4.

"Oh no, he heard it. Now he's standing right in front of me. You probably look stupid right now. You look stupid right now. Say something." April was having a mini panic attack in her mind. She stood at Robert's front door just looking at him with a nervous smile and her eyes looking into his.

"April, what are you doing here?" he asked.

She had no idea what had happened to her vocal cord, because all of her talking was all in her head.

"I want to be more than friends too," she thought, but all she did was raise up the tiramisu and the DVD of 'From Here to Eternity'. Finally getting the courage to speak up, she said "Mind if I come in?"

Robert was shocked to find April standing on his doorstep; confused actually. All he could think of is why is she here? He was in no mood to talk to her. She just stood there staring at him, but he tried to not look at her. "Listen, I'm really busy right now. I can't talk and I have an early consult with Dr. Montgomery; so good night Dr. Kepner." And that was that. He just closed the door on her. Wow, rejection, she thought to herself.

She drove back to the house; she grabbed all the groceries and headed straight to the kitchen. She found Jackson and Lexie eating dinner. "What a shocker, you guys aren't on top of each other," she said sarcastically. "Bitter much?" commented Jackson. April rolled her eyes. Lexie looked through all the groceries; "tiramisu, rocky road ice cream, DVD, Motrin, chips, tampons… oh it's your time of the month." April glared at her. "No, it is not," she saw Lexie try to grab for the tiramisu. She slapped her hand before she could take it, "Nope, not for you." April grabbed the dessert and the DVD and headed straight to her room.

"Hey, can we have some ice cream?" Jackson called out.

"I don't care," she replied.

"What's her deal?" commented Jackson. Lexie shrugged and helped herself on the ice cream. "Rocky road… just like her love life," Lexie joked. Jackson chuckled.

In her room, April watched the DVD and ate her tiramisu. It was good, but it wasn't as good as the one she had at the restaurant with Robert. She didn't understand why he was acting so childish. She admits that she said she just sees him as a friend, but she didn't say she didn't want to speak to him again. She shook her head and continuously stuffed her mouth with tiramisu. When she got to the iconic beach scene, she couldn't help but cry. "Oh, my God, my love life is pathetic," she cried out as she sniffled. She tried to get another piece of tiramisu, but it was all gone. She didn't even finish the movie when she fell asleep.

Robert was carefully studying the files and charts of baby Sofia when he got a call from Addison.

"Dr. Stark, I know we're supposed to meet up tomorrow, but I got called back at my hospital due to an emergency so I can't work with you on Sofia's case. I've looked through your files and it said you've worked on a similar case-"

"This is a huge case and Sofia's a preemie."

"I understand that, but I'm sure Dr. Karev or Dr. Kepner will be capable to assist you."

"Well, thanks for letting me know beforehand, Dr. Montgomery. Bye."

He shook his head. He can't work with Dr. Robbins because she's practically family, and Dr. Karev, let's face it, he hated Karev. There was no chance in hell that he would work with Karev again. His only choice was April Kepner. "How exciting," he thought to himself.

Arriving at the hospital the next day, he was greeted by the person he truly wanted to see first…

"Dr. Stark, may I speak with you for a moment?"

"If you must, Dr. Karev," they entered Robert's office.

"Dr. Stark, I know you shot down my request for the funds regarding the African children, but I happen to have those needed funds, and I'm just letting you know that the project is a 'go' according to the Chief." Karev sat there with a huge grin on his face.

"Well, I'm happy for you, Dr. Karev, but did the Chief also tell you that with all the surgical trials and other cases going on that your project is too much of an 'add on' for the staff?"

"Yes, he has and he has given me the permission to recruit a doctor to help us out- but with your affirmation, of course."

It took Robert a while to respond. He might actually get Chief Resident, he thought.

"Well, get on it," he replied.

Karev walked out of Robert's office with his head held high. "One for Alex, zero for Stark," he said aloud and walked off.

April overheard Karev and she rolled her eyes. She knocked on Robert's door and entered.

"Dr. Stark, the Chief informed me about Dr. Montgomery leaving and I wanted to know the status on Sofia's operation."

"I'm spear-heading the whole thing and you'll be assisting me. Excuse me," he left the room before April could say a thing.

It had taken them a couple of weeks to get everything started; Sofia's operation and Karev's project. Sofia needed to be in stable condition and Karev finally found a decent doctor to help him out.

"Hi, Dr. -" Karev looked at her file, "Dr. Redford, I'm Dr. Karev. Thank you for coming down here at a short notice."

"Oh, it's no problem at all. I gotta say that this is a really nice project; kudos to you. Your head in pediatrics must be so proud of you."

"Well actually, he ha-" before he could finish, he was interrupted by a little girl that opened the door of the conference room.

"Mommy, are you done yet?" asked the girl about ten years old with the long light auburn hair, just like her mom.

"Grace, we just started. Please wait patiently outside," ordered her mother.

"I'm sorry about that. We just moved here about a week ago and she's a bit stubborn about it."

"I understand," Karev looked back at her file. "Well your resume is very impressive and quite frankly, you're one the best I've seen so far. It's a bit early to tell you that you got the job because Dr. Stark needs to meet up with you and-"

"Come again?"

"Dr. Stark is our head in pediatrics. I know the name just gives shivers down your spine, but it's protocol that you meet with him. He's actually in surgery right now, but as soon as he's done, I'll send him over and it may be a done deal." Karev gathered all the papers and left the room and little Grace entered.

Dr. Redford carried Grace to her lap. "Honey, it's gonna take a while. Do you wanna stay with mom or should I call Aunt Beth to come get you?"

"I'm bored," replied Grace.

"Aunt Beth it is," she said with a sigh of relief.