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I Want This

Chapter 14

Jackson

Jackson and April entered the living room. Catherine was also slightly dressed up and Jackson was glad he and April had decided to change out of their jeans.

Jackson led April into the living room and Thomas asked what they wanted to drink. April looked at him confused and Jackson said, "I will have a beer and April will have a ..." he trailed off looking at April who said, "Club soda."

Jackson smiled and said, "Are you sure you don't want something stronger? You might need it with what we are going into. It may help you stay calm."

April nodded and looked at Thomas before saying, "Gin and Tonic, please."

Thomas smiled and walked away as Jackson trailed his hands up and down April's soft bare back.

The doorbell rang Jackson murmured, "Here we go."

April smiled at him and he leaned forward and pecked her lips as they stood.

A distinguished man entered and approached Jackson with a small smile, "Jackie, good to see you! And you must be his girlfriend I have been hearing about from Catherine."

"Grandpa, this is Dr. April Kepner," Jackson said proudly, "This is my grandfather, Harper Avery."

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Dr. Avery," April said kindly, beaming at him.

"Dr. Kepner? What is your specialty?" he asked.

"Trauma, sir," April responded. Harper nodded and remained silent and Jackson could see April's smile fall slightly. He squeezed her hand and bit his lip from losing his patience on his grandfather.

"April is being wooed for a fellowship at Mass Gen," Jackson said, knowing that would impress him.

Harper's eyebrows popped up and said, "Well, you must make one hell of a surgeon, even if it is trauma."

Catherine chose that moment to enter the conversation and said, "Harper, how are you?" leaning forward and pecking his cheek.

Thomas also walked to Jackson and April to serve them their drinks and Jackson took that as his opportunity to turn April away from Harper and Catherine.

"He thinks every specialty besides cardio is a weak specialty, so don't listen to him," Jackson said. April nodded and smiled and said, "It's fine. I'm fine."

Jackson smiled and nodded as the doorbell rang again. So far his grandfather had managed to insult April already and his sisters hadn't even arrived.

"Jackie!" came a loud squeal behind him. He turned and Janet was holding her hands out for a hug. Jackson smiled and walked to his sister and embraced her.

He pulled away and said, "You look good, Janet."

She smiled and her eyes focused on April. Jackson turned and said, "This is April. April, this is my sister Janet."

"I am a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mass Gen. I heard you have an interview tomorrow. Very impressive program, so good luck." Janet said, shaking April's hand.

April smiled and said, "Nice to meet you."

Janet turned back to Jackson and asked, "So how was your first day back?"

April

April was determined to keep her smile on her face. So many Avery's in this room right now and it was shocking to say that Jackson was the only comfort to her. Well, Jackson and the drink in her hand.

Harper was just plain intimidating and Janet was nice, but she looked at April as if she was an intruder. April had never understood why it was a big deal to meet the family, but now she did.

April took a long sip of her drink as the doorbell rang once more and Jackson and Janet stopped talking about some gala they would need to go to. A carbon copy of Catherine Avery walked in and walked straight towards Harper and shook his hand in greeting. Jackson turned and said, "Come on, we are going to go meet Cynthia."

Janet was with the rest of the family and Jackson walked over and held April's hand as he said, "Cynthia, this is Dr. April Kepner, April this is Cynthia."

"Doctor?" Cynthia said in surprise, "What is your specialty?" She sounded exactly like Harper.

"I am a trauma surgeon," April answered politely and Cynthia raised an eyebrow and a smirk appeared on her face.

April blushed and Jackson said, "Cynthia is also a cardio surgeon, but she works at the Brigham." April squeezed his hand to remind him to stay calm. He could feel the tension rolling off of him in waves.

"Very nice to meet you, Cynthia," April said, extending her hand which Cynthia took.

"What brings you to Boston, Jackie?" Cynthia asked.

"April has a fellowship interview with Mass Gen. We are also just seeing Boston for a few days," Jackson answered.

Cynthia nodded and that was when Paige entered the living room and said, "Dinner is served."

They all walked into the dining room, which was gorgeously laid out for dinner. There were beautiful candles and flowers down the center of the table and Jackson pulled April to one side of the table with him as his sisters sat across from him. Harper and Catherine took the heads of the table.

Jackson and Harper waited until all the women were seated and then sat. Soon afterwards, Paige brought out their plates and they immediately began eating.

April was eating her salad when Harper asked, "How did you choose trauma, Dr. Kepner?"

"I originally wanted to be a neurosurgeon, but when there was a trauma certification seminar in our fourth year, I did impressively well and the head of trauma said I would excel in that program," April answered, taking a sip of her gin and tonic.

Harper nodded and said, "Neurosurgery is for doctors who are focused and extremely organized. In my opinion, it is the exact opposite of trauma."

April considered his opinion and looked at Jackson who was tight lipped and then over to his sisters who looked as if they were restraining themselves.

April took another sip of her drink and Jackson reached under the table for her hand and held it in his own.

"I couldn't do trauma," Catherine said, in an attempt to ease the tension. "It is such chaos. It took all my patience to get through the ER rotations when I was in residency."

Jackson nodded and said, "April has been amazing in streamlining trauma at Sloan Grace. We recently had a massive trauma and intake for all patients was less than twenty five minutes."

Harper, Catherine, Cynthia, and Janet all looked impressed and April smiled modestly and felt herself blush.

"Honey, that is remarkable! Have you reported those numbers to the foundation Jackson?" Catherine asked.

Jackson nodded and said, "They were happy we ended up opening our trauma doors back up with numbers like that. Soon we will be number one in the country. April was a big factor in our success."

Jackson squeezed her hand under the table and she smiled at him and thought, 'He is definitely getting some later tonight.'

Janet cleared her throat and said, "April, maybe I can join you, Dr. Lillemoe and Dr. DeMoya for lunch."

April smiled and said, "I don't want you to take time out of your day."

"It would be no bother," she said, her smile kind.

April nodded and the awkward silence fell once more on the table until Cynthia asked, "Jackson, how is plastics treating you?"

"It's good. Very interesting," Jackson said, telling them about a recent surgery that was very cutting edge for the field. He had been contacted by several magazines and journals, but he had turned them down because he didn't want his success to be associated with his name.

"Those hands could have been wonderful for cardio," his sister said sadly, looking at Jackson's hands across the table as if they were wasted.

"Jackson is an artist," April blurted out, somewhat aggressively.

Everyone focused on her and she blushed. Jackson was amused, but everyone else looked confused.

"People come to Jackson to feel better and when they leave, they feel so much better about themselves. Plastics isn't a soft specialty. Jackson is healing both the body and the mind. It is very impressive," April said.

Harper smiled in amusement and said, "You better hang on to this one Jackie. She seems to like you."

Jackson only smiled and focused down at his food, taking a bite of his sirloin.

"Urology has always been considered a soft field, but I find people come to me for what they perceive as a little problem. After I perform their surgery, they realize how much it impacted their life. I was skeptical of Jackson's decision in plastics at first, but I see he is an artist. My baby sculpts people into the best versions of themselves," Catherine said proudly as she looked at Jackson.

Jackson's ears were bright red and April realized he was blushing. She wanted to reach over and rub them, but she resisted. She chuckled into her drink and he placed his hand on her thigh and squeezed it gently.

April smiled at him and took a bite of her glazed carrots.

"Well, now we know what you think of plastics, Dr. Kepner, so how do you feel about cardio?" Harper asked with a smirk.

"You are all impossible!" April said in false exasperated tone and all three cardio surgeons were laughing.

Jackson and Catherine laughed too and April felt the tension begin to ebb away. "All cardio doctors have God complexes and you hog all the clamps."

April smiled as they all continued to laugh and Jackson looked at her in amusement and pride. Paige walked in the dining room to take plates away as the laughing quieted down. Jackson had been right about this gin and tonic. It was making April feel a little more at ease and she was glad that she had it because it gave her the liquid courage she needed in order for her to speak up.

Paige brought out a tray of fruit sorbet and April suppressed a moan at the delicious, tart taste. "This dinner was delicious, Catherine."

"Well, you can thank Paige," Catherine said with a smile, "She did it all. I swear she runs my house better than I do."

April smiled and so did everyone else as they enjoyed their dessert.

"There is an event tomorrow night if you and April are interested, Jackie," Harper said.

Jackson shook his head and said, "We already have the entire trip planned."

Harper nodded and continued eating their sorbet. "Maybe next time you are in town," he said.

Jackson nodded and looked to April who only smiled and looked down into her empty sorbet dish.

"Well," Harper said, standing, "It has been a delightful evening Catherine, thank you."

Cynthia stood and said, "If you are going that way, I will drive with you." Harper nodded and Cynthia extended her hand to April who took it. "Nice to meet you, April." April nodded and looked to Harper who also extended his hand to shake. "April, it was a pleasure to meet you. Good luck at your interview tomorrow."

April smiled and said, "Thank you, it was nice meeting you too, Dr. Avery."

Harper shook her hand and chuckled lightly once more before he said, "Good evening everyone." With that he walked out of the room with Cynthia on his heels and out of the townhouse. It wasn't until the front door shut that Catherine cackled in delight and said, "Kepner, baby, you are entirely too much."

She looked at Catherine and asked, "What?"

"I have never seen Harper Sr. so charmed," Catherine said laughing.

"He was laughing his head off!" Janet said as she laughed.

April thought back and couldn't remember that. He laughed at her cardio cracks, but she hadn't remembered it being particularly enthusiastic. She remained silent though and kept a small smile on her face as Jackson pulled her chair closer to his and wrapped his arm around her.

"You wooed him, just like you will tomorrow," he said, kissing her cheek.

April smiled and Janet said, "You may be Avery material after all."

April blushed and Jackson said, "Janet, jeez, slow down."

Janet and Catherine chuckled while April blushed and Jackson took a sip of her gin and tonic that was already pretty much gone.

Jackson

Jackson practically dragged April back to his room after Janet left and Catherine said she was going to bed.

April had been...incredible when it came to meeting his family. She held her own and even defended his specialty to them, which he hadn't even bothered to do. She had been confident and charming. Even the great Harper Avery Sr. had been enchanted by his April.

The minute they were in his room, he closed the door and pinned April against it, kissing her hungrily. She gasped and returned the kiss, gripping his shoulders. Jackson groaned and rubbed against her. She felt so good. So soft.

"You were amazing tonight," he said between kisses.

April asked, "Really?"

"Uh, yeah, my grandfather probably wants you for his third wife and my sisters were impressed. When they are quiet you know you have thrown them for a loop," Jackson said, kissing down her neck as he began to walk backwards towards his bed, pulling her with him.

April gasped as Jackson placed his mouth over the place on her neck that met her shoulder and shuddered in his arms. Jackson reached his hand to the back of her dress and unzipped it, pulling it off.

He looked down at her and placed his hands on her hips as he took her in. She was wearing lacy panties and a strapless bra and Jackson licked his lips as he looked back up at her. "You are beautiful, April," he whispered, rubbing her hips.

April blushed and he kissed her stomach and up to her breasts. April ran her nails up his shoulders and neck, then into his hair as goosebumps spread through his body. He pulled her to straddle his lap as he impatiently groaned.

"April," he said, looking up into her hazel eyes, dark with lust. Her hips grinded on his own and Jackson clenched his teeth as he held her hips. Jackson stood, placing April on the bed as he began to get undressed quickly. He rid himself of his pants and sweater and then moved to the bed once more.

April was lying down now, looking up at him and Jackson climbed over her, claiming her lips in a heated kiss once more as he looked down her body.

April arched her back off the bed to brush against his and Jackson exhaled.

Jackson broke the kiss and panted in need. "April, I need..."

April put her hand over his lips and nodded, pushing his boxers down with her hands, running her fingers along his ass, then digging them in. Jackson groaned and quickly rid her of her bra and her panties and thrust deep and fast inside of her, causing her to moan out. Jackson smiled and when April saw she covered her mouth, looking at the door in fear.

"She could come in any minute," Jackson whispered in her ear. April bit her lip and glanced back in Jackson's eyes, a mixture of lust and mortification in them.

"She could come in and see you with your legs wrapped around me, me...doing this," he groaned out, placing his finger over her clit as he thrust harder into her. April's eyes rolled into the back of her head and she gasped in pleasure.

"I don't think I locked the door," Jackson whispered as he leaned his head down to her neck, and kissed the spot on her neck that he knew made her shiver. Jackson smiled as he felt her shudder.

"Baby, you can call out my name," he said, kissing his way up to her lips. She shook her head, her eyes glancing over at the door worriedly.

Jackson slowed his movements and April whimpered against his lips. Jackson took the opportunity to slip his tongue in her mouth and enjoy her soft lips against his own. April bucked her hips against his desperately as he rolled his hips against hers slowly.

"She can probably hear us," he whispered, "Fucking."

April whimpered and slowed her hips as Jackson rested inside of her, allowing himself to feel her. "Jackson, I want to be on top," April whispered.

Jackson rolled them and let her ride him and he groaned as she relentlessly worked him. Jackson was entranced by her breasts, bouncing up and down with each undulation. He sat up and kissed them and April panted excitedly as he laved at each nipple and rolled it in his mouth. April bounced on top of him as Jackson thrust up. He kissed along her collarbone and April moaned and Jackson whispered, "That's right, baby. Call out for me."

April shook her head and Jackson repositioned them so he was on top of her again. He hooked her legs over his forearms and thrust into her deeply. She had no idea how fucking incredible she felt. She was so...so tight. Only used to him. And he loved that April was coating his cock in her warm passion.

"April," he whispered, looked down into her face.

She immediately opened her eyes and focused on him. She choked back a noise and Jackson could feel she was incredibly close. "Come on honey, come for me," he whispered.

At his command she arched her back, and opened her mouth in a silent scream, and her nails dug into his back as she shook with her orgasm. Jackson pumped, one. Two. Three times before swelling inside of her and spilling into her, grunting as he finished.

Jackson rolled off of her, his muscles shaking and his breathing ragged. April had given him quite the workout. He was pretty sure he would be sore in the morning.

They both breathed heavily, shining with a fresh sheen of sweat from their lovemaking.

When she caught her breath, she said, "I am not having sex with you while we are here anymore."

Jackson chuckled and rolled on his side, facing her.

"Why?" he said with a pout as he wrapped an arm around her waist.

"You tried to get me to wake up the whole house," she accused, shooting him an exasperated smile on her face.

"I was just trying to get you going, and it worked too, Maybe be will have sex in lots of public places," Jackson wondered aloud.

April laughed and shook her head in disbelief.

"You were remarkable," he murmured, leaning forward and kissing her shoulder.

April smiled and said, "You too. I liked that...position you did in the end."

Jackson raised his eyebrows and said, "Noted," with a smile.

April blushed and said, "I need to sleep," as she yawned. Jackson got up and turned the light off and pulled the covers down as April climbed in.

He curled around her and wrapped her in his arms. He kissed her and said, "You are going to be so great tomorrow."

She was quiet and Jackson knew she wasn't sure how tomorrow would go. But he did. Anyone who didn't want April Kepner was only cheating themselves.

Jackson nuzzled his nose into her hair and moaned. She smelled amazing. Like her, but also like him and sex. Jackson's body was humming in satisfaction and pleasure as he cuddled her and soon he felt her fall asleep, exhausted after their long day.

April

April woke up to a slight movement behind her. At first she didn't remember her surroundings, but she smiled as she remembered that she was in Jackson's arms in his childhood bedroom. She felt the movement again, but this time it caught her attention. Jackson was rubbing his erection into her backside and making little grunting noises in his sleep.

April smiled, rolling over to wake him up and act out what his dreams had been about when he sleepily murmured, "Lexie."

April froze, a look of horror on her face as he thrust again, hitting her hip this time. She sat up, holding her hand over her mouth as she looked down at Jackson in horror and disgust.

April threw a towel around her body and walked to the bathroom. She began the shower and sat on the edge of the tub, her hand still over her mouth. Her eyes began to water and she choked back a sob. She shook her head desperately and a voice inside her said, 'Keep it together, Kepner. Focus on your interview.'

April took deep breaths and exhaled slowly and she felt better. She discarded her towel and stepped into the steaming shower and began to clean herself, trying to focus on anything but how much Jackson just hurt her. What did it mean? Was he still not over her? Did he still desire someone like her? Was April just the consolation prize? She knew Jackson cared for her, even loved her, but he had loved Lexie too. And April didn't want to be anyone's second pick.

April finished in the shower and got out. She rubbed the steam off the mirror and as she met her own gaze she couldn't help but tear up slightly. She shook her head and softly demanded, "No more, Kepner. Those are your last tears today."

April breathed in and out until she felt like she was in control once more and began brushing her teeth. She finished in the bathroom and crept across the hall and into Jackson's room once more. She avoided looking at his slumbering figure and grabbed for her cell phone and switched off the alarm.

April was now going to be early, but that was good. She decided to grab some breakfast before her interview. She just needed to get out of this bedroom before Jackson woke up. This was a big day for her and April didn't want to get upset before her interview.

She quickly picked up her dress suit and tiptoed back over to the bathroom with her toiletries. Twenty minutes later, she was ready. April put her pajamas on top of her suitcase along with her toiletries and then grabbed her purse. She walked through the house silently, and then slipped out. April walked a few blocks as she dialed a cab company.

She asked the cab to pick her up outside a little bagel shop. April grabbed a coffee and a bagel and just as she was walking out of the shop, the cab pulled up.

Jackson is in deep shit! Eek! Anyway, remember to review! Thanks!