Set after 'Queen's Gambit'

Chapter 1 – Smile.

Jac stood with her back to the boardroom door; she had just got the locum job she was after. This was good, Hanssen did not see her as a bitch at all, or if he did he saw past it and into her skills as a surgeon. She saw Joseph walking down the corridor, he looked saddened. Jac knew she was the last person he'd want to talk too, but after the past few weeks… she didn't know, they seemed different together, as if they were once again on the same wavelength.

Joseph knew what he had to do. Faye needed to be sectioned; she was a risk to herself and his baby. He looked down the corridor, he saw Jac breathe a sigh of relief and a smile crept onto her face. Joseph loved Jac's smile, it was a rare thing to see Jac Naylor smile. Usually seeing Jac would fill Joseph with hatred, he would feel black inside. Although this black was slowly turning to white as the weeks progressed. He felt himself around Jac again.

Jac strutted towards Joseph, her hair falling delicately around her perfectly defined face and over her shoulders. She was wearing Joseph's favourite shirt. Her smile automatically lifted Joseph's spirits and he felt able to tell Jac what had just happened, about Faye's meltdown, of course ever the gentleman he would always ask a lady how she was before dispersing any of his problems. Jac had got one step closer to the job she had always dreamed of, Acting Consultant on Keller, even if it was just a locum position.

Jac's persona dropped as she saw the sadness in Joseph's eyes. Faye had, had a very public meltdown and embarrassed not only her but Joseph too. Jac automatically placed a warm, comforting hand on Joseph's arm. Joseph looked up at her. That was the restart in a race of love that had had so many corners in it that it was inevitable to end in a crash. But this was the restart, all the debris had been cleared and they were free to love again. The restart started with a kiss. A kiss that was filled with years of hate and deceit yet passion and love that burned through the both of them. Joseph pushed Jac against the wall, he felt control, something that, of late he had very little of. Jac loved the dominance of Joseph's kisses, she felt the pain that she had caused him but also the love that she recognised and had craved for so long. Jac needed his love, she needed his passion and to once again feel the security Joseph gave to her. Jac knew that what she had done to Joseph was unforgiveable, and for a second she wondered if he knew what he was doing, she pulled away from him.

'Joseph' Jac spluttered, still breathless from the kiss. 'Joseph, I'm so sorry.'

'I can't do it Jac, I just can't' Tears filled Joseph's eyes as he looked upon the woman he had loved and loathed for so long.

'It's okay Joe, It's okay. I'll keep away from you, that shouldn't have just happened.' Jac's words burned the back of her throat but she knew they were the right ones to say.

'It's not that, Jac. It's Faye. I can't get her sectioned. Not for her sake, but for the baby's.'

Jac did not know how to react to this, so instead she put her hand back on Joseph's arm and kept it there, while he sobbed and poured his heart out to her. 'Stay with me tonight Joe, don't go home. You can't stay on your own.'

'No. Jac. I can't, I can't leave my baby.' Joseph's tears began to fall again.

'I'll help you. We'll go to Psych and get her transferred this afternoon. Go talk to Mark; he's still in the boardroom. He can fast track her and get her there within the hour.' Jac wanted to help him; she knew she had to, even if it was Faye. But she would see it as helping Joseph's baby.

'Okay.'

Jac and Joseph went to the boardroom, Jac knocked on the door before Joseph even got a chance to change his mind. 'I'll wait out here for you, it'll be okay Joe, you know that right?'

A smile crept onto Joseph's face. 'Yeah, I know.'