Jackson and April have to deal with serious matters as they start to get closer, like they used to be when they were still best friends. But the ghost of their past as lovers is still haunting them.

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That said, I hope you'll enjoy this chapter !

Jackson watched her as she was following Leah and David. What would have happened if it were them? What would their life have looked like if April had been pregnant? He couldn't help thinking that the baby would have been the most beautiful one in the whole world, if only it had her gorgeous smile.

He let out a sigh and decided to stop thinking about that for good, because being around her and having that kind of thoughts was dangerous. And he had already let his attraction – or whatever it was that he felt for her – take control earlier that day.

"Hey, babe."

It was Stephanie, who took him by surprise. It was the evening and he was sitting at Joe's, having a drink before going home. He was tired, so he hoped she wasn't going to drag him to the bathroom. She groaned, understanding he wasn't in the mood.

"Tough day, huh?" she asked.

Grateful, he kissed her and offered her a drink.

"No I can't drink," she said, "I have to go back to the hospital in half an hour. I just wanted to say hi, and hoped you would want to have fun before going back home, but it's okay."

"It was a tough day," he confirmed.

He was lucky to have Stephanie. She was there when he needed her, but she wasn't too sticky. It was simple with her.

He glanced at the other side of the room, and saw April laughing with Meredith and Cristina. He smiled, happy to see that she got along well with everybody else, finally. He thought it wasn't a bad thing when he was his only friend in here, but he was still happy for her. They all had moved on.

She came their way, still laughing. Apparently, she was a little drunk.

"Hey, Joe, two beers and a coke, please. Oh, hi, Stephanie! Don't forget we have a surgery together tomorrow. Looking forward to working with you again!"

She was drunk. Stephanie didn't answer. When April left with the drinks, Jackson followed her with his eyes and Stephanie didn't fail to notice that.

"You know," she said, "I'm not the jealous kind of girl, and I know I'm lucky to be going out with the sexiest surgeon in the hospital, but I promise that if you cheat on me, you'll regret it."

Jackson laughed.

"Don't worry," he answered nervously.

"I have to go," she said, then she left after kissing him on the cheek.

He decided to join April and the others.

"Hey hey, it's girls' night, no boys allowed," Cristina said.

"We are here to cheer April up after she got dumped by her sexy paramedic," Meredith added.

April laughed.

"I don't need to be cheered up, and he can stay, by the way."

Jackson sat down next to her. It felt good being with them like old times, before everything that had happened with the plane crash. Meredith, who had Zola and who was pregnant, didn't hang out with them anymore. Amused, he realized that not so long ago, she wouldn't have spent an evening at Joe's without at least three shots of tequila. Now, she was calmly sipping her coke while April had already finished her beer.

After a while, Meredith and Cristina had to leave to join their respective husband and boyfriend, who had come to pick them up. April looked at them with a strange expression. She put her head on Jackson's shoulder.

"I wonder if I'll have that one day," she said.

Jackson hadn't drank a lot but he was still feeling dizzy. Was it the smell of her hair?

"You'll find the right guy for you one day."

"Hey, it's been a very long time since we last hang out together, right? I mean, we're friends again but we still only see each other when we have the same patient."

She was right.

"Wanna have diner?" she asked.

Ouh. Dangerous.

"Yeah, that's a good idea!"

"You still live in Meredith's house? Oh right, it's Alex's house now. We could go there? I don't feel like eating outside."

Too dangerous.

"Sure, great!"

He knew he shouldn't have accepted, but he couldn't help it. And he wasn't going to let her go home alone, she was drunk, right?

"Hmm that smells good!"

One hour later, she was sitting on the couch while he was preparing spaghettis. He came back from the kitchen.

"You want to drink something? I think there's a bottle of wine in the closet."

"Oh no, I've already drunk too much," she answered, "I don't wanna be sick tomorrow, we have to operate on Molly's eye."

"Oh yeah, right."

He remained silent, thinking about Molly's parents situation.

"This is funny, I couldn't help comparing her parents to us," April said all of a sudden, echoing his thoughts. "It's stupid, right?"

"I did the same. It worked out for those two, after all."

'So why not for us', he wanted to add.

"Yeah, but I think it's more complicated than that. I think Leah is hiding her real feelings. She seems to have feelings for him. I'm not sure the situation suits her. Well, I don't know, but she's still lucky to have such a friend. He'll probably always be there for him, and he seems like such a good father."

"I would have been a good father."

Jackson said that without thinking. April looked at him in disbelief.

"I know that. It's not as if we would have given up on the baby. But there was no baby, you know that, Jackson?"

He didn't answer. Everything that he had kept within his heart was going to burst out if he didn't contain himself.

"I, ehm, I think I should go," April said.

She got up. But it was too late. Jackson couldn't hold it any longer.

"I know we wouldn't have been the perfect couple, or the perfect family, but just like for Leah, it would have been perfect for me. Not only because I would have loved you, April, I would have loved you the way you deserved to be loved – which is obvious – but also because you were more than a lover, more than a girlfriend. You were my best friend. The feelings I had for you were real, and they were stronger than I thought precisely because you were my best friend."

"You don't have the right to tell me that right now," she retorted angrily, "you acted like a jerk. It was hard, thinking that I was pregnant was difficult, and you were there, I was grateful for that. But you didn't have the right to react like that, throw away everything, just because I was relieved to not be pregnant."

"You didn't have to be so relieved!"

April laughed.

"Unbelievable!"

"Don't you think I felt terrible about that? Yes, I was a jerk, I reacted like a child, right after I tried to show you I could be a man and take my responsibilities, but you didn't have to be that happy! You don't have to remind me that, I feel bad everyday because I ruined our relationship. But you were the one who used me."

"I used you? Should I remind you that you are the one who jumped an intern right after we ended it? And that I was a virgin before-"

"Oh so that's it. This morning, you say that you don't regret anything, and now, you say that. Great. And for the record, Stephanie and I aren't serious. How do you think I felt when I learnt you found the perfect guy for you, when you were bragging about how sweet and perfect your relationship was? I'm with Stephanie because it's easy. Don't you think I'd rather be with you!?"

April was about to answer but nothing came out.

"Oh shit," Jackson said, frustrated.

"I think I should go."

She started to leave, but something stopped her.

"What?" Jackson asked.

"Did you hear that?"

"No, I didn't hear that," he retorted mockingly.

April was pissed. She started to leave again, but something happened. The walls suddenly began to shake, and the furniture were trembling. A closet behind Jackson started to fall down.

"Watch out!" April said, taking his hand to drag him to her.

They looked at the place where he had been standing just a second before. The closet had fallen, crushed.

"What the hell is happening!"

"Earthquake!" she answered.

Helly everybody !

First of all, I haven't watched the latest episode yet, but I wanted to update before I did, so that I won't be influenced by it.

I guess you didn't see that coming huh ? I just need to say the idea of the earthquake was not something out of the blue, I actually thought about it a long time ago, when I was wondering what on earth the writers could make up at the end of the season, and the earthquake popped up. Anyway, I really wanted to thank you for your support, it means a lot, especially when I see that new people are starting to follow the story (even when they don't leave reviews), I really hope I won't disappoint you.

Now, I'm gonna watch 9x22, hope there'll be some Japril action ^^

Oh and as usual, don't hesitate to say it if there's something wrong about the story !