Lover // g. o'malley

No Man's Land

I walked into the bathroom this morning to do my makeup only to find George in the shower and Izzie walking around while brushing her teeth. Of course, they were arguing over something.

"Excuse me Izzie," George says. Izzie walks out, with her toothbrush still in her mouth. "Come on Rach get out I'm naked in the shower" he says.

"George, we live together. Do you really think I care? You're like my brother it's not even a big deal," I say while filling in my eyebrows. Luckily, I end up finishing my makeup before George gets out of the shower.

"Coffee?" Izzie asks while holding a pot of coffee. I notice she's in her underwear and a t-shirt, which I know will not go over well with George.

"Huh, Hello Kitty," Meredith whispers. Izzie's underwear did in fact have a Hello Kitty sewn right on the front. George just rolls his eyes and goes to the car and waits for us to finish our coffee.

"Well someone's grumpy," I say before taking a sip of my coffee. Izzie sits down and nods.

We arrive at work and walk out of Meredith's jeep when Izzie says, "Oh by the way, we need tampons, can you add it to your list please?"

"Absolutely not. You parade through the house in your underwear while I'm trying to drink coffee and I am a man! I do not buy girl products. I do not want talking while I'm in the shower or any of you walking around in your underwear anymore," George declares.

"Yeah but we have a list, and it's your turn," Meredith points out. We made a list in her house for grocery shopping. Every time a grocery store run is needed, we go in order. Last week it was Izzie, this week it is George. That's how it works.

"It doesn't bother me, ok? Take your time. Look at me while I'm in my underwear. I don't mind at all," Izzie says.

"Absolutely not!" George yells. He walks into the hospital before us so we can't bother him about tampons or underwear anymore.

We walk in to find Bailey giving a speech about being pleasant in the morning to the patients. Alex is there as well. He turns to Izzie, "Good morning Dr. Model."

"Dr. Evil Spawn," she responds.

"Huh quite fitting," I chime in. Alex just glares at me and Izzie laughs quietly.

Alex turns back to Izzie and pulls out a flashlight. "Ooh, nice tat. Did they airbrush that out for the catalogs?"

"I'm not sure. What do they do for the 666 on your skull?" Izzie snaps back.

"Ooh," Meredith, George, and I all say at the same time. Meredith then walks away to talk to Cristina. I've noticed that they are pretty much inseparable. She stays overnight sometimes for Meredith. I've also noticed Izzie and George are just like that. I'm kind of stuck in the middle. Meredith and Cristina, George and Izzie, then there's me. Where do I fit in? Sure, they all talk to me, but not as much as they talk to others. Even for shifts, there's not a good number of us so I always get stuck working with someone else. You think that would make me closer to them, but no it doesn't. Besides, I haven't even gotten to scrub in on anything yet let alone get inside of an OR. Chances of that are low considering I haven't even gotten on a case by myself yet either. I don't think I'm a bad surgeon so I don't know why I haven't gotten anything yet.

We enter Mr. Humphreys' room quietly since we hear him snoring all the way from outside.

"Mr Humphrey? We're sorry to wake you," I shake him lightly.

"Come on, what time is it?" he asks.

"It's ten after five," Izzie informs him. "I'm sorry Sir, we just need to do a brief exam. If you could just sit up for one moment. Thanks. This might be a little cold, so just take a deep breath and bear with us. If you could just take a deep breath."