Jackson stood there staring at the little girl as she smiled up at him.

"Hi, I'm Lydia" she smiled

"Uh...hi" Jackson replied confused

"Are you here to see Dr. Alex?" Lydia asked

"Uh, yeah" he replied

"Lydia, what did I tell you about answering the door by yourself?" April scolded walking up to the door

She froze when she saw Jackson standing there. Did he come to see her? She hadn't mentioned to him that she was staying at Alex's.

Jackson's plan to watch the game and talk about April was now ruined.

"Mommy he's here to see Dr. Alex," Lydia said

Jackson's eyes widened as she said the word "mommy". April didn't mention she had a daughter.

"Hi" Jackson nervously said

"Hey Jackson" she nervously replied

"Mommy you know him?" Lydia asked

"Yes sweetie, he works at the hospital" April replied

"Are you a doctor too?" Lydia asked looking up at Jackson

"Yeah" he replied

"Lydia, go tell Dr. Alex that his guest is here" April instructed

"Ok" Lydia smiled running back into the house "Dr. Alex!!" she yelled

"Come in" April said stepping aside, allowing Jackson in

"Thanks" he said walking in

He took of his jacket and hung it in the small closet next to the door. Jackson followed April to the kitchen, where Lydia and Jo were making cookies.

"Hey Jo" Jackson said walking in

Jo looked up from the cookie dough she was mixing "Oh, hey Jackson" she smile

Alex walked into kitchen.

"Hey man" Alex greeted his friend

"Hey" Jackson replied

Alex walked over to the refrigerator, and pulled out a six pack of beer.

"Don't you think it's a little too late be making cookies?" Jackson asked

"I promised I'll bring a treat at daycare tomorrow" April replied "Lydia insisted that it be cookies"

"And she also insisted that she helps make it" Jo said guiding her as she mixed

"Game's about to start. Let's get away from all this estrogen" Alex said grabbing some potato chips from the cupboard. He walked over to the girls "Have fun making cookies" Alex said dipping his finger in the mixture.

"Ewww Alex" she said slapping his arm, causing Lydia to giggle.

Alex smirked walking out of the kitchen, into the living room, Jackson followed him. Once there, they took a seat on the couch. Once seated Jackson slapped Alex on the arm.

"Hey, what was that for?" Alex asked rubbing his arm

"Why didn't you tell me she lived here?" Jackson asked

"I didn't tell you? Must've slipped my mind" Alex lied

"Yeah right! This is part of your plan isn't it?" Jackson asked

"What plan?"

"To win the stupid bet!"

"Oh please, I forgot all about that bet"

Jackson rolled his eyes, ignoring the lie. He knew this was all about him trying to get him and April to hook up again.

"And why didn't you tell me she had a kid?" Jackson asked

"Thought you knew" Alex said

"Well I didn't"

Just then the game began. The two stopped talking and focused their attention on the game. 

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The first half of the game was over. It was good timing because their beer and chips were done.

"Dude, we need more beer and chips" Alex said

"And...?" Jackson asked

"Go get it" Alex instructed

"This is your house, you go get it" he replied

The two were tired from all the jumping and yelling at the T.V. Both were too lazy to get up and get more snacks. Just then Lydia came skipping into the living room with her pink Pajamas on, and her Teddy Bear in hand.

"Oooo Basketball" she said once she saw the players on the T.V screen

She ran up to the couch, jumping on it. She seated herself in the middle of the two doctors, grinning widely as she watched the T.V. Jackson and Alex looked at each other, then at her.

"Is that the Bulls and the Spurs?" Lydia asked remembering the names Alex told her

"Yep" Alex replied

"Who's winning?" Lydia asked again

"The Spurs" Alex annoyingly replied

"Is that a good thing?" she asked noticing his not so happy tone

"No it's not" he replied

"Yes it is" Jackson said smiling

"Why is it a bad thing?" she asked Alex

"Cause the Spurs are stupid" Alex replied

Lydia gasp covering her mouth "You said a mean word"

"What?" Alex asked confused

"You said......stupid" Lydia said, whispering the word stupid "And stupid is a mean word"

"Stupid's not a mean word" Alex said

"Yes it iiiiis" Lydia whined

"Says who?" Alex asked

"My mommy" Lydia boasted

"Well your mommy's stupid" Alex said back

Lydia covered her mouth once again "I'm gonna tell on you"

"Oh really? Who are you gonna tell?" Alex chuckled

"Jo!" Lydia said

Alex rolled his eyes, causing Jackson to laugh. He was pretty amused by the argument going on between his friend and a four year old.

Knowing that Lydia might actually tell Jo, Alex dropped it. Not wanting to get himself in trouble for saying "Stupid" again, and not wanting to be annoyed by Lydia, Alex decided to go get the beer and snacks from the kitchen.

"Where you going?" Jackson asked seeing his friend get up from the couch

"In the kitchen, to get us some snacks, and beer" Alex said

"And a juice box for me" Lydia added smiling

"And a juice box for Lydia" he sighed

He knew that getting her a juice box meant she wont be going to bed any time soon.

"Do you like the Spurs Dr. Jackson?" Lydia asked once Alex left the room

"Yeah" he replied

"Dr. Alex doesn't like them does he?"

"No he does not" he smiled

Jackson noticed the brown stuffed bear in her hand. It looked kind of familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw it before.

"That's a nice bear you got there" he said pointing to her teddy bear

Lydia grinned "His name is Mr Avery Bear, my mommy give it to me"

Mr. Avery? Ok this bear definitely had something to do with him, but what?

"I sleep with him every night. He helps Phoenix protect me from monsters" she said

"Phoenix?" Jackson asked

"My Fire Unicorn" she said

"Ooh, cool" he smiled at the little girl

Lydia smiled. She thought Dr. Jackson was way cooler grown up than Dr. Alex, he seemed to be interested in the things she liked. she couldn't wait to start telling him her stories about the adventures she had with Phoenix. But before she could start, Jackson noticed her Pajamas and wondered why she was out of bed.

"Aren't you supposed to be in bed? It's pretty late" he asked

"Yeah, but I wasn't sleepy, so I snuck out" she whispered

"Ohhhh"

"Please don't tell my mommy" she whispered

"I won't" he leaned forward whispering back

Lydia grinned as her eyes widened. She had noticed something cool about Dr. Jackson.

"We have the same eyes" she grinned

"Huh?" Jackson asked, his attention was back on the T.V

"Our eyes are the same, Look!" she said kneeling on the couch, putting her face close to his, so he could see her eyes.

The little girl wasn't lying, she had that same blue grey eyes like he did.

"Wow" Jackson said, looking at her eyes, he wondered why he hadn't noticed it before

Alex then walked into the room with another 6 pack of beer, a juice box, 2 bags of chips and a cookie.

"Here you go" he said putting the juice box and cookie on the coffee table in front of them "stole this from the day care batch, don't tell"

"Look Dr. Alex, Dr. Jackson and I have the same eyes" she said pushing her cheek against Jackson's so Alex could see

"Hey, you're right. I never noticed that" Alex said

Alex sat down, handing a beer and a bag of chips to Jackson. Lydia once again got herself comfortable between the two men, with her cookie sitting on her lap, next to Mr Avery Bear, and her juice box in her hand.

As the night went on, they sat there watching the basketball game, not without questions from Lydia though. She had gotten so comfortable among the men, that once her cookie was gone, she started shoving her hands in their chip bags, eating along with them and cheering when a team scored a basket. 

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The game was finally over. Alex stretched getting off the couch.

"A little help here" Jackson said, getting his friend's attention

Alex turned, wondering what his friend needed help with. To his surprise, Lydia was fast asleep on his lap. It made sense now why his friend wasn't yelling and cheering when his team won a few minutes ago.

"I'll go get April" he said

Alex left the living room, going up the stairs. Once he got to April's room, he knocked on the door. April groaned, hearing the it. She was just about to fall asleep. She got up opening the door. She was surprised to see Alex standing there.

"Yes?" she asked

"Come get your kid" Alex replied

"She's in bed" April groaned

"No, she's down stairs, come get get her"

April looked at Alex confused. She then followed him down the stair to the living room. There on the couch, laying on Jackson's lap was her daughter.

"Oh my God, I thought she was asleep in her room" April said walking up to them picking her her daughter up off Jackson "I'm sorry"

"It's Ok" Jackson replied getting of the couch

"Good night" April said walking out of the room, going upstairs

"Good night" Alex and Jackson replied

Alex went over to the coffee table, picking up the empty cans, Juice box and chip bags.

"See you tomorrow man" Jackson said walking out the living room

"Are you sure you should be driving?" Alex asked

"Yeah, I'm fine. You're the one that drank most of the beer remember" Jackson said

"Oh yeah, well later dude" Alex said

"Bye"

Jackson walked out of the house, going to his car. He must admit, as weird as it was having Lydia there, he enjoyed the game a lot! To his surprise, Lydia enjoyed having him around too. She made sure that her mother brought him a cookie the next day.  

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It was a week later and the doctors were in the attendings' lounge on break. Meredith was walking around, handing the doctors Birthday invitations, shaped like a princess Tiara.

"What's this for?" Alex asked

"Zola's birthday party" Meredith smiled

"Why are we invited?" Jackson asked pouting between himself and Alex

It made sense that the ladies were invited. Callie, Arizona and April had daughters and Cristina was Zola's godmother. So what was their purpose at the party.

"I don't want to be the only man there" Derek said "I'd be surrounded by little girls with pink dresses and tiaras, I need some men around"

"As awesome as that sounds..." Alex sarcastically began "I'm not going. I already have to deal with Lydia and her imaginary unicorn"

"Stop making it sound like my daughter is a pain. You know you think she's adorable" April smiled from the table, while she ate

"No I don't" Alex said defensively

"Then why were you playing Tea Party with her last night?" April smirked

Jackson snickered as Cristina laughed

"The Evil Spawn playing Tea Party? Now this I have to see" Cristina laughed

"Shut up!" he said throwing the couch cushion at Jackson, who was trying to hole his laugh in "You know this is all your fault"

"How is it my fault?" Jackson asked holding back a chuckle

"Lydia was all excited when she thought you were coming over to watch Basketball again. But she got all bummed when you cancelled, so to keep her from crying, I had to play stupid tea party with her" Alex explained

"Awwww" Callie gushed

"Dude I swear she has a crush on you or something" Alex said

"So the pretty eyes work on kids too?" Cristina asked gasping

"She does not have a crush on me" Jackson said

"Who doesn't have a crush on you?" Miranda Bailey asked as she stepped into the Attendings' lounge

"April's creepy daughter" Cristina answered

"My daughter is not creepy" April defended

"Lydia was all sad because Jackson didn't go over to Alex's last night, so he had to play tea party with her" Meredith explained

"What is Lydia doing over at your house?" Miranda asked

"April stays with us" Alex answered

"Really? You guys stay with Karev?" Miranda asked sitting next to April on the table

"Yep" she replied

"Is Matthew OK with that?" she asked April

As April explained to Miranda that Matthew was still in Ohio, finalizing things before he moves to Seattle, Jackson heard his cell phone ring.

"Baby, does he do it for ya, when he's finished, does he step back and adore ya" Chris sang

Instead of answering the phone, his mind faded away to five years ago.......

FLASHBACK

April and Matthew stood in the stair well of the hospital. It was Christmas eve and the hospital was pretty empty. Most of the doctors and nurses were home spending time with their families, while the ones on call filled the On call rooms, taking a nap..........among doing other things. Because of the lack of activity in the hospital, they weren't expecting anyone to walk in on their argument.

"I can't believe you took the job without discussing it with me first" April semi yelled

"The job's in Ohio, I thought you might want to move back there since it's your home state" Matthew said

"But I don't want to move" she said

"Why don't you want to move back to Ohio?" he asked

"As much as I love my home state, I love it here in Seattle too, no matter how crappy the weather is. I've been through a lot here" she began "My job is here, all my friends are here............."

"You mean "he's" here" Matthew said cutting her off

"Who's here?" she asked

"Jackson!" he yelled

"What does Jackson have to do with this?" she asked

"I know Ok! I know about your history with him, I know he was your first" he replied

"How?" she silently asked

"It helps to befriend nosey nurses" he said "The whole out burst when the bus blew up, the "you almost died" thing in the pit, it all makes sense! You still had feelings for him then, or you still HAVE feelings"

"Matthew, I don't have feelings for Jackson and this me not wanting to move thing has nothing to do with him" April snapped

"Well maybe you don't have feelings for him anymore, but he still has feelings for you" Matthew said

"No he doesn't" she yelled, not quite believing the statement herself

"Yes, he does! I see the way he acts around you, I see the mean looks he gives me when he thinks I'm not looking! He definitely still has feelings for you!" Matthew shouted

"Matt......"

"You just want to stay here because of him, admit it!" he said before leaving April standing in the stairwell.

April stood there staring at the spot where her husband was standing just a few seconds ago. She knew what he was saying was possibly true. "But he told me to be with you" was all she could think. "Could he really still have feelings for me?" was the next thing to come to her mind. But she was brought out of her thoughts by the echoing sound of a song.

"Baby, does he do it for ya" she heard

Her head quickly shot up, someone was coming down the stairs. Her eyes widened a bit when Jackson turned the corner, with a gift bag in his hand. She wondered if he heard her and Matthew's argument.

"Oh, hey April" he said looking up from his phone "I was just looking for you" he smiled

"Oh, well, I'm here" she smiled

"Well, I bought you a Christmas present, wanted to give it to you before you left the hospital" he said handing her the gift bag

She took the bag from him and quickly looked inside.

"It's kinda lame though," he said

She smiled pulling out the brown teddy bear out of the bag.

"Told you it was lame"

"It's not lame; I love it!" she grinned "Thanks Jackson"

She wrapped her arms around his shoulders, giving him a tight hug. She let go of the hug, then looked at her bear.

"I'll call him Mr. Avery Bear" she grinned

Jackson chuckled at her name for the bear.

A slight frown appeared on April's face "But I didn't get you anything"

"That's Ok," he said watching her look down at the bear "Actually......you can give me a present right now"

April chuckled "What can I give you now?" she asked looking up at him

She was caught off guard by his lips pressed against hers. She froze for a minute, not knowing what to do. But then her eyes slowly closed as her lips moved in sync with his.

"Don't leave...." he whispered against her lips before pulling away

He stared into her eyes with his blue ones, before walking away from her.

She stood there clutching the bear in her hands. Jackson had just confirmed what Matthew said. He still did have feelings for her.

END of FLASHBACK

"Dude answer your phone!" Alex yelled, snapping his friend out of his thoughts

Jackson shoved his hand in his lab coat pocket, pulling his cell phone out. He looked at the screen, seeing it was a call from mama Avery.

"It's my mom," he said getting up from his seat

He walked to the door and out of the lounge.

"Mr. Avery Bear" he whispered, smiling to himself before pressing the answer button on his phone, holding it up to his ear.