I'm so glad you're going to give this story a chance! Japril is my OTP and I hope something good happens for them this Thursday. This story is rated 'M' for future smut. It's going to focus on their married life with small bits and pieces of SGMW. Other characters will make appearances, mostly canon pairings. Also, I don't know anything medical besides what few things I've retained from watching Grey's. If something is incorrect then please, please let me know so I don't keep butchering it. No beta, all mistakes are my own. I got the title from the song As Lovers Go by Dashboard Confessional. I think it describes Japril perfectly…

PS- As much as I wish I could own these characters, I do not. That's all Shonda.

Jackson was entranced by his wife from across the hall. She was standing at the nurses' station she liked to frequent in the pit and he was coming down for the consult she requested. Even after meeting her during their first year of internship at Mercy West and becoming her best friend through their years of Residency he was still mesmerized by her. They eventually became Attending's and then lovers, most recently they even tied the knot.

The way the sunset was shining in on her red locks reminded him of their wedding. Her long, white dress that hugged and curved in all the right places and her hair curled to the max. Her porcelain skin contrasted perfectly with her hair and he couldn't get enough of it.

He thought about the vows he made to her. "When I'm with you, I feel like I can do anything. I can move mountains and reach stars. When I'm with you, my hands shake and my legs get weak and my heart, my heart April, it never stops racing. I get butterflies in my stomach and sweaty palms and I want to tell you so many things all at once sometimes, but I can never choose which one to tell you first. Then there are other times when I want to sit next to you in silence, taking it all in, taking all of you in; the way you look and the way you smell. I want to remember what it felt like every time you've held my hand since the day we met and how it feels every time we kiss. I want to be familiar with all the heavy sighs and the sleepy eyes and the way your arms fit around me just right. I want it all with you because when I'm with you April, I can do anything."

His mind wandered back to their "I do's" and their first kiss as a married couple that went on until Joe Kepner uttered an interrupting cough from the first pew.

He must have been staring for a moment too long because Karev interrupted his flashback. "Dude! It's been two freakin' months, shouldn't this crap be over? When are you guys going to start fighting all the time like normal people?" He rolled his eyes. "She must be a freak in bed. I should have hit that when I had the chance." Karev muttered as his pager went off and he tore off for the stairs in hopes of getting up to PEDS as soon as possible.

"Prick." Jackson grumbled to himself. He made a mental note to warn Karev not to say crap like that around him anymore, even though he was sure he was kidding and just being Karev. At least he was being nice to his wife now instead of constantly egging her on, though they still bickered more than he would like. He set off to greet his bride.

April jumped at the touch of his hands gliding over her hips as his lips met the crook of her neck. His smile was contagious because her panic turned into bliss and she turned around to greet him with a short kiss.

"Dr. Avery." He whispered into her ear and tightened his hold on her.

She rolled her eyes at him but couldn't seem to break her grin. "Dr. Kepner Avery and you know it." April retorted and raised an eyebrow at his constant use of the term.

"Our colleagues can call you Dr. Kepner Avery, but you're always going to be Dr. Avery in my mind." Jackson reminded her. She felt him inhale her scent before he tried to pull her to their favorite on-call room.

"Bed two. Second degree burns it appears. Take a look at him?" She requested and gave him one final peck before walking around to sit at a computer and finish her charting.

"Is this his chart?" He pointed to the one she was working on when he found her there and she nodded without letting herself get distracted by him a second time.

After he picked up the chart and made his way to bed two she looked up and her eyes followed him across the room. She watched him carefully study the chart before politely introducing himself to Mr. Hart and the patients family. He carefully inspected the burns and told the mans daughter who couldn't have been older than five that her father was going to be fine. He mentioned doing a skin graft and carefully explained the procedure to all of them. She loved watching him interact with his patients, that was one thing she always loved about him. Despite his "Avery" name and the fact that he was out of this world gorgeous, he was extremely down to earth. He was compassionate and caring and she knew that was why he did so well in plastics. He wanted to fix people like he did in the burn center that he spent most of his time in, but he also liked to fix how they felt about themselves. He took pride in knowing that he was doing something to build peoples self-esteem, no matter what procedure he was doing.

Watching his interaction with the little blonde was just an added bonus. She had seen him time and time before with Zola and Sofia, he was a rock star. They babysat the girls here and there both at the same time and on separate occasions. He could be silly but also stern when he needed to be although most of the time he was ok with letting April be the bad guy.

Seeing him with the girl was thankfully reassuring her that the news she had for him would be welcomed. Early that morning Meredith took her blood after she realized she was late and two hours ago the lab results proved what she already knew. She was pregnant. They were pregnant. It was a surprise but definitely not unwelcomed.

April walked over to bed three to check on her last patient of the day and her and Jackson finished at the same time. "Baby my shift is over, see you soon?" She asked while they walked back to the nurses station and he listed instructions to his intern.

"Very soon. I just have to finish some charting and check on two post-ops before I'm free. These new interns aren't the brightest." He rolled his eyes and she chuckled. Normally she would stick up for them but this year she knew he was right. She caught the new guy, Jonah, trying to order the wrong meds. Luckily for him one of the nurses knew what she was doing at informed her about it before she dispensed it. It was definitely going to be a long year, waiting for fresh meat and all.

She let her hands drop down into the pockets of his lab coat and pulled him closer to her. "I have to talk to you about something when you get home so don't be too long." She warned him and he got a feeling in the pit of his stomach. Butterflies. That feeling you get when someone says "we have to talk" and every lie, every bad thing you've ever done flashes through your mind.

He nodded carefully and she gave him an innocent kiss on the cheek before taking off for the Attending's locker room to change and leave. Meredith was taking the evening shift in the pit when he was about finished so he took the opportunity to see if she knew what was going on with April.

"Have you talked to April today? Did she say anything to you?" He fired off, not beating around the bush even at all.

"Uh, not really. Not that I can remember. What about?" She responded, knowing full well what was going on. It definitely wasn't her place and he clearly didn't know. She refrained from making eye contact with him which she knew was probably even more suspicious. If she did lock eyes with him though she knew she would give it all away.

He started explaining the conversation he just had with his wife where she informed him they needed to talk and swiftly clocked out for the day, leaving him to ponder every what-if situation imaginable.

"What? Oh no. This is Zola. I have to go check on her." She looked down at her silent pager and rambled some more about her kid. Jackson stared at her with "You can't be serious" eyes and watched her scurry to the elevators.

"Hey! You can't use your kid to get out of everything! That won't work forever!" He shouted down the hallway at her, clearly annoyed.

"It's working right now!" She argued in a slight mocking tone while the elevator doors shut behind her. He informed the nursing staff that he was leaving for the day and Dr. Grey would be back shortly. So shortly that he figured they would just miss each other in the elevator since she was the attending in the pit for the night.

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