Hi ! It's been a very long time, and I'm sorry about that, I'm also glad more people are following my story !

The story so far : April and Jackson are taking care of a little girl who suffers a serious burn. They met her mother, who is sick. In this chapter, David, her father, comes to the hospital. April and Jackson come to know more about the parents, and the relationship they have seems oddly familiar...

Disclaimer : I don't own Grey's anatomy, but if Ms Rhimes decides to kill one of the characters again, I won't let her get away with it... Even if I admit deaths are somehow important ingredients to keep the story interesting.

Anyway, that said, hope you'll enjoy this chapter :)

"Doctor Kepner, is that right?"

The man who had followed her along the way before stopping her shook her hand.

"Yes, that's me, and you are..?"

"My name is David Woods. I'm Molly's father."

"Oh, it's nice to meet you, if you may follow me, I'll take you to where your daughter is."

"Leah, her mother, she called me but she didn't tell me what happened. Are they both okay?"

"Well, Molly was in the ER until a few minutes ago, but it turns out we have to operate on the skin around her left eye, so she's now resting in a room."

David Woods looked anxious.

"But don't worry, the surgery isn't a complicated one. We were afraid the eye was touched but it's not the case. Jacks- Doctor Avery, who will take care of the surgery, is a very skilled one. He'll explain the procedure to you."

"Did you tell Leah yet?"

"Her mother wasn't there at that time, we were planning on calling her while we took Molly upstairs."

Now, he looked terrified.

"Please, let me tell her, she's... she gets anxious very easily, and Molly has probably told you, she..."

"Yes, of course, we'll let you call her."

But he didn't need to, because Leah was right behind him as soon as they had finished talking. They had arrived to Molly's room, but Leah hadn't seen who was occupying the room, too relieved to finally see David.

"Hey, honey, you all right?" Mr. Woods asked when he saw her.

He hugged her.

"I'm glad you made it," she said, relieved.

"I have to tell you something," he continued, still holding her very tightly.

As he was explaining the situation, April observed them. She soon realized they didn't have the same surname – Leah's last name was Bishop –, which meant that he wasn't her husband, but probably her boyfriend, seeing how close they seemed to be. David managed to calm her down as soon as she realized the situation was worse than she thought. When he was finished talking, she just whispered a 'thank you'. April smiled, bewildered at how tender they were towards each other, hoping that one day, she would find that special person whom she would trust more than any other. She glanced at the window, seeing Jackson examining Molly.

He walked out of the room when he saw them.

"Mr. Woods, this is Doctor Avery. He's probably the best plastic surgeon of the State, and he'll be taking care of your daughter."

"Thanks a lot, she's our precious little girl," David said.

"She acts tough but she's still a little girl who has grown up too fast," Leah added with a sad smile.

"As Doctor Kepner probably told you, the surgery won't be difficult. This will seem like a serious one but it will be a standard procedure," he added, cautious. "As your wife may have seen, the-"

"I'm not his wife," Leah interrupted him, "we're not together, he's my best friend."

She still had that sad smile on her face.

"Oh, I'm sorry," Jackson said, a little taken by surprise. "Well, as Leah here may have seen, the skin around her eye is burnt. We don't have to replace the rest of the skin, because it will regenerate by itself, but that part needs to be replaced to make sure the burn won't cause any infection that might reach the eyeball region. The surgery shouldn't last more than two hours, but the most important part is the recovery. You will have to come back every other week, at first, and every month afterwards, so that we change her bandage and make sure there is no infection."

"So, it's not as bad as it seems?" Leah asked. "What about the scars? Will she have some?"

"With our modern techniques, and because she's still young, she will recover quicker than any adult, and it will be as if she wasn't burnt in the first place," April answered.

The couple of best friends seemed grateful.

"So, who is the one in charge of the administrative matters between you two?" Jackson asked.

Leah and David looked at each other.

"I'll take care of whatever paper we need to sign," David answered, "but first, I need to see my little daughter, do you mind if I go?"

"No, of course not, she'll be happy to see you."

Leah watched him as he entered the room, then she looked at Jackson and April apologetically.

"I'm not that kind of mom," she said, "not the one who can't take care of her child whenever there's a little problem, but I pomised her I'd be careful about my health as soon as I learnt I was sick. I don't want to stay away like that, but she worries too much about me, she tries to handle everything on her own."

"Don't worry about that," Jackson said.

"You must think it's weird," Leah continued. "I mean, he's my best friend and we had a child together."

Jackson and April shared a look.

"Trust me," April chuckled, "we've seen a lot of weird things in here, and your situation isn't the least strange compared to them."

"Besides, we won't judge you about something like that," Jackson added, smiling to April, and she felt her heart skip a beat.

"We used to sleep together just to fulfil our physical needs," Leah explained, "whenever we both didn't have someone in our lives. It was our way to connect with each other, no romantic feelings involved. But then it happened, and I was hesitant but he wanted to keep the baby. I've never regretted it since then," she added, looking tenderly at her best friend who was laughing with Molly. "He's a wonderful father, better than any husband I'll ever dream of having. It makes it difficult for us to have a love life, because our dates usually don't understand. I mean, we live in the same house, we have a close relationship, and we have a child. But even if we don't sleep in the same bedroom, our family is perfect the way it is, and I wouldn't trade it for anything. Life is full of accidents and sometimes, happiness is just accepting what those accidents bring along with them, don't you think?"

April thought about the words she told Jackson that morning. 'I regret nothing.'

"I totally agree," she said.

Jackson stared at her with a questioning look.

When David came back and wrapped his arm around Leah's waist, April looked at them and for one second, she imagined herself and Jackson in their place. Would it have been like that if she had been pregnant at that time? Would she still be with him, maybe really married to him, as he proposed to her? Lost in her thoughts, she caught herself imagining what their child would look like. She hoped he or she would have his eyes. Then she realized it was a stupid thought: she wasn't pregnant, and she would probably never bear Jackson Avery's child, for they weren't going to be together as a couple.

She couldn't help but glance at him, and as crazy as it seemed, she had the feeling he was thinking about the same things. He looked back at her, his crazily deep green eyes clouded with what April interpreted as sadness.

"Please, Jackson, don't look at me that way," she whispered, closing her eyes.

"What do you mean?" he asked. "Besides, I'm the one who should say that: don't you dare face me while closing your eyes. It's an invitation I have difficulty refusing."

She opened her eyes and saw he was grinning. It was a forced smile but it was still better than dealing with that sadness in his eyes. She laughed.

"Okay, let's stop this right now, we have a lot of work to do."

She turned around and started following the couple of best friends.

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