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Is this masquerade finally over
Can we put down the roles that we've played so many times
Is this really the final curtain
The end of the play
Or will we just dance this dance we've danced again and again and again

Blue, Walk Away

Chapter 2 - Walk Away

Alex ran in to the locker room exactly two minutes before rounds were due to start. All of the other interns were already in scrubs and ready to go. He ran over to his locker and grabbed a pair of scrubs, throwing them on in record time. He had overslept that morning and was suffering the after effects of way too much alcohol at Joes last night. He was just pulling on his lab coat when Dr.Bailey came through the door.

"Ok assignments, people. Grey you're with Shepard, Stevens shadow Grey, Karev you're with Montgomery, Yang there's a new case in trauma room 3 and O'Malley you're in the pit. Go, now," She snapped at them as they failed to respond quickly enough for her.

Addison ran a hand through her hair as she hurried down the stairs and out on to the OB-GYN floor. She was trying to avoid getting trapped in another elevator with Mark, but climbing the stairs in stiletto heels was no easy task. She headed over to the nurses station to pick up a chart and found Alex Karev standing waiting for her. He smiled at her and she felt her stomach flop at the sight.

Addison shook her head and forced herself to look professional.

"Dr.Karev, we had a new case come in yesterday," She said picking up the chart and opening it. He moved closer to her so that there sides were pressed together and his breath was tickling the back of her neck. Addison felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up and she had to stop herself from shivering at the sensation.

Alex leaned over her shoulder to read the chart and Addison felt his fingers press lightly on her waist. Addison let out a sigh and felt Alex smile behind her. She leaned back in to his touch and turned her head slightly so there mouths were millimetres apart.

Somewhere in the background Addison heard someone calling her name. The noise registered in her brain but it sounded like it was coming from a distance.

"Addison," Callie called as she approached the two of them at the nurse's station.

The sight of Callie staring at her with her eyebrows raised was enough to jerk Addison out of her daze. She shook herself and pulled away from Alex as if she had been burned.

"Callie, hey" She said and she felt herself blushing under Callie's quizzical stare. Addison turned back to Alex "Dr.Karev, go and collect our patient's lab results and then meet me in her room." She said, her voice sounding cold and harsh even to her own ears.

She saw his face tense up at her tone but he simply nodded, took the chart and then left. Addison couldn't help but feel guilty for pushing him away but she was ashamed of herself. She was Addison Forbes Montgomery, one of the best neonatal surgeons in the country, and now she had been reduced to flirting with an intern at a nurse's station instead of actually doing her job.

Callie watched the emotions play over her friends face. She had watched the interaction between Alex and Addison from a distance, but she had felt the need to intervene when some of the nurses started staring and whispering.

"Addison? Are you ok?" She asked.

"Yeah, I'm ok. He just…he gets to me. Lately, it seems that whenever he gets near to me I turn in to a complete idiot. I can't think straight when he's around. He's the help. I can't sleep with the help, can I?" She questioned more to herself than to Callie.

"I'm probably not the best person to be asking, I went further than just sleeping with the help, I married in to it," Callie replied. Addison rolled her eyes and let out a laugh at the irony of it all.

"I should go I have a patient I need to check on. Do you fancy going to Joes tonight? I could really use a break," Addison asked.

"Yeah, sure. I guess I could use a night off as well. I'll meet you there about eight," Callie said as she grabbed a chart from the nurse's station.

"Great, thanks. See you then," Addison gave one last smile to Callie and then headed off to find Alex. She knew he was going to be mad at her for snapping at him. But maybe that was no bad thing. Someone had to draw the line between them and as his superior she felt it was her responsibility. She felt her stomach drop at the thought of pushing Alex away, but she really saw no other alternative.

Addison arrived at the patient's room to find Alex talking to the patient while taking her blood pressure. Addison lent against the door frame and watched as he effortlessly put the patient at ease as she laughed at whatever joke he had just cracked. Addison smiled softly to herself. Very few people saw this side to Alex, he portrayed the arrogant intern very well. But if you looked closer you could see beneath that exterior and see how caring he really was.

The smile slipped off her face when she remembered the decision she had come to. Seeing this vulnerable side to Alex only made her regret what she was about to do even more. She entered the room and walked over to the bed and stood on the opposite side to Alex.

"Good morning, Mrs.Walters." She said to the patient. "Dr.Karev, how's everything looking?"

Alex looked confused at her businesslike tone and for a moment Addison thought he was going to call her on it. But he simply replied that everything was fine and her labs looked good.

"Ok, then Mrs.Walters you should be alright for surgery tomorrow afternoon as long as nothing changes. I'll check in on you later today to make sure everything's alright," Addison said to the patient. She smiled and nodded then left the room.

Addison was half way down the corridor before she realised that Alex was following close behind her. She paused for a moment and he caught up to her.

"Dr.Montgomery, can I have a word?" Alex asked.

"I'm very busy at the moment Karev, can't it wait?" Addison replied. She avoided looking in to his eyes because she was terrified at what she might see if she did.

"This will only take a minute," Alex said. Before she got a chance to reply he walked in to an empty exam room leaving her no choice but to follow. He closed the door firmly behind them and then turned to look at her.

"What did I do? One minute we're fine, we're talking and everything's going great. The next you're practically ignoring me and acting as if you barely know who I am. Clearly I did something to piss you off, what is it?" Alex asked.

"You didn't do anything wrong. But I'm your boss and whatever this thing is between us can't go any further than it already has. You said yourself that you don't want to be just another intern sleeping with an attending. This can't go anywhere…you don't want it to…and neither do I." Addison replied. She watched as his face tensed up at her last statement.

"You don't want this to go anywhere? So what, we kiss twice and clearly you felt something for me and now you don't want me anymore?"

"You said you weren't interested in me!" Addison exclaimed.

"Is that what this is about? I was an idiot and I thought you'd already worked that out for yourself. I lied. I can't take back what I said, but now I'm standing here and telling you that I am definitely interested."

"Well I'm not." Addison took a deep breath and tried to compose herself. This isn't how she imagined this conversation going in her head. She could feel a lump in her throat and fought desperately to keep the moisture from welling up in her eyes.

"Look me in the eyes and tell me that you don't like me, that you don't feel anything for me" Alex almost pleaded with her. He grabbed her hand and laced his fingers with hers.

Addison closed her eyes momentarily and tried to steel herself for what she was about to do. She looked up in to his eyes and had to fight to stop herself from getting sucked in to them.

"I don't feel anything for you," She said with as much conviction as she could muster.

Alex stared at her with a look of almost disbelief on his face. Then his face hardened and he dropped her hand quickly. She watched as he closed himself off to her and she felt the tears well up. He stared at her for a moment and then stormed out of the room, slamming the door behind him.

Addison finally let go and tears streamed down her face. She sat down on the bed and swiped at them angrily.

"I'm sorry, Alex," She whispered to herself as she sobbed harder than ever.