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This takes place during S8 E12: April and Jackson decided to move out and are looking for apartments.
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Jackson caught himself studying April as she searched for apartments for them to hire. Her left pale hand was in her dyed red hair, her nose was scrunched in concentration and her bottom lip trapped between her teeth. April played with the black pen in her hand as she compared the different apartments with each other. Jackson never really realized how entrancing his best friends was: she was petite and feminine. She had this uncertain gracefulness to her. Jackson could smell the sweet fruity scent of strawberries when she subconsciously threw her hair over her shoulder leaving the left side of her creamy neck exposed and the birthmark there. Meredith's and Alex's pagers went off bringing Jackson out of his trance and leaving him slightly flustered and confused. He started wondering when he started noticing every small detail of April.
"Bailey." Meredith said and placed Teddy's widow food back in the fridge.
"Robbins just paged me. I'll walk with you halfway." Alex said and stood up.
"Hey, Kepner make sure everybody knows I've got dibs on the widow casseroles." Meredith said as she left the room with Alex hot on her heels.
There was silence in the room until Cristina said:
"Okay, you both are boring. I'm out."
She threw her half-eaten apple in the trash can and left.
Jackson cleared his throat.
"So, have you seen anything interesting?"
April nodded not taking her eyes off the paper in her hand.
"This one-" she showed Jackson the picture of the apartment. "-has a patio that overlooks the city but it doesn't have hardwood floors or a washer-dryer. The apartment with the hardwood floors is like three miles from the hospital but it's so expensive. Don't get me wrong it's nice but it's not hardwood floor nice." April sighed and pouted.
Jackson laughed at her behavior.
"Oh come on. It's a nice apartment. I like it."
April shrugged.
"I guess."
She folded all the papers on the table and grabbed a plastic fork. Without any warning she took a bite of Jackson's food.
Jackson could not stop the smile spreading across his face when he saw how comfortable April was around him.
"So, we're moving. Just the two of us?" Jackson asked.
The idea of sharing an apartment alone with her was starting to look very appealing for some reason.
"Yeah, I need to get away from Alex and his school of skanks following him around."
Jackson rolled his eyes amused. His heart beat slightly increased when she gave him a smirk causing her dimples to make their appearance on her cheeks. Her pinks cheeks stuffed with food. Her grassland eyes found his.
"What?" She asked after swallowing the lump of food in her mouth.
"Nothing." He said quickly and looked at his food.
April raised a brow but said nothing.
They sat in comfortable silence until April's pager went off. She took it out of her lab coat.
"It's the chief. I'll see you later at Zola's party, okay? I'll also call around for the apartment through out the day." She said and ran out the room with the fork still in hands.
Second's later she returned with crimson cheeks and a sheepish look on her face. She bit her lip- as she always did when embarrassed, and put the fork down on the table.
"I forgot to put it down. Okay, I'm going now." She said and ran out the room yet again.
Jackson laughed.
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Back ground music played in the background. Zola's delightful squeals filled the room as the birthday girl danced with her father in the crowded living room. Jackson was busy flirting with a second year resident when he saw April talking to Alex. She moved her head and hands as she spoke making Jackson wonder why she was suddenly so passionate.
He looked back at the girl he was talking to and politely excused himself.
"Now you wanna live with me?" Jackson heard Alex ask sarcastically.
"No. You're gross, and a pig. and a skank magnet, and you leave your dirty boy socks everywhere." He heard her say as he approached. He bit his lip to stop from laughing as she continued her rant. "Keep going on this way and you'll wind up old and alone wandering the streets with some ancient form of syphilis-"
Jackson stood next to her and decided to interrupt when he finally understood what the conversation was about.
"I think what April is trying to say is that she'd be happy to share an apartment?" He said with a hint of confusion.
Alex nodded and walked away.
Jackson stood in front of April and asked:
"So, we couldn't afford the nice apartment. Just the two of us?" For some reason he was actually looking forward to living with her...alone.
"-what can I say, I want what I want."
And with those words still hanging in the air she turned around and left him.
He sighed in disappointment and took a gulp of beer as he tried forcing the uncomfortable feeling in his stomach down. Jackson had his suspicions about the feeling but he tried to ignore them. There was no way in hell he was developing feelings for the awkward, quirky woman who was also his smart, funny beautiful best friend... Jackson had to get rid of the little crush he was developing on April. He was treading on dangerous grounds yet the thought excited him but it also scared him- a lot.
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