It's me again! I know I should be working on "Never gonna leave your side" and I will, I promise! But the cheesiness of the last chapter was just too much for me and now I had to go and write something dark and twisty about Alex and his past because this has been on my mind for a long time and I had to write it down now, before I forget about it again.

So, here's the little back-story: In Season 2, Episode 1, after George punched Alex because of the syphilis-thing and Izzie examined his black eye, he told her something like this:

"That dude punches like my sister!"

So I figured he really has to have a sister, even though it hasn't been mentioned again on the show.

I'd really like to see something like that on GA because I think there's still so much about him that hasn't been revealed yet. And also because I love the dark & twisty ones. (And the fact that Justin's insanely hot just makes it even better! ;-))

Disclaimer: Who wouldn't want to own them? But unfortunately I don't!

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Help me forget – Chapter 1

When Laura Karev entered Seattle Grace through the massive glass doors, she didn't exactly know what to expect. She didn't even know whether her brother was at work or not. But this was the only place, where she could find him, since she didn't have his home address. They hadn't seen or talked to each other in over six years, ever since he left Iowa for college. No, what they had was anything but a normal sibling-relationship. But that wasn't because they didn't love each other. Because they did. He'd always been the only person who understood what she felt. Her pampered high-school friends, if you could even call them that, certainly didn't know what was going on behind the happy mask she put on every morning when she walked out through the threshold of their apartment to go to school

She'd always had serious trust issues, which would explain why she'd never been in a long-term-relationship before, similar to her brother.

Maybe he has changed. She thought to herself, hoping that this was the case. Because if he was able to change, then she could do it too and that gave her at least a little bit of hope.

The single reason why she hadn't spoken to him in such a long time was, that whenever she did, it all came racing back. Everything they went through during their childhood would haunt them again and again, when they just looked into each others eyes. The pain and the realisation that it really hadn't all been a bad dream was just simply overwhelming so they decided to go separate ways and tried to live their lifes the best they could.

She knew, that she looked terrible right now. She wasn't ugly though, not at all. No, the Karev-siblings always belonged to the pretty ones in High school. But that had been a long time ago. A time she'd rather never go through again.

Back then, she'd gladly changed her good looks for somebody else's life.

She slowly moved towards the reception area. Everything ached with every step she took. She was 28 years old now, 2 years younger than Alex, but in the current state she was in, she had to look at least 35.

"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked in a perky voice, apparently not noticing or just ignoring Laura's black eye.

"Yes, can you tell me where I can find Dr. Alex Karev? He's a surgeon here." She asked, trying to sound casual.

"Are you a patient?" She asked

After contemplating the question for a few seconds Laura decided that it would be better to lie, because he probably wouldn't show if he knew that she was here anyway.

"Yes, I'd like to see Dr. Karev if it's possible"

"If it's important I can page him for you." The woman offered.

"That would be great. Thank you!" Laura forced a fake smile when she looked at the receptionist.

"You can take a seat over there." She pointed to the waiting area. "I'm gonna have a look whether he's in surgery or not."

Laura nodded and started walking towards the waiting area. She didn't have much strength left in her body. She just hoped that Alex would show up soon. She placed her elbows on her lap and buried her face in her hands, trying to hide the bruises from the people who were seated around her. She couldn't stand the stares and the compassion.

That was sometimes even worse than the pain.

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Alex's day hadn't been much fun so far. He'd have thought that as a 2nd year resident, he'd be taken a little bit more seriously, but apparently not. Instead he got into another one of those famous quarrels with his lover, who happened to be his boss as well.

God, sleeping with the boss has it's perks, but it sure as hell isn't easy either!" He thought, while walking down the hallway on the surgical floor towards the nurse's station.

It had been on and off the whole last year: Booty-calling each other every other night, making out in the elevator or doing it in one of the on-call rooms. The list was long and it seemed like a healthy release of their emotions. Alex was just more than thankful that she wasn't like the other girls who, after some time, all wanted the commitment-thing. Because he knew, he wasn't able to give her that.

Ever

He'd of course never opened up to her. She didn't know anything about him, except for the rumours that were occasionally going around the hospital and he was fine with that. Because the truth about him would be overwhelming for anybody and no one wanted to know anyway, he assumed. They all thought he was a mean bastard and he wanted to keep it that way.

When his pager went off and showed the words "admin" on the display, he got only grumpier than he already was.

What the hell do they want from me now? He thought, when he decided to check it out anyway. He didn't want to get into more trouble than he already was, which he definitely would be if she found out that he had ignored a page. Add this last ingredient to the cocktail and with the combination of the back-talking he'd been doing and the fact that she was already mad at him, the whole thing might blow up and she could deny him sex or surgeries or, worst of all, even both, and he didn't want to risk that.

So he strolled towards the elevator, greeting Izzie who got off when the doors sprang open.

A few seconds later he walked quickly towards the admin desk. He saw Addison, standing at the other side, talking to a worried husband and informing him, that the surgery on his wife had been successful. He quickly turned away, facing the blonde behind the desk.

"You paged me?" He asked in a huff, hoping that this wouldn't take long and that he could be on his way again, before Addison spotted him.

"Yes, Dr. Karev, that woman over there was asking for you." She answered, pointing towards Laura, who was facing the other way, so that Alex was only able to see the curly mass of darkbrown hair and his heart immediately skipped a beat.

No, that can't be her. What is she doing in Seattle?

He slowly approached the woman sitting in the chair.

Laura felt someone walking towards her and mustered all her strength to push herself up from the uncomfortable chair. She turned around and smiled weakly when she made out her big brothers face.

"Laura, what are you doing here? God, what happened?" He asked as he got closer and saw how bruised her face was.

"He's back Alex."

That was all she was able to utter before she collapsed in Alex's arms.

TBC

What do you think? Is it worth continuing? I can't promise frequent updates for this one but I know that I want it to be and Addex-Story (surprise, surprise!) sooner or later at least! Let me know what you think!