Just something random that popped into my head on Sunday :P
April was folding clothes one lazy Sunday afternoon when luckily (or maybe it really wasn't 'luck') both her and Jackson had the day off. Cleaning the house was extremely therapeutic for April. Seeing things go from extremely chaotic to organized gave her indescribably peace. It also didn't require much brain power, something she was thankful for because as a surgeon she had to be on top of her game at all times. And as a trauma surgeon nothing was ever "standard procedure". She had Mozart playing in the background as she worked because she had read it was soothing for the baby. It happened to be true for her because the baby kicked a lot less when there was classical music playing.
Jackson was sitting on the other side of the sofa with a basket of clean smelling clothes between them. Suddenly he started chuckling. April looked up from the t-shirt she was folding, slightly amused because Jackson wasn't the type of person to just start laughing for no reason.
"What's so funny?" she asked, putting the t-shirt in the pile in front of her.
"I was just thinking, if someone had told me on the first day of our internship that I would fall in love with the brunette with the red notebook so hard that I would actually ruin her wedding I probably would have laughed in their face. Just comes to show how far we've come. We were barely acquaintances for the first two years of our residency, and now we have a baby on the way!" The wide grin on his face made April feel warm down to her toes.
"Yeah, well if someone told me that I would become best friends with the tall, dark and handsome son of Catherine Avery and then proceed to lose my virginity to him, before marriage, I would have probably screamed at them for saying something so ridiculous. Me having pre-marital sex? That was never going to happen. And plus, you were the good looking one and I was the uptight one. We would never have worked out."
"It's funny how it did work out in the end though," Jackson smiled. "Oh, and I was thinking about Kiara if it's a girl?"
"Kiara Avery," April tasted the name on her tongue and decided that if their daughter looked anything like her husband it would be a perfect name. "I like it! But it sounds kind of familiar… where is it from?"
"Oh," Jackson suddenly looked down to the shorts he was picking up from the basket, "I'm not sure, I just heard it somewhere."
"No…" April said slowly. "Is it from Lion King?"
"What? No!" Jackson scoffed, still avoiding eye contact. "Why would I name our daughter after a Disney cartoon?"
"Because Lion King is your favorite cartoon film, and well Nala Avery just sounds ridiculous," April laughed.
"Yeah well," Jackson said with a smile tugging at the corners of his mouth, "It was a great film. And Kiara's story is one of two people ("lions", whispered April) who loved each other so much that they could bring opposing forces together. Kind of reminded me of us you know."
"So last night when you said you were watching a facial reconstruction from a surgeon in New York, you were actually watching Simba's Pride?"
"Maybe…"
"Well, Kiara Avery is a nice name. But I still think we should keep our options open. I still like Nia."
"Mhm, alright. By the way, what do you want for dinner? I was thinking lasagna since you've taken a liking to Italian."
"Lasagna would be nice. But can you please make sauce from scratch instead of putting in that ready-made stuff? You make great tomato sauce."
"Sure, anything for you," Jackson said with a grin as he folded the last of the clothes.
"Have I told you how much I love you?" April asked.
"I think I've heard that once or twice," Jackson joked, giving her a light peck on the lips. "And I love you too. Even when you're making me spend extra time in the kitchen making sauce for you."
A/N: This is my indulgent way of including my favourite name into their story. Anyway, Kiara Avery does sound nice doesn't it? Review and tell me what you imagine April to name her kid!
