13 months of Japril (on hold)

4: College sweetharts

This AU one-shot was inspired by the song Closer. The story will also have some elements from Japril's storyline but it won't be like in the show.
Hope you like it.

Jackson had just got off after a hard day at the hospital and he had decided to go to Joe's. He was almost at the end of his residency and he couldn't wait to move out of the city. Sloan and him had already stated talking about fellowships and were he would want to go: Tulane was their first choice.

The bar was crowded and loud music was playing on top of it. He looked around for a few seconds before spotting Alex. He had gotten off work before him and had shared his plan to go to Joe's and knowing Alex, it wasn't to relax and drink. He was sitting next to a brow haired girl. One empty chair on each side of te table.

"Hey man." Jackson said as he got to their table.

"Hey, this is Maya. Her and her friend are new to the city. They got here from Moline." Alex said as he presented the woman.

"Oh, really? I once had a friend who came from Moline." Jackson said to end the awkward stares.

"It's a great place." Maya added.

They stopped talking for a minute and Alex restarted the conversation he had before his friend interrupted. Jackson didn't really care about it. He had came here to drink and if he could help his friend bang some girl in the process well, he was all for it. He had just got out of a relationship and it hadn't work for many reason. She was still in love with her ex and even though he never mentioned it, so was he.

The girl in front of him waived and Alex turned around. From what Jackson understood, Maya's friend was coming back from the bathroom. Alex elbowed his friend. So that was his plan; he would take care of Maya's friend while Alex would be having sex with her.

So he turned around to look at the woman he would fake interest in. At first, he didn't look at her face. All he could see was that little red dress she was wearing and how it highlighted all her curves perfectly. Then he looked up. She had curly red hair and her face... her face looked exactly like it did when they're had first met in college.

"Jackson?" She said, surprised.

"You know her?" Alex asked, looking at him confused.

"Yeah. We, hum, we dated in college."he said.

His face was pale like he had seen a ghost. How can it possibly be her? Last time he had see her, she had broke his heart and he had broke hers. He wanted to leave. He wanted to get up and run as far has he could from her, but his legs wouldn't move. He had waited so long to see her again but now that she was here with him, he wanted to disappear.

"We did more than date, you proposed." She said, reminding him of the last night they were happy.

"Wait, you were engaged? How did I not know that about you?" Alex asked.

"It not something you brag about." He lied. It wasn't that. He wouldn't mind people to know if he had gotten over April, it just that he wasn't. And he couldn't bare people knowing of his lost and making fun of him for it.

~ later ~

They had spent the pass two hours playing darts and pool. Alex and Maya were now making out in a corner while Jackson and April were doing their best to not look at each other.

The hardest part was not looking at Alex and Maya and not making fun of him. Jackson knew that his friend would probably stop caring about her the next morning and he felt sorry for April's friend.