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For a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic

I searched all over the hospital but I can't find Alex Karev anywhere. Of course I could just page him, but I don't want him to know that I'm looking for him. My plan was to find him and "accidentally" bump in to him, then yell at him for arguing with me and insulting my marriage. But, like I said, I can't find him anywhere.

Instead I catch up on some paperwork until lunchtime when I make my way to the cafeteria to meet Derek. I grab my lunch and a coffee, before sitting down at a table to wait for him. I finally spot Karev as he wanders in to the cafeteria with Izzie Stevens and I send him my best glare, not that it has any effect. In fact I am not even sure if he notices me.

I discreetly watch him sit down at a table with some other interns and I can't help but mutter an insult under my breath, which I know is childish but it makes me feel slightly better so I don't care.

I have nearly finished my lunch and my coffee is cold, but there is still no sign of Derek. I begin to feel like a fool sitting there by myself and I catch myself twirling my hair around my finger, a habit I only do when I am feeling particularly nervous or uncomfortable.

15 minutes later and I have given up on Derek coming at all. I catch Karev staring at me and I feel my face go red, I imagine I can hear people whispering behind their hands that Addison Montgomery-Sheperd got stood up by her own husband.

I stand up abruptly and walk from the room with as much confidence as I can muster. I feel people's eyes on me as I leave and my skin prickles with embarrassment, even though I know it is unlikely they even realise that I was meant to be meeting someone. I search the floors of the hospital for any sign of my missing husband and I am about ready to give up when I notice his name hastily written on the OR board as i walk past.

My legs seem to carry me of their own accord, and I end up in the gallery of OR2 which is empty apart from two interns whose names I do not know. I stand beside the door and stare down at the sight of my husband expertly guiding his intern through a procedure. My fists clench in anger as I watch him with Meredith Grey, I know it is not my imagination that they stand closer together than any other doctors would.

They look like they are in a world of their own and there is just something about the way they look at each other that is so intimate. I feel like I am watching them in a private moment, not performing a surgery in a crowded room.

One of the interns sitting in the gallery nudges the other and I clearly hear her gasp and whisper to her friend.

"That's the wife!"

For god's sake, do they not realise that I can hear them? Or maybe it is their mission to make me even more aware of the situation between my husband and Grey.

"You're right. I can't believe they're still together, if I was her I would have given up a long time ago," The other one whispers back.

That's it, I've had enough of this. I clear my throat loudly and they both freeze before turning to look at me guiltily.

If I wasn't in such a rotten mood I would have to laugh at the looks on their faces. It's nice to know I still have the power to terrify people.

"If you were me I'm sure you would do a lot of things differently. But you're not me, you're just an intern, and if you want any chance of ever becoming a resident I suggest you put as much effort in to your work as you put in to gossiping." I glare at the two of them.

"Sorry Dr. Montgomery-Sheperd we didn't mean…erm…" One of them starts to speak but I don't stick around to hear their excuses, I am already half way out of the room before she starts talking. Even as I walk away I can still see the image of Derek and Grey working so closely together in my mind.

A tiny voice in the back of my head whispers that maybe Karev's comments weren't so stupid after all. Maybe I'm wasting my time trying to save a marriage that is already doomed.

I find Karev waiting for me in the usual spot later that afternoon. He watches me as I approach and maybe he senses that I am somewhat depressed because for once he does not utter a single comment.

"I wanted to - I mean…" He seems uncomfortable as he tries to find what he wants to say. I watch him curiously, this awkward, mumbling Karev is a side to him I have never seen before. I think he is trying to apologize but judging by the difficulties he is having I am guessing he doesn't say sorry often.

"I was out of line this morning, with what I said," He says eventually.

"You weren't out of line Karev, you completely destroyed the line." I look at him closely for a moment just waiting to see if he will bite back. "But maybe I could have been a bit less harsh as well." I grudgingly admit when he stays silent.

"That's possible," He gives the tiniest of smiles, and I mean a real smile not the smirk I am used to seeing. I decide that I like that smile and it would be nice to see it more often.

"Ok then, we're agreed. We have a surgery scheduled this afternoon so you can prep the patient and then go scrub in. I'll meet you in the OR."

I walk away with a smile on my face. I don't want to speak too soon but maybe working with Karev might not be the nightmare I initially thought it would be.

For a pessimist, I'm pretty optimistic - Paramore

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