Jac woke up at 4am. It was still raining but she hadn't heard any thunder in a while. She felt sick. Really sick. She was stuck in a hotel room with three of her colleagues and she was suffering from morning sickness, as well as that, they all knew her worst fear and she had already broke down crying in front of them. Great.
Jac slowly and carefully slipped out of Jonny's grip and into the bathroom. She shut the door behind her. She sat on the floor next to the toilet with her knees up to her chest and she rested her head against the towel rack.
At 4:20am, Mo woke to the sound of retching and spluttering in the bathroom. She looked over at the double bed to see that only a sleeping Jonny was there so she got up and grabbed the bottle of water on Jac's bedside cabinet. Mo quietly opened the bathroom door, entered and closed it behind her so that they didn't wake Elliot or Jonny.
"Mo please go away." Jac whispered as she collapsed against the wall.
"It's alright, I've been there." Mo said softly as she handed Jac the water.
"Thanks." Jac murmured.
"How long have you been awake?" Mo asked as she knelt in front of Jac.
"Not long."
"Jac, I know when your lying... Do you want me to get Jonny?"
"No." Jac stated firmly. "Please don't." Jac pleaded as she wrapped her arms around her stomach.
"It's fine I won't." Mo said as she gently rubbed Jac's arm. "Jesus, Jac you're freezing. Come on, go back to bed."
Jac could only shake her head before she quickly got to her knees and vomited again. Mo gently rubbed her cold back in circular motions.
"You finished?" Mo asked quietly and Jac nodded.
Mo stood up, flushed the toilet and helped Jac to stand up. She guided her back to bed and tucked her in. Just as Mo placed another blanket on top of Jac, Jonny woke up.
"Hey," He croaked. "You okay, you look a little pale?"
"I'm fine, I'm just a little bit cold."
"Ur correction, she's freezing and she's not fine, she's just been sick at least twice." Mo stated. She wanted her best friend to know what the mother of his child was going through.
Jonny wrapped his arm around Jac's shoulders and felt her skin. "Jac you really are the ice queen aren't you?" He joked sarcastically. Surprisingly, although she wasn't in the mood for joking, she just tucked her head into her pillow and Jonny saw a couple of tears slip down her cheek. Mo sneaked back to bed and left Jonny to it.
"Jac, I'm sorry I didn't mean it." Jonny said, he felt really bad that he upset her.
"It's not you."
"Well what's wrong then?" Jonny asked as he wrapped his legs around her cold legs to warm them up.
"I just don't like anything at the moment. I know I'm going to sound like a moody cow but... Look at it from my point of view; I'm stuck in a room with three other people only one of which has the slightest idea of what I'm going through, I'm sick every morning, I've got a back ache, my boobs hurt and they're leaking. And besides all of that, I can't leave because of the flood and there's more rain and thunder and lightening on the way but I don't like thunder and lightening. And you just think I'm stupid for not liking it but I can't help it it just scares me."
The water works started again and Jac's tears were never ending. Jonny quickly pulled her into a hug.
"Jac, I don't think you're stupid at all. Everyone has their fears, I'll even tell you mine;" Jonny whispered to Jac, "I'm scared of injections."
"Now you're just taking the p-"
"Honestly. I can give them, but I can never have them. I absolutely hate injections, they make me all sweaty and panicky."
"Really?" Jac asked quietly as she looked up into Jonny's eyes.
"Really." Jonny reassured Jac. "Right, come on let's get a few hours shut eye eh?" Jonny said as he turned Jac over so that she was facing away from him. Then he wrapped the duvet around them, placed his hand gently on her stomach and they slowly fell asleep...