~Hey everyone! I'm finally back with the next chapter to my story. I'm sorry for the long wait. Thank you to everyone who has reviewed, faved, and followed. I hope my long breaks between chapters haven't stopped you all from reading. I have thrown a wrench into the story so be prepared, but on the bright side, something good has happened also. I just want to clarify this with everyone. I am not a doctor. I have no idea if anything I write is actually true so don't be surprised if something sounds wrong. Its fanfiction for a reason we'll just pretend that it makes sense lol. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

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"Hello?" Jackson answered the phone, his voice trembling and hands sweating. He wiped them on his pant scrubs.

"Is this Jackson Avery?" A female voice said on the phone.

"Yeah, yes this is him," Jackson replied nervously.

"There's been a change in your wife's condition. We'd like for you to come to the hospital." The voice told him.

"Yeah, of course. I'll um I'm on my way." Jackson dropped his trembling hand.

"Who was that?" Karev asked as he walked over to his friend.

"That was the hospital. They want me to come." Jackson said as he pulled himself together. He couldn't lose it right now. He had no idea what was actually going on and he didn't know for a fact that something was wrong. He wouldn't think the worst until it happened.

Jackson walked over to Arizona and picked up his daughter. He gave her a kiss on the head and whispered to her. "Everything is going to be fine." When push came to shove though he wasn't entirely comfortable with the idea of trusting anybody to watch his daughter. His options were kind of limited though. He knew while Alex was great with kids, he'd seen from his experience in the PEDs department he wasn't yet ready to watch a baby on his own.

Jackson looked towards Bailey and Ben. "I know it's sudden and out of the blue, but if I have to stay at the hospital for a whole, I don't want to have to keep her with me. I'm also not comfortable leaving her here either, so if you can I mean if it's not a problem with you-"

Bailey decided to put the poor man out of his misery. Clearly, it was hard for him to ask for assistance, though she couldn't blame him. "We'd love to watch Aryn for you. We'll pick her up from the nursery after we get off."

"Yeah man, it's no problem. You just get to the hospital and make sure everything is right with your girl." Ben gripped his shoulder.

Jackson smiled at them ama sighed in relief. One problem fixed. He thought.

Alex walked up to him and carefully took Aryn out of his hands. "Go Avery." He encouraged him as he held the baby. Alex wasn't at all offended that Jackson chose Bailey and Ben to watch his daughter. While he was a hit with the kids, he wasn't yet ready to take one home with him. At least not one this small this soon. He was more comfortable in the safety of the hospital.

Jackson nodded and rushed off. He wasn't sure what he was going to walk into when he got there, but that wasn't going to stop him.

It took him frighteningly less time than it should have to get to the hospital. He was honestly surprised that a cop hadn't stopped him. It was pretty reckless considering the reason for all of this was that April got into a car accident.

"Hey, I'm here to talk to Dr. Freeman about my wife April Avery," Jackson told the nurse at the station.

"Goodmorning Mr. Avery." The nurse said having recognized the man from his almost daily visits to the hospital. "I just paged her, she should be here any minute now."

Those minutes seemed to drag on and on and on, and yet when the Dr. finally did arrive it was all too soon.

"Jackson, how are you?" The Dr. asked as she walked up to him.

She must be joking. He was definitely not feeling up to small talk. "I'm going out of my mind right now doc, so if you could tell me the reason I'm here that'd be great," Jackson told her a little irritable.

"They didn't tell you anything? I thought they would have let you know instead of leaving you to worry." She said as she looked towards him apologetically.

"No, I have no idea why I'm here. Well other than the fact that it's about April. I'm trying to stay positive right now, but the longer I have to wait for news the more my mind starts to come up with random reasons for the call." He admitted.

"I'm sorry about that Jackson. We called you because April has shown signs of waking up. She should be awake before the night is over and I figured you would want to be here when that happens." She explained.

Jackson looked at her with a blank expression. He couldn't have been hearing her right. It sounded like she was telling him that his wife was going to be waking up. They had better be one million percent positive that this was happening, because if they got his hopes up and nothing happened this would break him.

"Are you sure? What was so different about today than any other day?" He asked.

"She's been moving more than normal. She's responded to pain stimuli and she's been talking. Nothing coherent really and it's just been a few words, but we've been able to make out a few names. Yours and your daughter's specifically." She smiled at the look of shock on his face.

This was happening. This was really happening. He was completely speechless. "This is... I don't actually know what to say." He laughed a little hysterically.

The doctor smiled, "It's completely normal. It's a shock I know, but we knew it would happen eventually. It was just a matter of when it would happen. You don't need to say anything though, just go be with your wife. I'm sure you want to be the first person she sees when she wakes up." The doctor encouraged him.

Jackson was grinning from ear to ear. He still couldn't really understand what was happening. He longed for this day to come, dreamed about the moment that April would finally open her eyes. His mind had come up with all sorts of things both good and bad and he was overjoyed that it was good.

Jackson thanked her and made his way to April's room. There she lay, as still as she had been the past month. It was hard to believe that she would be awake soon, but he wasn't going to doubt what the doctor said.

He took a seat next to her bed and picked up her hand noticing that it was bare. Jackson reached around his neck and untied the string. He carefully removed the ring and placed it on her finger, his heart jumping in his chest. She was going to want to see the ring on her finger when she woke up.

Bailey finished working and made her way to the daycare. She couldn't believe that she would be taking care of a little baby once again. After her first child and her divorce, she hadn't really had plans to have another one. Then she married Ben and they'd decided that they weren't in any rush to have anymore. He was content with being the stepdad. Now, look at them, about to bring home an infant.

She couldn't get over the fact that she was picking up Jackson and April's child. The fact that they got married didn't shock her too much. She saw the connection they had. They went through something traumatic with each other. Losing someone was hard enough, but they lost two of the only people they knew. The only two people they had left in their class. Their best friends. That kind of experience bonded people. What she was more surprised about was the fact that they had a child, but they were probably just as surprised about that too. Children had a way of creeping up on people whether you were prepared for them or not.

Opening the door Bailey walked into the daycare and made her way over to the crib holding baby Avery. She lay nestled under a fluffy pink blanket that looked like April possibly knitted it herself.

"Are you here to pick up baby Avery?" The nurse asked Bailey as she stood in front of her crib.

"Yes, I am" Bailey cooed reaching over to pick up the sleeping Aryn.

"She's a great baby, barely made a peep." The nurse said as she picked up all of Aryn's things and packed them in the baby bag.

"That's good to know," Bailey said as she went to grab the bag with her free hand.

"I'll get that," Ben said reaching over to take the bag from Bailey's hands.

"It's about time you showed up." Bailey joked.

"Hey!" Ben said shouldering the baby bag with a chuckle.

The nurse handed Bailey Aryn's Minnie mouse security blanket. "That's the last of her things, you're good to go."

They thanked the nurse as Ben picked up the car seat from the floor both making their way out the door.

"You ready for this?" Ben asked her as he walked down the Hospital hall.

Bailey stopped and stared at him raising one eyebrow. "What, you think little Tuck raised himself?" She asked him sarcastically.

Ben held his hands up. "I only meant that you haven't had to raise a baby in a while and I haven't exactly raised any kids either."

"It's like surgery. You never forget it. It's instinctual." She said turning back around and walking out the door.

Ben rolled his eyes in good nature and followed her out the door.

They buckled Aryn in her car seat and closed the door. Bailey made it into the passenger side and as she waited for the door to close on the driver's side she realized Ben hadn't come inside yet.

"Ben what are you doing? Get in the car." She called out to him.

"I'm just making sure she's buckled up tight." He said checking the straps.

It was Bailey's turn to roll her eyes. "Ben honey I already buckled her in."

"Yeah I know, but I don't want to be responsible for anything happening to Jackson's daughter." Ben had to admit he sounded a little paranoid, but who could really blame him. He had the life of his best friends child in his hands and he wasn't taking any risks.

After the fifth and final check, he finally made it into the car. Their twenty-minute drive took a total of forty minutes. Ben driving at exactly one mile under the speed limit.

"At last I know what to look forward to whenever we decide to have kids," Bailey muttered as they pulled into their parking lot.

"I heard that," Ben said stepping out of the car.

"Yeah, I know." She told him with some snark her hip swaying as she walked to the back seat.

Ben chuckled, her sass was part of what made him love her.

"April, hey I'm here," Jackson said as he held her hand. Her ring shining brightly in his eyes. "I'll wait for you whenever you're ready. No rush. Just maybe not too long though I've kind of been waiting for a while. Me and Aryn both." He smiled.

It was 8 pm and he needed to check in on Aryn. Ben and Bailey had to be home by now so this was a perfect time to call.

"Hey Ben, just checking in," Jackson said as Ben answered.

"Hey Jackson, everything's fine here. She barely makes a peep and Bailey's a pro with her." Ben told him.

"Thanks." He said relieved. This was one less thing he had to deal with.

"How's April? What did the doctors say?" Ben questioned with Bailey hovering next to him.

"They told me there's a chance she'll wake up tonight. I've been sitting next to her since I got here. She's tossed and turned a few times, but nothing else yet."

"Wow, that's great news!" Ben exclaimed. He wasn't expecting that when he'd answered the phone. He was excited for him though, it'd been way too long.

"We're happy for you Jackson, and don't worry about Aryn she's doing fine. We'll take her to the daycare tomorrow morning, just call and let us know if you want us to take her tomorrow night too. If you do we'll make sure to bring her over to see you tomorrow night."

"Thank you, that would be really great, and I'll let you guys know when April wakes up," Jackson told them. It felt really good to have friends he could depend on.

"Okay, see you tomorrow Avery," Bailey said closing the phone.

Jackson hung up with a smile on his face. He leaned back in the chair hands still clasped in April's hand. He'd probably have to call his mother soon and let her know what was happening, but he'd rather wait till there was actually something to tell her.

As much as he wanted to stay awake he ended up dozing off. All the excitement was obviously taxing. Jackson jerked awake at the sensation in his hands. His eyes flew open and he stared sharply down at his hands, or more precisely the hand in his hands. He could have sworn it moved but as he continued to watch it remained still. Jackson shook his head, it must have been a dream.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that he felt it again. This time he saw her hand move. "Come on baby, wake up for me." He begged.

April's eyes remained shut though. Her hand continued to gently squeeze his hand softly and he rubbed her hand to let her know he was here. "Come on babe, can you open your eyes for me?"

She moaned a little and turned in the bed. He watched her eyes twitched and his heart picked up its pace. He placed one of his hands on her cheek and gently caressed her face murmuring words of encouragement to get her to wake up.

"Hey, Aryn and I have been waiting over a month for you to wake up. Don't you think it's about time to stop torturing us?" He said with a chuckle. "I don't know how many more diapers I can change." He told her only half joking.

Jackson watched as a smile spread out on April's face. Her eyes slowly opening and closing as if she were fighting against an invisible force.

"That's it, you got this." Jackson encouraged. He grinned as he watched April's eyes slowly blink awake. Her smile disappeared and she looked dazed and confused and it took a moment before she could really focus on anything specific.

April's eyes finally zeroed in on the person sitting beside her. She stared at him in confusion trying to figure out who he was. He was very handsome but she still had no idea who he was. April looked around checking her surroundings. She heard the beep of the monitor and that clued her in on where exactly she was. That must mean the guy next to her was most likely her doctor.

"Hey," he said with a huge smile.

April looked at him in confusion. The way this man was staring at her told her maybe he was more than her doctor. He was only dressed in scrubs, no coat though that wasn't an indication that he wasn't her doctor.

"April, babe are you okay? How do you feel? You in any pain?" He asked as he checked her out. Now, this proved to her that he wasn't her doctor. Babe? She watched as he got all worked up over her. Yeah, definitely not her doctor. She just wished she could remember what was missing from her memory because something was clearly missing.

"I..." she started but she didn't know what to say. "Who-"

"Mrs. Avery" April turned her head to the door as someone walked in. Clearly, they were talking about her but Mrs. Avery?" What was that all about? For one thing, her last name was Kepner and what was with the Mrs. She wasn't married.

April quickly looked down at her hand and didn't see a ring. She breathed out a sigh of relief. It would definitely be bad if she didn't remember getting married. She lifted her hand to run across her face and froze. There, shining brightly was a ring. She was looking at the wrong hand before. "Idiot" she mumbled. Oh crap, that meant she really was married.

April turned back to the man sitting next to her. His eyes shining with unshed tears. The bright smile on his face and his loving look told her everything she needed to know. This man was more than likely her husband. She looked at his hand and saw that his ring matched hers.

"April?" He asked her.

"I'm sorry." She said with a weary voice.

"Sorry about what?" He asked as he reached for her hand.

April instinctively moved her hand away. She saw the hurt look in the guy's eyes. "I don't know who you are." She told him and if his face wasn't already crushed by her actions, it was completely shattered by her words.

"You don't know who I am? What do you mean?" He looked at her then turned to face the doctor. Confusion and fear etched into his face. "What's wrong with my wife? You said everything came up fine on the labs."

"They did, there was no swelling, no bleeders, everything was fine." The doctor walked over to April and checked her over. Deciding to check her memory "Can you tell me what your name is?"

"April Kepner" she answered looking over at the doctor.

"When is your birthday?" The doctor continued his questions.

"April 23." She answered.

"And how old are you?"

"Um, I guess that depends on what year this is." She said trying to think it through.

"What year do you think it is?" The doctor asked, the other guy keeping quiet.

"I don't know. I feel like I'm older than I think I am. I know I finished medical school but that's all I remember. I guess that would make me about 25, but by the looks on your faces, I'm assuming I'm wrong."

"You're 29" the guy answered.

"I'm sorry, what's your name?" April asked the man who was supposedly her husband. For the moment disregarding the fact that apparently, she was four years older than what she thought.

"Jackson." He said dejectedly.

April winced at the pain she could see in his eyes. She was hurting him, unintentionally, but she was and for some reason that hurt her too. As far as husbands went she could do a whole lot worse. She couldn't understand how she could get a man like him. He was gorgeous and she was, average at best. Where would you even find a man like that? With his beautiful blue-green eyes and his chiseled face and the way his scrubs clung to his body, she could tell he was not lacking in that department.

"What exactly happened to me? How did I end up in the hospital?" She asked shaking away her other thoughts.

"You were in a car accident" Jackson answered.

"Oh, okay. So 29 huh?" She was sure that at some point this would hit home, but right now she couldn't think of that. She needed to fix things, not only for herself but also for the guy who was staring at her with so much love despite the fact that she couldn't remember loving him. She looked at Jackson and watched as he nodded his head. "Alright well, don't you have some tests to run?" She said to the doctor. "And you" she looked back over at Jackson "you just stay here. When I get back I want to know everything about the last 4 years of my life that you can tell me." She hoped that something would jog her memory because even though she didn't remember it, she wanted to remember the life that she had. Especially with this man.

Jackson nodded his head again and watched as she was wheeled out. She was a force to be reckoned with even on her worse days. This crazy-bossy-take charge April was one of the reasons he fell in love with her. Even without her memories of him, she was still willing to try to get to know him and the life they had. She didn't just disregard him as others would. She wasn't letting her sudden amnesia deter her from her life with him and unbeknownst to her, her their daughter.

Jackson sat back in his chair and pulled out his phone, calling the one person who he thought could help in this situation.

"Derek Shepard" the man answered.

"Hey, Shepard. I need your help." Jackson said as he waited for his amnesiac wife to come back.