Hello all! ITS TGIT GREY'S DAY! Crazy, I know! I'm so excited! I hope we get some Japril tonight, but if we don't, this is my gift to you! I've been busy with school recently, and I'm very sorry, but its summer now! I am planning on continuing all my one shot series, so that's something to look forward to during the hiatus lol. Don't forget to review and tell me what you think! I love to read all of them! Lastly, thank you to everyone who has read every chapter and encouraged me and helped me! I hope you're ready for this! Enjoy!

Unconditionally - Katy Perry

Come just as you are to me
Don't need apologies
Know that you are all worthy
I'll take your bad days with your good
Walk through this storm I would
I'd do it all because I love you

Jackson raced through the double sliding doors into the ER with a sleepy one year old in one arm and a screaming four year old in the other. His daughter lagged behind, prancing around in her own little world, oblivious to the panic her father was filled with. Everyone in the waiting room's attention shifted to them, mainly due to the crying little boy. Tears were streaming down his face as he squirmed in pain trying to get out of his father's arms.

"Hello, Dr. Avery. Is there anything I can do for you?" A skinny blonde nurse greeted him as he reached the nurses station, bypassing all the waiting people. Being the head of the hospital did have its perks, especially at a time like this.

"Page Dr. Karev 911 right away!" He ordered the nurse as he looked around the ER quickly for an open bed to place his son on.

"Would you like us to page your wife as well?" The nurse asked as Jackson walked away from her, expecting her to obey and not bother him any further. He figured she could sense the panic and let him be. Instead, she brought up exactly what he didn't want her to do.

He turned back around to face her, his eyes wide as he shook his head quickly, "No! Dr. Kepner cannot know we are here until after Dr. Karev is finished. Uh, page Wilson too."

The nurse nodded her head and turned around to do as she was told. Jackson urgently rushed to the one empty bed in the room and pulled the curtains closed around it, half to drown out the sounds of his son's wailing in order not to disturb the other patients, and the other half to conceal their identity just incase his wife happened to walk in. He knew he was walking a fine line because the ER was his wife's baby and she was there every chance she got.

Jo arrived to the ER first and the nurse gestured to the closed curtain. She had no idea what to expect when she opened it but she really didn't expect Jackson and his three kids to be sitting there waiting for her.

"Hey, Jo, would you mind watching Harriet and Luke for a few minutes?"

She huffed, taking in the scene in front of her. Around them was total chaos. By now, little Lucas had awakened due to the screams from his brother, and he was crying too. Michael was still in tears, clinging to his father's neck, who was sitting on the hospital bed beside him. Harriet was sitting in the chair beside the cot quietly swinging her legs back and forth, no longer happy that they were at the hospital. She thought they were going to visit her mom because Michael was upset, but now she could tell something was wrong with her brother, even if her dad refused to tell her what happened. Then there was Jackson. He looked like a wreck. His eyebrows were furrowed in worry and his jaw was clenched in aggravation. His eyes had a panicked look, and they were even a little watery as his son cried. He had two crying children on each of his arms and he struggled to keep them calm, and nothing he tried was working one bit. Jo sighed before giving in, deciding that he really needed the help, but he was going to owe her big time, "Dr. Avery, you do realize I am no longer a resident, correct?"

"Yes! I do! Come on, Jo, please! I'm in a bit of a situation right now," He motioned to his full arms that contained very upset children, "and I would really appreciate it!" He pleaded.

She contemplated what he was asking of her, and then decided it was best if she just did it. He was her boss and all. She wasn't really doing anything at the moment, plus, she figured she could use the practice with the children.

Just as she took Harriet's hand and Luke out Jackson's arms, Jo noticed Alex stride into the ER as well. He was pointed to the bed where Michael sat and he noticed the whole group gathered around it. He made his way over, kissing his wife on the cheek before she walked away with the two children. He then turned to greet the little boy in the hospital bed, "What's up Magic Mike! What happened little man?"

"Alex, don't call my son Magic Mike."

Alex ignored Jackson as he assessed the boy's problem, "We're gonna need X-rays, but I'm sure you already know, his arm is broken." Alex determined before he faced Jackson, "What happened?"

As Jackson explained his son's tumble down the steps to Alex, he heard his wife's voice on the other side of the curtain. They both paused and looked as her shadow appeared behind it. Jackson held his breath as he saw her silhouette reach for the edge of the curtain and grab it. "Edwards, why is this curtain pulled? I don't remember placing anyone in this bed." Her voice was muffled, being blocked out by the dividers, but when she pulled back the curtain, shock overtook her face as she saw who was there.

"Jackson? Alex? What's going on? Aren't you supposed to be at home with the kids?" April stuttered. She stood there stunned as she struggled to comprehend what was going on.

"Mommy!" Michael shouted from behind Jackson, who had attempted to stand in front of his son to hide him from her view.

April's eyes widened as pushed Jackson out of the way so she could get to her son, "Oh my gosh! Baby, what happened?"

Tears returned to Michael's eyes at the sound of his mother's voice, "My arm, mommy, it hurts!"

"Jackson, what happened?" She yelled as she cradled him in her arms. Her hand holding his head to her chest as she lightly rocked them back and forth to try and calm him down. His tears started flowing more heavily now that she was there and soon he was full blown crying again. Snot ran down his face and April held him close as he sought comfort in her, "What happened?" She repeated, gritting her teeth slightly in irritation due to him not answering.

"April, you're making it worse. You're scaring him. He had just calmed down." Alex said, but both parents ignored him as they had their own conversation.

"Um, he took a fall down the stairs at home." Jackson explained as he stood beside her, causing April to lean away from him with her son in he arms.

"Why weren't you watching him? Where were you?"

"I was making dinner, April! I can't watch all of them and do that at the same time!"

"He's four, Jackson! He can't go upstairs alone! Was he wearing socks? Is that why he fell? You know they can't wear socks on wooden steps!"

"He can make it up the stairs just fine! There was no way for me to know he was going to fall!"

"Ok, enough!" Alex stepped in between the two with his hands spread out, "We need to get Michael up to get an x-ray, settle this later." He told them but April spoke anyway.

"Well, he should have called me as soon as it happened and let me know so we could've been prepared here." She snapped in his direction, extreme anger evident on her face and in her voice.

"I panicked April! I didn't know what to do! I was only focused on him!" He argued back at her, his arms crossed over his chest in defense.

"You're a doctor, you should've known!"

"Stop!" Alex shouted, every head in the ER turned towards them, and even Michael's crying turned to whimpers, "Will you two chill out? We need to go now. Only ONE of you can come with me."

Jackson straightened up immediately ready to follow Alex and his son, but April picked Michael up into her arms and turned to Jackson, "No. I will go with him to his x-ray and you will stay here." She sternly demanded before she placed the boy down in a wheelchair. She knew he could walk there, but he was shaken up and she wasn't going to make him.

"Are you seriously mad at me over this? April, you're being unreasonable." Jackson shouted after her as she followed her colleague who was pushing her startled son in a wheelchair.

She turned around to face him as they reached the double doors to exit the ER, "Am I? Because my son's arm is broken and you didn't call me. I think that was unreasonable." With that, she walked through the doors to the other wing of the hospital, leaving Jackson behind to watch his other two children.

He took a deep breath and rolled his eyes when she disappeared from sight. With his hands balled up into fists on his hips, he stepped down the hallway and approached Jo, whom had his son in her lap and his daughter at her side.

"Thank you so much for watching them, Jo." Jackson expressed his gratitude when he made his way over to the bench where she and the two children had been sitting right outside the ER.

"No problem! After all, I guess I need some experience before this one comes." She placed her hand over her growing stomach that protruded slightly under her scrub top, "Alex gets all his practice working in peds, so I needed it as much as you, I guess!" She joked as she stood up to let Jackson sit down next to his daughter with his tiny son perched on his lap.

Jackson sat on the bench in the hallway with his daughter's head laid over on his shoulder and his son lulling in and out of sleep as he reassured his little girl that her brother would be fine. He loved his one on one time with Harriet because he didn't get it all that often. He loved to be at the hospital with her especially, because she seemed to take interest in the medical stuff going on around her. She would ask him so many questions, and he loved to answer every single one of them. She soaked up the information like a sponge, and there was no doubt in his mind that she would become a doctor like they had. Now, he wasn't forcing it, but he was discouraging it either. He wanted his kids to do what they decided to do on their own, but he had a hunch that Harriet was right on track to becoming their families next surgeon. Jackson explained everything he could about Michael's broken arm and what the doctors would probably do about it, but after a while, she got bored as most six year olds would. She went off to the playroom down the hall to play with the toys and Jo stole Luke away again, leaving Jackson alone to wait in the hall for any news. He felt like a patient's family, which he technically was, but he didn't like it. He liked being the doctor on the other side much better.

When he saw April exit the exam room, he stood up immediately, "So, how is he?" He asked, his anxiety returning.

"He's fine," she responded with a coldness present in her voice, "He broke his radius, probably from trying to catch himself and all the pressure was put on his wrist, you know?" He nodded to show that he understood. Radius breaks occurred quite often in younger kids, actually it was one of the most common breaks they saw in children.

"Ok, so, what are they gonna do?" He urged her to continue with the information, even though he knew what she was probably going to say.

"Alex said no surgery, just a cast."

Jackson exhaled loudly in relief. Being a surgeon himself didn't necessarily mean he wanted his four year old son to go under the knife. He trusted everyone on his surgical staff, but he was not too keen on the idea.

They stood there awkwardly in silence. They didn't have many silences in their marriage, at least uncomfortable ones. They didn't fight all that much either, anymore at least. Jackson rubbed the back of his head in confusion. He wasn't sure what to say at this point. Michael was going to be fine, but April was still mad at him. It seemed irrational to him, and he wasn't sure how to fix it.

"I'm sorry that I snapped at you. I know it's not your fault he fell." April whispered and looked up at him as she broke the silence, her eyes glazed over and her voice laced with an apologetic tone.

Jackson sighed at her, ready to make his own apology for his mistakes, "I'm sorry I didn't call. I was in a rush-" but he was cut off by April again.

"Look, Jackson, it's fine. I just, I don't know, this is something neither one of us was prepared for. It took me by surprise and I was worried. I mean, we're doctors! We see this all of the time but seeing him in pain, a broken bone of all things! I can't help but think…." She stopped short and swallowed slowly, hesitant to continue.

"Think what?" Jackson searched her teary eyes for a hint of what she was thinking. She closed her eyes before she answered him.

"Samuel," she breathed out softly as tears ran down her face, "Do you think he felt like that? Do you think he would've called for me to comfort him like that?"

Jackson wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close to his chest. He rubbed circles on her back to soothe her as he whispered in her ear, "Of course he would have. You're a good mom. To ALL of them."

"It just makes me feel like I'm not doing enough. I know I can't watch them 24/7 but I don't like feeling helpless like we did with him and right now, I do. I know I couldn't have done anything more with Samuel, but with them I can and I feel like I'm not." She leaned away to wipe the tears away but he grabbed her hand and moved it out of the way.

He swiped his thumb across her cheeks to remove them and she gave him a small smile when he leaned in to kiss her forehead. He trailed his arms down her sides and took both of her hands in his, letting them swing between them, "You are enough. You do enough. I know you don't think you do, but you do. You take care of all of us, you put up with me, us, and you come to work every single day and work harder than any person I know. You're doing your best, which helps us be the best we can be. You're the strongest person I know, some days I wonder if you're actually a superhero. We can get through this. We got through Samuel, and Harriet. We can get through this. This isn't the first bump in the road, and it won't be the last. Ok?"

She nodded her head at him right as Michael came running towards them out of the examination room he had been in. A smile spread across his face when he saw them and he leapt into April's arms.

"Look mommy! Alex gaved me a red cast like the color of your hair!" April giggled and kissed his little chubby cheeks. Michael showed off his cast to everyone who walked by, like it was an accessory attached to his body.

Jackson smiled at the two as April spoke to him with a bright smile. Her features were so much more animated now around her son than they had been moments before. All hints of sadness gone. Even if she didn't believe it, he knew he would remind her every day if he had to. A mother's love was unconditional, and April had no problem proving that. She was a good mother. She was a good wife. The past was rough, but that brought them to where they were now. There was no need to forget what had happened, because it played an important role in their life. All their children did. You can't undo it, but you can learn from it. Your past is what guides you to the future and Jackson could see through his family's smiles, that no matter what happens, they will come out stronger than ever and their future was brighter.