Love Will Come Through
Title: Love Will Come Through
Pairing: Alex/Addison
Chapter Six
“What was I thinking?” Addison wanted to scream at herself as she opened her eyes to find Alex’s naked body beside her. She never thought she’d be the one who slept with inappropriate men, first Mark, now Alex. She thought about her life and all of its many complexities as she slowly crawled out of Alex’s bed, thankful that she didn’t wake him in the process.
Once she was safely out of his bed, taking a sheet with her, she began scanning the floor for her dress. A tiny layer of light escaped through the curtains which gave her enough of a lamp to see her dress lying not so innocently under Alex’s shirt and tie.
She picked the shirt up and glanced at the man who went out of his way to dress up for her. Despite her growing protests she realized that she could care for him. She quickly shook her head at the thought; she couldn’t bring herself to drag someone else into her mess of a life, even if the sex had been great.
She put the shirt back and while slipping her dress on, hit her elbow on his dresser. She cried out in pain, but stopped herself when she saw Alex stir. She placed her hand over her mouth until he stopped moving. Sighing a breath of relief that she hadn’t wakened him, she slowly tiptoed out of the room, and finally out of his house.
--
Addison had managed to avoid Alex for the most part of the day. She turned corners whenever he so much as looked her way. Guilt shook her as she pressed her back against the door to her office.
The rest of her day was spent mostly in the OR, that is until Alex pulled her into the stairwell, looking as angry as she had expected him to.
Looking into his eyes, she could see that as angry as he was, he was equally hurt. “You left.” He started. “When I woke up, you were gone.”
“Alex…” It seemed like a plea as his name rolled off her tongue, a plea for him to not put her through this right then.
“No. You left, and I know why you left, because you thought it was a mistake right? You sleeping with me, it was mistake.” His stare was intense, and Addison could practically feel the pain he emitted through his voice. Once Alex was finished with what he was saying, he turned to walk away, but for some reason, she found herself reaching out to grab him.
“Alex.” He stopped, but refused to turn around, so she went around to meet his eyes. “I’m sorry. I can’t begin to say how sorry I am … I-” she shook her head, unable to express what she was feeling.
“I get it alright, you’re hot and everything, but you’re not attracted to me. That’s fine. There are plenty more fish in the sea that are just as hot.” Casting her one last glance, he removed his hand from her grasp and left, leaving Addison feeling somewhat rejected.
--
Alex stared at the surgery taking place before him with nothing more than mild interest. His thoughts were solely on the woman who made his mind reel. He hadn’t meant to hurt Addison by what he had said; he was angry, angry that she seemed embarrassed by sleeping with him.
“Okay, what is wrong with him?” Izzie’s voice asked the other interns around her. Alex suddenly broke his thoughts and looked at Izzie. “Nothing.” He said disbelievingly.
Izzie raised an eyebrow as she said, “Seriously Alex, there are worse things than admitting you miss gynie.”
Alex’s head shot up. “What? I don’t miss working with Addison, wh-why would you say that I miss working with Addison?” He rambled defensively.
Izzie eyed him, as well as Meredith and Christina and Izzie said, “First of all, I didn’t say that you missed working with Addison, and second of all when did you start calling Dr. Montgomery, Addison?” The last part of Izzie’s question came more rushed than the beginning which had Alex feeling like he was being interrogated.
They all eyed him suspiciously until Christina, clearly over waiting for Alex to explain, asked, “Speaking of Montgomery, did you hear about her running through the hospital like a madwoman?”
This produced an astonished “What?” from both Meredith and Izzie. Alex however looked at them with furrowed brows and asked a serious, “What are you talking about, when?”
Christina looked at him curiously while answering, “Yesterday I think, why so interested?”
“Yeah Alex?” Izzie asked. Meredith merely chuckled at the turn of events.
He looked nervously at the women in front of him. “No reason, it’s just she seemed weird yesterday.”
They seemed to critique him before Izzie agreed. “You know, she did seem weird yesterday.” Her eyes however, remained on Alex as he said, “I just remembered I had to find someone.”
After he was gone, Izzie muttered under her breath, “He’s acting weird too.”
--
“You couldn’t go through with it could you?”
Addison sighed heavily as she removed her glasses. “Mark, you really have the worst timing. Couldn’t you just respect the fact that I don’t want to talk to you?”
“Couldn’t you just respect the fact that I do?” He replied smugly.
“Please.” For the fist time that day, she faced him, looking him straight in the eye.
Instead of granting her wish, he asked, “So what was it that made you change your mind? It wouldn’t be because of which day it was would it?”
Any idiot could see that she was on the verge of crying, Mark though took it as his chance to get back at her.
“Dr. Montgomery, we need you.” Addison turned at the voice of Callie and the words that saved her from nearly breaking down in front of her colleagues. Without so much as muttering a simple ‘good-bye’ to Mark, she walked with Callie.
“So where is this surgery?” She asked, as she tried her best to compose herself. Instead of answering, Callie pulled her into an on-call room. “Hey what do you think you’re-”
Once they were inside, Callie cut her off by saying, “Spill.”
Sighing, Addison sat on the edge of one of the beds. “There’s nothing to-”
Cutting her off once again, Callie said, “That’s bullcrap, and I’m saying this as a friend, I’m worried about you. Just this morning I heard a rumor about a crazy woman running through the halls, and now I find you almost crying while talking with Sloan. So?” Sitting herself next to Addison, Callie readily awaited her answer.
“Thank you … for being so … demanding as a friend. But I’m fine, really.” Callie gave her a look saying that she obviously didn’t believe her and Addison gave in. “Okay, I’m not fine. I’m even more not-fine today.”
“Oh no. What’d you do?”
“Alright, but no judging. In this case, you aren’t one to judge because you’re doing the exact same thing with O’Malley.” She said, needing a verbal okay before she continued.
“What do you … oh.” Callie said, as her eyes grew wide. “Oh!”
Addison quickly shushed her.
“So you? And an intern? Who?”
Casting a shameful glance downwards she answered, “Karev.”
“I knew it!” Callie said excitedly. She stopped however when she saw the look on Addison’s face. “Oh. This wasn’t one of those drunken mistakes right? Because I seriously don’t see you jumping onto the bandwagon.”
Groaning Addison shook her head. “No, unfortunately there was no alcohol within the vicinity. I was perfectly sober, except…”
“Except?” Callie asked, urging her to continue.
Addison faced her and said, “Except for the fact that I slept with Alex Karev.”
Pairing: Alex/Addison
Chapter Six
“What was I thinking?” Addison wanted to scream at herself as she opened her eyes to find Alex’s naked body beside her. She never thought she’d be the one who slept with inappropriate men, first Mark, now Alex. She thought about her life and all of its many complexities as she slowly crawled out of Alex’s bed, thankful that she didn’t wake him in the process.
Once she was safely out of his bed, taking a sheet with her, she began scanning the floor for her dress. A tiny layer of light escaped through the curtains which gave her enough of a lamp to see her dress lying not so innocently under Alex’s shirt and tie.
She picked the shirt up and glanced at the man who went out of his way to dress up for her. Despite her growing protests she realized that she could care for him. She quickly shook her head at the thought; she couldn’t bring herself to drag someone else into her mess of a life, even if the sex had been great.
She put the shirt back and while slipping her dress on, hit her elbow on his dresser. She cried out in pain, but stopped herself when she saw Alex stir. She placed her hand over her mouth until he stopped moving. Sighing a breath of relief that she hadn’t wakened him, she slowly tiptoed out of the room, and finally out of his house.
--
Addison had managed to avoid Alex for the most part of the day. She turned corners whenever he so much as looked her way. Guilt shook her as she pressed her back against the door to her office.
The rest of her day was spent mostly in the OR, that is until Alex pulled her into the stairwell, looking as angry as she had expected him to.
Looking into his eyes, she could see that as angry as he was, he was equally hurt. “You left.” He started. “When I woke up, you were gone.”
“Alex…” It seemed like a plea as his name rolled off her tongue, a plea for him to not put her through this right then.
“No. You left, and I know why you left, because you thought it was a mistake right? You sleeping with me, it was mistake.” His stare was intense, and Addison could practically feel the pain he emitted through his voice. Once Alex was finished with what he was saying, he turned to walk away, but for some reason, she found herself reaching out to grab him.
“Alex.” He stopped, but refused to turn around, so she went around to meet his eyes. “I’m sorry. I can’t begin to say how sorry I am … I-” she shook her head, unable to express what she was feeling.
“I get it alright, you’re hot and everything, but you’re not attracted to me. That’s fine. There are plenty more fish in the sea that are just as hot.” Casting her one last glance, he removed his hand from her grasp and left, leaving Addison feeling somewhat rejected.
--
Alex stared at the surgery taking place before him with nothing more than mild interest. His thoughts were solely on the woman who made his mind reel. He hadn’t meant to hurt Addison by what he had said; he was angry, angry that she seemed embarrassed by sleeping with him.
“Okay, what is wrong with him?” Izzie’s voice asked the other interns around her. Alex suddenly broke his thoughts and looked at Izzie. “Nothing.” He said disbelievingly.
Izzie raised an eyebrow as she said, “Seriously Alex, there are worse things than admitting you miss gynie.”
Alex’s head shot up. “What? I don’t miss working with Addison, wh-why would you say that I miss working with Addison?” He rambled defensively.
Izzie eyed him, as well as Meredith and Christina and Izzie said, “First of all, I didn’t say that you missed working with Addison, and second of all when did you start calling Dr. Montgomery, Addison?” The last part of Izzie’s question came more rushed than the beginning which had Alex feeling like he was being interrogated.
They all eyed him suspiciously until Christina, clearly over waiting for Alex to explain, asked, “Speaking of Montgomery, did you hear about her running through the hospital like a madwoman?”
This produced an astonished “What?” from both Meredith and Izzie. Alex however looked at them with furrowed brows and asked a serious, “What are you talking about, when?”
Christina looked at him curiously while answering, “Yesterday I think, why so interested?”
“Yeah Alex?” Izzie asked. Meredith merely chuckled at the turn of events.
He looked nervously at the women in front of him. “No reason, it’s just she seemed weird yesterday.”
They seemed to critique him before Izzie agreed. “You know, she did seem weird yesterday.” Her eyes however, remained on Alex as he said, “I just remembered I had to find someone.”
After he was gone, Izzie muttered under her breath, “He’s acting weird too.”
--
“You couldn’t go through with it could you?”
Addison sighed heavily as she removed her glasses. “Mark, you really have the worst timing. Couldn’t you just respect the fact that I don’t want to talk to you?”
“Couldn’t you just respect the fact that I do?” He replied smugly.
“Please.” For the fist time that day, she faced him, looking him straight in the eye.
Instead of granting her wish, he asked, “So what was it that made you change your mind? It wouldn’t be because of which day it was would it?”
Any idiot could see that she was on the verge of crying, Mark though took it as his chance to get back at her.
“Dr. Montgomery, we need you.” Addison turned at the voice of Callie and the words that saved her from nearly breaking down in front of her colleagues. Without so much as muttering a simple ‘good-bye’ to Mark, she walked with Callie.
“So where is this surgery?” She asked, as she tried her best to compose herself. Instead of answering, Callie pulled her into an on-call room. “Hey what do you think you’re-”
Once they were inside, Callie cut her off by saying, “Spill.”
Sighing, Addison sat on the edge of one of the beds. “There’s nothing to-”
Cutting her off once again, Callie said, “That’s bullcrap, and I’m saying this as a friend, I’m worried about you. Just this morning I heard a rumor about a crazy woman running through the halls, and now I find you almost crying while talking with Sloan. So?” Sitting herself next to Addison, Callie readily awaited her answer.
“Thank you … for being so … demanding as a friend. But I’m fine, really.” Callie gave her a look saying that she obviously didn’t believe her and Addison gave in. “Okay, I’m not fine. I’m even more not-fine today.”
“Oh no. What’d you do?”
“Alright, but no judging. In this case, you aren’t one to judge because you’re doing the exact same thing with O’Malley.” She said, needing a verbal okay before she continued.
“What do you … oh.” Callie said, as her eyes grew wide. “Oh!”
Addison quickly shushed her.
“So you? And an intern? Who?”
Casting a shameful glance downwards she answered, “Karev.”
“I knew it!” Callie said excitedly. She stopped however when she saw the look on Addison’s face. “Oh. This wasn’t one of those drunken mistakes right? Because I seriously don’t see you jumping onto the bandwagon.”
Groaning Addison shook her head. “No, unfortunately there was no alcohol within the vicinity. I was perfectly sober, except…”
“Except?” Callie asked, urging her to continue.
Addison faced her and said, “Except for the fact that I slept with Alex Karev.”