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Between the Raindrops

Chapter 11

April

April panted in an effort to catch her breath, but her heart was racing and her lungs were working as if she had just sprinted. She went limp against Jackson, shaking with the force of her release. She rested her forehead against his shoulder as he rubbed her back and panted against her temple.

"Not that I am complaining," he said between gasps, "But what brought that on?"

April smiled against his slightly sweaty skin, wondering at the taste of him. How could his skin taste so good to her? She kissed it tenderly, trailing it up his neck to his lips.

"Alex," April whispered against his lips, causing him to pull back in surprise.

Alex?" Jackson asked, his raised eyebrow demanding an explanation, "The things he'll do to get signed into surgery. I'll have to sign his yellow slip now."

April chuckled and pushed herself so she was no longer straddling him and flopped onto the couch, enjoying the tingling her muscles were still luxuriating in.

She opened her eyes to find Jackson staring down at her, his eyes were...adoring. How could he look like that at her? Surely this was all a dream and she would wake to find that she never knew him...or had created him in her imagination. He was too perfect and wonderful.

April tenderly reached forward and stroked his cheek and said, "I missed you. And I needed you."

Jackson's eyes melted slightly and he turned his face towards the palm of her hand and kissed it.

"I love you," he whispered.

April beamed and her heart fluttered.

"So...Alex?" Jackson asked after a minute, brushing a sweaty curl off her forehead.

April groaned and rolled her eyes at the mention of surly Alex Karev.

"He said I was acting weirder than usual and then," April said, biting her lip in embarrassment, "He...he said he could tell I had sex. I swear I didn't say anything, he just guessed and even though I denied it, he just seemed to know," April said apologetically.

Jackson looked thoughtful for a moment and then asked, "Why did you deny it?"

"I just thought it might be easier at first," April said, wondering what he was thinking, "I don't want anybody talking about us. They will tease us relentlessly, especially me, the 'Virgin Mary'."

Jackson smirked and said, "Not so virgin anymore."

April smiled and they both regarded each other for a moment with goofy smiles on their faces. April was about to ask him what he wanted to let people know about them. It was already suspected that they were together. They ate lunch together and many had questioned April on their relationship, though April never commented.

"Jackson, wh-" April began to ask, but a knock on Jackson's office door interrupted her and caused them both to jump in alarm. Jackson scrambled off of April and began flinging around their clothes in an effort to locate his. April grabbed up her underwear and shimmied into them as another knock sounded.

"Fuck," Jackson whispered as he caught sight of the clock as he buttoned his shirt up, the buttons mismatched. "My next appointment!" he exclaimed.

April jammed herself into her scrub top and bottom, followed by her shoes and socks. She raked her fingers through her hair as Jackson jammed his shoes on. Jackson was tidying the office when the third knock sounded.

"One moment," Jackson called, looking to April as she secured her lab coat to make sure she was ready.

"See you after work?" he whispered, pulling her toward him for a quick kiss. April nodded and tried to clear her face before she opened the door to the office, Jackson standing right behind her to greet his waiting patient.

April blinked in surprise as she spotted Janet...as in Nurse Janet. Reprehensible flirt. And that was putting it politely.

Janet glanced between Jackson and April with curiosity and then asked Jackson, "Didn't we have an appointment?"

April looked up at him, confused. He had told April a while ago he had dropped Janet because she made inappropriate passes at him.

Jackson nodded and cleared his throat, "Yes, sorry, we were just finishing up and went over time today Ready?" he asked, gesturing her into the office.

Janet cocked her head to the side, her eyes scanning over them more critically. She waited for April to walk past her out of the office and when April did, Janet was smirking knowingly.

Jackson caught April's gaze behind Janet's back and he gave her a small reassuring smile. He never discussed his patients, but hopefully he would explain what Janet was doing as his patient when she clearly had issues with boundaries.

As the door closed behind Jackson, April couldn't stop the surge of jealousy that she felt.

Jackson

Jackson was just finishing up his shift, walking towards the ER to meet April. They had driven in together and he hoped she didn't have to wait for him. Thinking back to their earlier romp in his office, he hoped he didn't have to wait either. He couldn't wait to get back to whoever's apartment was closer.

He caught sight of April stitching some poor guy with a gash on his face, smiling and chatting with him in her friendly, bubbly way. He looked on fondly when Dr. Alex Karev walked up and leaned against the nurses' station next to him.

"So," Dr. Karev said, following his gaze to April, "You tapping that?"

Jackson shot the brash doctor a look, but Alex just chuckled in response before saying, "You can tell. Not wound quite so tight today."

Jackson was clenching his teeth, reminding himself he didn't know this doctor as a friend, but a as a patient...and knocking his teeth out would probably be bad. Probably. If he said one more thing about April, Jackson didn't know if he could hold it in.

"Yeah, but seriously though, congrats," Alex continued on, his eyes lingering on April, "Many have tried, all have failed. Including me."

Jackson clenched his fists, his mind spinning. April and Alex? No...it couldn't be. Alex glanced his way and noted Jackson's look of disbelief and nodded as if he was answering all Jackson's questions, "Yeah, we got busy in an on call room, but I fucked it up and she got spooked."

Jackson glanced back to April who was tying up the suture and pointing the patient towards the discharge station. She glanced up and smiled at Jackson, but her face fell when she noticed his stormy expression.

Jackson cleared his face and tried to smile at her, but it more than likely came out as a grimace. Exactly how far had Alex and April gone in that on call room?

April walked up to them and said to Jackson, "Sorry, I just finished up. I will go change."

Jackson nodded and said, "I will wait."

April looked at him in question, but he nodded to her in encouragement and she took off towards the locker room.

A nurse called Alex over to see to a patient, and Jackson couldn't keep the scowl from his face. He felt the surge of jealousy bubble up as April suddenly appeared next to Alex and handed him a chart, explaining something on the chart, before waving goodbye.

As April turned his way and walked to him, Jackson couldn't help the smile on his face as she got closer. She looked up at him and asked, "You okay?"

Jackson sighed, wrapping his arm around her and kissed her temple, before saying, "Yeah, let's get outta here."

April smiled up at him, wrapping her arm around her waist.

They walked to his car he asked, "So...you and Alex?"

April rolled her eyes and said, "So you and Janet?"

Jackson scoffed and April said, "We have a lot to talk about, but that's the fun part."

Jackson stopped in front of his car and kissed her lightly on the lips, and replied, "Can't wait."

"Dinner?" April asked, "On you?"

Jackson chuckled as he held the passenger door open and said, "Lunch was on you, so...yeah, I guess dinner can be on me."

April smirked and he shut the door before jogging around the car for what he was sure to be another amazing night with April.

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