"Will you stop figeting!" Jonny said jokily as Jac once again tried to get comfortable on top of him.
"Well it's your bloody fault I need the toilet anyway." Jac moaned as she tried to block out the sound of the rain sill pouring onto the roof of the car. It had been nearly an hour and Michael could just about see the exit from the motorway for the services.
"Michael, use the hard shoulder." Jac demanded.
"Jac I don't think that the rest of the traffic would be happy if I did that."
"Yeah well the rest of the traffic isn't pregnant." Jac snapped as she glared at Michael. He didn't even have to turn around because he could feel her eyes burning him.
"Fine, your death wish." Michael joked as he pulled into the clear hard shoulder. Michael drove down the 100m stretch to the exit, Jac slowly began to sit up into her own seat as Jonny sat up too. Several horns began beeping them and two people rolled down their windows shouting abuse at them.
"Told you. Hey!" Michael exclaimed as a mostly empty can of coke hit the window that Jac was sitting next to. To say it scared the crap out of her would be an understatement.
Michael pulled into the services and parked up in a space that had just become available right outside of the entrance. The car park was completely packed, as was the services. As they pulled up, Jac quickly got out and speed-walked into the building covering her head slightly from the rain. Jonny got out and pulled the seat forward, allowing Elliot and Mo to climb out, Sacha and Michael got out too. They all quickly ran under the canopy, escaping the rain.
"Here, Ive still got these." Jonny said as he got out the credit cards and money, handing them back to Mo and Elliot as he kept his and Jac's.
"Right, I suggest we all get some supplies seeing as we're not gonna get home until tomorrow morning probably.
"And how do you suggest I entertain a moody pregnant ice queen for hours on end in a confined space?" Jonny asked worriedly.
"Buy her a chew toy?" Michael joked. "Meet back at the car at 4:30pm okay?" Michael said as he looked at his watch and saw that it was 4:14pm.
Jac didn't know that they were meeting so Jonny ran towards the toilets. He waited outside the ladies until Jac came out.
"Listen, we're meeting back at the car at 4:30, just wait here a minute while I take a leak yeah?"
"And why would I wait for you?"
"Because I have your credit card, money and your phone." Jonny stated cheekily as he walked into the men's toilets.
Jac patted her pockets in her scrub trousers before she realised that he must have taken her phone whilst she asleep earlier.
After a minute or two, Jonny returned.
"Give me my things." Jac demanded.
"There should be a please in there somewhere." He joked.
"Jonny give me my things." She repeated.
"No, come on. We need to get some food and drink for tonight, but we've got to be quick." Jonny said as he and Jac walked into the small Mark's and Spencer's.
Jonny picked up a basket and followed Jac who walked straight to the drinks aisle. She picked up a bottle of water and dumped it in the basket. Jonny rolled his eyes and grabbed himself one too.
"You really think that you should be drinking considering we only just avoided an accident just now?"
"Not listening." Jac replied as she walked towards the prepared food. She skipped the sandwiches and baguettes and picked up two decent sized boxes of fruit. One was mixed melon and the other mixed berries.
"I don't like melon, or strawberries." Jonny stated.
"So? They're for me not you." Jac stated adamantly.
"Oh." Jonny muttered as he picked up a packet of apple and grapes. Jonny walked towards the packaged food and Jac padded behind him. Jonny picked up a packet of trail mix and a bag of Percy pigs.
Jonny looked up at Jac. He caught her just as she was yawning. Again. She looked away and began walking towards the end of the aisle. Jonny followed her and she picked up a box of paracetamol and placed it in the basket.
"Endo pains?" Jonny asked quietly and Jac nodded. Jonny put his arm around Jac's shoulders and realised that she was still quite cold. He then walked towards the front, guiding Jac with him, where all the common travel items were. Jonny picked up two thick, furry double blankets and a travel kit for Jac which contained a spongy neck pillow, an eye mask and ear plugs which he hoped would block out any thunder and lightening so that she could sleep. He picked up a pack of chewing gum to give him something to do.
They both walked to the self service tills. Jonny scanned all of the items and paid whilst Jac stood next to him. Once Jonny picked up the two bags, he and Jac walked past the cafe and Jonny stopped to look at his watch.
"Do you want to get something hot to eat from the cafe? We've still got time." Jonny asked softly. Jac shook her head as she took the box of paracetamol out of the bag but Jonny gently took the box out of her hand.
"Darlin' you need to eat. And it might upset your stomach a little if you take these without food."
"That's ibuprofen you idiot." Jac mumbled jokily.
"I know but I though you might be too tired to be all clinical now! You can take these and then have something to eat. How about two slices of toast then?" Jonny asked optimistically.
"Half a slice."
"One and a half." Jonny tried to bargain.
"1 slice and that's as high as I'm going."
"1 slice and a hot chocolate for the car to warm you up... That's settled then." Jonny said as he walked straight up to the counter because there was no queue.
Soon Jac and Jonny stood by the entrance, it was nearly 4:30pm and Jac had eaten most of a slice of toast. Jonny had eaten two slices coated in a thick layer of Jam. Jac stood at the entrance sipping her hot chocolate as they waited for the others.
"Have the painkillers kicked in yet?" Jonny whispered in Jac's ear, scaring her a little.
"No. Well, they have but, paracetamol barely even takes the edge off of it. That's why I'm on prescription pain killers." Jac replied quietly. "Listen, Sacha and Michael don't know about my endometriosis and that's how I want it to stay okay?"
"If that's what you want, sure." Jonny said sweetly. "We can just say you've got a headache or you think your coming down with the flu so you just want some peace and quiet." Jonny said as he tried to help Jac to conceal her secret.
"I think I am coming down with something actually."
"Why? What symptoms you got?" Jonny asked as he looked into her eyes.
"Bit of a headache, achy all over, bit of a sore throat and-" Jac was interrupted as she sneezed. "A blocked nose." She finished.
"Aaaw, is my wittle Jac feeling under de weather?" Jonny said childishly as he put his arm around her shoulders.
Just as he did so, Michael, Sacha, Mo and Elliot arrived all quite cheerful and happy considering their several hour long impending journey. All of them had a bag each containing food, drink and things to entertain them.
Michael had a coffee in his hand as well as several energy drinks in his bag to give him the energy to drive for the night. But Jac soon got a whiff of the coffee and she quickly ran outside, to the edge of the shelter and vomited into the bushes.
Jonny ran out after her and once she had finished vomiting, he pulled her back a little under the shelter so that she wasn't in the rain. Jac fell into Jonny's chest and tucked her head under his chin as Michael walked up to them- coffee free.
"Jac, I'm sorry. I didn't know." Michael said sincerely. Jonny knew she wouldn't want to talk so he smiled at Michael.
"She'll be alright, just give her a minute." Jonny whispered. Michael nodded and walked away.
After a few minutes, Jac slipped out of Jonny's arms. "You ready?" Jac nodded so they made their way quickly to the car where Mo and Elliot had already jumped in the back. Michael's car was fairly high so climbing into it caused Jac quite a bit of discomfort. She groaned quietly which of course didn't go unnoticed. Jonny heard her but dismissed it because if he said anything, he might give Jac's endometriosis secret away.
"Jac? You alright?" Sacha asked as he turned to see that Jac had paled considerably in the last few minutes although she had just been sick. Jac immediately looked at Jonny. He could see in her eyes that she was pleading him for help.
"She's coming down with a bit of flu I think. So shes a bit achy." Jonny said which made Jac relax a little. Sacha nodded sympathetically and Michael pulled away with the heating back on full. Once they had joined the never ending traffic and were pretty much at a standstill, Jonny began to get Jac comfortable again.
Jonny undone his seatbelt quietly and patted his lap, signalling for Jac to sit on him but she shook her head in pain. He looked behind him and saw Mo mouth 'she in pain?' To him. Jonny nodded and put two pillows behind him against the car door. Jonny leant against the car door and put his feet up on the seat. He undone Jac's seat belt and put his hands under her arms, before he gently heaved her onto his lap. Jac groaned quietly again but everyone was kind enough to leave it without asking Jac questions.
Jac was sitting on Jonny's lap and he got the travel kit out of the bag. He put the neck pillow on Jac, then he pulled the two thick double blankets on top of himself and Jac, and tucked them in at the sides. He passed Jac the ear plugs and eye mask.
Jac fiddled around with them in her hands before she turned around and looked at Jonny.
"Put them on and have nap, if there's any thunder and lightening you won't know so you can relax." Jonny whispered into Jac's ear. Reluctantly, Jac put the ear plugs in securely and put the eye mask on. She turned onto her side, facing the back of the seats and pressed her ear against Jonny's chest listening to his strong steady heart beat.
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