"Mo…" murmured a cheerful Scottish nurse walking up towards the Nurses' station on Darwin
"Jonny – I'm busy right now so unless you about to ask me if I'm in need of a caffeinated drink then take your undoubtedly unnecessary business elsewhere!"
"Jeez someone's 'Little Miss Cheerful' this morning eh!" Jonny joked only be stared down by an infamous Mo 'Do not annoy me or I will hit you' glare
"Well Jonny, I've got a shit load of paperwork to do, Mr Cook's valve replacement surgery which the Prof can't do, then I have to do Mrs Green's surgery and to top it all off I have your Mrs up my arse about reading her research – so I'm sorry if I'm a bit too busy to worry about your domestics right now!" Mo hissed back at her best friend who stepped back a bit to protect himself from her wrath.
"I'm sorry Mo- I was just wondering… if it was at all ok… if you could possibly… if you don't mind…. Babysitting Jess this weekend.."
Jonny stammered out slowly. He saw his friend's chest rise and sink with annoyance at the fact that this information could have waited until their traditional post-work piss-up. Jonny attempted a smile which screamed nervousness and a 'please do not kill me' plea.
"Right Jonathon, and this couldn't wait till after work because."
"…because I need to know you can because I do anything -"
"- do what exactly?" interrupted Mo as her patience began to falter even more with the Scottish nurse. Jonny gulped and looked his friend in the eye.
"Look, its our anniversary this weekend and I need to book the hotel by tonight and I didn't want to just spring Jess on you alright! Apologies for forward thinking!" Jonny stated back in his sarcastic manner. Just before Mo could come back with a sharp tounged response, a familiar ice cold voice came from the corriodor.
"Ms Effanga and Mr Maconie, I know how tiresome and stressful your little lives are but just in case you forgot, this is a cardiac ward. In a hospital. So if it wouldn't hurt you too much please get back on with your jobs" snapped the red-haired consultant as she glared at her two staff members until they moved.
Jonny sighed and moved off into the Sister's Office and thought to himself about the complications of his personal and work lives – she may be his wife, the mother of his beautiful baby girl but in Holby, she was his boss. And what she says goes. Suddenly there was a sharp trill coming from the pocket of his scrub trousers and saw that he had a text from Mo
"Sorry for snapping – I can babysit this weekend, Mo xx"
Jonny smiled and quickly replied with a thank-you text. He checked the coast was clear of his wife and logged into the computer. He soon pulled up the website of the hotel and called up the hotel. Normally Jonny would book straight from the website, but this weekend, the details of their stay needed to be specific.
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After a gruelling day on Darwin, Jonny and Jac were in the locker room getting ready to return home. Jac couldn't help but notice the sudden cheery demeanour in her husband and couldn't help but question it.
"Someone obviously had a good afternoon, I didn't realise how happy observing valve replacements and CABGs made you Mr Maconie.." Jac said as she walked up behind her husband putting her arms around his waist before he then twisted round to face her
"Well, only if you do them ..Mrs Maconie" Jonny smirked and gave his wife a cheeky wink as she rolled her eyes in return. Jac was about to leave the locker room to collect her things from the office when Jonny stopped her to reveal his plans.
"So baby.. do you know what this weekend is?" Jonny smirked again and raised his eyebrows
Jac knew but decided to tease Jonny a little further
"Well, its not my birthday as that was a few weeks ago, Mother's Day been and gone, and I'm pretty sure its not Christmas or Halloween for a while.." Jac was about to continue when she saw the look on Jonny's face. He thought she'd forgotten – that's what she loved about him, he was such a gullible numpty!
"Aw baby I'm kidding!" said Jac pulling Jonny closer to her "I know it's our anniversary weekend" she whispered before leading forward and giving him a gentle kiss.
After his pride was regained, Jonny let out a sigh of relief and a smile and replied back to her in a whisper
"Well, that's good as Mo has agreed to babysit this weekend so I can whisk you away to both celebrate our year of marriage.." Jonny began to reveal his trademark cheeky grin
Jac knew this face "And.." she states raising her eyebrow at her husband
".. and so I can have my way with you without being interrupted by our 4 month old miracle"
"You are so dirty Jonathon Maconie.. Remind me why I married you again?"
"Because I am the most amazing guy on the planet, cracking in bed and I have the wondrous Scottish charm which you fell for!"
Jac smirked and walked out of the locker room after shouting "Of course of it was" in her usual sarcastic tone. Jonny smiled and turned back towards his locker and finished getting ready before he went to meet Mo for a drink.