Another chapter, hopefully better than the last one. Sorry for mistakes, did proof read, but I'm really tired at the moment... anyway... read and review, please xx

Jac climbed out of the taxi awkwardly after handing the driver the money and receiving the change. She sarcastically thanked the driver for all his help before slamming the door, which caused the man to press down on the horn for several rather long seconds, which made a rather large scene in the middle of the terrace that Mo lived in. She turned on her heels and walked in the direction of Mo's house, and was surprised to see the door open. Open house, she thought to herself, this is going to be fun.

She got to the door and didn't really know whether to just walk in, or knock and make her presence known. She hovered in the doorway for several moments, before deciding to just walk in. Not really knowing where she was she ending up walking down a long hallway, of which towards the end were voices, a few of which she recognised vaguely, and two of which she was certain she knew the people they belonged to; Mo and Sacha.

When she got to the door at the end she put a smile on her face and walked into the room, being noticed by Mo immediately, who smiled at her.

"Hey, Jac. Merry Christmas."

"Yeah, thanks. Merry Christmas... to everyone." She felt awkward, the eyes of almost everyone in the room on her and some shocked expressions from some familiar faces from work. They were all clearly shocked that Jac was taking part in a social event that she wasn't forced into by someone. Little did they know, Jonny had pretty much forced her into coming.

Mo took the silence as an opportunity to introduce everyone to Jac. "Right," she started. "This is my mum, and my dad." She indicated to the two oldest people in the room; however they were stood furthest apart. "And my sister's and brother, and their partners. And obviously you know everyone else from work. The people in the garden and front room are our neighbours and friends." She then took a position next to Jac and spoke again. "Everyone this is Jac."They all smiled at her, apart from the nurse's who were scared of her completely, and shook hands.

There was a call from a room through the door way, telling them all that A Christmas Carol had started and that they were going to miss the beginning if they didn't get in here soon. Th jumble of people left the room and Jac was left with Sacha and Mo's mum.

"I bought some champagne, I didn't really know what to bring or how many people would be here, or anything so sorry about size and all. Do you want a hand with anything?" Jac spoke fast, still uncertain of how she was supposed to act around everyone on Christmas. Sacha placed his hands on her shoulders and whispered to calm down. He took the champagne and placed it on the side.

"Oh, love, its fine. You go and sit in there and watch the film with the others. And thanks for this." She smiled and indicated to the champagne, and Jac nodded and turned to the other room with Sacha in tow. The room was full of people who were sat all over the place. There obviously had been a misjudgement of how many people were actually going to turn up, as, despite the jumble of garden chairs, stools and other seating arrangements, there were still many people standing at the edges of the room and sat on the floor.

Someone, who Jac didn't recognise from work, looked up and smiled. She indicated for Jac to come over and take the seat she was sat in, clearly noticing how tired Jac was. She walked over to the other side room, walking round people that were on the floor and in front of many people who were sat towards the back, which gained her a few moans as the film had just started. When Jac got to the seat, the woman had already moved and Jac sat down. She nodded in thanks, not wanting to disturb the film anymore than she had, even though the chair wasn't that comfortable.

Jac looked around the room, at the people, the presents, the tree and the laughter of everyone. They all seemed so happy, and she didn't really see the big deal. Her eyes meet with Sacha's who frowned at her, a sign of him questioning if she was okay. She smiled sadly and nodded.

Sacha knew how hard it had been for Jac to have even agreed to come here, let alone actually come and sit here with everyone. He didn't know much about Jac's past, as it was always clear she didn't like to talk about it, and he wasn't one to make someone feel uncomfortable about talking about something, especially Jac. What he did know, however was that she didn't like family Christmases and that she didn't feel like she belonged. He knew what she meant now.

He was here, away from his family, celebrating Christmas at his friends house with her family, instead of being with his son, his soon to be ex-wife, and his daughters, who were spending Christmas, yet again with their mother and her partner. He didn't feel like he really belonged in the scene here, he felt like he stuck out from everyone else, who all knew each other and who all cared about each. Most of the people here he didn't even know, and he couldn't imagine what it must be like for Jac, having to ignore Christmas every year, just because she had no family. He was glad she was with Jonny, they would be able to spend Christmas together as a family, instead of them both working or sitting alone watching a movie and having a drink.

He looked back over to Jac, and saw her, what everyone else would take as watching the film, staring at the TV screen, not taking anything from the film in, but rather stuck in her own daydream. He shifted his gaze when she turned to look at him, as she was able to feel his eyes watching her.

"Dinner should be ready in about a half hour," everyone heard a voice call from the kitchen, to which belonged to Mo's mother. Along with a few mutters of okay, in response she got a lot of shushing and a "Mum, would you shut-up, we're trying to watch a film in here" from Mo, which made everyone smile, even Jac slightly. She would've loved to have a relationship with her mother like that, without getting yelled at by her mother, or getting smacked for being cheeky. She would also have loved to be able to spend Christmas with her parents, who would still be together. They would have a tree in the corner of the room that they all helped decorate together, and her dad would have lifted her up to place the star on the top. There would be presents clustered round the bottom of the tree in brightly coloured wrapping and ribbons tied around them. She imagined Christmas music playing quietly in the background as they all engaged in a loud, happy conversation about what they would be doing next week and talking about arranging for Jac to go up and spend a few days with her grandparents to show off all her new toys she had been given. That had been her Christmas wish all through her childhood, even when she was grown up enough to know that it wouldn't happen, she had still wished, even know she still wished she would get her mother back

She felt the tears well up in her eyes, and blinked them back. She needed to get out of here, stop thinking about Christmas, stop thinking about family, and stop thinking about her mother. That was her weakness and she didn't want anyone else to know.

She looked back to the film, she wasn't really following what was happening, but it was something to take her mind of everything. The film was confusing her, and the thoughts of family Christmases still wouldn't leave her head, so she ended up looking around the room again.

From where she was sat, Jac could see almost everyone in the room. She looked form face to face, watched how everyone acted, and all the conversations that were held in muttered voices towards the back. Everyone seemed happy, like everyone should be at Christmas, she thought to herself. She hadn't even been here an hour and she already felt like she didn't belong, and no matter how hard they tried today, she wouldn't belong. No-one was like her here, they all knew how they were supposed to act, they all knew what family really meant, and they all had one. She stood up, and left the room, feeling slightly dizzy, not unnoticed by Mo and Sacha.

I know this chapter is really boring, but in the next one we should have some more Jac's past come up, as well as some Jacamo and Jacha, yay! Please review, as it makes me write better and update faster. Thanks for reading xx