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Chapter Twenty Two

By Rosa241

Alex POV:

I really don't want to go back up to that damn apartment. Sitting there all night looking at his stupid face, his stupidly, annoyingly handsome face. Slamming my hand on the window I almost snarl. How can you be so mad at someone but still want to walk right up to them and kiss them? How the hell does that work!?

You lost a patient.

I didn't lose a patient. These things happen. These terrible, awful things just happen. Things happen that we just can't do anything about, it doesn't matter how hard we want it or how hard we try. Sometimes there is just nothing we can do.

Shaking my head I open up the car door. Why does life have to be so hard? Not long ago everything seemed like it was falling into place. Great job, good apartment and a group of people that I could actually rely on, everything was fine. Now…now everything's falling apart and I feel like I'm losing control.

Stevens is on my ass constantly. Everywhere I go she's hanging over my shoulder with that fake smile of hers planted firmly in place. She might have the others fooled but not me. She hates me just as much as she ever did. This whole thing is a pathetic attempt at getting my guard down. Well I'll tell you right now it's not going to work.

O'malley is on my side one minute and arguing with me the next. One second everything's fine and then suddenly it seems like everything is going to hell. For a few minutes there I really thought that we might get somewhere, for a few minutes I really thought that…

Don't be so stupid Alex.

As if that wasn't bad enough now I've got that girl stuck in my head.

That girl…

Why can't I get her out of my head?

She was just another patient. Just another patient. There's been a million before her and there'll be a million more after. I've lost patients before and as hard as it is to admit I'll lose more in the future. It's a part of a doctor's life. I don't have to like it but I do have to accept it.

So why can't you get that little girl out of your head?

Shaking the traitorous thoughts out of my brain I step out of the car and make my way upstairs. Another night of avoiding all eye contact with the man I'm basically in love with.

Great.

Mark POV:

"Meredith are you sure this is going to work?" I know that these two need to get their acts together, God knows it's been long enough, but is this really going to be the best way.

"Yes. Mark you know that they'd be good together. With Alex by his side George will be more confident and settled, and as for Alex well…" She trails off as a sad look comes across her face. I've felt for a while that something was off with Alex, there has to be a reason why the man has no confidence in himself. Of course I've asked Meredith for answers but according to her 'it wasn't her place' to talk about his childhood. Eventually she loses the sad look and shakes her head.

"Alex needs somebody to love him for who he is." Another frown crosses my face and again my thoughts drift.

What exactly did that kid have to go through to end up like he is?

Don't get me wrong Alex is great and no doubt he'll be an awesome doctor but there's something off about him. There are times when I look at him and all I see is this scared little kid asking for approval. To be honest I don't think he's ever had that. My thoughts are interrupted as Meredith starts talking again.

"They're never going to admit to how they feel about each other. They might have accepted it themselves but they're never going to act on them. They need a little prodding." Now that we can agree on. It's almost pathetic how obviously in love they are and kind of sad that they've never done anything about it.

"Alright so you're going to talk to George and I'll take Alex. Let's do this." Meredith smiled brightly as she and I leave the on call roll. It's time to end this. The sooner we get the two of them together the better. All the longing looks, the sighing and the damn sexual tension you could cut with a knife…I'm sick of it.

This had better work because if it doesn't then I'm going to kill both of them.

George's POV

I still don't get it…

I just…don't get it…

How can things go from being okay to being so bad? It all seems to have fallen apart so quickly! Just two weeks ago Alex and I were better than ever. Izzy was finally getting back to her normal self, thank god. Izzy and Alex were hardly the best of friends but given time they'd both settle things I'm sure. Now…

Now I feel like someone's just turned the dial of my life from awesome to totally sucks.

I know what I said was an innocent remark but that doesn't mean that it was smart. Losing a patient, especially one so young, is always hard to accept. Then when one of your so called friends goes and says something like that, it was never going to go down well.

You lost a patient.

Why did I have to say that?

Why couldn't I have just accepted that he wasn't in a good mood and walked away?

Why is he being such an ass?

Alright I shouldn't have said it but he's being such and ass. He's spent the last two weeks pretty much ignoring my existence. It's driving me crazy.

I don't understand why he won't talk to me.

Not very long I know but I swear it will get longer.

Okay so what exactly are Mark and Meredith planning? How are they going to get poor Alex and George together? How will Mark react when he finds out about Alex's childhood?

Well if you keep tuned you'll find out in time. Just to let you know I'm planning on updating every two weeks, that should work just fine with my schedule. Until next time bye!