Thank you everyone for your reviews. They have been greatly appreciated and encouraging. Here is the final chapter to this story. We have hit the ten day countdown to the season premiere, and here hoping for a great season for Japril and Baby Avery!

As always, please excuse any spelling or punctuation errors.

Thanks again.

"What the hell happened," Jackson demanded as he ran into April's room. "She was fine a half hour ago." He could see that she was unconscious and Shepherd was examining her.

"I want a head CT stat," Derek told them as he turned to Jackson.

"It's a precaution, but I don't like that she hasn't regained consciousness yet.

"What happened dammit," he rushed over to the side of April's bed and grasped her hand into his.

"Stephanie pushed her and she hit her head on the nursery window," Alex piped up. "Arizona and I saw it happened, we were just to late to stop it. Listen dude, that's why I texted you this morning that we needed to talk. She was up here yesterday. I told her to get lost but I didn't find out until late last night that she was still hanging around."

"What!" he yelled. "That's it. I want the police called and her arrested for assault. The baby. We need to get Angel somewhere safe."

"I'm on it," Arizona offered. I will take her down to the NICU and keep her with me all day. Don't worry about her. You just take care of April," she finished as she patted Jackson on the shoulder before she left for the nursery.

"I need to examine her," Dr. Davis, who was briefed on the situation, told everyone as she entered the hospital room," Jackson looked up at the no nonsense OB as she took charge. "I just need to make sure she didn't start to hemorrhage from the fall. Why don't you all step out and give me a few minutes. You too Dr. Avery." Davis did not want him present if she discovered excess bleeding. When there is a incident of postpartum death, a high percentage of those mortalities are caused by hemorrhaging. As a doctor he understood the danger of this complication but right now he was an emotional husband.

"No," Jackson said forcefully looking Dr. Davis square in the eye. "I'm staying. Remember you work for me," Jackson rarely played the Avery card but this was April. He was not leaving her side.

Davis looked to the other doctors in the room, a few of which were board members and determined she was outnumbered. "Fine but know I expect bleeding, just hold it together."

April wasn't just bleeding, she was gushing. "We need to get her to the OR now. Call ahead for three units of whole blood to be waiting for us," she ordered. "Dr. Avery I will try all I can to stop the bleeding but we might have to take her uterus if I cannot get it under control," she told Jackson sympathetically. "I just need you to be prepared for any extreme measure we may have to take."

Jackson simply nodded his head in a daze.

"Let's move people." she ordered.

Jackson ran in a trance along side April's bed as they moved her down to the third floor surgical wing. Alex and Derek stayed with them. Alex was talking when they were in the elevator but Jackson didn't hear anything. He was beyond comprehension. He would never forget the pool of blood April had been lying in. Suddenly he felt his hand being squeezed.

"April," Jackson leaned over to her.

"Where am I going? You look scared Jackson. Tell me what's going on?" April was panicking. She could tell there was something seriously wrong because of the amount of doctors surrounding her.

Derek stepped forward and examined her quickly. "April do you remember what happened?" he asked as he checked her pupils for any neurological deficits.

April was momentarily confused but then cobwebs cleared almost instantaneously. "Yes. Oh God. Where's the baby," April was beside herself flashing back to Stephanie's demeanor while she was looking at Angel. "She was staring at the baby before she pushed me. Jackson you need to get the baby," April anxiously told him.

"She's ok," Jackson assured her. "She's with Arizona in the NICU. She's safe and she will stay with Arizona until we say differently. Listen April, you started to hemorrhage from the fall. Dr. Davis is taking you into surgery right now," Jackson nearly choked with emotion as he explained the situation to her. He knew he had to hold it together but she was his world and it felt like it was crumbling beneath his feet.

"No wonder he looked so scared," April realized. She knew the risks of bleeding out. Above all things feared by OB's it was hemorrhages.

"Hey," she said tugging his hand and pulling him down toward her. "Don't be afraid," April was starting to feel very weak from the blood loss. "Jackson whatever happens you remember I love you and you make me so happy."

"Don't April. You are going to be fine," tears started to form in his eyes as he looked down at her. He kissed her softly on the lips.
"You are everything I have ever wanted and the only one I have ever loved," he whispered in her ear. "Now that we have each other you can't leave me, us. Angel and I need you," he said as he kissed her cheek and lips again. He rubbed his nose to hers, "I might have forgotten to mention this but I have never changed a diaper. So now you know you can't go anywhere or our daughter will never forgive you," he paused and looked deeply into her eyes. "Promise me," he visually pleaded.

April rubbed his hand on her cheek. "I promise," she pledged as tears escaped the corners of her eyes. "But you have full time diaper duty the first month," she softly joked as she gazed into his beautiful eyes that were so full of turmoil. "You need the practice," she paused and gave him a reassuring smile. "Deal."

"Deal," he choked and sealed it with another kiss.

When the elevator doors opened they rushed past Bailey and Meredith who were standing at the OR board rearranging the schedule for the emergency surgery they were notified was coming down. They had no idea it was April.

Derek stayed back to fill them in on what was happening and make sure that the police and security were notified.

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Alex watched out for Jackson throughout the entire surgery. Catherine arrived one hour in while Callie, Meredith, Bailey and Derek kept giving him updates they observed from the gallery Dr. Davis barred Jackson from.

She worked a miracle and was able to save April's uterus. She was extremely weak but was expected to make a full recovery.

They moved April from recovery directly to the VIP floor and Angel was moved up from the NICU to be with them. A security guard was station outside her hospital room door. Jackson was not willing to take anymore chances. Even though Stephanie had been apprehended, he was remaining cautious in case some stupid ass judge let her out on bail.

Jackson was feeding Angel her bottle in the rocking chair the staff had set up next to April's bed.

April woke but remained silent as she watched her husband feed their precious baby. "Thank you God for keeping us together," she offered a silent prayer of gratitude.

Jackson had sat Angel up to burp but this time her roaring belch scared her and she began to cry.

"Shhhh baby girl," Jackson put her gently on his shoulder as he soothed her quietly. "Daddy's here. I promised that was not a monster. Shhhh. I have a feeling you and your Uncle Alex are going to rock the apartment during Monday night football games though."

April's giggle caught Jackson's attention. "Do you have any idea how much I love you?" she asked.

"I do," he sighed in relief as he looked into his beautiful wife's eyes. "I'm holding her."