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A month of dating without having gone out on a real date, Alex felt some pressure on him. April wasn't just any girlfriend. She was traditional and a sucker for romance, something he hadn't exactly fulfilled yet. On a positive note, she hadn't been nagging him about their first date. Perhaps, she wanted to be surprised, he thought. Their first date was supposed to be significant or whatever.

But he was clueless about what type of date to plan. All he knew was it had to be good enough to end the night with sex… not that he wanted her to know that was his priority. He did want to make an effort in impressing her with a successful first date. One couldn't exactly have a do over with first dates.

Alex wasn't completely enthusiastic about seeking advice from someone. Asking Jackson was out of the question. His roommate still hadn't warmed up to the idea of innocent April dating a scumbag like Karev. The pretty boy was suspicious of his intentions. He had a hard time believing he was genuinely interested in his best friend. All it took was one bad move and he would be reacquainted with those Avery fists.

Meredith and Cristina were also terrible options. Since word spread regarding Alex and April's relationship, they constantly teased him for dating someone who didn't easily put out for him – or more like ever. A guy who loved sex dating a woman who had never experienced it? Didn't add up to either of his friends. The fact that he managed to remain abstinent for over a month baffled them even more.

Maybe there was one person who would understand his problem.

"Dr. Robbins!" Alex called out to the peds attending and chased after her down the hallway. He matched her stride as they walked side by side. "I uhh… I gotta ask you for something. Advice, actually."

"Oh, yeah? Is it about your Africa proposal?" she eagerly questioned with a bright smile. "Because I have to say I'm impressed with your plan. I'm like a proud mother who taught you well."

"No, it's not that." His idea to bring over sick children from Africa hadn't been running as smoothly as he had hoped. The funding for it had been a bust so far after Stark refused to lend him a penny for his efforts. He really wasn't sure where that money would come from. "It's about Kepner. Well, dating stuff."

Arizona smugly grinned to herself. "Are you going to tell me about how I'm awesome because I figured you two out before you admitted you were dating each other?" she gloated. "I always knew you were lying to me, Karev. You know why? Because I'm awesome."

He quickly rolled his eyes, slipping his hands inside of his lab coat pockets. "Yeah, whatever. Anyway, I… I want to take her out on a decent first date, but I have no freakin' clue what to do. Any ideas?"

"You're asking me for first date advice?"

"I don't do first dates that often," Alex muttered. From his recollection, the last real first date he had been on was with Izzie and that happened during their intern year. And that first date led to his inability to perform in the bedroom, which eventually led to idiotic cheating and well… he preferred not to remember that. "What should I do? April, she's probably gonna be expecting something great and I don't know how to be great, at least at planning dates."

"Are you stressing out over this?" the blonde surgeon asked curiously, raising an eyebrow at him. "You're flustered over a first date. It's quite… adorable. Is adorable the appropriate word?"

Stopping in the middle of the hallway, he groaned and slightly scowled at his mentor. "Dude, I'm serious right now. We have the night off tomorrow. I don't want to screw this up and be a crappy boyfriend."

Arizona sighed, gazing up at the ceiling as she quietly ran ideas through her head. "Try something relaxing and fun at the same time. This is April Kepner we're talking about. I think she's open to anything you find extremely cheesy," she suggested, then she gasped. "Oh! Miniature golf."

"Miniature golf?" Alex repeated slowly, scrunching his nose. "That's… that's a high school date."

"Karev, if you're going to be picky about this, then you'll never figure out a date. Besides, an innocent game of mini golf doesn't necessarily mean you have to be innocent the entire time," she implied, smirking back at him. "Let's say you want to help her out with her swing…"

A mischievous grin formed on his face. "You've done this before, haven't you?"

"Maybe once or twice in college," Arizona sheepishly replied. She patted Alex's shoulder and turned to walk away. "Give it a shot. I bet you'll be thanking me later for the idea."

Alex briefly watched the peds attending slide down the hallway using her Heelys. Miniature golf gave him an excuse to sneak in some naughty groping. He wondered why he hadn't thought of that immediately. His mentor was a freaking genius. Then again, he hardly doubted Robbins when it came to useful advice. She was probably his and April's biggest cheerleader at the moment. At least someone didn't think their relationship was a joke.

With a plan set, he just hoped his girlfriend would agree to the idea. He tracked her downstairs in the pit hoping she wasn't too busy for a quick chat. April stood by the nurses' station chatting with… Avery. Not exactly who he wanted to see her with just when he was ready to pitch his date proposal to her. Whatever, he thought. It was silly to act like Jackson was the most intimidating person on the planet. He decided to pretend the guy wasn't even there.

"Hey, got a second?" Alex intruded, stepping in between April and Jackson. The latter appeared annoyed to see him. "I uhh… I figured out what we could do tomorrow night."

"Do you mind?" the pretty boy hissed behind him. "We were talking."

April softly laughed. "It's okay, Jackson." She couldn't help but feel excited to see Alex since they weren't sharing shifts in Pediatrics that day and first date news was good news. "We're having our first official date."

"Where are you taking her? Joe's?" he scoffed.

Alex shot a glare at his roommate before facing the redhead again. "Mini golf."

"Wow," Jackson guffawed, shaking his head. "That's really, really lame."

"Oh my gosh, I love mini golf!" April chirped and clapped her hands together, drawing a confused look from her best friend. She grinned widely at her boyfriend as she let out a high-pitched squeal. "I haven't played mini golf since high school. I'm looking forward to it already."

"Really?" Alex was slightly taken aback by her excited response. He hadn't expected her to react so positively to an idea he didn't even come up with. Since she was thrilled about it and he made Jackson look stupid at the same time, he wasn't going to complain.

She nodded, playfully tugging on the lapels of his lab coat. "I know you probably would prefer something less… childish, but this is going to be fun. Are we having dinner first elsewhere or what? Oh, are we going old school by eating greasy, cheap corndogs?"

He slightly shrugged with a half-smile. "If that's what you want. Whatever."

April heard Owen calling her from afar and grimaced. "I have to go, but thank you for setting up our date. It means a lot to me." She hopped onto her tip toes and kissed Alex's cheek. "I'll see you after work."

Alex proudly smiled as his perky girlfriend walked away with a bounce in her step. He turned around to face Jackson, who remained unimpressed. "I have a feeling after tonight, she'll have another reason to appreciate mini golf, especially if she needs my help," he stated with a wink. "Know what I mean?"

Jackson inhaled sharply as his coworker left, a cackle escaping his mouth. The thought of Karev's filthy hands all over April disgusted him. He almost wanted to follow them on their date, string Lexie along and claim a double date would be even more enjoyable. On the other hand, he didn't want to be an ass of a friend and potentially ruin his best friend's date. Still, it was with Alex. He didn't deserve a successful first date in his mind.

"I hate that guy."


Alex was amazed by how popular miniature golf seemed to be. It was almost crowded on a Friday night, though he excluded the group of teenagers who chose to hang out there doing nothing for no reason. And they weren't the oldest couple there like he had anticipated. April spent a couple minutes gushing over the 70-something old duo who were on a date as well. He didn't mind – until he realized that same couple were in front of them on the course.

Eighteen holes plus a slower moving couple ahead of them? And they were only on the fifth hole.

He sat down on a nearby bench lightly tapping his forehead against the tip of his putter. It would likely take a freaking year for them to finish half of the course. Alex didn't despise the elderly. They just made him cranky. And it was painful trying to hide his impatience in front of April. Her eyes were focused on the old couple, smiling brightly at how adorable the woman's husband treated her. He knew exactly what his girlfriend was thinking. She was probably envisioning themselves in their shoes, wrinkled and gray and taking ten minutes to place the golf ball on the tee.

And he felt like a douche for wanting to walk away to buy a corndog.

"Do you think they'll notice if we just cut in front of them and skip over to the sixth hole?" he murmured close to her ear. "I mean, we could almost be halfway done by now."

"I don't want to cut," she softly groaned and smiled at the elderly couple. "That would be awful. Look at them, they're having a blast and we could easily ruin their night if they see us cutting."

Alex rubbed the top of his head, a grimace forming on his face. "But they're taking forever," he complained. "Seriously, by the time we reach the tenth hole, they'll be closing the damn place."

"Oh, you're exaggerating," April playfully scolded him, nudging his side with her elbow. She leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Patience leads to very wonderful rewards, you know."

"What kind of rewards are you referring to?" he asked inquisitively.

Please be talking about sex.

She giggled and bit down on her bottom lip. "What do you think?"

He smirked as he leaned in for a kiss. Somewhere inside of that naïve woman was a sex kitten waiting to be released from her cage. "Would it be too much to ask if we could uhh… take a break? I think that windmill at hole nine is big enough to obstruct us from everyone's view."

April's eyes slowly widened and she opened her mouth to speak, but nothing came out. She felt a rush of warmth fill her cheeks before she forced a laugh. "Umm… there are kids here," the redhead bashfully responded.

"But dammit, you look freakin' hot in that sweater," Alex huskily noted. She stared back at him skeptically because he had always found her choice of attire rather quirky and dorky than hot. However, since he began seeing her in a different light he actually found her collection of buttoned sweaters attractive – or maybe it was the thought of peeling it off of her body whenever they finally pushed past third base that turned him on.

She opted to wear a magenta sweater over a white top and those tight, blue jeans he loved on her. He, on the other hand, felt like a dope because he decided to wear a navy blue shirt that he had worn hundreds of times, maybe even sometime earlier that week. And he forgot to shave, so he sported a patch of dark fuzz on his face.

The stubble on his chin tickled April's neck as he placed gentle kisses on it. While Alex had his personal struggles restraining himself from tearing her clothes off on a daily basis, April had her own set of internal problems. Eventually, she was going to lose her virginity, but it was a matter of when she felt ready to go through with it. But when her boyfriend kissed her neck the way he did, it was difficult to think clearly. Whether it would happen that night or not, she had yet to decide on that. Fortunately for her, the old couple in front of them had moved on to the next hole.

"Our turn!" she chirped, jumping up onto her feet and approaching the tee with her purple golf ball.

The hole's design was a little tricky and it required players to hit the ball along a curve for it to reach the hole. April's nerdy side resurfaced as she calculated her projected outcome, making Alex snicker. It was the perfect opportunity to lend his assistance. Pushing himself up from the bench, he walked towards her and set his putter aside.

"Ya know, instead of getting scientific on me, how about I help you out instead?" he offered, standing behind her and wrapping his arms around her waist. His hands securely gripped her wrists as her back rested against his chest. "It's pretty simple, really. It's mini golf for crying out loud."

"Are you doing this as an excuse to get fresh with me?" she suspiciously questioned.

"What kind of guy do you think I am?" Alex scoffed. His girlfriend looked over her shoulder at him with a raised eyebrow. He shrugged as he grinned back at her. "I'm serious. I'm not a pervert."

April stepped forward and chuckled. "I'm good, Alex. I don't need your help."

"Okay, whatever." He felt a little defeated by her rejection, slightly pouting as he scanned her backside. Her butt was merely inches away from him, so he reached down and grabbed it with both hands just as she was about to swing. She gasped and accidentally hit her golf ball with too much force. They watched it fly over the entire length of the hole and land directly on top of a random person's head. "Whoops."

"Alex!" She grimaced as she waved her arms at the poor victim. "I'm sorry! It wasn't me!"

"Oh, it was all her," Alex insisted, pointing his fingers at April as he laughed behind her. He grunted after she spun around and slapped his chest as hard as she could. "Hey, now. No violence on this date, okay? I think your physics calculation was way off, by the way."

The annoyed redheaded woman placed her hands on her hips. "Wait until later tonight. You're going to wish you hadn't done that, Karev," she warned. "I am totally beating you at this game and I'm going to gloat afterwards."

He rolled his eyes thinking she was simply being a tease, but his brief moment of groping had turned on a competitive switch inside of her. She had taken the rest of the course seriously, like trauma certification with Hunt. For every hole she beat him in, she would celebrate with a small victory dance that he felt partly embarrassed to be a witness of. And when it was his turn to putt, she was almost unbearable. Her heckling had gotten underneath his skin, so much that his ability to concentrate was impossible.

If April had been a random chick he was forced to take out on a date, he would have ditched her at around the eighth hole.

But the worst moment happened at the eighteenth and final hole. It was a crappy design in his opinion. The last hole was a giant house and the only way to win was to hit the ball into a tiny space located on the bottom of the front door. Nobody ever won this round, at least Alex hadn't seen anybody do it.

Of course, his own girlfriend showed him up by successfully hitting her golf ball into the hole. An alarm that made his ears hurt rang loudly as April celebrated with another dance. She twirled around in a circle, pumping her fists in the air as she squealed excitedly.

"I won!" she shrieked, glancing back at Alex, who stood nearby furrowing his eyebrows. He never expected to take their mini golf date so seriously, but now, he was pissed that he lost to her. "Aww, don't be such a sourpuss."

A young boy, probably about eight or nine years old, passed by and pointed at the brunette man. "Loser," he taunted with a grin on his face.

"Shut up," Alex muttered, scowling at the little runt as he walked away.

"C'mon, he's just a little boy." April's arms draped over his shoulders and she leaned in, stopping before their lips touched. She enjoyed giving her boyfriend a hard time throughout their date, but she did feel a little guilty for embarrassing him. "Remember what I said about gloating earlier?"

"No, I must have missed that part while you were gloating during the whole freaking game," he sarcastically replied.

She chewed on her lower lip as a grin slowly formed on her face. "Well, because I won… I get to be on top."

A smile appeared off the corner of Alex's mouth. His frustration towards her started to fade away as he grabbed her hand and led them towards the booth to drop off their putters. "We're leaving now."

"But- but I have to redeem my prize first."

"It's just a gift certificate to come back here for a free game. You don't need it," he dismissively replied.

Especially after April had beaten him at mini golf, Alex definitely refused to return for another game. For the next date, he was content with an old fashioned, romantic dinner.


Parked in front of Meredith's house, Alex had grown too impatient to wait until they were inside to finish their date. He and April had slipped into the backseat of his car, making out like teenagers who were toying with their curfew. She straddled his lap, her fingers digging into his scalp as she passionately kissed her boyfriend. His hands roamed all over her back and mostly camped out on her rear end.

It was a side of April he hadn't seen before. They made out all of the time, but her domineering side was driving him nuts. One wouldn't immediately assume she was a virgin based on the way she was kissing him at that moment. Or maybe she had simply grown more comfortable around Alex. In the beginning of their relationship, she seemed quite hesitant to let him slip his tongue into her mouth. Her lack of boyfriend experience showed whenever his hands touched her more sensitive areas on her body.

Her lips moved down to his neck and he smugly grinned as she gently gnawed on the area just below his ear. His hands worked on the buttons of her sweater and he groaned when she teasingly nibbled on his earlobe.

"Freakin' A," he mumbled, finishing her buttons and pushing the sweater off of her shoulders. She was painfully teasing him with innocent foreplay, but he was ready to move forward towards home plate.

Alex realized April had been wearing a tank top underneath her sweater, so he caught a nice glimpse of her bare shoulders. He immediately attacked her left shoulder with his lips before slightly pushing her back and dropping his face into her cleavage. She softly moaned when his teeth grazed the top of her breast.

She raised his head and firmly kissed his lips again. His hands slid underneath her tank top. Soon after, his fingers reached for the back of her bra. Before he could unhook it, she pushed herself off of him and adjusted her sweater.

"What are you doing?" he asked perplexed as she opened the car door. "Whoa, wait a second! Where are you going?"

April climbed out of the car and smiled back at him. "Goodnight, Alex!" she cheerfully replied.

He watched her close the door with his mouth partially dropped open. While she entered the frat house, he remained seated in the backseat of his car trying to process what had just happened. All of that kissing and groping only to be blown off without a warning?

"Holy shit. What a tease," the fourth year resident blurted out, glancing down at his lap. Alex tilted his head back against the cushion, cursing both out loud and inside of his head. He never saw it coming. Nobody had ever teased him like that before.

Did he do something wrong? Or was that her plan all along?

It could have been revenge for selling her out after she hit that bystander with her golf ball. He was too shocked to even be mad about the situation. They lived under the same roof, yet he didn't have enough will power to follow her into her bedroom and confront her for being a ridiculously hot tease.

And he needed an extra five minutes to relax before he could show his face again. Little Buddy Karev was not pleased.


The next morning, April had woken up in a perkier than usual mood. With the exception of her golf ball mishap, she thought her date with Alex went well. No vomit on her clothes or embarrassing moments that would haunt her for the rest of her life. She had fun. It was the most fun she had in a long time, maybe the best first date ever. Then again, there weren't a lot of memorable first dates to compare it to.

But those dates didn't matter anymore. She had a boyfriend, one who surprisingly treated her well after behaving the complete opposite not so long ago. It felt like she was on top of the world.

"You're certainly glowing today," Arizona enthusiastically pointed out while she and April washed their hands in the scrub room following a colostomy. The redhead was beaming when she reported to her service and continued to act that way throughout the surgery. It was hard not to notice her uber cheerfulness. "Obviously, your date with Karev wasn't a disaster because I highly doubt you would be this happy after we just attached a poop bag to a tiny human."

April shyly smiled. "It was really nice. Alex and I played mini golf last night. I thought that was really sweet of him because I never imagined him to be that type of guy," she explained. "And even though I beat him- well, I whooped him badly, we still managed to… he has nice hands."

The peds attending shared her excitement, grinning back at her resident. She gave herself an imaginary pat on the shoulder for playing a hand in the couple's successful date. "Oh, so you two-"

"No!" she interrupted and nervously laughed. "We uhh, we did things. Just not… all the way."

"I see," Arizona murmured, slowly nodding her head.

"But it was still a lovely night without sex involved." April finished washing her hands and dried them with a towel. "We were in the back of his car. That's not exactly the place where I want to lose my virginity."

"Understandable," the blonde woman answered with a chuckle. "Sounds like Karev may be boyfriend material after all."

She sighed as she tossed her towel into a bin. "I really like him. That almost sounds crazy, doesn't it? I mean, he used to think I was the most annoying person in the world. Maybe he still does sometimes, but I must be doing something right if he hasn't moved on to another woman."

Arizona walked out of the scrub room with April. "You and I both know that Alex has always had a good person inside of him. He's starting to show it more. I think that's sweet," she gushed. "He must be so happy to be with someone who cares about him."


"It was awful," a distraught Alex grumbled, resting his chin on top of the counter of the nurses' station. He briefly recalled last night's date to Meredith and Cristina. Both women were highly amused by his disappointment. "My girlfriend is the world's biggest tease."

He had purposely left the frat house early that morning to avoid running into April. It still hadn't fully sunk in yet that she led him to assume they were finally going to have sex only to ditch him in his car after a steamy makeout session. When he finally managed to walk into Meredith's house he went straight to his bedroom and hid underneath the covers.

"Was it really awful? April sure looked happy this morning," his roommate noted.

"Of course she's happy. She's the one who demanded she be on top and toyed with my hormones," Alex bitterly stated, shaking his head. "It felt like I got laid without the best parts included."

"Well, she is a virgin, Alex. Maybe she's afraid of being bad at it," she implied.

Cristina snorted. "Or she realized you probably screwed dozens of women in the backseat of your car. I wouldn't even want to sit in the backseat, let alone makeout there." She smirked as she pointed at the hickey on his neck directly below his ear. "And it looks like she tried to take a bite out of you. Wow. Kepner's a vampire. The pale complexion makes more sense now."

Alex scowled at his coworker. "Bite me, Yang. She's actually one hell of a kisser… and a tease." He stood upright and rubbed the back of his neck. "Normally, I could drop a chick for making me wait this long to have sex. I'm a dude with needs and this dude wants to get laid."

"So why don't you? You should've known what you were getting into with April," Meredith reminded him.

"Because I can't. Avery will kick my ass again. Actually, no. He'll murder me and then bury me beside O'Malley in the freaking cemetery." He sighed in frustration. With any other woman, he would have moved on already. However, he couldn't flat out dump April for what happened the night before. "I can't do it."

"You can't do it because you care about her. It's more than sex for you." She smiled as she gazed back at Cristina. "April is the first person he's truly liked since Izzie."

"Mer's right. Don't be an ass because you're not having sex on a daily basis. Kepner could actually end up being the best sex of your life," the Asian woman advised. "I wonder if she's a screamer."

"Shut up," Alex irritably replied. He turned around when he heard April's high-pitched voice calling out his name. It was too late to run away like a coward. She practically skipped towards him as her ponytail swayed back and forth. "Hey."

His girlfriend greeted Meredith and Cristina before she faced him. "There you are. I haven't seen you all morning." She slipped her hands into his, interlocking their fingers together. "Can I just tell you how amazing last night was? I haven't had so much fun since… I don't know, but it was one of the best dates I've ever had!"

Alex forced himself to smile. "Seriously?"

"Yes! Thank you for an enjoyable night," April happily acknowledged, throwing her hands up against his cheeks and kissing his lips. "You're the best."

Crap, he thought. It donned on him that maybe she never considered sex after their date at all. She didn't seem to realize how much it bothered him that their makeout session in his car ended abruptly. He was apparently Boyfriend of the Year, yet he stood in front of her thinking he didn't deserve her. She was appreciative, whereas he wasn't.

"Heard you two had a good time last night," Meredith chimed in.

"Yeah, you made Karev into your own personal bitch. I'm proud of you, Kepner," Cristina quipped, to Alex's dismay.

"Umm… I didn't," the redhead awkwardly replied. She raised her eyebrow at her boyfriend. "What did you say to them?"

Alex shook his head and placed his hand against April's lower back. He led her away from their friends as quickly as possible. "Nothing. Yang's being her annoying, usual self. So, uhh… you really thought last night was fun?"

"I did. Why?" Her face slightly dropped when he remained silent. "You didn't think it was?"

"No, it's not that. It was good, but something was lacking."

"What do you mean?" she worriedly asked. "W-were you hoping to have sex?"

They stood in the middle of the hallway as she waited for him to answer her. He rubbed his hand up and down her arm and half-smiled at her. "We forgot to eat those greasy corndogs," he admitted, making her laugh. Alex leaned forward and gently kissed her lips. "Are you free for lunch?"

"At the moment, yes. Unless, Robbins pages me."

"Cool," he smoothly said, taking her hand and walking to the cafeteria with her.

Getting upset over the lack of sex was pointless, he realized. April was one of a few things that seemed to be going well for him so far. And Meredith was right. He did care about her. More than he ever thought he would.


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