A/N: This was supposed to be a one shot, for my gorgeous friend, but those of you that reviewed liked it so much, that I decided to extend it. It's a story of any scene that I would re-write, were I Shonda Rhimes. The stories will be in no way connected, a series of do-overs. Feel free to e-mail me any scenes you would like me to re-write. Thank you to all of you who have reviewed.

Summery: What would happen if we got one do over in life? What would we use it on? Where would we even begin?

Do Over: Alex

Do you believe in Kindred Spirits? I never did, Meredith thought. That is until I met Derek Shepherd. McDreamy, my McDreamy, the supposed love of my life McShattered my heart into a million pieces. He had to go back to his wife, Satan, right? He just couldn't give up on 11 years of marriage, right? Why would he for dark and twisty Meredith Grey. He met a girl in a bar because he was tired of breathing for me. As I make my way across the street to Joe's, I think of the one person that has been there through it all.

Alex Karev. He is the one person that has stuck with me through some of my darkest moments. He was there when my mother was brought into SGH for the first time. I tried to keep my mothers illness a secret from her colleagues at the hospital but that was not meant to be. She was wheeled in screaming at the top of her lungs that I should stay away from her when she is working. I just wanted to crawl into a hole and have the earth swallow me whole. As I cowered in the corner, I felt a pair of hands on my shoulders. I looked around, and there stood Alex. I was surprised to see him there, but his presence behind me is not an unwelcome one.

"Alex," I started. "I don't..."

"Ssh," He whispered. "You don't have to explain anything, not to me, not ever."

I had only known Alex for a little over a year, and in that time he had proven to be a cut throat surgeon, an evil spawn, and a manwhore, but somehow that didn't bother me. I felt strangely connected to this man, and I am not exactly sure when it started, but I know that I didn't want it to end. I closed my eyes, and took a deep breath. I allowed his hands on my shoulders to give me the confidence I needed to get through the day.

Everyone is looking at me, I groaned inwardly as I made my way through the cafeteria.My pager went off, and I turned and left at a light jog. I made my way to the nurses' station, and found out Derek wanted Alex and I to scrub in on a surgery on a girl who blushes at the drop of a hat. George and the Chief interrupted our surgery to get me to sign some consent form for my mother to have a liver biopsy. I gave George my consent, and as I waited for the results, I felt a familiar presence by my side. Alex.

"How are you Meredith?" He asked.

"I'm fine."

"You can say I'm fine as many times as you want, but that doesn't make it true," He said honestly. Alex was nothing, if not brutally honest.

"You know me too well." I smiled. "What I am about to say is going to sound terrible Alex, but I almost wish she has cancer. Seriously, what kind of a daughter wishes their mother has cancer?"

"The kind that doesn't want their mother to suffer," He replied.

My mother ended up not having cancer, but she died two years later of a heart condition. Alex was there then too. Alex is always there

We have a give and take relationship. He gives and I take. I give and he takes. As I stood looking at the door of Joe's Bar, I thought of another time when Alex and I were there for each other.

We both were standing outside my house, watching Izzie host Thanksgiving Dinner. Neither one of us wanted to go in.

"I failed my boards." He said quietly. I gently out my hand on his arm.

"I suppose you want an explanation?" He asked.

"You don't have to explain anything to me Alex, not to me, not ever." I said repeating his words. He smiled at the shared memory. We just sat in comfortable silence. Each of us glad, that the other was there, but not bold enough to admit it. I helped Alex study for his practicals, we all did actually, and he passed. I put my hand on the handle of the door of the bar and contemplated going in. I thought back to a time in recent weeks that Alex was there for me even though I never asked him to be.

I slammed the front door, and ran up the stairs. I could barely contain the sob that threatened to escape. How could Derek do this to me? How could I let him do this to me? Alex had heard me come, and he followed me up the stairs. He opened the door to my room quietly. He knew me well enough to just sit in the chair next to my bed until I looked up at him.

"Derek said he couldn't breathe for me," Meredith sobbed out, and crawled in Alex's lap on the chair. "How could he say that Alex? How could he do that to me? To us?" She hiccupped out.

"I don't know Mere," Alex soothed, his anger for shepherd growing by the minute. "I do know that if he won't breathe for you, I will."

Meredith sighed, and fell asleep in Alex's arms. They woke up that way in the morning, but made no mention of what happened the night before. I went back to Derek the next day, but it was never the same.

As I started to open the door to the bar, I felt a familiar presence behind me. Alex. I figured out in that moment that Derek Shepherd was not my kindred spirit, my soul mate, if you will, but rather it was Alex Karev. The man who had been right behind me the entire time. Always there, never being intrusive, but there just the same. I know what I would do over. I would not be afraid of my feelings for Alex, but rather embrace them, cherish them. I turned around and gave him the most brilliant smile I could muster. I looked down at our hands, and linked our fingers together. I linked our futures together. If he was surprised, he didn't show it. He simply brought his other hand to caress my cheek. Something fundamental changed in our relationship in that moment, and we both knew it.

"Derek and I are through," I explained. "By through, I mean seriously through."

"You don't have to explain anything Mere, not to me, not ever." Alex said softly.

"Actually, I want to," I explained. "You see Alex; I have been in love with you for as long as I can remember." Meredith searched his face for anything that might give her hope. He did not disappoint.

He slowly drew her closer to him, and kissed her with three years of pent up passion. When he released her, he smiled and said, "Well, that's good Meredith, because I love you too, and have forever."

They slowly turned away from Joe's, their eyes and fingers still linked, and realized that this do over would last a lifetime.

A/N: This story is AU of all the Mer/Alex scenes in the show. This story will probably be considered out of character for Alex, but that's why I made it AU. For all of you Mer/Der fans, fear not, the Mer/Der goodness will continue. This story is just one do over. There will be more to come. None of these stories are connected. For all you Mer/Alex fans, I hope you enjoyed. Please review, I love them almost as much as Grey's.