Monday 2nd December
7:30am
Both Mo and Mr T's alarm went off at the same time and both simultaneously groaned at the thought of getting up. After a minute or two, Mr T got down from the top bunk and pulled the blind up to reveal a green, rural landscape and a bright blue sky.
"Who'd have thought it'd be that easy to sleep like a baby on a train?" Mo joked groggily as she pulled the duvet off and sat up before she rubbed the sleep out of her eyes.
"Mm."
"Well, looks like we're in Scotland." Mo stated sleepily as she got up to look out of the window. "And I seriously need a pee." She announced bluntly before she left the room with her hair slightly ruffed and her clothes all scrunched up.

7:50am
Jonny leant against the counter in the room as he looked at the beautiful Scottish flora and fauna out of the window where he had opened the blind to let some light into the room- and thankfully, it hadn't woken up Jac. He was already dressed and he had had a quick shave by the small sink in the room and yet Jac hadn't stirred. He had heard her get up twice in the night, presumably to go to the toilet, but she was certainly in a deep sleep that morning. He decided that it had been long enough and that Jac usually needed time to get ready so he bent down besides the bottom bunk.

Jac was curled up as small as she could get in the furthest top corner of the bed, and now that pillow that had been placed on her back was being hugged tightly.
"Jac... Jac... Time to get up." He whispered. He smiled at the way Jac slowly opened her eyes- she was so innocent and childlike when she wasn't arguing or moaning.
"What?" She croaked as she ran her hand through her wavy hair.
"Breakfast is gonna be here soon I thought you'd wanna get dressed first." Jonny smiled.
"Right... Thanks." Jac said eventually before she crawled out of bed.
"Not a morning person anymore then?" He smirked. "I remember you used to get up at like 5:30am every morning."
"Well sorry I'm not as energetic as I used to be." Jac grumbled as she began sorting a change of clean clothes out.
"I didn't mean it like that." Jonny said apologetically. "I'll give you some space to get changed." He stated before he left the small room to give her the privacy that she never used to need, but the privacy that their daughter was making her need.

8:05am
Breakfast had just been delivered to their room -a full English for Guy and a continental breakfast for Zosia- yet Zosia was still fast asleep whilst her father was up and dressed already. Each had their breakfast on a small tray which he had put on the counters so he made Zosia's strong coffee with two sugars and no milk -which was how she used to like it before she moved out- before he woke her up.
"Zosia, breakfast." He stated loudly. Zosia's eyes flickered open and she shot up, only to hit her head on the ceiling and Guy chuckled.

"It's not funny." She grumbled as she rubbed her forehead.
"Here." He smirked as he handed her the black coffee. She took a few sips before she shuffled along the bed and sat at the top of the ladder whilst her father took his plate of cooked breakfast, sat on the edge of the bottom bunk, and dug in.
"Ugh, how can you eat that?" Zosia groaned.
"Eat what?"
"Meat. It's cruel, not to mention damaging the planet."
"Oh, don't tell me you've gone vegetarian." Guy joked as he picked up his cup of tea.
"Nope. Vegan." Zosia replied and Guy nearly spat out his tea.
"Vegan?!" He queried after he'd composed himself. "Since when?"
"Well I've been a vegetarian since 18, and I turned vegan about a year ago."
"You have not been a vegetarian since 18. I would've noticed." Guy protested.
"Just face it, you barely know me." Zosia stated as she slid down the ladder and grabbed the pot of fresh fruit from her breakfast tray and avoided the yogurt, and the croissant with butter and jam.
"Well, maybe from now on I can get to know you more." He smiled.
"Maybe." Zosia sighed.

8:20am
"No I won't!" Jac protested as Guy and Zosia joined the group in the empty lounge. The full six were now in there, sitting around a table with their suitcases packed and ready.
"You won't what?" Guy queried as he too sat down with everyone.
"I'm only having gas and air for the birth and Jonny says I'll end up having an epidural." Jac moaned.
"Well, I can't help you there. Depends on your pain tolerance." He stated.
"And I have a high one." Jac stated.
"Ah yeah actually, I have heard you went into septic shock and ignored it. Then tried to clean the wound out yourself-" Mo began.
"Shut up Maureen." Jac ordered.

"You went into septic shock? When? Why?" Jonny queried worriedly.
"It doesn't matter because I'm fine now." Jac stated as she glared at Mr T because she knew that he probably knew about that incident because he had access to her medical records.

"So, what's the plan for today?" Jonny asked Guy because he knew Jac wanted to change the subject.
"Well once we get off the train, we'll walk to the lodge which is about a 20 minute journey roughly. Then I've got a neuro lecture at 4pm, but the rest of you are free for today. I'm probably going to walk to the supermarket this morning to stock up; we've got a kitchen in the lodge, we just need to get some food in." He explained. "Actually, that reminds me, I've been told you can't stand the smell coffee, is that right Jac?" He asked.
"Told by who?" Jac demanded.
"Oh come on, everyone knows. You convinced a student nurse she'd lost her job when she brought a coffee onto Darwin, and then there was the puking incid-"
"Jonny, shut it." Jac ordered.
"What puking incident?" Guy smirked.

"I think she was about five months gone, but there was an F1 who didn't know about the coffee ban." Mo began to explain and Jac hung her head in shame. "So she brought one onto Darwin, spilt it all over the floor and the whole ward stunk of coffee, so when Jac came out of theatre, she added to the mess on the floor because she couldn't make it to the ladies." Mo explained and Guy and Zosia chuckled.
"It's not as bad as what happened at one of Jac's scans." Mr T laughed.
"What happened at-" Mo began before being interrupted.
"Patient confidentiality." Jac stated loudly.

"Right, I won't be getting any coffee then." Guy smirked. "Everyone get a good night's sleep?"
"She was out like a light." Jonny stated as he pointed to Jac.
"So were we to be honest." Mo admitted as she nudged Mr T.
"Yeah, so was Zosia." Guy stated.

9am
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Brooksdale Lodge." Guy smiled as he stopped at the gates where there was a sign saying the name of the place. There was a large, one floor cottage, surrounded by a beautiful garden and at it bordered a large lake behind it. Jonny had pulled Jac's suitcase against her will because just five minutes into their walk from the train station, she had become light headed and out of breath, but she refused to stop. "They said the keys would be... Ah, here they are." He said as he took them out of a small box behind the pillar after putting a code in that he had been given beforehand.

They entered the grand cottage to find it already heated and warm compared to the outside winter.
"C'mon monkey, bring my stuff." Jac ordered after hanging her coat up. She was heading off to find the bedrooms before anyone else so she could hopefully get an ensuite one. Jonny shook his head before he followed after her with the two suitcases and his rucksack.
"Right, I suppose you two have got the double room that those two don't have." Guy stated to Mo and Mr T before they walked through the cottage to find their bedroom. "And we've got the twin room. Wait, you don't still have your room like a pigsty do you?" He queried sheepishly as he pulled his suitcase with him.

"What's the point in tidying a room if it's just going to get messy again?" Zosia protested.
"Well don't get it messy then!" Guy laughed. "Tidy after yourself as you go along."

Mo was unpacking her clothes into the wardrobe when her phone began ringing on the bedside table.
"Who is it?" Mo asked.
"Er, Sorcha." Mr T read off of the screen.
"Just leave it." Mo said quickly.
"You sure?"
"I said leave it." Mo ordered. Mr T raised his eyebrows before he placed the phone back on the bedside table and approached his partner.
"Don't tell me she's no one, who's Sorcha?" Mr T queried as Mo continued to bury herself in the wardrobe whilst unpacking.
"William's mum." Mo replied bluntly.
"And who's william?" He asked.
"My- her baby." Mo stuttered and Mr T then realised that she was the mother of the surrogate baby that Mo carried- he had been her obstetrician throughout her pregnancy, but wasn't there at the birth.
"Oh right. You wanna talk about it?"
"Look, there's nothing to talk about, I had a baby for her, she's happy end of." Mo stated as she turned around to face the man.
"Yeah but Mo, you don't seem happy."
"I am I just... I keep wondering when I'm gonna have a kid of my own. I mean Jac's got one on the way with Jonny so he's already beaten me. Most of my family except Adele have kids of their own." Mo explained.
"So you're broody?" He queried.
"Kind of, yeah." Mo admitted. "You want kids?"
"Yes, definitely." He replied quickly.
"Well then, we'll have to see how you and me go eh?" Mo smiled.
"Certainly." Mr T concluded before he gave her a deep kiss.

Jonny had just finished unpacking when decided what he was going to do for the afternoon. He knew he'd be close to them, and in fact eye was closer than he had originally thought, it was just taking courage to make the decision to go.
"Jac, I'm just gonna go out for a while, alright?" He said as he pulled his coat on. He knew once he'd left the cottage, he'd have no where to go other than there.
"Go out where?" Jac asked sheepishly.
"To my... Mum and dad's graves." Jonny admitted. "I'm gonna pop to a florist first." He added.

"Oh... Would you like me to come with you?" She asked awkwardly. "I've finished unpacking so I've got nothing else to do." She added.
"Would you mind?" Jonny had to admit, he wouldn't turn down some support, though he wasn't sure how helpful Jac would be.
"Course not, I just need to use the loo first." She said before she went into the ensuite bathroom. Jonny picked up his wallet and phone and put them in his pocket. Once Jac came out, she got her coat on, and the pair left for a florists that had a lot of sentimental value to Jonny.

11am
Mo and Mr T had just finished looking around the cottage after unpacking, and they couldn't complain at all. The bedroom was roomy and the bed was comfy, there was two bathrooms -one of which was Jac and Jonny's ensuite-, there was sky TV, fairly good wifi, a pool table, a ping pong table, and an indoor heated pool. The kitchen was well equipped and the lounge was comfortable with many sofas and beanbags, along with a fireplace so they weren't going to get cold.

"Shall we go shopping then?" Mo suggested.
"Shouldn't we write a list first?" Mr T queried.
"Nah, we'll just wing it. Besides, all we need is food, and plenty of booze. Sorted." She concluded as she picked up her handbag and pulled her coat on.

"Right, I'm gonna head up the shops alright." Zosia said as she tied her hair up into a bun.
"There's a tescos just down the road, I thought we could get a taxi." Guy stated.
"No, I wanna go to the market and the health food store I saw down the high street." Zosia replied.
"Wow, you actually are a vegan." He smiled.
"Yep. And you wouldn't last a day." Zosia smiled sarcastically.
"I could be a vegan if I wanted to." Guy stated unconvincingly.
"Prove it. Be a vegan for the rest of this trip." Zosia ordered.
"A fortnight?!" He protested which received a glare from his daughter. "Fine, I won't eat any animal products for the rest of this trip." He agreed reluctantly.
"You promise?"
"Promise."
"Right c'mon then, you're coming shopping with me." Zosia stated.
"And I'm on a student budget so you're gonna need your wallet for your things." She added.
"Got it." Guy patted his pocket to ensure his wallet and phone were there before he followed Zosia out of the door to go shopping. "And I'll pay for your things as well, don't worry."

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