Anonymous: "Could you do a career day where Jackson and April go into school and explain their jobs prompt with whatever family you think it fits best :)"

Of course this fits into Julian's world bc I never actually wrote the career day presentation part of "Man Day," so no April here.

100 Encore, Day 53: "Blood & Guts"

"Last but not least, Julian….are you ready to make your career day presentation?" Jenn Crabtree asked, smiling bigger than she had all afternoon. She'd been so excited when Julian's form came back last week announcing that his dad would be there for career day.

"Yes I am!" Julian nodded and took his dad's hand, leading him up to the front of the classroom. "My daddy don't like to make speechies. Ony when he haves to so he telled me I haves to help a lot a lot like my mama always help him."

Jackson blushed slightly when he saw some parents in the audience smirk. "Shh let's not mention mommy anymore today little man!" Jackson whispered. Then he turned to Jenn Crabtree. "That OK? I figured he'd be a little more entertaining."

"Sure, whatever you want D…Jackson…" The teacher stumbled, not wanting to give away his profession, and also a little flustered by being addressed directly. She had a crush, there was no denying it.

Jackson didn't love public speaking, it was true. His increasingly prominent role in the Harper Avery Foundation was only making that worse lately. But he knew he could handle a room full of pre-schoolers and their parents. He'd just regretted that he agreed to public school so quickly from day one, and was always looking for ways to challenge his son.

"Where do we start, J?" he asked his son.

"This my daddy, his name's Jackson Avery and he dos plastics surgery. At work he called Dr. Avery, even my mommy says that. She Dr. Avery at work too."

"OK, but what do I do bud, what does plastic surgery mean?"

"Oh most times he help fix peoples faces if they burned acause the hosp-tal is fer mergencies."

"That's right. Grey-Sloan Memorial Hospital has the leading burn unit in the state, so we help a lot of people who get burned in the house fires Mr. Sanders helps put out. So really, you don't want to visit me at my job either."

"Yeah but sometime I visit my dad a lot acause my family owns a lot of pie-ces of the hosp-tal. So he dos lotta papers work too. But his job is good because he help people an' make them happy and they say thanks lotta times."

Jackson chuckled. "What's the last piece of my job?"

"Oh he help my Nana run Avery Found to give doctors 'wards for good new surgery 'niques acause new surgeries an' info-mation save lifes and needa celebrate it. That's why mom maked us wear these suits acause we always 're-presentin' our family and one day she sayed it her second fave thing my daddy weared all day. I don't know what the firs' was."

But Jackson remembered. Nothing. He'd been wearing nothing earlier on the day in question and didn't want to get out of bed to get dressed because sex beat business meeting every single time. So he just ignored the extra tidbit.

"Good job explaining. So I am a plastic surgeon and an ENT, doctor, which stands for ear, nose, and throat. So Julian is absolutely right. I spend a lot of time helping people fix things on their face. Sometimes it's burns, sometimes I help people fix their hearing…But plastic surgery is also about helping feel happy about themselves…so sometimes I help people fix parts of their body that they don't like."

Julian motioned for his dad to lean down so he could whisper, pretty loudly, in his dad's ear. "Daddy that's not 'portantest part 'acause tell them what mama says."

"You are right, that's not the most important part of my job. His mom always reminds him that you should love yourself just the way you were made, but sometimes it's hard for adults to do that. Why don't we tell them what you have to do to become a surgeon, Jul."

Julian sighed. "Oh firs' a lot a lot of school and then you practice surgeries lotta years. You jus' an interner. That is when my daddy meeted my mommy but they was jus' friends afore kissing. Once my daddy kissed my mommy he never wanned to stop but she maded him and they both was sad."

Jackson's eyes widened in surprise. There were consequences to letting your kid guide your presentation, clearly. But he kind of liked watching Jenn 's reaction to Julian's rogue comments.

"Whoa buddy, that's not what we're here to discuss. Why don't we show them what we brought so they can start learning what a doctor does?"

"Oh we broughted a stefoscope so I can teach you how to listen to a heart acause my mommy and daddy teached me that agether. And we broughted our lab coats my daddy hasta wear at work. My Nana gotted me one jus' fer playin' and you can try it on but my daddy's and my mommy's too are way too big."

Julian taught his classmates how to properly listen to a heart, how you have to ask people to breathe in the right places, Then Jackson went over a typical day, using a day he was on call in the E.R. as an example. The kids tried on Julian's lab coat and Jackson answered a few questions about seeing blood and guts up close and thenthey bolted out of there as quickly as possible, glad he asked to go last.

"Daddy I did a good job helpin' you?" Julian asked from the back seat once he was strapped into the car.

"You did, little man!" Jackson looked through the mirror and smiled. "But I gotta talk to you about one thing ok?" J nodded, seriously.

"Anything mommy and daddy tell you about our life before you were born or anything you see us doing that you have questions about you have to ask us if you can tell other people, OK?"

"OK dad!"

"Because what did I tell your friend Steve when he asked if blood and guts were cool to look at?"

"No acause it's better to keep you blood and you guts in you body. Means you not sick."

"That's right. And mommy and daddy's special stories and how much we kiss is like the blood and guts of our family, OK? Keep them inside our house because if too much gets out your mom will be so, so sad."

"Sorry dad! I didn't mean it!" Julian insisted, on the verge of tears.

"That's OK, Jul. You didn't know. But now you do so you will ask us if you have questions and not tell our special stories, right? Calm down, I'm not upset. Plus no crying on man day."

"Daddy, you fixed our family's guts?"

"Yeah, I did. No worries," Jackson answered. Because really, no damage was done besides a little embarrassment, and better he feel it than April. "Time to get out of these suits, go get our Comet sneaks and play basketball, you ready?"

"Yeah, these suits were the worst dad."

Jackson nodded. "The worst. But who will be so happy we kept the on when she sees the pictures and give us hugs that make it worth it?"

"Your wife," Julian giggled.

"My wife? Your mama, J!"

"Same person dad." Julian sighed and rolled his eyes. His dad was so crazy sometimes.