April felt herself falling asleep at her book. She didn't know how much more of this she could take. It was midnight and here she was in the campus library with Megan, slaving over their anatomy text books. Megan took a huge gulp of coffee before looking to April's fluttering eyes. "Oh, no." April's eyes opened widely, obviously catching herself going to sleep, and half afraid of what Megan would do to her if she actually did fall asleep. "You are not sleeping and leaving me to be alone with all of this."

"Megan," April yawned out. "Don't you think we should call it a night? We still have all of tomorrow to study."

"No." Megan spoke obviously. "I have a system of studying like an insane person two days before the test, sleeping the whole day before the test to wake up refreshed while all I did was dream of the information I studied to pass the test."

April shook her head after listening to that entire speech. "You've got issues, dude."

"Sleep is for the weak." She told her seriously before looking back down at her book.

"Okay." April spoke, putting her book back in her bag. "While you do that, I'm going to be sleeping."

Megan didn't even look up to see April off. "Have fun struggling during that test then."

"Goodnight, Megan!" April called with a bit of a wave as she made it out of the library doors. When she got out the door, there was Roma, patiently waiting for her to leave the library. "Sorry." She apologized as he put his hand on her back, guiding her to the car.

"No worries." He promised as he opened up the car door for her with a big smile.

As April sat in the back seat, her phone vibrated, she expected it to be Megan, gloating to her about how she was going to pass the test while she failed, but it was Mike.

How's the studying going :)

April rolled her eyes, a smile spreading across her face. How did she just know he was going to mess with her about this?

FINALLY going home.

She put the phone back down, letting her head fall into the cushion, it just felt so comfortable at the moment. She almost felt herself drift off to sleep, but her phone vibrated again, causing her to pull it up to her face.

Hurry up and get your ass to bed because we're studying all day tomorrow

April sighed, hating that she would have to spend the entire day studying just for one test, but she wasn't one to disagree with Mike.

Yes, sir!

And before she knew it, she was back home, immediately getting out of the car and falling asleep almost the second her head hit the pillow.

Mike stood at April's door, crouched down so he could look Conner right in the eye. Conner had on every bit of protection he could find. A hockey mask, catcher mitts, he even duct taped pillows onto his front and back. "Okay, you know what your job is?"

"Bother April until she wakes up."

"Good boy." Mike agreed with a high five before Conner opened the door to April's room cautiously.

They were both nervous. Messing with April while she was sleeping was like messing with a sleeping bear, they were just asking for trouble. But April had to pass this test. They knew they were doing the right thing, but once they woke April up, they knew it wouldn't feel like it.

Conner brought up his hockey stick, slowly moving it to her sleeping body, taking a deep breath before gently poking her with it, keeping a safe distance. He heard her breathe deeply before rolling over to the other side of the bed. Conner gave Mike a panicked look, but he just signaled for him to keep on. Conner gave a deep sigh before trying again. When he poked her this time, her hand came out, knocking the stick out of his hand.

Mike sighed as Conner looked to his only weapon lying on the other side of the room. That's when Mike moved forward, stripping all of the covers off the bed, holding onto them so she couldn't pull them back over her head.

"What the hell?!" She screamed out, throwing her hands on the bed angrily as she rolled over to lie on her back.

"Get up." Mike spoke, turning to Conner with a happy smile. "Get out of here before she kills you."

Conner didn't wait another moment, running out before his sister could do anything to him. "Why am I up?" April asked, turning into the fetal position, trying to cuddle herself for warmth since she no longer had access to her comforter.

"Because you have the biggest test of your college career tomorrow." Mike spoke as he moved to her closet, pulling out some clothes for her. "Put these on." He spoke throwing some clothes on her bed.

She finally sat up, looking at the clothes for a moment before looking up at Mike with a disgusted face. "Really? That top with those shorts?"

He gave her an irritated look before grabbing the clothes with a sigh and moving to her bathroom. "This is stupid." She mumbled before slamming her door shut.

"You're stupid for not taking Megan's study advice."

April cracked the door open to pop her head out, her bra straps the only visual that she had some type of clothing on. "You wanted me to stay up all night and sleep all day?"

"If it was going to get you to pass that test, I do."

April rolled her eyes with a loud scoff before ducking back into the bathroom and closing the door. "See, that's the problem with schools today." She spoke as she pulled on her shirt and Mike leaned against the wall in her room. "It's not even about learning, it's about grades."

"You're damn right it is." Mike spoke just as she opened out the door fully clothed.

She walked past him with a confused look on her face. "Was it like that in Ireland or Scotland or wherever you're from?"

"And I don't listen." He spoke with an eye roll.

April turned to look at him with a smile on her face. "You were born in Scotland, but you also say that you are part Irish, so…" she got closer to him, wanting to get in his face. "Ireland or Scotland…wherever you're from."

Mike looked down at her, smiling just a little bit. She really was a fantastic listener and it seemed like she knew everything. Well, everything except college level anatomy. "Let's get you to learning that anatomy."

"What do you know about anatomy?" April asked while crossing her arms.

He smiled, moving down to get the book off of her dresser. "As long as I can read everything that this book has to say about it, you can learn it."

April groaned into the book that she laid her head on in the dining room table. "Come on." Mike spoke, lounged in his chair while stuffing Cheetos in his mouth. "How do eccrine sweat glands differ from sebaceous glands?"

April finally picked up her head from the book, shaking her head at him. "Do you even know?"

He shook his head at her. "Not a damn clue, now answer the question."

"No." April told him defiantly making Mike raise his eyebrows at her tone. "You know what, I don't want to." She slammed her notebook shut, crossing her arms at him. "I'm dropping out."

"You're not dropping out." Mike retorted with a scoff, finding it hard to believe that he had pushed her that far.

"Oh, I am."

She got up from the table and moved out of the dining room as Mike just sat there, dumbfounded at everything that just happened. "Like hell you're not."

He moved into the kitchen where she had gone, catching her going out of the other door. "She just came in here and said she was dropping out." Monica told him as he just kept following her.

"Yeah, I'm working on it."

He closed the door to the kitchen, moving into the foyer where he saw Conner standing there, watching April walk up the steps. Mike just barely saw the heel of her foot. "Is April dropping out?" Conner asked.

"Maybe." Mike spoke quickly, not looking at him, only focused on catching up with April. "I mean no." Mike corrected, finally looking back to him. "Conner, go to your room." Conner shrugged and hurried off, leaving them to figure it all out.

When Mike came up the stairs, April was hurrying past the Oval Office her father was standing outside of. "Did April just say she was dropping out?" Ben asked as Mike hurried past him.

"She might, Ben!" He yelled at him out of stress, half turned back to tell him, but more focused on catching up with her.

As soon as he did catch up with her, though, she was slamming the door to her room shut. Mike moved to the door knob, but after twisting it a little bit, it wouldn't open. He pounded on the door a couple of times before calling out her name. "What do you want from me?" Mike asked.

April pulled the door to her room open angrily, eyes fuming. "I want you to let me study how I study. This whole forcing me crap is not going to work. I was not in the military, so do not treat me like I am."

Mike gulped a little. The way she was talking to him freaked him out so he was going to do whatever she wanted him to do in that moment. Hell, she wasn't even using contractions. "Okay." He spoke immediately without argument. If she was in the military, that would be one sight to see. They would command her to do something and she would put the fear of god into whoever did it.

"And even if it is your specialty, I don't need you to control everything. Just let me be in charge for one night and then you can do whatever you want."

Mike stood there for a moment. It would be really hard not to be in charge for once, but he was going to do it for April. If it meant she was going to pass her class, he was going to do it for her. "Okay." Mike sighed out while massaging his forehead.

April leaned forward, giving him a kiss on the cheek before pulling him into her room for the two to study the night away.

So, they did study for the entire night. When they finally fell asleep, Mike's arm was wrapped around April's shoulders and April was nuzzled into his chest with her hand lying over his heart. He was supposed to go home. He wasn't supposed to be there all night with April, but he did it for her because he knew this test was big to her. He could have gone home to be with his wife, but he stayed with her, and he wasn't going to leave until the moment she was confident she would pass that test, but they ended up falling asleep.

April just stared at him after she woke up. She loved watching his chest rise and fall, and how soft all of his features were rather than seeing the years of damage in every inch. She loved the fact that he looked completely at peace in that moment, but she knew that in less than an hour, he would be up, driving her crazy like every other day. She wondered what he was dreaming about. If he ever thought about her how she was now thinking about him.

Everything William and Megan had talked about all suddenly clicked. This attraction everyone was seeing. She didn't know about Mike, but she knew she had feelings for him. Watching him like that, leaving her alone with her thoughts, she knew William was right. She was in love with Mike. The realization happened so quick, there was no time to talk herself out of it or to see the logic not to be in love with him. It was an insane realization to suddenly feel like this. With everything she did, that love was going to be with her every step of the way whether he reciprocated it or not.

Mike stirred a little bit, causing a small smile to spread on her face. That's when she leaned forward, planting a soft kiss on his cheek right next to his lips. He seemed to settle after that, making her smile even more. She didn't want to go. She wanted to stay in his embrace forever, but everything they did here would have been for nothing. She would do her all on that test just to make him proud, to show him that what they did had made a difference.

She slowly moved out of his arms, making sure not to wake him before turning into her closet. God, she couldn't even focus on what to wear, all she could think about was Mike. As she got dressed, she kept looking at him. His suit was wrinkled from sleeping in it and his tie was at the foot of her bed. She remembered him taking it off right before they had fell asleep. His shoes were off in the corner by her window, making her smile, thinking about how he acted before he took them off. He said how scandalous it would be if the reporters caught sight of him taking his shoes off and getting on the president's daughter's bed.

When she was finally dressed, she ripped a piece of paper from her journal and pulled out a pen, scribbling: I think you've earned the day, Banning. Thanks, April.

She gave him one last look as she put the note on her pillow. She had no doubt about loving him. She knew she shouldn't have. He worked for her father and he was married, but she did. He shouldn't feel the way she did about him and she didn't expect him to, that's what hurt her the most about all of this, but she didn't want to think about that just yet. She wanted to have this moment burned into her brain forever, and it always would be as the moment she fell in love with Mike Banning.

After the test, April had to leave without saying a word to Megan when that's all she wanted to do. She knew her phone was off so she decided she would leave her a message. As soon as she dialed her number, it went straight to voicemail, confirming her thoughts. Hey, this is Megan. You know what to do.

April was thinking about it all over again so by the time the beep sounded, she let out a loving sigh. "Megan, I really need to talk to you. Something…happened last night and you're the only one I can tell." She took a moment, thinking about it all over again as a huge smile spread across her face. "Just give me a call when you get this."

April hung up the phone and continued walking. It was something completely different being in love like this. As she walked through campus, it was like she was seeing everything in a new light. The sun was brighter, the trees were fuller, and she saw happiness on everyone's faces.

When she finally made it into the back seat of her limo, O'Neil knew there was something up. There was something up with her from the moment she had walked out of her room in the morning. He didn't know what it was, but all of the secret service agents had a pool going on of what it could possibly be.

When they finally got back to the White House, O'Neil opened the door up for her, April was still off in her own world, but one thing brought her back. The first thing she saw was Mike standing in the foyer in a fresh suit, hands clasped in front of him with a smirk on his face at the sight of her. Her breath hitched in her throat as she looked at him, not sure what to do at all. "Welcome home, Miss. Asher."

April settled on a smile as she moved past him and up the stairs. "Thanks, Mike."

As she walked up the stairs, she was freaking out with every fiber of her being. How was she supposed to act around him now? She needed Megan to answer her phone immediately. She needed advice and Megan was way more experienced in this love stuff than she was. She thought she was in love a few times, but after what she felt today, she realized that everything else was minimal to what she felt now.

Once she was safe in her room, she leaned against her door, looking at her phone desperately. "Megan, please listen to your messages."

Megan parked her car drastically, greeted the man at the front desk, explaining that this was an emergency and she needed to see April immediately so he just gave her pass and let her in, he already knew who she was anyways. She ran into the front door, quickly greeting Mike and hurrying up the steps. "Hi, Megan." Ben spoke with a smile as she hurried past him.

"Hey, Mr. Asher." She called over her shoulder. "Can't talk right now."

Ben watched as she hurried into his daughter's room and shut the door. He shook his head as Maggie came up right next to him. "What was that about?"

"I don't know." Ben spoke, looking over at his wife. "But Megan needs to be timed next time she runs up to April's room like that. I want to know how long it really takes her." Maggie rolled her eyes at her husband before giving him a quick peck on the cheek.

Megan looked to April once she shut the door, finding April sitting on the floor right by her bed, taking deep breaths while chewing on her nail. "Oh my god." Megan simply spoke.

"I know." April spoke, half moving her thumb nail so her voice was more audible, but it was still in her mouth.

Megan moved to sit down across from her, putting her hands on her head, the text April sent burned into her eyes. "Oh my god." She spoke slower.

"I know." April almost cried out.

Megan straightened up as April pulled down a pillow from her bed, gripping it to her chest. "Okay," Megan spoke calmly. "We've got to think about this rationally." She looked to her, clutching her pillow, knowing poor April had it bad. "Have you told him?" April looked to her best friend like she was insane. "Okay, I'll take that as a no."

April shut her eyes while shaking her head. "How could I?"

Megan sighed, this time when she got down, sitting right next to her. "Would it really be so bad to tell him?"

April turned to look at Megan, starting to feel the downside of love people were talking about. She was feeling heartache. "He has a wife, Megan. He works for my dad." April positioned herself so she was facing her best friend. "Mike can never know about this."

Megan put her hand on April's arm, staring right into her eyes. "But what about you?"

April bit her lip to keep from crying as she shrugged, not wanting to say anymore. Megan immediately pulled her in for a hug, letting her cry all she could on her. Megan looked all around her room, hardly believing that it all happened in this room. A part of April's life just changed today, and as quick as it all started, it was ending.

Mrs. HappyAnarchy: I plan on making Megan a true friend so we don't have anything to worry about there. Oh, and the first blank response from the last chapter was your response. I don't know why your name didn't show up. It just didn't save like that. Sorry!

NGArmyWife: Thank you, love!

So, this is going to be part one in the story line of April realizing she's in love with Mike. I'm trying to capture all the good and bad that comes with falling in love with people you shouldn't, so I hope you guys liked this chapter, and let me know what you think!