Summary: He may be a cocky bastard, but he sure had a way with words. And just when she thought she had him all figured out, Alex says something that leaves Addison
speechless.

Disclaimer: I don't own Grey's. I don't own anyone. Heck I don't even own the word "Addex". This is just something to pass the time with as I'm obssessed with Grey's and this hiatus is driving me crazy.

Author Note: This may or may not be a oneshot. If I add more, it may or may not be a continuation of this chapter. I'm just writing whatever. The point is, Alex keeps on surprising Addison with his intelligence, wit, humor, personality and abilities as a surgeon. Reviews are appreciated!

Cocky Bastard

After that awkward moment in the ER that left her entire body tingle with excitement, Addison was trying to avoid him. She was even a little relieved that the other day, everyone in the hospital was a bit too preoccupied with the Burke-Yang issue and the Siamese twins. It kept everyone, including him, busy and it was nice to be left alone in her own business, trying to save a premie's life and not be caught up with whatever was going wrong in the hospital at that moment (which seemed to happen a lot since she came to Seattle).

But today was a very, very slow day and she seemed to be bumping into a certain Dr. Alex Karev. He was out of her service. She let him go. But why was it that when she didn't need him, didn't want to be near him, he was everywhere?

"Dr. Montgomery." She heard from behind her as she was going up the stairwell.

Well speak of the devil, she thought. Addison turned around and put on her most pleasant and professional smile. "Yes, Karev?"

"Are you trying to avoid a certain someone? Is it Shepard? Sloan? Or someone new?" He asked with a knowing smirk. Oh, how she wanted to wipe of that smirk.

She decided to play dumb. "Pardon me, but what made you come up with that conclusion?"

"Oh, nothing. Just that, you're always on the go. You're too busy to stop for a few minutes and chat, you ate lunch in your own office and, right now, you're taking the stairs instead of the elevator."

"I like my exercise," exclaimed Addison matter-of-factly.

"I don't think with those heels, you do," the cocky bastard pointed out.

"You think you know me so well, do you?" She asked with one eyebrow pointed up.

Alex smiled and proceeded to climb up a few steps until they were eye to eye. "Well, why don't we have a drink at Joe's so I can get to know you better?"

The attending was left in shock for a few moments. Sure, she was expecting him to flirt with her after that "moment". But she wasn't expecting him to ask her out, especially since he supposedly thought she was Satan's whore. She quickly composed herself, though, and replied, "Are you forgetting that I'm supposed to be your teacher and you are my student?"

Ok, so that didn't stop a few people I knew, thought Addison. But still. Seeing her husband drop her for a younger woman didn't exactly make her excited to jump in on the 'intern-attending relationship' bandwagon.

"Mary Kay Letourneau and Vili Fualaau" Alex said with a look she recognized as determination and a desire to prove her wrong (Yes, she worked with him for that long).

"What?"

"She was 34 and he was 12. They met in elementary school, 1996. After a statutory rape case and 7 1/2 years-long conviction, they're now married. She was 34 and he was 12, Addison, and they made it work. We are at an advantage. I'm not 12 years old. So you won't get convicted of rape." He said the last line with a smirk.

At that, she shook her head and gave a light chuckle. "You are one cocky bastard, you know that, right?"

"Well I used to be Evil Spawn but Cocky Bastard will do just fine." He gave her his most charming grin. With nothing to say, the now charmed attending could only smile back. "Ok well that's settled. Let's go to Joe's around 8," with one wink and a slight graze of his fingertips on her arm, Alex smugly turned around and walked down the stairs, leaving Addison wondering what the hell he said to diminish her from a confident professional to a speechless teenage school girl.