A/N: Thanks to all of you for your kind reviews. I hope you to continue to enjoy this story. Again please if anyone has anything they would like to see happen please just let me know! Now I hope you enjoy Chapter 5

Chapter 5 – I don't like you or do I?Addison always believed that if she ever found out that what had happened between Alex and herself she would somehow be happy. That she would be able to put the past behind her. She was wrong, all it did was make her angry, bitter and cause her to spend a lot of time wondering "what if?"

Over the following month or so it had became increasingly difficult to be around him. She tried to be mature, she tried to be friendly but it seemed as though Alex was a little annoyed with her. Okay a lot annoyed with her. So she retaliated by being just as rude to him. Perhaps she had upset his world as he knew it too. So they went from being friendly, to being professional, and now they were situated at somewhere resembling hostile.

"Oh Dr Karev. What are you doing here?" Addison asked as she walked into the nursery.

"New born exams. What does it look like?" He replied as he continued to do basic tests on the babies.

"I can see that. I'm just surprised to see YOU doing them. Isn't that a job for a Resident not an Attending?"She replied rudely.

"Unlike you I'm not too busy with writing papers to be published for my patients."

"Sounds like jealousy to me."

"Keep tellin' yourself that. If that's what helps you sleep at night."

"Are you finished insulting me now?"

"What are you doing here? Surely you have sick women to look after." He said dismissing her question.

"That I do. However part of MY job is to oversee the tests done on newborn's."

"The Ped's department can look after them. No need for you to worry about it." He said still not looking up at her.

"Well Richard employed me to 'look after them' so I do need to 'worry about it.'"

"No Richard employed you to look after OB/GYN. Once the baby is born, Dr Shepherd they become my responsibility." Alex had stopped what he was doing and now looked directly at her.

"I think you will find we are supposed to consult on this." She said meeting his glare.

"Fine. I've completed half of them, you take the other half. If it's not going to interrupt with whatever paper it is you are working on."Alex said glaring at her before he walked out of the room.

Addison just stood open mouthed as he walked out of the nursery. Who the fuck does he think he is? He cannot speak to me like that.

Seeing her everyday had begun to really annoy him. He didn't know why exactly. He should be happy. He knew it was just a weird twist of fate as to what had happened all those years ago, when they both told there versions of the story he felt relieved. Now he was annoyed and pissed and seeing her nearly every day was not helping.

I really have to stop being so rude to her, but she just push's all of my buttons.

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"Okay. That's enough. Will you tell me what is going on with you?" Mark asked Alex over lunch in the cafeteria.

"Nothing." He replied.

"Alex, I'm not buying it. Just tell me."

"I just wish she would go back to New York." He mumbled.

"Addison?" Mark asked raising his eyebrows.

"Yeah."

"Why?"

"I just...I just don't want her here. Ever since she told me she tried to call...Agh I just can't seem to...to..."

"To what? Stop thinking about her. Wondering if things could have been different?"

"No!" He lied. Mark glared at him. "Oh alright yes."

"Dude you really have to get over this. She is married. Ordinarily I don't have a problem with sleeping with married women. You just don't do it if you know the husband, and given you know her husband I think it could get messy."

"That's not what I want."

"Oh you're going to sit there and tell me you don't want to sleep with her...again."

"Yes...I mean No...I mean okay yes I want to sleep with her again but I want...I want more."

"Fuck, you have it bad. Alright if that's what you want you should see if she wants that too, if so well it's easy she leaves the perfect husband for you. God knows why she would want to do that but hey it's your story." Mark finished with a smirk.

"Thanks for the support."Alex said sarcastically.

"Seriously though, I've never seen you like this about anyone else so if you think it's worth perusing then you should."

"Somehow the way I've been speaking to her lately, I doubt very much if she would sit at the same lunch table with me let alone anything else."

"Well then may I suggest you start with being a little nicer. You never know it might just work. By the way the whole angry, mean, I don't want to talk to you thing reeks of high school dude. Grow up." Mark said as he got up and left Alex sitting alone.

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Richard had called Addison into his office. Richard had heard on numerous occasions her arguing with Alex over everything from waiting or not waiting another 24 hours to operate to how fast a saline drip should run into a 12 hour old baby. To say Richard was less than impressed would have been an understatement. He knew both of them well and wanted to hear both sides of the argument before he told them to suck it up and get along.

"Do you want to tell me what the latest argument was about?" Richard asked.

"Richard, look I'm sorry he just won't listen. He has total disregard for my opinion and expertise."

"Look I know Alex and he is an extremely good Doctor I think he may be just engaging in a bit of a turf war. He doesn't want to let go. He is one of those people who likes to be in control of everything."

"Well so do I Richard, but I'm at least prepared to listen to his opinions even if I don't agree."

"It seems to me as though he says it's black so you say it's white. Why is that Addison? I have known you for a very long time and I know you don't let people get to you so why has he?"

"I haven't let him get to me." She lied. "He is just closed off and very hard to get along with. Maybe you should get him in here for an interrogation."

"I intend to. But please Addison try harder, don't make me regret my decision of appointing you in this position."

"You have got to be kidding me? You do know I could work anywhere? I don't need to be here Richard. Any hospital would love to have me and if you are going to take Alex Karev over me well fine you do that but it would be a mistake." Addison said in a very harsh tone as she got up from her chair.

"Addison sit back down!" Richard ordered. "Now do you want to tell me what the hell is really going on here?"

"Nothing. I just don't appreciate being told that my appointment to work here was a mistake."

"I never said that. Look I've never seen you like this, you are agitated and bitter that is not the Addison I know. Please tell me what is going on."

"Honestly Richard I'm fine. I'm sorry I will try to work things out with Dr Karev as long as he tries to meet me half way."

"Alright, I can see you aren't going to tell me anything. I will speak to Alex and explain the situation to him. Then I want the two of you to sort this out. Understood."

"Yes." Addison said nodding her head before she got up to leave his office.

Damn you Alex. What the hell are you doing to me?

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"Hey you got a minute?" Alex asked as he entered Addison's office.

"Sure. I'm guessing you spoke with Richard."

"I wouldn't exactly call it speaking; it was more like having my ass kicked." He said with a slight smile.

"If it makes you feel any better he did yell at me too." She said returning a slight smile.

"Yeah so, I promise I'm going to listen to your valued opinion and I'm sorry for behaving like a jerk ever since you got here."

"I'm sorry too. So does this mean we can try and get along?" Addison asked.

"Yeah, I mean we did get along well once before, I'm sure we can do it again."

"Of course. Look Alex my behaviour was immature and silly. Honestly seeing you again has totally thrown me for a loop. I just didn't know how to handle all the new information."

"I know me too. For so many years I believed one thing and it turned out to be something completely different. So I just didn't know how to deal with that."

"I know but how about we just try and put all of that behind us and move forward. We can work together and who knows we might even be able to be friends."

"I'm up for that. We were friends once. I'm sure we can pick it up again."

Addison gave him a curious look and a sly smile played on her lips. Before Alex continued. "Oh no I didn't mean like that. Oh god no I mean just friends. I'm not trying to pick up where we left off. I mean you're married and..."

"Alex its okay I was just joking. That was a long time ago. Goodness we have both moved on. I'm married and you... well you have legions of women to keep happy."

Oh great she thinks I'm a man whore fantastic.

"You shouldn't really listen to hospital gossip." Alex replied. The last thing Alex wanted was for Addison to think he was sleeping around with a different woman every night.

"Oh well I usually don't but hey I am a woman it's what we do.' She said trying to sound light.

"Okay. So we are good? I mean we can do this right."

"Yeah we are good and we can certainly do this."

"Truce?" Alex asked.

"Truce." Addison agreed nodding her head.

Addison extended her hand. Alex took it and shook it slightly. The feeling both of them felt was undeniable. They stood there looking into each other's eyes. Alex glanced at her lips. God she is so beautiful, I really just want to kiss her now.

Addison's heart rate increased and she felt her breath hitch, the look in his eyes and the way he looked at her lips made her feel things she had thought were gone. I'm not over him, I'm really not. I want to touch him again. It's like all of my fantasies are standing there right in front of me.

They stood like that for what felt like an eternity. She had to let go of his hand. She had to leave the room. Okay she had promised to work with him. She was going to fight the feelings of her stomach doing somersaults, fight the urge to reach up and kiss those lips.

Alex looked at her. She felt it too, he knew it. He remembered that look she had in her eyes, the look that told him she wanted him just as much. Alex knew she would fight it. She was a good person and she was married, she wouldn't do anything to jeopardise that. That didn't stop him having hope that maybe Mark was right. If they started getting along again that maybe just maybe she would see that even though they had spent years apart, they were in fact meant to be. I don't believe in the whole fate, signs and soul mate crap. That the universe is trying to tell us we should be together...but maybe oh fuck now I'm starting to sound like a chick. What is this woman doing to me??

Addison finally removed her hand from Alex's. "I should go. It's been a long day and I just want to get home."

"Yeah I think I might get going too."

"Well good night Alex."

"Good night Addison."

As Addison made her way to the door, she turned briefly and said. "I finished the new born exams you asked me to do. You can check over them if you like. See if you agree."

"I trust you Addison. I don't think I need to do that." He replied with a guilty smile.

"Okay then. I guess I will see you at some stage tomorrow."

"Yeah tomorrow. See you then."

Addison barely made it to the locker room. Her heart rate was still up and she felt overwhelming sadness. Not only were all these feelings rushing over her, feelings of want, need, desire and love. There was more to it. She was going to have to tell him at some point. That was going to be a hard conversation. After all these years he deserved to know the truth.

A/N: Ok I'm the first to admit that Alex is really out of character, but you know what I'm good with that because really, Alex needs some happiness. More importantly I need Addex and there is just so few of them around. So if you agree with me please be kind and review.