I'm so sorry for the long wait, I really am! I hope you'll forgive me and enjoy this chapter! As I promised there is going to be some Japril interaction!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters mentioned. All the rights to them and Grey's Anatomy belong to shondaland and ABC.

"Go and talk to her!", Jackson told his friend enthusiastically turning to face him.

Charles blinked a few times his eyes still trained on the two women, "Really? Didn't you say that I should wait a bit? Give her some time?"

"Well, yeah…", he coughed once trying to think of something to say to convince him, " But what do I know? My last serious girlfriend has been Lexie and that has in high school."

Jackson really thought that Charles should talk to Reed, you know clear the air. If he would get introduced to April during that … well let's just say that it wouldn't hurt anybody.

"I'm not sure…", Charles mumbled beside him. Jackson's eyes followed Charles' and his breath caught in his throat once again as they were met by her sight. It might sound cheesy but he had never seen a woman as beautiful as her. In that moment she laughed about something Reed just said and it was as though the whole world around her lit up.

He had never felt like this and he would probably be embarrassed by himself if he spoke his thoughts out loud but he couldn't help himself.

"Just be casual. Say hello or something. Besides I'll be with you, I'll stop you from doing something stupid."

"Yeah because you stopped me from declaring my love to her.", Charles shot back accusingly.

Jackson only shrugged in response; honestly he would act the same way again. He still thought that his best friend did the right thing by finally admitting his feelings. His crush had gotten to a point where it began to become pathetic.

"Look, you said that she needed to organize her feelings but how is she going to that when the last memory she has of you is the moment you declared your feelings to her half drunk at some party.", Jackson finished with a smile. His explanation made sense, at least kind of. He just hoped that it would be convincing enough so that Charles would go over to talk with the girls.

His friend took a deep breath clearly pondering before he said, "Okay, let's go."

"Great.", Jackson exclaimed happily before he realized that he needed to tone it down a bit. But he was truly happy and just a little bit selfish.

As they began to walk towards the two ladies he tried his best to compose himself. He definitely didn't want to appear as a nervous loser the first time they met again. After all he didn't want to leave a bad second first impression.

They were almost there when April looked up. She saw Charles first as she got an uneasy expression on her face but she was still wearing a small smile. Charles had clearly been right when he had said that April liked him. Jackson briefly wondered how close the two were but he lost that train of thought when April's gaze wandered to him and her eyes connected with his.

He could pinpoint the exact moment she registered who exactly was walking towards her. If he didn't knew it any better he would describe the expression that crossed her beautiful features as pure horror. But that couldn't be right? She should be just as happy as he was to see him again.

"Hey ladies.", Charles greeted them in what he would probably describe as a smooth way. Jackson's eyes stayed fixated on April who was ducking under his gaze but in the corner of his eye he could see how Reed rolled her eyes. He decided to relieve the tension a bit by putting the focus on something else like himself.

"By the way I'm Jackson …", he started only to be cut off once again.

"Avery. I know.", she said smiling softly at him and he was sure that she was giving him a hint by repeating what she said that evening. She remembered it just like he did and he couldn't help but smile.

"April we have to go.", Reed interrupted them tugging impatiently on the redhead's sleeve.

"Reed.", she hissed in return.

"Okay!", Reed exclaimed before storming off rather dramatically.

The three of them watched as she walked off until she stopped obviously waiting for her best friend to follow her.

"I'm really sorry. You know how dramatic she gets.", April apologized directing the statement at Charles who looked really defeated.

"I know…", he trailed off looking into the direction of Reed before he continued, "It's my fault…", before he could go any further April cut him off.

"It's really not. She's … she's just confused and that pisses her really off. Give her some time.", she told him sweetly putting a comforting hand on his shoulder. Jackson watched the whole exchange silently. They seemed to be really close but more in a friendly way. It warmed his heart to see how compassionate she was.

"Okay.", Charles mumbled his head hung low.

"I'll see you in a bit.", April told him sweetly before she walked over to her friend. As soon as she had left, Charles let out a defeated groan turning away from the two girls. But Jackson kept his eyes focused on April who hurried towards Reed. She seemed to be apologizing to her as the later shuffled her feet against the pavement clearly annoyed.

It took the pretty boy a few more moments until his mind registered the last part of April's parting statement, "What did she mean by 'in a bit'?".

"That we'll meet again in about 10 minutes.", Charles mumbled absently.

"Why?", Jackson asked getting even more confused.

"Dude, seriously?", Charles questioned slowly getting annoyed but all Jackson could offer in response was a helpless shrug because he had really no idea what his best friend meant, "Have you been blind in the last three years? April is studying medicine with us."

Charles finished his explanation with another frustrated groan before walking towards the lecture hall leaving a dumbfounded Jackson.

Charles couldn't be right! He would've have noticed if the most beautiful woman was in his class. There was no way that Charles told the truth.

Of course Charles told the truth. Jackson had spent the last 20 minutes of his lecture watching April as she sat at the front of the class.

Sure, there were a lot of students who studied pre-med at Harvard and he didn't know all of the names of the others but he never would have thought that he would overlook someone as wonderful as April.

He literally couldn't take his eyes of her and he was aware of the fact that it became borderline creepy. Luckily Charles was caught in his thoughts, probably of Reed, and if he snapped out of his own world he would actually try to concentrate on whatever Professor Montgomery-Shepherd was telling them.

Jackson knew that he should try to listen too but the beautiful woman in the front was far more interesting than anything their professor was saying. April seemed to be able to concentrate although he did catch her eyes wandering towards him every now and then. Even with the rows of students between them he could see how she blushed every time their gazes would meet and he would smile at her.

Each and every time she would turn back to the front all flustered and cute; she was so sweet.

But there were other things he noticed about her besides that now that he had the time to study her carefully.

He soon realized that it was a tick of hers to bite her lip the way she did on the night of the party. Also he saw how she furiously scribbled down in a little red notebook and that she tugged her curls behind her ears even though they hadn't even fallen out yet.

April was sitting next to and sometimes talking to a guy he knew because he was the only one out of the pre-med juniors that was also in the football team besides Jackson.

Bradley Parker was cornerback of the Crimson and despite the fact that they obviously shared some interests he and Brad never came past a state of acquaintances but seeing how Brad leaned over to whisper something into April's ear Jackson thought it was time to change that.

They were running rounds for warming up that afternoon when Jackson decided to talk to Brad. He casually ran up to him falling into step beside him. The other guy was clearly confused by this unexpected appearance as he glanced over to him.

"Hey.", Jackson greeted him friendly. Brad only nodded in response apparently not in the mood to make small talk.

That was why Jackson decided to come straight to the point, "So, you're friends with April?"

"April Kepner?", the cornerback asked him eyeing him suspiciously.

Jackson nodded trying to hide the fact that he hadn't known her last name before.

"I would say so. I mean we're project partners.", Brad told him still confused by the whole situation.

"And is there going anything on between the two of you?"

"Why? Is there between the two of you?", Brad asked in return looking pointedly at him.

'If everything goes as planned...', Jackson thought to himself but shook his head instead, "No, I was just wondering. You two seemed pretty cozy to during class today."

"Well, there is nothing going on between us and I should know if there was."

"Okay...", Jackson trailed off after he got the information he wanted and let himself fall back a few steps. He and Brad were definitely not becoming friends anytime soon, in fact he was pretty sure that Brad had something against him.

As he passed the cheerleaders he caught sight of Izzie Stevens who sent him a wink irritating him so much that he didn't see Alex until he bumped into him.

"Dude, look where you're going.", his friend told him grumpily before they continued to jog side by side in silence.

As they came by the cheerleaders once again Alex suddenly spoke up, "I'm going to ask her out."

The statement was so unexpected that it took him a few moments to realize what he actually meant, "Izzie?!"

"Yes, Izzie.", and although he sounded somewhat annoyed Jackson saw how Alex smiled slightly.

"I thought it was a one-night stand. No feelings involved."

"Tell me about it."

When Charles had first texted him about hanging out with his friends Jackson had been rather reluctant because after all he had just spent over two hours ruining across a field but then his best friend had told him that he needed him there because Reed, and for Jackson more importantly April, would be there as well.

He had seen the chance and decided to take it but until now he had spent about an hour listing to George and Charles as they had an animated discussion about some comic character, at least Jackson thought that it was a character out of a comic.

He was about to excuse himself and go to bed when they finally walked in. Charles' whole demeanor changed instantaneously as the two women scanned the room.

There were some more people there, most of whom he didn't know, and Reed looked pretty annoyed and promptly stalked off to a group of people he didn't recognize. Out of the corner of his eye Jackson could see how Charles slumped down a bit but his eyes stayed trained on April who shot him a tentative smile because she followed her friend causing the butterflies in his stomach to go crazy.

It took another 30 minutes until he had finally the chance to talk with April alone. She was standing over at the jukebox, which was the highlight of the common room. He made his way casually over to her, a drink in his hand and an easy smile on his lips. He just hoped that it was easy enough to hide his nervousness.

"Hi.", he greeted her friendly as she shuffled through the song choices.

"Hi.", she greeted him back just as friendly briefly looking up before returning to choosing song.

He knew that he should probably make small talk but the following question was burning on his mind since Friday night, "So when are you going to go out with me?"

She didn't even look up when she answered him, "How about never."

He was taken back by both, the response and her calm voice, but he wasn't going to let her turn him down so easily, "Why not?"

"Look Jackson, ...", she began, turning to face him, "...I know guys like you."

"Guys like me?", he questioned slightly amused.

"Yes, guys like you. You're good-looking and charming..."

"You think I'm good-looking and charming?", Jackson interrupted her and although she ignored his comment and continued, he could detect a faint blush covering her cheeks.

"And you're cocky and flirty. Some girls might find that attractive and are okay with the fact that you dump them after one night but I'm not like that."

"It seems like you think that you know exactly what kind of a person I am."

"Because I do know.", she told him confidently and while he was still amused he was starting to get slightly frustrated.

"But I'm not like that."

"Really?", he only nodded in response just as confident as her.

"So when was your last serious relationship?" , for a moment he considered lying to her but he was sure that she already knew the answer from being friends with Charles. Besides, he wanted to be honest with her, "In high school."

"And I guess you haven't been abstinent since then."

"Well no … but...", he really didn't like the direction this conversation was going.

"No buts. It's really none of my business but I'm not going to become a number on your list.", she told him before she finally pressed a number.

She began to walk back towards her friends leaving a surprised Jackson behind. She smiled at him over her shoulder once again as she told him, "Have a good night Jackson."

The first notes of the song began to play as Jackson watched April walking off. She might have an opinion of him already but he was determined to change it.

He wasn't giving up that easily.

So I hope it was worth the wait! Jackson is going to have to work a bit :) After watching 9x17 I simply had to introduce Brad into this Story and once again, there are more characters to follow.

Thanks for reading and it would be awesome if you could leave a review!

(P.S.: I'm a sucker for little details which is why I brought back those two lies from their first meeting :) )