The next day: Tuesday, 9am

Zosia arrived onto the ward, just on time for her shift to find that one of her mentors was giving a speech to the entire staff of Darwin.

"I'd like to announce that just because I've had the baby, does not mean that the coffee ban has been lifted. So when I've had the baby, there will still be a no coffee rule. You cannot have coffee on this ward which I why I suggest whoever brought coffee into the staff room this morning, goes and gets it and puts it in their locker, before I throw it out the window." Jac ordered but to Zosia's amusement, no one moved. "Now." Jac ordered. Quickly, one nurse scurried away to the staff room where she came out with a costa coffee jar and then she jogged to the locker room. "Right, you're dismissed." Jac stated as she turned around and waddled towards her office with her hand pushing into her spine which had been aching so much more since the previous evening; Mo was right, the bump had dropped because the baby's head was putting a lot of pressure on the consultants spine.

Zosia smiled because she knew that Jac was only saying that so that the young F1 didn't have to reveal her pregnancy yet because coffee would be all it took before she puked on the middle of the ward.

As Zosia went into the locker room to get changed, she smiled because she was 9 weeks pregnant exactly on that day. She had now become slightly self conscious about her stomach worrying if people would think that she had put a little weight on because she didn't know if she had a bump or not yet so she always got changed when there was no one in there.

She had spent the whole night, umming and ahhing about moving back in with her dad as she weight the advantages and disadvantages which she had written in the notepad that she had hidden under her pillow.

Advantages: Don't have to pay for rent, food, utilities etc. - I won't have to worry about money.

I won't be alone if something happens.

I'll be able see Mama's resting place every day.

There's the swimming pool and home gym.

Plenty of space incl. garden.

Fresh air- away from the city a bit.

Disadvantages: Dad will be there.

Awkward?

Longer to get to work in the mornings.

Admittedly, she hadn't been able to come up with any valid disadvantages, other than longer travel journeys but it would only take around 20 minutes in a taxi, or 15 by train and bus, rather than the usual 10 minute walk.

She soon left the locker room in her dark blue scrubs which thankfully weren't too tight on her stomach or her waistline, both for her appearance, and because she was slightly nauseas, but not as bad as she was when there was coffee around. And she headed for the consultants office so that she could get her tasks for the day from one of her mentors, but instead, she found her father leaning on Jac's desk.

"Dad?" She queried.

"Zoshia, we need to speak about your career." He stated. "Now, I know a man who works at your university so I'm sure I could organise a gap year between F1 and F2 but-"

"Dad I've got it sorted." Zosia interrupted. "Jac Naylor's organised everything for me so I can stay on Darwin for the whole of my F2 year and the rest of this year. And they're really supportive so I think I'm gonna be okay." Zosia smiled.

"Really? Jac Naylor did that?" He asked confusedly.

"Yeah, I think pregnancy has made her feel sorry for other pregnant women. That's why she's gets on so well with Mo because she understands what she's going through." Zosia explained jokily.

"Right well, I'm glad that's sorted." Guy concluded as he stood up off of Jac's desk.

"About the house..." Zosia began. She couldn't believe she had just said that! She wanted to smack herself in the head but she had begun now, she couldn't turn back.

"Yes." Guy smiled.

"I've decided, that I would like to move back in with you." Zosia stated quickly before she backed out now.

"Zosia that's great!" Her father announced as he engulfed her into a hug.

"Dad." Zosia said sternly as she pulled away from him.

"Sorry I- Zosia this is going to be great!" He repeated. He couldn't wait to have his daughter move in with him, though he was sure he would regret it once she was further into her pregnancy.

5:10pm

Thanks to her father being the CEO, Zosia easily got out of doing the overtime that she had planned and she was just running a little late as she had gotten stuck in theatre with Elliot on a complicated case, but thankfully the two skilled surgeons saved the patient's life. She was about to change out of her scrubs when she realised that she still had Jac's £10 note from the morning before in her NHS hoodie pocket. She took it out and entered the consultants office, intending to leave it on her desk, only she found the heavily pregnant consultant leaning with most of here weight on the desk, panting.

"Jac?" Zosia queried worriedly as she shut the door behind her and placed a comforting hand on the consultants aching spine at which she winced. "Sorry, I... Are you in labour?" She asked once she realised that the suffering woman was sweating slightly and in extreme pain.

"Well done Shirlock." Jac snapped as she hung her head lower. "Ring Maconie... Now." Jac ordered.

"Have you got your phone?" Zosia asked.

"No, it's in my locker." Jac stated before she began taking deep breaths.

"Right I'll go and..." She turned to exit the room, but as she pulled the door handle, it came off! Zosia placed it on the floor before she tried the second door but it wouldn't open. "Why is this door locked?" Zosia asked quickly.

"It's always locked so that when Jonny tells me to come in every and rest, I can sneak out because he only keeps an eye on that door." Jac explained smugly before she leant even more in the desk.

"Well that sounds like a good idea now doesn't it? How do you unlock it?" Zosia asked.

"With the key that's in my locker." Jac stated. "Just use the other door." She ordered.

"I can't, the door handle just came off." Zosia stated awkwardly.

"What?" Jac snapped as she turned around.

"Hang on." Zosia bent down, picked up the door handle and tried putting it back in it's place but it wouldn't open at all; mainly because it was a pull door so the handle only came out every time she tried to open it.

"How do you break a bloody door handle?!" Jac snapped.

"Well I would imagine that it's not in the best of conditions because it's slammed at least twice every day!" Zosia argued.

"Don't you dare blame this on- aahhh!" Jac groaned as she clutched her bump.

"Right, just lie down on the sofa or get into whatever position is comfortable for you." Zosia said awkwardly. Jac merely turned around and leant back on her desk again as she slowly rocked back and forth a little.

"Use your phone to call your dad." Jac ordered.

"I can't, it's in my locker." Zosia stated.

"Ggrrr!" Jac growled. "F1, get us out of here now because I'm gonna piss myself if I don't get to the toilet soon, and I'd rather not give birth in here either." Jac snapped.

"What do you want me to do? And I need the toilet too so don't you go moaning." Zosia argued.

"Yeah but you have an embryo, the size of a grape pressing on your bladder, I have a fully grown baby, the size of a watermelon pushing on mine!" Jac snapped as she crossed her legs. Two hormonal, pregnant women locked in a small office with one in labour was not a good situation to be in. Especially when both had a full bladder...