A/N: Thank you for the reviews once again! I wanted to get a chapter up before the holidays! Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year everyone! Also, sorry if it seems a little rushed, I didn't have much time making this chapter. Please R & R..
Summary:Completely AU. One lawyer, one baker, one science professor, one real estate agent, one architect, and now one upcoming fashion designer. Drama is bound to catch up to them. (not all of the characters will be in it) Pairings decided, you'll find out what they are throughout.
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"So, you're calling Meredith and Derek this time, and I'm calling Mark and Izzie?" Addison asked Alex the next morning in her shorts and tank top she had slept in the night before, her hair was tied back in a ponytail. She took her phone.
Alex nodded, avoiding looking at her legs that were in mostly exposed, because of the shorts she was wearing. "Yeah."
Addison dialed Mark's number. "Stop looking at my legs."
Alex's eyes widened a little as he looked at her face. "I wasn't looking at your legs."
"Sure, either that or you were thinking about them." Addison said raising an eyebrow at him knowingly.
Alex smirked, not even denying it. "Want to test dri-"
Addison cut him off. "Just dial Alex."
Alex frowned and picked up his cell phone.
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Mark and Izzie both woke up from the sound of the ringing of Mark's cell phone. They were spooning, Mark's arms encircled her around her stomach, Izzie's back against his chest. The covers once again covering their nude bodies.
Mark rubbed his eyes with one of his hands that was around Izzie. He kissed Izzie's earlobe as he leaned over her to retrieve his cell phone. Mark flipped it open and put it to his ear.
Izzie rolled in Mark's arm to face him. She gave him a soft smile which he returned.
"Hey." Mark said into the phone, expecting it to be Alex, it was Addison though. He moved his hand up her back, into her hair and gently stroked it. "Got it. Bye." Mark snapped his phone shut and kissed Izzie's forehead. He leaned over her to put the phone down. He put his hand on the back of her head and rubbed his fingers around in her hair.
Izzie put her hands on the side of his neck. She leaned her head up a little to nuzzle their noses together and kissed him. Her eyes never opening when they parted, neither did his.
"I want to tell you." Mark whispered opening his eyes to look into hers.
Izzie opened her eyes and looked into his. "I know." She whispered back. "I want to say it too."
"Tonight." Mark said softly. He kissed her. "I'll tell you tonight."
Izzie looked into his eyes. "I'm going to tell you tonight too." She said softly, and kissed him.
With the hand still in her hair, he gently brought her lips closer to his and deepening the kiss.
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Meredith released Derek's grip that was holding her to get Derek's phone. She sat up and got it.
Derek looked at her leaving his side as she handed his cell phone to him. He flipped it open and put it to his ear. "Hey." He looked at Meredith who was putting her panties on. "Okay. Later." He snapped his phone shut and sat up. "Meredith. Aren't we going to talk about this?"
Meredith finished putting her bra on and looked at him. "Can't we just forget we did this?"
Derek put his phone down. He found his boxers and slipped them on. Derek stood up. "Why can't we just, try us out?"
Meredith looked down and shrugged. "Because why try if it might not work out?"
Derek smiled a little. He was finally getting to the real reason why she didn't want to try them out. He walked over to her and put his hands gently on her shoulders. "But what if it does. Can we at least try?"
Meredith shook her head and picked up some new clothes to change into and walked into the bathroom.
Derek sighed.
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Alex and Addison were first at the table once again.
"Why are we always first?" Alex asked looking through the breakfast menu.
Addison looked at him in slight disbelief. "I don't know Alex." She said sarcastically. "Maybe it's because Meredith and Derek are sex addicts and Izzie and Mark are… Well, they're them."
Alex rolled his eyes and shrugged.
Meredith and Derek walked to the table and sat in the seats they had been in yesterday, as were Addison and Alex.
Meredith avoided Derek's gaze by opening her breakfast menu and looking through it.
Mark and Izzie were walking to the table. His arm around her waist. She smiled at him, and he returned it. Both frowned a little as they sat in the spots they were in yesterday.
"What are we doing today? It is our last full day here before we leave." Mark asked glancing at Izzie. Tomorrow they were going to the airport, and fly away to go home.
Izzie immediately brightened. "I really wanted to see the different sights they have here!"
"And maybe later we could hang out together." Meredith said with a small shrug. If her and Derek were around other people, they wouldn't end up having sex, again.
Everyone nodded and agreed.
A half an hour later, after eating, and talking for a little bit, they decided to go to the Hawaii Maritime Center.
Once they were there, Izzie wanted to go check out a part of the museum, Pulling Mark to come with her. The rest of the group following.
Izzie wanted to walk along the decks of the only four-mastered, full rigged ship left in the world.
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Eight hours and seven museums later, the group were in front of their hotel rooms.
Mark glanced at Izzie, then looked back at Alex, Addison, Meredith, and Derek. "We'll meet you guys at your place in a little bit. We have to talk about something." They all were planning on spending the night at Alex and Addison's, but he wanted to talk to her tonight, alone.
Addison and Alex looked at each other, but decided not to ask. "Okay." Addison said as Alex opened the door, and the four walked in.
Mark took Izzie's hand and opened their hotel room door. Mark let Izzie go in first and closed the door behind him. He reached over and dimmed the lights a little.
Izzie watched him as he took her hands in his, and took a deep breath.
Mark looked into her eyes. "Isobel, you have no idea how long I wanted to tell you. It's been so many years."
Izzie stepped closer to him. "Years?" She asked in a whisper.
Mark nodded. "Yeah, years." He confirmed. "I have strong feelings for you, a lot…" He looked at her. Her eyes seemed to shine. He knew she wanted him to say it, and he was glad to. "Isobel…" He took his hands away from hers and cupped her cheeks in his hands and stepping closer to her. Now they were only a few inches apart. "I love you. I'm in love with you." He closed his eyes. "And it feels so good to say it." He opened his eyes, awaiting her reaction.
Izzie smiled at him softly. "I love you too. I haven't known as long as you have, but I do Mark." She closed her eyes and put her forehead against his. "I love you."
Mark nuzzled his nose against hers. "When we get back, would you like to go on a date with me?" He smiled at her.
Izzie opened her eyes and smiled also. "I would love to."
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While Mark and Izzie were talking, so were their four friends, they were sitting on the floor.
Alex looked at Addison. "Do you think Mark is going to tell her?"
Addison shrugged. "Maybe, but I doubt it. I mean, most likely they're just finishing up a conversation that they didn't get to finish before."
Alex nodded. "Probably."
"I wonder what they're talking about." Meredith said wondering.
They all shrugged.
Something came into Addison's mind and she stood up and walked over to one of her suitcases.
Alex, Meredith, and Derek looked at her confused.
Addison took out something in a box that was on the bottom of her suitcase. She walked over to the others and put it in the middle.
Derek started to laugh. "You brought Monopoly?"
Addison shrugged. "Something to do, and when we play, I want to be the shoe!"
"I want to be the thimble!" Meredith perked up saying.
Alex and Derek just looked at each other.
Alex stood up. "I'm going to pull Mark and Izzie away from their conversation, so we can get the game started."
"Sure, be rude." Addison said lifting the top of the box off.
Alex rolled his eyes and walked out of the hotel room and walked over to Mark and Izzie's. He knocked on the door. "Hey! We're about to start Monopoly, so stop whatever conversation you're having and come over!" He called through the door. He walked back to his and Addison's hotel room.
Izzie and Mark were about to kiss if it wasn't for Alex interrupting. They looked at the door until he finished talking.
"Do you want to tell them?" Mark asked looking back at her.
Izzie looked at him. She leaned up and kissed him. "Not yet, I want to, but not yet. Is that okay with you?"
Mark nodded and kissed her. "It's fine." He put his hand in hers and they made their way to Addison and Alex's hotel room.
Mark and Izzie walked into Alex and Addison's hotel room without knocking, knowing they didn't need to. Mark closed the door behind them. They saw that the group left space for him and Izzie to sit on the floor next to each other. Mark and Izzie sat down.
"We already chose our players, so you're stuck with them." Alex said putting the two small objects in front of them on the Monopoly board that Addison had already set up.
"What were you two talking about?" Addison asked as she put her small player on the Start part of the board, the other following suit.
Mark and Izzie looked at each other, hiding their smiles. Izzie looked at Addison, they weren't telling them quite yet, so she just said something. She shrugged a little. "Nothing important."
Addison nodded as she rolled the dice. She figured it wasn't that important anyway. She moved her person four spaces. "I'm buying!" She said loudly.
"Wow, we haven't even had alcohol she's already loud." Alex said chuckling.
Addison glared at him and slapped him over the head. Good thing she was sitting next to him, slapping him over the head is so much easier that way.
Alex rubbed the back of his head.
Meredith took the fake money Addison handed her and put it in the box, and handed her that card.
Addison took the card from Meredith and handed the dice to Derek who was also next to her.
Derek smiled taking the dice and rolled them. He frowned at the number. Derek took his little object and moved it four spaces.
"Hand it over Shepard!" Addison said sticking her hand out.
Derek handed her the money he had to give to her.
Addison happily took it. "Thank you very much!"
Derek grumbled a your welcome.
Two hours later, they had finally finished the game, Addison winning. Whoever said 'to get money, spend it,' or something like that, was right. Well, at least in Monopoly's case, because she bought everything she landed on, unlike some people, Meredith and Izzie specifically. It just wasn't their game.
"So, are we going back to our rooms, or hanging out the rest of the night and sleeping here?" Izzie asked laying her head on Mark's shoulder.
Meredith put her head against the edge of Addison's hotel bed. "Stay here."
The others nodded.
"But where are we going to sleep?" Derek asked.
"Well, since you four are the two pairs that are okay sleeping in the same bed. Mark and Izzie can use mine, and Meredith and Derek can sleep on Alex's." Addison said with a yawn.
Alex looked at Meredith and Derek. "But no sex! I repeat, no sex while we're in the room!"
Addison agreed. Mark and Izzie looked at each other, but then looked at the others and nodded.
"But where are you two going to sleep?" Izzie asked the two.
Alex shrugged. "I use to go camping all the time with my uncle, so it's not a big deal."
Addison nodded. "Remember when my mattress got wet from that lemonade incident." Mark, Izzie, Alex, and Derek nodded. Meredith got a little confused, since she wasn't there. "I slept on the floor for three weeks."
"Then its settled?" Mark asked.
Everyone else nodded.
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2 a.m.
Mark and Izzie were facing each other. Izzie's head on Mark's chest, and Mark's arms encircling her wait. This was the first time they had actually really slept together since they made love. To them, just sleeping with each other is enough.
Addison and Alex were on opposite sides of the room, both having no discomfort sleeping on the floor.
Derek and Meredith were up. They were laying on their sides facing away from each other. They both seemed to know that the other was awake, and that everyone else was asleep, but they didn't say anything.
Derek broke the silence. "Just one date Meredith, and if you still don't want to try us, then I'll stop asking you about it." He said in a loud whisper, and sighed. "And no more sex."
Meredith shook her head, even though she knew he couldn't see her, and she couldn't see him. "No, I'm sorry Derek." She said in a loud whisper.
Derek sighed. "Why?"
Meredith closed her eyes. "I'm sorry Derek."
Derek closed his eyes, deciding to talk to her when he was fully awake, he was tired, and getting sleepy now.
Thirty minutes later, they both fell asleep.
Mark kissed Izzie's forehead. He just seemed to wake up for no reason. "I love you." He whispered into her hair, not opening his eyes.
"I love you too." Izzie grumbled into his chest as she buried her head in his chest more, not opening her eyes also.
Mark just smiled into her hair, and gently kissed the top of her head.
