Operation Phoenix (Grey's Anatomy Japril Fanfic)

Chapter 2: Operation Initiated

In the cafeteria, April sat on one side of the table as her friends sat on the other side.

"Is this some kind of intervention?" She asked as two of the three friends had their arms folded and a glare set on their faces

"No it's not" Lexie said

"Yes it is!" Stephanie argued

She looked over at Lexie Grey-Sloan, sister of her co worker and childhood friend Meredith Grey and wife of Mark Sloan. Although the younger surgeon was a year behind in her residency, the two became fast and close friends. April witnessed every high and low of her and Mark's relationship and she was always encouraging April to get back on the dating horse.

Stephanie Edwards was a 2nd year resident at the hospital. Her and April first met when the then intern was assigned to the then 5th year, chief resident's trauma case. Stephanie had a certain skill for trauma and April noticed and encouraged it. And that was how the mentor-mentee relationship grew.

"What's this all about?" April finally asked as she dug into her lunch

"Your engagement" Lexie answered with a frown and mouthed "sorry"

"You know, the one you only told Lexie about" Reed said

Reed Adamson, best friend of April Kepner since intern year. Although the two had very different personalities, they easily became friends that first day at Seattle Grace. They weirdly complimented each other. When April thought it, Reed said it and when Reed was saying too much, April held her back.

April sighed, she should have known that this was going to be the topic of discussion. Since after their announcement of her engagement, she hadn't had the time to talk to Reed or Stephanie about it. Well, she was actually trying to avoid doing it for as long as she could. When it came to her relationship, each of her friends were on different pages.

Lexie was a bit skeptical of him but grew to like him. He was smart, ambitious, a great surgeon and pretty hot, all the things that reminded her of her own husband. She was very supportive of the relationship and often invited the couple out on double dates with her and Mark.

Along with his smarts and ambition, came a bossy attitude and a disrespect towards the nurses, interns and residents. He would call the nurses "The help" and treat the interns like they were kids. And this was why Stephanie hated the man. She couldn't see what April saw in the Meanie.

Reed was the one who was in the middle. She didn't like him, but she didn't hate the guy either. His attitude didn't really bother her, cause she knew that she too got like that sometimes. She was ok with them dating at first, he was just supposed to be a good lay, like she told April back then, but once things started getting serious, she wasn't there for it. He was a cool guy and all but he didn't seem like serious boyfriend or marriage material. He certainly didn't seem like father material either, though April believed otherwise and thought her kids liked him. Plus there was something off about the cardiothoracic surgeon, she couldn't put her finger on it but she knew that there was.

"When were you going to tell us?" Stephanie asked

"Uh..."

"Were you even going to?" she asked again

"Yes, I was. I just didn't know how to" April answered

"You didn't tell us cause you know we won't like that you'll be marrying him" Reed said

"Yeah, its a bad idea" Stephanie added enthusiastically

"Stephanie..." April began before the resident cut her off