100 Days of One Shots, Day 5 Prompt: "Jackson surprises april by taking her to Hawaii for their anniversary! (assuming april is not pregnant.)" I cheated a little...but I like it :)
"Jackson Harper, you tell me where this plane is going right now!"
"Relax," Jackson said, rubbing his wife's shoulders. "Here, have some champagne."
April spun around on the couch in their private plane and gave Jackson a death stare. "Nope, you don't get me drunk and get off the hook."
Jackson shrugged took a sip of champagne. "It's an anniversary trip, April, geez. I'm not taking you to Guam and leaving you there. Although with your attitude today, that idea keeps getting better and better."
"Well you really didn't time this well. I'm getting my period soon, and I bet you didn't pack me sweats and baggy shirts. There better not be bikinis involved in this trip." April's mood had been all over the place lately. The second half of their first year of marriage had been less bumpy than the first, they were happy. But this week, everything Jackson did annoyed April. He was forgetting to put the key on the hook again, he'd overcooked dinner last night, and he stole covers in bed. It was all annoying.
Jackson laughed and took another sip of champagne. "I don't know what they packed you. But you really need to calm down."
"They, who is they?" April blinked.
"Oh I um, might have hired people to pack for us. I had no time, really," he tried to give her his most innocent smile.
"You hired people to pack our bags? That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard." She threw her hands up, dramatically. "You Averys have too much money for your own good, I swear."
"We. We Averys might have too much money for our own good, but you know they packed your bag better than I would have. I'm not sorry." He kissed her. "Come on sweetheart, lighten up. We're on vacation."
Just then, the pilot announced they were landing. "Finally!" April snapped.
"Seriously babe, check the attitude."
Two women in grass skirts and coconut bras greeted April with an "Aloha" and a lei as soon as she got off the plane. Hawaii. Bathing suits. April knew she should be excited, she just, wasn't. Most women only dream of having the life she had, the husband she did. She knew that and she loved him. But a bad mood was a bad mood. "That's the only type of 'lay" you're getting any time soon, April scoffed, and headed to the car to sulk.
"Happy anniversary, sunshine," Jackson said, later that night in the hotel, throwing a drug store bag at April. She opened it, her eyes widening in surprise, and looked at Jackson with a little bit of disgust.
"Are you kidding?"
"Not at all."
"Is this supposed to be romantic?"
"Nope."
"So you're being a jerk."
"I guess, not really though. I think you need it. Just humor me and then we'll go eat food and sleep on opposite sides of this beautiful king size bed. Let's even ignore the beautiful view of the ocean we have."
"Fine."
April stormed into the bathroom, slamming the door behind her. She skimmed the instructions and peed on the stick, put it on the counter to wait for the results.
Even though she was mad at him and didn't know what she wanted the result to be, April could feel Jackson by the door, and she stood by it, placing her palm in the middle. "You OK in there?" Jackson asked, after about six minutes.
"Yes."
"Do you need me?"
Suddenly April felt a surge of love for her husband. She'd been so rude to him all week and he just…took it. And continued planning a secret trip to Hawaii, and realized she was afraid to buy a pregnancy test herself. And stood by the door, because that's where she wanted him.
April peeked at the test. The results were clear as day on the screen. "Yes," she said, tears welling in her eyes. She unlocked the door and moved so he could come in. He saw her tears and his face fell. He immediately wrapped her in a hug, kissed the top of her head. "Jackson, look. Look at the test.
Jackson took a deep breath and slowly looked down. "Yes." He smiled and kissed his wife, wiping the happy tears from her eyes.
