Vœux Incassables (Unbreakable Vows) ( Grey's Anatomy -- JAPRIL)

A walk we shouldn't have to take

Chapter Six: A walk we shouldn't have to take

"Maybe I didn't hold you, quite as often as I could and maybe I didn't treat you, quite as good as I should have. If I made you feel second best, I'm sorry I was blind but you were always on my mind – you are always on my mind. Maybe I didn't hold you, all those lonely - lonely times and I guess I never told you, I'm so happy that you're mine. Little things I should have said and done, I just never took the time but you were always on my mind..." Always on my mind by Inger Marie Gundersen

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Psychoanalytic Theory is one of Sigmund Freud's greatest works. The gist of this psychological technique is to delve into ones past to be able to explain the present. Repressed emotions and fixations are commonly named as culprits, resulting to instant justification of an unsavoury action. Taking a walk down memory lane affords a person ample time to reflect on past actions. It does help on putting things back into perspective but what we sometimes forget is most often than not - the journey is taxing if not painful.

Jackson Avery is about to embark on this trip with his wife and he's sure as hell that it won't be all rainbows and butterflies for them but then again, he's all in - it's all about the goal in the end.

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"Are you still with me Kepner?"

April shook her head to clear her thoughts; "Yeah, sorry about that" she replied.

"Overwhelming, eh?" Meredith asked.

"You have no idea" April replied. She then puffed out a breath; "I just realized that I have a lot of things to do..." she groaned.

Lexie moved towards April and looped her arm around the red head's; "We'll help, right?" she said while eyeing her beau.

"Of course we'll help" Mark confirmed. "And I'm quite sure the others will as well"

"I'm in" Meredith piped in. She then turned her eyes towards her best friends; "That means, Alex and Cristina is in too" she said.

Alex rolled his eyes; "Do I have a choice?"

"As long as I get to see drama, I'm in" Cristina said gleefully, rubbing her hands together.

April fixed her eyes on Cristina; "There would be no drama, I can assure you that" she said firmly.

"Say's the Queen of Drama" Alex grumbled.

Meredith guffawed as Cristina snickered.

"Ignore them" Lexie said.

"Good idea" April replied. "Do you guys know where I can find Catherine? I need to tell her I'm staying"

"She's at the pit, bugging Mara" Alex said.

April winced; "Again?"

"Yeah" All the surgeons chorused.

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"Yes Dr. Avery, I already requested for the ultrasound - I'm just waiting for it"

"You did request for labs, right?"

Mara gritted her teeth; "Yes, it's currently being fetched by Murphy"

Catherine nodded; "Okay"

"Catherine?"

Catherine spun around and saw her daughter in law standing behind her; "There you are! I've been looking for you! I heard you scrubbed in a surgery, how was it?" she asked with a large smile.

"I dropped by Jackson's room after the surgery and it was a success, the patient has already been moved to the ICU" April replied while throwing Mara a look, silently urging the other surgeon to take her leave.