"Jac..." Jonny started.
"Together together. If that's what you want." Jonny smiled putting his arm around her lower back pulling her slightly closer to him. " But we are going to do it properly this time. Okay? We aren't going to hide it. There will be no secrets. No lies, honesty will be the key. And you, You need to talk, don't keep everything bottle up okay. Talk to me."
"I will Jonny. I really will." Jac replied resting her head on his shoulder. Slowly the lift grinded to a halt.
"Ready to face the world?" Jonny asked offering her his hand.
"As ready as I can be." Jac replied accepting his offer. And exiting the lift onto the chaos which was Darwin under the control of Professor Hope.
Soon after Jac have returned to the ward it was back to controlled chaos. The rest of the shift past without a hitch, and surprisingly nobody seemed to notice the Consultant and Nurse where finally getting on again. As Jac and Jonny's shifts drew to a end and night began to fall, the atmosphere on the seemed different. Not a unfamiliar different just something Jac hadn't felt in a while. A sense of belonging. The first step on the road to happiness.
While Jac was waiting for Jonny to change from his scrubs she decided now would be a good time to sort through the piles of paperwork on her desk which had been multiplying ever since the diagnosis. Knowing how long Jonny took she knew she would have a good 30 minutes to crack on. Jac had only just started when the phone in the office started to ring. Reluctantly she picked it up thinking it would just be a quick give the details and go phone call.
"Jac Naylor."
"Aha Ms Naylor. Its Mr Thompson. Your urine results have come In from the lab. I think its best you come back to gyne so I can talk you through exactly what happens next."
"What do you mean? What happens next? It's gotten worse hasn't it?"
"No No nothing like that. I just think it will be better to explain to you face to face."
"Well I'm sorry but I'm busy so can you just tell me so I can get on with what im supposed to be doing thank you."
"Very well Ms Naylor. Your pregnant." Mr T announced.
Jac was temporally stunned to silence. She Jac Naylor, Super bitch with no maternal bone in her body was pregnant. But how, it wasn't possible. The path laid out for her dark, misty and ALONE. It couldn't be right. They must have made a mistake.
"Right I see..." Jac replied after a moment.
" Well we will need to make you an appointment in the next few days, it discuss the possible complications. I would suggest you bring along the father as well these discussions aren't the easiest."
"Right okay." Jac told him before the line went dead.
Jac sat at her desk. The paperwork now the last thing on her mind. She looked down at her flat stomach. Was there really another human being growing inside of her. The concept felt alien. Jac was well out of her comfort zone here. She was good with babies. She had the ability to stop them from crying she had proved that other the years. But having a child of her own, someone who would relay on her for life.
Jac sat there for many minutes lost in her thoughts. When Jonny walked in. He headed straight over to her. As he approached he could see something in her eyes. Fear? Shock? Confused?
"Jac? Jac are you alright?" Jonny asked.
"Sorry. Erm Yes...No...Oh Jonny we have made such a mess of things."
"I don't follow Jac. What have we made a mess of?" Jonny asked confusement present in his voice. Surely she wasn't having second thoughts about staring again.
"It's to soon. We are too fragile for this. It will rip us apart..." Jac whispered clearly just saying her thoughts out loud not at all answering Jonny's previous question.
"What will rip us apart Jac?" Jonny was now well and truly confused at Jac's words.
"Do you remember the night Tara died? The night we spent together. The night you regarded as a mistake.
He really shouldn't be here!"
"I dont know. At least he's working throught it."
"He buried his wife this morning!"
"Which means we're already a doctor down!"
"If you take a peek out from under the funeral pall. You'll notice that we still have a ward to run."
"Wow!" .
Your all heart you know that!"
"Just stating a fact."
"On the day that Tara died you were feeling so vulnerable..."
"I don't remember you kicking me out of bed."
"We made a mistake. That won't happen again."
"Well I'm glad we've clarfied things."
"I'm remember Jac. But what has that got to do with ripping us apart?"
"That night we achieved the almost impossible. I'm pregnant Jonny." Jac whispered.
Bit of a cliffhanger. I thought here would be a good place to leave it. The next chapter will be set 4 weeks after Jonny finds out she is pregnant. I wouldn't usually have this big of time gap but it is necessary to move the story one. As always hope it was okay.
Until next time...