Author's Note: So here is another oneshot, a very long one. Sorry for the late of update, I've just been busy with football training. Hope you'll like this. Oh by the way, thank you so much for the great reviews for the last chapter. And as I said to iam-kelly, this chapter is a happy one. That's it, you can go on now. :D
Disclaimer: I do not own anyone from this story.
"What I think you are just perfect
Could it be that I am worth it?
Is this thing an open door, walk right through to something more
You and me, my life would change in a second
In a second."
~ In A Second by Aly & AJ ~
It's been two days after the 'incident' in the nursery, it's been two days since Alex got any good surgeries, it's been two days since he was assigned to Mark who does nothing but let the interns fetch his dry cleaning and get him food, it's been two days that he feels so miserable and upset at the same time and the reason behind all of these is the redhead attending. If it weren't for her then he wouldn't be stuck with Mark or in the pit and he will be having good surgeries with the redhead. He wouldn't be in such a bad mood the past two days if the said attending was not avoiding him, and it was all because of that incident in the NICU.
'Why did I have to do that anyway? What the hell was I thinking, almost kissing HER?! I must be really out of my mind,' thought Alex.
As Alex was about to turn the corner, he bumped into someone and that certain someone is the one that's been invading his mind for the past two days.
"Sorry," mumbled Addison, not looking at the person she bumped to.
"It's fine. Uhm, Dr. Montgomery I was wondering if I can scrub in on your surgery this afternoon?" asked Alex.
"No, you can't," she responded, walking past the bewildered intern.
"What? Why?" asked Alex, keeping up with the long stride walk of Addison.
"As far as I know, you are on Mark's service, right? And as what I heard from your resident and well from you, you're going into plastics. So you should make the most out of it, Mark is the best on what he does you could learn a lot from him. Don't waste time on something you're not committed to, if 'squishy and pink' or 'gynie', as what you would like to call it, isn't your thing then don't waste your time on it. Go use your time to learn everything about plastics," explained Addison.
"Well yeah, I did say that I want to go to plastics but I did learn to like working with you," said Alex. And after realizing what he said, he blushed and looked downwards.
"Thanks Karev, but it's still a no," said Addison, but deep inside she is jumping inside because of what Alex said.
"Oh, come on. I haven't been in the OR since our last surgery and Sloan well he's not much of a teacher anyway. All he knows is to let his interns fetch his dry cleaning and food. So, let me in on your surgery this afternoon, dude," pleaded Alex.
"So, that is what really it is, wanting to be on a surgery and not because you liked working with me. Nice work there Karev, but it's still a no. Mark is just like that, even back in New York. If you really like plastics, you'll ignore Mark and not let him get to you. If you will be good to him then maybe he will let you scrub in on his surgery," the redhead said.
"Whatever dude," muttered Alex.
"It's Dr. Montgomery, not dude," said Addison then she walked away from Alex.
When it was lunch time, Alex joined his friends on their usual table. He pulled out a chair and angrily dropped his tray which startled the occupants of the table.
"What the hell is your problem Evil Spawn?" asked Cristina, her thoughts on the procedure of the surgery all forgotten.
"Yeah, Alex what's wrong? You've been cranky all day," said Meredith.
"Nothing, leave me alone," responded Alex, biting on his sandwich.
"Geez, eat like a caveman much," muttered George which Alex heard.
"Shut up, Bambi!" said Alex.
"Hey, hey, could you please all shut up? I'm trying to concentrate here, okay? I'll be assisting Burke on a very risky procedure, so I would like to be fully prepared about everything," said Cristina, annoyed with the people sitting with her.
"At least you've been having surgeries," muttered Alex.
"Sloan still giving you hell?" asked Meredith.
"Hah! It's like worse than hell, he doesn't even let me in on the OR! I mean, that the hell is that? How the hell can I learn if I can't even scrub in on his surgeries?! All he asks me to do is pick up his dry cleaning, get him his food and do his charts," complained Alex.
"That's because you're just an intern Karev. And I am an attending, and let's not forget I am Mark Sloan. You should be contented with having the pleasure to work with me," someone behind Alex said, that certain someone being the plastic surgeon, Mark.
"Yeah, right, you call that work," scoffed Alex, which the attending very much heard.
"Look, if you got a problem with your work then I suggest you spend the rest of the day on the pit Karev. I don't like petty interns who does nothing but complain and whine," scolded Mark, walking away from the group of interns who were very quiet all throughout the talking.
"At least you won't be his personal maid anymore," said George, who cowered down when Alex glared at him.
Alex went to the pit right after eating his lunch but as he was about to turn the corner he heard voices in the on call room, very familiar voices. He looked around and saw no one was around, so he decided to eavesdrop.
"Do you really have to do that, Mark? Humiliate an intern in front of all those people in the cafeteria?" asked Addison.
"Intern, Addison! He's just an intern, he deserves to be humiliated!" argued Mark.
"No, he doesn't. No intern deserves to be humiliated. They are here to learn Mark, and you don't let them pick up your dry cleaning, let them buy your food and do all of your charts while you go sleep in an on call room or screw a nurse. Yes, they are just interns but they're still trying to get up on their own feet. You're crushing their dreams and confidence, and as doctors you need every ounce of confidence you have. So stop torturing them or humiliating them and start treating them as interns, as a person," explained Addison.
"Start treating them as a person? Just like you are starting to treat this certain intern as your boyfriend, huh?" gritted Mark.
"What the hell are you talking about, Mark?" asked the confused redhead.
"Alex Karev, Addison. Really, that kid? He's just a kid Addison, he knows nothing," said Mark.
"There is nothing going on between me and Alex. And if there is something it's certainly none of your business, you're not my boyfriend so you don't get to be jealous," explained Addison.
"Really, since when did he become Alex to you? I thought it's always been Karev," scoffed Mark.
"You know what, think what you want to think, I don't care. Just be more of a teacher Mark and please be less of a jerk," said Addison, turning around and walking out of the room.
Outside, Alex was grinning like an idiot when Addison was lecturing him on how he was treating the interns, but deep inside he knows she's defending his honor. Suddenly, he heard her footsteps nearing the door so he ran as fast as he could just not to be seen by Addison. When he heard her heels fading away, he went to the pit with a smile on his face. When he arrived there, he saw that Izzie was also there.
"Hey, I thought you're assisting Torres on a case?" asked Alex.
"I was supposed to but well, let's just say I deserved to be here," responded the blonde.
"What did you do?" teased Alex.
"I pretty much said that she was not good for George and he made a big mistake on choosing her," mumbled Izzie.
"Wow. And this is all she did to you, sent you to the pit? She didn't beat the hell out of you?" smirked Alex.
"Shut up, Alex. Now, I'm very sure she will tell George about it and then George will be mad at me so that means I have to go apologize to her so that he will forgive me. But how can I even say sorry to someone I do not even like," grumbled Izzie.
"Well, I don't know," responded Alex.
"You're a useless person to talk to," glared Izzie.
"I know," smirked Alex.
All this time neither of them noticed that a certain doctor was watching them from afar, her eyes watering a bit from what she's seeing. She didn't hear someone approaching her up until to the point that a hand was being waved in front of her face.
"Are you alright, Addison?" asked Callie to her friend.
"What? Yeah, I'm fine, I just have a lot on my mind right now with my patient," lied Addison.
"Right, and that patient wouldn't be a man right? A certain intern who is currently flirting with that blonde bitch right now, right?" said Callie, stressing out the bitch part.
"I'm an OBGYN Callie, I don't deal with male patients," answered Addison even though she sensed that she was talking about Alex. "And looks like you've been having problems yourself," she added.
"Well, she is being nosy about my relationship with George. I mean, who does the hell she thinks she is anyway?! Sure, she has known George longer compared to mine but still, it doesn't give her the liberty to say that I am not good for George!" complained Callie.
"Seriously, she said that?" asked a very shocked Addison, not believing that the blonde intern will really say such a thing.
"Yes, she did. And then now, look at her flirting with Alex, I'm very sure they will be having sex at the on call room after a few minutes," gritted the orthopedic surgeon, glaring at Izzie so much.
Addison cringed when she heard her friend say about the on call room, trying to not picture in her mind a very naked Alex and well, Izzie with him, in an on call room. When Callie realized what she said and saw Addison's face, she suddenly slapped her mouth lightly
"I'm sorry, I'm just really mad about her. But don't worry I'm very sure Alex wouldn't sleep with her, not with you around anyway," smirked Callie.
"I don't know what you're talking about," said Addison, looking at the chart she's been holding the whole time.
"Yeah, right," scoffed Callie.
"Whatever, look I have to go now because in any minute my patient will be awake already so I'll talk to you later," Addison said to her friend.
"Sure, see you later at lunch! Don't worry I will keep an eye on him for you," shouted Callie, smirking when Addison looked back and glared at her.
She did not notice that the 'him' she was referring to was behind her already and almost got a heart attack when he heard him speak.
"Who are you referring to?" asked the very curious intern to the resident.
"What the hell?! Karev, don't ever sneak up on me again, you understand?" scolded Callie.
"Uh, sure, whatever, so back to my question who was the 'him' that you are teasing to Dr. Montgomery?" asked the very persistent Alex, wanting to know if the redhead attending has a boyfriend.
"It's none of your business, Karev. Don't you have work to do?" Callie asked.
"I'm here at the pit, Torres. I wait, that's what my work is right now, waiting for someone to be badly injured that they have to be brought here in the hospital," explained Alex.
"Geez, they say you are not a nice guy but hearing that from you, wishing someone is badly injured just you can have surgery, I am beginning to believe them now," smirked Callie.
"I am not wishing, I said waiting, okay. There is a very big difference about that. What about you, don't you have work to do also?"
"Well, I did, but the patient is still deciding on whether he's going to take the surgery or not. I was hoping to talk and spend my free time with my dear friend but she has a patient to attend to, meaning I have nothing to do for now," explained the resident.
"Yeah, about that, is Add seeing someone? I mean, you practically shouted that she has a boyfriend, you said that you'll be watching 'him'," asked Alex, still trying to get an answer from Callie.
"I did not shout that she has a boyfriend," Callie said but was cut off by the intern.
"But you said you'll watch 'him," interrupted Alex.
"That's different from having a boyfriend. And since when did she become 'Add' to you, huh? I thought it's always been Dr. Montgomery," smirked Callie, stressing out the Dr. Montgomery.
"You know what, I will look if some nurses need my help and you probably have to go back to your patient also," stammered Alex, trying not to blush on his slip up on calling his boss in a nickname he wants to call her.
"Haha, yeah right Alex. See you around!" laughed Callie.
When Alex walked away, Callie was still laughing and suddenly stopped when Izzie saw her. She glared at her and then went to attend her patient. She was about to turn around the corner when suddenly Mark called out her name.
"Yes, Mark? What do you need?" asked Callie.
"Uhm, I just want to know if there is something going on with Addison and Karev. Is there something going on?" asked Mark.
"I am not Addison and I am certainly not Alex, so why are you asking me? Why don't you ask either of them?" responded Callie.
"Look, I asked Addison and she said nothing was going on," Mark started.
"Then, there's your answer," cut off Callie.
"But I'm sure there is something, maybe Addison was just lying," muttered the plastic surgeon.
"Yeah, whatever Mark, look I still have a patient," said Callie, walking away from the confused attending.
Hours passed by and Alex had nothing to do in the pit so he decided to go get a coffee and probably take a nap in one of the on-call rooms. Sensing that no emergency would be coming up, he went to the cafeteria. When he arrived, he noticed that there were just a few people and one of them is the OBGYN attending. He was staring at her so intently, watching the way she taps her pen while biting her lower lip in concentration in whatever she's doing. And he figured that she might be looking at a patient's chart that's going to be having high risk surgery, because the way she sighs deeply and tucks her hair behind her ear said it all. Alex didn't notice that he's been staring at her for so long up until he saw Addison staring back at him also. When he realized he's been caught, he turned away, paid for the coffee and ran away. Addison was fighting back a smile when she saw that Alex was staring at her, and had a hard time trying not to laugh when she saw Alex blushing, but when Alex left the cafeteria she can't hold back the laughter anymore. She laughed out so loud that the other people from the cafeteria stared at her like she's crazy. After realizing that she did look like a crazy person, she stood up and picked up the chart then walked away, all throughout still smiling.
Alex went straight to an on-call room after what happened in the cafeteria. He drank his coffee right away, hoping it'll calm his nerves but almost spit it out after realizing how hot the beverage is.
"Oh, shit!" screamed Alex and then suddenly the door opened.
"Alex?" asked Izzie.
"Oh, hey Izz," said Alex.
"Are you alright? I heard your swearing out in the hall," explained Izzie.
"Uh, yeah, I'm fine, just got burnt by the coffee," answered Alex, fanning his tongue with his hand.
"You know you look stupid doing that," teased the blonde.
"Whatever, it burns you know,"
"Here, take my water," said Izzie, handing him a very cold bottle of mineral water.
Not realizing that Izzie already opened the cap, he swiftly took the bottle which caused to spill some on Izzie's light blue scrubs.
"Alex!" screeched Izzie.
"Fuck! Sorry, Izz. I didn't know it was already open," said Alex while standing up. And again, he didn't notice how close Izzie was to him, so when he stood up he bumped into her and spilled the coffee to her scrubs, again.
"Alex!" screeched Izzie again.
"Shit! I really am so sorry Izz, damn it!' said Alex, placing the coffee far away from both of them.
Because the spilled coffee to her scrubs was still hot and was burning her skin a bit, she took it off and placed the cold bottle of water on the part where the coffee spilled. When all of this was happening, Addison just finished updating the chart of her latest patient and when she dropped off the chart she decided to take a nap or rest in one of the on-call rooms. And when she neared the first on-call room she saw, she heard voices from inside. She was about to walk away, because she knows it's already occupied, but she stopped in her tracks when she heard the voice of Alex coming from the room. She decided to talk to him, to let him scrub in on her surgery the next day so she opened the door but wished she didn't. What she saw shocked the three of them but the shock coming from Addison was suddenly overpowered by hurt and disappointment. Both of the interns are shirtless and Alex had his hand on Izzie's waist while she looked like she was going to kiss Alex.
"Uh, sorry, I just, uhm, I'm gonna go now," stammered the redhead, trying to stop the tears forming on her blue eyes.
When they heard Addison speak, they sprung apart and Alex tried to explain but the attending closed the door and ran away.
"Damn it!" swore Alex, sitting down on the bed.
After a few seconds of silence, Izzie went near Alex and slapped his head which caused Alex to swear out loud and look at the blonde intern.
"What the hell is your problem, Izz?!" demanded Alex to the now clothed Izzie.
"What are you still doing here Alex? Why don't you go after Addison, huh?" asked Izzie.
"Why in hell would I do that?" responded Alex.
"Because you like her," answered Izzie, smirking a little.
"I do not like Addison, okay," muttered Alex.
"Then why have you been so cranky since you got off of her service? Why have you been so miserable and sad, huh? Why did you look like you wanted to take off the pain she's feeling when she saw us here together?" asked Izzie.
"Because she doesn't deserve anymore crap and pain from anyone, okay. She got hurt so much already and it hurts me to see her in so much pain again. I've been cranky since I got off of her service because I am not learning anything from Sloan and I haven't been in any surgeries for the last two days. And I am miserable and sad because she's also miserable and sad, because deep down inside I know she's still hurting from Derek and Mark. I see the way her blue eyes sadden when she sees Derek being sweet to Meredith, and the disappointment when she sees Mark flirting with every woman he sees. I see when she keeps her emotions in bay when a patient of hers didn't get to live the way she wants them to," explained Alex.
"Holy crap Alex, you love her!" yelled Izzie.
"I'm in love with her, Izz," corrected Alex.
"Then why are you still here? Go, explain that nothing happened to us," said Izzie.
"I'm Alex Karev, Izzie. As they say, I am just like a mini-Mark. I mean, look at our relationship before, I screwed up with you. And as I said earlier, she's been hurt so much before, I don't want to do add more pain in her heart," whispered Alex.
"Listen to me, you're not a mini-Mark! You are a great person, Alex. And yes, you did screw up with me but it doesn't mean you're going to screw it up with her. If you love her that much, you will not make the same mistakes you did in our relationship. If you are really in love with her then you would not let her in pain all alone, you should be there with her sharing all her miseries because I know you would rather take all the hurt she has right now than let her continue experience it," said Izzie.
When Izzie finished explaining, Alex looked at her and realized she was right. He stood up and went to open the door but he turned around then went to thank and hug Izzie. After that, he opened the door and ran into Addison's office, trying to dodge all the people on his way and ignoring Bailey's calls. Izzie was smiling when he ran out of the room, when Bailey suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Mind telling me why one of my interns is running like a fool?" demanded the resident.
"Let's just say he finally realized how to truly love," smiled Izzie, walking away from the confused resident.
After Addison closed the door in her office, she closed the blinds and finally allowed herself to cry. What she saw in the on-call room made her heart ache, and the denial that's been going through her mind, that she's in love with her ex-intern, has been broken. She never thought she could get hurt like that by someone who's not even in a relationship with her. She was crying so hard that she never even heard someone coming inside her office.
"Addison," whispered Alex so softly, that Addison barely heard it, barely.
"Alex," a shocked Addison said, wiping of her tears.
Alex walked near her, staring at her intently, his heart aching even more for the tears that were flowing down on her beautiful face. His heart aching, for he knows that the pain she's feeling right now was because of him.
"Addison, I'm so sorry," said Alex, wiping her tears.
"Why would you be sorry?" asked Addison, trying to hide her face from Alex.
"Because I hurt you but believe me Addison, I never meant to. What you saw in the on-call room was nothing," explained Alex.
"I don't care what happened or not happened in the on-call room, it's not my business," responded Addison.
"Look, Addison, I am sorry for everything, okay. I'm sorry for being such a jerk and pain in the ass to you before. But believe me when I say this, I love you. Wait no, let me rephrase that, I'm in love with you Addison, I am," said Alex.
"What?" breathed out Addison, very shocked about Alex's confession.
"I know that I do not have a very nice record about my relationships but with you I know that I can change it, with you I know that I will be happy," smiled Alex.
"You're like a mini-Mark," started Addison.
"That's usually the first impression, but once you get to really know me, you will realize I am not. I can change just for you, Addison. If you let me prove it to you, I will," pleaded Alex.
"How will I know I won't get hurt again, Alex? I will admit I also love you but I am so afraid Alex. I don't know if I could get through with anything if something bad happens to us," cried Addison.
"I will not promise you that you won't get hurt but don't you think you should at least give yourself a chance to be happy once again?" asked Alex.
"I'm afraid to take a chance on that happiness when it will end as a disaster," answered the crying redhead.
"Don't you think I'm not afraid also, Add, huh? I am also afraid about this, about us. I mean, this is the only time that I've ever felt something like this with a woman, and lucky me it would be a very successful, intelligent, beautiful rich woman like you which would be probably ignore or dismiss someone like me, an intern who only deals with street foods and cheap beers. I am afraid that when we'll be together, you will realize that I can never be good enough for you. I am so afraid, that I might hurt you so much and I cannot bear the fact that I made you feel like that," said Alex, holding tightly on Addison's hands.
"Oh, Alex," said Addison, hugging Alex after hearing what he said.
"I love you so much, and listen to me, I don't care about what you can't give to me, what I want is just you, just you loving me so much, that's all I want," smiled Addison.
"I can very much give you that. I love you so much, Add, never forget that," smiled Alex.
Then he passionately kissed Addison on the lips, both of them forgetting everything around them for a while. When they broke apart, he held her face in his hands, and stared intently at the eyes of the woman he just proclaimed his love for.
"So, want to have dinner after your shift tonight?" asked Alex.
"Hmm, let me see my schedule," teased Addison.
"Yeah, right, come on don't leave your boyfriend hanging here," smiled Alex.
"Boyfriend? Hmm, I like the sound of that, so does that mean we're in a relationship?" asked Addison.
"Yeah, we are. We are exclusively dating, Add. If you think I should prove to you first how much I love you before I have to call you my girlfriend, I'm fine with that," Alex said.
"No, this is fine. I trust you, Alex. So, yes," said the smiling redhead.
"What?" asked a confused Alex about that the 'yes' was about.
"Yes, to the dinner,"
"Oh, okay, then," smiled Alex, and was about to kiss her again when Addison's pager beeped.
"I have to go now, I'm needed for a consult," explained Addison, putting makeup on her face for a while before leaving her office.
They both stepped out of her office and saw that no one was looking suspicious about what happened in her office. When they parted ways, Alex turned around and shouted something that made everyone look at him.
"So Add, see you later, 7pm at the lobby," shouted Alex.
"Sure, don't worry, I won't keep you waiting," Addison shouted back which made the onlookers gasp. But what she said next made the whispers and murmurs louder.
"See you later boyfriend!" shouted a glowing Addison to a grinning Alex.
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