Author: WestonFollower
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I own nothing!
Prompt: Guest: April and Jackson are both patients at a hospital, and get roomed together.
Notes: This one is a little AU, I'm a little ify about this but I hope you guys like it! Please follow, favorite, review, and leave some prompts!
"Psst. Psst. Hey red, what's wrong with you?"
April looks up from her magazine, "What?"
The boy sits up in his bed and faces her, "You're in a hospital so what's wrong with you?"
"I uh I have problems with my nose so I'm getting surgery done." April eyes his leg, "What happened to you?"
"Graduation, I had a speech and all the cameras were on me, I broke my leg." April giggles at the thought of him falling, "I'm Jackson by the way."
"April." Jackson leans over to her bed and they shake hands.
"So… a nose job?"
April's eyes widen. "What? No, no, no it's required the doctor said-"
Jackson laughs and takes a real good look at her face. She was pretty but not fully developed like girls at his school. Her glasses were too big for her face and she needed to get rid of those terrible braces. "Hey calm down! I got it, the doctor required it right? He required it for my girlfriend also. You should get a second opinion though, I wouldn't trade that nose for anything."
April smiles slightly and the nurse comes in to wheel her away, "It was nice to meet you Jackson."
8 years later…
"Listen I'll be back in the office soon. No! Don't do anything without me!" Jackson hangs up the phone and looks over to the other patient next to him. Her red hair was sprawled over the pillow covering up her face, the noise of her gentle snoring filled the room.
Jackson stood up so he could get a better look at her, her eyes snapped open, "What are you doing?"
"Sorry! You look familiar. Do I know you?" April looks at the man oddly, "I'll take that as a no then. I swear… what's your name?"
"April Taylor."
"Oh! April, remember me? Jackson Avery, boy with the broken leg?"
April stares at his face for a moment and finally remembers, "Jackson! This is so weird, how are you?"
"Good I'm a lawyer."
"That's great! I'm a teacher now. So what's wrong with you?"
Jackson laughs and can't believe how easy it is to talk to her, "Uh I smashed my hand, it's been bothering me so I'm getting it checked out. What about you?"
"I'm pregnant, or at least I think I am. Me and my husband, Matthew have been trying for a while."
Jackson nods, "Well congrats then. You never got that nose job." He eyes her still perfect nose, she developed. No more glasses or braces, she's beautiful.
"Well there was this guy who made me feel really special and actually pretty so I decided not to."
"That guy sounds great."
April nods, "He really is."
The nurse pops in like last time to pull out Jackson, "Hey don't forget, you've got the perfect nose." April nods and smiles brightly.
9 months later…..
"Ok Mr. Avery your hands looks better. The physical therapy has been working great." The doctor turns to the nurse, "How's April Taylor doing? Arizona told me about the baby."
"Um, Dr. Robbins told me she's doing ok Dr. Torres."
"Thank you."
Jackson looks over to them, "Um April Taylor? Red head, high pitched voice, talks really fast when nervous?"
Callie looks over to him, "Yes, do you know her?"
"I'm her brother!" Callie gives him a doubtful look. "Adoptive, she didn't tell me that she was having the baby, what room?"
The nurse looks in her file, "Um 306."
Jackson nods and runs out of the room. He quickly makes his way down the hall and to her room. His hand goes up to knock but he stops himself, why was he doing this? They didn't know each other. They met twice but he cared about her so he knocks.
There's a sniffle and then a, "Come in." Jackson slowly walks in and is surprised, she's not happy or glowing like regular mother would be, "Jackson! What are you doing here?"
"I heard the doctors talking about you so I wanted to see you. So blue or pink balloons?" April bursts into tears. Jackson sits on her bed, "Hey I'm sorry. Where's Matthew?"
"He uh he left me three months ago. We found out the baby has osteogenesis imperfecta, brittle bones. I decided to keep it and he couldn't handle the thought of our baby dying." April cries harder, "She died two hours after she was born."
Jackson holds her close and she whispers quietly, "So what's wrong with you?" Jackson laughs and kisses her head.
