Mo stood in theatre, all scrubbed up with a scalpel in her hand and her heart beating ten to the dozen as she stood besides the unconscious body of Jac Naylor.

"Can um, can we get a screen up here please?" Mo asked as she gestured between her and Jac's face because she knew with the pale, makeup-less face hidden it would be easier to get on with her job. A blue sheet was soon put vertically so that the anaesthetist could still see Jac's face, but Mo no longer could so she made the two and a half inch incision on the consultant's right side where the kidney would enter her body, along with two small incisions which would be used for a light and a camera to be inserted so that Mo could see what she was doing. A good ten minutes later when Mo had completely prepped Jac's body for the kidney, she hesitated for a few moments, before she began to act. "Right, kidney." Mo ordered, and a nurse quickly unzipped the cool bag revealing the organ that was in perfect health. Carefully Mo picked the object up, and for a moment it felt weird in her hands because although she had handled god knows how many kidneys in her lifetime, none of them belonged to her best friend...


With great effort, Jonny's eyes flickered open and it took a few moments before he realised that if he tried, he could awake himself so he put all of his effort into opening his eyes, and then he managed to focus on the peeling white ceiling that looked like it had needed a lick of paint for years.

"Jonny Mac." He heard form none other than his best friend as she squeezed his hand.

"W..."

"It's okay, don't try to talk, just rest. You're okay." Mo said softly.

"Jac..." He managed to almost shout her name, because he suddenly realised that she too had been operated on, only the risks for her had been far greater.

"Jac's fine Jonny. She's only just come out of theatre so she's still asleep but she's okay too." Mo stated. She could've gone into the nitty gritty medical jargon, but her best friend was still fairly groggy and he had only been out of theatre for an hour so he was still waiting for the sedation to wear off. "Go back to sleep, you're fine and I'm not going anywhere." She whispered and there wasn't a voice in the world that he trusted more than hers so he obeyed and within seconds he was out of it once more.


Jac had been out of theatre for 90 minutes when she properly opened her eyes for the first time.

"Welcome back Naylor." Sacha smiled as he held her hand tightly. Jac tried lifting her head up but she felt so weak as she did so, and she only just managed to catch a glimpse of the Professor standing at the end of her bed. "We're still waiting for your urine output to increase so when you're feeling up to it, we need you to start drinking plenty of water." Sacha stated.

"Jac, how's your pain from one to ten?" Elliot asked.

"F... Five." Jac mumbled.

"Alright, that's a not too bad." Sacha concluded.

"I fe... I feel sick." She muttered as she tried to use her arms to prop herself up.

"Careful careful. Don't sit up, I'll put the bed up." Sacha said and Jac relaxed as Sacha sat the bed up at at 40° angle before he grabbed a sick bowl just in case.

"Jonny." Jac blurted out as she remember why she was on that hospital bed. "Wh- where is he? Is he okay?" She asked quickly but she then grimaced in pain as she had pulled her stitches a little.

"Calm down, Jonny's fine. Mo's with him, he needs to be in a separate recovery room because you both need to rest okay, you're not gonna see him until you will be moved back to Darwin Jac so go back to sleep, and don't worry about anything." Sacha said softly. Jac didn't have the energy to argue so she closed her eyes and within less than a minutes she had fallen asleep again. "So much for feeling sick." Sacha said sarcastically to Elliot before he gently laid Jac's bed flat again.


Jac opened her eyes, but she was slightly confused becuase instead of seeing the bright white ceiling before, she was now in a dimly lit room with a light blue ceiling - she was back in bay five.

"Jonny." Jac said immediately.

"I'm right here, it's alright." She heard the Scotsman say as he took her hand in his and gave her a light squeeze. Both of their beds had been moved next to each other because Mo had persuaded Sacha that it would aid their recovery, not that he needed much persuading.

"Oi, hand sanitiser first." Mo ordered. Jonny rolled his eyes as he held his hand out for Mo to dispense some of the foam into his hands. He had to be very careful because Jac was on immunosuppressants to stop her body from rejecting the kidney and because it was only the first few hours, her immune system was near nonexistent. After rubbing it in, he resumed holding hands with Jac and Mo sat Jac's bed up so they were both at a 45° angle.

"Sacha's had to go back for an emergency procedure, and Elliot said something about a broth so it's just me I'm afraid." Mo smiled cheekily as she stood at the end of their beds.

"A broth or a brothel?" Jonny joked and Jac smiled.

"How're you two feeling?" Mo asked. "Jac, Sacha said you felt a bit sick earlier."

"No, no. I'm fine." Jac forced a smile, even thought it was much more obvious to her than Jonny was recovering faster than her and that caused some annoyance. "Hang on, what's the time?" Jac asked curiously.

"4:30pm." Mo stated. "Oh, right." Mo suddenly remembered something so she got up and slowly moved Jonny's bed away from Jac's.

"What are you doing?" Jonny asked worriedly.

"Oh um, Jac just... Wants to put her bra back on; she wasn't allowed to wear it in theatre." Mo improvised and she was actually pretty pleased with herself as she pulled the curtain to surround Jac's bed. She then entered the cubicle, got the black toiletry bag out of Jac's bedside table and handed it to Jac, before she placed a bin besides her bed and left her to it.

"You are putting the red and black lace one right?" Jonny joked.

"Yeah totally. And the matching underwear." Jac played along.

"Ugh! You two are sick!" Mo stated. "You know while Sacha was slicing you up, she was arguing with the anaesthetist because she wanted to put her own catheter in." Mo stated because she wanted to create a distraction to cover any noise that Jac could make and Jonny laughed.

"Why? Didn't you have a female anaesthetist?" Jonny asked.

"No I just... I've heard before of women getting incontinence after they've been catheterised by some idiot so I wanted to make sure the job was done right." Jac improvised from behind the curtain and Mo smirked.

"You alright in there?" Mo asked worriedly as she heard a small groan escape Jac's lips.

"Jac?" Jonny demanded.

"Don't you dare come in." Jac threatened.

"Or what? You're hardly gonna jump out of bed and launch an attack on us are you?!" Jonny joked.

"I'm fine, I just tugged at my stitches but they're not ripped." Jac stated. A few minutes of shuffling passed when it finally went silent.

"Are you finished?" Mo asked.

"Yep." She replied so Mo got up and moved the bin back to it's original place before she opened the curtain.

"You okay yeah?" Mo whispered and Jac nodded. "Right, you two, especially you Jac, need to start drinking water because I'm not 100% happy with your urine output." She stated as she poured a glass of Water for each of the patients.

"You sure she put the catheter in the right hole?" Jonny joked as he took a sip.

"And where do you think I put it? Up my a-"

"Okay, calm down and stop arguing or I'll put you in different rooms." Mo ordered.

"What's got your knickers in a twist?" Jonny protested at is partner.

"Nothing!" Jac argued.

"Look, he's gonna find out one way or another Jac so you might as well just tell him." Mo stated.

"Tell him what?" Jonny questioned.

"She started her period this morning." Mo stated bluntly.

"Mo!" Jac shrieked. "Ah." She groaned as she had tried to sit up too quickly once more.

"Can I just check the site?" Mo asked as she used some of the hand sanitiser. Jac was actually curious because she hadn't yet seen the incision herself so she pulled back the bed cover, and untied one of the ties on her gown that did up at the side. She pulled it apart to reveal a large white bandaged plaster and two small smaller ones. But the important thing was that they were white, not stained by blood or pus. "Alright, that looks fine." She nodded so Jac retied her gown and then pulled the cover back over her. "Right, can I leave you two alone for a while without killing each other yes? Good." Mo said sternly before she left the room.

"I'm sorry for snapping I should be thanking you I-" Jac began.

"Don't worry, you're a hormonal mess it's not your fault." Jonny smirked. He carefully reached over, being careful not to stretch to far, and grabbed her bed so that he could pull the two of them closer again. Once their beds were touching, he shuffled across slightly and put his arm around her shoulder. "Jesus, catheters are uncomfortable." Jonny complained as he fidgeted and Jac smirked.


9:30pm

Mo walked into the bay where Jac and Jonny were comfortably tucked under the blankets together because they were a little cold, but they were both being careful of their incisions which were both on their right sides.

"I've already told you two, you're susceptible to getting ill, and you're not supposed to encourage her by getting that close." Mo said to Jac and Jonny respectively.

"Mo, I've used hand sanitiser so many times I'm almost drunk from the fumes." Jonny stated. "Anyway, Jac was cold, I didn't want her to go hypothermic." He pouted.

"Yeah yeah. Right I just want to run through the plan tomorrow. If you're feeling well enough, we'll remover your catheters and try and get you onto your feet. Then if your able to walk, we can start introducing solid foods again." Mo explained.

"And what if we can't walk about?" Jac questioned because she was still feeling extremely tender and weak.

"What makes you say that?" Mo asked worriedly.

"Nothing I just... Well I don't think we'll be ready by tomorrow morning." Jac admitted because she assumed that Jonny would be feeling the same, if not worse but she couldn't have been more wrong - he was feeling much better than her.

"I'm up for it." Jonny stated.

"But don't feel rushed. You're supposed to have a longer recovery time than hI'm so you don't have to do something just because he's doing it." Mo said quickly.

"Well, we'll just see how we feel in the morning yeah?" Jonny said softly to Jac as Mo laid his bed down flat. She then walked around to do the same to Jac's bed so that they were both lying flat under the blankets.

"That sounds like a plan." Mo smiled. "Is there anything you want me to get you? Or are you just going to go to sleep now?"

"I think it's time we hit the sack." Jonny stated as he brushed a bit of Jac's hair out of her face. She didn't look as scary without any makeup on because she was paler, and her eyes weren't quite as daunting to look in to.

"Alright, well just push the buzzer if you need anything, I'm gonna stay in the oncall room tonight." Mo stated.

"Mo, thank you for everything today." Jonny said gratefully.

"Yeah, thanks." Jac added quietly.

"You're more than welcome." Mo smiled before she left the couple in the dimly lit room to get some rest.

"I know that you're gonna say shut up to me, but I... I really can't put it into words how much I appreciate what you've done for me Jonny. And I know I'm not the best at saying how I feel but, I want you to know that you giving me this kidney is the nicest thing anyone had ever done for me and I'm sorry if I don't always act like I care but... I do. I really do care about you." Jac explained quietly as she rested her head on her pillow- she couldn't move too close to him because her incision was right next to him.

"This is probably the painkillers talking, but thank you." Jonny smiled. "And tomorrow if I try to get out of bed, don't you try just because I am, you need to do it in your own time because you can't rush your recovery. Now c'mon, get some sleep." Jonny ordered as he closed his eyes. Jac did the same, but she snaked her hand under the covers until she found Jonny's hand and entwined her fingers with his.

"Goodnight Jonny." Jac whispered.

"Night night." Jonny replied softly.

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