A PIECE OF ME

AN- Hi, This is my first ever story. I have written the story for my best friend to cheer her up. She is a die hard fan of Japril. I hope you guys like it. Pardon my mistakes with the grammar, this fic is not beta'ed.

April Kepner was not having a good day. She had to perform four back to back surgeries at the hospital, her lunch was a cold chicken sandwich, her head was pounding and currently her intern was being very difficult.

"Umm I told him Dr. Kepner, I did, I told him we had to get an MRI. The patient is refusing, I mean it's not like I can tie him up and drag him there. I don't know what to do." Intern Brooks was rattling at top speed.

April really wanted to go home and take a nice long bath and sleep for atleast 20 hours, but she was a surgeon, she bought it upon herself. If only she listened to her Grammy and just stayed back, her life would have been more peaceful. She could have slept all she wanted and had good home cooked food everyday instead of this cafeteria junk. She would have met a nice farm lad and gotten married in a field full of wild flowers. She would have never met Jackson Avery and her life would have been peaceful. NO, April reminded herself strongly, no more thinking about Jackson sex-on-legs Avery. He was history.

April gathered ever ounce of patience left in her and said "Dr. Brooks, did you scare the patient? Did you tell him we were looking for a tumor? You always tell the patient we just want to cover our ground so we would like to perform additional tests. Seriously, have you learned nothing these past 4 months?" Intern Brooks atleast had the decency to look embarrassed. She muttered her apology and went back to talk to the patient again.

"You look like you can kill someone Kepner." Dr. Bailey said. April liked Dr. Bailey; she always viewed her as the mother hen, kind and caring.

"I need some sleep, I have been up since 5 AM and my legs are killing me and I am very hungry" April said between yawns. She really needed to go home; yeah strangely enough it is home now. She liked living with Alex and Christina. They teased her constantly, but she knew there was no malice there. They cared about each other, not that Alex would ever say that out loud.

"Why don't you go home and I will take care of your cases for tonight. I had the last few days off and I feel like I need to get back into the game." April could have kissed her when she uttered those golden words. So she bid her goodbye and practically skipped to her car. She was going to get some Kung Pao chicken form Dragons Inn and eat it while watching a movie on cable. Yes, this day was getting better already.

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April pulled into the drive way 20 minutes later and noticed a white van parked in her spot. She wondered if someone was here to visit them. Meredith came by sometimes to see Christina, but Meredith and Derek were on a holiday in Paris right now, oh how she envied them. She entered the house and called out for Alex. She could hear noises upstairs, so she went up to the first landing. There were several boxes scattered on the floor and Alex came out of one of the empty rooms holding a box.

"Oh, hey good you are here, could you give me a hand with these boxes, Avery has too many clothes. I mean what kind of a self respecting man has 14 pairs of jeans" Before she registered what Alex was saying, the said person came out of the room in nothing but a white vest and blue Jeans. April nearly had an attack.

"A man, with good taste Karev, nothing wrong with looking good". Jackson said and clapped Alex on the back lightly. He looked at April and gave her a slight nod, and went about his business, oh yeah his business…what was it again? That's right he is moving in.

April knew she looked stupid, standing there with her mouth slightly open, but I mean come on, how come no one mentioned to her that her ex was moving in. Things were not smooth between them at the moment. Ever since the whole pregnancy episode, Jackson had avoided her like the Ebola virus. They did not see eye to eye and did not have too many cases together. She had to speak soon or she would forget words.

April cleared her throat and said in a very steady voice "Alex, could I talk to you just for a minute, alone I mean". Alex looked at her with a cocked eyebrow and a smirk. Damn she hated that smirk. He dropped the box and followed her still looking very smug. Jackson went back into his new room, no doubt to settle in, or put all his jeans in a drawer or making his bed or whatever sexy people usually do.

"Kepner, I know what you are about to say." Alex started before she could say anything. "But I asked him to move in because he was lonely in that apartment of his and I could use another XY species in this house. You have feminized this place so much, sometimes I feel like I am producing estrogen. so, no Avery is staying. I did not tell you because I knew you would react this way."

"Damn it Alex, a little warning would have been nice you know. And I am only trying to tidy up the place and it more livable." April said.

The door bell chimed and she went down to answer the door, leaving ales standing there. She did not want to look at him right now. It could be Christina, she always forgets her key. This is why she bought a wooden key bowl and put it near the door, so people never forget. They never listen to her. She opened the door instead to a beautiful blonde.

"Hi is Jackson here? I am his girl friend Jillian." She held out her hand for April.

Yeah, April Kepner was not having a good day.

TBC~