6pm

Jac had just come up from the neonatal intensive care unit and she entered the locker room to place her grey hoodie in her locker when Mo, who had changed out of scrubs and was wearing her own clothes, followed swiftly behind her.

"Have you just been to see Emma?" Mo asked and Jac raised her eyebrows at the registrars stunning skills of deduction. "How is she?"

"Her stats are still improving slowly." She replied clinically.

"You fancy coming for a drink? Sacha's coming and so is Michael I think." The registrar asked as she pulled her coat on.

"I'm on shift now until midnight." Jac stated.

"Since when?" Mo asked confusedly.

"Since some idiot got promoted to Clinical Nursing Manager." Jac retorted. "I looked over his contract and he has full control over our hours and theatre times but no, I don't see you doing any night shifts." She moaned. She slammed her locker shut just as Jonny and Bonnie came in causing Jac to clench her fists in anger as they blocked the exit to the small room.

"Problem ladies?" Jonny queried as he entwined his fingers with his partner's slender digits. Jac just ignored him, pushed past both of them and stormed away to the consultants' office.

"Don't you think putting her on a night shift is a bit cruel?" Mo asked. "I'm pretty sure she always goes down to see Emma in the evenings. In fact, I think she feeds her sometimes after her shifts." She added.

"No she doesn't, she doesn't see Emma unless Mr Solis threatens to call social services." Jonny stated.

"She's just been to see her now. It's probably the only time she can see her between her two shifts." Mo stated.

"Well I can't help it Mo, someone needs to be on the night shifts and I can't put Elliot on them can I?" Jonny replied.

"What about Dr Johnson and Dr Bale? They've been covering night shifts for months and they've been happy about it. Why change now?" Mo asked.

"It's sorted Mo, I'm not changing it again. Bonnie, you wanna go for a drink?" Jonny asked to change the subject.

"Um, yeah sure." She smiled.

"Great, let's go." Jonny said as he linked arms and then left, forgetting that he had promised to go for a drink with Mo. She could've easily follow them but she wouldn't feel wanted. Instead she just grabbed her bag from her locker and then went home.

Jac sat in her office, bored out of her mind. What was she meant to do? She didn't know many people on the night shift, and those she did she didn't get on with. She didn't have any time in theatre unless there was an emergency because the theatres were closed during the night, all of the ward rounds were completed by nurses and her paperwork was up to date without fault so what she was to do for the next six hours?

8pm

Jac had been sitting in her office for two hours, after beginning to write a new essay with no real purpose, when she began to notice the full, achy feeling in her chest which she knew meant she either had to express milk, or go and feed Emma because she was engorged. She decided on going to feed her daughter because she preferred doing that in a private room than she did expressing in her office where anyone could walk in, and she had indeed almost been caught several times by the unfortunate nurse or even her colleague, Professor Hope. She got up and ensured all was well on the ward before she slowly headed down to NICU, taking the backstairs instead of the lift because she'd rather not be seen going down to see her daughter – people would start to think she was going soft.

Jac opened the door to the unit that she owed so much to, only she froze to find that Jonny was standing there and Bonnie was sitting in the chair besides her incubator, holding her daughter. Apparently, they had decided not to go for their drink.

"You're supposed to be on shift." Jonny stated quietly yet sternly.

"Ah Jac, I was just about to give you a call she's due a feed but we haven't got anymore of your milk." Mr Solis announced as he came out from the room besides the unit where he stayed between checking observations and performing operations.

"I..." Jac trailed off as she glanced between the consultant, her ex, and the evil woman holding her baby. "I was just going to feed her and then go back up there. I'm taking a break." Jac stated as she approached Bonnie and used a stare to force the young woman to hand her baby over.

"Your shift is only six hours long so according to your contract, and the law, you're not entitled to a break." Jonny stated.

"Jonny, Emma needs her feed." Mr Solis stated.

"Yeah c'mon, twenty minutes isn't going to make a difference. We'd better get going anyway." Bonnie said as she stood up and pulled her coat on.

"I don't want this happening again, next time sort out her feeds before you're on shift." Jonny ordered before he and Bonnie left the unit.

"I wasn't aware you had night shifts." Mr Solis said questioningly.

"I'll bring her back in half an hour." Jac stated before she left with Emma in her arms and headed towards the private room besides the unit that she always used.