Pairing: Addison/Alex

Rating: M eventually

Disclaimer: I own absolutely nothing so don't sue…well you could try to sue me but I have no money to give you.

Summary: Addison and Alex work through their problems to try and pursue a relationship. Starts around episode 3x19 or 3x20, it will be addisex with mentions of maddison.

A/N: So I should be studying for my exams but instead I find myself writing addisex fiction. I hope it doesn't totally suck because then not only will I fail my exams but all I will have to show for it is a crappy attempt at writing fic.

I am point blank refusing to acknowledge the existence of the spinoff so in this fic there will be no mention of Addie leaving.

I have to say thank you to my wonderful beta Suz. She is amazing and she puts up with my constant emails. She deserves all the credit for the title…you can tell by the fact that it is so good that it wasn't my idea lol. I get carried away, all I wanted to say was thank you so much for everything big sis.

Everytime I see your face
Everytime you look my way
It's like it all falls into place
And everything feels right
Ever since you walked away
You left my life in disarray

Everytime, Simple Plan

Chapter 1 - Everytime

Alex Karev was tired. He wanted nothing more than to go home, grab a beer and crash out on his couch. It was days like these that made him wonder why he became a surgeon, why had he chosen a profession that was so demanding. On a daily basis he witnessed the horrors that life could bring and most of time he coped just fine, but every now and then it just became too much.

He finished scrubbing out of, pushed the door open and walked into the corridor to wait for his attending. He perched on the end of a gurney that was propped against the wall and shut his eyes briefly. There was something about hospitals that was oddly comforting to him, he knew most people disliked their clinical smell and bland décor but he liked it. He thought it was the familiarity of it; a hospital was a hospital no matter where in the world you went. He liked the certainty and security that came with knowing that they would always be the same.

Alex stood up and moved to peer through the glass of the OR, searching for a flash of red hair. Addison had told him to wait outside once they were done but now she seemed to have disappeared. He hovered around outside for another 5 minutes before giving up and walking off towards the locker room.

He was walking down another corridor which looked identical to the one he had just left when her voice stopped him dead in his tracks. It was muffled but unmistakeably her, and from what he could hear she sounded angry. He followed the sound of her voice to an exam room and stood outside listening carefully. It occurred to him that maybe he shouldn't be eavesdropping on her conversation but the thought was gone, faster than it had appeared. He pressed his ear against the door so he could hear more clearly.

Addison glared at the man standing across from her with her hands on her hips. She didn't know why he had this effect on her, every time she promised herself that she wouldn't let him get to her, but she always failed miserably. The arrogant smirk that he currently wore only served to get her even more worked up.

She tried to calm herself down by taking some deep breaths. Mark just cocked his head and smirked at her even harder.

"Do have any idea how sexy you are when you're mad?" He said, taking a step closer to her.

"Mark!" Addison let out a frustrated cry. "Have you listened to anything I just said?" She sighed in exasperation and ran a hand through her hair. She knew she was fighting a losing battle, he just couldn't understand what he had done wrong. It was a small thing really; if she was honest with herself Addison didn't know why she was so mad at him.

It had happened before she had gone in to surgery and it had taken her this long to catch up with him. She had been heading up to the OR, taking the stairs to avoid being trapped in the dreaded elevator. He had come up behind her and pressed her against the wall. Obviously the lack of sex in his life was frustrating him. She had been too shocked at the time to protest and had allowed him to run his hands over her waist.

Maybe she would have even let his lapse go unchallenged…if not for the nurse who had chosen that moment to come up the stairs. Addison had stood frozen against him while the nurse stammered an apology and ran back out the way she had come.

Now Addison was furious, she knew the rate at which the rumour mill turned at Seattle Grace. In fact it was more than likely that by now the whole hospital thought she and Mark were dating once again.

Of course trying to explain to Mark why he couldn't just grope her in the middle of stairwells was an impossible task.

"I was listening to what you said. No groping you in public places…but what about right now…this isn't public," Mark raised an eyebrow at her suggestively.

"Fine then let me rephrase. No groping me…full stop. Look we made a deal, you go 60 days with no sex and then we see what happens from there. We aren't a couple and now everyone will think that we are, until the 60 days is up you don't get to touch me."

"Addison…why prolong the inevitable? We're going to be a couple soon enough so what does it matter if people think we're together now?"

"You're so sure of yourself, first you have to actually last the 60 days and forgive me if I'm not convinced that you will make it. We are only half way there and you are already attacking me in stairwells," Addison replied heatedly.

"Oh I'll make it. The question is, will you?" Mark asked.

Addison cursed herself as she felt her face redden under his intense gaze. He couldn't know about her little…incidents with her intern. She forced herself to meet his gaze.

"I'll make it," She said with as much conviction as she could. She knew she could do it, but the question was did she want to? Was she really prepared to give Mark another chance? At the time it had seemed like a challenge and Addison Montgomery never backed down from a challenge so she had readily agreed. It was afterwards when her brain analyzed the situation fully that she realized the consequences of what she had done.

Addison watched as Mark nodded his head slowly, for once the smirk was gone from his face and he looked almost vulnerable. Addison felt a pang of guilt even though she wasn't sure what she was feeling guilty for. Maybe it was because he seemed genuinely interested in trying whereas she was unsure what she wanted. She couldn't take it any longer and made her way over to the door to flee the room.

"Addie…" Mark's voice stopped her and she turned to face him once more. It seemed whatever he had wanted to say was lost though and after a moments pause she pulled open the door and walked out.

Alex heard her footsteps approaching and darted away from the door. He hurried around the corner and leant his head against the wall, letting out a deep breath. What had he been thinking? He was still leaning against the wall and muttering to himself when Addison rounded the corner and bumped in to him.

She let out a squeak of surprise as her body collided with something hard. She grabbed hold of it to prevent herself from falling over as she stumbled to regain her footing. Alex grabbed on to her waist firmly and held her steady.

Addison felt her face flush with embarrassment when she realised just what exactly she had bumped in to.

"Er….thanks Dr.Karev…sorry about that. But what were you doing standing here?" Addison asked. To her surprise she saw his cheeks redden as well.

"Well…you asked me to wait for you outside the OR…I was just waiting…that's all," Alex stuttered unconvincingly.

Addison was even more curious when he stammered out an excuse. She knew he was lying, but what was he lying about? Unless…her mind turned over the possibilities quickly. Could he have heard her conversation with Mark? It was possible she thought, but only if he had been intentionally listening. She watched as he raised his eyes to meet hers.

She knew she should pull herself out of his embrace; they were standing too close together for it to be professional. Addison could feel his fingers pressing against her waist and she knew she was digging her nails in to his shoulders equally as hard. Her senses were on high alert, his nearness clouding her brain and making her heart pound in her chest.

It was the speaker system overhead calling for an anaesthesiologist to OR3 which broke them out of their daze. If Addison had thought she was blushing before she knew her face must be on fire now. He pulled his hands from her waist as though he had been burned and took a step away from her quickly.

Addison dropped her hands from his shoulders and found herself looking anywhere but in to his eyes. They were back to performing the awkward dance of avoidance they had engaged in for the past few weeks. Alex mumbled some made up excuse under his breath which Addison could barely catch and started to back away from her slowly.

She heard a muttered apology before he backed around the corner and out of sight. She stood frozen replaying the last few moments in her mind, unsure how they had ended up in that position in the first place. It seemed that everytime they were near to each other they fell in to their own little world. Addison shook her head in disbelief, no matter how hard she tried she couldn't avoid ending up in his arms. Thinking about it now though she realised that he hadn't protested to the situation either. She pushed the thoughts to the back of her mind and with her head held up high she carried on walking down the corridor, hiding her agitation under a mask of professionalism.

To Be Continued...

So that was chapter 1…what did you think? You must be thinking something now, right? I haven't bored you so much that you have fallen asleep? Whatever you are thinking please review and let me know…criticism is welcome :)