It took a few seconds, though it seemed like hours, before Jonny whispered, "Negative."

Jonny was heart broken. Although Jac had told him not to, he had got his hopes up. And he felt even worse when he saw Jac's disappointed face. He forced a small smile, put his arm around Jac's shoulder and squeezed it lightly. They both knew that they wanted the result to be positive, though they would never admit it to each other.

After sitting in silence for a few minutes, Jac spoke.
"I'd better go and check on Emma." Jonny knew that Emma would be fine with Mo but Jac just wanted to get back to normal and ignore what had just happened.

"Hey." Jac said as she forced a smile as she entered her office. She could really do with an early night because she was so tired. This is it, she thought, the menopause is starting.
"Mum?"
"Yeah." Jac said as she rubbed her eyes a little.
"Do you use tampons?" Emma asked as Mo rocked her a little on Jac's chair. Jac looked up at Mo and Mo shrugged her shoulders.
"Sometimes. Why?" Jac said sadly. If she was going through the menopause, she wouldn't be using them for much longer.
"I was just wondering."
"Yeah well don't." Jac muttered. Mo heard her and looked up at Emma who luckily, didn't appear to have heard it.
"Can Auntie Mo stay round tonight? And can we make cupcakes and then watch a DVD?" Emma asked sweetly.

"As long as you're quiet; I think mummy needs an early night." Jac explained as she changed her mood due to Mo's glare. She knew it wasn't fair to take it out on Emma, so smiled at her daughter and left the office.

7pm
Jac, Jonny, Emma and Mo all returned to their house after they had spent, for Jac an agonising, hour picking up Mo's overnight things and going to tescos to get the ingredients for Emma and Mo's favourite cupcake recipe.

"Right, I'm going to bed." Jac sighed as soon as she got into the front door. She began making her way up the stairs when Jonny stopped her.
"You not want any dinner? I was going to order pizza." He smiled. Jac shook her head and continued up the stairs.

They made their way to the living room, Jonny ordered pizza whilst him and Mo were on the sofa, and Emma sat on the floor watching TV.

"Whats wrong with Jac?" Mo whispered.
"I- she... It's complicated. But... I think she's hitting menopause early." Jonny whispered. Mo awkwardly nodded in response.

Minutes later, Emma was getting uncomfortable on the floor so she went and sat on the sofa in between Jonny and Mo.
"Is mummy ill?" Emma asked innocently to both of them.
"No. She's just tired and needs an early night." Jonny lied.

"No I mean in general, is she ill?" Emma repeated.
"What makes you say that?" Jonny whispered as he tried to make sure Jac wouldn't hear them.

"Well sometimes Mummy's really quiet and then you send me up to bed early because you say she doesn't feel well. And sometimes I come down to get some water and I find mummy sitting on your lap crying while you rub her tummy." Emma explained. Jonny looked at Mo who awkwardly forced a smile.

"Well... you know that tummy ache you had last night?"
"Yes."
"Mummy really bad versions of them because some people have worse pain than others and painkillers don't always work." Jonny explained softly. Jac had forced Jonny to agree to not tell Emma about her endometriosis when she was pregnant with her and he assumed that the agreement still stood.

8:30pm
They had had their pizza, made the cupcakes, and now they were watching a film. Jonny couldn't help but let the thoughts about Jac's test result float around his brain. They hadn't talked about the result, the only time they had spoken was when other people were around to ensure they didn't look suspicious.

"Right, you two keep it down and don't stay up too late. I'm going to bed." Jonny croaked. As he gently picked Emma off of his lap and placed her next to Mo.

"Night Daddy." Emma smiled.
"Night sweetheart." Jonny replied as he pecked her forehead and made his way to bed.

Soon, Jac and Jonny were lying in bed. Despite her being in bed for well over an hour. Jac still hadn't gotten to sleep.

"You know, we could try again for another baby and not use protection. And if you don't get pregnant then nothing's lost." Jonny suggested.

"Not tonight. Please." Jac pleaded sleepily.
"No, no no! I didn't mean tonight; Mo's downstairs!" Jonny replied.

"Yeah, like that's stopped us before." Jac stated. "Remember when I was pregnant and we were stuck in London?"
"How could I forget? You got horny so we had sex in the sofa with Elliot next door." He joked quietly.

Thanks for reading! I might update again tonight, I'm not sure yet (but some review might make me make my mind up *wink wink* :)

Don't forget what I said before; there's a storyline that I think you'll all like that starts on chapter 10 :)