Post prom

"Chapter 19-Perfection is the key"

Izzy got home early from her shift. She knew Meredith and George would be arriving later on that night so she decided to surprise them with a nice dinner. As she started to get all her pots and pans out, she heard a knock at the door. Mer and George still have another 3 hours on their shift. Who could this be? She heard the knock again. Izzy left the kitchen and went to the front door. Cautiously she opened it,

"Hey," Izzy recognized that voice anywhere

"Alex?" Izzy opened the door a little bit wider, " What are you doing here? What about your shift?"

"It ended early, so I thought I might come by here. Can I come in?"

"Uh, ya sure," Izzy opened the door wider so Alex could step in. "I'm sorry, but it's such a surprise to see you here. We haven't talked in a while,"

"Ya I know. That's the actually why I came here," Izzy noticed he didn't have the sarcastic tone in his voice. He actually sounded.... compassionate.

"Oh, well I was just making dinner for Meredith and George, but c'mon into the kitchen,"

"Izzy, I really need to talk to you,"

Izzy turned and saw that Alex wasn't kidding around

"Oh, ok, c'mon lets go into the living room then,"

Izzy led Alex into the living room. She went back into the kitchen and brought out 2 cups of coffee

"Okay, let's talk,"

"Izzy, I-I, shit,"

"Alex?"

"Look Izzy you have no idea how hard this is to say. I know you loved Denny and that, and what you did to yourself after he died it just killed me. Seeing you hurt, hurt me. Izz, I never want to see you hurt like that again,"

"Alex-"

"Izzy please listen to me. I have never meant to hurt you. I never want to hurt you like I did again. I guess what I'm trying to say...Izzy Stevens, I-I love you,"

Izzy stared at Alex, tears running down her face,

"Oh Alex, I know you never wanted to hurt me. I was just mad, that you slept with a nurse in the same on-call room. I was mad, and Denny made it all better. I loved him, but I guess I also loved you. I was just so angry, I never got over it. Denny gave me what you didn't. But when Denny died, reality hit me. All my emotions came pouring out. I wasn't only crying about him. All my anger and sadness that was bottled up and that was the time I released it. Alex I know you never meant to hurt you. I guess what I'm trying to say is...I love you too,"

Both looked at each other, then dove into a long kiss

"What do you say we leave Grey and O'Malley to fend for themselves, and we go out to dinner?" asked Alex, pulling away

"I say, how about you help me with dinner, and we can go out tomorrow,"

"Works for me,"

They both got up and headed for the kitchen holding hands. They wanted to make one of the best dinners ever.

"She didn't even tell me and I'm her best friend!" Burke and Christina were leaving the hospital and walking into the parking lot. Christina had just finished her shift and Burke had waited for her. They were heading to Meredith's house since Izzy invited them over for dinner.

"I can see why you're upset, but please don't be. She was probably was going to tell you, but it just wasn't the right time. I mean, you didn't tell her about your pregnancy,"

"BURKE! Whose side are you on?"

"I'm just saying,"

Christina climbed into the car and slumped in her seat