A/N: This story is really AU. Just a couple of things to help you out. For the purposes of this story Addison and Alex are the same age, and Alex and Mark are friends. I'm not entirely sure where it is going to go but I have a few ideas. Please let me know if it's worth continuing.
Chapter 1 – Girls Night In
Present Day Seattle
Addison had moved to Seattle one week ago. She hadn't started work yet but had met some of her co-workers at her old Mentors house when Richard hosted a dinner for her and Derek. Richard wanted to make the new additions to his surgical team feel very welcome.
Addison immediately hit it off with Chief Resident Miranda and her 2IC Callie. A few nights before Addison and Derek were to start work Miranda and Callie invited Addison out for a girl's night. Derek too was spending the night with some of the male colleges he had met at Richard's house.
"So Addison tell us how you and Derek met."
"Oh we met in high school."
"Ahh High School sweethearts. That's so adorable." Miranda said.
"No No not exactly." Addison said laughing. "Derek was my best friend. We were both band geeks. Then after we both had disastrous dates and brief relationships, we kinda just thought we should give it a shot as a couple. I mean we already were best friends and knew everything about each other it was just the next logical step."
"Oh well that's not romantic." Callie said.
"No I guess it's not." Addison said looking down at her drink.
Sensing that Addison was now uncomfortable with the comment, Miranda tried to amend. "But hey romance is over rated and I'm sure you love each other very much."
"Oh we do. No one in the world makes me feel safe like Derek does. You know he has always been there for me. We are very comfortable together." Addison said with a shrug of her shoulders and another sip of her drink.
"So did you lose your virginity to him too?" Callie asked forever nosy.
"Callie!" Miranda admonished.
"No it's okay." Addison said with another laugh.
"Soooo." Callie continued.
"No it wasn't Derek."
"Ahh. So give us details. I can tell you mine was horrible. I was in High school. I had been dating him for a short time. It was all slopping kissing and fumbled hands it was just awful." Callie said laughing.
"Mine wasn't much better. First year of college, I got drunk and woke up next to a strange guy. I don't remember anything." Miranda added.
"Oh." Addison said remembering her first time.
"So what about yours?" Callie kept prying.
"I was on vacation in Florida. It was the summer before College was to start. I met a guy there and we spent the holiday together."
"So what happened?" Miranda asked thinking Addison's story sounded a little better than hers and Callie's.
"Oh it was a long time ago. I don't remember all the details. We hung out, had sex, then when the holidays were over he went back to Ohio to start college and I went to Harvard to start college. I never heard from him again."
"Men! They just use you, don't they?" Callie said.
"Some do. Not Derek. He is a nice guy, safe and decent. I'm very lucky." Addison said.
Callie and Miranda just looked at each other, both acknowledging that their new friend was trying to convince herself more than them that if was okay to settle for safe, forget about passion, lust, desire and that all consuming love.
"So do you ever wonder what happened to the guy from the summer?" Miranda asked, wanting to know more about the holiday romance.
"I've tried not to think about it. He broke my heart, my stupid naive heart. I was 18 years old what the hell did I know about love. I was an easy target for him. He was my age but much worldlier than me, I guess I was just another notch in his belt. He probably doesn't even remember me." Addison finished sadly. All these years later why did it still bother her? Because so much more happened than meeting your first love and losing your virginity.
Many years ago – Florida
Addison and Naomi walked into the beach side diner and sat down. Both girls were so excited, it was the first time either of them had been away from home before without their parents. True they were staying with Naomi's grandmother but they could do as they pleased as long as they were home by midnight. Not that Grandma would be waiting up for them.
A rough and masculine guy about their age walked over and handed them a menu. Addison felt her hands get all clammy and when he looked at her and asked for her order she stammered out a response. Naomi looked at her strangely and ordered her own food.
"Are you okay? You look really pale." Naomi said.
"My God did you see him?" Addison asked softly not wanting to get caught by the very handsome guy who handed their order to the cook.
"Oh Addison you can't be serious."
"What?"
"He was the tough, cool guy at school. We don't like those guys Addie."
"I know, someone like that wouldn't look at me. He was probably popular at school, on some sports team or something. He probably dates a cheerleader, not the girl who plays clarinet."
"Yeah, so get over it. Besides you know I think you should give Derek a chance when we get home."
"Don't be stupid. Derek is my best friend, apart from you of course. I don't look at Derek like that and I'm sure he doesn't look at me like that."
"Chicken Caesar Salad for you." The waiter said as he put Naomi's food down. "And the Thai Beef Salad for you." He said to Addison smirking.
"Ah um thank you." Addison stammered.
"You're welcome." He said winking as he walked away.
Addison froze, she couldn't speak or move. Naomi rolled her eyes before saying "Addie really get a grip, he is just playing with you."
"Yeah I know, he is just so so... out of my league." Addison sighed as she began to move her fork around her salad. Her stomach was in knots and there was no way she could eat her food.
Later that day as the sun was starting to set the girls were walking along the beach, on their way home to get changed for a night out. Addison spotted the sexy guy from the diner walking towards her with what she assumed to be one of his friends. It was even harder to concentrate as he got closer as he had on a pair of board shorts and no shirt. He had an amazing body and Addison began to blush as she imagined what it would be like to touch him.
As he approached her, he began to smile, that cocky, sexy arrogant smile that made her even more nervous.
"Hey." He said casually.
"Hi" she replied.
"Are you guys doing anything tonight?" He asked.
"We don't even know your name." Naomi replied snootily.
"Well I can fix that. I'm Alex and this is my friend Mark."
Naomi glared at him. He was dangerous. She had never seen her friend react the way she did when she laid eyes on Alex today. This could only end badly.
"I'm Addison and this is Naomi." Addison finally found her tongue and decided to pull it together. If she ever wanted to shed the band geek image here was her chance. Alex didn't know she was a band geek, he also didn't know she used to wear braces or that she came from a wealthy Manhattan family. So here in Florida was her chance to be the girl who maybe got the cool guy.
"Good to meet you. We are having a party at the beach around 10.00 tonight if you wanna drop by." Alex said casually. He had to maintain his cool exterior even if inside he was thinking just how beautiful the red head was who stood in front of him.
Present Day
It was getting late and the girls were very drunk. It seemed that Miranda and Callie had embraced the new OB/GYN Attending and Addison decided that the move to Seattle might be just what she needed. Derek had wanted to get out of New York for some time and Addison agreed it was time for a change. Who knows it might even be time to start a family she had been putting it off for a few years now.
The girls got into a cab and went back to Addison's place to continue talking and drinking. They ordered some Chinese food and talked more about relationships and men.
"Do you want to know something really sad?" Addison asked.
"What's that?" Miranda asked.
"I still remember everything about him."
"Who?" Callie asked.
"Holiday fling." Miranda snapped. As tough as the chief resident was she was a sucker for a tragic romance story and it seemed as though Addison had lived it. "Keep up Torres." She added.
Addison began laughing. This woman was hilarious and she just knew that they would become really close all three of them.
"Oh okay. So tell us what you remember. Would you remember him if you seen him again?" Callie asked.
"Oh without question. He was the sexiest guy I have ever met. He was so confident and cocky. He was just ahh so amazing. I remember thinking I had died and gone to heaven after the first time he kissed me. It was incredible."
"God that sounds good. I want to hear the whole story. I want to work out what happened." Callie said with a sigh.
"You won't be able to. I tried for years. I eventually saw reason and gave up." Addison said in between mouthfuls of Chinese food."
"Come on you can't just leave it there. We want more details." Miranda said.
"Not tonight. But I will tell you another night maybe." Addison said hopeful that they could do this again.
"Definitely." Callie said.
"So what was his name?" Miranda asked not wanting to stop hearing details about the mystery man.
"His name is Alex Karev." Addison said with a sigh.
Callie and Miranda looked at each other. Oh shit. It couldn't be? Could it?
A/N: So there you go. I would appreciate it if you would tell me what you think. Thanks for reading!! I know Addison seemed a little needy when she was younger, but don't worry you will see her toughen up.