(So, here we go. :) This is mostly dialogue. Not much description… But hell, they're stuck in an elevator. :) I'm going to assume you guys all know what those look like. ;P I thought it would end up longer than this, but I decided to leave out Truth or Dare and all of that kind of stuff so as not to copy some of the other writers' ideas.

I think that I have figured out what's going to happen in the long run, but I'm still open to suggestions… I'll just jerk you guys around a bit longer. ;) I greatly appreciate all of the reviews that I have received so far.)

They had each taken a different corner of the elevator. Addison sat in one corner, her legs curled around her to the side, held tightly together so she wouldn't flash anyone with the dress she was seriously considering burning. The night before, it had helped her get lucky; but that day, it gave her a triple dose of bad luck. Mark was in the corner to her left, with his feet flat on the floor and knees up, arms resting loosely against them. Derek had chosen the corner to her right, and was lounging with his legs sprawled out to the center of the elevator. Alex sat across from her Indian-style, his elbow on his knee and his head propped up by it.

"We're doctors. We know that taking the stairs is good exercise… So why do we always take this damn elevator?" Addison lamented.

"This sucks." Derek stated the obvious.

"No shit." Mark muttered.

"Let's look at this situation. I hate you." Derek pointed at Mark. "I'm divorced from you, so we know how that goes. And you." Derek jerked his thumb in Alex's direction and thought for a moment. "Well, I don't really know you, so I don't have an opinion."

"He slept with Addison." Mark offered.

Derek's eyes narrowed. "Okay, then I hate you, too."

"Why? Why do you hate me?" Alex asked.

"Because you're an intern who slept with my wife!"

"She's your EX-wife, in case you haven't noticed. And why is it okay for you to have sex with your intern, but she's not allowed to have sex with hers?"

"That's different. Meredith and I are in love."

"Oh, I'm so sure that it was love that got you into Meredith's bed the night you met at Joe's?"

"How do you keep from breaking her in bed, anyway?" Mark wondered. "She's a little waif of a thing. I'd have to feed her a sandwich first or I'd feel bad."

"Shut up, Mark." Addison and Derek said in unison.

But, of course, Mark was never one to shut up.

"I don't get you and Alex though, Addison. I mean, I can see why the kid slept with you." Mark said and looked at Alex. "I gotta hand it to you, it takes stones. She's your boss, she's eleven years older than you are, she's a WASP-y millionaire, and let's face it… She's hot. It was a conquest and you succeeded. Well-played."

"But I don't think of her like that. I don't think about her money. I don't think about the fact that she's my boss. I don't even think of her as a piece of ass. If I did, don't you think I'd leave her alone by now since I already got that? It's just… She's just… She's Addison."

Addison looked up at him, smiling faintly when he said that.

Mark ignored his comment and went on. "What I don't get is what she wants with you, a wet-behind-the-ears intern who has no money and doesn't know shit."

Addison spoke up in Alex's defense. "Maybe it's because the practice of medicine hasn't completely sucked out his soul, like it has both of yours'." She waved her index finger in between them. "Besides… He's cute."

Derek was indignant. "We're cute!"

Addison rolled her eyes. "Sure, if I were into the 'I haven't shaved in 3 weeks or slept in two weeks' exhausted, wounded, worn-out doctor look."

"Whatever. Point is, Alex wanted to slip it to his boss." Mark said.

"Jealous much?" Alex smirked. "Obviously, it's been a while since she let you 'slip it to her'."

"Boys! ENOUGH!" Addison bellowed.

The two men shut up. A voice came from outside the elevator. "Who's in there?"

"Richard! Help us! Please!" Addison cried out.

"Addison? Who's with you?" Richard called back.

"Derek, Alex, and Mark."

There was a pause, and then Richard started laughing. "How do you get yourself into these messes?"

"Glad you're having fun at my expense there, Richard." Addison rolled her eyes.

"I've got three attendings in there!" they heard Richard arguing with the elevator repair crew.

Alex sighed and mumbled. "And one intern who is apparently chopped liver."

"Guys, and, uh girl… It's going to be a while." Richard yelled down to them.

"What, 20-30 minutes?" Addison yelled back, hopefully.

"No… More like an hour or two. I'm sorry. They're working on it. I'll push your surgeries back."

The four let out a collective sigh.


An hour later, beads of sweat were forming on Addison's forehead. "Damn, it's hot in this stupid elevator."

"Take off the coat." Alex suggested.

"No… No. That's okay."

Mark studied her face. "You look different today."

Derek leaned forward to look more closely at what Mark was talking about. "She's not wearing much makeup. I never thought I'd see the day when she'd leave the house without eyeliner. She puts it on to walk to the mailbox."

"It's really hot." Addison whined.

"Why don't you just take off the damn trench coat?" Mark demanded.

"Fine, fine! You want me to take it off?" Addison stood up and removed the trench coat, revealing the satin dress beneath. She rolled the trench coat into a ball and threw it at Mark and sat back down.

Mark let out a wolf whistle at the sexy dress, while Alex's eyes just about bugged out of his head.

"Things just got more interesting." Mark nodded his approval.

Derek's eyes were filled with recognition. "Wait a minute… That dress. You were wearing it last night."

"Yeah. So?" Addison was trying to play it off for as long as possible.

"You slept with Finn."

"So what if I did?"

It was silent for a moment before Mark suddenly started to laugh. "No wonder she was sweating. She's stuck in an elevator with 3 of her 4 lovers."

"5." Derek corrected.

"You, me, Karev, and now Finn." Mark held up a finger for each as he counted them off. "That's 4."

"You forgot the frat guy… What's his name?" Derek asked.

"Andrew. But she never slept with him." Mark said.

"Yes, she did." Derek argued.

"I knew her back then and you didn't. I'm telling you, she never slept with the guy." Mark said.

"Well, I was married to her for 11 years, and I'm telling you, she did. She lost her virginity to him." Derek informed Mark.

Mark paused and his brows lifted in surprise. "Oh, really? So, that's what she told you."

Addison sighed and covered her face with her hands. As she knew, Mark would do anything to trump Derek, especially when it came to her… Even out their little secret.

"What do you mean 'what she told' me?" Derek was confused.

Alex was watching their conversation like it was a ping pong match, moving his head back and forth to follow what they were saying.

"Addie did not lose her virginity to Andrew Von." Mark stated.

"Oh, really? And how do you know that?" Derek challenged.

"I know that because she lost it to me!" Mark blurted out.

Alex's eyebrows shot up. "Whoa! I wasn't expecting that. You two? That long ago?"

"Yes, Mark and I dated in college, but it didn't work out because he was, and still is as you see, a pompous ass… So he introduced me to Derek."

"You never told me you slept with him back then." Derek was looking at Addison, and she could see the hurt in his eyes. She looked away.

"She didn't tell you because when you guys were first dating, we thought it'd be awkward. We never thought you'd get married or anything like that, obviously. There was just never a good time to tell you." Mark shrugged. "What does it matter now, anyway?"

Addison glared at Mark. "All right, Sloan, since you don't mind sharing my secrets with the public, you won't mind if I share this one about you." Addison leaned forward a little bit for effect. "You, that night? Not good. At all. I let you think that you were much, much better than you really were!"

Alex burst out into laughter. "Oooo, she stings." He caught Mark shooting him a glare and quickly cleared his throat and looked down.


"Anyone have a deck of cards? We could play strip poker." Mark suggested about a half an hour later. The elevator had become even more awkward after Mark's revelation, and everyone had been silent.

"Three men and one woman. Why don't I see that working?" Alex asked.

"No, you see, Addie is absolutely terrible at poker. I mean horrible. She'd be naked in 10 minutes and we'd never have to lose a sock." Mark explained.

"Forget it, Mark." Derek sighed. "Since we've all seen her naked, I think that would be kind of anti-climatic, anyway."

Addison folded her arms over her chest. "Thanks a lot! I feel like I should be offended by that comment."

Suddenly, the elevator lurched and moved up to the next floor. The three attendings and one intern cheered and jumped to their feet.

"That was much faster than the Chief told us. He must have lit a fire under their asses." Alex commented.

The doors opened and they scrambled to get out.

"Do you want in on my surgery today?" Addison asked Alex as they exited and began walking down the hall.

"Yeah, of course." Alex replied. "Addison? I have a question."

"Yeah?" Addison said.

"Are you and Finn serious?" Alex asked.

"No… I mean, he's really nice, and we have a great time… But we're not a couple or anything, no." Addison replied.

"Go out on a date with me, then." Alex said, once they were down the hall and away from the others.

Addison turned her head to look at him, flustered. "What?"

"Give me one date."

"Alex…"

"I won't try to have sex with you or anything. I promise. Just give me the freaking time of day with one date! Tonight. I'll come by your office at 7.

"You're not going to let this go until I actually date you, are you?"

"Nope!"

"Okay. I'll go on one date with you. But no sex. I mean it." Addison warned.

"Deal. Wear jeans. You… You do own jeans, right?" Alex asked.

Addison rolled her eyes. "Of course I do."

"Okay, good. Just checking. Wear them. Dress warmly. You'll be glad you did. No satin dresses on my date. Got it?" Alex grinned.

Addison nodded, and headed into her office to change clothes, finally. She wondered where in the hell he was planning to take her that night...

(Oh, how I do love writing an asshole Mark… Next up… Where is he taking her on their date? And what about Finn? And what do you want to see:)