Into the dark

Chapter 9

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As human beings, sometimes its better to stay in the dark; because in the dark there may be fear, but there's also hope

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Izzie got to Cristina's later than she should've. With two baskets of cookies and muffins in her hand, she rang the doorbell.

Meredith answered the door, "Hey Izzie! Where's Alex?"

"He got paged right before we were about to leave."

Meredith could tell that Izzie was upset about this.

"Well everyone is outside, I'll put these in the kitchen for you."

Izzie made her way outside, trying to put smile on for everyone else because she knew she was going to be the only one there without their loved one.

When she got outside, she heard Cristina and George yelling about McNicknames.

"How come Burke gets one and not me?" George whined.

"Because he is my husband."

"I want one."

"Look Bambi, you can't just ask for one, it's a privilege to get one."

"You guys have no respect for me."

"Ok I just thought of an Mcnickname for you." Cristina said.

"Ok, what is it?"

"McBaby."

Everyone outside began laughing.

Izzie finally spoke up, "What's Burke's Mcnickname?"

"McYummy." Burke replied, feeling quite proud of himself.

"Wasn't that Mark's reject name?" Izzie laughed.

Cristina gave Izzie the death glare and Burke's smile dropped. Meredith had just entered the backyard, oblivious to what had been happening.

Burke pointed his fingers between Meredith and Cristina, "You guys gave me a reject name?"

As a common theme that night, everyone broke out into a laughter.

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Several hours later, the only ones that remained at the Burke residence were Meredith, Derek and Izzie.

"So where is Alex tonight?" Derek asked.

"He got called in right before we left , apparently some burn victim."

"That's funny, when I was at the hospital, it was pretty calm." Burke said.

Cristina kicked Burke's leg, "Ow!"

Izzie looked worried, "Maybe something came up after Burke left." Meredith suggested.

"Yeah, maybe." Izzie didn't buy it. "I think I'm just going to head home."

They said their goodbyes and soon Izzie drove off.

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"I hope that Alex isn't fooling around." Cristina said.

"He wouldn't do that to do Izzie." Meredith said.

"I think I can say for the all of us, that if Alex did cheat on Izzie we would all take turns on kicking his ass." Burke said.

They all nodded their heads in agreement.

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Back at the house, Alex was quietly sneaking around making sure that everything was in place.

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Izzie packed her car in the driveway, walked up to the front door and unlocked it.

She opened the door to find the house illuminated by tons of candles, leading a path to the backyard.

She smiled and followed the candles. When she got outside, she saw Alex in a tuxedo standing in a circle filled with rose petals.

When Izzie was finally face to face to him, she opened her mouth to speak but Alex put his finger over her lips.

"Izzie, I don't want you to say anything." she nodded, "I know that I may be an ass at times but I love you so much. You turn by world upside down."

He got down on one knee.

"Isobel Stevens, will you marry me?"

She broke out into laughter.

"I'm so sorry." She said and turned around.

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Meredith turned over in her bed to Derek.

"Derek, are you awake?" She asked while nudging his arm.

"I am now." He rubbed his tired eyes, "What's wrong?"

"Can you go out and get me some watermelon and coffee ice cream?"

"Right now?"

"Please Derek, I have this huge craving for it."

"Fine, I'll be back soon."

"I love you"

"Me too."

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