Chapter 2

"Hi mummy" Lydia smiled running up to her mother

"Hi sweetie," April said picking up her 4-year-old daughter, squeezing her tightly, causing her to giggle

"Did you have a good day today mummy?" Lydia asked

"Yes, I did, and looks like you had a good one too, what happened to your hair?" April asked noticing that her daughter's curly reddish hair was no longer in the pigtails she had it in earlier that day.

"I was playing princesses and the tiara couldn't fit on my head, so I took my bows off" she simply said brushing her crazy curls out of her face

"Go get your things, time for us to go," April said

Lydia jumped off her mother and ran over to the area where her little pink bag pack was.

"Hey Kepner" April heard, causing her to get a little startled.

She wasn't expecting anyone to see her here. She turned around seeing Callie standing there and Jo standing right behind her. April mentally slapped herself, she should have expected Callie to be here, she has Sophia.

"Oh, hey Callie" April awkwardly smiled

"Hi Dr. Kepner!" Jo grinned and waved

"Hi Dr. Wilson," April said caught off guard by the former intern's giddy outburst

"Pregnant lady hormones," Callie said seeing the look on April's face

"Oh," April said then noticing the small bump showing under her sweater

"So what are you doing here?" Callie asked

"Oh......um..." April began but was cut off by her daughter

"I'm ready mummy," she said running up to her mother

"Awwww who's this cutie?" Jo asked bending over resting her palms on her knees

"Uh...this is my daughter Lydia" April nervously said

"Hi Lydia, I'm Dr. Wilson" Jo smiled at the little girl

"Hi" Lydia smiled

"And I'm Dr. Torres. I like your curls by the way" Callie smiled

"Thank You!" Lydia said in her little cute voice, smiling back

"Awww, she is too cute! Matthew must've been really happy when you had her" Callie smiled

"Yeah he was," April said with a nervous laugh, then grabbed her daughter's hand "Well we have to get going, See you guys tomorrow"

"Wait you have an apartment here already?" Callie asked before she could leave

"Uh no, we stay at a hotel" she replied

"You can't stay at a hotel with a child, they get bored," Callie said

" Yeah, why don't come stay with Alex and I?" Jo asked

"Oh no, I don't want to invade your and Alex's space," April said

"No, it's ok. It's Meredith's old house, so there's a lot of space" Jo insisted

"Uh I don't know," April said

"Well at least think about it," Jo said

"Ok, I will" April smiled "Better get going, bye"

With that April and Lydia left the daycare and headed straight to their hotel.

Over at Joe's, Alex sat on the stool, waiting on his friend to arrive. After an hour of waiting, Jackson finally showed up.

"You're late," Alex said once Jackson took his seat on the stool next to him.

"Surgery went a little longer than I thought," Jackson said

"Oh, thought you were somewhere with April.......Catching up" Alex said using air quotations on the last part

"So you've heard," Jackson said

"Man the whole hospital knows," Alex said "You know the nurses are making bets on you guys"

"Bets?" Jackson asked frowning his eyebrows

"Yeah, how long it will take for you two to have sex" Alex smiled

Jackson rolled his eyes "You're in on it aren't you?"

"50 bucks on you hit it in 2 weeks" Alex grinned "Don't let me down Avery"

"We're not gonna hook up" Jackson defended

"Lies.com" Alex simply said

"I'm really not gonna hook up with her" Jackson said

"Dude we all know you still have feelings for her"

"How?"

"First off........her Wedding" Alex reminded

Jackson sat there and remembered April and Matthew's wedding day....

FLASHBACK

Jackson sat in his seat, watching as the bridesmaids, which included April's sisters and Mathew's sister, walk up the aisle.

"They look beautiful," Stephanie said, she was sitting right to him

"I know right," Jo said, who was sitting between her and Alex

As the two girls whispered about the bridesmaids, Jackson looked around the decorated church. It definably had that "Old fashion romance" thing going, something April always wanted.

He and Stephanie were officially a thing, and it would make sense to take her as his date to his best friend's wedding, even though deep down he didn't really want to go.

Then the introduction to "Here comes the bride" began, and everyone stood up and looked towards the door, eager for April's entrance. The door opened and low gasps were heard.

April stood there, with her father Joe by her side. Her off the shoulder jeweled white dress had summoned the low gasps. Her hair was pulled back and up, and pinned together to make a unique pattern. Resting on top of it was her vial, which was attached to the small tiara at the front of her head. The settle pink colour on her lips and cheeks did wonders to her face.

They started walking up the aisle, in sync with the music. Jackson stared, taking all the beauty in. April slowly walked, keeping her eyes on Matthew at the front. She was doing it, she was getting married to Matthew, today! To say she was nervous was an understatement. Her mother told her it was normal, all brides get nervous on their wedding day. She wanted to believe it, but she couldn't help but think that these nerves were because of the one person that kept popping up her head. 

Jackson. 

She tried to get him off her mind as she walked down the aisle, and focus Matthew. But then her eyes met with his pretty blue/green ones. He was staring at her, hard, and she couldn't help but stare back.

Jackson felt his stomach turn once her eyes met his. He could tell that she was nervous. They continued to stare until she reached his bench. Then he smiled at her. He felt like he needed to. He felt like he needed to assure her that what she was doing was right and that he was happy for her. She gave back an accepting smile like she knew what he meant by his.

She finally got to the front. Her dad handed her over to Matthew before taking his seat.

As the proceedings went on, Jackson couldn't help but think that this could have been them, that this SHOULD have been them. The feeling of regret showed its head again, after trying to hide it for the past 2 months. If she was pregnant, that could have been them, if he didn't break up with her, that could have been them. If he had just given her one reason, that would have been them.

It was now time for the vows.

"Do you Matthew, take April to be your lawful wedded wife?" the pastor asked

"I do," Matthew said smiling

"And do you April take Matthew to be your lawful wedded husband?"

April took a deep breath and closed her eyes. She seemed to be hesitating to give an answer. The expression on Matthew's face changed.

Jackson stared, wondering why she was taking so long to say it. He found himself wanting her to say no. And when she didn't, he found himself feeling hurt, more hurt than he expected to feel.

"I do," April said, causing the smile to reappear on Matthew's face

"By the power vested in me, by God and the state of Washington, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride!"

The room cheered and clapped as Mathew leaned down and kissed April. Jackson couldn't help the unhappy look than surfaced. The two then turned and faced their guests. Jackson's quickly changed his expression when April's eyes were on him once more. He put on a smile on his face and clapped along with everyone else. April stared at him, she recognized that smile. It was the same one he did when Matthew did his flash mob proposal. The smile he did to fool people into thinking he was happy when he really wasn't.

END of FLASHBACK

"Dude you had this bummed out look on your face. I saw it, Jo saw it, I think even Stephanie saw it" Alex said, telling the story of what he saw that day

"It was just a look" Jackson explained

"Then why didn't you show up at the reception?" Alex asked

"I wasn't feeling good" he lied

He couldn't find it in himself to go watch the woman he loved be all happy and married with someone else. He couldn't bear to see the butterflies and the "Mint to Be" mints.

"Yeah right. You didn't go because you couldn't stand to see her with paramedic dude," he said

"That was 5 years ago Ok? I don't have feelings for her"

"If you say so" his friend replied, not believing a word he said

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