Here's the second part, this is happening simultaneously as the previous part. Sorry for not uploading for a while, I've been away with no Internet grrrr.
The coffee hunt.
"You must really care for Jac to do this for her." Elliot stated as he and Jonny walked down the stairs.
"I do, I just... I wish that she'd admit to feeling the same way." Jonny said quietly as they reached the bottom of the staircase.
"She does Jonny, it's just she's a little... Hesitant to express her feelings normally."
"Why though? I mean I get that there are bad things that have happened to her I mean, is it her family because she's never said anything about that?" Jonny asked, hoping he would get somewhere with Elliot.
"Jonny, I know more than most but I really don't think that I should tell you. There are personal things that have happened to Jac some that involve her family and some that don't."
"Elliot please, just tell me. I promise that anything said now won't be brought back up. I just need to know why she's like the ice queen and there's a zero percent chance of Jac ever telling me. We're having a baby Elliot, I just want to know how I can get through to her, and to know that I need to know what has happened to her. Please." Jonny pleaded as they reached the hotel doors. Luckily, there were several steps up to the hotel from the street so the water was not coming in to the hotel. Elliot was still contemplating whether to tell him or not when He finally spoke.
"I suppose it'll take our minds off of the coldness of the water." Elliot replied as the two first plunged their feet into the water. It only came up to the top of their boot because they had only gone down one step but Jonny knew that if he didn't do this, Jac would be cold, scared, thirsty and upset because she had cried about not getting a coffee the other day because she was called into theatre. Elliot had to ask her to leave, although she needed no persuasion, because he couldn't risk her tears dropping into the patients chest.
It was still raining heavily.
They silently went further down until the water was up to their waist.
"Right come on then tell the gossip about Jac." Jonny joked as they made their way through the water up the hill.
"Well, there was a patient who attempted to rape Jac. He knocked her out and dragged her through the forest on hospital grounds."
"What! When?" Jonny said worriedly.
"Um, about five or six years ago I think. Then there was her mother. S-she came her as a patient suffering from kidney failure. She needed a transplant and she hadn't seen Jac since she was 12 years old... She tricked Jac into thinking that she wanted to make up and be like mother and daughter but she took Jac's kidney and went back to India. Jac got septic shock whilst she tried to find her before she left the country, I suppose that's the main reason that she has trust issues and why she shuts people out; it's because she's scared she's going to get hurt again. But you, Jonathan, will not have a problem with Jac, if you give her time to trust you, and never give her a reason not to trust you." Elliot explained.
"I won't. Is there anything else?" Jonny asked.
Elliot was thinking about whether to tell Jonny about the Joseph thing but he already knew some things so Elliot thought that he would leave it.
"No... Now seeing as I have told you what you want to know, I was wondering if you could help me?"
"Yeah sure, what's up?"
"What's wrong with Jac, medically speaking?"
"What makes you think there's anything wrong? She's just having a tough pregnancy."
"Mr Hanssen told me when Jac ran out of theatre because of abdominal pain a few months ago, and I've seen the amount of painkillers she goes through in a day. Is it something to do with her kidney?"
"No, no. It's just something personal."
"So were the things I told you about Jac."
"I really appreciate you telling me... but I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"She's worried that you won't let her operate."
"Jonathon, if it's putting patients at risk, I have to know and if you won't tell me then Ill have to request a copy of Jac's medical records from her."
"She's got... Endometriosis." Jonny said slowly. "She has flare ups sometimes, it used to be once a month but because she's pregnant, she doesn't have that problem at the moment... Please don't stop her from operating Elliot." Jonny said. He felt that he had to tell Elliot because Elliot had been so kind to Jonny.
"I won't, if you tell me when she has flare ups, I won't give her any theatre slots. But once the baby's here and her periods start again we can sort out something so that maybe she could have some time off once a month? Or maybe she could just do office work..." Elliot suggested sympathetically.
"Yeah I'm sure she'd love the fact that we'd know when she's on." Jonny joked.
"Well, I'm sure you probably do most of the time anyway so..." Elliot said cheekily.
"Oi!"
"I only meant because you spend so much time with her, and the fact that when she was on I'm sure it prevented you from taking part in certain... Activities..."
"Elliot!"
"Well you're not denying it so..."
"Right can we just focus on getting some coffee for Jac please?" Jonny said as he tried to change the subject. He assumed that this was payback for him and Jac patronising Elliot about his sex life, now it was his turn.
"Of course." Elliot replied smiling, they had been wading through the water for nearly five minutes now and Jonny was freezing. The rain had penetrated his so called 'waterproof' coat and his bottom half was submerged in the icy water so he was drenched to the bone.
Five more minutes passed in silence. Neither of them said a word and they were slowing down.
"Jonny, I think we should turn back now, t-there's not going to be anywhere selling coffee." Elliot said as he stopped dead in the water, Jonny kept moving.
"No. I-i have to d-do this, for J-Jac." He replied. Elliot moved as fast as his numb body would let him and he caught up with Jonny.
Jonny's phone began ringing and after 30 seconds of fumbling about because his hands were too cold to undo his pocket zip he picked up the phone.
"M-Mo?"
"Jonny? How cold are you?"
"Very. I-I. We're on... way back we'll 10... minutes." Mo was worried about Jonny's slurred speech. Jonny turned around and Elliot followed. Jonny didn't want to come back empty handed but he knew that Jac needed him.
"Right, can you pass the phone to Elliot please?" Jonny didn't reply, the next thing she heard was Elliot.
"Mo, I think Jonny's going hypothermic. I'm trying to get him back as fast as I can but, I don't want to risk moving too fast. Can you get-"
"Wait. Jac's hypothermic as well." Mo interrupted.
"Mild, moderate or severe?"
"I'd say she's in between mild and moderate... It's hard to tell without a thermometer. How's Jonny? is he okay?"
"It's not looking great I'd say he's in between moderate and severe. He's struggling to stay awake."
"No, no no no. I-I what about the baby? No we need to worry about Jac. But Jonny's worse I-"
"Mo, calm down. Take a deep breath. We're not far now. Just concentrate on Jac at the moment. Okay, I've got to go now."
"Right okay." Mo replied with the rain still pounding on Elliot's hood A she hung up the phone.
"We need to be quick, you're getting hypothermic." Elliot said without telling Jonny about Jac. He probably didn't even hear what Elliot had just said because Jonny was still silent, his eyes were drooping open and closed. He could barely keep them open.
Elliot wrapped his arm around Jonny's shoulder and pushed him gently, hoping that he would speed up a little, but he didn't.
After ten minutes of silent walking, they reached the hotel entrance. They got to the top of the stairs and Elliot tried to ring out as much water from his and Jonny's clothes, because Jonny was incapable of doing so himself.
Elliot practically carried Jonny up the stairs and he quickly ripped the keys out of his pocket, after several attempts to get the key into the lock, Elliot's shaking hand managed to unlock the door and he slammed it open.
Thanks for reading! Again, im Sorry for the long delay. The next chapter should be up soon, please review :)