I don't own anything. If I did, like most people, I wouldn't have made Ruth and Jay's relationship be on and off all the time.
Jay woke and turned to the sleeping figure next to him. Ruth looked so peaceful when she was asleep – as if all her troubles melted away when she entered the land of dreams. Unfortunately, he had to get up as he was on the early shift. Ruth wouldn't have to be in work until lunchtime so Jay got out of bed as quietly as possible. He changed his morning cup of coffee for orange juice so the noise wouldn't stir Ruth. He also skipped having a shower at home and went in early to work to have one at the hospital instead so that he wouldn't wake Ruth up. After all, he knew that below her exterior of career focused superwoman, all Ruth really liked was a lazy pyjama day, especially if it was with Jay. He left his keys on the side after double checking he'd remembered everything – he really didn't want to have to wake Ruth up just to let him back in the flat. He also did a quick clean of the kitchen then put the ingredients (bar the milk) and utensils required for her favourite breakfast (porridge with honey and sugar) on the side so she didn't have to worry about finding them in his very disorganised cupboards. Lastly, he wrote a note saying Ruth was allowed to have breakfast (he couldn't believe she still felt she had to ask to have food from his kitchen) before leaving the house as quietly as possible to get the early bus to work.
Ruth couldn't remember having as peaceful sleep in a long time – probably, she realised with some embarrassment, since the last time she woke up in this bed. It took her a moment to recollect what happened the night before but when she did remember, a smile lit up her face. She also realised Jay must have already left for work, which meant she must have had a good lie-in. Looking at the clock confirmed this, which meant her plan to nip back to her place to pick up some clean clothes and use her own toiletries to get washed with so she didn't have to do the walk of shame in to work had been shot to pieces. Fortunately, Jay didn't really like overly masculine toiletries as the smell apparently reminded him of the smell of teenage Jay's room so it wouldn't be too obvious she slept over at Jay's to their colleagues. Jay had apparently spent time trying to give her the perfect morning as he'd changed the towels over to his special fluffy white towels which he normally only uses on his birthday week (the most special week of the year according to Jay). However, Ruth had a minor freak-out when she realised she didn't have a change of underwear. Fortunately, after a raid on Jay's underwear drawer, she found a clean pair of boxers which she hoped wouldn't be too obvious under her scrubs. When Ruth went in to the kitchen, Ruth nearly burst out laughing on seeing how Jay had taken out all the ingredients and utensils needed for her favourite breakfast and lined them up on the newly cleaned sides for her. He must have remembered even the tiniest detail about her as he taken out the spotty bowl and matching mug for her which she'd once said were her favourites the first time they were together all those years ago.
Despite having wished for their reunion since the moment they last broke up, Ruth couldn't help but feel that she was dreaming as she walked in to the ED that lunchtime. At least, she thought she was dreaming until she saw the smile on Jay's face when he saw her walk in to the department which confirmed her memories of last night really happened. She'd put Jay's keys in to the pocket of her scrubs so she could give them back to him when the opportunity arose. However, until then, she found herself fiddling with the set of keys whenever she thought of Jay and her memories of last night. Barely an hour in to her shift, Jay had found an excuse to come over to talk to her. Subtlety, she took the keys out of her pocket and gave them to Jay. After all, being the subject of ED gossip was the last thing she wanted. It was all going so well until Jay decided to make that comment about her choice of underwear. She felt like the blush on her cheeks was like a beacon to everyone in the department, saying "look, Ruth and Jay are back together". However, maybe it was because their colleagues were still a little apprehensive of Ruth after her breakdown in the department a few months ago but not one person made a comment about her and Jay to her all day. It was some sort of miracle for Holby ED.