Alright, shortest chapter yet, but I thought I owed you guys something after the great reviews I've been receiving. One day I'll thank each individual person for his/her (mostly her, if not all) kind words. That day, unfortunately isn't today though. Much too tireds, long day at the restaruant.

Well, hope you like the newest chapter. More to come very soon.

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Chapter Eight

"I think … maybe … we … should … stop." Addison managed to get in between trying to fight off Alex's eager lips. She didn't want to stop, it was just that they were in proximity to the nurse's station, and she didn't feel like being the latest gossip. The nurses had enough on their plate, what with George and Callie making out after his dad's surgery and all.

That's something I probably need to talk to him about … she thought, thinking about how she wanted to keep their newfound relationship under wraps.

"Yeah." Alex said breathlessly as he slowly pulled away. Addison looked at him, truly amazed that she was kissing the very intern she had once hated; thinking about it now, there probably had been an enormous amount of sexual tension, it was only now escalating. Suddenly, a smile snuck its way onto her face.

"What?" He asked, fighting the urge to smile himself. The thought of smiling faded however, when he was brought back to the pain she had just confessed to him, leaving him wondering if her smile was genuine, or a forced smile she was putting on for his behalf.

"Nothing … I just, I never thought I'd be kissing Alex Karev." Addison answered, and suddenly Alex found it hard not to smile as he looked at her and thought the exact same thing.

"I can top that, I'd never thought I'd be kissing Addison Forbes Montgomery." It was true too; the superior woman was almost at the bottom of his list, as far as people he thought he'd end up with went. She was first on an entirely different kind of list.

She made a face, bringing him out of his dirty thoughts, and said, "Oh don't say my middle name."

"Why?" Alex asked, laughing a little at the face she was making.

"Because, it sounds so editorial, like I'm some kind of ice queen with a stick up my ass."

Alex couldn't help but laugh at that. "But you're not."

"Oh-ho, I know what you were saying about me when I first arrived here." She brought a finger up to her mouth as she pretended to think. "Oh yes, Satan wasn't it? I also heard Satan's whore muttered throughout the halls."

Alex cringed. "You heard that huh?"

"Mm-hmm, yeah."

"Well if it makes you feel any better, I never thought Satan's whore would be this hot." Alex said with a smile as he leaned in and gave her a small kiss, hoping that would suffice. It also gave him another reason for him to once again kiss those flawless lips.

"Yeah, you're going to have a lot of making up to do." She said, as she opened her eyes after the kiss, now realizing how much she liked to feel his lips against hers, but as much as she liked kissing him, others wouldn't be so welcoming at the sight.

"Really?" He asked, placing both arms around her. "I'm looking forward to it." He said as he leaned in again for another kiss, but this time, was stopped by Addison's finger. "The key is being discreet Karev. I don't want to be another Meredith and Derek."

Alex thought about that for a moment and then agreed, understanding why she would feel that way. "I don't either." He said, with mild disgust.

"So…" She started.

"The sex is going to have to wait until after work? Got it." He said smugly, loving that he was now able to talk to her this way.

He is persistent, She thought. She gave him a fake laugh and said, "No, and about that…"

"What? No sex? You're killing me here." She would've laughed if he hadn't been serious; the tone of his voice displayed nothing of the sort, but by his face she could tell that he was disappointed.

"No, I just thought we kind of rushed into that. I'd like to get to know you first before jumping into bed … again."

"Alright." He sighed. "So this means I won't be seeing that lacey number you were sporting for a while?" His smile somehow find its way back onto his face as he pictured what she had been wearing.

Closing her eyes, she cringed. "Oh god … I'm sorry about that." She mentally kicked herself for having gone overboard, but she had wanted to dress up even if she hadn't planned on taking her clothes off.

"Don't be, it'll be forever burned into my memory, and for that, I thank you."

Smiling, she shook her head. "You really are something."

Both fell into a comfortable silence, finding reassurance in each other's eyes. Alex looked at her and wondered if her mind was still plagued with thoughts from the past. He could only hope that in the future she would somehow forget her afflicted history, and find a way to truly be happy again, Alex didn't care how long that would take either, he would wait.

"Are you going to be alright?" He found himself asking the very thing that was troubling him.

She laughed and nodded. "I think I am, I just need to remind myself…" Her voice trailed.

"What?"

"… not to get hurt."