A/N So I'd just like to say that tonights episode of Grey's made me ship Jo and Alex together, like, a billion times more than I already did. Which was quite a bit to begin with.

Also, this is going to be one of the last few chapters, I think. I have somewhere between two and five chapters left. Once I'm done with it I'd like to write a fic about Jo and Alex that would fit in with the show's story.

Disclaimer 13 year olds don't tend to own major TV shows, so no. Not mine.

Drinks Away From the Bar

A few months after they'd agreed to pretend that they'd never slept together, Alex laughed at Jo's pathetic aim. They were playing darts, and she couldn't even hit the board. It was the most entertaining thing he'd seen in a long time.

"If you don't shut up, I'm going to stab you with this," she said in what was supposed to be a menacing tone as she held up the dart in a somewhat threatening matter.

He laughed and plucked it free of her grip. Holding it up, he threw it at the board. It landed smack in the middle. He turned and smirked. "And you buy the next round," he said.

Grumbling, Jo headed to the bar. Alex sat down just as Meredith walked up. "Alex," she said. "Why aren't you at the party?"

He raised an eybrow. "What party?"

This made her eyes almost bulge out of her head. "You don't know? Cristina's throwing a massive party." She nodded along with her own words, as if to reinforce them. "It looks pretty wild."

Jo appeared with two beers. "Here, you big mean- oh, hi, Dr Grey."

"I told you," Meredith said. "It's Meredith." She looked between the two companions. "I wasn't interrupting anything, was I?"

"No," Alex and Jo replied in unison.

Alex glared at Meredith before turning to Jo. "You want to go to a party?" he asked, in a tone that implied she really didn't have a choice in the matter.

xx

"This is," Jo started unsurely. "Nice?"

Alex barked out a laugh. "You dislike Dr Yang, right? You can help me kill her."

Like Meredith had said, the party was pretty wild. Cristina had music- and not good music, either- blaring as loudly as possible and what could be the entire surgical staff of Seattle Grace Mercy West had filled the house to its limits. Plates of food were scattered on random pieces of furniture, along with lots and lots of alcohol.

Smiling, Jo raised an eyebrow. "Aren't the interns supposed to be the ones who throw crazy and out of control parties?" she joked, lightly elbowing him in the ribs.

"Then go throw one in yourapartment," he suggested. "Then I can stop this one."

She shook her head. "Live a little, Karev. Drink some beer, dance with a hot girl, eat some... actually I wouldn't touch that food if I were you, but drinking and dancing is good."

With a roll of his eyes. "Come on, then," he said, motioning to the middle of the room.

"What?" she asked, confused.

He grinned. "You said to dance with a hot girl, so come on."

Laughing, she followed him. "Whatever."

Hours later, they sat on the stairs taking turns to drink from a bottle of tequila. "This is ridiculous," Alex said.

Jo nodded. "It is after four in the morning. Possibly a bit out of control," she admitted with a grin.

He laughed. "Yeah," he agreed sarcastically. "Possibly."

It was just as they finished the bottle of tequila that Cristina stumbled up. "I'm a little bit drunk," she said. "And there are all these people in our house, and I'm not sure why they're all here but I really need you to get them out, because I don't think I can."

Alex and Jo looked at each other before bursting out in laughter that was bordering on hysterical. "She's only a little bit drunk," Alex repeated.

"Oh, only a little for sure," Jo said, grinning broadly. Cristina then disappeared, and she sighed. "I suppose we should help her. I mean, put us next to her and we're dead sober."

And so the two of them stood and started to herd people out, Alex by making incredibly sleazy comments and Jo by singing extremely horrendously in people's ears. It wasn't long before almost everyone had exited the building. The few who were still there were helping them clean up.

Except for one guy who was far too drunk for his own good.

"Hey, you," he called angrily. Both thought he looked vaguely familiar. Alex looked around before pointing to himself. "Yeah, you. Karev."

Jo glanced between the two. "Hey, you're an intern, right? You transferred to Seattle Pres a few months ago?"

He nodded. "Yeah, that's me. It's Jimmy. Hi." And then he walked over and punched Alex in the jaw.

xx

"I can not believe that just happened," Jo said, smiling slightly, twenty minutes later. A "fight had ensued between Alex and Jimmy, and Alex had come out of it in decidedly better condition. He was now seated on the kitchen bench as she inspected the small lacerations on his right hand and face.

He winced as she dabbed antiseptic cream over it. "Ouch," he grumbled darkly. "Be gentle."

She rolled her eyes. "Man up, Karev. You just beat the crap out of a drunk guy and don't even need stitches- in other words, you're fine," she said. A minute later, "Done." She jumped up next time and looked at him curiously from the corner of her eyes. "So what'd you do to him?"

Grimacing, Alex looked away. "I may have slept with his girlfriend," he admitted sheepishly.

Jo laughed. "And you're mad that he punched you?" she said incredulously. "Seriously, dude. I knew you were a whore, but that's low."

"I didn't know she had a boyfriend!" he cried. "I'm not that bad, God. Cut me a little slack." He slid off the bench. "You sure I don't need stitches?"

She slid down with him and slapped him on the shoulder. "You are such a wuss," she accused.

Her hair had fallen into her face and was tickling her eyes. She couldn't stop herself from tensing and holding her breath as his hand reached up and lightly brushed the loose strands behind her ear.

A moment later, before she had really adjusted to his closeness enough to stop it, his lips were on her's. He pushed her back into the bench as he deepened the kiss. The bench dug into the small of her back but she really didn't care.

All she could think of was that he was kissing her- again- and that she really couldn't find it anywhere in her to stop him.

A/N And that's it! Sorry the wait was longer than usual, all you constant readers probably got used to my daily updates.

Reviews make me even happier than Grey's being back.