<P> April suggests to Jackson that they each take a date to Bailey's wedding in an attempt to move on . Jackson takes intern Stephanie; the two bond and eventually have sex . When Jackson tells April that he is sleeping with somebody else, she is visibly crushed and tells him that they can't be friends again until she has gotten over him . In the next episode, a very attractive paramedic named Matthew (Justin Bruening) asks April out for coffee and they start seeing each other . Shortly afterwards she turns to Jackson for dating advice and it is hinted that Jackson is still in love with her when he shows signs of jealousy but Jackson overcomes his jealousy and they then re-establish their friendship . She confesses to Matthew that she is not a virgin anymore as she led him to believe and he breaks up with her because she lied to him . However, in the next episode, Matthew forgives April and they get back together . He asks her to marry him through a flash mob and she says yes . In the season 9 finale, April thinks she lost Jackson when a bus blew up and tells him she loves him, but he only has a few injuries . She remains engaged to Matthew while Jackson dates Stephanie . At the wedding, Jackson realizes he still loves April and stands up professing his love . Jackson and April are seen driving off together at the start of the following episode and later it is revealed that they have secretly eloped . </P> <P> At first April and Jackson do not tell their friends about their marriage, but later they do because of a new rule at the hospital . Catherine Avery is not at all happy about her son's elopement with April, and the fact that there wasn't a prenuptial agreement . They soon make up after April signs a postnuptial agreement . Jackson and April soon hit a rough patch when they realize that they have different views in the way their children should be raised religious . Not long after their fight, April realizes she is pregnant . April and Jackson's baby is diagnosed during pregnancy with Osteogenesis Imperfecta type 2, and learn that the baby will not survive long after birth . Jackson believes that termination is the best option, however April would rather give birth to the baby knowing it will not live very long . They scheduled an induction for the next day, at the beginning of the appointment they are asked to sign their baby's death certificate, which is too hard for the couple to bear . April doesn't sign the papers and returns to work the same day praying for a miracle, while at work she has a heart to heart with a lady who lost her fiancé the night before . They decide to give birth to the baby via induction at 24 weeks gestation having it baptized right then . She gave birth to Samuel Norbert Avery, and he died a few hours after birth . In the following weeks after Samuel's death, April and Jackson find it hard to be around each other and be intimate with one another . After April tries to seduce Jackson in a supply closet, Jackson asks if she is sure she wants this so soon after the death of their son, leaving April to storm out in anger . In the series 11 finale April decides to join Owen Hunt for 3 months as a trauma surgeon with the army; this not being well received by Jackson . But after April states she needs this in order to grieve Samuel - Jackson lets her leave . Over the following months April lengthens her stay in the army, this having a strain on her and Jackson's marriage as Jackson can rarely get a hold of her or talk to her over the phone . On Christmas Day after already being away for some time, April announces to Jackson while on video chat that she is staying for a longer service period, Jackson becomes angry with April but the conversation is cut short by sounds of gunfire and explosions from April's base camp, leaving her to terminate the call; meanwhile Jackson is unsure whether his wife is hurt or if she is ever coming home . On Valentine's Day April returns to the hospital surprising Jackson, and they embrace in the foyer . </P> <P> In Season 12, April and Jackson go through divorce proceedings started by Jackson . The morning before they sign the divorce papers, April discovers that she is expecting a second baby . She does not inform Jackson, and he is told by Arizona Robbins, which leads to additional tension . After Catherine Avery convinces Jackson to fight for full custody of his unborn child, April takes out a restraining order against him . The Averys' lawyer asks for all documentation of their marriage, when reading through their wedding vows, Jackson realizes that they should fix the situation for their child . He and April decide to raise their son or daughter together as friends . Complications arise when April needs a c - section and Ben Warren has to do it without anesthesia or other medications . </P> <P> In Seasons 13 and 14, April faces a crisis of faith as she begins to believe that good people get punished and bad people get good things . As a result, she goes into a dark place and uses partying and sex to mask her deep - rooted pain . However, mid-Season 14, she encounters a terminal patient who helps April reaffirm her faith . </P>

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