April's wedding was in two more weeks. She had been going crazy setting everything up the way she wanted it to be. Between surgeries, she would take care of the little details like where she wanted the roses to be set up. She was happier about having the wedding of her dreams, than she was about marrying Matthew. That wasn't the way it should be and she knew it. But Matthew was perfect for her and Jackson didn't want her. She would grow to love Matthew the way she did with Jackson, she figured. Except she didn't grow to love Jackson, she always did. In fact, the night of the boards was only the first time she admitted it to herself.
During break, she was in her office with Arizona trying on her wedding dress.
"It's beautiful." Arizona squealed.
"You really think so?" April asked. Arizona nodded and smiled.
"You look almost as beautiful as Callie did on our wedding day." Arizona let out sadly.
"She just needs time." April said comforting Arizona.
"So back to the dress.. It's a keeper!" Arizona said.
"I feel like it drags too much, what if I trip and fall on my way to the altar?" April laughed.
"Well at least you won't be walking to it with a fake leg, still want me to lend you it?" Arizona laughed. "I'll go get your shoes maybe that'll help." She said as she walked out of the room. April stood in her dress waiting on Arizona to come back. Soon she heard the door open.
"That was fast." She smiled as she turned to the door. "Jackson.." She said as she saw him standing at the door instead of Arizona. Jackson's eyes were glued to her.
"I just came to tell you that we had to reschedule your gastrectomy, but I see you're busy anyway." He said as he stared her up and down.
"Oh okay." April responded shyly.
"You look beautiful." He finally commented.
"You think so? I keep thinking that I'm going to mess up with - I don't know, something. And Matthew is going to run off." She exhaled.
"He'd have to be crazy to run off after seeing you in this dress." Jackson smiled.
"Thank you." April said as she glanced at the ground and played with her hands. She didn't know why, but Jackson's opinion was always important to her.
"I almost forgot, let me give you your invitation to the wedding, not that you need one. But it's common courtesy and whatnot." April rambled as she looked for the invitations.
"Actually I don't think I'm going to be able to go." Jackson interrupted. April froze. Right then Arizona walked in with April's shoes.
"So I think these are going to make the length of the dress a little more bearable." She said as she handed the shoes to April.
"I'll uh, see you later. I have to meet up with Stephanie." Jackson said as he walked off.
April had spent most of her day wedding planning. She was so excited to finally be able to dive into work for the rest of the day.
"How are you feeling Ms. Glane?" April asked her patient.
"Like I need a gastrectomy." The elder woman responded.
"Well I'm going to prep you for surgery and soon enough, you're going to be feeling much better." April smiled.
"Can you call Harry before my surgery and tell him to come?" Ms. Glane asked her.
"Is that your husband?" April asked.
"Oh no honey, my best friend." She coughed. "Please call him." Ms. Glane said before they took her to the OR.
April scrubbed into surgery and began Ms. Glane's procedure. She began to make an incision and explained her technique to Jo who was her intern for the day.
"Would you like to close?" April asked Jo as she eagerly stitched back up. The surgery was a success. Ms. Glane was put in recovery and was very happy to wake up with Harry by her side. April walked in to check on her patient.
"Where's Harry?" She asked her patient.
"He went to go grab a bite to eat." smiled. "We've been friends for years now. Hell, we argued for months because I got him fired from his job, but even then he still came to all my surgeries. And he sat and we didn't talk but I knew he was there. Best friends forgive each other anything." She smiled.
"You two are lucky to have each other." April smiled as she walked out. She looked for Jackson. She found him walking down the hallway and grabbed his arm.
"Here you go." April said as she handed him an envelope."
"What is this?" Jackson asked confused.
"Your invitation - to the wedding." She responded.
"April -" Jackson began right before April interrupted.
"Best friends forgive each other anything. You could leave right after the ceremony if you want and not say a word to me, but I want you to know that you're there. I need to know that my best friend - who plays such an important part in my life is going to be there. Even if you're sitting down not saying so much as a word. If this is because of Stephanie, she can come too." She said. April was hurt, she didn't understand Jackson. He didn't want her as a girlfriend, but he should at least want her as a friend and it hurt her more than anything to think that he didn't.
"It isn't because of Stephanie, but okay." Jackson responded. He was caught off guard by her speech.