Shout Out To Those Who've Stuck Around And As Always, I Truly Appreciate It Y'all. :)

"April!" Everyone at the bar greets.

"Hi, everybody!" She shouts with a bright smile on her face, waving at everybody.

"Hey, April." Preston greets, giving up his seat for April.

"Hey, April, what's your pleasure?" Matthew asks her.

"My pleasure? Lionel Richie on a waterbed." She casually responds and the entire bar erupts with laughter.

"Until then, two mojitos will have to do." She smiles.

"Two mojitos for the pretty little lady, coming up." He says.

"What about me?" Jackson asks them.

"Jackson!" Somebody shouts.

"That's more like it."

"Shut the door." Lexi yells at him.

Jackson slams the door in anger. He walks over to one of the stools at the bar and Matthew greets him.

"Hey, Jack. What's going on?"

"I am Jackson Avery. I'm hardworking, women find me desirable, and I'm good looking." He quietly tells himself.

"Boy, when the mask falls off, it really makes a thud." Matthew says.

"Oh, who am I kidding? My life is over." He groans, banging his head on the hard wood.

"Talk about your mixed emotions." Matthew says.

"Come on, April, sing something for us." Lexi says.

"Oh, yeah." Alex says.

"Come on, sing something for us." Preston says as Jackson groans loudly.

"Jackson, what's wrong?" Matthew asks.

"My April is popular." Jackson replies.

"Finally, he opened his eyes!"

"What's that supposed to mean, Matt?" Jackson demanded.

"That you're in love with your best friend, duh." Matthew says as he rolls his eyes. "So what's the plan?"

"I don't know."

"Well, you better act fast because I heard that George's going to ask April something important, and he's coming to ask you for advice." Matthew warns, giving Jackson a beer.

"Ask me for advice?"

"Yes, and he's about six steps away from here." Matthew says as he makes himself scarce.

"Thanks for the beer." Jackson says.

"Anytime."

"Hey, Jackson. How's it going?" George greets.

"Couldn't be better. How's it going?" Jackson responds.

"Everything's awesome. So I need to ask you something important."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. I want to take her on a romantic cruise to the Bahamas because I want to get to know her better."

"Romantic cruise? You want to go on a romantic cruise with April?"

"Yup."

"I uh- don't you think that you're moving a little to fast?"

"Not at all. So will you help me get her to go on a cruise with her?"

"Um-"

"Great. You are awesome." George tells him.

"Yes, I know." Jackson says forcefully.

"I'm gonna go see what April wants to sing. I'll catch you later." George says as he walks away from him.

"Dammit!" Jackson says to himself.

"So what did Loverboy want?" Matthew asks Jackson when he returns to Jackson.

"He wants to go on a romantic cruise to the Bahamas with April."

"Ooh. That's a great idea! That takes guts for him to ask you for some advice to-"

"Matt!"

"Sorry Jackson." Matthew says apologetically.

"I'm gonna go talk to April." Jackson says as he gets off the stool.

"Good luck man."

"Thanks, bro." Jackson says as he walks away from Matthew.

"Jackson! April is about to sing for us." Percy says.

"Actually, I gotta talk to her because I got an important call from her sister." Jackson lies.

"Ah, ok. April!" Percy yells.

"What's up?" April asks when she got to the men.

"Jackson said that he needed to talk about something with you. He mentioned that it had something to do with your sister."

"Awesome." April replies.

"I'll leave you two alone." Percy says as he walks away.

"So, what did my sister tell you?" April asks.

"To tell you the truth, she didn't say anything at all because she never called me at all. Actually, I was sent on a mission."

"What kind of mission?" April wonders unaware that George is nearby listening to their conversation.

"So I have a friend who wants to go on a romantic cruise with you and he needed my some advice from me-"

"So that I can go with him, am I right?"

"Yup."

"The idea sounds very cool, but I doubt that is happening." She tells him.

"What?" Jackson asks, secretly happy.

"No matter who your friend is, I don't think I'm ready for all that at all and besides, it's a little too early for activities like that."

"Really?"

"Really. Besides, your friend is a total stranger to me." She says.

"April, we're waiting for your performance!" Ben shouts.

"I'm coming." April shouts back. "We'll discuss this after I'm done."

"Cool." Jackson responds, letting her go.

"Come on dude! Talk me up a little!" George tells him.

"I'm working on it. Go to the 88's." Jackson responds.

"You know what you should do?" Matthew asks Jackson, appearing out of nowhere.

"What?"

"You should sing a song." He suggests.

"Dammit, why didn't I think of that?"

"It's because I am fit to be your god…brother or whatever." Matthew replies.

"I hope for your sake that a 'god-brother' is actually a thing." Jackson says as he walks up to the piano.

"Whatever."

"Hey, has it ever occurred to you that maybe I would like to sing?" Jackson asks the bar.

"You, sing?" Alex starts. "Jackson, the only thing that we've ever seen from you is-"

"Hey, hey, hey! There's a lady in our presence!" Preston says as he cuts of Alex.

"What about me?" Lexi asks.

"You, you are just a magic carpet." Alex tells her.

"George, I want to sing I Wanna Be Loved by You right now."

"Are you sure?"

"Oh, I am very sure. This one goes out to all of my friends down at the Harlow Bar. Hit it George."

I want to be loved by you, just you,
And nobody else but you,
I want to be loved by you, alone!
Boop-boop-a-doop!

I want to kissed by you, just you,
Nobody else but you,
I want to be kissed by you, alone!

Boop-boop, I couldn't aspire,
To anything higher,
Than, filled with desire,
To make you my own!
Boop-boop-a-doop, boop-boop-a-doop!

I want to be loved by you, just you,
And nobody else but you,
I want to be loved by you, alone!
Aa-ah-um! Boop-boop-a-doop!

"Hello, sexy. What's your name?" Jackson asks the lady as he hugs her.

"Her name is Arizona and she just had a boob job." George tells him.

"Oops. Sorry." Jackson says.

"Jesus, help this man." April says.

"Well, hello sexy lady. Is that gun in your pocket or a flask?" He asks the patron. She pulls out a gun.

'Oh, dear.' Matthew thinks to himself as Jackson resumes singing.

I want to be loved by you, just you,
And nobody else but you,
I want to be loved by you….

While Jackson twirls the microphone several times, which spins out of control, Matthew is laughing his head off while April is trying not to laugh out loud. Jackson flees out of the bar.

"Jackson!" April calls out.

"I think I'll go check up on him." Matthew tells her.

"Great and after you've talked to him, I'm gonna talk to him."

"That's a great idea. I'll be back."

"Take your time." April tells him.

"Jackson, what's wrong with you man?" Matthew asks Jackson once he reaches outside.

"Not a damn thing."

"I don't understand what you're so upset about."

"The Harlow Bar is my place, damn it. Not April's." Jackson snaps.

"So that's what this is about? You were the one that begged her to go out and dragged her here, and you made a fool of yourself!" Matthew tells him. "And that performance was very horrible. You fell off of the piano, choked a guy with the cord of the microphone and nearly tripped face down onto the keys of the piano." He critiques. "Anyway, you were the one that told April to get a life!" He reminds Jackson, pushing him into the wall with just one finger.

"Well, I didn't mean mine! I didn't know that April was just gonna come in here and just take my place away from me. I would never do that to her, Matt."

"Then-"

"Do you see me going down to sing at the church? Well, do you?"

"Jack, I'm-'m sorry. I had no idea."

"All right, the truth is, I'm jealous of April. Oh, God, that leaves a bad taste in my mouth." Jackson says with his eyes wide open.

"I already know that you idiot! So what are you going to do?"

"I'm gonna go back inside and talk to her. That's what I'm going to do. Make sure that she understands how I feel."

"That is a good idea man." Matthew says as he starts dragging Jackson back into the bar. "Let's go."

Song Used: I Wanna Be Loved By You

AN: I'll Be Wrapping This Up In 2 Chapters Y'all, But Don't Worry. I Already Have Another Japril Story Coming Up And I Hope You Guys Will Like It.