Me and You

Chapter 4

I smile wildly as I walk into the gala that night. The party lights from the outside told me it

was going to be a great party. Matthew comes around from the driver's seat, sticking out his

arm to me. "Shall we?" I smile at my fiancé and take his arm as we enter the main area of

the gala. Right off the bat I see Meredith, Cristina and Callie all gathered in a group, sipping

champagne. Meredith is the first one to notice me and she gasps in awe. "Oh April," she

says. "You look absolutely beautiful!" I smile, looking down at my dress. "Thank you," I finally

say. "Are things going ok so far?" Callie nods and Cristina shrugs. "Owen's been staring at

me all night and I can't take it! It's hard enough as it is." I frown. "Sorry." Cristina shrugs

again. "It's ok. I'll be ok." Matthew drops my arm and I look at him. "I'm going to go see the

men." He says, as if asking for permission. I smile weakly, nodding. "Ok." Matthew rushes

over to the group consisting of Derek, Alex, Ben and Jackson. Jackson. His eyes meet mine

and they refuse to let me look away. I feel tranced, but I know I have to look away. "April?"

Meredith says. I jump and turn to look at her. "What?" Cristina laughs. "Dang Kepner, you're

looking at him like Owen's looking at me." Callie elbows her. "He's looking at her like Owen

is looking at you right now!" Cristina turns her head to follow Callie's finger and faces the

circle again, rolling her eyes. "My gosh." Meredith lightly elbows me. "April, do you still have

feelings for Jackson?" I shyly shake my head. They all laugh. "April, seriously," Callie says.

"You can tell us! Jackson's been acting weird lately. Tell us, what's going on between you

two?" I sigh. "Ok so last night, after I lost my patient, I was laying on the couch in my

pajamas when Stephanie showed up. She wanted to go get a drink with Jackson and he

turned her down. After me telling him he should've gone, he picked me up and carried me to

my bed. I thought I'd pushed my feelings for him aside but I guess not because I really liked

it and suddenly I missed him." Callie barley raises her fingers towards the crowd of men.

"Apparently, he misses you too." I make eye contact with him, looking away more quickly

this time. As I look back to Cristina, I find her eyes big, looking behind me. "Here he comes."

she whispers. I turn around as Jackson comes up to me. I smile at his arrival. "Hey

Jackson." I say. Jackson nods. "April, Meredith, Cristina, Callie." They all wave. Jackson

then looks down at me. "You all look lovely." "Thanks," Meredith says. "You look

handsome." Jackson smiles. "Thanks. Um, I'm going to go see Derek now. I just wanted to

say hi." Jackson then hurries away faster than Matthew did.