4pm
Guy had just returned from his first neurology lecture and he sat in the spacious lounge with Zosia, Jac and Jonny. Jac of course was in the armchair that she had claimed hers for the next two weeks, and the only other person that was allowed on it, was Jonny- but only if she was snuggled with him. That trip to the cemetery had defiantly brought the pair together and they were watching TV when Mo and Mr T came in, switched the TV off and stood in front of it with a few bits of paper in their hands.

"Don't you know better than to turn a TV off when a pregnant woman's watching it?" Jac moaned.
"Right, we ain't taking no for an answer, everyone here is taking part in the Pool tournament. " Mo announced.
"No way am I getting in the pool with you lot." Jac stated.
"Not that pool, the pool table." Mr T stated.
"Well that's not gonna happen because one- that involves getting off of her backside, and two-" Jonny began.
"You're just scared because you know I can beat you." Jac retorted.
"Right so you two will be taking part then?" Mo queried.
"If I must." Jac sighed.
"Definitely." Jonny replied.

"You two?" Mo queried as she looked at Guy and Zosia.
"I've played it like twice before-" Zosia began.
"Oh, making excuses before we even start. How typical." Guy joked.
"Can I just state that I've never played pool before, all I know is you hit balls into the holes." Jac protested.
"Well I know you're an expert at that." Jonny said cheekily.
"Ugh." Zosia pulled and face, as did Mo.

"Well I'm in, and so is she." Guy concluded.
"Brilliant, c'mon then first match is Jac vs Jonny." Mo smiled.

"Right, go on, ladies first." Jonny smiled. Zosia had brought one of the bean bags from the living room in and was sitting against the wall besides the pool table- but not in the way. Guy, Mo and Mr T were all standing beside her, whilst Jac and Jonny stood ready to play. The rules had been explained to everyone- including to Jac several times until she fully understood- so they were ready. There was a table in there where there were three bottles of beer belonging to Mo, Mr T and Jonny -who wasn't going to drink much- along with three glasses of organic orange juice for the others. There was also a few snacks which Jac indulged in.

"I don't feel safe with them two having weapons." Mo whispered to Mr T who chuckled. Jac moved around the table and positioned her hand. She went to go and lean in but her bump hit the table.
"Oh this isn't even funny, I can't get anywhere near the bloody table." Jac protested.
"Lift it up." Jonny smirked.
"This isn't like your beer belly Maconie, I can't just move it about." Jac stated. She tried once again before she just gave up and hit the white ball as hard as she could which broke the triangle of balls at the head of the table. Luckily enough, a coloured ball went in. "Right, so I've gotta hit all the coloured balls in now except the black which has to go in at the end right?" Jac queried.
"Yep." Jonny replied. She tried once again, and got another ball in. "I thought you said you'd never played this before." Jonny remarked.
"I haven't, it's not exactly hard is it, you hit a ball into a pocket." Jac stated.

"Jonny Mac, she thrashed you!" Mo laughed.
"No she didn't." Jonny protested.
"You still had three balls left and she just potted the black." Mo stated.
"Technically, I have 5 balls." Jonny joked.
"Jonny, her bump got in the way of every shot and she still managed to slaughter you." She laughed.
"Not to mention the fact that that pool cue nearly went through the window on your first shot." Jac laughed. Jac had been helped to lower down onto the bean bag where she was sitting with a bag of pork scratchings to Jonny's annoyance. It was now Guy vs Zosia. The way Mo had planned the tournament meant that everyone played everyone, resulting in a total of 15 games- which obviously weren't going to be played in one night.

"Go on, ladies first." Guy offered. Zosia looked at the table sheepishly, planning her move before she broke the balls and potted a striped ball. It looked like it was going to be harder than Guy thought.

7pm
Three games had taken place -Jac vs Jonny, Guy vs Zosia, and Mo vs Mr T- and each time, the female won the game. They had decided that three games was enough for one night and Jac had decided to go and put on her pyjamas, followed by Jonny.
"Why don't you ring your sisters now?" Jac suggested as she sorted out a pair of pyjamas, thick socks and a hoodie from her wardrobe.
"It's late." Jonny replied as he pulled on an extra jumper to keep warm. His pyjamas consisted of either boxers, or nothing, so he decided not to change until he was going to get into bed.
"Jonny, you're gonna find an excuse every chance you get. Ring them, now." Jac ordered before she went into the ensuite.
"Jac, why're you getting changed in there?" Jonny sighed.
"Why? Wanna watch me do you? Look at me naked?" Jac said sarcastically.
"No, I wanna see my baby girl." Jonny stated through the closed door.
"Well I'm afraid you're gonna have to wait a few week for that, unless I go into early labour." Jac retorted. Jonny sat on the edge of their double bed until Jac came out. "Phone your sisters." Jac ordered as she zipped her hoodie up over her pyjama top.

"I'll phone them, if you let me see, and feel, your bump." Jonny stated cleverly.
"What's there to see? I've got a bump, get over it." Jac moaned.
"Please Jac, my hands are warm." He smiled as he approached her. Reluctantly, Jac unzipped her hoodie but she then froze as she looked at the floor. Jonny then took things into his own hands and he lifted her shirt up revealing her large, pale bump. He grinned as he placed his hands on her bump and slowly smoothed them to feel her stretched skin. "C'mon, kick for daddy." Jonny whispered.
"She won't kick, not until I'm laying down and trying to get to sleep."
"Well then, I'll have to put my arms around you tonight won't I?" Jonny smiled.
"Call your sisters." Jac ordered as she pulled her shirt down, zipped her hoodie up and then left the room.

Zosia and Guy were in the kitchen alone making their first vegan dinner together: chilli, garlic and tempeh linguini.
"Zosia, my fingers are burning from chopping the chillies up let alone eating them." Guy laughed as he watched his daughter fry the strips of tempeh to brown it before it went in the pasta dish.
"You wuss." Zosia joked. They were interrupted as Mr T entered the kitchen and went straight to the fridge and took out two beers.
"Want one?" He offered to the pair.
"No thank you, I don't drink." Guy replied simply.
"No thanks." Zosia smiled, and the man opened the beer caps with the bottle opener from the draw, before he left and went into the living room.

Jac was in the armchair that only she was allowed in with her knees up to her bump and blanket draped over her, and Mo and Mr T were on the long sofa besides her.
"We um... We saw you and Jonny in the cemetery earlier." Mo said quietly. "Is he okay?" Mo asked.

"Yeah he just, wanted to spend some time there I suppose. He's speaking to his sisters now." Jac added.
"Really?"
"Yeah, I accidentally convinced him to ask his sisters to come for a meal while we're in Scotland and now I've got to go too so he can show me off." Jac explained smugly.
"Ooh, I can just imagine, 3 woman, all asking to feel your bump. You're gonna love it!" Mo joked.
"Don't, they're not touching my bump. Full stop." Jac concluded. "Speaking of which, they better not be bringing any snot nose kids or 'lovey dovey' husbands." Jac stated.
"Oh I don't know, if they're anything like Jonny they'll probably have a family. Two of his sisters are older than him so hopefully, they won't be snot nose kids, more like stroppy teenagers. Though the younger one may have kids." Mo smirked at the thought of Jac having to put up with a family meal.
"Mind you, if it gets too much I might just get a cup of water, pour it under my seat and say I've gone into labour so we have to leave." Jac smirked.
"Water wouldn't be very realistic, you'd be better off using-" Mr T stopped as he received a glare from the pregnant consultant so he took a sip of his beer. "I'll shut up now." He stated. The trio sat there chatting when Zosia and Guy joined them with their dinner and they turned the TV onto the news.

'2 year old Damien Kyle has been abducted from his cot after his mother saw a hooded figure run out of the house with the boy in his arms.'

As the news report continued, it appeared that everyone had noticed Jac who was protectively clutching her bump with both hands and pulling a worried face. Mo shushed Jonny when he walked in and he pulled an 'aw' face at her.
"Jac, nobody's gonna abduct your daughter while she's still in your womb." Mo laughed. "Jac?" Mo repeated and finally got Jac's attention.
"What?" Jac queried and everyone smiled at the woman even more as she then showed a moment of innocence and vulnerability.
"Nevermind." Jonny said as he squeezed onto the arm chair besides Jac, and then pulled her onto his lap. She was heavy, but tolerable, and he wrapped the blanket around them tightly. "Mo, pass us a pillow please." He asked and she did so. Jac looked confused until Jonny slipped the pillow between his torso and Jac so that it gave her back a little more comfort.
"Thanks." She smiled. "Did you get hold of your sisters?" Jac asked.

"Oh, yeah. Dawn, Eleanor and Lorraine can all come. We're meeting in the three horseshoes pub just around the corner from here this Saturday, and I said don't tell me so it'll be a surprise, but they can bring their partners slash husbands slash wives and kids if they've got any." He explained and Jac face planted to Mo's amusement. "And it's not formal or anything so don't worry about dressing up." He added.
"Have you told them about me?" Jac queried. "Or the fact that I'm pregnant?"
"Nope, we're all gonna surprise each other." Jonny said happily.

"Well if any of them think they can touch my bump, they've got another thing coming." Jac stated.

"You know, this tempeh is actually quite nice." Guy said quietly whilst the other four were talking about the impending meal.
"You sound surprised." Zosia stated.
"Well considering it has no meat in it, yes I am a little surprised." He stated.
"Well get used to it, two weeks of no meat products whatsoever." Zosia stated smugly.
"By the way, I was joking when I said that." Guy said jokily.
"Yeah, well then I was joking when I said I gave up smoking." Zosia said sarcastically.
"You smoked? Since when?" Guy said worriedly.
"For about a year. I quit after Mama died because I knew she didn't like me smoking." Zosia stated.
"How can I not know know that about you?" Guy sighed.
"I bet you didn't know that I had a baby too." Zosia stated.
"Wh- Please tell me your not serious." Guy begged.
"No, I've got a 6 month old baby in my suitcase." Zosia said sarcastically and Guy elbowed her. "I can't believe you fell for that." She laughed.

"Well, considering what your behaviour was like with boys before you left for university, I wouldn't be surprised to be honest." Guy stated.
"And what's that supposed to mean?" Zosia demanded.
"Well what do you expect me to say? When you were 15, I went away on a conference, your mother was out shopping and I return home to find you shagging some 19 year old in the living room." Guy stated sternly.
"He was 17 and it was like a week before my 16th birthday so it was hardly illegal." Zosia protested.
"Zosia, it technically was illegal." Guy stated.

9:15pm
The group were all watching TV when it was brought to Jonny's attention that he was getting extremely numb legs because Jac was still curled up on top of him under the blanket.
"Jac, can you just... Oh you soppy cow." He whispered as he realised that she was fast asleep. She had her head on his chest but Jonny just thought she was still watching the TV, apparently not! Everyone heard Jonny so they glanced over to see Jac hugging her 34 week bump with her eyes closed and her head tucked under Jonny's chin. "How exactly am I supposed to get her to bed?" Jonny whispered.
"Wake her up?" Zosia suggested bluntly.
"Well if you do, I'd rather not be in the same room." Mr T joked quietly.
"Can't you carry her?" Mo queried.
"She's too heavy." Jonny admitted.
"Just wake her-" Mo began but she accidentally leant on the TV remote and turned it over onto a hardcore rock channel. As the sound of heavy metal hit Jac's ears, she suddenly woke up and then flushed red once she realised what she had just done on Jonny's lap.

"Right, let's get you to bed." Jonny said quickly as he helped her up, wrapped the blanket around her and guided her to their bedroom.
"What just happened?" Guy queried.
"Dunno." Mo replied, but she did know; she had seen the small wet patch on Jonny's jeans as he had rushed out of the room.

Jonny closed the bedroom door after him and watched as Jac rushed to the wardrobe to get clean underwear and pyjama bottoms. She was avoiding eye contact completely.
"I um... I'm sorry." Jac muttered as she grabbed some shorts and then headed for the ensuite.
"Jac, it doesn't matter." Jonny said but it was too late, Jac shut the bathroom door. He sighed before he stripped down to his boxers and slid under the duvet of the double bed. Jac took a good five minutes in the bathroom, presumably trying to come up with an excuse or possibly a way to escape and get back to Holby, before she timidly came out and placed the slightly wet trousers in a carrier bag. "Come and get into bed, I'll put them in the wash in the morning." Jonny said softly.

Reluctantly, Jac got into bed but she stayed on her side of the mattress as much as possible and laid on her side facing away from Jonny.
"I'm guessing from your reaction, that that was the first time you've leaked." Jonny concluded softly. "Hey, don't worry. Your bladder is under a lot of pressure at the moment and it was only a wee accident." He said comfortingly. "See what I did there? 'Wee' accident?" Jonny smiled. Jac obviously didn't find it funny so she just pulled the duvet up to her chin and closed her eyes. "Right, I know you're embarrassed, but tomorrow morning, we start again, and it never happened okay?" Jonny said softly as he turned the bedside lamp off.
"Thanks." Jac said sleepily.
"No worries." Jonny smiled. He shuffled up behind her and wrapped his arms around her bump. Within five minutes, Jac had fallen asleep again, but Jonny wanted to stay awake for a while to see if what Jac said was true about their daughter kicking in the night. And it was true, because he felt her movements. They weren't strong kicks like during the day, but it was gentle movements under Jac's skin as though she was squirming about in the amniotic fluid and trying to swim.

Zosia and Guy had gone to bed so it was just Mo and Mr T sitting on the sofa in front of the TV.
"How about tomorrow night, me and you go for a meal along the seafront?" Mr T suggested quietly.
"Yeah sure, as long as there's drinks too." Mo smiled.
"And then we can see if there's any arcades." He added.
"Ooh, I love the 2p machines!" Mo squealed. "My mum used to give me and Adele some money whenever we went on holiday and I'd make it last forever on them. And I always ended up with god knows how many key rings." She explained.
"No, I'm the best at claw machines." Mr T said smugly. "I won an iPod out of one of those once. Admittedly, it was an iPod shuffle but it was still better than nothing."

"If you snore, you're sleeping on the sofa for the rest of the trip." Zosia stated.
"Well that's not gonna happen, and by the way, I am a snorer." He stated.
"Dad, I'm a light sleeper I can't sleep in the same room as someone who snores." Zosia whined.
"Well then stick your headphones in a listen to some music." Guy suggested as he climbed into bed. "Besides, you slept fine on the train last night." He added.
"That's because I did overtime on Saturday and didn't get home till 11pm, and I'd been working really hard during the week to get my essays done." She stated.
"Right well, I'll try my best not to snore." He said sarcastically as he rolled onto his side under the single bed duvet. Zosia rolled her eyes before she turned off the light, slipped into her single bed and tried desperately to get to sleep before her father.

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