It had been two days since April had taken her boards. Now she was back at the hospital. April had anxiously been waiting to see if she had passed her boards. She had been going crazy thinking about it. She couldn't even concentrate at work from the anticipation. Right at that moment she got an email - she passed. April had been so happy that she passed her boards. She didn't think she could do it, but she was glad she did. The first person she wanted to tell was the person she shouldn't. But she was going to anyway. April ran to the attendings lounge where she found Jackson pondering.
"I passed my boards. I did it Jackson! Could you believe it?" She shouted as she jumped into Jackson's arms. Jackson spun her around as he smiled. He was genuinely happy for her.
"I knew you could do it. You don't give yourself enough credit. You're amazing April." He said as he put her down. They were standing two inches apart from each other. They couldn't notice but they started leaning in closer by the second and his lips were seconds away from touching hers. Right then Stephanie walked in.
"I uh, need you to sign off on this patients treatment plan." She said as she looked at Jackson unpleasantly.
"Sure thing." He said as he followed her out.
"What was that about? I don't want to be that girl - the one that gets jealous. But tell me that didn't mean anything." She said to him as she crossed her arms and stared at him.
"She had something in her eye." He responded. "I have to go." He said as he walked away. Jackson had been thinking about April a lot lately. She didn't seem like the same girl he broke up with - he missed her.
April spent the whole day receiving offers from different hospitals. While she felt that she owed Hunt loyalty for taking her in when no one else wanted her, she was weighing other options. She spent the next few weeks thinking about what she was going to do.
One morning April woke up with a clear head and she had made her decision. That morning when she got to work she knocked on the chiefs door.
"Chief Hunt do you have a minute?" April asked.
"Talk to me ."
"I know that I practically owe you my career. You took a chance with me and you believed in me and I'm so grateful for that. But I think I want to go to Mount Sinai. Unless you need me to stay here, then I'll stay." She said to him.
"Dr. Kepner why do you want to leave the hospital?" He asked her.
"Too much has happened here and I want a fresh start. There's nothing keeping me here anymore." She said as her eyes got watery.
"April, I want you here, but if you don't want to work here anymore-" He said as he gave her a hug. "When am I losing you?" He asked.
"Next week." She sobbed. He nodded his head at her. He understood her. He understood the need to get away. He had wanted to do the same when him and Cristina broke up. April left his office and went right back to work.
Jackson spent the day working with Stephanie. While he was working with her, he couldn't take his mind off of April and their almost kiss. Why was he with Stephanie if he didn't think about her half as much as he thought about April? The day flew by and Jackson waited for Stephanie downstairs until she got out of work.
"So my place or yours?" She asked Jackson.
"Actually we need to talk." Jackson responded. "Stephanie you're a great girl and I don't want to hurt you. I rather end it now than to stay with you and lead you on. I'm sorry." Jackson said to her.
"I don't even get an explanation?" She asked as she looked at him in anger.
"I just.." Jackson couldn't even get the words out of his mouth.
"It's Kepner, isn't it?" She said as a tear fell from her eye. "I tried so hard to tell myself it was nothing. The way you guys look at each other, act around each other- I told myself it was nothing. Go to hell Avery." She said as she ran off.
Jackson felt terrible about the whole situation and he knew he needed to give her an explanation but he just couldn't right now. He ran off to April's apartment with anticipation. He was done playing games and he was done punishing her. He wanted her too. He knocked on the door and felt like a little kid who was about to get a toy. She opened and smiled at Jackson.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him.
"April I -" He began as he walked into her apartment and saw suitcases everywhere. "What are you doing?" He asked surprised.
"Packing. I leave to Mount Sinai next week! They want me Jackson, they want ME. Can you believe it?" She said happily. Jackson felt like his heart was breaking into pieces.
"Want to help me pack?" She asked him, trying to be happy about moving. But truth be told, not seeing Jackson anymore was going to kill her.
"Sure." He responded. Just like that he began to help her put her things away.
"So what were you saying?" She asked him as she put her clothes away.
"Nothing. I'm happy for you." Jackson responded.