-+-+ Alex +-+-

Alex was already seated when he saw Jo approaching. He looked at her, really look at her because he hadn't had a chance to. What's weird toAlex is thay she looks familiar, maybe even sound familiar.

Maybe she's an actress on a tv or maybe a model, Alex can't point it out.

He then saw Brett giving him the eye, like he just killed his beloved pet cat. He doesn't understand the English guy, maybe he has a crush on Alex or something.

"Hey look who it is." Alex stated loudly for Jo to here. "Are you sure you're not stalking me John?" Alex smirked.

"Psssh. Yes, please yourself if you want, I don't care." Jo rolled her eyes.

"C'mon guys, join me?" Alex asked the three of them. They looked at each other but declined.

"Sorry, we're waiting for another one of Jo's friend." Camilla reasoned.

As if on cue, they realized what is going on and they agreed with Camilla, leaving Alex sitting alone on a huge table since the place is pretty much packed.

The three sat a few tables in front of Alex, giving Alex the perfect view to study Jo's beautiful face again. He might be creepy right now, but there's something extraordinary about her, and he wants to know her. Too bad, he'll return to seattle on sunday.

The waitress came over his table and gives him the menu. After making his choice, he calls the same waitress and ordered. Not too long after, his food came.

He was chomping his food away, not knowing Jo was looking at him discreetly.

Then his phone rang. He swallowed his food before he answered.

"Derek?" He asked, wondering why Derek would call him.

"Hey Karev, cancel your flight on sunday." Derek was about to say more but Alex cut him off.

"Why?"

"I was getting to that." Derek's voice has a hint of annoyance. "The University of Iowa's president, Dr. Garett Montgomery, called me earlier looking for you to ask you to lecture some Freshmen med students there. He gave me his number, you should talk to him. I'll give you another 3 days off starting sunday."

"Okay, text me his number." Alex responded feeling pretty shocked. Then he heard Derek hum in agreement on the other line and ended the call.

A moment later, his phone lit up and he decided to finish his dinner and call the President.

"Hello, This is Garett Montgomery." An older voice responded.

"Uh, hi. This is Dr. Alex Karev from SGMW hospital." Alex informed the man.

"Oh yes, Dr. Karev thank you for calling. Did Dr. Shepherd tell you about the lecture?"

"Yes, he did. I'm calling about further details." Alex puts his hand on his hips.

"Oh right, right." Garrett responded in a 'duh' tone. "Well the lecture is on monday, 8 am until lunch time or earlier. I know that you haven't picked a specialty yet but it's okay. All you need to do is to tell the freshmen about the basic things the surgeon does, show them how to perform an appendectomy and how to put central lines on patients."

"Alright, I can do that. Where's the venue?" Alex asked.

"Williams Building, room 507. I assume you know where that is?"

"Yeah. I'll see you there."

"Thank you very much Dr. Karev" Dr. Montgomery said. Alex ended the call. He decided to get back to his room to practice his speech and stuff he'll say on monday.

The next morning, Alex woke up early and went for a run in a nearby park. It has a little pour earlier today but it didnt stop him.

While running he was listening to Simple Plan's I Can wait forever and since it was pretty foggy and his mind was somewhere else, he didn't see someone bending over, causing his crotch to hit her butt and fall on the ground.

"I am so sorry! I didn't see you." He helped her up and didn't realize after a second later that it was Jo.

"Wow. And I thought I would never see you again." Jo laughed lightly.

"Well sorry Jim, I'll be here till Wednesday so you're stuck with me and my face until then." Alex grinned. What a way to start a day.

"Then it would be the worst 4 days of my life." Jo didn't realize that Alex and her are talking right in the middle of the road and didn't notice teenagers racing with their bicycles, but Alex saw it in his peripheral vision so he pulled Jo into him to avoid collision but he didn't notice the footwalk behind him causing both Jo and him to fall and their lips collided.

Jo realized what happened and got up instantly.

"I am so sorry!" Jo apologized but Alex just shrug off.

"I guess you're really into me." He joked and he was punched in the shoulder playfully.

"Ow."

Jo giggled. "Baby."

-+-+ Jo +-+-

The two decided to run together.

After their run, they sat on a bench, and wiped their sweat with the towel.

Jo's phone ring on his pocket, she saw it was Camilla.

"Hello?"

"Jo, I need your help right now, it's Brett. He just collapsed and I had to, I just had to..." Camilla said frantically.

"Whoa, slow down." Jo tried to calm her sister down. "What happened?"

"Brett, when I woke up this morning, he was lying on the bathroom floor, I called 911, they're not here yet but Im scared that he won't make it. I don't know what happened." Camilla was crying now.

"I went for a run and I'm at the park right now. I'm gonna be there in 10." Jo said calmly but she knows it doesn't help much.

"Ok."

Jo ran to the inn and Alex just followed.

She ran 3 flights of stairs because she doesn't want to wait for the elevator. She still hadn't noticed that Alex was following her.

When she reached Camilla's room, she saw Camilla right beside Brett.

She kneeled down and tried to listen to his breathing.

"Is everything okay?" Alex asked. Then he saw Brett's unconcious form and run to his room. Jo thought he was being a coward, maybe he thought Camilla killed Brett or something but he came back with a bag.

"Move." He ordered Jo and she did. He listened to his heart but it was weak. He asked the ladies to hold Brett sideways for him to check his back. He shook his head.

He rummaged into his back and found the scalpel.

"Whoa, what are you doing?" Jo asked looking at him like he was crazy.

"Do you have a pen?" Alex said.

"What?" Jo asked.

"Do you have a pen?" Alex repeated, louder this time.

Camilla rummaged through her bag and found a ball point pen. She gave it to Alex and she yelled loudly when she saw Alex sliced his skin near his throat.

A person next door to Camilla and Brett's room was disturbed with all the shouting and yelling so he decided to set them straight. It's 6 am for god's sake.

"Hey do you mind..." he didn't finished his sentence as soon as he saw Alex jab a ball point pen on Brett's throat.

Alex blew the ball pen and that causes Brett to finally breathe.

"Call 911 again. What's taking them so long?" Alex requested Jo to call.

"That was awesome." The neighbor grinned in awe and look at Alex.

"Next time, when you hear someone yelling for help. Help them."

The guy extended his hand ignoring Alex's coldness. "I'm Matthew, Matthew Taylor. I'm a Paramedic in training, I just started two days ago actually. I was hoping you could teach me that."

Alex looked at him, his brown eyes piercing through Matthew causing his grin to fade.

"This is not the time to learn." Alex said as he went back to his room to sterilize his scalpel.

Jo saw everything and if it wasn't Brett who Alex opened his throat, she would react like Matthew did. He can't blame the guy, it was awesome.

Jo knocked on Alex door and he opened it, shirtless. Yum.

"Come on in, I'll just grab a shirt to change." Alex said. Jo looked around and saw Alex's room was bigger than Camilla and Brett's.

"How much did you pay for this room?" Jo sat down and asked loudly so that Alex can hear from the bathroom.

Alex went out with a blue shirt on him and Jo suddenly wished that he would remove it again.

"About 75, I think. It's actually 90 but my aunt owns this place so I got a less." Alex said.

"Thank you." Jo blurted out. "For saving Brett."

"No problem. It's my job to save people." Alex shrugged as he sat down next to Jo on a small couch.

"So, you're a doctor?" Jo looked at him.

"Yeah, surgeon." Alex smiled and faced Jo.

"Really?" Jo asked in disbelief. "You don't look like a surgeon, you look like a hot mugger." Jo didn't mean for it to come out that way but as soon as she realizes it, her face turned five shades of red.

"So you admit it now?" Alex smirked. "That you're in love with me and you're stalking me?"

"Sure, why not?" Jo said sarcastically but it was partly true. Okay it was the truth. She does have feelings for him but not the stalking part.

"I might need to get a restraining order." Alex dramatically stood up and picked up his phone and 'dialed' the police. "Hello officer. Alex Karev here, yes, I'm calling to put a restraining order against this stalker of mine. Her name's Josh. Yes J-O-S-H." Alex said as Jo laughed so hard. "Thank you officer." He 'ended the call' for another dramatic effect.

Jo stood up and tried to punch Alex's arm but he avoided and said, "Stop! 1 mile restraining order!"

"Oh shut up Alex!" Jo laughed.

"How'd you even know my name? You probably stalked me when I was still a teenager." Alex laughed as Jo hugged him.

Alex and Jo went to the hospital together. Their closeness to each other as they ride a cab makes Jo's stomach churn with delight.

Then a phone call ruined the moment.

"Hello Iz?"