyes again as I speak. "Oh one thing you should know. His penicillin allergy, it's pretty damn severe. He reacts within seconds of being given it, we figured it out after his appendectomy."

End Flashback:

"And thats what happened." Bailey gives me a quizzical look as she tries to judge whether or not I'm telling the truth. "Look go and talk to Celia, she was there, she heard me tell Izzy about the allergy."

She says nothing as she brings Izzy back into the room and sits both of us down. Her gaze flickers between the two of us for a moment before she speaks.

"I'm going to go talk to the mother about this and try to deal with this mess. If I find out that either one of you is lying to me there will be hell to pay. It's bad enough that you missed this allergy in the first place Stevens but if what Karev is saying is true then we have a serious problem." Izzy once again sets about telling Bailey about how I'm a complete liar and how I'm trying to throw her under the bus. Geez what the hell is with her?

"How could you do this to me!?" Izzy snaps as soon as Bailey leaves the room. "

Mark's POV:

"I'm telling you it was probably evil spawns fault, things that go wrong usually are." Christina comments as we discuss the news that has been spreading around the hospital.

"We shouldn't make any judgements until we know the truth. We don't know what happened with that patient." Meredith tries to be the voice of reason between myself and Christina but it's no good.

"Stevens was the doctor in that case, she should have read the kids notes properly and should have known that he was allergic to it." Christina rolls her eyes as our argument continues to go round and round.

"Shut up, just shut up. Stop speculating and get back to work." O'Malley yells as he storms out of the locker room. We're all silent for a few minutes before someone speaks.

"Man that boy is so in love." Christina murmurs and I can't help but agree.

Baileys POV:

Why is it always mine? Why? Why can't it be someone else's for once?

"I cannot believe this. It's one thing to steal George away from me and ruin his life but trying to get me fired? What is wrong with you?" Stevens all but screams at Karev, I should put a stop to this but...

"I'm not trying to get you fired! I told you about the allergy; it's not my fault that you weren't paying attention." They continue to go back and forth for a while longer before I finally decide to put a stop to it.

"Alright." They both go silent as I enter the room. "I've spoken to the mother and she confirms that Dr Karev told you about the penicillin allergy. How the hell could you be so damn idiotic!? You almost killed that boy!"

"No but I didn't-" She tries to protest but I'm having none of it.

"Karev leave us please." As Alex walks out of the door I let loose. How could this happen?

And there it is. Sorry it's taken so long but I've got it out finally. Before I forget I'm changing my internet supplier so I might be unavailable for a few days. Bye!