So, I am really missing Japril on our screens, so I decided to keep chapter 7 full of love and happiness for Japril because we need it right now. I will come back to the Dotson stuff, but for now, this chapter is all Japril. I should also say this chapter is definitely rated M, but again, I am new at this, so if it is weird, just block if from your memory. :)

Chapter 7

As Jackson pulls into the driveway to his house, he is surprised to see the lights still on inside. After their plane landed in Seattle, April had grabbed Harriet from daycare and taken her home while Jackson stayed back at the hospital to discuss Diane's progress with Bailey. The clinical trial was making Diane sicker instead of helping her, and they spent the rest of the day trying to figure out how to convince Maggie that Diane should stop the treatments. He left the hospital much later than he had planned, and he was looking forward to taking a shower and climbing into bed next to April.

He turns the key in the lock and walks inside but stops just inside the door. April is curled up under a blanket, sleeping soundly on the couch. He puts his keys on the hook and walks over to stand beside her, admiring how peaceful she looks. Jackson bends down, kissing her forehead, and whispering her name gently to wake her. "April."

April's eyes open and her face lights up seeing Jackson standing over her. "Hey." She says as she stretches her arms above her head and sits up. "What time is it?"

Jackson sits down next to her on the edge of the couch. "Late. What are you doing sleeping on the couch? I have a perfectly good bed for you to sleep in."

"I was waiting for you. I guess I fell asleep. How did everything go at the hospital?"

"Ugh. Not good. Can we talk about all of that tomorrow though? I really just want to take a shower and take you to bed." April can feel the warmth flood her cheeks as Jackson leans down to kiss her, smiling that he can still make her blush by telling her how much he wants her. But just as their lips meet, they hear cries from down the hall.

April groans and drops her forehead to rest against his shoulder, "She has terrible timing." Throwing the blanket off herself with a deep sigh, she heads to Harriet's room. Before she turns down the hall, she stops and looks back over her shoulder with a flirtatious smile, "I'll feed her and meet you in bed, k?"

Jackson slowly shook his head, smiling back at her, "That's the best thing I've heard all day."

April sat in Harriet's dimly lit nursery, gazing down at her baby girl sleeping in her arms. She knew she should put her back in her crib, but these late-night moments of calm were some of her favorite. Of course, these feedings made her tired, but April would never complain about them. She knew there were worse things that could happen than losing a little sleep, so she made sure to cherish these moments with her sweet daughter.

"Is everything okay?" April looked up to see Jackson leaning against the doorframe of the nursery. He was wearing only a pair of his favorite gym shorts and the light from Harriet's night light made his freshly washed skin seem to glisten. April was silently wishing she had put Harriet down earlier so she could already be in bed with him. "I thought you would already be in bed." Jackson crossed the room to sit on the footrest in front of April's rocking chair.

"Everything's fine. I just didn't want to put her down yet. I missed her so much while I was gone." April lightly brushed her thumb across Harriet's cheek. "Sometimes I think I could stare at her forever, you know?"

"I do." Jackson said as he watched his girls, Harriet sleeping peacefully and April looking down at their daughter as if she were the greatest gift she had ever received.

April sighed and scooted forward in the rocking chair. "I guess I should let her sleep." She carefully walked to Harriet's crib and stood on her tiptoes to lean down and put Harriet in the crib without waking her. For a moment, they both watched their baby girl sleep. "She really is beautiful, isn't she?" April whispered. Jackson wrapped his arms around April's waist from behind and rested his chin on her shoulder. "She is." He whispered back. "Just like her mom."

April turned in his arms to face him, laughing quietly. "I think we both know you're the pretty one in this relationship."

Jackson moved a hand to the side of her face, shaking his head. "You really have no idea how beautiful you are, do you?" He pulled her body in to his and leaned down so that his mouth could find hers. It was so nice to be able to kiss her again whenever he wanted. He had missed feeling this comfortable with her and he deepened the kiss to show her just how much he had missed her.

With a sigh, April pulled back from his kiss, but she kept her eyes closed and leaned her forehead against his. "What's wrong?" Jackson whispered down to her.

April opened her eyes and looked up at him with want in her eyes. "Take me to bed?"

With those words, his mouth found hers again and his hands slid down to her bottom so he could lift her up in one quick motion. Her legs wrapped tightly around his hips, and he carried her down the hall and into their bedroom.

Setting her down lightly on her feet, she broke their kiss only to pull her shirt over her head and toss it on the floor. "Jackson?" She whispered against his mouth.

"What?"

"We've never had sex in this house before."

She could feel Jackson's smile against her lips, "But you have no idea how many times I've thought about it. I've wanted to have sex with you in every room of this house." He swept her hair behind her shoulders and she felt his tongue on her neck.

She wasn't sure if it was the idea of having sex with him in every room or the way he knew all the sensitive areas of her neck to explore, but her knees felt weak and she reached up to grab his shoulders to steady herself. Her breathing was heavy and she could barely get out her response, "Why did we wait so long to do this?"

"I don't know." his breath was hot against her skin, "We'll just have to make sure we make up for lost time."

His hands slid down her back and inside her pants to grab her bottom. She quickly pushed her pants the rest of the way down her legs and kicked them off. Jackson's mouth was at her ear, lightly nibbling on the edge with his teeth, "You're wearing my favorite bra and panties," His voice was deep and breathy.

"I know."

"Too bad you won't be wearing them long." He whispered in to her ear before moving down to cover the top of her breasts with his mouth. He kept one hand on her bottom and the other moved up to unclasp her bra, letting it fall to the floor. April moaned as he took her breast in his mouth completely. Her hands tightly gripped the back of his head, letting him know she wanted him there, wanted his mouth on her body.

She loved the way he made her feel and she wanted to do the same for him. She pulled her breast away from his mouth and he looked back at her with confusion. "Come on," she whispered, taking both of his hands in hers and leading him over to the bed. They stopped just at the edge of the bed and April ran her hands down his chest and into the waist of his shorts pulling them off his hips and letting them drop to the floor. Jackson grinned at her eagerness and pulled her against him. She could feel how ready he was as he pressed his body to hers. His hands went to the top of her panties to remove them, but she stopped him. "Not yet," she told him.

Jackson was surprised at her response considering how eager she was to get his clothes off. "Not yet? What are we waiting for?"

"I want to show you how much I missed you." She could tell by Jackson's expression that he wasn't quite sure what she meant, but when she gently pushed him down on the bed and lowered herself to her knees in front of him, he quickly understood.

"Oh! April, you know you don't have to – I mean, I want you to, I do – but you don't -" Jackson's words quickly stopped when April took him in her mouth. The feeling of her mouth on him was incredible. God, he had missed this. April may not have had as much experience in the bedroom as him, but somehow, she always knew exactly what his body needed. He watched her for a while, enjoying the view of her hands and mouth on his most sensitive areas. A few times she would look up to meet his gaze, her mouth still on him, and that drove him crazy. He tangled his hands in her hair and gently guided her mouth deeper. He moaned loudly as she followed his lead and he realized that he may not last much longer. Reluctantly, he pulled away from her and placed a hand under her chin to lift her face to look at him. "April…"

"What's wrong? Why did you stop me?"

"Because I wasn't going to last much longer." He words came out through his fast breaths.

April grinned proudly, "Well, isn't that a good thing?"

"It is. But it's not what I want." April looked back at him puzzled. He leaned forward to press his mouth to her ear. "I want to be inside you."

April's face flushed with heat at his words, but she wanted the exact same thing. She stood up from the floor and Jackson gripped both sides of her waist pulling her on to the bed to lay next to him, her back against his chest. His right arm was curled under her head, while his left arm trailed down her stomach and into the front of her panties. Her legs instinctively parted for him and his fingers explored her center before he slipped them inside her. She moaned his name and his mouth tasted the skin on her shoulder. He pressed deeper into her, enjoying the sounds that were escaping her lips. She reached down to push her panties off her hips and off her legs. Jackson slid his left leg under hers and raised his knee so that her leg was hooked behind his and her center was completely exposed to him. His fingers found the spot inside her that he knew always made her moan and he watched her face as her eyes fell shut and she called out his name. She reached her hand behind her, wrapping her fingers around him, "Jackson…please…"

He didn't wait for her to ask again. He shifted down on the bed slightly to better align his hips with hers before slowly entering her from behind. She let out a quiet moan, almost a whimper, and he stopped moving to ask, "Is this okay?"

"Yes…yes…you feel amazing. Don't stop." She took Jackson's hand in hers, guiding it to her breast as he pushed into her as deeply as he could go. "I've missed this so much," she breathed, and they began to move together, finding their rhythm.

Jackson massaged her breasts as his hips continued to move against hers, paying extra attention to her nipples. Jackson knew that after April surprised him with falling to her knees in front of him, that he was not going to last much longer, but he wanted to make sure she finished first. Luckily, he knew her body well, so he knew exactly where to touch her to make that happen. April's breathing was getting faster and her moans were getting louder. "April?" He leaned down close to her face.

"Yes?" she breathed.

"I want to hear you scream my name." And his hand moved down to caress her center that he could feel was ready for a release. He quickened the pace of his hips and focused his attention on her most sensitive area knowing she was almost there. And then her head fell back against his chest with a loud moan. He could feel her muscles tighten and release as she came around him, calling out his name. Hearing her yell his name in pleasure was all he needed to meet her. He placed a hand on her hip to hold her steady as he felt his own release inside of her.

Exhausted, they both lay holding on to the other feeling the lasting pleasure. Jackson wrapped his arm around her waist to keep her close to him and rested his head against hers. "God, I love you." April smiled lazily and pulled his arm tighter around her body. "I love you, too."