Thanks for reading. Please leave a review if you have time. Thoughts, opinions and suggestions are all appreciated

As Ava was finishing off a fruit salad Jac had put together for her the flat buzzer rang out. Jac quickly answered the door hoping the noise wouldn't have disturbed Jasmine.

'Surprise!' Mo and Sacha both shouted as she answered the door.

'Shh!' Jac whispered as she let them in. 'What are you doing here?'

'We couldn't let Jasmine be subjected to your cooking on her first night with you so we've brought supplies for a stir fry' Mo whispered back. 'Why are we whispering?'

'Jasmine is asleep' Jac informed her.

'Not any more' Jasmine appeared behind her sister and smiled at the visitors. Her clothes had a crumpled appearance and her red hair was messily tied back off her face.

'My god you really do look like Jac!' Mo exclaimed as she took in the young girl's appearance 'I'm Mo' she offered Jasmine her hand.

'It's nice to meet you Mo' Jasmine said as she shook her hand 'I've heard all about you from Ava'

Sacha meanwhile took the opportunity to pull Jac into a big hug whilst she was momentarily distracted. 'Argh Sacha! Get off me!' Jac gave her friend a shove.

'Come on, lets make a start on this meal. Jonny should be home in about an hour if the nursing agency keeps its promises'. Mo laughed as she watched the pair of them. They made their way into the kitchen and Jac sat back down at the table with Ava. She had become used to Mo and Sacha turning up unannounced with offerings of food over the past year. She generally just let them get on with it guessing it helped them to feel they were doing something useful.

She watched as Jasmine mucked in with her two friends preparing the meat and vegetables for the meal. 'So do you regularly turn up with food for my sister or is this just because I'm here?' Jasmine asked, enjoying being able to do something practical.

'It's a semi regular thing' Sacha answered Jasmines question 'Jac is a terrible cook'.

'Come on Ava it must be way past your bath time.' Jac said loudly picking up the child and glaring at Sacha as she walked from the room. Jasmine made a mental note to add 'teach Jac basic cooking skills' to her bucket list.

Sacha merely chuckled as he sliced mushrooms. Mo waited until Jac was out of the room before quietly adding 'she doesn't eat so well because of what happened with Amelia. So this way she gets a good home cooked meal and Jonny gets a bit of break. It's the only way she'll let us help anyway.' Mo shrugged her shoulders helplessly.

'I know I can hardly talk but she is so skinny' Jasmine spoke quietly back 'when I first met her I thought she must have been ill.'

'She's still grieving' Sacha said as he rinsed the vegetables under the tap 'but she'll get there.'

Jonny arrived home a little before seven that evening. He was greeted by Ava who ran up to him with the cry of 'Uncle Jonny!'

Jonny scooped up Ava into his arms. 'Hello my wee miss' he softly kissed her cheek. 'Have you had a good day?'

Ava nodded her head 'Guess what Uncle Jonny?'

'What?' he smiled at the child

'Mummy has come to live with us here!' she exclaimed excitedly.

Jonny gave a mock gasp 'really?! Well that's great isn't it?' he grinned broadly at the child.

Ava nodded her head before yawning. Jonny walked with Ava still in his arms into the kitchen which he found full with his loved ones. 'Well hello everybody.'

'Hi Jonny' they chorused back at him.

Jonny set Ava on her feet and wrapped his fiancée into an embrace. He was pleased to see Jac was smiling and relaxed.

'Oi! Jonny Mac stop with the PDA and go yourself sorted out. Dinner will be ready in twenty minutes' Mo barked at her friend.

'This is our flat, it's hardly public' Jac complained as Jonny released her.

I'd better do as she says I know you've been giving her lessons in how to be a grumpy consultant.' Jonny cheekily kissed Jac's cheek as he left the room.

'I am not a grumpy consultant' Jac yelled after him 'I'm an efficient one. And anyway such lessons aren't needed because somebody still hasn't booked to sit their exams.'

'Oh that's true enough' Jonny yelled back from the bathroom. 'I think our Mo has the exam jitters.' They heard the sound of the shower being turned on.

'I do not have the exam jitters' Mo protested.

'Whatever.' Jac smirked at Sacha who couldn't contain a grin.

Ava suddenly gave a huge yawn. 'Whoa bedtime for you Munchkin.'Jasmine said taking the little girl by the hand.

'But I'm not sleepy mummy.' Ava protested as they walked from the room.

'Well we'll see about that' they heard Jasmine respond.

'That kid is just too cute for words' Mo changed the subject and then busied herself with cooking dinner.

After just ten minutes Jasmine returned. 'Out like a light' she said triumphantly as she sat down at the table next to her sister. 'I've been meaning to ask where the local church is here.'

'I can take you to one' Mo said over the top of the sound of the wok sizzling. 'Jac wouldn't have any idea what to do in one.'

'You don't believe in God?' Jasmine asked her sister. 'Didn't mum ever take you to church?'

'Yes she did on occasion and no I don't' Jac gave the simple answer.

'Oh. Well that's cool' her sister gave Jac a strange look as she thought for a moment. 'Then what do you think happens to you when you die?'

'I can give you the scientific answer in terms of your bodily remains if you want it' Jac took a sip of the cup of tea Sacha handed her.

'Er Jac we're about to eat so I think you should save that lovely description for another day' Sacha stepped in knowing the graphic detail with which Jac could describe the body's decomposing process.

'Yuk I don't want to know whether we're eating or not thanks.' Jasmine pulled a face. 'I meant what do you believe happens to your soul?'

'Well nothing'.

'So you think we go through all of this for nothing?' Jasmine asked.

'Yes.' Jac answered a bit bemused.

'Well that's comforting.'

'You're acting like I'm first atheist you've ever come across.' Jac gave her sister a bemused smile.

'I'm just surprised that's all. I mean I know you would have been brought up on a bit of religion because I was, or at least our mothers strange understanding of it. I guess I just thought that with you being a doctor you must witness some things that would be affirming.'

'You also witness a lot of things that would be un-affirming. Miracles just don't exist for me Jasmine because they can always be explained away by scientific fact and logic.' Jac tried to explain her reasons without going into too much depth.

'Huh'. Jasmine thought for a moment. 'But you believe in God Mo?' Mo nodded her head bemused at hearing Jac having a proper discussion with her sister. 'What about you Sacha?'

'Absolutely' Sacha nodded his head. 'I believe that whilst you can explain away miracles with reason, there has to be something somewhere that starts the process off. For me that has to be God.'

'I don't pretend religion has all the answers' Mo adds 'it's like Jac said we see a lot of things that have certainly made me question my faith. But sometimes that bad stuff is just chance and I don't believe God punishes by bestowing it upon people.'

Jac placed her hand on top her sisters. 'If it offers you comfort, then by all means, believe in your God. I know it comforts Jonny but for me there is no God.'

'I'll introduce you to the pastor at my church' Mo smiled kindly at Jasmine 'I always find talking to him helps.'

They ate their dinner discussing a variety of topics and Jasmine felt as though she had gotten to know Jac and Jonny a lot better during the past couple of hours. She felt as though she was being welcomed into their family which was wonderful and more than she hoped would happen when she had first formulated the plan the find her sister.

'So what's the strangest thing that has happened to you whilst working in a hospital?' Jasmine asked as Mo served up a cheesecake.

There was silence at the table whilst the four medical professionals thought about for a story that would be suitable for the dinner table.

After a minute Jac spoke. 'I was once stuck in a lift and blood stared dripping down on me from the ceiling.'

'You can't just make stuff up Jac' Jonny laughed.

'No wait! I've heard about this' Sacha said 'is this the story about the guy in the lift shaft who's arm got amputated by the lift pulley system?'

'That's the one' Jac says taking a small taste of cheesecake.

'Eurgh!' Sacha pulled a face 'I didn't actually think that rumour was true!'

'Ask Ric Griffin' Jac laughed 'he'll confirm it for you. I don't think the sight of me being rescued from a lift covered in blood with a man missing an arm will have escaped his memory'

'So what did you do?' Jasmine was amazed 'the guy didn't die did he?'

'No he didn't die.' Jac said 'I decided given the amount of blood and the rate at which it was dripping on me that I should probably investigate so I went up through the maintenance panel to have a look.'

'But weren't you scared?' Jasmine was enthralled.

'I was terrified but then I figured that if was that scared imagine how scared the injured person was likely to be. I just kept my fingers crossed that I wasn't about to find a beheading' Jac grinned evilly as everyone else pushed away their desert. 'Excellent choice of cheesecake Maureen. Strawberry has always been my favourite.'

'Anytime' Mo gave Jac a sarcastic smile.

'Anyway, so when I managed to climb up there I found a guy who was still conscious but minus an arm, that I should point out had been ripped rather than neatly sliced off'

'That is really gross Jac' Jasmine interrupted her sister.

'It's an important medical point.' Jac continued. 'So I made an impromptu tourniquet out of my belt and got the guy into surgery as quickly as possible'.

'What about his arm?' Jasmine said with a look of horror on her face.

'Well I found that in the basement in the very bottom of the lift shaft. I don't think the poor maintenance man who helped with that ever fully recovered.' Jac laughed. 'We reattached it but it didn't take.'

'Well I think Jac wins the strangest thing to happen to you at work award.' Jonny said deciding he did want his cheesecake after all.

'With Jac Naylor here we were never going to win in that category anyway.' Sacha mused also tucking into his slice of the desert. 'I mean this is the woman who also electrocuted herself whilst stopping a patient from committing suicide'.

'Don't be so dramatic Sacha.' Jac took another bite of her cheesecake 'I clearly survived that particular incident. It hurts a lot less than you'd imagine by the way, just in case you were wondering'

'Now that you mention it my 'strangest thing to happen to you at work' story also includes Jac.' Mo suddenly said digging into her piece of cheesecake now too.

'Was that the patient who had radioactive metal embedded in his chest?'

'That's the one' Mo confirmed for Jac.

'Mine was going to be the one with the young farmers and the curry. You remember them Jac? You knocked yourself out by slipping on spilt liquid when you were angrily giving one of them a dressing down.' Jonny snorted into his cheesecake.

'Do you actively go looking for these strange and dangerous patients?' Jasmine asked still not eating her pudding.

'Er no unfortunately these patients just seem to keep finding me.' Jac pushed the remaining three quarters of her desert towards Jonny who happily tucked in to finish it off for her. 'Don't worry I've gotten a lot less 'gung ho' as I've gotten older. I don't just wade into these situations like I used to.'

Mo choked on her wine. 'Less gung ho?' Mo spluttered. 'So that wasn't you who hijacked Professors Hope's Hertzig device to give a dying elderly woman more time so her relatives would get chance to say goodbye at Christmas?'

'She's telling the truth. That particular stunt was nothing compared to other ways she's saved patients in the past' Sacha confirmed for the table. 'You ask Ric. I think Ms Naylor is more than responsible for most of his grey hair.'

'And you are responsible for the rest' Jac rolled her eyes at Sacha.

'Before I met you I was a perfectly normal registrar thank you.' Sacha finished of the last of his cheesecake. 'Now I'm just glad you haven't gotten me struck off.'

'You love it really. I've brought much needed excitement into your life.' Jac began clearing away the dishes. 'Besides I believe it was you who initiated the 'clear the ward 'game on AAU that time.'

'The creator of that legend was you?' Mo asked impressed.

'My proudest career moment' Sacha nodded his head in a serious manor whilst the rest of the dinner party laughed.

'I think Jasmine enjoyed this evening' Jac said as she snuggled up to Jonny on the sofa bed later that night.

'I think she has developed grave concerns about the professionalism of the NHS.' Jonny laughed putting his arm around Jac. 'But she did look like she was having fun which is good because I don't imagine she's had too much of that just lately.'

Jac lay with her head on Jonny's chest listening to his heartbeat for a while.

'Jonny'

'hmm?'

'Ava told me she loved me today'

'Oh that's great Jac' Jonny said giving her a squeeze. 'How did that feel?'

'It was wonderful' Jac smiled. 'Do you know the reason why I was hesitant to commit to Ava was because I was worried I'd be trying to replace Amelia?'

'Yep.' Jonny kissed the top of Jac's head. 'That ran through my mind too.'

'But it doesn't feel like that does it?'

'No' Jonny agreed

'I love Ava but it's not as though she has taken over the love I have for Amelia.'

'Same here' Jonny said his voice tight with emotion.