"They are all so cute." April said, holding in her hands a few items of clothing. "I don't know which one to choose."

"That's not a problem…we can have them all."

"Are you sure?"

"I'm sure. And besides, the baby's gonna need clothes anyways…"Jackson reassured her. She had spent the last twenty minutes looking at six pairs of different types of baby sleepsuits without being able to choose just one or two. She loved them all. Actually, they had spent the past hour or so shopping for baby clothes and she already had five other bags in her hands full of stuff. It was an exciting time to be finally buying things for their baby. They didn't worry about getting ready for the baby's arrival until now, since her prominent baby bump was a sign that time was passing by too quickly.

"You don't think it's too much?"

"No, of course not." He said, when his phone rang. "Ok, I gotta take this call. Here, use the credit card and meet outside, ok?"

"Ok!" She replied, taking the card from his hand.

…

When he finished the phone call, a few minutes later, April still hadn't left the store. He was about to walk in when he heard someone shout his name.

"Jackson?"

"No way" He said, turning around. "Luke?"

"Hey, man…Haven't seen you in a while!"

"Yeah, how have you been?" He asked, shaking his friend's hand.

"Good..." He replied, excited to meet him there. "Just moved to Seattle!"

"Oh, nice…"

"Hey, I heard that you practically run Grey-Sloan now, is that true?"

"Hum, no!" Jackson responded a little too embarrassed. "…I'm still just a surgeon."

"Right. What specialty did you choose by the way?"

"Plastics."

"Oh, guess the ladies were right after all…you really do have soft hands." Luke noticed throwing a soft punch in his shoulder.

"Right…" He replied, awkwardly.

"Talking about the ladies, do you wanna hang out tonight? Grab some dinner…then hit the town, pick up some chicks like the good old days?"

"Hum, actually things are different now. I'm married!" he said lifting up his hand to show him his wedding ring.

"You're what?" His friend asked, completely caught off guard. "How come I didn't know about this?"

"Hum, it's a long story!"

"So you're married?" He asked again. "Who is your wife? I mean…is she anyone I know?"

"No, I don't think so…" He replied, seeing that April was finally leaving the store. "Actually, here she is."

"Hey…" April greeted them, carrying a couple of new shopping bags in her hands.

"Babe, this is Luke Hamilton, an old friend of mine." Jackson introduced them. "Luke, this is April, my wife and this…" He said, placing a hand on her bump. "…is my baby."

"Oh, wow…April, nice to meet you!" Luke reached his hand to greet April, overwhelmed by everything he was seeing.

"Nice to meet you too." She shook his hand and smiled.

"Jackson Avery is a family man now. Can't say how surprised I am."

"Right…" Jackson said, not comfortable at all. Luke and he were friends for a long time; he knew better than anyone Jackson's womanizer ways.

"Oh, I was just telling Jackson how we should go grab some dinner." Luke turned to April. "We haven't seen each other in such a long time. Maybe you could join us and…"

"That's a great idea!" She said, turning to Jackson. "Actually, why don't you hang out with your friend and I'll meet you guys for dinner?"

"Oh, that'd be great." Luke replied, dying to spent time with his friend and know more about what happened in the past few months.

"Are you sure, honey?" Jackson asked, placing an arm around her shoulders.

"Yeah, I'm sure."

"Don't you need help with the bags?"

"No, this is just baby clothes…I'm fine, Jackson." She reassured him. "I'll be fine!"

"Ok. Thanks, babe." He said, kissing her forehead. "I'll text you the restaurant address later."

"Great!" she said, smiling. "Nice to meet you, Luke. I'll see you guys later!"

When April left, Luke immediately turned to Jackson. "So you got married and didn't even invite me to the wedding?"

"Actually, we didn't invite anybody." Jackson didn't want to get into details, but decided to say something either way. "We kind of eloped."

"Eloped?"

"Yeah, we drove down to Lake Tahoe and got married without anyone knowing."

"Lake Tahoe? That far?"

"Yeah…" He replied; memories of their wedding somehow feeling up his mind. "She wanted to get married in a field with butterflies. Lake Tahoe seemed the right place. I honestly just wanted to marry her."

"Wow, you seem to be really smitten for her." He said, noticing how Jackson's mind was travelling. "So how did you two meet?"

"Hum, we met when we were still interns…we were friends for a while." He replied, trying not to give much away.

"I still can't believe you're married and about to become a dad. How far along is she?"

"She's five, almost six months pregnant."

"And are you excited?"

Jackson smiled. "I am…I really am!"

"Guess you turned your life around, huh?!"

"Guess I did…but I don't regret one second of it. I love her. She's the one…and I already love our baby too." He replied.

"Never thought I'd live to see the day a woman could turn Jackson Avery's heart from stone into honey. She really got you to soften up!"

"Hey, I'm happy. I'm very happy…and no one can blame me for that." He said, not being able to stop smiling. "So, you moved to Seattle?" He tried to change the topic. "Tell me all about it…"

…

Later that day, Jackson and Luke were already at the restaurant, but April was running almost forty-five minutes late.

He was starting to get worried, since he didn't get any news from her yet. What if she got into some kind of accident? A millions thoughts were running through his mind when finally his phone rang.

It was her. He heard her say how she was feeling too tired from all the shopping; how her feet were killing her. But she told him it was ok, that he could stay with his friend and have dinner with him, because she'd be fine. However, he could sense something different in her voice. She was not fine and he knew it.

…

Fifteen minutes later he was home, only to find her in their bedroom, surrounded by clothes dropped on the floor.

"April?"

"Jackson" She turned around with the sound of his voice, completely caught off guard. "What are you doing home?"

"You called…" He said, staring at the mess.

"I said I was fine…"

"I could tell by the sound of your voice that you weren't."

"How did you even get here?"

"I asked Luke to drop me off."

"You didn't have to come."

"I wanted to. You're my wife and I was worried." He said, firmly, not in the mood to argue. "Now are you going to tell what's going on and why are all these clothes doing on the floor?"

"Ok, fine." She looked at him and scratched the back of her head. "I wanted to look nice tonight, so I headed home, got in the shower, then I…I looked for something to wear."

"And…"

"And I couldn't find anything…Jackson, nothing fits me." She said, desperately. "I'm so stupid, I mean…I completely forgot how much my body changed. I had to buy new jeans the other day, my shirts won't even fit me anymore, they're too tight and now I tried to put on a dress, but none of my dresses fit me."

"April…"

"Nothing fits me, because I'm too fat. Heck, I even think I broke the zipper on this one trying to pull it up." She said, picking up a green dress from the floor. "And the truth is I felt too embarrassed to leave the house, because nothing fits me and I look horrible. I mean, I love our baby, but look at me, Jackson."

"April, calm down." He stepped closer to her and put his hands around her waist. "It's normal for your clothes not to fit you, but that doesn't mean you're fat."

"But I am fat. I've never been fat my entire life and now I feel that way and it's horrible! I feel like I'm drowning into other people's body, like I don't know my body anymore." She confessed. "I just wanted to look nice tonight…"

"You always look nice. You're gorgeous."

"C'mon, Jackson, don't…" She said, letting go from his arms.

"But I mean it. I love you and I think you're beautiful no matter what." He reached for her hand again. "April, look at me." She looked up at him not very convinced. "You wanna know what Luke told me today?" She simply nodded her head. "He said that I did well by marrying you, because…and let me think about his correct words…she's a nice looking redhead."

"You're kidding me, right?!..."

"I'm not!" he said, placing his hands around her waist one more time. "I swear that's what he said. So, there you have it…you're beautiful, babe, and I'm not the only one to see it."

"Nice looking?...That's not even a compliment!"

"It is."

"Ok, fine. But what if I get to the point where I can't lose the baby weight afterwards?"

"You'll lose the baby weigh, April. And even if you don't, I don't care."

"You do care." She said, hopelessly. "Don't lie to me just to make me feel good."

"Hey, look at me." He put one hand under her chin. "I love you just the way you are. I don't care, I mean it."

"Even if I weigh 300 pounds?"

"Like that's possible." He said, with a small laugh. "Besides, if you weigh 200 pounds then there's only more of you for me to love."

"Jackson…" She smiled, slapping his shoulder.

"I think I'm the luckiest guy in the planet. I'm married to a wonderful, gorgeous, sexy woman, who's not only beautiful, but extremely smart. And I couldn't be more proud that you're my wife." He started kissing her neck. "I love you, April…every little inch of you."

…

AN:

Hey guys,

Sorry for the short chapter.

The next one will be longer and I can't wait for you to read it. It's gonna take place in the fund raiser party mentioned in chapter 3.

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Annie.