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April looked around the airport trying to catch sight of someone she'd recognize she'd told her mother she'd be home today but Karen Kepner hadn't told her who would be to pick her up at the Airport. She would guess her Father but as she looked around she didn't see him, and Joe Kepner was hard to miss a big jolly man who was fond of plaid.
"April, April over here. " She turned around to see her youngest sister Alice waving her down.
"Hey Alice." April hugged her youngest sister. Sagging slightly into her.
"Come on Ducky we have to get home mom has a huge dinner planned." Alice moved her towards the car. April cringed at the horrible adolescent nickname.
"Right coming." April grabbed her things from baggage claim and got into her sisters car. "How is Lucas?"
"Fine." Alice said pulling out of the parking lot and heading the two hours towards Moline. Alice had married Lucas Nolan only two years ago after meeting him in undergrad. The ride was mostly silent as they drove towards the home they'd shared as a child. "So what sends you home Apes? Mom said you failed your boards."
"Yeah," April turned her head towards the window unwilling to look at her sister. "Things just got Crazy." She didn't elaborate her mind flashing with images of Jackson and a hotel room in San Francisco.
"I heard there was a plane crash."
"Yes there was." April swallowed turning towards her sister. "I don't want to talk about it though ok I just I can't." Now it was pictures of Lexie flashing through her mind.
"Right fine ok." Alice kept her eyes trained on the road. Her older sister was certainly shut down more then usually she watched her from the corner of her eye trying to figure out what was wrong. A tense silence surrounded them until the moment they pulled into the Kepner driveway. "Well we're home." Alice shut the car off and April looked up at it tears forming in her eyes she opened the car door and stood on the gravel driveway looking at the house of her childhood. Alice walked around her shaking her head and heading into the house.
"Where's your sister?" Karen Kepner asked her youngest daughter.
"Standing in the driveway staring at the house." Karen dried her hands from where she was washing the dishes and headed outside. Seeing her daughter standing so frozen.
"April sweetie." April's head whipped towards her mother.
"Mom." Her lips quivered and her eyes filled with unshed tears. "Oh mommy." She flung herself into her mother's arms as soon as she was close enough. Sobbing into her mother's shoulder like she was ten years old again.
"Shh baby I've got you." Karen wrapped her arms firmly around her most fragile yet strongest daughter and held her tightly. When she'd called and said that she'd failed her boards and was coming home Karen's heart sank and then she'd heard about the plane crash and it shattered her poor baby who was all the way in Seattle was hurting and there had been nothing she could do for her. Now here she was standing front of her and Karen still felt so helpless.
"Why are you staring out the window?" Alice jumped and whirled around looking guiltily at her father.
"Um April is out there?" she pointed out the kitchen window.
"And you're staring why?" Joe shook his head at his youngest daughter as he headed towards the door to greet his second born.
"No Reason I have to go Luke will be home soon." Alice grabbed her keys and left the house headed towards her own. As she pulled out of the driveway she took on last look at her sister and almost felt a tiny bit of pleasure did she want her sister to hurt no but it was good to see the perfect April parental favorite knocked off her pedestal for once.
Joe Kepner stopped in his tracks taking in the picture of his daughter wrapped in the arms of his wife. He walked towards them. "Hey Baby girl." He pulled her out of her mothers embrace and into his own. He kissed her forehead as she snuggled into his embrace remembering him of the times when she was a little girl and would get hurt and crawl on his lap.
"Hey Daddy." She pulled back and looked into his eyes. He noticed the tear tracks on her face and he brushed them away.
"No reason to cry baby girl you'll get back on track you're resilient we've always known that."
"Yeah." April tried to smile but it wobbled. How did she tell her parents how much she'd messed up how did she tell them about Jackson did she tell them the whole story.
"You inside with your Mama and I'll get your things." He smiled at her as he handed her back over to her mothers care. Karen wrapped her arms around April's shoulders and pulled her inside. "I made lots of food I'm sure you're starving after that flight.
"I could eat." April said finally collapsing onto one of the kitchen chairs. Karen bustled around the kitchen putting food on a plate and sliding it in front of April before taking a seat beside her. They both looked up as Joe came in with April's things taking them upstairs and then coming back down.
"Well girls I'm off to do the chores." He stopped before walking out the door. "It's good to have you home Sweetie." He smiled at April he'd never say it but April was and would always be his favorite.
As Joe walked out of the house Karen looked back at her daughter. "So April what is the full story." She looked into her daughters Hazel eyes almost able to read the secrets hidden in the depths.
April shook as she looked at her mother what would her mother say would she stop talking to her would she stop loving her. She started to shake as she looked at her mother her hands wrapped around each other as she tried to get the courage to speak. She opened her mouth and closed it she shook her head and closed her eyes tightly a tear leaking out of the corner. She opened her eyes and looked into her mothers. "I made a mistake." She whispered into the crackling air.
A/N thanks to those that reviewed this story. Caution if you read any farther there is spoilers for episode 10x11 So after tonight's episode I really don't like her sisters but way to go for her standing up to them. So as to not make her sisters total witches I'm going with the jealousy theory as you see with the Alice scene I wrote all the sisters will be married in this I know we only know for sure that Kimmie is married but Alice does say that they've all had sex so I'm guessing both her and Libby are also married.