A/N Hey there everyone. Yes I know it took me awhile and I am sorry about that. Work is being a pain in the butt and a bladder infection is kicking my ass right now.

Anyway. What did you girls think of the PrP premiere of Season 2? I really liked it. I think it was a lot better than Season 1 and the characters seemed more mature and the storylines were better and omg Kate looked absolutely fantabulous (as she would say)

I also wanted to thank everyone for their reviews. Thank you to Ashley, khadija, addisonkarev, df55, savinglives44, greysgirl328, FranLizzy, goldentail, Fire Dolphin and on LJ courtneyphiv and october21 It really means a lot to me that you girls like my fanfiction. I just wished a few more people would take their time to comment. I got at least 15 favourite story and Author alerts from people who didnt comment, but well I am glad you like the story too :)

Disclaimer: I dont own anything or wait I finally got some black christian louboutin black peep toes (I saves my money for a long time) so yes I do own them but apart from that,... nothing :(

Thanks to my Beta Ashley. She is not only my beta but also my best friend and helps me through good and bad times. She took the time to read over this, work on my spelling mistakes (sometimes I do make the weirdest mistakes lol) and also found some nice words about the fanfiction which helped me continue to write. So thank you hon. you rock and I love you.

without any more A/N... here is chapter 2. you will finally find out who is in the elevator with her :D

Chapter 2

He reached for her suitcase but she swatted his hand away "Don't! I am very capable of doing this myself."

"Gosh, you're being stubborn Addison, let me help you." He reached out again but she turned her back to him, took her suitcase herself and walked into the elevator.

"Nothings changed, I see" he mumbled under his breath

"Shut up, you don't get to judge me or... whatever." She stood at the opposite wall, leaving as much space between them as possible.

"Now c'mon, aren't you happy to see an old friend?"

"Friend? We were never friends, we were co workers. That's all we were."

"Oh I remember a time were we were a lot more than just co workers." He replied arching an eyebrow.

"Oh right, I almost forgot. It was the same day you told me that I am not your girlfriend right?" she spat back

Alex cringed as he remembered his own words from that night.

"I….I..."

"Just ..don't okay? Leave me alone!"

"Addison we are in an elevator, how can I possibly leave you alone?"

The red haired doctor rolled her eyes. "I mean after that… just..don't look at me… when we see each other.. ignore me,… hey I bet you're pretty good at that."

He looked away "I assume you are here for the med conference." He half asked, half stated.

"I am" she sighed "I guess you are too."

He nodded.

"Well… Like I said ..just ignore me, it's what you do best." The elevator signalled that they reached the destined floor "And now excuse me.." she started to walk out when Alex followed her close behind. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" she asked as she turned back around.

"I… It's my floor "

"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" she sighed again and started to walk, Alex still following her, He finally stopped and turned towards his room door. Addison was relieved and continued walking but stopped dead in her tracks when she noticed that she had the room right next to his. "How cliché" she thought before putting the key into the hole and opening her door.

Alex watched her disappear and he couldn't deny that his heart was beating super fast. He thought he would never see her again and then the last thing she said to him a year ago made a reappearance in his mind "You don't get unlimited chances Alex…. Nothing is worse than missing an opportunity that could have changed your life."

Alex opened his door and walked into the dark room. He knew that she said those sentences in relation to Ava, but he didn't want Ava, he never wanted her, he just thought he did because he had spent so much time with her. And when he stormed back into her room at the hospital after Addison practically made him leave the church, leave her… and noticed that Ava was gone… he just didn't care. He thought his heart would break into million pieces about her departure, but it didn't. That's when he finally realized that it wasn't Ava he wanted. But his realization came too late.

He had wanted to talk to Addison the next day, explain everything to her, and overall apologize for all the cruel things he had done to her, tell her that he lied, tell her that he indeed was interested, that he would like her to be his girlfriend more than anything…. But he didn't get his chance to make it right with her… because she was gone as well… and suddenly his heard DID break into a million pieces.

Alex turned on the light and looked around his hotel room, the room was big and there was a beautiful king size bed waiting for him but all he could do was stare at the wall to his left cause he knew that SHE was there. She was the girl next door.

Xoxoxox

Addison was laying on the comfy king size bed in the middle of her hotel room and she looked at the ceiling. She cursed Naomi and the rest of her friends at the Private Practice and everyone that possibly had something to do with the fact that she had ended up here. She didn't want to come to New York, now she not only remembered having bad memories here, she would also create new ones.

Addison rolled over and faced the minibar and suddenly Naomi's offer popped back into her head. She stood up slowly and walked over to the small fridge, taking out three small bottles of vodka and emptied them into a glass. It didn't take long for her to finish the liquid and she loved the burning feeling in her throat. After the vodka, the scotch came… and after the scotch she was feeling a whole lot better.

The red-haired doctor checked her watch which told her that it was almost dinner time, but she had no intentions of going into the hotel dining room or to go out, so she just took the 10 banana from the fridge and started eating. "What the heck" she thought "as long as I am not bumping into him, the 10 is absolutely worth it."

She couldn't deny that she still had feelings for Alex. Back in Seattle she fell for him, she fell for him hard. She got to know him, saw a side of him that no one else seemed to notice. She thought that she finally found.. the one… but he told her several times that he wasn't what she wanted, what she needed, that he wasn't interested. And … after a broken marriage with Derek, a torn relationship with Mark and a broken whatever with Alex she decided to take Naomi's offer and join the Private Practice.

It took her over two months to finally find it easier to get up each morning, three months to smile again and really mean it, and it took her over half a year until she even started to think about other men again, let alone dating them… and now after managing to move on.. she was back to square one.

She hated him for showing up here, she hated herself for bumping right into him.. and she just hated everyone and everything at the moment. So she just decided to call it a night and go to bed. At least the alcohol had helped to get her somewhat relaxed, so she managed to slip into bed and 5 minutes later she was fast asleep.

xoxoxox

Addison awoke the next morning with a slight headache which told her that it maybe wasn't that good of an idea to get wasted in a hotel room. She just sighed and stood up to walk to the bathroom. Thank god it was a good hotel so she found a bottle of aspirin in the cabinet above the sink. She took out two pills and swallowed them with some water.

The look into the mirror frightened her to no end. She was a mess. Deep dark circles were lined up under her eyes. Her hair was spilled in every direction, she looked pale and her pupils seemed dilated.

She stripped down her clothes and decided to take a long, hot, steamy shower. She turned on the water and stepped in when it reached the desired temperature. She washed her hair and spent some quality time under the warm spray, feeling her muscles relax and the events from last night slowly drifting away.

After what seemed like an eternity she stepped out of the shower and got dressed. Addison took a look at the watch on her nightstand and noticed that it was already 8:45 A.M. The conference would start in about 15 minutes and she didn't want to be late. She grabbed her key and purse and made her way out of the room.

Unfortunately Alex decided to emerge his room at exactly the same time. They looked at each other and then away again pretty quickly

"Damn it… " she mumbled "Do we have to experience every stupid cliché?"

Alex laughed at that and Addison finally realized that she had said the last line out loud. She turned 5 shades of red and made her way to the elevator in a rather quick pace when Alex stopped beside her only seconds later.

"Want me to wait for the next one?"

She shook her head "We are pretty late and if you would wait for the next one you might not make it on time."

He smiled at her and together they shared a ride to the 13th floor.

xoxoxox

The conference room was crowded. There were almost no empty seats left except for some in the first row. Addison cursed "That's what you get when you are late" she pursed her lips as she made her way to one of the empty seats.

Of course, the only empty spot left by now was the one right next to her. She sighed audibly as Alex sat down and smiled at her. Luck really wasn't on her side this week. She rolled her eyes and then she had no more time to think about luck or Alex or anything else because the conference started.

xoxoxox

The day didn't seem to pass but finally after 8 hours of boring explanations about things she already knew and was sure every 1st year intern knew as well and only one 1 hour break, they were done for the day.

Addison stood up slowly. Letting the other guests leave the room before she wanted to make her way out of there. Suddenly her arm was grabbed by a male hand. When she turned around she felt Alex eyes on her.

"Addison, please.. just stop running. Can't we talk or hang out like normal adults do, spend time together? You are the only person I know here and … I have no intention of spending this week in my hotel room apart from this lovely place here" his voice was dripping with sarcasm.

"We managed 8 hours sitting next to each other without ripping our heads off.. so what do you say? All old things aside. Want to spend some time with an old co worker?" he smiled at her.

His smile immediately got to her and she couldn't help but smile back at him. Alex was right. Spending a week in a hotel room really wasn't an option. Although she didn't know if it was such a good idea to spend the time with the man you still had pretty strong feelings for instead.

"I… I… I don't know" she finally said looking down and breaking the gaze.

"Addison… I promise I won't try anything.. I .. I just want to be friends." He said although he had a more hard time convincing himself that this was all he wanted from her.

"Right.. you aren't interested anyway." She told him and rolled her eyes. "All right then.. friends." She offered him a hand.

His heart stopped beating for a minute when she reminded him of him being not interested, which was so not true. But what difference would it make if he told her that he lied. It wasn't as if SHE was interested. So he only took her hand and shook it.

"Have dinner with me?" he asked hopeful

"Yeah." She replied smiling and after a few seconds of staring at each other they left the conference room together.

TBC

okay.. its done.. its Alex :D so do you love me or not? I hope you still like this story and I would love to hear what you think. What do you want to happen? oh and are you girls into smut or rather not, just so I know if I make this story M rated later on. You decide :D Smut or no smut? :D please leave a review. thank you