Anonymous: "For once i found a funny idea for a prompt. A basketball or football game in grey sloane memorial (for example girls against boys) and April try to seduce Jackson to win. I hope you like it. And thank you for distracting me during the summer with your great writing."
You're welcome! Thanks for reading:) I loved this so much and just felt like jumping in. So warning, I'm going in without a plan! But there's absolutely no way to go angsty with it, so that's a good thing:) The one thing though is you gotta go AU with it bc for some reason I want to include Maggie here so either they are healthy after Samuel or a baby never happened….or maybe I'll figure that out mid-story…
100 Encore, Day 71: "Two-On-One"
"I vote Avery referees this thing, he plays on a league outside of work." Maggie protested, as soon as they decided on boys versus girls. Losers bought lunch for the whole surgical staff for a week, but that was nothing. For surgeons, everything came down to pride.
"Whoa that is not cool…I will not be penalized for my extracurricular activities. I wouldn't vote to kick you out of a crossword tournament."
"Even the playing field here, referee," Maggie persisted.
"That's why Richard's here," Ben pointed out. "Sorry Dr. Webber, but…"
"It's fine son. I have no intentions of playing today…"
"Plus, if I sit out, she sits out. I taught her things," Jackson pointed to his wife.
"So you both sit out."
"No way!" April screamed. It was true, he taught her many, many things; basketball was one of them, but as light-hearted and fun as their games were, she'd never found a way to beat him. "We both play! We have more than food on this game!"
Jackson smirked. "What?" Maggie asked. As usual, the whole thing went over her head. April blushed,
"She probably wants…you know!" Callie raised her eyebrows, eyes wide. Still, Maggie just blinked. "Her kitty licked…Pierce, come on!" Maggie blushed and gave up the argument. Now that everyone knew the marital bet, there was no way either Avery was sitting out. Others would stick up for them, just because of the extra entertainment.
"One-on-one, babe, c'mon." April challenged, after scoring a point to tie the game at 19. Halftime was when the first team hit 20. Winner was the first team to 40. Callie and April were the only two on the team keeping the girls in the game. Maggie and Meredith pretty much just threw the ball to one of them when they got it.
"That's what you want?"
"Yeah, that's what I want," they smiled at each other as he slowly brought the ball up the court. Jackson just loved seeing his wife enjoy another one of his passions. But April was smiling for a completely different reason. He was dribbling so slowly it gave her an idea.
She quickly ripped her t-shirt off and threw it to the sidelines, revealing a pink sports bra.
"Hey, whoa, foul….no wardrobe changes mid-game."
"You wanna put your shirt back on, then? All's fair in love and basketball!" Callie smirked. "You go Kepner! You defend that ball..You see those abs everyday…ain't no thang!"
"Like what you see?" April whispered when he stopped behind the line. He was gonna make her defend his shot from here, which for the purposes of this game was two points, not three. It'd be hard to defend the actual shot, she was just trying to somehow district him enough to steal the ball.
"Very much," he said, backing away when she lunged for the ball and smirking.
"I like what I see too, honey."
"I'm glad babe. Everything I do is partly for you," he kept a steady dribble while staring at her cleavage, just to prove he could.
"Aww…even your workouts? That's so sweet! Gimme a kiss!"
"Sure babe, just one sec…" He stepped back and finally took the shot. April jumped and the ball almost grazed her fingertips.
"Valiant effort babe," he grabbed her and kissed her, watching the ball go into the basket over her shoulder. "Lunch time!"
19-21
"How about another kiss?" Jackson tried. Once again they were one-on-one, but this time April had the ball. Next basket won the game.
"Sure babe, one sec. I just gotta get this basket then I'm all yours." She tried to sneak past him but he trapped her and nearly stole the ball.
"Nice try ….not gonna let you get past me though. I kind of like this focused one-on-one, you're much less tricky."
They'd gotten in a few butt grabs off the ball, but they definitely toned down their usual shenanigans. Because usually they were on a smaller court alone, not being watched by all of their co-workers. Despite the fact that her competitive nature forced her to reveal their side bet earlier, they were both usually very private about their marriage at work.
But their must've been something in her water that day, because when she backed up to think about how to get past her husband, April got the perfect, very risky idea.
The only way to get this basket was either to speed past him or completely blow his mind enough to throw him off his game. She knew the perfect way to do the latter.
"We're not one-on-one, sweetheart…"
He leaned in toward her. "Well, it's four-on four but…they're pretty much all on the sidelines watching." Not pretty much, they were all cheering from the wall now. This was a marital dispute and there was no use getting involved.
"That's not what I mean…technically it's two-on-one right now because…" Jackson was connecting the dots, and stopped defending. April took that second to release the ball. "I'm pregnant," she smiled as she watched the ball go through the basket. "And we win!"
Jackson pulled April into a hug before everyone came to the middle of the court to celebrate. They were all moving a little slow anyway. "Were you serious?" He smiled. He wouldn't put anything past her when it came to competition.
"Yes I was," she blushed. They hadn't been speaking loudly but she kind of regretted her choice. "Sorry, that was silly of me to tell you that way, are you…."
"Are you kidding? That was awesome!" he said, and pulled her in for the kiss she'd promised him.
