Anonymous: "Chloe has to go to the hospital Jackson and April put their fighting aside because she's so worked up"

Just a note: I deleted an ask for something similar….Chloe having chicken pox. I just felt like even if I did do it I'd do something besides chicken pox bc of vaccines ect. Just don't really ever reject an ask without acknowledging why so I wanted to somehow let that anon know if you're not the same person.

One thing I love about this prompt is the "she" could be Chloe or April. I chose April.

100 Encore, Day 74: "Fix Her"

Jackson gasped when he peeked his head into her room on the peds floor and saw Chloe. "What are you doing here? I'm looking for my patient…his name's Scott…I fixed his burns yesterday…."

"No you not! You knows I here. Mama called you firs' an' you telled Uncle Alex be ready fer you girl."

"I did," he kissed her forehead. "And I brought you a flower…happy Valentine's day, Chloworm. Can I put this in a vase for you? Here, let's seee…" He looked around and found a Dixie cup, filling it with water and putting the cup with the single pink rose on the dresser next to her bed.

Chloe giggled nervously and said, "I not you balentime, mommy is."

"You are, Chlo…I was hoping for a little lady recently down an appendix this year." Of course he had something planned for April, too. But that involved asking a question, and being home, and Chloe snuggled happily in bed. And the bottle of wine he'd just picked up on his lunch break before he got April's call.

His daughter just blinked at him. "Tell me what happened?" he sat down next to her on her bed.

"My tummy hurted today but I didn't tell 'acause I wanned to dance at 'cital…and den I throwed up dancin' on stage. Den I goed asleep when mommy sayed mergency an waked up in speedin' car an' mommy cryin' to you an' I waked up from surgery an' she still cryin' even when I waked up an Uncle Alex sayed I OK…"

"I know she's still crying," Jackson sighed. He felt bad for not being able to be there during the procedure, but he had an intern giving him updates every 20 minutes. He was lead on an SRS and knew all along she'd be fine.

And he knew all along April wasn't. "She's sobbing in the corner of the waiting room, Dr. Avery," "Still sobbing in recovery…" "Chloe's in her room sleeping, April's sobbing next to her bed…"

"I fine, right daddy?"

"Right, you're fine Chlo. Does your tummy hurt, do you need some meds?"

"Yeah I don't need med-cine I tired. Chloe seep. Daddy fix mommy. Pease don't let mommy wake up me."

"Ok Chlo. You sleep. I think maybe Dr. Deluca will be here when you wake up. I'm gonna go to mommy for a little bit."

"Fix her," she said, yawning. Jackson tucked her in a little tighter and kissed her forehead. He wished he could promise he would. But in the two months he'd been back at home he hadn't been able to make much progress fixing his relationship. They were healing, but at a snail's pace.

She ran into his arms when she saw him outside the nurses station, still a mess. He held her for a minute, rubbing her back. "April shhh….you gotta stop. Calm down sweetheart…"

"Stop? Calm down? You weren't there, you didn't see her collapse in front of the whole dance school. It burst Jackson! Her appendix burst in surgery! Did you know that? Are you still calm?"

"Yes! I knew everything and I trusted Karev and she's fine, April! She's sleeping! And she's scared of you, you're scaring her. She just kept saying 'fix her.'"

That finally got the tears to stop. "Scared?" April pulled back from the hug, sniffling.

"Yes scared. How could she not be with you constantly crying every step of this? I know you're stronger than that!"

"Pssssh, 'stronger than that' Gee, thanks for the support through all of this. So glad you show up when she's out of surgery, a little bit rested."

"April, I was two ORs down doing an SRS! Jessica has been waiting to be biologically female for her entire life! I was scrubbed and I trusted Karev! If something went wrong I would've forced my way in there, I hope you know that!"

She nodded. "But, I wish you were there. I needed you," she whispered down to the floor.

"Hey, hey…I'm here now…" he grabbed her hand, intertwining her fingers with his. "I'm sorry…I'm sorry I wasn't there for you. I love you."

"I love you too, Jackson!"

"She's sleeping sweetheart. She's sleeping and Deluca is watching her…she loves that guy…..lets go up to my office for a little bit. I was going to cook but…I have a half a sandwich and a bottle of wine in my fridge. April Kepner-Avery, will you be my valentine?"

She bit her lip and nodded. "Just a little while…"

"Like a half hour, sweetheart. You need a little breather. We'll be there when she wakes up."

She agreed and they went upstairs, hand-in-hand. Jackson was right, April decided. She needed to relax and eat and drink wine. Half a plastic cup full. She knew Chloe was going to be just fine.

She even appreciated Jackson's strength. She knew the only reason he wasn't there with her through it all was because he had an important surgery. The first thing he did when he got out was go to Chloe, then hug her. He did what needed to be done, always. He had eyes on Chloe's surgery, and on her through everything, she knew it.

But since the whole truth had come out, affection had been hard for her. It was probably better that he stayed in his surgery. Even if she was a blubbering mess and had been angry at him for not being there, she probably would've pushed him away.

"Sorry," she said, as they sat on the couch finishing their quarters of turkey sandwiches.

"For what?"

"For scaring her. You're right. I am stronger than that. It was appendicitis, I knew it. And Alex had everything under control."

Jackson shrugged. "I was a little harsh. I just…we have to be strong for her…This is nothing….she'll be fine…eat ice cream, have family time….everything's going to be fine. You can even stay on this week, I don't have surgeries. I'll bring paperwork to her room and we'll just sleep here with her every night."

"Ok," April kissed him, letting it linger longer than usual.

"Tipsy?" Jackson asked.

"Nope! You just fixed me, like Chlo said."

"Helped you. You don't need fixing."

"Thanks honey. Neither do you, you made mistakes, that's all."

"Let's not go there, babe…"

"Kay," she played with his fingers, still intertwined with hers. "But when Chloe's better, let's go on a date…."

"I'd like that." He smiled down at his blinking phone screen, reading a text. "She's up…she wants chocolate ice cream, mommy and daddy; in that order."

April jumped up, kissing her husband's cheek. "Let's go hang out with our girl."