Title: Situation
Chapter: Who's Gonna Ride
Summary: Mark Sloan made a pact. Now there are a few people out to ensure he doesn't keep up his end of the deal. Mentions of Addex. McStizzie.
Characters/Pairings: Mark/Izzie, Addison Alex
Rating: Pg-13
Note: Continuation to one-shot U Got It Bad (Addison/Alex centric), which is unnecessary to read (although helpful) for this. Set after 3x17. R&R, Enjoy.

60 days. I can go 60 days... Mark Sloan had repeated this to himself after Addison had proposed the 60-days without sex.

He had chanted the thing to get to sleep. The drive to the hospital consisted of the same train of thought. And as he screamed at Isobel Stevens to get him his damn coffee, and as she gleamed at him annoyingly that she was no longer on probation, which meant he had a lesser right to treat her like a secretary, the only thing he wanted to say was he had to endure 60 days without sex.

If she thought she would get it out of him though--but he restrained himself from spilling the secret, and instead he threatened to spread rumors of an affair between the two. It was enough for her to run off to grab his coffee, because he knew very well that she would not have anyone thinking she and Sloan even remotely got along, or so she had screamed as she walked away for all the staff to hear.

Then came hopping along the most ass-kissing male intern (as Yang was the biggest brown-noser to date) to grin broadly at him and practically laugh at him.

"Karev!" Mark screamed, needing to know what the hell had him in such a smug mood.

Alex stopped abruptly, attempted mighty hard to wipe his smirk off his face, and turned around. "Yes, Dr. Sloan?"

"Might I ask what the hell is so funny?"

"Uh, nothing. It's just a good day. Little McDark & Twisty is alive and Izzie is off probation. Ya know, the birds are chirping and all," he smirked.

"Didn't peg you for the perky, sensitive type Karev. Always thought that was O'Malley's territory."

Suddenly it wasn't hard to wipe the smile off his face as Sloan drew resemblance between him and George."You know Sloan–" he stopped himself and chuckled," never mind. It won't be long." He turned back around and walked off whistling.

"What was that?" Izzie asked as she handed Sloan his coffee.

He looked at her, annoyed at her curious nature. Then he looked her up and down and smirked. "You know Stevens, you are one hell of a doctor."

She stared at him as she raised an eyebrow. She brought her hands to her hips and shifted her body weight, so she was poised in an accusatory manner.

"You know Sloan, I could file one hell of a harassment suit."

He chuckled," I wasn't hitting on you. I was just saying you are a fine intern." His gaze wasn't exactly on her face.

"You were implying things about my physique," she crossed her arms, annoyed at his insinuations.

He grinned and said in a very serious tone," What you did Stevens was courageous. It's something the most certified doctors are too timid and afraid to do. What you did, it shows how great of a doctor you're going to be. Now, grab those charts and follow me," he winked at her and walked off.

She stood, stunned at his compliment for a minute. She recovered quickly and just smiled broadly. "Rock star!" she brought her hand up and made the same signature 'rock on' sign she had made when she told Cristina.

She then walked quickly in his direction, thinking if he was always this nice, she may not always complain when he ordered her around. 'Yeah right.'

Three days later

57 more days...I can last 57 days...No big deal, no big fu–

"Mark!" Addison called him. He was propped up against a counter at the nurses station. He turned his head around as Addison approached him.

"Yes sweetie?" he smiled tightly.

She sighed." Listen Mark. I know we made a pact," she whispered," but–"

He put a finger to her lips to stop her. "No. You cannot just break it off. You can't back down now Addison."

She rolled her eyes. "Would you just listen to me?" she asked disgruntled.

He crossed his arms and waited for her to speak.

"I'm not backing out. I'm not breaking it off. I just sorta broke it already," she rolled her head and failed to meet his gaze.

He looked at her intently. He cracked a smile and began to laugh.

"What's so funny?" she asked, annoyed at his laughter.

"Nice try Addie," she cringed when he called her that," but I won't fall for such a lame excuse."

She drew a deep intake of breath and locked eyes with him. "I. Had. Sex. That's it, that's the end of it. So our pact is void now," she spun on her heel when he grabbed her arm.

"Not so fast Addison," he turned her around. "If you had sex, when was it and with whom?"

She wasn't sure how to answer. "The night before," she wasn't lying. She wasn't being exactly truthful however. She had a sort of encounter with Alex twenty minutes ago.

"You lie," he brought his face closer to hers, trying to stare her down. She furrowed her eyebrows and pulled away from his glare.

"Alright. It was the night after we made the pact."

"What?!"

"Yes. Now if you'll excuse me..."

"No! Who was it?!"

"What?!" she chuckled nervously.

"If you had sex, who was it with?"

"What does it matter, and keep your voice down!" she whispered pretty loudly herself.

"Ha! So I know him!"

"No Mark. You don't know him. Hell, I don't know him. I was at the bar, drunk and lonely. I wake up and there's this stranger. Haven't seen him before, haven't seen him since."

"Now I know you're lying," he smirked.

"What?"

"You don't sleep with faceless men Addie. And I was at the bar that night. You weren't there."

'Crap,' she thought as she tried racking up another explanation.

"Aw Addison. I almost believed you. But like you said, who would you have sex with?" he grinned and kissed her on the cheek before walking away.

"Dammit," she grumbled.

"So?" Alex asked as he came up behind her.

She turned around," He didn't believe me."

"You should have just told him it was me," he smirked.

She smacked him on the shoulder."Don't say that!"

He laughed,"Sorry." He smiled, garnering a glare from her.

"We need bait."

"Bait?"

"Bait?" There she stood, arms behind her back, broad smile, and tip-toeing, giddy as a little child. There stood none other than Izzie Stevens.

"I am having a horrible day," Addison muttered.

"You weren't exactly saying that thirty minutes ago," Alex wriggled his eyebrows suggestively.

Addison smacked again.

"Oh, this is fun," Izzie said, giggling.

They looked at her, glaring at her for her intrusiveness.

"What?!" she screamed.

"So you know now," Alex said.

"Know what?" Izzie wriggled her eyebrows this time.

"This is a nightmare," Addison turned to the counter and buried her face. She brought her head up and looked to Izzie again. "Okay, so you're our accomplice now."

"Accomplice...?" Izzie said confused.

"Addison..." Alex warned.

"Sloan made a pact to stay 60 days sex-free. If he pulls it off, I have to start an actual relationship with him. We have to make sure he doesn't make it."

Izzie smiled brightly. "Oh, this is going to be fun!"

"How is she going to help?" Alex asked.

"She is going to take him out, get him drunk, and..."

"Oh, no, no, no," she waved her arms," I am not going to sleep with Sloan!"

"Let me finish Stevens."

"Right, sorry, go on."

"You're going to take him out, get him drunk, and push any reasonably attractive, sleazy and/or horny woman in front of him, send them in a taxi to his place, follow them..."

"Follow them!" Alex and Izzie exclaimed simultaneously.

"Keep it down. You need to follow them to make sure they do the deed. Or you can convince the woman to contact us if she and he did or did not do the dirty deed."

"This is insane. There is no way this is going to work. What woman would call and tell us whether she did the deed with McSteamy or not!"

Izzie was not happy about this plan.

"Because he's McSteamy. If she gets laid, she'd call anyone to tell them it was with none other than THE Dr. McSteamy," Addison challenged her.

"She can't do that Addison," Alex came to her defense.

"Whose side are you on Karev?" he stayed silent," okay then. Stevens, get this done ASAP. If I have to stand another minute of his smug ass telling me that soon I'm going to..." she rambled on to herself as she walked away.

Izzie and Alex looked at each other. Neither one was ecstatic with the plan of action, and Izzie wasn't sure why she had to go through with it, or how she had gotten in this mess.

"This is what happens when you get nosy Izzie," he told her.

She glared at him. "This is not my fault. It's all you damn interns that just love screwing your attendings that are at fault," she snapped at him.

"On the plus side, you're going to get to know Sloan better," he smirked and walked towards Addison.

There was smoke practically coming out of her ears, and as her beeper went off, she cursed the name Sloan and all those attendings who decided to fall in love with their attendings.

Edited: 6-20-08