' 𝘀𝗼 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘂𝗽 𝘀𝗹𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘆 𝗼𝗻𝗲, 𝗶𝘁'𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 '

most of the time when you think of moving out of your parents house at the age of 24 to live with your bestfriends you think of a mansion or a penthouse suite. not where george, jordyn, and lexie we're currently living. as george was killing his fourth cockroach today which involved him shouting and throwing a shoe, jordyn and lexie stood awkwardly brushing their teeth.

"it's not that bad" lexie always the optimist tried to say to a bug fighting george and an overall confused jordyn. "i mean, once we get rid of the roaches, the apartment-"

"this place is pretty shitty lex. can't over romanticize this appartment" jordyn interrupted spitting out her toothpaste in the sink.

"no, the crapartment" george snapped back finally putting down his shoe.

"oh that's clever" jordyn snickered beginning to brush her long blonde hair with a hair brush.

"guys, this is our home. we'll fix it up" lexie tried to use her enthusiasm on her two 'over this shit' friends.

"with what money?" george asked, speaking the truth of the situation.

"we'll figure it out. look, i like it here, and i would like it here so much more of you guys would like it here, too" lexie said before george screamed, finally killing the fourth cockroach with his shoe.

"have fun walking around the hospital in those" jordyn sang as she grabbed her bag and left the crapartment. george was right, it did have a nice ring to it.

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"aw poor george. feeling bad that you're not in the residents competition?" jordyn chuckled as she walked by a george who just had kicked his own foot against the hospital wall after getting pestered by cristina, izzie, and meredith. the answer was pretty obvious.

"yeah. this whole intern thing is crap" george muttered as he and jordyn now walked towards the lockerooms. "no offense"

"none taken" jordyn replied taking a bite of the apple that was currently being held in george's hand, leading them to have a dramatic race to the locker room. she loved the fact that he was no longer dealing with relationship drama. she could now spend more time with the guy.

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"jordyn! can you help me look in the supply closet for, uh-supply for our apartment?" lexie asked her friend as she stood hunched in the supply closet with a plastic bag in hand. jordyn could've said she had something doctorly to do but she couldn't resist a fun time with her girlie.

"sure. i've got nothing better to do" jordyn responded joining lexie in her lower scale thrift shopping experience. she started to look towards the other side of the enclosed space. george then bombarded the two in the supply closest. how did he know we were in there?

"i hate this contest" george proclaimed to the two focused interns. he shut the supply closest door behind him.

"there's a lot of stuff in here. there's a lot of stuff" lexie practically thought aloud as she threw a bottle of bleach into her plastic bag.

"stupid, stupid contest-stupid, and irresponsible. oh! i wanna play" george moaned as he went next to jordyn who was pushing through shelf's to try and find items.

"there's good stuff, free stuff" jordyn joined her friend in her thinking aloud process. she grabbed an unopened bag of napkins and threw it into lexie's bag.

"i need a butterfly needle, a vacutainer, and, uh, maybe an LP kit. i'm twenty six points behind, so i need it fast" izzie said joining the three interns in the closet. it was like a party that no one was really invited to.

"why, what do you got? something good?" lexie asked handing her the needle she requested.

"oh. uh, sprained ankle" izzie replied as both jordyn and lexie exited the supply closest to get her vacutainer and LP kit.

"i can't stand stevens. really. she always rubs me the wrong way" jordyn complained to lexie, who seemed to be scanning the horizon of the hospital like it was a gold mine.

"well, you may not enjoy her but she's still our superior. wether you like it or not" lexie retaliated grabbing the vacutainer and LP kit from the nurses cart.

"that doesn't make me like her" jordyn mumbled as the two came back to their original supply closet. lexie handed an exiting izzie what she requested.

"oh, thanks" she said before brushing by jordyn and lexie. jordyn gave an annoyed glare towards george.

"oh, i could do a lot with these" lexie amazed as she reached under one of the shelf's to pull out a long blue sheet.

"that's an under pad. under pads soak up urine" george argued as he turned to leave the closest.

"or...it could be a placemat" lexie suggested to george as he finally left the closest. "oh! fruit bowl" lexie exclaimed reaching towards a bedpan. jordyn could only laugh and try her best to escort her friend out of the supply closet without getting seen.

"let's go try and steal more stuff" jordyn eased the tense lexie. maybe this whole stealing things from the hospital thing was more entertaining then she thought.

"that's the spirit!" lexie beamed high-fiving her giggling best friend as the two rushed across the hospital.

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jordyn and lexie were strolling the halls of the hospital together trying to find furniture and overall items for their crapartment-i mean apartment. even if that meant peaking into patients rooms or going into more closets. that was before jordyn found a jack pot.

"lex!" she whisper shouted, pointing towards a strange framed painting of a bird. lexie's jaw dropped a little. it was ridiculous. it was perfect. lexie quickly went in her tippy toes and picked up the painting from the wall and with jordyn, began to walk back towards the locker room to where her stash of goods was. "we are literally thief's now. we better not go to jail for this, or i'm blaming it all on you!"

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"long! get in here! quickly!" alex karev shouted to the passing intern who was trying to scope the area for items of furniture. lexie thought it would be best if the two split up, so they can try and find more items quicker. jordyn ran just in time to get into the elevator before it closed right in cristina yang's face making alex laugh at her failure.

"you're really into this contest thing, aren't you" jordyn joked leaning against the elevator, staring at the pacing resident.

"i need to win this thing. whatever the prize is, it's gotta be good" alex smirked, stretching his arms.

"is there a reason you called me into the elevator or am i just here to hear you gloat" jordyn charmed, crossing her arms over her chest.

"i do enjoy gloating to interns, but i was gonna ask if you wanted to go to joe's tonight. i need a rematch on darts" alex taunted, mimicking jordyn's movements and now also leaning against the elevator.

"fine. but i'm gonna beat you again. and afterward you need to drop me off at my apartment. george, lexie and i just moved in" jordyn agreed as the elevator doors dinged open.

"with grey and o'malley? sure" alex winked leaving the elevator in the process. as the doors shut, jordyn could only sigh and lazily stare at the elevator wall painting of a sunset on a beach. with no one there to stop her, she grabbed the painting and ran, not looking back. guess she was the worse criminal ever. when jordyn came over to lexie with her giant sunset painting in hand she wasn't expecting to see her taking to derek shepherd's new girlfriend nurse rose. she eventually walked away but it still tingled jordyn's curiosity.

"why are you talking to a nurse-wait let me rephrase that. why are you talking to your sister's ex-boyfriend's girlfriend" jordyn asked while also attempting to show off her painting find.

"nice painting. we can put that in our bedroom. and i wasn't talking to her. she talked to me...do you think these flowers would look good on the dining room table?" lexie asked looking at an arranged pot of flowers that stood on a front desk.

"totally" jordyn answered, leading to lexie sneakily picking up the vase of flowers. when the two thought they were in the clear, they ran right into one of the people that they probably didn't wish to see right now.

"what's with the flowers and the painting?" meredith grey asked the two caught criminals. lexie and her terrible lying weren't very good in these type of situations.

"uh, are you asking as a resident or a sister or a friend?" lexie nervously laughed. not a great start.

"sister" meredith replied, looking afraid at whatever lexie was about to say next. and good on it.

"we're stealing stuff" lexie said while repositioning her hands on the vase she held.

"okay" meredith said rather boringly.

"but, don't worry it's for a good reason. not because we're insane or s-"

"not helping jordyn. are...you okay?" lexie interrupted her rambling best friend, obviously more worried about her sister.

"resident again now. stop stealing crap from the hospital" meredith snapped at the two walking away from them.

"touchy subject" jordyn suggested beginning to walk back towards their pile of random items for their apartment.

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jordyn watched as alex was once again failing at beating her in a darts game. she was ultra talented at it, she'd admit, but alex seemed extra distracted by something else.

"i heard your guy coded today. i'm really sorry about that. probably made you loose the contest" jordyn sympathized. it was rather difficult to sympathize with alex. it was like sympathizing for the devil.

"whatever. the guy was gonna die anyway" alex pushed off the topic, taking a swig from his beer in the process.

"you know you're allowed to feel when you're with me, right? i mean, i know with everyone else in the hospital you act like your mister big shot or something but...i'm not everyone else. i'm just jordyn. and i'd rather you be yourself when you're with me then this asshole that everyone else thinks you are" jordyn admitted taking a sip from her glass of tequila while explaining.

"you're one crazy bitch jordyn long" alex scoffed finishing off his bottle of beer.

"i know" jordyn smiled grabbing onto alex's hand. "come on, let's dance"

"oh, i don't dance" alex awkwardly grinned not moving a muscle.

"it'll be fun, i swear" jordyn said while tugging alex onto the small dance platform that stood in joe's bar. a random trashy pop song was playing around it. jordyn threw her arms around alex's neck and his laced just around her waist. they eventually began to slowly sway back and forth, even though the tempo of the music playing was much more fast paced and uplifting. but alex and jordyn were almost in their own little world, swaying as if nothing else mattered. "you know, i took dance class for twelve years before quitting for softball which i played for around six years. i was first base"

"you played in college? nice" alex smirked, rather impressed by jordyn's accomplishments.

"you know that chicks would dig this, right? when rebecca comes back you should totally bring her here for some dancing" jordyn suggested to her friend.

"would chicks...this?" alex asked as he twirled jordyn's around in a small circle, that made her giggle like a thirteen year old.

"yeah, something like that" jordyn answered but a sweet expression on her face.

"what if i...don't wanna do it with some chick. what if i just wanna dance with you" alex smiled attempting to be genuine. alex being genuine was a crack at the very hard shell that was protecting his ego. jordyn couldn't help but blush. "i meant what i said a couple of week ago you know. you're the only person i feel like i can like...talk to. you're my only friend. you're like my other half jordy"

"who knew alex karev was a real softie" jordyn giggled, not even realizing that she was starting to stroke his nicely shaven hair. maybe it was a comfort instinct but alex wasn't stopping her. jordyn wasn't usually one for bold moves but she was at the moment for some strange reason. she lightly laid her head against his chest making sure not to weird him out. lucky for her, it didn't weird him out. he even went along with it and nuzzled his head into her shoulder. and as they continued to dance the world seemed to go fuzzy and time felt like it was going still.

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"thank you for tonight. really, i appreciate it" jordyn said as she exited alex karev's car which was in front of their apartment building. if she was being honest she had a fun time for the first time in a rather long time.

"anytime. see you at work tomorrow?" alex said as they eventually walked up to the door of the apartment.

"you bet" jordyn laughed playfully punching alex in the shoulder which made him laugh with her. jordyn hadn't realized until then how close they were. she could practically feel him breathing on her. and before anything could happen between the two of them, the body of george o'malley went right in between them, not even caring about the situation his friend was almost in.

"you coming j?" he asked as he held the door open for her. jordyn glared at george before sighing and looking back at alex. the guy looked like he wanted to beat the crap out of o'malley

"i'm gonna go now" she stated as she turned around for the door.

"right. night jordy" alex called to her as george shut the door right in his face.

"karev? really?" george said bitterly as the two walked up the stairs together. jordyn put her hands in her pocket to ease any of the jitters she still had.

"we are just bestfriends. trust me. he's my other half. it's nothing more" jordyn soothed her surgery partner in crime as they eventually reached their apartment door.

"i'm pretty sure i interrupted an almost kiss but whatever you say. and if you're alex's other half, you must be a real bitch" george remarked as he put his key into the lock.

"have you met me?" jordyn charmed as the two walked into the apartment. they weren't expecting to see several hospital furniture decorated around the once dirty and disgusting area and lexie standing in the middle of it. jordyn wouldn't admit but lexie really outdid herself. she made the place somewhat comforting.

"before you say a word, just-just hear me out. i know it's not much, and i-i-i know it's all stolen. i-it's all stolen and-and-and hospitaly and stolen. you can turn me in if you want to. you can report me for stealing, 'cause obviously, now i'm a thief. and jordyn i made you a thief. i've never even shoplifted a piece of gum before, and now i'm a thief, except i'm-i'm not. i'm a nester. i'm-i'm nesting. this is me nesting...for you guys. because you two hate it here. you guys want to be at that big house with meredith and izzie and alex where things are warm and you have your friends and-and there aren't any roaches. but this can be warm, and i put out traps for the roaches. and-and i....i can be your friend. no, i-i...i can be both of your friends. i d-don't-i don't have any friends here, not-not really, except you guys. and-and i don't have a home to go to anymore, ex-except here. i just-i...i can be your friend. we can all be friends" lexie finished her long rant with a sigh. jordyn was left with no words to say.

"i complain a lot, don't i?" george broke the awkward silence between the three.

"i-it's...okay" lexie tried to defend george's actions for him. george wasn't going to have any part of it.

"no. no. you know what? i'm gonna stop. i'm just-i'm just gonna stop right now" george cancelled lexie's words.

"you know what. me too" jordyn joined, jokingly lacing her arm around george's.

"i'm gonna focus on what's good, you know, like, uh, like this crapartment, like this apartment" george added as he and jordyn both sat down on the sofa that was against the wall. lexie joined the two as they sat gazing around the apartment.

"wish you'd stolen a tv" jordyn said honestly reaching towards the half drank sprite that was on the small table in front of them.

"i tried. they're bolted to the walls" lexie admitted lying back against the cushions.

"still" george shrugged, making jordyn and lexie giggle. and that was the day they all officially became friends.

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A/N: i know i said i wasn't going to give you much alex/jordyn relationship chapter time, but i can't resist teasing you all. i swear they're still just friends, but like really close friends. also george/jordyn/lexie are adorable together. their banter is top notch. btw thank you all for the kind words towards the book. it's always appreciated <3