The Next Day, Tuesday 3rd December

Jac and Jonny's alarm went off at 7am in order for them to get ready for the cardiothoracic lecture for which they would be leaving in a taxi, with Zosia, at 8am. It was only Jac and Zosia that were required to go but Jonny volunteered to go too because he didn't think Jac could spend time with Zosia without snapping at her or having an emotional breakdown.
"Hey," Jonny croaked, "you're 35 weeks gone today aren't you?" He smiled.
"Mm." Jac mumbled as she slid out of bed. "Oi, I'm going for a shower first." Jac stated as she stopped Jonny at the ensuite door and entered herself.
"Correction, we're having a shower first." Jonny said smugly as he followed Jac and then closed the door behind him.
"Can you at least let me have a wee first?" Jac moaned.
"I'm not stopping you." Jonny smirked.
"Wait outside." Jac ordered. Jonny obeyed and waited outside, but mere seconds after he heard the toilet flush, he opened the bathroom door and joined his partner again.

7:05am
Guy awoke to shuffling besides him and he looked to see Zosia in a pair of leggings, a tshirt and trainers with her hair tied up and she was sorting through her wardrobe. Her cheeks were slightly red and her breathing was a little fast.
"Where're you going?" He asked as he stretched his dormant limbs out.
"For a shower, I've just been for a run." Zosia replied.
"You've got a lecture this morning haven't you?"
"Yep. We've got a taxi booked for 8." Zosia stated.
"Well if I go back to sleep again, see you later." He grumbled before he turned over and pulled the pillow over his head. Zosia smirked before she grabbed her clean set of clothes, toiletries and headed for the main bathroom of the lodge.

8:45am
Jac, Jonny, and Zosia arrived in a hall ready for the lecture quite early because they didn't know how long the taxi would take. They were the only ones in the hall for a while until they were joined by a heavily pregnant woman at the other side of the hall, and she appeared to be one of the staff at the university.
"Ugh, she'd better not come over here and start talking about babies." Jac whispered.
"She looks like she's about to drop." Jonny stated worriedly.
"No she- oh crap." Jac moaned as they heard the gushing of water onto the floor. The three rushed over to the woman, and as they got closer they realised that she looked distressed, hot and sweaty.
"What's your name sweetheart?" Jonny asked.
"Maddie." She replied.
"Right, let's just get you on the floor for now okay, hopefully it'll slow baby down." Jonny stated as he lowered the woman onto the floor with her legs out in front of her and closed because she had a skirt on.
"Aahahaaa!" She moaned as she clutched her bump.
"Okay, how far gone are you?" Zosia asked as she knelt besides them.
"38 weeks." Maddie replied as Jac called an ambulance. "Ow, it's coming now!" She announced.
"Yeah, we know just-"
"No, I mean now, she's coming now!" The woman shouted.
"Right, can I have a look just to check then?" Jonny asked.
"I'd rather a female." She stated before she took deep breaths which then developed into panting.
"Zosia." Jonny nodded.
"Oh... Right, um." Zosia said as she moved into a better position whilst the woman pulled down her wet underwear and spread her legs slightly. "She's crowning." Zosia stated worriedly. Zosia had never delivered a baby, but she knew a baby's head when she saw one.
"What?" Jac demanded.
"It's my fourth, it's bound to be quick." The woman reasoned before taking more deep breaths.

"Okay, stay calm. Jac how long is the ambulance gonna be?" Jonny queried.
"About five minutes." Jac stated as she put her phone back in her pocket.
"Jac, you take over." Zosia ordered to the woman who was still standing rather than getting on the floor because of her aching back.
"Why?"
"Because I've never delivered a baby before." Zosia stated.
"Okay, fine." Jac huffed before she got onto her knees by the woman's legs. "Jesus Christ, that looks painful." Jac stated as she grimaced that she would be going through that soon.
"Tell me about it!" Maddie moaned.
"Right sorry, just push on the next contraction okay. Zosia, go and get a clean towel from the toilets." Jac ordered. She knew that there were towels in the toilets because she had visited them mere minutes ago thanks to her unborn daughter. Zosia nodded before she rushed out of the hall.
"Aaahh!" She screamed.
"Feel free to crush my hand." Jonny said as he offered his hand which was quickly taken and then squeezed as tightly as possible.
"Right, the head's out." Jac stated as she supported the baby's head, waiting for the rest of the baby. "One or two more contractions and you'll have your baby." Jac said encouragingly. "Do you know what the gender is?" She asked to make conversation. It was difficult for Jac to support the head because she was leaning over her own bump, giving her a terrible back ache.
"No, we wanted it to be a surprise." Maddie replied through the deep breaths. "Sorry." She apologised as she released Jonny's hand which was white where the blood flow had been restricted.

"Don't worry, this is a practice run for our baby." Jonny smiled as he nodded to Jac.
"You two are together?" She queried.
"Unfortunately, yes." Jac joked as Zosia returned and handed two white towels to Jac. "Thanks. Right, Maddie I'm just going to slip this towel underneath you, can you just lift your pelvis up please?" Jac asked. She held the towel in one hand and the babies head in the other whilst she slid the blanket under the woman and laid it out to create a little comfort, but mainly to protect the floor, and to reduce the risk of infection to the baby.

Guy had gotten ready and had a shower in his own time when he pondered into the kitchen to grab an apple for breakfast. He noticed a recipe card for vegan lasagne on the side and assumed that Zosia was going to cook that for the pair of them later, so he decided to save her the work and get cracking. Being vegan wasn't particularly difficult for him, he -unlike many others- didn't have to sacrifice many types of alcohol which were filtered using animal products because he had already done so, and he enjoyed the new contrast in his diet, however, he certainly missed the meat and other animal products from his diet, especially eggs and bacon. Slowly, he got out the ingredients required for the recipe, and began to prepare the dish.

"Keep going... Keep going, you're doing really well... Well done!" Jac exclaimed sarcastically as she received the baby into her arms, wrapped it into a towel and rubbed it's chest a little. It soon let out an ear piercing wail so Jac handed the messy bundle over to the mother. "You've got a baby boy." Jac smiled as she laid it on Maddie's chest.

The mother let a few tears of joy roll down her cheeks as she cuddled the baby and ensured the umbilical chord didn't get tangled.
"Perfect timing, as ever." Jonny said sarcastically as the paramedics ran over to them. Everyone arriving for the cardiothoracic lecture had been diverted to another hall so they hadn't been disrupted and it had gone pretty smoothly.
"We'll take it from here." One of the paramedics stated. Jac dried her hands on the spare towel and then Jonny gave her a hand up onto her feet.
"Ah." Jac groaned quietly.
"Is it your back?" Jonny queried.
"Yeah but, it's fine now." Jac said as she rubbed her aching spine with her hand. "Although, you don't look fine." Jac concluded after looking at the very pale Zosia.

"I'm so glad I didn't go into obstetrics." Zosia joked shakily as she tried to calm down. She had barely done anything, and she hadn't seen anything since she had seen that the woman was crowing because Jac had taken over. But it was still enough to scar her for life.
"Do I look like I ever did obstetrics?" Jac retorted. "All doctors end up delivering babies at some point or another." She stated which certainly didn't put the F1 at ease.
"Right, it's nearly half past, shall we get going to the lecture?" Jonny suggested.
"Just another day in Aberdeen." Jac sighed before she waddled out of the hall followed by her partner and her F1.

Zosia arrived back at the lodge alone because Jac and Jonny had gone to the shop to get a few bits in for dinner. She smelt something familiar so she followed her nose until she found herself watching her father in the kitchen dancing to 'Get lucky' using the t-towel as a prop to his dancing.
"Please stop." She laughed. Guy turned around and was mortified.
"How long have you been there?" He queried awkwardly as he hung the t-towel on the back of the chair at the breakfast bar.
"Long enough." Zosia huffed. "What're you cooking?"
"Vegan lasagne, the recipe you left on the side." He replied happily.
"Surprisingly, it smells good." She smirked.
"Oi, never doubt my cooking skills, or it might just come back to haunt you." He joked. "How was the lecture?"
"Pretty good, although the introduction was a little messy." She smirked.
"What?" He queried. As far as he knew, there wasn't to be any theatre involved in the conference at all.
"Someone projectile vomited in the lecture hall just as we entered, apparently, norovirus was going around the university." Zosia grimaced.
"Lovely." Guy said sarcastically.

"And a woman went into labour when we got there early." She added. "I nearly fainted, Jac had to deliver it."
"You nearly fainted?" He laughed.
"Have you even seen a woman crowning?" She protested.
"Yes actually, your mother when she was in labour with you." Guy stated smugly.
"What, you delivered me?"
"And cut the umbilical chord," he nodded. "Mama wanted a home birth." He stated.

Jonny walked into tescos with a basket in his hand and her pregnant partner in tow. She appeared to be slowing down day by day and she certainly wasn't getting any better at pretending she was perfectly capable of walking several steps with out getting out of breath. Jac just followed Jonny until he stopped by the feminine products.
"Do you want to wear incontinence pads?" He suggested after the event of the previous night. "Just in case."
"I'm not wearing a nappy." Jac stated sternly even though this was an awkward subject for her.
"Well how about panty liners? You'll barely even know it's there." He suggested.
"How do you know?" Jac protested.
"Because until I was 15, I grew up in a house with three hormonal sisters, one of which I shared a room with. And after that, I went to a care home where there was pretty much no privacy so I learnt quite a lot about what females go through in puberty." Jonny grimaced at some of the memories.
"I know what you mean about no privacy." Jac joked halfheartedly. "Care homes were like nightmares. No locks on doors, everyone going through your stuff, taking what little you had left."
"And that's why we're perfect for each other." Jonny smiled. "We understand what we've been through." He smiled. "And stop changing the subject, chose something." He ordered as he nodded to the aisle filled with products for the female market. Jac hesitated at the thought that she didn't have complete control of her bladder so Jonny decided to bully her a little to hurry her up. "There's ones with wings, scented or unscented, individually wrapped or just flat-" He said in a patronising tone.

"You are so annoying." Jac moaned as she grabbed a box of flat scented pantyliners without wings and dumped them in the basket before she walked off towards the chocolate aisle. There was 24 in a box, but seeing as they were there for two weeks and he knew now petulant she would be about coming shopping again, Jonny picked up a second box for her before he followed her so she could get all of her sweet cravings into the basket.

Mo and Mr T were sat at a table for two in a pizza express restaurant on the seafront enjoying each other's company. Mo had a glass of red wine and Mr T had a pint, enjoying scintillating conversation about each other whilst they watched through the clear window, the waves gently crashing on the beach as the sun went down.
"Okay... what's the worst thing you've ever had to deal with in patients? Like what's the most disgusting thing you've ever had to do?" Mo queried.
"Um... Oh, I couldn't forget, there was a women who gave birth when she had the norovirus, and a torn placenta and she hadn't lost her show. There was blood, discharge, vomit and diarrhoea everywhere. Especially when she had to push, the poor woman was mortified." Mr T laughed at the memory but Mo grimaced at the thought.
"Nice." She said sarcastically before taking a sip of the red wine that only disgusted her more as she imagined it as blood.
"What about you? Worst thing?" He queried.
"Probably Jac Naylor with morning sickness when she couldn't make the toilets and she was in her office with me, and nothing but a cage bin with holes in." Mo smirked. "But as in patients, probably some of the drunks. Ooh no, I lie, there was a patient on Darwin with projectile vomiting who refused to stay in bed. He was in his 60s with his gown undone at the back. There's nothing worse than a saggy, wrinkly arse and vomit." Mo stated and Mr T chuckled.

"So, have you got any hobbies? Aside from shoving your hand up women's vaginas?" Mo asked jokily.
"Ooh, let's see. Cutting women's abdomens open is a daily chore, but my all time favourite, is definitely inserting my gloved hand-"
"Woah, taking this too far." Mo stated. "What're your actual hobbies?"
"Um, I'm rather good at knitting," he smiled, "though I don't do it on a regular basis, I like reading, going out for walks, going to the pub with my mates, oh and I do like a bit of Wii fit plus." He smirked. "I am an expert at karate on there."
"Nah, it's all about the marching band." Mo joked and they both laughed a little.
"So what about your hobbies?"

"Aside from ripping the organs out of one body and shoving them in someone else?" She joked, "definitely going to the pub too. Um, guitar hero, I like to think I'm an expert at playing guitar, although there is actually only five buttons, and I usually play on easy mode so I only use three of them." Mo admitted. "I like looking after kids, I do it all the time for my family, though there is only so much I can take of my nephew George. I could swing for him sometimes." She stated and Mr T smirked. "It's not funny!" She protested.
"Alright, what's the worst thing he's done?" Mr T asked.
"Taken a condom out of my bedside draw and used it as a balloon, and then told his mother all about it." Mo stated.
"Ooh, I bet she loved that." Mr T smirked.
"Mm, most of my family are hard core Christians so they're all about no premarital sex. She shouted at me because she thought I gave him the condom." Mo stated.
"I've gotta be honest Mo, I wouldn't be surprised if you did." Mr T said cheekily.
"He's 10 years old." Mo stated.
"Oh..."

"C'mon, I did pretty good didn't i?" Guy smirked as he and his daughter indulged in the delicious vegan lasagne.
"Considering all you had to do was follow a recipe, I hardly see how that's something to be proud of." Zosia stated smugly before she put some more in her mouth.
"Famous chefs follow recipes and they get paid millions." Guy argued.
"Mm, but they're usually their own recipes and they're much more complicated than a simple lasagne." Zosia replied.
"Right, I'll remember that next time, I won't cook at all." Guy said as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Is that a promise?" Zosia joked and Guy hit her over the head with a soft pillow from the sofa.

After having their meal together, Mo and Mr T walked along the seafront in thick clothes with coats etc because the temperature was perishing, until they reached an arcade which thankfully, for mo, had 2p machines in. Mr T changed up some money into 2ps for Mo and watched her go on and on and on, with the seemingly never ending pot of money because she kept on winning more coins.
"Right, I'm just gonna go and change a note up okay?"
"Yeah sure." Mo replied as she focused on the task at hand. Mo carried on for a good ten minutes until she finally ran out of coins, and as she turned around, she was met with a massive yellow minion plush toy from despicable me. "Oh my god!" She squealed as Mr T handed it over.
"Yeah, I thought you'd like it." He smirked.
"But no one ever wins at claw machines." Mo stated.
"You've just got to have the right skill." Mr T said smugly.
"It's a little bit smaller but it'll still be useful." Mo smiled as she got out a key ring bottle opener for Mr T.
"Brilliant." Mr T smiled as he took out the lodge key and hooked them together.

10pm
Jac and Jonny had just gotten into bed when Jonny turned and began passionately kissing her. Within minutes, he was on top of her, his upper body arched over her bump and Jac could feel a bulge in his boxers, rubbing against her crotch that she couldn't ignore- no matter how good it felt or how much she wanted it.
"Jonny stop." Jac ordered as she pulled away.
"What? What's wrong?" He asked worriedly as he caught his breath back. "Sorry, no I didn't mean it like that, you don't have to do anything if you don't want to." Jonny apologised softly.
"No, it's not that I don't want to... I can't." Jac stated.
"Why not? Jac don't be so self conscious, I love you for you not your amazing body which is nothing to be ashamed of." He stated.
"No, it's not that." Jac replied quietly as she turned her head of the side on her pillow whilst Jonny was still hovering above her.
"Well what is it then?" He asked.
"You know why." Jac stated quietly, she didn't want to have to explain it because she thought it was her fault.
"Well you'll have to remind me." He smirked.
"When you found out... About her, and I thought it was over... The bleeding... Jonny I can't." Jac explained panicky.

"Hey, sshsshshh." He whispered as he placed his hands either side of her head and rested his thumbs on her cheeks to make sure she didn't turn away again. "I should've known that, don't worry." He whispered as he rolled to the side of her and wrapped his arms around her. They both knew that when bleeding occurred during pregnancy, the obstetrician can sometimes recommend that, to reduce any further risks, sex should be avoided, and Mr T had unfortunately said that to Jac- but only for the health of her and her baby.
"I can still do this though." She forced a smile as she slipped her hand into Jonny's boxers where the bulge was still present. She teased him with her warm, soft hand, whilst he slipped his hand into her pyjama shorts and underwear, ignored the feel of the dry pantyliner, and did the same to her, however for the sake of their baby, he didn't actually put his fingers inside of her.
"Tell me when you want me to stop." Jonny whispered as he resisted groaning from the pleasure Jac was giving him.
"Never." Jac whispered sexily as she planted her lips on his.

Thanks for reading, I'm not 100% sure on this chapter but hey ho, it can't be too bad (I hope). Please review x