Alright the long awaited confrontation. Some of you might want to throw their computers (or at least something) at me when you finish reading this chapter… I apologize in advance, I just want to add a little twist in case I've decided to pursue a sequel for this.

ADDISON'S POV

Ok. I'm here. Standing infront of room 315. Where the occupant is the man I love, who have been beaten by my ex boyfriend and soon to be ex friend. Knowing Mark, he won't settle for a punch or two. How, why exactly did this happen? Everything was fine when I left the hospital yesterday. I mean sure, by the time I was going to leave, I've noticed that there was a lot of nurses gathering by the supply closet, not that that's unusual or new, the nurses on the surgical floor are attracted to gossips. One whispered word and they'll be making it as the headline of another never ending and entertaining gossip.

That's fine though, no one can really blame the nurses. They're tired as much as we are, doing way more duty hours than us, I guess gossiping serves as their outlet in releasing stress – ok quit stalling and just enter the damn room. I thought as I knock, not waiting for a reply and just walk in the room, expecting a bloody mess that is Alex Karev.

Imagine my surprise when I walked in and found him not quite the bloody picture, I was imagining him to be, but an image of a normal, typical, even relaxed Alex Karev. With a remote in hand and watching WWE Raw. He look a litlle surprised when he saw me and turned off the TV.

"You're okay?" I ask, rolling my eyes at the absurdity of my obvious question.

"I mean Derek said Mark beat you?"

"He did."

"oh"

"Can you leave now please? I'm trying to watch my show." He said motioning to the remote in his hand.

"What?!" I just stood there speechless and a little hurt. Here I was knee deep in worry for him and he'll casually dismiss me just like that?

"I said can you—"

"I heard what you said. I just don't know the reason why the hell would you want me to leave? Did you know, I've waited for two hours at Joe's last night? Wondering what happened to you, what's so important that you didn't show up for our 'talk'. Then I've found out from my ex husband that you have been beaten up by ex boyfriend and seeing as your fine and conscious, you can watch TV but you cannot, for the life of me, dial my number or even have the least amount of decency to send me a message for me to, I don't know, not wait on you. Did you think about that huh Alex? I think I deserve that much of a courtesy from you." I ended my tirade and saw him flushed at my words.

"Finish now?" He said coldly, as he turned on the TV.

What the hell? It's one thing to make me wait but to be ignored like this. That's enough. This is the last straw. "At the risk of being redundant, this needs to be said, I've been worried sick when I found out what happened to you, and I've not gone for all the trouble and stress for you to give you the right to ignore and insult me, I want to know why the hell are you acting like this with me? And I won't go anywhere, not until you gave me an answer" He looks at me warily, probably determining how serious my last statement was.

"I got all day Karev This is your chance, I'm giving you a way out here, you might as well take it." I raised an eyebrow to let him know how serious I am.

He sighed. "I can't be friends with you anymore. In fact I don't want anything to do with you. Partly because, did you notice I've been hospitalized twice already in a month? Not that it's any of your fault. And mainly and I guess the true reason for this is Sloan's right. I don't deserve you. You shouldn't have come here much more forgive me. Because what I did –"

"Almost"

"Excuse me?"

"You almost did it. You didn't actually finish the deed per say."

"Even so, I felt no difference. As I was saying –"

"And what did Mark said that actually made the Alex Karev I know listen to him? I didn't know you two were close. Enough to tell him what happened?"

"We're not. Close that is. And could you let me finish what I'm saying before---"

"Huh, then how did Mark knew?"

"Stop interrupting me!"

"You stop! I'm tired of this talk Alex. I've heard it time and time again Alex. You blaming yourself, not accepting that I have indeed forgiven you. If you feel the need to talk about that, then we'll discuss it later. First, tell me how did Mark get a hold of this information.

He mumbled something about me and bossy but I really can't quite piece it up. "He heard it. He heard our second conversation in the supply closet."

Well. That made sense. What with most of the nurses gathering outside the supply closet—Oh God I could have prevented this. I could have, instead I was too excited and giddy in the thought of spending time with Alex that I've never really notice what the fuss was all about.

"I'm sorry" I blurted out as I look at him.

"What?!" He looked shock. Scandalous even. "No, no, it's my fault Addison. You have nothing to be sorry about."

"If I didn't drag you out there to talk. If I just—"

"Stop it! Hell why can't we just stay in one topic, huh? It's nobody's fault. Mark is just in the wrong palace at the wrong time. Let's just leave it at that.

I frowned, not really liking his suggestion but conceding on it nonetheless.

"Can you leave now and just let me rest?"

"Uh! Stop making me leave already! Don't you understand? I'm not leaving here untl we've finish talking." I sat just beside him in the bed to make my point. "Now I know that you have trouble accepting the fact that what you ALMOST did to me is forgiven. Not forgotten mind you but forgiven."

"I uh…" He stammered and looked away from me.

"I will, can never forget it. I'll tell you that. But I trust the man I love—" I cupped his chin forcing him to look at me and continued "not to hurt me again, both physically and emotionally"

"Love?"

"Yes and for your information, since I know you love me too, it's best, in this situation, to say how you really feel about me." I smiled when I felt his hands caress mine which is still cupping his face.

"You got one thing right."He said with a grin.

"Yeah?"

"Yup. In times like this, when you got a woman as beautiful as you proposing her undying love aaw—" He stopped a bit when my fingers 'accidentally' pulled his ear.

"Get to the point Karev."

He suddenly turned serious and leaned towards me "I do love you Addison and I promise you, I will never, never make the mistake of hurting you ever again. I swear." And with that I felt his breathe next to mine and, inch by inch our lips met and just before we kiss…

"What the hell is going on?!"

(dandandan… Yup Mistake is finish. Planning on a sequel? Maybe. Who ask the last question? It's up to you. May it be the Chief, Mark, or even Derek… Some of you want an Alex/Mark/Addison confrontation? You might get it in the next installment of Mistake entitled Making the Same Mistake All Over Again (if I had the time). And abput rendezvous? How many of you want to see that fic to be continued?

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