"You know if you stare any harder it's going to get real creepy", Alex's voice interrupts his thoughts.
"What?" I look over at Karev.
"Pierce! Why not just ask her out?" Alex says before taking a chunk out of his sandwich. That doesn't stop him from carrying on though. "Just get it done so we can move past the creepy, secret stares phase."
"Karev, I don't know what you're on about," I attempt my most cavalier demeanour.
"Oh just give it up! You're both adults, so just man up so we can put an end to this. It is painful to watch." Leave it to Alex to be flippant about this.
And what is this? I have no idea and I need to figure it out before I make any moves. I know what moves I want to make, I'm just not sure if it's the right now. So I say nothing and he just carries on.
"I know it's a bit muddy with your mom and Richard but take it from someone who spent the better part of the year on the outside looking in after the Deluca fiasco, you have nothing to lose."
"Fiasco!? You punched him to a pulp!"
"Yeah & I've done my time. Stop trying to change the subject.
He finishes his sandwich and gulps down the last of his drink. I look over to the corner where Maggie is having her lunch with her nose buried in what is probably yet another medical journal. Karev gets up to leave, bends down and whispers, "You're a grown man Avery, act like it. " He gives me a hard whack on my shoulder and saunters off.
Yes it is complicated but what do I have to lose?