After a long day at work, Jonny walked in to the locker room find Jac getting changed from her scrubs to something more comfortable. Seeing him, she turned round hiding her stomach.

"Sorry I-"

"Don't look" she shouts panicking.

"I'm not" he replied taking a seat on the bench, facing back towards the door.

A few minutes later, hearing her locker slam shut, Jonny asked : "Can I turn around yet?"

"Yes. You ready?"

"Yeah I've been waiting for you." Jonny joked. "Oh and erm, I made us a list, if there's anything else you wanna add that's fine. She looked at the list :

-Paracetamol

-Crackers

-Fruit&Veg

-Tea bags

-Milk

-Butter

-Bread

-Pasta

-Jam

-Cereals

-Crisps

-Orange Juice

-Eggs

-Meals

"You do realise I'm not going to eat most of that right?" Jac stated.

"I know, it's all for me!" Jonny joked. "No but seriously, I know you don't feel great but you need to eat. Tell you what, we'll have a look at the vitamins and supplements in the shop because our baby needs all the nutrients."

"Fine" she said as she reluctantly agreed to his plan. They walked towards the lifts.

-6:30pm-

Jac walked into Her flat, Jonny soon followed.

"You know you could carry something."

"I thought you didn't want me to carry anything?"

"No, I don't want you carrying anything heavy. I'm sure you could manage a bag or two." Said Jonny struggling with several carrier bags as he dumped them on he counter. "Right I'll go and get the rest shall I?" He asked as he walked out.

Jac giggled a bit. Luckily she hadn't felt sick since the morning, although she had suffered from a headache and a bit of a sore throat. She was wishing tht she wasn't coming done with a cold but snipe didn't want Jonny fussing so Jac didn't mention it to him.

"Right, um, you start packing away ill go and put my things in our room." He shouted walking towards the bedroom; he knew where he was going.

"Our room?" Jac shouted humorously.

"Of course sweetheart. We share everything now!"

Jac smirked as she took more painkillers. She poured the rest of the water down the sink and placed the glass in the washing up bowl. Jac began to pack things away. She smiled as she came across the animal crackers that Jonny was on his knees, begging in the middle of the store for them.

She loved that little child-like side to him.

Suddenly, as Jac was facing the cupboards, Jonny came up from behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist he began squeezing her, but she felt a sudden urge to go to the toilet.

"Jonny get off"

"One more minute" he groaned with his chin tightly placed on her shoulder.

"Jonny get off now or I'm gonna wet myself!"

"Eeww!" He squealed releasing Jac from his grip. She quickly walked to the toilet and he giggled at her.

"Shut up!" She shouted back from the toilet.

"I didn't say anything!" And to that, Jac rolled her eyes.

A few minutes later, Jac walked back to the kitchen where Jonny had almost finished packing away the shopping. Jac began opening the cupboards and fridge.

"What are you doing?" Jonny queried.

"Just checking you've put things in the right place." She smiled.

"And have I?"

She sighed. "I suppose so."

"Right what would you like for dinner?"

Jac's appetite had returned for the first time in days so she thought hard about what she wanted. "Um, that chicken and mushroom sauce with pasta and garlic bread. Oh and a fruit salad for pudding pleease." She asked as she fluttered her eyelids.

"Who said I'm cooking?"

" you just did!"

"Very funny smarty pants"

"I try my best"

Jonny shouted "dinners served!" And Jac jumped from the sofa and quickly, Jonny untucked her a chair and pushed it in as she sat down.

"Here you go." He said placing to dinner plates and a plate in the middle of garlic bread for them.

Jac dug in and began scoffing her face with garlic bread and pasta.

"I take it my cooking skills are up to scratch then?"

"All you had to do was put the garlic bread in the oven, boil the pasta, and warn up the sauce" Jac replied with a full mouth.

"Well why didn't you do it then?"

"Because you volunteered to cook." Said Jac after she had finished her mouthful.

"Yeah sure I did... Jac you might want to slow down."

"Hey your the one who wanted me to eat."

"Yeah but not like a horse!"

"Shut up and eat."

"Well I take it your feeling better then?"

"For now, and I'm making the most of it."

It wasn't long until Jac finished, Jonny followed several minutes after.

"Right shall I get the fruit salad. Oh wait a minute" Jonny said as his phone began ringing.

"Hello?"

"Hi Jonny Mac, are you with Jac?"

"Yes but don't worry mo, you're not interrupting anything special!"

"No it's not that, can I speak to Jac please?"

"Yeah, but why didn't you ring her instead of me?"

"Yeah, like Jac would give me her number!" Mo joked as Jonny handed the phone over to Jac.

"Hello Maureen... Yeah... Really?... No. Wait maybe that's why I've been feeling sick and... I've got a headache... Okay... Yeah I'll be there in about 20 minutes... Bye"

By then, Jac had begun to panic.

"What's wrong?" Jonny asked and Jac ignored him. Jonny got in her way so that she couldn't stand up. "What's wrong?" He repeated.

"Ugh, come with me I'll explain on the way" she said as she grabbed her cars keys. After they had both slid their shoes on, Jac locked the door. They both got in the car when Jac pulled out of the car parking space and began to explain.

"Remember Jordan Ralph? Oh wait he wasn't on Darwin. Basically I had an AAU referral about three weeks ago. They originally thought that the patient had cardiac problems but Mo just found out that he actually had the mumps because one of the nurses came down with if a few days ago. It's only just clicked with Mo that I might have it."

"Oh no." Jac didn't need to explain anymore. He knew the risks of mumps when she had only just entered the second trimester. "So, what's happening now? Is mo going to do a blood test?"

"Yeah, she's quarantined bay two for me because of the bloody protocol."

"Oh your gonna love that aren't you. Stuck in a bay with only me to keep you company?!"

"Haha very funny. Wait have you had the MMR jab?" She queried worrying for his safety.

"Yes of course i have, Wait, have you had the jab?" He wondered.

"Yes. Shows how effective they are eh?"

"Calm down, you don't even know if you've got it yet?"

"Yeah, yeah..."

The rest of the journey was silent. Jac was anxious as she pulled up in the car park. She quickly got out of the car and locked it as soon as Jonny shut his door. Jac walked with a bounce, almost running, and Jonny caught up with her and held her hand.

"Slow down Jac. A few minutes won't make a difference"

Jac continued at her fast pace. She jumped into the lift which luckily was empty so she wouldn't have to stop at other floors.

Jac stormed into Bay three attempting to avoid any attention, but just encore she closed the door, Elliot came up behind her.

"Jac? What are you doing here? It's nearly 9pm!" Eliot joked, he realised that there must be something wrong as she sat down on the bed in bay three , silently.

Mo entered the bay with a trolley with some equipment on. "Mo what's going on?" Asked Elliot, avoiding Jac as she didn't seem in the mood to talk. Jonny was now sat on the bed with Jac.

"I'm just gonna do a blood test..." Jac held out her pale arm, lightly shaking. Eliot pulled a confused face. "she might have mumps" Jonny said, finally ending the silence.

"Ready?" Mo asked.

"Just do it. Please." Said Jac quietly, her voice was worried. Elliot sensed tht she was better left alone so he quietly said "right, ill leave you to it but ill check in on you soon, Mo, let me know when the results come back yeah?"

"Yeah sure." Elliot walked out. "Right ill get these rushed through okay? Jac?"

After the blood test, a wave of dizziness swept through Jac's head. She nearly fell off of the bed as she fainted and Jonny grabbed her to lie her down on the bed. Jonny began to panic so Mo attached Jac to monitors for her blood pressure and sats for reassurance.

"Jonny, fainting is normal during pregnancy, especially after a blood test."

Jac began to come round and Jonny let out a sign of relief. He stroked her hair and brushed any stray parts out of her face. "Hey, you okay?"

"I um-" Jac grabbed her mouth and Mo quickly grabbed a kidney dish.

Just in time, Jac vomited into the bowl that Mo held for her.

"Oi, Jonny Mac this should be your job!"

"Right sorry" he apologised as he grabbed a clean bowl. Mo saw this as the time to leave.

Jac lied back down in her bed and fell asleep, Jonny sat at the end of the bed.

-30 minutes later-

Mo put the phone down at the nurses station. She turned round.

"Ah professor Hope, I've got Jac's results do you wanna come with me?"

"Oh, yes of course. After you."

Elliot followed Mo into the bay where Jac was fast asleep. Jonny eagerly jumped off the end of the bed.

"Well?"

"She... Has, got the mumps. I'm sorry" mo explained. "I know it's a shock but all we can do is control the symptoms as they come. The paracetamol she's take should help with the slight fever and pain. There's the oxygen mask if she starts to panic at all." Mo explained. She stopped as she saw Jac's eyelids move.

"Jac?" Jonny asked. "Wakey wakey sweetheart."

"What... I um. I mean er, have you got the results?" The solemn look on their faces told Jac everything she needed to know. "And the baby?"

Eliot felt he should step up here; so he explained : "right, well we'll get your obstetrician down here and he can give you a scan to check the baby over, but I think the baby's okay. Unless you've had any other symptoms like bleeding? Any abnormal pains?" Elliot asked.

"Well I've had abdominal pains but i think that's because of... of..."

"Jac? What's wrong?" Elliot asked.

"I've got certain complications that I think caused that pain. I'll just wait for Mr T to-"

"What complications Jac?" Elliot interrupted. To protect Jac form any more embarrassment, Mo stepped in : "erm, professor hope, Jac's my patient I think I can handle it from here okay?"

Elliot fumbled and made some gestures with his hands before leaving the bay, closing the door behind him.

"Why didn't you just tell him? He would have understood" Mo asked.

"Because, without the baby, Jonny wouldn't even know so I don't want this little thing" Jac indicated her stomach "to make me have to tell everyone."