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disclaimer: i don't own grey's anatomy. period. end of sentence.


Addison woke up feeling very sore, with a crick in her neck, but actually pretty optimistic. It took her a moment to realize that she was sharing a very small hospital bed with her godchild. She looked over at Holli, who had managed to swing her legs over the side of the bed, contorted in a very strange, half-sitting half-lying down on her back position that looked very painful, her mass of black relaxed curls (think Christina's hair only far messier) fanning out over the pillow. "Holli, wake up," she said as she poked her godchild.

"Go away," Holli groaned, slapping Addison's hand away, her eyes still closed.

"No. Doesn't that hurt?"

"Does what hurt?"

"The position you're in."

"What are you talking-" Holli finally opened her eyes and noticed her position. "Oh. No, surprisingly, it doesn't hurt at all."

"You're one of those disgustingly flexible people aren't you?"

"Yeah, I guess so. So how are you feeling? Are you going to L.A.?" Holli asked, the words coming out in a rush.

"Wait, what?" Then Addison remembered the events of the day before, effectively ruining her good mood. "Oh. I don't know. It seems like it would be a good idea."

"Please, please, please don't go!"

"Alright, I'll make you a deal… I won't go if you tell me what's going on between you and your mother."

"Fine, just move to L.A."

"Holli," Addison said in a warning tone.

"Okay, the thing is-" Holli was cut off by Addison's pager.

"Damn it!" Addison cursed under her breath. Holli smirked. Addison looked at her godchild and said, "Saved by the pager! You'd better thank whoever I have to go operate on profusely! But all in good time. I will find out, and there is nothing you can do to stop me!" she said, almost repeating Holli's words verbatim. And then as she was walking out the door, "Nothing, you hear, nothing!"

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Holli was feeling well enough for a walk, she was out of there in a couple days, so she snuck to Ava's room. On the way over she thought about Karev and what he had done to Addison. She kept getting angrier and angrier until she burst into Ava's room. "Did you hear what Karev did?!" she yelled, striding into the room.

"No! What'd he do?"

"He totally blew it! Completely and utterly blew it! He told her that she wasn't his girlfriend! Why the hell did he do that?"

"Ooh. I think I know," Ava looked guilty. "I heard Dr. Montgomery talking to Dr. Torres about how she wanted someone to settle down with. I kind of told Alex. It must have freaked him out."

"Shit," Holli muttered. "Someone needs to beat some sense into that boy!"

"Well, I'm on bed rest, so that would be your job."

"Oh, don't worry, I will," Holli assured her, striding out of the room to find Karev.

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She found him talking to Dr. Sloane. "Sorry to interrupt," she beamed at Sloane, "But I really need to talk to Dr. Karev for a second."

Without waiting for a reply, she grabbed Alex's hand and dragged him into an on-call room. She closed the door and slapped him across the face.

"What the hell was that for?!" he yelled, rubbing his cheek.

"For being an asshole! And don't even pretend that you don't know what I'm talking about, Alex Karev!" she said, when he started to protest. "You told Addison that she wasn't your girlfriend! You got her all excited, and then you shatter her! Why would you do that? Maybe you're just another Mark Sloane, another manwhore. Maybe you get some kind of perverse pleasure from toying with women's emotions. If that's true, then congratulations, because you've officially shattered her heart. No, you know what? You took her heart that was shattered, started to glue it back together, then threw it down on the ground so it splintered into little tiny pieces, and then ran a steamroller over the little tiny pieces, effectively breaking every single part of her heart! And if you find that amusing, don't ever go anywhere near her again. Don't even look at her, because I will make you very, very sorry you ever did."

She stopped, and then continued, but in a more pondering tone, although she was still yelling, "Or are you afraid of a relationship? Because you're afraid of being the kind of guy who settles down? Yes, I talked to Ava, so don't even try to contradict me! Are you really that scared? Because I've got news for you, Karev. You are that kind of guy! You are the kind of guy to settle down! All you need to do is grow up a little, so grow the hell up," she calmed down enough towards the end to speak the end, which was actually more effective than the yelling. Then she yanked the door open and strode out, leaving a shocked Alex in her wake.


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