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Chapter 10

My Other Half

Jackson is sitting in the cafeteria feeling like the whole world is swallowing him up. He looks over at the clock and finds himself holding his breath as the minute hand strikes 12. Jackson can't believe that there's nothing he can do to stop what's happening to her right now. He tries not to think about April having her final moments without him. Jackson had vowed that he would be there for her until the day he died, and he had failed to do that. He had failed April. He feels the tears springing to his eyes and feels like his heart is being ripped out of his chest. "Daddy." Jackson quickly turns to the beautiful sound of his daughter's voice and can't help but smirk in her direction. "Why are you crying?" She points to the tears that are now falling down his face and his heart aches for her.

Jackson hates that she'll never really know her mother, that she'll never have any real memories of her. He feels anger rise up inside of him at the thought. Jackson can't understand how someone as good as April could die like this, be taken away from the people that love her. He suddenly wonders if it even matters how someone lives their life, the choices they make. "Daddy." Jackson is taken out of his thoughts and refocuses his attention on Harriet. He realizes that he's probably scaring her by the way he's acting right now and that he needs to get himself together. He's once again reminded that this is how April would want it. Jackson reaches out and grabs her little hand in his. "I'm okay, sweetheart. I was just thinking about your mom." Her little eyes dim, and he can see the sadness muddle her usual bright self. "What's wrong with mommy?" His heart breaks at the fear he sees in his daughter's eyes and he instinctively wraps his arms around Harriet.

Over the last few hours, Jackson has been dreading telling Harriet about April. He's been going over and over in his mind how he's going to tell his daughter that she can't see her mother anymore, that she'll never see her again. Jackson doesn't want to break her heart. "Do you remember when I told you about your big brother Samuel?" He feels her little arms squeeze him tighter. "You said he was in a happy place." Jackson nods at her words. "That's right and now your mom is with him." He feels his daughter still in his arms and knows she understands what he's telling her. Jackson should have known that he wouldn't have to explain it too much to her because she's so smart, just like her mom.

When he hears her start crying on his shoulder, his heart shatters. "I thought mommy was just sleeping, daddy?" Jackson can hear the confusion within her little voice and he feels the guilt wash over him. He should have told her that there was a chance she wasn't coming back to them, that she wasn't just sleeping. He holds her closer to his chest, as she continues crying into his shirt. "I'm so sorry, sweetheart. I should have told you that your mom might never wake up." Jackson suddenly wonders if she'll resent him when she gets older for not telling her the truth. He couldn't live with her hating him over this. "Dr. Avery." Jackson quickly looks over to the nurse. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but Dr. Kepner just woke up from her coma." It takes him a second to process what she's just said, but once he wraps his head around it, he's up out of his chair. Jackson grabs Harriet's hand in his and they run out of the cafeteria together.

It takes them a few minutes, but when they reach her room, both barge into the door. April's eyes immediately connect with his and his heart feels like it's exploding with warmth. He can hardly believe that all of this is real, that she's come back to him. "Mommy." Jackson feels his daughter let go of his hand and rush towards April. A smirk comes over his face as he watches Harriet jump onto her mom's bed and nearly knock her backwards. He watches as April finally holds their daughter in her arms again after so many years and he feels the pieces of his broken heart start to fit back together.

He has spent so much time dreaming about this moment, hoping for it to happen, that he can't seem to get himself to move forward. Jackson wonders if April is feeling a sense of disbelief too right now. He can't imagine what it would be like to wake up after years of being asleep, even though he feels like he's been asleep emotionally since she went into the coma. Jackson should have known he'd shut down after her accident because she has always been his other half and he hopes he's hers.

As her eyes meet with his again, Jackson knows that he needs to fix things with her. They had left their relationship in a bad place and he just wants to make things right between them now. April flashes him another smile, as she smooths the back of their daughter's long hair, and whispers one phrase over and over again, just loud enough for him to hear it across the room. "I love you so much, nugget." Jackson can't help the smirk that slides across his face or the tears that glisten in his eyes. He's never believed in miracles before, chalking them up as pure coincidence, but this moment is proof that they do exist. Miracles are real and he's definitely a believer now.