Distraction
This Fic takes place in Season 5; Izzie is not with Alex but wants to be. Mark realises he like Lexie but hasn't done anything about it. I do not own any of these characters. It's my first fic, please review.
Izzie was having another bad day. There was no escaping Alex; he was constantly around her, in work, in Joe's but worst of all at home. His escapades with numerous sluts were really pissing her off. Haunting her. She could hear them night after night driving her crazy. When she was not around Alex she was thinking about him, she knew she should just move on, they had tried being in a relationship before and that didn't work. Why would now be any different? In her mind she was constantly arguing with herself to stop fooling herself and move on. But move on to what? Her life was revolving around work, she loved her job but there had to be more to life than just work. For Cristina getting on good cases and rocking in surgery was all that mattered but Izzie was not like Cristina. Izzie sighed as she continued to do paper work at the nurses' station. She could hear Alex chatting up a nurse nearby. This girl was new to the nursing staff and giggled like a school girl though Izzie could not hear what Alex was saying she was certain that later she would hear that girl moaning from Alex's bedroom. It should be her moaning. Izzie caught herself thinking about Alex again and scolded herself.
Finishing off her paper work she looked around at the familiar hall of the hospital. That's when she first noticed Mark Sloan talking to Lexie Grey. He was concentrating on Lexie soaking up everything about her. Izzie couldn't help but stare at them. Was there something happening between them? Izzie laughed thinking what a strange couple they would make. Quiet, sweet, young Lexie and Dr. Sloan who was nothing if not cocky, arrogant and experienced especially in the bedroom. Izzie could not stop looking. Sloan was asking Lexie questions about a patient's condition, in fact it looked like he was teaching her. Oh God something was going on. Lexie caught Izzies stare and smiled at her, Sloan following Lexis's eye line also noticed Izzie. Crap, Izzie quickly smiled back and turned to go and check on her patients passing Alex and the giggling nurse. Forgetting about Sloan and Lexie she continued down the hall.
Mark did not know why he was so attracted to Lexie. He could not understand how or when it happened but it had happened and it would not go away. It was more than a crush; she was all he was able to think about nowadays. She was beautiful, smart but also could be tough when she needed to be. He knew that she was the type of girl that would reject all of his usual McSteamy moves. And he didn't want to just add Lexie to the long list of hospital staff that he had taken to his bed. No, he wanted to date her and get to know her better and of course take her to bed. This was a totally new experience for him. With Addison she wanted him for sex, a distraction from her marriage which was struggling and crumbling to pieces. Lexie Grey would not even want him for sex; she was in love with George O'Malley. O'Malley what did any of the many beautiful women see in him? He was nothing like Mark yet he seemed to have it all. He was married to Callie, slept with Izzie Stephens and now he had Lexie following him around like he was a sex god. What did these women see in him? Mark did not have an idea about how he would get Lexie to even consider going on a date with him so for now all he could think of was being there for her when she wanted to talk about George and also teach her. It was the best plan he had and it was not a good plan at that. He hated teaching interns but this would give him time to get to know Lexie and that was what he wanted to do right now. God what was happening to him? Lexie had turned him into a nervous teen again. He noticed Lexie looking at the nurses' station; she was smiling at Dr. Stephens. Stephens looked confused but returned Lexie's smile before hurrying off in the opposite direction. Mark returned his attention to Lexie and continued telling her about a skin graft he would be performing later. He suddenly realised he needed a distraction like Addison had when she came looking for him. Lexie was in love with George, it was obvious to everyone but George and it annoyed Mark. Yes a distraction was what he needed.
Izzie did not think it was possible but her day had gotten worse. She had lost a patient, after performing emergency surgery with Dr. Shepherd for hours the patient had died anyway. She was now in the locker room getting changed three hours after she was meant to finish work. Right now she hated the hospital but did not want to go home. That would leave her in her room fighting not to hear the noise coming from Alex's room but it would be impossible and Izzie knew it would hurt. She was tired of getting hurt, when would she catch a break? Putting her bad day behind her she promised herself she would not think about Alex anymore. That was it, she was finished with him. Everything she would do from now on would benefit Izzie Stephens and no one else. Getting dressed she decided to wear a new figure hugging black top, jeans and a pair of high heels. Izzie did not feel great but she looked great. Going home was not an option so Joe's, her second home, was her immediate choice. She loved the friendly bartenders company and she was looking forward to having a drink. It had been a hard day. She grabbed her jacket and left.
Mark was cradling his second scotch at the bar. Joe's seemed like a good idea when he scrubbed out of his last surgery but now he was regretting it, big time. Lexie was there with a group of interns including George. She was laughing and having a good time with her friends, Mark turned back to the bar he didn't feel like watching her anymore. He scanned the bar for a woman he could take back to his hotel room. His distraction. He would just go back to doing what he used to do before Lexie Grey got under his skin. But there was no one there that interested him, some nurses who would reject him anyway because he'd already slept with them and then moved on to the next willing nurse. Mark didn't like nurses anymore. Maybe Joe's was not a good place to go to pick up a woman for the night. For one Lexie was there and he did not want her seeing him leave with someone. Even if she was not interest he felt he needed to prove to her that he was not a manwhore. Also Joe's was full of hospital staff. Full of women he had slept with, over fished waters. Thinking about this he did not notice Izzie Stephens enter the bar and sit a few seats away from him. He only realized she was there when she ordered her drink.
"Hey Joe, can I get a gin and tonic please?"
"Hi Izzie, tough day huh?"
"Yes but it is over now thank god" she replied cheerily.
Mark gazed over at Isobel Stephens. She looked amazing. He was stunned. Her hair framed her face with soft golden curls and her brown eyes lit up when she smiled at the barman. Her top clung to her breasts and showed off her flat stomach. She was tall but even still she was wearing high heels which made her legs appear even longer than they were. In that moment all Mark could think about was having her black top thrown on his hotel room floor along with the rest of his clothes and Izzies long legs wrapped around his body. Mark suddenly realized he may have found his distraction.
