He must be married. Both Maggie and April yelled at him for his heroic behavior that worried them. April ran into Maggie on the way out and apologized to her, especially for game night. April and Jackson decided to keep the sex of the baby a surprise as April wanted it to be. He wondered when she decided they weren't friend anymore. During a massive storm near the hospital, a bus flipped and the doctors had to rush in and evacuate as many people as possible. She later met up with him in an on-call room and made sure he knew he was appreciated, and that she noticed all the good he's been doing. He told April to tell Bailey that he forgave her. Although April was not a board-certified surgeon like her fellow doctors, she remained at Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital as an attending trauma surgeon, with the intent of retaking her medical boards the following year, confident that she would pass the second time. After the shooting at the hospital, Jackson and April became close when she noticed he'd been having nightmares about the tragedy. The next morning, he joined her in the shower. He is also intelligent, kind and very protective of the people he cares about like his mother, Catherine Fox, and his best friend and later wife, April Kepner. Finding her best friend shot to death at the hands of Gary Clark sent April into shock, but she quickly recovered and reported what she found to Derek Shepherd. April holds a rank of Captain in the U.S. Army. They both wanted to take care of it before the wedding, but they didn't know they were talking about different things. Matthew pointed out that he thought that God already knew that he would love her for the rest of his life, and April then remembered that their reverend told them to support one another, so she agreed to have sex if it was so important for him, which it was. April and Matthew were engaged to be married. Without it, she wouldn't be able to go through with it. Jackson and April did become friends again, however, when April asked Jackson for advice on whether or not she should tell Matthew the truth about her virginity. She had left him when what he needed to survive was her. April is very talented when it comes to numbers and statistics. Seasons The two ended up leaving together. She was forced to tell him personal details about herself in an attempt to prevent him from shooting her. Alex Karev and Jackson Avery also defended April during a meeting with Owen Hunt about the situation. The relationship between April Kepner and Jackson Avery on "Grey's Anatomy" has been a winding road with extreme highs and lows since season 6 … Alias April pointed out Eliza at least made her intentions clear, unlike Jackson after their Montana escapade. Growing up, April had terrible acne and wore braces and glasses until college; landing her the cruel nickname of duckie ("the ugly duckling") given by her sisters. As a child, April had a fish tank, two hamsters, a pet pony, a pet duck, and two dogs named Buster and Pickles. She initially refused because she needed boundaries, but promised him she'd think about it. When she failed and was let go from the hospital, he flew out to Moline - her hometown and hired her back saying he should never have taken her job away from her. After treating a patient with deaf parents, Jackson and April realized that they had completely different ideas on how to raise their kids. After the shooting at the hospital, Owen met with Richard Webber - the current chief of surgery to discuss a trauma training program he thought would benefit the hospital in case another emergency situation like the shooting arose. When briefing Owen, he questioned why she wasn't participating in the contest. She said she was taking care of herself for once rather than following His rules, because apparently that didn't make good things happen to her. They succeeded in receiving donations from the other departments but were devastated to find out all of their hard work was wasted. They all cheered and April was moved to the ICU. Copyright © 2021 WABC-TV. She initially would be gone for three months but kept postponing her return, upsetting Jackson. He then grew very protective of her - claiming she was the only friend he had left. April was matched up with Lexie Grey on her first day at the newly-merged Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital. Later, one of the rugby players requested another doctor based on the accident. Moments later, the labor was induced. She witnessed Richard announcing Meredith's nomination for the Harper Avery Award. She then decided to be a good friend and returned to Arizona with two bottles of champagne. She was further shaken to find out that Paul Stadler had died while he only had a concussion, but the real shock came when she went to the ICU to check on Karin, only to arrive to see her being zipped into a body bag. April took years of physical therapy as a child to correct pigeon toes (a condition in which a person's feet face inwards instead of straight ahead). At the wedding ceremony, Jackson stood up in front of everyone and told her he loved her and he always loved her. She will often cry when she loses a patient and will go above and beyond to make sure her patients are comfortable. When Jackson was being treated by Callie for his injuries, April walked in furious, screaming at him for almost dying, but was quickly removed by Callie and Matthew. April's disappointed look was noticed by Matthew, who then went outside to head back out to the mudslide again. Also, unlike most of her peers, April is a morning person. She sat down with Arizona and convinced her that falling in love with Callie again after all the hurt she caused wasn't a catastrophe, giving her rekindled love with Matthew as an example that people change and that life changes them. During a routine ultrasound, Stephanie accidentally revealed to April that the baby was a boy. When Derek Shepherd became Chief of Surgery, he rehired April, because he thought she deserved a second chance. They all passed except April. During their first ultrasound, things were awkward as they didn't know how to behave because of their fight. Jackson thought she would pass, and she joked that if she didn't, they'd know it wasn't his fault that she didn't pass the previous year. April told Jackson that she knew what he was going to say about the fact that they had sex. April is a bit of a photographer. Upon returning to the ER, Matthew was arguing with Taryn Helm over Karin not being sent to a private room yet. April gives birth to Samuel Norbert Avery. Catherine manipulated the situation when Jackson and Meredith were supposed to treat a girl with laryngeal cancer in Montana. She remembered calling 911 and falling and being unable to get up, and then she felt warmer and safer, and eventually woke up to a praying Jackson. Last Her mother came over and they spent the day at church. April encouraged everyone to set out to find them. She advised Maggie to tell him how she felt, and headed out for incoming patient. In the aftermath of his breakup with Lexie, Jackson decided to put his love life on pause and focus on his career.… She said she never thought that anybody would ever want her with her difficult personality, but that she really wanted him. Arizona walked April down the aisle. As she was mixing herself a Bloody Mary, he looked around her home and concluded that the warm-hearted woman who lived there and acted as Amelia's healthy proxy was currently nowhere to be found. They decided to keep it a secret because they didn't want judgment or opinions on Matthew not waiting long enough after his wife's death. Cristina was a bridesmaid at April's wedding. They continued to work together to find a solution and eventually when they did, they ended up having sex given their track record in hotels. April then told Jackson to give her a reason not to. Over takeout, April expressed her anger at people who blatantly disregard His teachings and receive absolutely no punishment, while people who spend their lives trying to emulate and honor Him are brutally mistreated, like she felt she had been. 12. While Arizona had brushed off Jackson's concerns at first, she came to see they were valid when she entered the bar and witnessed April standing on a table and pouring shots for the interns as they chanted. He said that she didn't want him when he wanted her, and she only wanted him now because she was scared by the real relationship she was in. When Meredith was suspended, April was asked to step in as Head of General Surgery.[49]. Maggie still hated that she slept with a married man. After things had calmed down, Maggie came to apologize as she felt her scolding Jackson was out of line, since April was the one who should be yelling at him given their shared daughter. This prompted Alex to kiss her, but being a virgin she asked him to slow down - which frustrated him to the point that he screamed at her. She told Jackson he'd be a great dad, visibly looking forward to welcoming their baby in the new nursery. In the supply closet, April found a crying Arizona, but she pretended to be fine. Greeting cards, journals, notebooks, postcards, and more. Their baby was diagnosed with type II, meaning he'd die minutes or hours after birth. [37], When Matthew came to the hospital with his daughter, April hovered outside the room while Arizona examined the girl. While she had perfectly organized everything to the last detail, she made a mistake on the GPS link, causing the majority of guests to be late. Jackson is very forward, often saying what's on his mind even if it hurts someone's feelings. April has had plastic surgery on her nose. Her jealousy caused her to steal April's diary and then read it. She scrubbed in with Jackson and tried to talk to him during the surgery, but he snapped at her every time. Eventually, she came back to her senses and wandered inside. Although Jackson and April were seeing different people, they remained friends. Guilt-ridden, April went to the chapel, where she ran into Matthew. They remained friendly after that. When April returned to Seattle Grace Mercy West, she informed Jackson she was "revirginizing". Appearances While waiting for the results of the pregnancy test, Jackson told her that he was all in and that they would have a wonderful wedding with butterflies and that they would raise the kid together. After the shooting, Meredith invited April to move into her home because April had been previously sharing an apartment with her deceased best friend, Reed. Workplace Jackson suggested that they get a divorce and he moved into Ben and Bailey's house to stay separated from April as she would not leave on her own. Lexie at first was very mean to her but reconciled with her as she felt bad. When the trauma center at the hospital closed, April worked night and day with Derek Shepherd to hatch a plan to keep it open. However, Arizona and Alex were worried about her, so Arizona ended up telling Jackson, shocking April. Professional Information After losing a pregnant patient in the OR, April was a little shocked, but she was faithful that everything would turn out right for her, as it was all in God's hands. They found out the trauma center wasn't closing due to budget issues, but instead because trauma centers aren't a good selling point. "Unless I'm not," she replied, still asking him to give her a reason not to. [22], A few days later, April and Arizona had lunch where they talked about Eliza ghosting Arizona. All other pregnant characters gave birth in the same season they got pregnant in. A more complete gallery with pictures of April Kepner can be found here. April and Jackson later slept together. Ben, who was with her, wanted to take her to the hospital, but she didn't want to chance being caught in the car in the rain, so she said she'd just have the baby at Meredith's hou… After surgery, she started thinking that she really didn't pass and they just didn't inform her because it was the second time she failed. "Like you said, it's all you," Jackson said. They later signed the papers shortly after April found out that she was pregnant with Jackson's baby. April kept her relationship with God a secret from her fellow doctors because she feared they would see her as less of a surgeon because of it. April admired his abilities and knowledge in his field of work. April loves the song "Sexy and I Know It" by LMFAO. Her mother is a teacher, while her father stays … She and Matthew continued to spend time together with their daughters. MomΆLittle MissKepner 2.0The MachineKepsDr. They all stood around and prayed for a heartbeat. She said it was her body and therefore her decision.[47]. If she chooses to leave, he told her that he wasn't sure that he could be there when she came back. Weeks later, the time finally arrived for Jo and Alex's wedding. After April overheard Callie tell everyone at the fundraiser that Arizona died in the plane crash, April took two bottles of champagne and met Arizona in the hospital storage closet to share a drink and comfort her. Distraught and having lost God in the face of all the unfairness and inequity and cruelty she had been confronted with that day, she ended up watching a grieving Matthew with his daughter in the ICU, after which she went to the bar to drink. Although April had never cheated, she did almost end things with Matthew to be with Jackson. Jackson felt like she was abandoning him again when he needed her the most so he offered her an ultimatum. April Kepner joined the staff as a very Christian virgin surgical resident at Seattle Grace Mercy West after a merger between Seattle Grace and Mercy West where she used to work. She told him that she wanted him and not Matthew - which Jackson quickly rebuffed by telling her she was marrying Matthew soon. When April was let go by the hospital for making a mistake in the ER, Cristina defended her to the other residents, claiming that everyone made mistakes that night and April was only fired because she was caught. Owen was the last to leave and April expressed her gratitude by saying he always comes to bring her back. Arizona was afraid she may have slept with Leah. When April noticed Jackson wasn't with them, she began to panic and rushed back towards the bus as it lay there ablaze, but was stopped by Matthew. April then told Maggie that she could tell that Jackson liked her, and she felt like Maggie liked him, too. He scooted over and allowed her to sit with him. After the wedding failed because April ran off with Jackson, Cristina said, "I was on the fence about Kepner, but now I'm not only a friend, I'm a fan.". After she ran out of clean underwear and didn't have a chance to do laundry, she had to wear a Speedo which Jackson jokingly teased her about. "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watchin' Me", "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked", "You Can Look (But You'd Better Not Touch)", April was the first of the residents to be seen wearing navy scrubs, during the. 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