A week later Jac was sitting in ICU watching over her son, in an incubator. She took some time off… for once in her life she was in no mood to keep on working. Mason was progressing and responding to the antibiotics but still he wasn't well enough to go home. He was still ill and vulnerable.

Breaking the silence in the room, apart from the beeping machines, the door opened and someone walked inside. Jac didn't turn around and look, she assumed it was a nurse, she kept looking at her son. This someone grabbed hold of a swivel chair and sat beside her. It was Michael.

Jac looked up at him, then looked down again, "What do you want?" she asked him coldly.

"Uh, to see Mason? He is my son too you know, and I may not be showing it but this is painful for me too…" he added slowly.

"Since when do you care?" Jac said slowly, still not looking at him.

"What's that supposed to mean? I never stopped caring about you, him…" Michael replied.

"Yeah right… if you really cared about us… you would've made an effort to come clean…" she said, still talking slowly.

"Jac I did try alright? I got rid of all my cigarettes… and other… stuff… what else do you want me to do? Please tell, whatever it is I'll do it!" Michael pleaded.

"I'm not doing this here!" Jac ignored his wish and stood up to leave, "Bye baby…" she said softly as she placed her fingers on the incubator, and left the room, leaving Michael on his own.

…

Jac headed up to Darwin, even though she was not on duty. She walked into her office and locked the door. She burst into tears as she sat herself on the sofa. She held her head in her hands, but she soon felt the door open. She looked up confused, to see Jonny poking his head around the door from Elliot's side. She only locked one.

"Hey didn't know you were in today… I'm just gonna put these on Elliot's desk…" he knew about why she was taking time off. He placed the notes on Elliot' desk and as he was about to leave, he felt like he had to ask her.

"So how's.. um… Mason doing?" he asked her slowly, as he sat down beside her.

Jac didn't answer, the tears started streaming down her face again.

"Oh come here… don't cry…" he told her softly as he placed his hand around her shoulder and let her head rest on his chest. He took the opportunity to comfort her. He laid eyes on her the day he arrived on Darwin, but never made the next step to take it to the next level… and was kind of gutted that she ended up with Michael and his baby.

She lifted her head up and finally had the courage to speak, "he responded to the meds but still, seeing him, lying there helpless, alone… I can't do anything to help him… what kind of doctor does that make me? I can't even help my own son…"

Still stroking her hair Jonny added, "Hey don't blame yourself, you're his mum, not his doctor, he has other qualified people to take care of him and I'm sure they'll do everything they can to make him better…"

"I can't take this anymore…" she said crying, as she lifted up her face and faced him, "I just wish this will all be over soon…"

"And it will be… don't give up, you just need hope…" he added to calm her down as he faced her too.

And as their eyes met, they both leaned in and touched lips, all for comfort. Jonny didn't pull away, in fact he responded deeply to her touch, giving in to the feelings he built towards her ever since he stepped on Darwin, well technically from the people skill's course.

But Jac soon pulled away.

"Sorry I didn't mean to…" Jonny apologised.

"Don't worry about it… I should get back" Jac said slowly, as she stood up from the sofa and left the room, as if nothing ever happened.

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