Thank you everyone for the reviews! here is the second chapter, it is pretty short but very sweet! hope you'll enjoy it!
The morning after the sun was up in the sky when Jackson woke up. April wasn't by his side, he remembered she was a morning person but she couldn't have gone outside, she didn't have any dress beside the wedding one. He stood up, still naked, still desiring her. He found her in the Jacuzzi: her skin wet, her eyes closed, a glass of champagne in one hand and a peaceful smile on her lips.
"you should have woke me"
"you were so deeply asleep, I couldn't. Anyway, good morning! To both of you" she giggled while raising her glass in his direction: her husband was not only gorgeous but also very well endowed. She was certainly thankful for that. And for the champagne too. Drinking it with an empty stomach wasn't the smartest idea ever. He flashed her one of his predatory smile before jumping in the tub with her.
"You know I don't think we finished our conversation last night." He touched her making her moan softly. She was already wet and ready for him and that made Jackson even harder.
"you shouldn't take advantage of a tipsy woman, Dr. Avery" April said, almost whispering, he looked at her and it was clear that he desired her more than anything "but this tipsy woman sure would enjoy to ride all the rides she can" he smiled.
"God, I really do love you!"
Three hours later they were laying on their bed, hand in hand, barely covered by the white sheets.
"we will have to get out of this room sooner or later"
"or … we could hide in here forever. No one will ever find us, especially not my mother"
April giggled. "but I don't have any dress beside that one" she pointed at the wedding dress that was laying on the ground.
"well I wouldn't worry about that, you won't need any dress at all if we decide to stay here"
"when you're right, you're right"
Jackson kissed her "My wife is absolutely perfect. But don't worry, I already asked the receptionist to bring you a couple of dresses. As much as I love staying here I know we will have to face the outside world pretty soon."
"suddenly your idea not to talk to anyone ever again seems the best thing we could ever do." The married couple stayed silent for a while.
"what are we going to do? I mean we can't just go back to the hospital and announce that we're married and we've never been happier even though we just destroyed two people's lives. Plus your mother is going to be majorly pissed off. Her only special boy got married without telling her anything. She's going to rip our heads off."
"we could just pretend we're not married. Just for a while, until we figure out what we want to do."
"It could work. But it will be hell having you so close and not be able to kiss you, touch you or just tell you how much I love the fact that you are now my husband"
"it will be awful but to make it a little more bearable we should move in together. My apartment is way too big for myself alone. And it does have a beautiful view on the city."
April eyes sparkled at the idea " it's so weird that I've never seen my husband's apartment! And now we're going to live there together. Let's get out of this room! I can't wait to see our home"
Three days later April had finally finished to move all of her stuff in her new house. Her and Jackson's perfect love nest. She had taken the week off, to settle down and get ready to go back to work, while Jackson decided to go right back. They decided to keep their marriage a secret, they didn't tell anyone, neither their families, friends nor coworkers. It was just the two of them. And even though they were hiding the truth and hurt a lot of people, she felt everything was right, everything was exactly as it should have been. He was her destiny, they were meant to be together, and screw the rest of the world.
"hey babe, I'm home"
"Jackson" she ran straight in to his arms and he lifted her up to kiss her. " I missed you so much today, but I managed to put all my dresses in the closet and cooked a delicious meal for my beautiful husband. How was your day?"
"it was hell, but now that I'm home nothing matters anymore but you" He leaned in to kiss her but the door bell rang.
"Who is it?"
"Just wait here."
A few seconds later Jackson came back with the biggest bunch of flowers she had ever seen, they must have been two dozens of pink peonies, her favorite flowers.
"what… why…this is simply…wow. I don't think we have a vase big enough for these…"
"April Avery, you are an amazing woman, an incredible surgeon and the most beautiful wife a man could ever dream of. Not only you deserve flowers every day of our lives together. You deserve a ring, because sooner or later everyone we'll know we are married, and it'll make me the proudest man on earth. I hope you'll like this" he took a little box out of his pocket and handed it to her. April's eyes were full of tears and she could barely see anything.
"Jackson this is…I just love you so much!" he wiped away the tears from her face.
"open it"
April opened the box: not even in her wildest dreams she imagined such a perfect ring, it was her ring, only Jackson knew her well enough to know that this was exactly what she always wanted, simple and classy.
"Do you like it?"
"I love it! It's like… you read my mind or something…"
"I just have a very good memory"
April looked confused and it made Jackson smile brightly.
"one day we were walking around the city, do you remember how we always used to walk everywhere while we were studying for the boards?"
She nodded "of course I do, we must have walked the equivalent in miles of road 66 that year"
"well one day we walked by this jewellery and you stopped like you had just seen the most beautiful thing ever. It was this very ring. You stood there for like 10 minutes while I went and got ice cream for both of us. You said it was the most beautiful ring ever, and I was surprised because you never seemed to like jewels too much. That's why I remembered"
April was now fully crying. She couldn't believe he had remembered such a small thing.
"I love you Jackson. Running away with you was the best decision I ever made in my life and I'll never regret it."
They kissed and the whole world disappeared.