Suz - Yay you will teach me, those lessons will be fun i am sure lol. That was the most amazing review, i really loved it, and you got to your point eventually...maybe my rambling habits are rubbing off on you. Yep you do always keep your promises, another amazing thing about you :)
Sarah - Thanks hon, i was so happy to get a review from you. I really hope you like this as well, let me know.
addexislove - You're very welcome, i love writing it so it's just good to know you like reading it as well.
cl-roxy - Wow thanks for the great review. Haha no don't feel bad, i felt that way at first but now i have accepted it, that doesn't mean i like it though. I am happy for Kate, it just depresses me that we have to lose out on what would have been an amazing relationship.
Farah - Yay i was going for hot, so good to know it worked out ;) Hey you are in Malaysia and you are still leaving me a review, now you make me want to kiss you lol. That is amazing, have a good time.
Claire - It is good to know somebody reads the lyrics, and i love that song too. I miss addisex as well :(
Beth - They are cute together :D Thanks for leaving me a review, hope you enjoy this.
addexluv - Thanks for taking the time to figure out how to leave a review, made me smile :)
Addicted1 - I couldn't agree more, it is her favourite past time to torture Addison and all of her fans. You're welcome, and thank you for reviewing.
Emily - Yay thank you so much. Now i am grinning along with you, oh and your new vid is amazing.
HuntingPeace - They are hot and cute together, an amazing combination i think. Enjoy the update :)
A/N - Well we have almost reached the end, this will be the last full chapter but i do have an epilogue for you which i will try to get online this weekend. I apologize if i am not making much sense tonight, but i just watched Kate Walsh on The Showbiz Show and i am still laughing and struggling to breathe. I thought Kate swearing was the hottest thing ever but then she goes and opens her shirt...wow.
So on with the fic, as ever thank you, thank you, thank you to Suz for beta reading and just generally supporting me the entire time i have been writing this fic.
Oh and if anyone was wondering i now have a wonderful nephew called Jack, almost one week old now :)
All the things I feel inside
Are too strong for me to hide
I need you by my side
'Cause I could live forever in your eyes
Jessica Simpson, Forever In Your Eyes
Chapter 9 - Forever In Your Eyes
Addison and Alex reluctantly parted in the parking lot at the hospital. She watched as he jogged into the building before she followed a moment later. She had barely got her lab coat on before her pager beeped with an emergency call, and she was forced to rush off to the OR.
Addison was caught up in surgery for 2 hours after that and was already exhausted by the time she had finished, although really her day had just begun. As she scrubbed out of the OR the only thing on her mind was Alex. She wondered how his morning had gone and whether Bailey had tortured him as much as he had predicted.
Addison went off in search of him the second she had finished scrubbing out. She stepped on to the elevator just as the doors were closing to find Izzie Stevens and a couple of nurses already on it.
"Dr. Stevens." Addison nodded, giving her a small smile. Izzie beamed back at her in response, her eyes sparkling and her cheeks nearly splitting her smile was so huge.
Addison was confused at the huge grin on the interns face. Since when had Izzie been so happy to see her? She shrugged her shoulders and went back to watching the numbers light up one by one as the elevator ascended.
"Are you going in to surgery?" Izzie said chirpily. Addison looked at her strangely, why the hell was she so cheery?
"No actually I just finished one. Any surgeries for you today?" Addison replied, not quite believing that she was making small talk in the elevator with an intern.
"Not at the minute. I'm waiting for Dr. Bailey to get back, I think she went to check up on Alex." Izzie said, actually laughing out loud. "She has him on scut all day because he was late this morning, I wonder what made him so late," Izzie shrugged her shoulders while grinning at Addison like a madwoman.
Addison felt her cheeks flush with colour at the interns remark, if only she knew what it was that had kept Alex busy all morning. She felt a smile break out on her face as she remembered the night they had spent together and the even more amazing morning.
She cleared her throat and forced her face to turn serious again. "I can't imagine what was more important than getting to work on time." She responded eventually, trying to keep a straight face. The elevator stopped again and she hopped off two floors earlier than she had intended, now planning to head straight for the pit.
"Wait, I thought you wanted 6th floor…" She heard Izzie say from behind her but she just carried on walking.
"Change of plans," Addison muttered under her breath as she started scanning the area for some sign of Alex.
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Alex threw yet another pair of gloves in to the waste and grabbed fresh ones as he prepared to suture yet another patient. It was boring doing the same thing over and over again, and the worst part was that he didn't get to see Addison at all.
"Having fun Dr. Karev?" He spun around quickly as he heard the sound of her voice behind him. Their faces broke out in to identical grins when they set eyes upon each other. Alex had to stop himself from pushing her against the counter and kissing her senseless right there in the middle of the pit.
"Hey, I missed you," He whispered, moving as close to her as he dared while in full view of everyone. He glanced around to see how many people were watching them, a couple nurses were whispering behind their hands while staring at the two of them.
"Could I talk to you for a moment about Mrs. Anderson?" Alex continued in a louder voice, referring to a patient that had been brought in a couple of days ago.
Addison nodded her head and headed off to find an empty room, glancing over her shoulder to make sure he was following. She slipped in to an empty supply closet, checking to make sure no-one was watching as he ducked in behind her.
The door had barely closed before Alex had her pinned against it and was kissing her passionately. "I've been dying to do that all morning," He said a few minutes later when they had broken apart to breathe.
"Mmm" Addison murmured, leaning forwards to connect their mouths once more.
She knew they probably shouldn't be kissing in a supply closet when they should be working, but right now she couldn't care less. Their mouths broke apart once more and his head fell down on to her shoulder, resting there as his breathing started to slow. His fingers trailed through her hair slowly and she ran her hands up and down his back.
"Addison…I have to…I mean we should get back to work," Alex said reluctantly pulling back from her slightly. "Bailey has got it in for me now; if she comes to check up on me and I'm not in the pit I think she will kill me."
"Well if you don't have any objections I could use an intern, if you can drag yourself away from the pit of course." She teased.
"Believe me I have seen enough of that place to last me a lifetime."
"C'mon then," She kissed him softly and then pulled away, straightening out her clothes and flattening her hair.
Alex checked if she was sorted out before he pulled open the door and they went back out in to the main hospital. They nearly made it all the way back to the elevators before Bailey caught up with them.
"Karev, what exactly do you think you are doing? The pit is in that direction, and seen as I assigned you to stay there for the day I see no reason why you should be heading the opposite way," She snapped at him.
"That would be my fault Miranda," Addison said side-stepping Alex to stand in front of him. "I need an intern today and he was the only one who was free"
"He's not free Addison, he is working in the pit to make up for being so late for rounds he may as well have not showed up at all."
"Well it seems to me that his talent is wasted suturing people in the pit all day. So he will be working on my service as usual today, I am sorry Miranda but I can't do without him."
Miranda Bailey shook her head in disbelief. She noticed the way Addison was standing in front of Karev as though protecting him and her last words were all the confirmation she needed.
"Not you as well. Of all of the attendings working here I thought you would be more sensible, but I suppose it is too much to ask that at least one of my interns could keep their pants on around their superiors."
Addison opened her mouth to protest but closed it again at the look on the resident's face. What was the point? There was no way she would believe the lies.
"I'm sorry Miranda, but I can assure you that my personal life has no affect on how I work within this hospital. I needed an intern; Karev was free…end of story. Now if you will excuse us we have patients to see." Addison spun around and carried on walking towards the elevator with Alex following beside her.
They got on to the elevator and Addison sighed and banged her head off the metal wall.
"Hey, are you ok?" Alex asked sincerely.
"Yeah I'm fine. I just didn't think that someone would find out about us on the first day." She said laughing slightly as she rubbed her forehead where she had banged it. "Ouch."
"Sometimes I worry about you…you call yourself a doctor and yet you have only just discovered that banging your head off a metal wall will cause some pain and discomfort." He laughed as she pouted at him. "Want me to kiss it better?"
He leaned forward and kissed her forehead gently. "Better?" He whispered against her skin.
"Yeah, much." She paused and took a deep breath. "I don't think it matters," She blurted out suddenly.
The elevator doors opened and they both jumped apart but no-one was standing on the other side. They relaxed when the doors closed again and Alex looked at her curiously.
"You don't think what matters? You know you confuse me when you blurt out random comments like that."
"Miranda knowing about us, I don't think that it matters. I mean she won't say anything to anyone if I ask her not to and maybe it is better that she knows from the start, we are kind of friends after all."
"Who knows, maybe some day a lot further down the line we will look back and laugh about this. We didn't make it through 24 hours of dating without someone finding out about us…hell even the McDreamy's lasted longer than that."
Addison laughed at the name for Derek and Meredith and the way he curled his lip at the thought of them together.
"A lot further down the line, huh? So…you still see us together in a few years time?" She asked cautiously, unsure of what to say in case he had different ideas.
"Addison, I've never really been a commitment type of guy before. In the past it's more likely that I run a mile at the mention of a second date, never mind anything more than that" He paused but then continued on quickly when he saw her face fall. "But that is all in the past now…with you…it's different. I'm not going anywhere, so for as long as you want me, I'm here."
She let out a sigh of relief and smiled at him softly. "For a millisecond there I thought you were going to say…" She shook her head and continued. "Never mind, it doesn't matter. I'm not going anywhere either, so for as long as you'll have me…I'm yours."
He was just leaning forwards to kiss her when the doors pinged open and they jumped apart again. She grinned at him and pulled herself up to her full height, reverting back in to doctor mode.
"Right Dr. Karev, Mrs. Anderson needs blood work doing ASAP and then you can go and wait for the results. Get back to me as soon as you have them, ok?"
"What? We were talking and now…is that how this is going to work? You bossing me around?" He said. She could tell that he was joking by the small smile playing on his lips.
"Yeah and you better get used to it, because for as long as I want you…you're stuck here with me, remember?" She winked at him and walked away leaving him slightly stunned but grinning like an idiot all the same.
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