a/n: look, i haven't totally forgotten about this story! i've kind of got a plan for this story, so hopefully i'll be a little better about updating, although i can't promise anything.

it's still not mine sadly.


Mark was fuming. Yelling at Addison had not been in the plan. And did he really have to go as far as he had? He had even brought Derek into it. It was just the first time he had seen Addison and that intern actually together and it made his blood boil. Now he had to figure out how to make it up to her and fast.

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Izzie was fuming. She was sick of hearing about Addison and Alex. Addison and Alex, that's all she seemed to hear about these days. And she was sick of it. Yes, they were happy, yes, they were cute, yes, they broke whatever convention that had been left standing after Burke and Shepherd were through. She wanted to scream at everyone to move on with their lives. Besides, it's not like they were going to last that long. They fought too often for that. And she knew that Mark was always scheming. That was a comfort. Not that she would ever actively try to break up the two, she had too many morals for that, but when Mark swooped in or when they fought and didn't make up, Izzie would be there, ready for Alex to cry on her shoulder.

Sure, she had told him to go for it. But this was not how it was supposed to go! She had thought that he'd either chicken out, or that'd he'd go sleep with her and that would be the end of that, that his mind would finally be off of her. But no, he had to turn into someone un-Alex-like, he had to go and fall in love with freaking Addison Forbes Montgomery. If she didn't like him so much, she'd hate him.

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Addison was fuming. What right did Mark have to yell at her, to call her a slut, to question her decisions? What right did he have to question what made her happy? He claimed to want her happy, but she knew that wasn't exactly true. He wanted her happy with him, not Alex, and he didn't give a damn if Alex was what actually made her happy. She was just thankful that she had Alex; Mark would be unbearable without him.

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Alex was fuming. He hated Sloan for making Addison cry. He hated Sloan for insulting her. He hated Sloan for acting as if he didn't exist. He hated Sloan for trying, however lamely, to take Addison from him. He just pretty much just hated Sloan.

What could Addison have possibly seen in him? He was an insulting jerk who couldn't keep it in his pants. He was just glad that she had seen sense before she had ended up dating the jerk or worse. He was glad she was happy, and he was glad that he was the one making her happy. Her happiness and his own, that was all he cared about, and the more time he spent around her, the higher hers ranked over his own. It was weird. His entire life he had cared about himself and that was about it. He cared about his mom, sure, but he was obligated to. It felt strange to be worried about someone other than himself, to think about someone else for a change. But it was a good strange and he was sorry that he had missed out on it before.

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"Good morning," Alex said as he kissed Addison's cheek.

"Morning," she smiled, not opening her eyes.

"Feel better?"

"Yeah, I do."

"You know, Mark sucks at this competing thing."

"Yeah, he does."

"Hey, Addison?"

"Yeah?"

"Are you planning on opening your eyes anytime soon?"

"No," she answered bluntly.

"You need to get up," he told her.

"No I don't."

"You have to go into work, Addie. Remember that thing you do just about every day of your life? That thing that gives you money? The one that pays the bills and lets you buy your precious designer heels? Most people call it a job?"

"No I don't. I already arranged to take today off," she explained, smirking, even though her eyes were still closed. "And I plan to stay in bed until around noon and then maybe, just maybe, I might be persuaded to get up and take a shower. Maybe."

"You know, I don't think that I feel so well," Alex lied. "Maybe I should stay home too."

"Alex Karev, you are not faking sick to stay home and have sex with me!" she exclaimed as her eyes popped open.

"Who said anything about having sex with you? I really feel sick." He added the fakest sounding cough ever onto the end for good measure and snaked a hand up underneath her shirt.

"Oh yeah, you seem really sick," Addison said sarcastically. Alex coughed again. Addison would have normally pushed him out of bed but he started kissing her neck. "Let me hear you cough again," she commanded. Alex looked at her like she was crazy, but complied. "You know, you really don't sound too good," she said with a smile. She put a hand on his forehead. "And you seem a little hot to me. Maybe you should stay home…"

"Great, let me just call in."

"I can't believe I'm letting you do this," she said. "Remind me why I'm letting you do this?"

"Cuz you love me and you think I'm incredibly hot."

They both froze as they realized the weight of his words. Finally Addison laughed, breaking the tension, "I'm not so sure I love you, and I think you're a pain in the ass."

"A cute pain in the ass though, right?" he smirked.

"I'll give you that one, Karev; I'll give you that one."

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The interns followed Bailey on rounds. "Has anyone seen Alex?" Izzie whispered to them.

"No," Meredith said. Christina and George shook their heads.

"Karev called in sick," Bailey announced over her shoulder. "Meredith, Sloan. Yang, pit. No buts!" she said as Christina opened her mouth. "O'Malley, Burke. Shepherd doesn't need an intern today, at least yet, and Montgomery's not here, so Izzie shadow Meredith."

"Wait, Dr. Montgomery's not here either?" Izzie asked.

"Stevens, didn't I just say that?"

"Yeah, sorry."

"Get to work, people. Save lives," Bailey ordered and walked off.

"Okay, forty says they're having hot sex right now," Christina said the moment she was gone.

"Christina!" Meredith hissed, glancing at Izzie.

"Who's having hot sex right now?" Sloan asked as he walked up.

Christina, not thinking that maybe he wouldn't like the answer, answered, "Montgomery and Evil Spawn."

Sloan's face darkened. Izzie didn't look too happy either. "Great, thanks, Christina," Meredith said sarcastically.

"What? It's not like it's a lie."

"Yeah, but you don't have to deal with him, I do. Now I'm going to have to listen to them both bitching about it."

"Tune 'em out, that's what I do," Christina advised.

"I'll try."

And Meredith did try. She did a pretty good job of it too. That is, until they started bitching to each other, then things started to get interesting.

"I mean, seriously. What does he see in her? She's a bitch," Izzie grumbled.

"What does he see in her? What does she see in him? He's a fucking intern! And she is not a bitch."

"What's so wrong with interns?" Izzie challenged.

"Nothing, except they're incompetent, show-off-y suck ups."

"Do you not realize that I'm standing right here and I'm an intern? Or are you really as dumb as you sound? Besides, I get what she sees in him, but why would he go out with her. She's a freaking ho-bag."

"Excuse you?"

"Please, she slept with you, only whores would sleep with you."

Meredith's mouth dropped wide open.

"Oh, then you'll fit in perfectly. Come on, you, me, on call room, right now," Sloan replied. Meredith's mouth got wider.

Izzie didn't even stop to think about what she was doing, she just reached out and slapped him. "You and Addison are perfect for each other," she told him. "You're a manwhore and she's a whore. See? Works out perfect. I'm sure you'll be in happy whore heaven." Then she stormed off, leaving Sloan pissed off and rubbing his cheek.

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"I still can't believe I let you fake sick," Addison said as she and Alex lay in bed together.

"Then stop trying to."

"The Chief is going to kill me if he finds out," she groaned.

"Chalk it up to temporary insanity. And if he doesn't buy that, say I seduced you and I'll take the heat."

"But that's lying."

"Yes, and I'm sure you've done it multiple times before. Hey, Adds, do you look like Greek food?"

"Yeah. Wait, what just happened? How did we get from lying to Greek food?"

"Well, we were talking about lying and then I asked you if you liked Greek food. And then we started talking about how we got from lying to Greek food, and we were technically never really on the subject of Greek food, so really we're talking about how we got from lying to here, through Greek food, even though we never talked about Greek food."

"You just gave me a headache. And I'm just as confused as I was before. Actually, I'm more confused."

"Sorry. But really, do you like Greek food?"

"Uh, yeah. Why?"

"Oh, no reason."

"What are you planning, Karev?"

"A surprise."

"Yeah, I got that. But what though?"

"It wouldn't be a surprise then, would it?"

"Well, no, but…"

"No buts, Adds. I'm going to take a shower and then maybe we'll go get something to eat?"

"Greek food?"

"No Greek food," he laughed. "Showering now." He kissed her nose and got out of bed, heading for the bathroom. When he closed the door she grabbed his phone, where she knew he kept all his important information like appointments and things. "There's nothing in there, Adds," his voice rang out from the bathroom. "I mean, feel free to search, but there's not anything in there to search."

"Wh-what are you talking about?" she asked. "I'm just watching TV."

The door to the bathroom swung open. "Put my phone down, Addison," he ordered.

"Fine," she pouted. She didn't though; she searched through his entire phone and couldn't figure a thing out. What the hell was the boy planning?


next time you get to find out the meaning behind greek food. but only if you're good little readers and review!

Lauren