Author's Note: This is strictly a work of Fiction. I do not own any of the rights to the characters, places, ABC or Shondaland. Medical Terms may not be correct, characters may vary from their identity on the show. Read, Review and Enjoy!

AMBER

I settled back in my seat. The Bus/Motorcycle pile up happened on Tuesday. It was Monday and I was heading back to Seattle from Denver. I had moved up the surprise weekend on Thursday. It was a rough few days and I needed to get out.

The young girl who was riding on the back of the motorcycle came in with Jo & Deluca. The only reason she was alive was by the Grace of God. Meredith, Jackson and I all set to work on her. There were more broken bones than were not, multiple organs were bruised and lacerated and pretty much her entire body was one big case of road burn. Jo insisted on scrubbing in. She was too involved, you could see it right from the beginning. This was personal for her and I wasn't sure why. After the grueling surgery, the patient was wheeled off to the Plastic Ward for beginning treatment of her burns and Jo followed her there. Meredith and I went to the lounge where she filled me in on Jo's past. She must have been triggered by the girl's story. I had only heard bits of it but it sounded like the guy had forced her to ride along with him despite her pleading him to not be dangerous.

I was asleep in the on-call room when Jo came in and pulled me off the bed to the floor. She was screaming at me and hitting the wall next to where I landed. Deluca raced in and pulled her back and all I could hear was, "ALL YOUR FAULT!" When Deluca got her out of there, Meredith rushed in. We had lost the patient, her heart which was strong during the surgery, had went into arrest.

"It wasn't your fault. It wasn't anyone's fault but the driver of the motorcycle."

I was stunned. Yeah, I hadn't known Jo for that long but she definitely had never reacted like this before. Alex found me an hour later and told both Meredith and I that he had let one of the interns take her home and he'd be joining her after he finished his last surgery of the day. He apologized and hugged me, insisting just like Meredith that it wasn't anyone's fault, especially mine. He said that there were still triggers with Jo and that she would need the night to cool off. He promised she would apologize but I waved him off.

I called Cole after he left and told him about everything. I just needed to talk to someone outside of Grey+Sloan and I wanted to hear about Hannah. He suggested I move my surprise trip up and go to Denver that weekend. Without thinking, I did.

Jo had called me a few times while I was gone and when I was able to call her back it broke my heart to hear her in pain. She apologized and I assured her it was fine. It was… we all had cases that got to us. We were family and I can take her being upset with me, but I was glad she was okay with me. She offered to pick me up from the airport but I declined telling her I had driven. I didn't, but I didn't want a pity ride. A taxi would be just fine.

Once the plane landed, I was super happy I didn't have to wait for luggage since I had just taken a carry on. I headed out to the arrivals area so that I could hale a taxi. As soon as I stepped to the curb a black Mercedes pulled up. The driver opened the door and I couldn't help but smile. It was Jackson.

"Hey! Who are you here picking up?"

Jackson made his way around the car and took my bag. "You. Karev told me what flight you were on and that you told Jo you had a car here but, you had already told him you didn't. So, I'm here to take you home." Opening the passenger door, he guided me into the car and closed the door.

"Jackson…this was so sweet. Thank you." Jackson looked at me and took my hand, kissing the top of it. Letting go and putting the car in drive, we set out to my apartment. Conversation with Jackson was easy. He asked about my trip and about Hannah. I excitedly told him all about both and before I knew it we were in the parking lot of my place. "I'm sure you have plans, but if you don't you could come up and I could order us some Thai. I'm starving but I really want to change into something comfy."

"I'll say yes on one condition."

Confused, I raised my eyebrows at him. "O…. kay?"

"You pick a movie for us to watch while we're eating."

"Deal!"

()()()()()

I ordered entirely too much food and then joined Jackson on the couch. I started flipping through channels when I could feel him looking at me. Turning towards him I saw a serious look on his face, instead of the playful one that I was anticipating.

Taking the remote out of my hand, he turned himself to face me. "Look, Amber. I missed you while you were gone."

Surprised but pleased, I smiled and told him I had missed him too.

"I did want to talk to you though." And before I could interrupt him, he continued on. "I like you. I didn't plan on it. At first, I noticed how gorgeous you were but then we worked some cases together and I discovered that you are kind and caring and extremely intelligent. You're an amazing mother. There is so much more that I can't fit in between now and the time that the food is delivered. But I would if you wanted me to." Laughing a little, he took my hands in his. "I would like to see where this goes. If you would."

He looked so sincere. I wasn't lying, I had missed him. And I was having a great time getting to know him. I hadn't exclusively dated anyone since before Hannah was born. "I like you too and I'm serious when I say I missed you this weekend too. It's been so much fun getting to know you. I would like to see where this goes as well, but I do want to get a few things out on the table." He showed off that dazzling smile and nodded at me to continue. "One, I will not let this to affect my responsibilities as a mother or for you as a father. Two, if we try this, we need to be exclusive. I don't do the whole 'jealous, crazy, sharing with nasty women' thing. And three, we take this slow. Well not slow, but maybe not jumping into bed right away even though we already did." I could feel my cheeks flush as I thought back to that night.

"I agree. Nothing is to get in the way of either one of our children. I would only want to be exclusive, but I wouldn't want to keep it a secret. And we can go as slow as you want. Even though I'll be tempted."

I leaned forward and kissed him. "We can totally make out during the movie if you want."

Laughing, and pulling me against him, I settled in to him feeling more comfortable than I had in a long time.

MAGGIE

I definitely didn't hear the interns correctly. There was no way. Before I could change my mind, I turned around and marched up to them. "What did you say about Dr. Avery?"

One of the guys looked around and then looked at me. "Him and Dr. Evans are dating. Can you believe it? She's gorgeous and an amazing Surgeon and he's a freaking Avery!"

They must have seen the look on my face because before I could tell them to get back to work, they were all scattering in different directions away from me. I wanted to talk to Jo. Or Meredith. Someone who would tell me what was going on.

I found both of them together, discussing their trial. "I just heard the weirdest thing from some of the interns."

Meredith and Jo looked at each other guiltily. "Oh yeah? What was that?" Jo asked, in a much higher tone than normal.

"Jackson and Evans are dating. Did you know?"

Meredith closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "I knew he was interested in her. And I – "

"I found out they were dating a few days ago and told her. We didn't know what to tell you. We were sort of hoping you were over it by now. It's been almost 6 months, Maggie." Jo looked at me, a look of pity in her eyes.

"YOU COULD HAVE TOLD ME INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO ME WHINE! I CAN HANDLE HE'S DATING SOME ORTHO SKANK, I CAN'T HANDLE YOU KEEPING THINGS FROM ME!" Okay…that may have come out a little harsher than I intended. Jo was instantly pissed and Meredith's mouth was hanging open.

"Maggie, I love you but don't…you…EVER…speak about my sister-in-law like that. She's family and it's not her fault that Jackson wants to be with her. If you wouldn't have been so pathetic and miserable since she's been here, you'd realize that she's a pretty great person."

Turning around, Jo walked away from me and after a minute Meredith followed her. Lovely.

JACKSON

I woke up on cloud nine today. I was at Amber's until about 10PM last night. She was falling asleep, laying on top of me while I finished watching the baseball game that was on. We've been spending as much time together that we could. I would have stayed there all night but I wanted to respect her wishes to go slow.

She was working a double today and I had a single followed by an on-call shift. I had texted her this morning promising to bring her coffee. On my way to find her, I overheard Maggie talking to Jo and Meredith. She clearly had heard about Amber and I and saying I was pissed by her 'Ortho Skank' comment was a seriously understatement.

"Are you freaking kidding me, Maggie?" My tone was short and clipped and she looked surprised that I was standing behind her. "You don't even know her and you have NO RIGHT to talk about her at all. Or me. So, make sure you don't. Ever Again."

()()()()()()()

"You better tell her about Maggie's little explosion." Alex said before taking a huge bite out of his hamburger. "She'll find out either way, but it would be better to tell her that you already told her off."

Before I could answer, I caught the familiar scent of Amber's perfume and felt a light peck on my cheek. "Boyfriend…Brother. Today is a day of firsts. I had an old guy ask if I could give him his last dying wish…. on my knees and I was referred to as an 'Ortho Skank'. Pretty good day if you ask me." She was grinning at both of us, clear that it didn't bother her.

"Maggie is just jealous, don't listen to her." Alex answered before I could say anything. "And your boy over here told her what was up. She'll get over it. And if not, you could take her."

"Wait, what did you do?" Amber focused her eyes on me.

"I just told her to get over herself and never talk about you again. I heard Jo said the same thing. But forget her…. what was the old dude dying from in order to request such a lovely parting gift?"

Cracking up with laughter, she tried to catch her breath to answer me. "Yeah, he wasn't dying. He had poison ivy."

()()()()()()()

"Hey Avery! Can I get a consult really quick?" Amber was a few rooms down from the room I had just exited. I nodded and followed her, to my surprise, right into an on-call room. Once we were in there, she started slowly walking towards me.

"A consult, huh? What should I be consulting?"

Standing so close to me that we were slightly touching, she looked up at me. Releasing her bottom lip that she was biting she started speaking in a low voice. "Thank you for sticking up for me today. It was very thoughtful of you. And very…very…sexy." Saying each word in a staccato. "I thought if you had a little time to spare I could show you how sexy I thought it was?"

Reaching behind me to lock the door, I pulled her towards me laughing. My girl was amazing.