After 15 minutes Jack came back from his trip to the pharmacy, he got out of the car, locked it and walked to his front door, he opened it with his keys and walked in his hallway, he puts his keys back in his jack pocket and hangs his jacket on the coat rack. He walked in the living room and saw his dad watching television with a glass of whiskey.
"Hey son, why did you leave so sudden?" Conor asks his son, not leaving his focus on the television.
"I just had to run to the store real quick." Jack replied quick, in the car he made sure his reply was already there, he knew if he had to think of something on the spot his dad will find out he is lying. He made his way through the living room and looked outside to see Nikki wasn't there anymore. "Have you seen Nikki?"
"She went upstairs, she looked a bit pale. Is she feeling okay?" Conor said, he finally looked at Jack a bit concerned.
"Yes, it's nothing. I'll go check up on her, then i'll make some diner okay?" Jack replied.
"Take your time son, i can also make diner."
"No da, don't worry. I already have everything ready for some pasta, i have shrimps too." Jack said while walking back to the hallway. "I'll go upstairs now." He said before making his way upstairs.
Jack walked in their bedroom and saw Nikki pacing nervously while biting on her nails. "Are you okay?" He asks her.
"I'm freaking out Jack, aren't you?" She replied clearly in panic.
Jack walked up to Nikki and slowly grabbed her arms and stopped her, he made her look at him. "Calm down Nik. Ofcourse i'm freaking out too, but we talked about this before."
"I know, but what if it's negative?"
A small smile appears on his face knowing she hoped it was positive too. "If it's negative it's a sign we should think about actually trying."
Nikki looked up to meet his eyes and slowly breathed in and out to calm herself, she gave him a small smile and nodded. "Okay."
Jack smiled back at her and handed her the paper bag. "I didn't know what brand to buy so i brought the most expensive one i could find, i hope it's okay."
Nikki looked in the bag and let out a small giggle. "It's fine Jack." She stood on her tip toes and planted a brief kiss on his lips. "I'll go take it now."
Jack nodded and watched her disappear in the bathroom, he went to sit down on the edge of his side of the bed and nervously tapped his hand on his knee.
After a few minutes Nikki came back in the bedroom and walked to Jack, she placed the test on his nightstand table and sat down next to Jack and immediately felt his right hand grab her left hand and squeezed it, she looks at him and gave him a small smile. "I love you." She whispers.
Jack smiles back and kissed her temple. "I love you too." He replied, his face turned to the test that was laying on his nightstand. "How long do we wait?"
Nikki grabbed her phone from her pocket and checked the time. "Two more minutes."
Jack sighs and looked at her phone. "Do you think it's positive?"
"I don't know. Once i think about missing my period yes, but when i think about the fact that i haven't got any symptoms yet then no." Nikki replied while looking at him. "What about you?"
"Well you've had some mood swings lately. That's a symptom right?" Jack quizzes.
"Yes, that could be a symptom, i never linked it to being pregnant." Nikki said with a small laugh.
After a few moments Nikki's phone began to beep and the couple both looked at each other, they both let out a big breath not knowing they both held that one in.
"Ready?" Jack asks Nikki.
"You look, please?"
Jack nodded and let go of her hand to grab the test, te turned it around and looked at screen on the test. "Oh my god." He let out.
"What does it say?" Nikki asks.
"Look at Nik." Jack says while holding out the test for her to look at it.
Nikki looks at Jack and then back at the test and reads the screen.
'Pregnant - 6-8 weeks.'
"Oh my god." Nikki lets out and looks back at Jack who now has a big smile on his face. "We're having a baby."
"We are." Jack replied, he sets the test back on his nightstand and pulled Nikki in a tight embrace.
Nikki relaxed in his arms and hugged him back tightly.
They stayed like this for several minutes and pulled away, they locked eyes and both smiled at each other before leaning both in for a long passionate kiss, a growl of Nikki's stomach broke the couple apart, they once again locked eyes and both laughed.
"Hungry?" Jack says with a smirk.
"Very, what's for diner?" Nikki replied.
"I'm making a pasta with small shrimps, lemon and spinach." Jack said. He looked at the alarm on his nightstand and stood up. "I better go and make it now before da makes it himself and burns the whole house down.. and that old man is going to live on his own."
Nikki giggled and also stood up. "Hmm i love pasta!"
Jack smiled and held out his hand for Nikki to grab, he pulled her with her back against his chest and wrapped his around around her waist and rested them on her stomach. "I love you both so much." He whispers in her ear while stroking her stomach.
Nikki smiled and rested her hands on his. "Mhm, we both love you so much too."
Jack smiled and kissed her earlobe softly before pulling away from her. "We're not telling da and Cara yet right?"
"No, let's first make an appointment for a ultrasound and if that's all okay we'll tell them when we complete the first trimester okay?"
"As a doctor you know it the best, we'll call for a sonogram tomorrow okay?" Jack said and saw Nikki nod at him. "Good, i'm going downstairs to prepare diner."
"Okay, i'll be down in 5." Nikki said while pecking him quick on the lips, she watched him leave the bedroom to head downstairs and made her way to the bathroom to freshen up a bit.
When Nikki was done she made her way downstairs and saw Conor still watching the television with a refilled glass off whiskey. Cara was also there but worked on her laptop on the couch, she felt Nikki's presence and looked up to greet Nikki with a smile and then returned her focus to her laptop. Nikki smiled and walked to the kitchen to see Jack preparing the food on the counter, she walked to the coffee counter and sat down.
"Hey handsome." Nikki said with a big smile.
"Hello there gorgeous." Jack replied giving Nikki a quick smile and wink before returning his focus on chopping the union and garlic.
"Want something to drink?" Nikki asks Jack.
"No, i'll grab some wine when the food is ready." Jack said while chopping.
"Shit.. wine."
"What?" Jack said putting down the knife and looked at Nikki.
"Jack, i had wine yesterday.. what if.." Nikki said while slowly beginning to panic.
"Nik, calm down. You had two small glasses of white wine and one sip of the red wine, we didn't finish the red wine yesterday. I bet that happend to other woman too, from now on you won't drink a sip of alcohol, okay? Don't panic Nik." Jack said in a soft voice knowing it will calm her down.
Nikki sighed and nodded. "Okay." She looked at Jack and gave Jack a small smile. She wasn't relieved yet but she did feel a bit better. She stood up and made herself some tea and went to sit back down and admired Jack in his cooking form, he looked so relaxed yet very happy. Once every so often he looked at Nikki and smiled at her.
"It smells amazing." Nikki said when she that Jack was almost finished with the food.
Jack chuckles and finished the dish with some parsley. He looked at the shrimps in his pan and looked at Nikki with a questioned look. "You can have fish right?"
Nikki smiled and nodded at him. "Yes, only cooked fish, not raw."
"Okay great, i really need to read into this kinda stuff, make sure i don't do anything to harm you or the baby." Jack replied.
Nikki let out a small laugh and looked at Jack. "You won't harm us Jack, the only thing i'm worried about was the wine, but i guess we'll have to wait until we can get a ultrasounf tomorrow morning i will call the best maternity unit there is for a appointment as soon as possible okay?"
Jack nodded and smiled at her, he grabbed the pan full with his pasta dish and brought it to the kitchen table that was sat in the big living room, he came back and walked to Nikki and kissed her briefly in the lips before helping her off the high chair and grabbing the plates and cutlery and walked together with Nikki back to the kitchen table in the living room.
Later that night Jack and Nikki sat together on the couch, Nikki laid with her head on Jack's side lap with a blanket covering her, Jack had rested his hand on her stomach under the blanket so his father or Cara wouldn't notice a thing.
Nikki stretched herself and sat up, Jack's hand dropped from het stomach as she pulls the cover off her. "I'm going to bed." Nikki said in a sleepy tone.
"Already? It's only just 9 PM." Conor replied looking at Nikki.
"I have to be in the office at 7 for an early PM." Nikki quickly replied, she looked at Jack and gave him a quick kiss on his lips before standing up.
Conor felt something was up with the two but decided to ask Jack about it more when Nikki went upstairs. "Goodnight then, goodluck tomorrow at work."
Nikki smiled at Conor and said her goodnight to both Conor and Cara before leaving the room to go to bed.
"You're not going to bed son?" Conor asks looking at Jack.
"No, i will go to the office later tomorrow, i don't need to attend the PM." Jack replied, he looked at his father and knew he knew something was up.
"What's up with Nikki son? She isn't herself since yesterday." Conor said.
"Nothing is up with Nikki da, she's not feeling well and tomorrow she has a early PM, so she went to bed early." Jack replied in a simple tone.
"Why did you run to the store so quick?" Conor decided is was time to really hear out his son.
Jack sighed. "I needed to grab some ingredients for diner."
"Son, you're not being honest with me. I can tell." Conor said. "If you're not ready to tell yet, also tell me."
"I brought ingredients." Jack said and stood up. "Please leave it." Jack said in a more serious tone and left to get a glass of water, when he came back his dad was back focusing on the television. He went to sit back down on the couch and decided to grab his phone to look up everything about a beginning pregnancy so he could prepare himself of what is about to happen the next couple off weeks when the symptoms really hit Nikki.
After 2 hours of researching and having a conversation with Cara, all three decided to head to upstairs. Cara had a class the next morning around 11 and Conor had to finish more paperwork for his new flat in the early afternoon and Jack decided to head to work around 9 in the morning to begin some paperwork.
Jack opened the door after saying goodnight to both Cara and his dad and saw Nikki fast asleep on her side of the bed, he smiled to himself and stripped out of his joggers and shirt and folded them neatly on the chair next to his nightstand. He climbed in bed and immediately scooted over to Nikki and wrapped his arms around her, he felt she made herself comfortable in his arms while she was still asleep, he planted a kiss on her cheek and closed his eyes to drift of to the peaceful sleep.
The following morning Jack swiped his card to enter the Lyell, he made his way to the main offices to see it was empty, he took off his coat and puts it on the back of his desk chair before going to the kitchen to make himself a cup of coffee.
"Goodmorning Jack." He heard Velvy say behind him, Jack turned around and saw him leaning against the doorframe.
"Hey Velvy." Jack replied while grabbing his now full mug of coffee.
"Had a nice weekend?" Velvy asks curiously.
"I've had a very good weekend, you too?" Jack asks back and saw Velvy nod in return. "Good." Jack said while walking back to his desk to sit down. "Have you seen Nikki?"
"Eh yes, we finished the PM 15 minutes ago but she had to make a call, she will be here any moment i think." Velvy replied before walking to his own desk to finish some paperwork.
After a few minutes Jack heard the clicking of Nikki's heels coming his way. "Hi there." He said when Nikki was in his eye sight.
"Hi." Nikki said back and giving him a smile.
"Did the post mortem go well?" Jack asks while looking at her.
Nikki walked to Jack and leant on his desk.
"Erm yes and no, i was a bit nauseous during the PM but tried my best to hold it back. Gabriel noticed it though.. he will figure it out soon, he's also a doctor." Nikki said in a soft voice so no one could hear them.
"Yea... about that.. my da is suspicious too, he noticed our change of behavior yesterday and questioned me all about it when you left to go to bed." Jack replied while his hands rested on her thigh.
Nikki sighed and looked at Jack. "Maybe we should just tell them?"
"No, i want to be sure it's all okay before we announce it to everyone. If the morning sickness get worse before the 12 week mark we should go to Gabriel, he's the only one we can tell. If we tell my da he will scream it for whole London to hear." Jack said with a chuckle.
Nikki smiled and nodded at him. "Good plan, let's wait to tell you dad."
"Great." Jack said while giving her thigh a small squeeze. "Did you call the maternity unit?"
"Yes, we have an appointment this Wednesday at 8 AM, i'll make sure that i have no post mortems and tell Gabriel we'll both be in the office around 9." Nikki smiled and stook back up to sit down at her own desk.
"Great, i can't wait." Jack replied with a big smile.
"Me too." Nikki said returning the big smile.
