3am

With Mo and Mr T fast asleep, they had nothing on their mind other than sweet dreams. Only the other four weren't so fortunate. Neither Jac nor Zosia knew what they were more worried about, the storm or the murderer who could have potentially been outside their front door.

Guy had tried everything to calm his daughter down, and he had managed to get Zosia to lie down on the sofa, tucked under her duvet facing the back of the sofa with her headphones in so that she wouldn't see the lightening, or hear the thunder, but that didn't give her a fast track to dreamland, she was far too busy worrying about the murderer now.

Guy was sat on a beanbag on the floorwatching the news in front of his daughter so he could keep an eye on her whilst Jac and Jonny remained cuddled up in the armchair.

"W... Will you come to the toilet with me?" Jac asked embarrassingly. "Please?" She added sweetly.

"Yeah, yeah course I will." Jonny smiled. As much as he was sure that the criminal wasn't in the lodge, he didn't want to take any chances so he wanted Jac within his sight at all times. He wanted the same for Mo too, but he trusted Mr T to take care of his best friend. Jonny put his hands on Jac's hips as he helped her to sit up before the pair of them made their way to their ensuite bathroom. "You want me to wait outside?" He queried and he noticed a sudden look of panic in Jac's eyes -not that she would admit it. "Or I can sit on the edge of the bath." He suggested, but that did nothing to ease Jac. "Or I can stand with my foot in the door. Yeah? Go on then, I'm not going anywhere." He smiled as he shuffled Jac into the lit bathroom. He stood with just a leg inside the door and a hand on the inside door knob so that she knew he was there whilst she relieved her full bladder. "Jesus, you can hold it like a camel!" He joked whilst he waited patiently for her.

With just Zosia and Guy in the living room, all was fairly calm. That was until a rumble of thunder that was even louder than the music playing in Zosia's earphones broke out. She ripped the earphones out of her ears and turned over so she was facing her dad whilst she was still lying on the sofa.

"It's not a crime to hug your dad y'know." Guy laughed as he reached up from his beanbag and wrapped his arms around Zosia's back and kept her in a tight hold for almost a minute after the thunder had stopped.

"Thanks." Zosia said quietly as she pulled away and then rested her head on the pillow as she pulled the duvet up to her chin again.

"Don't mention it." Guy smiled before he got himself comfortable on the beanbag again.

"Has there been any more news?" Zosia queried because the earphones had blocked out the TV.

"There's been a fourth death." He stated solemnly- he saw no point in hiding the truth from his daughter, she was 26 not 6 no matter how scared she appeared and she was bound to find out eventually. "They found her body in a cottage where they think he was trying to hide." He explained.

4:30am

"The mysterious mass murderer has been arrested and detained after armed police officers found the man hiding in a garden shed. He was armed with a bloody knife and a fully loaded gun and specialists wish to keep the man's identity a secret, after they discovered that he was a patient who had escaped a mental institute miles away. The lock-down zone is no longer in existence and the threat is no more."

Jonny pecked Jac on her forehead and gave her a tight squeeze in relief. Guy looked up and beamed at his daughter, only she was fast asleep on the sofa under her duvet, and Mo and Mr T were fast asleep despite the threat that had been there before they went to bed.

"Right, how about me and you go to bed eh? Because I am knackered." Jonny suggested before he yawned.

"Only if you carry me." Jac stated because she just wanted to stay in the armchair and she didn't think he would even attempt to lift her up. However, he slipped one arm under her knees, the other under her arms and hoisted the two of them off of the arm chair and onto his own two feet. Guy smirked as he watched Jonny carefully carry Jac through to their bedroom and out of sight.

He laid his heavily pregnant partner on the bed, pulled the duvet over her and then slipped into bed besides her.

"Night night." He said sleepily as he wrapped his arms around her. "Or should I say good morning?" He joked before he settled down.

Guy look at his daughter who was peacefully sleeping. One of her earphone buds had fallen out so he gently pulled the second one out, and took her phone away from her so she didn't have music blaring in her ears. She stirred slightly and crinkled her nose up before she settled down again so Guy pecked her on the forehead before he got up and went to their bedroom so that he could get some well needed rest after the long night.

8am

Jac was wide awake sitting with a glass of water in the living room in her armchair with Zosia still fast asleep on the sofa. Despite only having three and a half hours sleep, her daughter wouldn't allow her to have anymore and Jac had given up trying to fight the inevitable movements that she couldn't prevent, as well as the heartburn, so she had taken some Gaviscon and sat down after deciding that she wasn't really in the mood for swimming. She glanced on he he coffee table besides her and saw her phone. Jonny needed a new phone, she remembered. And seeing as he certainly wouldn't have the money considering he only had a secondhand HTC wildfire in the first place, she decided that she would go out for a morning stroll to the high street, and she would get him a new phone using her credit card.

She got dressed, brushed her wavy hair and left Jonny a note before she left the house ready to haggle with the staff in a phone shop to get the best contract possible- she had the money of course, she just enjoyed the satisfaction of getting something as cheap as she could because she didn't like the idea of being conned.

9am

Mo, Mr T, Zosia and Guy were all relaxing in the living room with the TV volume on low because everyone was still tired with a bit of a headache from being kept up all night, but none of them were the kind of people who could sleep during the day. Besides, if they did sleep during the day, then they wouldn't sleep at night and it would be a never ending cycle. They all sat there slowly eating their breakfast -relieved that the man had been caught- when Jonny walked in and plonked himself down in the armchair.

"Well you look like you're in a mood." Mo stated.

"Jac left a note on my bedside table saying she's gone to the shops and she'll be back in a bit but I don't know how long ago she left so she could've been gone hours." Jonny said angrily.

"Jonny, she's a grown woman, not a little girl." Mo stated.

"Who is heavily pregnant and could go into labour at any moment." Jonny argued. Mo was about to reply when the front door opened and Jac came in with two carrier bags. "Where have you been?" Jonny asked as he tried to shield his anger.

"To get you this. Happy birthday." Jac said sarcastically as she dropped one of the bags on Jonny's lap.

"And what's in the Boots bag?" He queried as he nodded to the bag that was in her hand.

"Feminine toiletries that you don't need to know about." Jac stated bluntly before she waddled off to dump the bag containing pantyliners, breast pads and bio oil (for potential stretch marks) in the bottom of her wardrobe.

Jonny opened the bag to find a £50 iTunes card, along with a box wrapped in plain blue wrapping paper.

"Bloody hell!" He laughed after he had unwrapped the box.

"What? What is it?" Mo asked.

"The iPhone 5c 32gb." He smiled as he twisted the box in his hands. Jac came in, took the box and iTunes card off of him and sat on his lap because he was sitting on her armchair.

"You needed a new phone, and I tried using your SIM card from your old phone but it's screwed so it's a new SIM, but I've put all of the contacts that I have that you'll need on there, you can get the rest from Mo, and I even downloaded flappy bird for you. And it's got a 12 month contract with everything included." Jac explained as she took the white iPhone with a blue case out of the box. "Oh, and I logged into your iTunes account on there so it's got all your music. By the way, you really should change your iTunes password to something less immature." Jac stated.

"Jac, thank you so much." Jonny smiled as he unlocked the phone using 1234, before he went onto the flappy bird app to see that the high score was 8. "How long did it take you to get that far?" He smirked.

"Two hot chocolates, a mango and passion fruit smoothie, two muffins and a bacon roll far." Jac stated proudly.

"What?!" Jonny shrieked.

"Well I went to costa coffee so I could set up your phone and I didn't want to sit in there without buying something but it took a while so..." Jac trailed off. "Besides, I've been up all night, I built up an appetite and I walked to and from the high street." She protested.

"Right, okay." Jonny smirked. "Watch this." Jonny said as he pressed start on the flappy bird app. He had his arms wrapped around Jac and rested the phone in her lap in front of her bump with his head tucked on her shoulder.

"Pft, yeah good one." Jac snorted as Jonny only got two.

"Wait, that was a warm up." Jonny stated before he pressed play again. Jac watched Jonny as he successfully made it through the pipes at the beginning, until he failed at 32 points. "Beat that!" He smiled.

"Yeah, but that's because some of us actually work when we're on Darwin, others just sit at the nurses station and play this." Jac stated.

"How did you know?" Jonny shrieked.

"I have my sources." Jac stated as she glanced at Mo before she got up and waddled to the toilet.

"Well seeing as it's Wednesday and we've only got a few days left, why don't we go down to the sea front? I need to get a few gifts for people and we've got to dip our toes in the sea while we're here eh?" Guy suggested to his daughter.

"Um, yeah sure but we need to take a detour and get some more almond milk." Zosia stated.

"Right, how're you feeling this morning?" Mr T asked as he and Mo pulled the duvet straight on their bed after they had gotten changed for the day.

"Bit tired but, the cramps have gone." Mo replied.

"Brilliant, so what do you want to do today?" He queried.

"Um... Ooh, i saw in that leaflet that they rent kayaks on the seafront, maybe we could do that." Mo suggested.

"In the freezing cold water with tough seas because of the storm and icy water? No thanks." Mr T concluded.

"Okay, how about... We go shopping?"

"As in clothes shopping?" He queried and Mo smiled.

"Of course."

"Um, go on then." He sighed and Mo squealed.

"Remind me to put my name in everything I buy to stop Adele from nicking them." Mo added as she grabbed her hand bag.

"Right," Jac began as she picked up her bikini from her wardrobe whilst Jonny was busy playing with his new phone and downloading apps like there was no tomorrow. "I'm going swimming, use the £50 iTunes card to keep you occupied." Jac ordered before she went into the bathroom to get changed. When she came out, Jonny was no where to be seen so she picked up her towel, tied her hair up in a bun and then went to the pool where she found Jonny lying on one of the sun loungers next to the pool. "Go away." Jac moaned as she kept the towel firmly wrapped around her.

"What? I'm occupied aren't I?" Jonny protested smugly.

"Yeah but... But... Oh fine but if you say one thing I'll rip your-"

"Understood." Jonny smiled. Reluctantly, once Jonny was looking at his phone, Jac put the towel on another sun lounger and then got into the pool via the steps at the shallow end.

Mo and Mr T arrived at the shopping centre via taxi and considering it was only a Wednesday morning, it was fairly quiet.

"Hey, they've got a market there." Mo said as she pointed around the corner before the entrance of the building. "Why don't we get some fresh fruit for later, and some salad stuff for lunch?" She suggested.

"Well I'm definitely gonna need something to give me energy after last night so I don't see why not." He concluded.

"Speaking of which, I need a can of red bull." She stated as she headed to a small boots shop and went to the snacks and drinks.

"So you're a transplant slash cardio doctor, yet you'll have a can of red bull?" Mr T stated confusedly.

"It's only one can and I haven't had one for months." Mo stated. "Besides, you're a gynae doctor and it's not as if you've never had unprotected sex before." She added.

"Yes but I trust you enough that you don't have any infections plus, you had the STI screening and I saw your results." Mr T said smugly.

"Yeah, remind me to never go on online dating ever again." Mo grimaced at how stupid she had been.

"You won't need to, you've got me." He smiled cheekily.

"Wow, that wasn't cheesy!" Mo laughed as she paid for the can of energy drink.

Zosia and Guy walked along the sea front as they began the long walk back to their lodge. Zosia had two small boxes of Scottish shortbread and two sticks of rock for Dom and Arthur, along with a postcard of an Aberdeen coast for her to stick on her pinboard in her bedroom. Guy had a box of shortbread for Colette, and a pack of cards with the Scottish flag on the back of them for him to practice his tricks in the lodge for the few remaining days of their trip.

"Why don't we get something for lunch along here?" He suggested as he stopped outside a fish and chip shop.

"It depends, some chip shops use animal oils to fry things in, or they fry fish and chips in the same vat." Zosia stated so she stepped inside and approached the counter where a man who had been reading the newspaper stood up and smiled.

"What can I get you?" He asked cheerily in a thick Scottish accent.

"Before we order, which oil do you fry your chips in?" Zosia queried sheepishly.

"Vegetable oil." He replied confidently.

"And do you fry chips and meat separately?" She asked.

"No, we don't lass." He replied.

"Sorry, I can't eat here." Zosia stated before she left with her father in tow.

"Well you handed that rather well." Guy smirked.

"Funnily enough, I've had to do that quite a few times." Zosia stated as they continued walking back to the lodge.

"That's a shame though, I am starving. Maybe we could take a detour to the small high street and get something from the supermarket." He suggested.

"Sure." Zosia agreed. "Actually, do you wanna try that chip shop first?" She suggested as she nodded to another fish and chip shop mere meters ahead of them.

"Yep, leave it to me." He concluded as he opened the door and confidently stepped in. He firmly hit the bell which let out a high pitched ding, and moments later, a friendly woman with her long brown hair in a high ponytail came to the counter.

"Sorry 'bout the wait, how can I help?" She smiled.

"Which oil do you fry your chips in?" Guy raised an eyebrow to which Zosia smirked.

"Vegetable oil sir." She replied confusedly.

"And do you fry your chips and meat in the same oil?" He asked as he leant on the counter.

"Um, we fry them both in vegetable oil, but we have separate fryers if that's what you mean." She replied. Guy turned and looked at his daughter wondering whether that meant they could buy from there.

"Two portions of chips please." Zosia smiled as she stepped forward so a Guy let out a sigh of relief to Zosia's amusement. "Oh and, a cup of curry sauce too please." She added.

"Curry sauce?" Guy whispered to Zosia as the lady turned behind her and began preparing their meal.

"Look, there's a 'V' next to it on the menu so it hadn't got any meat in it and I've made curry sauce before, there isn't any other animal products in it." Zosia replied quietly. They waited patiently until they were handed a carrier bag, they paid and then they went and sat on a bench looking out onto the sea.

"One thing of chips for you." He stated as he placed the large paper wrapped parcel on his daughter's lap. "One for me, and one curry sauce to share." He stated as he put the second parcel on his lap, and then the large cup of curry sauce on the bench in between them.

"Thank you." Zosia smiled as she began eating- her father had insisted on paying for the two of them.

"You're welcome." He replied. "Mmm, oh my god that's heaven!" He announced. "I think that's the most unhealthiest thing I've eaten in the last what? Like 10 days!" He laughed. Having a vegan diet had resulted him having no fast food -until then- or anything particularly unhealthy because most unhealthy foods like pizza, fried chicken, kebabs etc, all had meat or cheese in them.

"I am proud of you. I have to admit I didn't think you'd last this long." Zosia concluded as she dipped a chip in curry sauce before she put it in her mouth.

"Nice to see how little faith you have in your father." Guy chuckled.

"Well considering the amount of times you tried to give up smoking, and alcohol, do you blame me?" Zosia replied.

"No, I guess you're right." He sighed and the two ate in a fairly comfortable silence with the sound of the wife's crashing on the beach creating a calm atmosphere. "When, we go back to Holby, will you just try going into theatre?" He queried.

"But-"

"Zosia, I'm not blackmailing you but I've been a vegan for two weeks to prove I can face a challenge. I've heard you're an excellent surgeon, and let's face it when Jac has her baby, Professor Hope is going to need quite a bit of help keeping up with the demands." He joked halfheartedly. "This is my challenge for you, just assist in theatre, once a day for two weeks, and we'll see how it goes from there. Yeah?"

"I suppose so." Zosia mumbled. "Though I'll be needing to work overtime to keep up with my studies and that'll mean extra pay." Zosia stated sheepishly.

"Zosia, I can help you with money. Honestly, name your price and I can write a cheque when we get back to Holby." He stated.

"£100,000." Zosia said jokily.

"Done." Guy agreed.

"Wait, what?"

"Done, I'll write you the cheque when we go home." Guy stated.

"How on earth do you have that sort of money to just throw around?" Zosia shrieked.

"Well, I save money I suppose. But um, you remember when you were little and we used to take you to Poland to see Mama's parents in their massive home?" He asked.

"Yeah, and I used to go horse riding there." Zosia stated.

"Well when they passed away when you were little, they left everything to your mother including all of the land with their property, and we had no use for it, so we sold it. After your mother died, everything of hers was left to me, but I'm sure she'd want you to have some." Guy explained. "Honestly, Zosia, you need the money a lot more than I ever will."

"Well um... Thanks." Zosia smiled gratefully.

"So how much of your student loan do you have left?" He smirked.

"About £73,000." Zosia replied quietly.

"And how much was it when it was at it's highest?" He asked.

"About £97,000. Give or take a few grand." Zosia admitted reluctantly.

"Bloody hell Zosia!" Guy laughed.

"What?" Zosia protested, but she too ended up trying to conceal a laugh.

"How much are you on now?" He asked once he'd composed himself.

"About £22,600 this year, and then it'll go up to about £28,000 next year." Zosia stated.

"That's shockingly poor!" Guy laughed again and Zosia elbowed him in playful annoyance.

Mo and Mr T walked out of New Look with a few shopping bags after going around the place, when Mo thought of an idea.

"How about we get you a Christmas jumper?" Mo suggested.

"What for?" Mr T asked confusedly.

"Well you're coming to the Effanga open house for christmas and you can't turn up without a christmas jumper." Mo smiled.

"The Effanga open house?" He queried.

"Yeah, plenty of food, booze, noise and more booze." Mo grimaced at the thought of last year when she had had to stay upstairs with her nieces, nephews and younger cousins and, basically, babysit them. Though this year she would be able to put someone else in that position and stay downstairs with the other grown ups, showing off her boyfriend.

"Sounds like my kinda party." Mr T smiled.

6pm

All six of the group were ready to continue with the pool tournament once more because they wanted to get it finished before they went back to Holby. Jac was very comfortable sitting on top of two bean bags in her leggings and hoodie with a plate with two toasted waffles and melted Nutella on it whilst Jonny sat besides her on the floor- he had given up his beanbag for her so she'd be comfortable. Zosia and Guy were leaning against the wall waiting whilst Mo and Mr T look at their sheet of paper with the fixtures and results on it, as they decided who was going to play that night.

"Right, up first, is Mo vs Jac." Mr T announced.

"Ugh... Hold that, and do not eat anything." Jac threatened as she handed Jonny her plate with a half eaten waffle left on it. and then heaved herself up onto her feet. "Wait, I need the toilet first." Jac stated before she waddled out of the room.

"I swear, the woman goes about thirty times a day." Guy joked halfheartedly.

"It's because the baby's on her bladder. She only passes a little bit of urine each time because her bladder can't hold much." Jonny proudly defended his partner.

"Well what's she been like in theatre then? Some cardio procedures are like 12 hours long, if not longer." Guy queried curiously.

"She can hold it a really long time if she wants to, she just prefers not to when she's got easy access to the toilet." Jonny stated.

"And I'm usually paged so the consultant can have a potty break." Mo smiled.

"Although, she did get caught out once." Jonny admitted- he couldn't hide it much longer, it was just so temping.

"Really, what happened?" Guy asked.

"Elliot was at St James' all day, and I was in the other theatre, so she had to wait until I could come and take over. Jonny said she was extremely desperate. Then she left the theatre as soon as I got there, but when I stood at the side of the operating table, there was a tiny yellow puddle on the floor, bless her!" Mo explained as she tried not to laugh.

Jonny smiled too but his face dropped when he noticed Jac was standing in the doorway. She was visibly angry, upset and embarrassed at the same time so she quickly turned on her heel and headed for their bedroom. Mo and Jonny both decided not to go after her because they had been the cause of her mood swing, understandably of course. So instead, Zosia went after Jac and found her sitting on the edge of her and Jonny's double bed with both of her hands cradling her bump. It was not going to be an easy conversation...

8pm

After calling it a day for the pool tournament, everyone decided to have an early night after their previous restless night. Jac and Jonny hadn't said much, in fact they hadn't spoken -except a sorry from Jonny- since she'd walked away, though the pregnant woman and Zosia definitely got on more that evening than ever before. Jac waddled to her bedroom with Jonny in tow. She got changed in the bathroom, and then slipped under the covers. Riskily, whilst in only his boxers, Jonny got into bed and wrapped his arms around Jac's body. She made no attempt to shove him off, but she didn't embrace his hold either.

"I meant what I said, I'm so sorry. But technically, it was Mo who told the others, not me. I don't think I'd have gone into that much detail." Jonny said softly. "Please, can we forget about it, besides, it was an accident, and you shouldn't be as embarrassed as you are."

"Just go to bed." Jac sighed as she pulled the duvet up to her chin. Jonny did the same, he would just have to see what kind of mood she was in in the morning.

Mo and Mr T slipped into their double bed, under the duvet and flicked the light out.

"How about we go ice skating tomorrow?" Mo suggested sleepily.

"Only, after a long lie in." Mr T replied.

"You're sexy when you're sleepy you know that?" She smiled.

"I think I'm dreaming." Mr T joked as he wrapped his arms around her abdomen.

"Trust me, I'm very much real." Mo replied seductivley.

"You in?" Guy queried as he stood in his pyjama shorts and tshirt by the door with his hand on the light switch.

"Shut up, I'm tryin' to sleep." Zosia moaned from under the covers.

"I'll take that as a yes." Guy said sarcastically as he flicked the light off, and then climbed into bed himself. "Goodnight darling." Guy sang rather loudly causing Zosia to wrap her pillow around her head. "Goodnight dad, hope you sleep well." Guy said sarcastically before he too settled down for the night so eye could catch up on some well needed sleep.

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