Japril's child's name comes from my story 'Something about you'. ;)
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"Oh, you're here!" April said, when she finally found Jackson in the attending's lounge reading some paper work. She had spent the last ten minutes looking for him all over the hospital. "Are you ready?"
"Ready for what?" Jackson asked, lifting his head from the paper in front of him to look at his wife.
"Jackson!" April exclaimed, placing her hands on her hips and giving him a serious look. "Are you telling me you forgot?"
"Forgot…?"
"Career day!" She almost shouted in a pitched tone. "You forgot!"
"Hum, what?"
"Oh my gosh! You did. You forgot. I told you. I told you about this last week and you said you we're going." April continued, but she saw in Jackson's face that he was not following her. "It's career day at Ella's school today!"
"It's what?"
"Career day! Remember? We even talked about this over dinner last week."
Then, all of sudden, he remember. Ella, their six year old, told them they were having career day at her school. He remembered how excited she was about having her parents explaining her friends what it meant to be a surgeon and how he told April he was going. "Oh, I…"
"You forgot! You're supposed to be there in thirty minutes and you forgot?"
"I didn't forget, I just didn't know it was today." He lied, knowing he had completely forgotten about this.
"You have to go. Now!"
"I can't. I've got a meeting in fifteen minutes. I can't leave now."
"Oh but you will." She said, moving from where she was standing to reach for his hand. "Jackson, you agreed to this. You said you were going."
"Why can't you go instead?" He asked, when she made him stand up and almost dragged him to the door.
"I'm covering the pit today. I can't leave." April replied. "Plus, I drove Ella to school today and she was so excited about you going to her school to talk about being a doctor."
"Well I can't go. I have a meeting." Jackson stopped, making her stop as well, right before she reached the door.
"A meeting is more important than our daughter?" She said, crossing her arms around her chest and giving him a fulminating stare.
"Seriously? You can't do that." He retorted, frustrated at how she was staring at him, almost judging him. He would never make the hospital a priority. His family was his number one priority. "You can't make me feel guilty about this."
"You did forget about…"
"I didn't… I…" He cut her off, but decided there was no use in trying to explain himself anymore, since there was really no way he could do it. She was right and he did forget about the whole thing, but he had an important meeting he couldn't miss. "April, please. Can't you go?"
"No! You promised her. You're going. End of discussion."
"But…"
"And if you want to make it on time, you should be leaving now." She didn't let him say anything, but he frowned, shaking his head. "What's your problem?"
"There's no problem. I just have other responsibilities and I can't…"
"Yes, we all know you're superman around here… putting out all the fires, saving the hospital from chaos, but you're also a father." She said, stepping closer to him and placing her hands on his shoulders. "And your precious little girl is waiting for you to walk through the door and tell all her cute little friends how cool it is to save lives."
"You can do the same thing. You're a surgeon too, you know!"
"But you're her superman!" She pouted, trying to win the discussion. "And we decided that you were going and Ella was super excited about it. You don't want to disappoint your little girl, do you? I bet she spent the entire morning telling her friends you'd be there."
"Babe, I have so much work to do, I can't..." Jackson said, placing his hands on her waist and tilting his head back.
"And it's not that hard to tell a bunch of six year olds what it means to be a surgeon!" She went on, ignoring him. "Just don't go into detail or you'll traumatize the kids."
"I know that!"
"Plus, I think Ella's teacher has a crush on you!"
"What? No!" Jackson looked back at her and noticed the teasing look on her face.
"Oh, I've noticed the way she looks and talks to you. She almost drools every time you pick Ella up." She continued, knowing how uncomfortable he always got when she mentioned how other women behaved around him. "If you go, she might even give Ella a good grade."
"And you're not threatened by her?" He asked, trying to play her game. "She's kind of pretty, you know?"
April took a few seconds to think, but quickly enough said "Nope!"
"No?"
"No!" She said, shaking her head and holding her arms around his neck. "Ella doesn't need help to have a good grade. She's already so smart."
"She takes after you… and your persistence." Jackson said, in between teeth.
"And I know you're only saying that to get away from this." She pretended not to hear his last remark. "But you're not."
"And why is that?"
"Because I said so." She replied, in a firm tone. Then, she let go of his neck and turned around to reach for the door. "Now, get dressed, take your lab coat and your stethoscope - the kids are gonna love it – and go!"
Jackson quickly took her hand, making her stop and turned her around to face him again. "You're so sexy when you're bossy!" He whispered, placing his hands back on her waist.
"Well, if you're good today at Ella's school …" She told him, using her best seductive tone. "…I can tell you other places I like to be bossy too."
"Oh, you don't need to tell me." Jackson grinned and leaned down. "I already know!"
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