"Table for two please." Jonny requested as he reached the podium outside the Italian restaurant. As he waited, for the waiter to organise a table for the two, Jonny slipped his arm around Jac's waist. Jac looked at Jonny and reluctantly, slipped her hand around his waist too. Jac looked up at the cloudy dark grey sky.
"Right this way sir." The waiter said. Jonny flickered his eyebrows at Jac and smiled childishly because they called him sir. Jac rolled her eyes at him and followed him through to their table. The waiter pulled Jac's chair out for her and tucked her in and handed the two menus.
"What would you like to drink madam?" The waiter asked
"Um, I'll have a still water please."
"Sir?"
"I shall also have the still water please."
"Very well." The waiter walked off and Jac was trying hard not to laugh at Jonny.
"What?" He asked worrying about his suit and tightening his tie.
"You trying to talk posh!" Jac composed herself. "You can have a beer you know you don't have to have water."
"No, I wish to remain sober because want to remember tonight."
"Really? And why is that?"
"Because I'm spending it with you."
"Was that supposed to be a soppy moment?"
"Of course not."
"And you're not spending the night with me, we're in separate beds remember?"
"Definitely. How can I forget that look in your eyes when I put your suitcase on the double bed!?" He joked. Sensing Jac felt a bit awkward, he changed the subject. "So, what are you going to have?"
"I think I'll have the... Tomato and Basil risotto." Jac replied.
"Very healthy." Jonny stated as he raised his eyebrows. "I'll have the spaghetti and meatballs."
After they had finished, Jonny paid and guided Jac outside only to find that is was pouring down! Jac stopped immediately under the canopy but Jonny walked out into the rain, turned around to look at Jac.
"Come on. Live a little!" He shouted. It was dark and murky. They were both dressed formally, and Jonny wanted to have fun in the rain.
"No! It's chucking it down!"
"So! Come on, we can run back to the hotel!" Jonny joked. Surprisingly, Jac agreed and Jac soon followed Jonny running through the semi-crowded street. They were dodging people left, right and centre. Jac's straightened hair was now wavy and flowing freely behind her. It was now a race between the two of them who could get to the hotel first. They only ran for a couple of minutes before they reached the hotel and Jonny reached the doors first but he held them open for Jac.
Jac and Jonny returned to their hotel room at 7:15pm. Mo and Elliot were sat watching TV when the two, dripping wet, burst into the room.
"Have a nice time?" Elliot asked smiling as the two walked towards the sofas beaming.
"Yeah great thanks. Although, If we ever go to an Italian again, you are not have spaghetti!" Jac remarked as she looked at the several tomato stains on Jonny's light blue shirt that had been slightly washed away by the rain.
"It was an accident!" Jonny protested. "Right well I'm getting changed."
"Me too." Jac said. "What did you two have for dinner then?" Jac shouted from the bedroom.
"We went to the restaurant downstairs." Mo shouted back.
Soon, Jac and Jonny were in their pyjamas and they entered the main room. There were two sofas, each with room for two people on. Elliot was on one and Mo was on the other so Jac joined Mo and Jonny joined Elliot. They were sitting there for a few minutes watching the evening news before Elliot said, "horrible weather isn't it? Looks like it's going to be raining all night."
"Mm, lets hope it will have stopped by morning." Jonny said just before the weather forecast came on.
"Now for your 7 day weather forecast. Tonight, most of the England will see heavy downpours, maybe even with some thunder and lightening. They will continue until the early hours of tomorrow. However it will return throughout the week as frequent thunder storms are expected. Temperatures are not expected to go above 9 degrees Celsius. The met office are issuing flood warnings across the country especially in the south east. London is at a particularly high risk and it is advised to anyone in London to prepare for flooding. More information can be found on out website."
The four sat there in silence. Jac instinctively placed her hand on her stomach to calm her child. Elliot turned the TV off and suddenly there was a knock at the door. He got up and answered it. It was a member of staff from the hotel requesting to speak to everyone in the room. The other three got up and surrounded the door.
"Now this is only a quick warning as we have to warn the hundreds of people in the hotel at the moment. You might have heard that there is a high flood risk in London and so we must warn you that if the water threatens to enter the hotel, we will have to turn the water, gas and electricity off. I must also advise to you prepare. Unfortunately, the hotel cannot provide everyone with supplies yet because out delivery is not until tomorrow, and if it does flood, it is likely the delivery is cancelled so, I advise you to go to the nearest shops and prepare. You'll need bottle water, food and torches. Sorry I cannot explain more but I have to warn everyone else." He explained as he turned around and knocked on the opposite door. Elliot closed the door and turned to face the others.
"Shall we drive home and forget the conference?" Jonny asked as he feared for the safety of Jac and his baby. He slipped his arm around her waist. She was frozen still but Mo checked out of the window.
"I think everyone else has had that idea before you." Mo said as she saw the traffic out of the window. You couldn't even see the Tarmac there were so many cars, not only that but despite the traffic lights being green, no one was moving at all. The pavements were chaos as well, people in suits were running in all directions.
"No, we can't the roads are blocked. We should go back to tescos, get supplies in and stay in here. We're on the third floor so we'll be okay." Mo said. Jac still wasn't moving she was guarding her stomach with both hands.
"Right, we'll go to tescos then. We'll have to get as much as we can carry." Elliot said, he decided he should take charge being the oldest and most mature. Elliot noticed Jac's pale, shocked face. "Jac? Do you want to stay here?"
"No, I'm coming." She forced out after several moments of silence. Noticing something wasn't right, Jonny pulled Jac aside and spoke to her quietly.
"Jac, it's only a flood warning, it's not even certain that it will flood. There's nothing to worry about. We can go shopping, come back and just relax."
He was looking into Jac's eyes. Jac however was staring at the floor, here eyes were darting about the soft beige carpet.
"The baby will be fine." He added quietly.
"It's not that."
"Well, what is it then?"
"It's the storm... I'm astraphobic." She whispered.
"Which means?" He asked softly.
"I don't like thunder and lightening." She whispered so that Mo and Elliot couldn't hear, even though she knew they would more than likely find out soon enough. Jonny could tell by the tone of her voice that she was being serious and that she didn't just dislike storms, she was genuinely terrified.
"Right well, stay calm. You've got me, Mo and Elliot here. Besides, it hasn't started yet, it's only raining. Yeah?" Jac nodded. "Come here." Jonny slipped his arms around Jac and hugged her tightly.
After a couple of minutes, Jac reluctantly let go of him. And walked into the bedroom to get changed from her pyjamas, Jonny followed.
"Right, I'll just get my rucksack so I can carry more." elliot said as he slipped into the bedroom. The others obviously thought it was a good idea as they all quickly got bags too. They also put on waterproof coats. Jac was having difficulty zipping hers up because her hands were shaking so Jonny assisted her. He faced her, put both pieces of the zip together and slowly zipped it up, it was tight on her bump as he did so, that was his first touch of his child.
"Right, is everyone ready?" Elliot asked and they nodded by the door. Jonny was stood with his arm around Jac's shoulder. Jac felt horrible, she haed being this weak and she wanted to throw Jonny's arm off of her. But she knew that the thought of being alone when the thunder and lightening started panicked her even more. "Right, when we leave the hotel try and stay together. When we get to the store we can split into pairs. Mo you come with me and Jac and Jonny stay together-" As Elliot said that, a thought ran through Jac's head of what she needed to get. "I want to go with Mo." She stated.
"What?" Jonny stated in a high voice.
"Right you go with Mo then," Elliot began, he didn't have time to argue. "Jonny stay with me." Mo looked slightly shocked. "We can get a small trolley each, I'm sure we can each carry a couple of bags and things in our bag. When you're ready, we can find each other and don't forget to get things that we don't need to cook because they might have to turn the power off." Elliot was speaking quickly. He wanted everyone to have a plan in their head so they didn't panic when they entered the chaotic street. "Jonathon and I shall get the water and things like torches and batteries. Ladies, you can get the food and I can pay when we finish. Any questions?" He asked slightly out of breath. He only left a second before continuing "no, good lets go."
Elliot walked out of the self locking door first, then Jac followed by Jonny and Mo who walked side by side. "Mo, keep an eye on her."
"Of course although dont let her hear that, she might castrate you." Mo joked trying to lighten the mood.
"I'm serious, she's..." Jonny contemplated telling Mo of Jac's fear and decided that it was for the best, "she's scared of thunder and lightening." Mo was about to laugh as the four entered the staircase.
"You serious?"
"Deadly, I think she's petrified of it."
"Well we're going to have a fun night aren't we?" Mo finished as the four entered the busy street.
Thanks for reading! I know that none of this would ever happen (mind you nothing I ever write about does!) so ignore the fact that The Thames has flood barriers, and that shops don't open at 8pm on a Sunday and the fact that its summer! Other than that it's very realistic *wink wink*
Pretty please can you review :)