DISCLAIMER:
I DO NOT own Grey's Anatomy. It belongs to Shonda Rhimes.
Summary:
After April graduated Med School but before she was due to start her residency, her friends that graduated with her and that would be following her to the same Hospital decided to treat her to a trip to Las Vegas. Owen just returned home from a six month deployment to Iraq and his friends decide that they need a break from reality before they have to be debriefed and get their new orders so they decide to take a trip to Las Vegas for a few days. While there they get more than they bargained for.
Chapter 1:
April P.O.V May 14, 2007
"Come on April it'll be fun!" Said Shelly.
"I don't know, I just Graduated I really just want to relax." I told her.
"I know that's the whole reason we should go. This would be a way to celebrate and relax at the same time. We can get away from our families, and their questions about what we are going to do now that we are done with school. Come on A it'll be fun." Shelly explained.
"If we wanted to celebrate, relax, and have fun we could just go to the beach why is it that you want to go to Las Vegas?" I asked her.
"Because A this is the last time that we will be able to do anything like this for the next five years or so. We will be so wrapped up in our residency and then in our fellowships that we won't have that much time to ourselves. Plus you will be at Mercy West most likely and I will be going to Seattle Grace so we won't be seeing that much of each other anyway. That is if I don't decide to join you all at Mercy West, cause I don't know if I can take not seeing my best friend every day." She explained.
"Fine, fine. When do we leave? When did you start considering to join me and the others at Mercy West?"
"After I started to realize how much I wouldn't be seeing you all. Our flight leaves in two hours and we have an hour layover in Denver we will make it there after eight tonight."
"Oh ok that makes sense. Wait! What! Shelly! I thought it would be a week at least. How am I going to pack enough clothes for a few days in less than forty five minutes if our flight leaves at five?!"
"Who said you were packing we are buying all new clothes when we get there! It's so much more fun that way!"
"I could kill you sometimes Shelly! Let's go the sooner we get there the sooner we can come home and how long is it that we are staying?"
"I booked the hotel suit for two and a half weeks. Now don't look at me that way we don't have to stay that long this is just our trip that's all."
"Fine lets go I don't want to be late and I would like to eat before we get on the flight and pick up a few things as well. By the way where are we staying while in Vegas?" I said rolling my eyes.
"That's the spirit. I booked us the Mandarin Suite and a Strip View room on the twenty second floor." Shelly said grinning widely.
"Why do we need two rooms?" I asked as she dragged me out the front door.
"Oh did I forget to mention that Alexis, Allison, Leigh, and Stephanie were coming with us to!"
"Must have slipped your mind. Question what if one of you want to bring a guy back to one of the rooms what is everyone else supposed to do?"
"Well there are two beds in one room and three beds in another. You know Alexis and Steph are a couple so they will be sharing a bed, and the other room has a king bed in it and since I have been experimenting lately. Alexis, Steph and I can fit into one bed but it defiantly won't be the king bed that we will be sharing." She rambled.
"And why is that?"
"Because silly the king bed is all yours. We girls decided to treat you this trip since you are the one that made us get our acts together and graduate med school if it weren't for you we wouldn't be where we are today. So this trip is mainly for you but also for us to have fun."
"Makes sense have you all decided who is going to be in what rooms?"
"Well you, Leigh, and I will be sharing the Mandarin Suite, while Alexis, Steph, and Allison share the Strip View room. This was if and I am just saying if you decide to lose your V-Card. Then I would share a bed with Alexis and Steph, and Leigh would share a bed with Allison. Don't you worry your pretty little head about this we have it all figured out." She explained.
"Whatever you say Shell."
"See I knew you would see it my way eventually."
Owen P.O.V May 20, 2007
"Hey O we were planning on going to Las Vegas for a few days before we were due to report for debriefing and our new orders. You wanna go with us?" Andy asked.
"Not sure man we just got off a thirty eight hour flight the day yesterday I'm not so sure that I want to get on another plan so soon." I told him.
"Man the flight is only going to be about four hours if we can handle it so can you." Cody said.
"I know I know I'm just not so sure that I want to."
"Well it's only for a few days this will give us enough time to wind down and they will be less likely to give us things to do if we are already doing something." Brandon chipped in.
"Ok you've sold me when do we leave?"
"Our flight leaves at six tonight so we should be getting there around eight or so." Said Logan.
"Alright I'll meet you back here around thirty minutes or so that way we can leave I need to pack and change out of my uniform." I told them.
"No need to worry about changing or anything we were just going to leave straight from here and pick up the things that we needed when we got there." Nick said just before he took a sip from his drink.
"Well you all just have this all planned out don't you?"
"Yep" They all responded.
Over the next half hour we sat around making some plans for what we might do while we were there, but no one really wanted to make any concret plans they just wanted to wing it and have fun.
"Buy the way what hotel are we staying in?"
"We booked two City Scape rooms and a Strip View room on the twelfth floor at the Mandarin Oriental."
"Cool who is bunking with who?"
"You and Logan are bunking together, Brandon and Nick, then Cody and I." Andy explained.
"Cool with me, let's get going before I change my mind."
"Whatever man we would have got you to come with us one way or another." Nick said.
April P.O.V May 22, 2007
"I still can't believe that you all got first class tickets." I said astonished.
"Come on A it's been five days, get over the fact that we were and are spoiling you already." Leigh said laughing.
"I know I just still ant get over it and the rooms man on man the rooms. This is the last time that I will bring it up. I promise."
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just enjoy the time that we have here okay don't go worrying about everything under the sun you can relax and let your hair down you know. It won't hurt you and there isn't a lot that you can get into, with you being you." Allison said sarcastically.
"Hey! I may not be the same as you all but I do know how to have fun." I told them pouting.
"We know A we are just saying that maybe just this once let go more than you normally do ok. Have fun and worry about things later." Said Steph.
"Okay I'll try."
"That's all we can ask."
"Hey does anyone else want something to drink?"
"Yeah, Gin Martini please."
"Vodka on the rocks."
"Screwdriver."
"Fuzzy Navel."
"Whiskey Neat."
"Alright so we have a Gin Martini for Steph, Screwdriver for Alexis, and a Vodka on the rocks for Shelly, Fuzzy Navel for Leigh, and a Whiskey Neat for Allison. Did I get everything?"
"Yep." They all said in unison."
"Alright I'll be back." I told them as I turned and walked towards the bar.
"What can I get for you?" The bartender asked."
"I needs a Gin Martini, a Screwdriver, and a Vodka on the rocks, a Fuzzy Navel, a Whiskey Neat, and a Bud light Lime please." I recited.
"Wow that's a lot of drinks. They all for you?" A deep voice to my right asked.
I turned to look at who spoke and I couldn't believe my eyes, he was the most handsome man I ever saw. He had short read hair, light blue/grey eyes, a strong jaw and he looked really muscled.
"Nope drinks for my friends and me."
"Sorry didn't mean to be nosy. Hi my name is Owen" He said extending his hand.
"April." I said shaking his offered hand.
"So what are you doing her in Vegas, if you don't mind me asking?" Asked Owen.
"My friends and I just graduated Med School so we thought why not celebrate in Vegas. How about you?"
"I just got time off work and my buddies thought that we could use some down time to here we are. How did you like Med School?"
"It was the best decision that I ever made."
"Here are your drinks ma'am. You need any help carrying them?" The Bartender asked.
"No I think I've got them thanks." I said as I went to grab the tray, as soon as I picked it up I realized how heavy it was and immediately put it back down.
"Would you mind letting me carry that to your table for you?" Own asked.
"I would actually like that thanks." I told him and watched him pick the tray up. I then turned and walked towards the table that my friends were at.
"Hey A I see you found yourself a stray."
"Allison!"
"Don't worry about it April." Owen said smiling. "Hi ladies my name is Owen."
"Hi Owen." They all said together.
"Why don't you come sit with us for a little bit?" Shelly asked.
"I would like that very much let me just go tell my buddies that way they don't send a search party out." Owen said as he turned and walked away.
"Well, well, well look what we have here ladies. April is finally starting to see men and they are starting to see her too." Allison said laughing.
"Don't be a bitch Allison." Shelly said then turned to me. "So tell me how did you meet the handsome man?"
"I ordered the drinks and it started a conversation, then he offered to carry the tray over here to the table." I explained.
"Well I think you should go have fun with him if he asks." Alexis said.
"Okay but only if he asks. Now let's drop this conversation he's coming back over here." I told them.
"So what are you ladies planning on doing tonight?" Owen asked.
"Not sure yet, but us five were thinking about going to see a show but April here isn't a really big fan of them after her first experience." Leigh said winking in my direction.
'Oh Lord what is she planning?' I asked myself.
"Really? Well maybe you would like to hang out here with me for a little while?" Owen asked me.
"Sure." I squeaked.
The girls laughed and Owen chuckled.
Owen P.O.V May 22, 2007
"O if you are gonna mope why don't you just go back to the hotel?" Brandon asked.
"Because I came here to hang out with you guys and I plan on doing that even though I am not having much fun right now. Just give me a few and I'll be ready to move to the next bar." I told them, then walked to the bar. The next thing that I heard was the most beautiful voice, I had to see who it belonged to. When she turned towards me I thought I had the wind knocked out of me. Here stood a woman around 5'6" or so that had auburn hair, and a mixture of hazel and dark green eyes. Couldn't look away, the next thing I knew I was offering to carry her tray for her, then telling them I would join them.
"Hey guys I might not see you for the rest of the night." I told the guys as I approached the booth they were sitting in.
"We know O we saw her."
"Good luck and we will see you tomorrow for our flight at noon." Andy said smirking.
I didn't even respond as I walked away. When I heard that her friends were going to a show and she didn't like them I knew I couldn't let her stay by herself so what did I do? I did what my mom raised me to do and offered my company for the night. When she squeaked I could help but think that it was cute and chuckle at the sound. After her friends left I turned to her and asked.
"So what would you like to do?"
"I'm not really sure but I do know that I would like to get pleasantly drunk for the first time in my life. Now don't look at me like that I just have never wanted to get really drunk but I promised my friends that I would loosen up and have fun, so I am going to need a lot to drink in order to do that." She rambled and I could help but to laugh a little.
"Well what would you like to drink?" I asked her.
"I'm not really sure. Let's just order the first drink and go down the list from there." She said as she picked up the menu.
"Sounds like a plan."
No one's P.O.V. Same day/Night
Neither Owen nor April realized that they were both way passed drunk and more like smashed it wouldn't be surprising if either barley remembered much after their twelfth drink.
"Hey do you want to get out of here?" Owen asked.
"Yeah but where would we go?" April asked.
"We could go walking around." He suggested.
"Sure let's go."
Owen P.O.V May 23, 2007 11:00 AM
I woke up with a pounding headache. 'Damn what did I do last night?' I asked myself as I sat up in bed. Once I was more awake I looked around my room and saw my clothes strung all over the place. 'What the Hell.'
"Ahh Prince Charming is finally awake I see." Logan said as he entered the room from the bathroom. "You should shower and get ready to leave." He told me, I then looked at the clock and realized that we only had an hour until our plane left.
"What the hell happened last night?" I asked him.
"I have absolutely no idea. You just came pounding on the door at four this morning. When I let you in you started taking your clothes off then crashed." He told me.
"Well that's not a whole lot of information." I mumbled.
"If I knew more I would tell you. Now go take a shower and get dressed we need to leave so we can make our flight." He said as he walked to his bed and finished packing up his things.
I got up gathered some clean clothes and headed to the bathroom, after taking a short shower I looked in the mirror and saw that I had a lot of hickies and scratches. 'I must have had some fun last night.' I thought to myself. I then got dressed went into the bedroom and packed my things up.
"Alright man let's get going we need to meet the others in the lobby." Logan said.
April P.O.V May 23, 2007 1:30 PM
I woke up to blinding light, a pounding headache, and a sore body. 'What in the hell did I do last night and why do I feel this awful?' As soon as that thought ran through my mind I got flashes of drinking and drinking many, many drinks. 'What in the hell was I thinking if this is what a hangover feels like I am never drinking again.' I told myself. I then decided to get up take a shower and get ready for my day. I had just about finished my shower when I reached for my shampoo and saw something shiny. I brought my left hand up in front of my face and saw two rings on my left ring finger. 'WHAT THE FUCKING HELL!?' I yelled in my head then screamed out loud. "Oh my god! What the hell did I do? Who and I married to? How did this happen? How did I LET this happen? What in the HELL am I going to do?" I asked myself. I washed and rinsed my hair thinking that it might help calm me down but it had the opposite effect the longer that I was in the shower the longer I was able to think about being married and the more I started freaking out. So I decided to get out of the shower, get dressed, and splash my face with cold water. As soon as I turned on the cold water and bent my head down to get my face wet I noticed a single silver ring that was big enough to fit around a man's finger. 'Why in the hell is there a man's ring in my bathroom?' I asked myself, I straightened up picked the ring up that way I could get a closer look and realized that this was a matching wedding band to the ones that I had on my left ring finger. 'What the hell am I going to do now? I need to go wake up the girls and figure this out.' I said to myself. I walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom and saw how much of a mess it was. 'Might as well get this cleaned up now rather than adding it to my list of things I need to worry about.' I told myself. I was half way through cleaning the room when I noticed that my stockings that I wore last night were sticking out from under the bed. I got down on my knees and saw that it was not just my stockings that were under the bed but also the purse that I used last night. I grabbed my purse and started pulling my stockings toward me when I heard a slight scraping noise, so I stopped pulling my stockings and the noise stopped. 'Hmmm guess it was just my imagination. I really need to finish getting this room cleaned.' I told myself. I pulled my stockings out the rest of the way and found what the scraping noise was. 'Oh my God this cannot be happening! A condom wrapper seriously! Not only am I supposedly married, but I consummated that supposed marriage!' I yelled to myself. I picked up my stockings and purse from where they were on the floor. I went to set them down on the bed when I felt a sting. 'Today is not my day!' I thought. I brought my palm up to my face and saw that I had a paper cut right were my finger met my palm on my right hand. 'Now what could have given me this?' I asked myself, I looked on my bed where my purse was and saw that there were some sort of papers sticking out of it. 'Hmmm wonder what those are?' I asked myself. I opened my purse and pulled the papers out, unfolded them and couldn't believe what I was looking at:
CERTIFICATE OF MARRIAGE
DATE OF MARRIAGE: May 22, 2007
PLACE OF MARRIAGE: LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
HUSBAND:
NAME: OWEN JAMES HUNT
RACE: CAUCASIAN
AGE: 33
SINGLE, WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED: SINGLE
BIRTHPLACE: SEATTLE, WA
RESIDENCE: SEATTLE, WA
PARENTS: EVELYN HUNT (MOTHER)
JOSHUA HUNT (FATHER)
OCCUPATION: US ARMY TRAUMA SURGEON
WIFE:
NAME: APRIL NICHOLE KEPNER
RACE: CAUCASIAN
AGE: 25
SINGLE, WIDOWED,
OR DIVORCED: SINGLE
BIRTHPLACE: COLUMBUS, OH
RESIDENCE: COLUMBUS, OH
PARENTS: KAREN KEPNER (MOTHER)
JOE KEPNER (FATHER)
OCCUPATION: SURGICAL RESIDENT
CEREMONY
PERFORMED BY: B.R. O'KEEFFE
REPORTED BY: SHERRY M. HOMES
CLERK OF: CIRCUTE COURT, LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
DATE RECORD FILED: May 22, 2007
MARRIAGE LICENCE
This is to certify that
Owen James Hunt AND April Nichole Kepner
Were Wed on the 22 Day of May in the Year 2007
By: Pastor Bruce O'Keeffe
At: The Little White Church
April N. Kepner (Bride Signature) Owen J. Hunt (Groom Signature)
'I can't believe that my marriage is real and that I married the man I met in the bar last night! OH MY GOD! I have to go get Shelly!' I thought to myself. I picked up Owen's wedding band and then ran out of the room with the papers in my hands as well. I ran into the other bedroom that was in the suite only to find that the beds hadn't been slept in. 'Where the hell are they?! Oh wait if we brought a guy home, the others would stay in the other room.' I thought to myself, then ran out of the suite and down the hall to the other room. I banged on the door for about five minutes before someone answered it.
"Well miss sleeping beauty you finally decided to wake up. Where is that hunk of a man?" Shelly asked leaning on the door. The only thing that I did in response was hold up my left hand where she could see my wedding rings. "Oh I should say Mrs. Sleeping Beauty."
"Shelly! This is not the time! We have to fix this!" I yelled.
"Well where is your hubby?" She asked smiling and she ushered me into the room.
"How the hell should I know I woke up in my room alone!?"
"Man this is not looking good."
"You think! What the hell am I going to do Shell?" I asked on the verge of crying.
"Oh no hunny don't cry do you have any papers?" She asked. I just held out the ones that I found. "Well Hun it looks like your marriage is official and legal there is nothing that we can do about it unless you didn't consummate it." At her statement I started blushing. "Oh no Hun. I'm sorry. Let's go wake up the girls and we can try the hotels looking for him ok?"
"Okay." I mumbled into my hands as the tears started to flow.
An hour later all the girls were up and wanting to take a closer look at my wedding rings. As they were looking at it, I was finally able to process what it looked like. It was sterling silver with a 4 carat diamond in the middle, with two, 2 carat diamonds on either side of it the rest of the way around the band were tiny diamonds, the wedding band way sterling silver as well with tiny diamonds all the way around it. 'He has good taste I can say that.' I thought to myself.
"Man that is one sparkly ring you got there." Alexis said whistling at the end.
"Yeah it is." I mumbled. "Can we go and look for him now?" I asked in a stronger voice.
"Yeah sweets, let's go." Leigh said pulling me into a hug.
After searching all of the hotels we found that there had been no guest registered as Owen Hunt. I started to feel down, thinking that there was no hope.
"Hey the Marriage Certificate said he was in the Army. You could call the bases in San Francisco, and Seattle and see if they can find him for you." Allison suggested.
"That's a good idea I don't know why I didn't think of it before." I exclaimed.
"You didn't think of it before because you were freaking out to much." Steph said chuckling a little.
I pulled out my phone and called the San Francisco base first.
"Thank you for calling San Francisco Army base this is Staff Sergeant Hendrix speaking how may I direct your call?" The man on the phone answered.
"Hi yes my name is April Kepner I am calling to see if you have an Owen Hunt on base at this time?"
"Would you mind holding while I check?" He asked.
"No problem."
After a few minutes on hole he came back on the line.
"Ma'am may I ask what this is about?" He asked.
"Well in all honesty. My friends and I have been in Vegas for a few days and last night I met a man named Owen Hunt. Well I woke up this morning and found myself alone and married to him so I am looking for him so that we can get this straightened out." I told him.
"I understand and can honestly say that we have no one here on base by the name of Owen Hunt. You may want to check the Seattle base he may be there." He said.
"Thank you for your honesty and your time."
"Your welcome ma'am. Good luck and have a great day."
"I will you too." I said and hung up. I search online and found the number for Seattle's Army base.
"Thank you for calling Seattle Army base this is Sergeant Andrews speaking how may I direct you call?" Answered the man.
"Hello my name is April Kepner I am calling to see if you have an Owen Hunt on base at this time?"
"I can check. Would you hold for a minute please?" The man asked.
"I sure can."
Again after no more than five minutes the man came back on the line.
"Ma'am may I ask what this is about?" He asked.
"Well in all honesty. My friends and I have been in Vegs for a few days and last night I met a man named Owen Hunt. Well I woke up this morning and found myself alone and married to him so I am looking for him so that we can get this straightened out." I told him.
"I really wish that I could give you an answer but due to new protocol I am not allowed to divulge that kind of information. I hope that you find him. Have a good day ma'am."
"You too." I said hanging up the phone dejectedly.
"Well?" Allison asked.
"No Owen Hunt in San Francisco, and in Seattle they said they couldn't give me any information."
"Well that sucks." Shelly said frowning.
"I know right. Can we go to a jewelry store I would like to buy a chain to put my rings and his ring on and wear them around my neck?" I asked.
"Sure Hun lets go." Leigh said.
After an hour of shopping I finally found a chain that I liked. As we walked back to the hotel I didn't think I could take being here for eleven more days. Once we arrived at the hotel and got to the suite I couldn't keep it in anymore.
" Guys can we please go home? Or can I at least go home?" I asked them.
"A if you want to go home we aren't going to stay here if you're not here. This trip is for you and if you're not feeling up to it than that is fine with us. We wouldn't want you to be here and not having fun." Allison said.
"Thanks for understanding Ali." I said smiling at her.
"Of course I know I would be like you if I were in this situation maybe even worse. You guys go get packed and Ill handle the airlines." She told us.
An hour and a half later our tickets were changed for a flight leaving a half hour, everyone was packed and ready to go. By time we got to the airport I felt like I had been up for a full twenty-four hours. I was so tired and I didn't know what I was going to do when I got home, because I knew my parents were going to ask questions about my trip and why it was so short but I didn't know what I was going to tell them.
"A are you ok?" Leigh asked.
"Yeah why do you ask?"
"Because you keep playing with your chain that has your rings on it." She explained.
"Okay maybe I'm not. I just don't know what I am going to tell my parents about why our trip was so short. You know them they are going to want details and that is something that I cannot given them because I myself don't have some of the details. Before you even suggest it I am not going to tell my parents the truth about me getting drunk, getting married and losing my virginity all in the same night. They would never forgive me and they wouldn't understand it in the first place." I ranted.
"I was actually going to suggest that you tell your parents that one of us started to get sick and then shortly after all of us ended up being sick and we just wanted to come home. I think that they would understand that. Don't you think?" She asked.
"That will work perfectly!" I exclaimed. I then started to calm down and was finally able to relax and eventually fall asleep. It felt like only minutes that I was asleep before I was woken up by Leigh telling me that the plane was landing. After going through baggage claim, then retrieving our car we headed to my house. When we arrived I could see my parents waiting on the porch for us.
"Ape! What are you doing home I thought you guys weren't coming back until May 31st?" My mom asked me when I got out of the car.
"Yeah that was the plan then we all started getting sick so we decided to cut our trip short and come on home. Plus it gives me time to get ready for my move to Seattle and my residency." I explained as I gave her a hug.
"Well either way pumpkin it's nice to have you home." My dad said giving me a kiss on the forehead as well as a hug.
"I can't believe we have a little over three weeks before orientation then we start our first year of residency on July 1st."
"I know me either."
Owen P.O.V May 25, 2007
"Okay Major Hunt you have a four month relief between now and your next deployment. You leave on September 7th and will return September 7th of 2008 so it will be a year deployment. You have your orders, dismissed" Colonel Stevenson said.
I saluted and left the building, these next few months were going to go by fast for me with my deployment so close. The one thing that had been on my mind since I got back from Vegas was the beautiful woman I met named April.
Time Skip:
As I thought the next few months went by fast and here I am on the cargo plane heading for Afghanistan for the next year.
April P.O.V (Time Skip) July 1, 2007
Here Shelly, Alexis, Steph, Leigh, Allison, and I stood in front of Mercy West Hospital on our first day of residency. Now that we were here the task of us doing our five year residency seemed daunting. I wasn't even sure how I was going to get through this with all the stress not to mention the fact that my mind at one point or another during the days is on my so called Husband and whether or not I will ever get this resolved.
"Alright ladies lets go in and face our future." Shelly said linking her arm in mine, I linked with Alexis. Once everyone's arms were linked we walked into what would be our new home away from home and hell on earth for the next five years or so of our lives.
FIN: TELL ME WHAT YOU ALL THINK I KNOW THAT I HAVE ANOTHER STORY BEFORE THIS ONE BUT I HAVE WRITERS BLOCK AD CAME UP WITH THIS ONE. TELL ME IF YOU ALL WANT MORE I AM WORKING ON THE SECOND CHAPTER RIGHT NOW. MORE TO COME SOON.
TIME SKIP AHEAD TO 2008 and 2009