hellothands: "Can you write a one shot where Japril discover that April is pregnant with multiples post Samuel's death."

Important note to readers: April is pregnant with multiples in this oneshot because this lovely person asked for that to happen. Just so everyone's clear….moving on…thanks for sending, I hope you like this :) I did something similar when I first started writing…but that was pre-Samuel. *Sigh*

100 Encore, Day 58: "Overcome"

"Exciting right?" The ultrasound tech at Seattle Pres smiled widely at April, prepping her belly with gel. Jackson and April didn't blame Grey-Sloan for Samuel's death at all. But April felt more comfortable working with another hospital for this birth. With Herman gone, it wasn't like they would be compromising their baby's care. Dr. Wen was perfectly competent.

Jackson squeezed his wife's hand. "We just want it alive," she said, voice steady, blank.

Beverly blinked but kept her smile pasted on. She was used to cheerful, excited expectant mothers, but didn't want this curveball to throw her. "Oh, well…a lot of women are nervous with their first. I'm sure your little one is just fine."

April turned her head away from the woman, looking directly into her husband's eyes. "Not our first."

"Our son Samuel passed two years ago hours after birth. He had osteogenesis imperfecta." Jackson hated sharing his personal business with anyone, but letting the woman know was in everyone's best interest. April would just get more agitated if she kept saying the wrong thing.

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Wasn't your fault."

"Babe positivity, remember? We're ready for this."

April stayed and they'd worked hard on their marriage for a year. They grieved together, actually talked, and planned this pregnancy. They were prepared. But once she got pregnant April started having a harder time being happy about it than she thought she would. She missed her son.

She was trying to be happy for Jackson and the child. But she owed it to herself most of all, at least that's what her therapist said.

"Alright let's see here." Beverly glanced at the screen. "There's an arm right there, and a foot. I think it's on its side, the other little foot is tucked underneath there, see?" April had been avoiding the screen, but finally looked over and gave a small smile, squeezing Jackson's hand. "Oh wow…wait a second here…"

April's eyes widened in panic. "Just say it, please…" Jackson nodded in agreement, but instead of looking away like his wife did, he stared more intently at the screen.

"No…it's nothing bad I just…there are two babies there, see? That's definitely another head see? You're having twins!" The tech gasped, excited. But April still wasn't looking.

"Sweetie, look! She's right, it's just two babies…" Jackson seemed happy, too. At least he had Beverly to share it with, because April was having none of it. She started wiping the gel off of her belly, having deja vu from her appointment with Stephanie.

"No, no, no…" she got up from the table and walked out.

"But wait…" Beverly tried calling after April, but then just turned to Jackson. "Everything seems fine. I just want to check the heartbeats."

"We'll be back," Jackson promised, and ran after her. "Hey! You. Talk." He caught up with her and stepped in her way, so she couldn't escape to the car.

"You! It's your fault! There are no twins in my family! You don't know your mother's side…"

"April, come on…that's a myth and you know it….plus they'd have to run on your side, I think." He shook the thought out of his mind, focusing on his panicking pregnant wife.

"Jackson, I'm scared for one baby. I just want Samuel."

"And you had him. You held him for his entire life, sweetie. He looked into your eyes for his entire life. How lucky was he, hmm? So lucky." He pulled her close for a hug.

"I think I can only love one, Jackson. I'm so, so scared." Practically the only thing that could scare her right now was herself. They had enough money to support as many children as they chose to have. They were even talking about putting their surgical careers on hold until the child was school age, at least. They didn't want to miss a second of it's life. But they'd only been prepping for one.

"Me too," Jackson admitted. "I'm scared too. So let's do that. Let's only love one." April wrinkled her nose at him. "There's two. You love one, I love one. Until we feel strong enough to hang out with the other one, then we introduce each other."

"That sounds ridiculous, Jackson."

"Why not? Breastfeed one, bottle feed the other. I'll be on one's schedule, you take the other's. I'll be there April, we'll do it together."

"You sound crazy. People will think we're crazy."

"So? They're not us, they didn't lose their son. They're not raising our kids. Besides, you're just nervous. But I know you. When they're born you'll probably want to hold them both all the time and never give me a minute with them."

Finally April laughed. "We're gonna do this together, not just for a few months, right? A couple of years?"

"That was always the plan, I'm not changing it now."

"And it's OK if I'm overwhelmed and I…only bond with one at a time? Even if it's not exactly the way you're saying"

"There's no rules for bonding with your kids babe. There are wonderful moms out there who were stressed as all hell the first few years. Everyone has their own battles. You'll fight and win…that's all you've been doing since…."

But April cut him off, choosing positivity in that moment. "Thanks for calming me down, even if it was with a crazy idea. I love you."

"I love you too. Now let's go listen to these heartbeats." They turned around and walked down the hall, hand in hand.