This is my first fanfic I have done for Greys Anatomy, I have written several others but none for this show yet! It is something I enjoy doing and love getting feedback to see if I am entertaining anyone! This is my fanfic and I know that time and couples will not match up as they are on the show but I will try to keep them relatively close. I know this first chapter may seem a little long and kind of boring but I wanted to just give a little back story before I jump right into the big and juicy stuff! I have a lot of ideas floating around in my head for this story so I hope you all decide to stick with me and read and send me reviews and tell me what you think!

Chapter 1

The First Night Home

April sat down on the bed in her new room; it was the first time she had actually been out of the hospital since the shooting. Everyone was still so worried for Derrick because he had not regained consciousness after being shot in the chest. Mark had to have Lexie committed to the psychiatric part of the hospital and Meredith was trying to split her time between sitting next to Lexie as she slept and sitting by Derrick waiting for him to wake up. Luckily she had Mark to help her go between the two. April still felt cold and could not stop the chills going down her spine after everything she had witnessed that day. Chief Webber finally discharged her from the hospital but April was terrified to go back to the small hotel room she had rented for herself. She worked for Mercy West Hospital but recently the hospitals had merged and she had not had time to find a place yet.

As she was being discharged from the hospital her friend Jackson had helped her get her things together when Meredith walked into the room. April and Meredith were not close but they both sat on the floor of the scrub room holding hands crying over the death of Aprils best friend Reed and Derrick being shot in front of both of them and being operated on in the next room. When Meredith walked in you could tell she was exhausted and April ran over to hug her.

"Mer…Meredith is there anything I can do?" April asked with her shaking voice partially from crying and partially from still being in shock.

"Yes, I want you to move into the house with all of us, Jackson has agreed to move in and I want you there too. We have to stick together through this and I have an extra room and I want you there." Meredith said smiling at her. April had been there when Meredith had her miscarriage trying to save Christina's boyfriend Owen and because of that she felt a connection with April.

"I don't know, isn't it kind of crowded? What will Dr. Shepard think, I know he has to hate be since I am the one that got him shot, if I would have just stayed in the office with the door locked like he said." She was beginning to ramble when Jackson put his hand on her shoulders to make her stop.

"Don't make me have to come after you, when I get home I want you to be there. This is going to be hard for all of us and we might as well be in one place so we can help each other get through it.

When it was time to leave Jackson drove by the hotel and packed all of Aprils stuff and helped her move into what used to be Dr. Ellis Greys office that had been converted into a bedroom and she finally started to feel a little safer. It was late by the time she got home so she grabbed the bag that had her bathroom products and a clean pair of sweatpants and a tank top to go and take a shower. When she got to the bathroom Jackson was standing at the sink brushing his perfect teeth. Jackson and April had been friends since Medical School Reed had always been considered her best friend but Jackson was right there with her.

"Hey, I will be done in a second and you can have the bathroom to yourself. I am sure you are ready to smell like you again instead of the hospitals soap and shampoo." He said smiling with toothpaste on his lips.

"I think it will help me feel better. It just worries me to try to sleep, the chief told my doctor on staff to write a prescription to help me sleep but I don't like taking those things and even when I sleep the dreams still come." She said chatting nervously.

"You are safe here, trust me Alex walks around like a body guard at a Justin Bieber concert and I do a lock check before I go to my room for the night. Meredith will be at the hospital tonight with Derrick and Lexie so the only people in the house will be us three and I promise we will be fine. Nothing will happen to you." He said as he came up and put one arm around her and rested his chin on her head.

"Thanks, I will take a shower and make some warm milk like my mom use to when I couldn't sleep on the farm, between that and the medication I should be able to sleep." She said as she walked passed him putting her stuff on the sink and hanging her fresh clean towels on the hook.

"If you get to scared April I am just down the hall. Mine, yours and Alex's room are all on the first floor so if you need me just come find me. Goodnight April." He said as he closed the door.

April got in the shower and let the warm water run on her back to help loosen some of the knots from sleeping in a hospital bed. Her face and head hurt from where she fell when she found Reed. She instantly shook her head to try and clear her thoughts so she could finish her shower. His face kept popping into her mind so it took a little longer to shower because she was trying to shake the feeling of him still being after her.

After she changed into her shirt and sweatpants she put her hair still wet up into a bun and started walking down the stairs and was terrified because it was so quiet. When all of a sudden something came around the corner that made her scream and drop her dirty clothes on the stairs.

"Relax Kepner, it's just me. You need to go to bed you look like crap." Alex said as he went to his room and shut the door.

She picked up the clothes and went to her room; she decided to skip on the milk and just grabbed a water bottle to help take the medicine. She found the boxes with her bedding in it and made her bed just like she did when she was a kid, including Mr. Cuddles the teddy bear her dad had given her when she was 2. She finally got under the blankets and covered her face up because it made her feel safer, she could feel the medication kicking in but every time she would start to fall asleep she would jolt awake seeing his face or hearing his voice. She rolled over and saw that it was two in the morning and she could hear someone walking around the hallway. She figured it was just Alex stalking around until she heard someone tap on her door.

"April are you awake?" Jackson said as he cracked the door.

"Yeah, what's wrong? Is it Dr. Shepard or Lexie?" She stammered.

"No, I just…..this is kind of embarrassing but I really can't sleep. Do you want to watch TV or something?" He said nervously.

"No, but I don't want to be alone. Will you stay in here with me?" she felt weird asking a guy to sleep in the same bed with her but felt comfortable because it was Jackson, her best friend the guy who spent the night with her while she was in the hospital.

"Are you sure?" he said confused because everyone knew that April was the virgin of the hospital and was too nervous to even speak to a guy that was professional.

"We are just sleeping and we can build a pillow wall." She said as she started placing pillows down the center of the bed.

Jackson slid under the covers and rested his head on the pillows he still could not fall asleep but felt some relief when he could hear Aprils shallow breathing and knew she was asleep. He had not slept more than an hour since the shooting but was glad that April was taken care of because she was all he had left, the only person he still cared about at that hospital and his best friend for years.