A Little Unsteady (A Grey's Anatomy Story)

Trust Me

                  

I woke up the next morning feeling like I had slept like a log all night. It was only when I sat up and realised who was beside me in the bed that I wished the ground would suddenly open and swallow me whole. What the hell was I thinking? Alex Karev! I mean seriously! He's my frickin boss!

"Morning" I heard his extremely sexy sleepy, morning voice but chose not to respond

He could see I was preoccupied by my thoughts.

"Listen, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to fall asleep. I would've left straight away if I knew you were uncomfortable" he said as he sat up and threw his legs out over the bed searching for his pants

I scoffed at his remark

"Great, just another intern ticked off your list. Good to know Dr Karev" I spat as I left the bed, and threw on my long grey t-shirt with NAVY printed in bold black letters on the front. It was my Dads.

"Hey, I didn't mean it like that Jamie. I just thought..." he said apologetically as he walked towards me

"Well you thought wrong Alex. Now please, I need to get ready for work. You should leave" I mumbled as I walked into the bathroom next to my bedroom

I heard some mumbles as Alex left the room then I heard his footsteps towards the front door of the apartment and then he was gone. I was such an idiot. Here I was thinking the stories about Alex couldn't have been true, that he was an obnoxious self-centred ass who only cared about himself. I thought he was super sweet and caring and the sex. Well the sex was awesome. How was I supposed to face him at work?

I entered the doors at Grey-Sloan memorial and made my way to the intern locker room. I changed into my scrubs then left to start my morning rounds. I grabbed the elevator up 3 floors and went to the nurse's station to grab one of the tablets with my patient files. I made my way down the hall but I soon realised I was heading straight towards the Attending's lounge and decided to do a complete 180 back towards the other patient rooms.

"You slept with him didn't you?" I jumped in fright as Dr Grey's smug tone came from nowhere

"Good morning Dr Grey" I chose to ignore her comment "I'm just starting on rounds on your patients"

"You slept with Alex Karev didn't you?" She repeated slyly knowing damn well I heard her the first time

"I don't know what you're talking about Dr Grey" I smiled sarcastically

"Oh of course you do. You got freaky with Alex last night because he came in this morning ranting about interns plus I saw you two leave for Joes last night and we all know what comes after alcohol" she smiled smugly

"A headache. That, Dr Grey, is what comes after alcohol" I replied sarcastically

"Sex, Dr Quinn. Sex is what comes after alcohol, more specifically, sex with your boss" Meredith giggled

"I believe this is none of your business Dr Grey" I mumbled, continuing to walk down the hall

"Oh please Quinn don't be like that" Meredith scoffed "Come on humour me. Clearly it didn't go well if the both of you are pissy" she laughed

"That's the thing!" I finally decided to give up and entertain her "It was amazing. Then I wake up this morning and decide to panic and then I'm a complete ass to him" I say shaking my head

"Then apologise, kiss and make up. He likes you Quinn, you should give him a chance" she said just as we were about to enter a patient's room

"Good morning Jacob" Dr Grey greeted her patient and his wife

"How are we this morning" she asked as she checked the machines surrounding him

"I didn't sleep much so I'm a little tired this morning Dr Grey" Jacob replied softly

"Dr Quinn, present please" Grey said as she looked up from the machines over at me

"Jacob Williams, 35 year old male suffering from Crohn's Disease for the last 4 years and is here for a resection of part of the small intestine to remove necrotic tissue." I delivered

"Ok Jacob, Dr Quinn here is going to prep you for surgery in a little while and we'll have you in and out of the OR in no time ok?" Dr Grey smiled

"Thank you Dr Grey" Jacob's wife acknowledged

Dr Grey and I left the room

"Can you take the rest of rounds yourself Dr Quinn? I need to go to Zola's recital, I promised her I wouldn't miss this one" Meredith asked 

"Of course Dr Grey" I nodded and smiled

"Great, see you later" she said turning to walk away "Oh and Quinn" she called back before leaving

"Yes Dr Grey?"

"Go talk to Alex"

I simply nodded and we both walked in our separate directions. What the hell was I supposed to say to him? I began walking down the hall and soon enough speaking to him was inevitable. I saw him coming up the hall and realised there was nowhere to hide.

"Jamie" I heard him call

"Yes Dr Karev, is there something I can do for you?" I tried my best to be polite

"Can you speak to me like a normal human being maybe?" Alex replied sarcastically

"Sorry" I huffed

Alex grabbed a hold of my white coat and pulled me into the on call room that was right next to us

"What happened? Did I piss you off this morning? I thought we had fun last night?" Alex questioned me after he had closed the door behind him

"We did have fun. It was great. That's the problem" I said

"I don't see how that's a problem Jamie" Alex said in confusion

"I had a great time and you were amazing, but I'm just an intern and this will only last about a week before you get bored and move on" I sighed

"Hey, hey I never said that" Alex whispered as he drew closer to me

"You didn't have to say it Alex. It's obvious, it's what you do." I said exasperated

"Jamie just give me a chance, don't listen to what everyone else is saying. Let me show you that you are not just some intern! Trust me" he said in a low tone as his face was directly opposite mine

"I trust you" I whispered, overwhelmed by his close proximity

He leaned in and his lips fell softly onto mine. It wasn't as intense as the last time, there was no rush behind it only soft, velvet ease. I wrapped my arms slowly around his neck as his arms snaked around my waist and he pulled me in closer until our bodies were touching.

We both took a step back, breathless after our encounter and I knew then that he deserved a chance. We both deserved a chance