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'Right Sacha, I'm here what's the emergency' Jac spoke breathlessly as she hurried onto AAU with Ava in her arms.

'What?' Sacha looked confused as Jac put Ava down on the nurses station and began to pull off the little girls hat and mittens.

'You paged me, I'm assuming it was of vital importance' Jac frowned at him and Sacha now knew he was likely to be in a lot of trouble.

'Um. Yes. I did page you but that was before I knew it was your day off. You might want to check your phone instead.' Sacha smiled at his friend hoping the presence of Ava might dampen down her usually fiery temper.

'You mean to tell me that there isn't an emergency and I've just rushed in here with my less than impressed three year old on my day off for no reason?' Jac snarled as she fished her phone out of her pocket. 'I've got wedding cake samples in the office on AUU ready for you to try when you visit Jasmine this afternoon' she read the text message from Sacha aloud. She glared at him momentarily speechless.

'Would you like to try them now?' Sacha asked hopefully

'NO SACHA I WOULD NOT' Jac shouted at her friend.

'Auntie Jac you're meant to use your indoor voice in the hospital' Ava piped up from her seat on the AAU desktop.

'She has a point you know' the Irish tones of Mary Claire spoke from her position behind the desk. 'Come on Ava, let's go and get you a drink so your Auntie Jac can say civilised things quietly to silly Sacha.' The nurse empathised the words 'civilised' and 'quietly' as she glared at the two adults in front of her. She took the little girl by the hand and headed off to the staffroom.

'I'm sorry' Sacha did his best pathetic face. 'I didn't realise it was your day off or else I never would have paged you'

Jac crossed her arms across her chest as she continued to glare at Sacha.

'Who leaves their pager on, on their day off anyway?' Sacha laughed trying joviality this time.

'I'm a senior cardiothoracic consultant currently in the midst of a break through medical trial. Of course my pager is on. It's never turned off' Jac spoke with gritted teeth.

'Here you go, one hot chocolate' Jonny smiled as he handed Jasmine the drink. It had become a ritual for him to spend his morning tea break visiting his sister-in-law to be.

'How much longer do you think I'll have to stay here Jonny?' Jasmine sighed. She had been asking about going home for the last three days but to no avail.

'I don't know' Jonny patted the young girls arm sympathetically 'I think they want to make sure you are as well as possible before they discharge you this time.'

'I'm bored and I miss Ava' Jasmine sulked

'I know, but Jac and Ava will be in this afternoon to see you' Jonny gave Jasmine a positive smile 'and you never know Granddad might pop in again.'

'Jonny? Can I ask you something?'

'Sure' Jonny suddenly felt nervous; so far he'd managed to avoid Jasmines probingly personal questions.

'I promise you don't have answer if you don't want to' Jasmine grinned at him knowing he would be worried about her questioning.

'Go on then' Jonny grinned back.

'What made you fall in love with Jac?'

'Oh, that wasn't what I thought you were going to ask.' He lent back into his chair as he thought about his answer. 'Well I guess at first I approached her because she was, and still is, so beautiful'

'That's a good start' Jasmine laughed.

'She is like no one I've ever met before. She comes across as hard, cold and stubborn with a ferocious temper but its once you get to know her you realise those parts of her are there by necessity and they enable her to do her job to an unbelievably high standard. Really she is just as vulnerable as the rest of us.' Jonny smiled apologetically at Jasmine. 'I'm sorry I'm not very good at this sort of thing.'

Jasmine shook her head 'you're doing fine'

'I guess it's the way she doesn't hide how she is feeling, if she's cross with you she lets you know it. She doesn't do falsity, she gives you the facts, possibly a bit too bluntly, but at least you know where you are with her. When she found out that I'd lost my parents when I was young she didn't offer me molly codling sympathy she just accepted it without judgement or probing questions. I can just be with Jac, I don't need to pretend'

'I guess she understands better than most, what it's like to not to have a family' Jasmine mused.

Jonny nodded 'you know what? She gives me the strength to get up and keep going every day because if she can do it after all she's been through then so can I. She offers love and support without even knowing she's doing it. I thank God every day for Amelia because if it hadn't been for her unexpected existence Jac and I never would have gotten our act together. I think that was her purpose. As short as her life was I think she was made to show us that we are meant to be together and life apart would just be worthless.' Jonny stopped and wiped away the tears that were forming in his eyes. 'I'm sorry' he gave Jasmine an embarrassed smile.

'Don't be silly' she smiled as she handed him a box of tissues 'I think it's wonderful.'

'Would it be sickening to say I'm also so proud of her?' Jonny took a tissue 'I love the way she has used her incredible intellect to develop a skill that helps people when they are staring death in the face. I think that's more wonderful.'

'It's not sickening its beautiful' Jasmine smiled 'you should tell her, everything you've said to me you should tell Jac, although she probably already knows it.'

'Are you kidding?' Jonny gave a watery laugh 'I don't think I would get past the first line before I'd become a blubbering mess.'

'OK so you're cross with me' Sacha tried again to make peace with his friend 'I'm cross with me too if I'm honest, but come on, come with me' Sacha grabbed her hand a started pulling her towards the office.

'Sacha, would you get off me' Jac protested as she had no choice but to follow him

'Now look at these cake pictures and taste the samples and you'll feel better about the whole thing' Sacha continued as he pulled Jac through the door of the office.

'Sacha I don't even like cake' Jac continued to protest.

'Ah Ms Naylor' Ric Griffin greeted her from behind the desk 'I thought that was your dulcet tones I could hear just now'

Sacha pulled out a box and set it on the desk. 'Now we have traditional fruit cake, a plain vanilla sponge or chocolate' he spoke proudly as he carefully took each small cake sample out of the box 'now I know you don't have a sweet tooth but maybe we could do a poll?' He decided take Jac's stony silence as a 'yes'. 'Ric you're a man who loves a good wedding. Do you have any preference when it comes to cake?'

Ric stood up from his desk in silence. He gave Sacha a dignified stern look and then marched out of the office.

'You are such an idiot' Jac sighed as she crossed her arms once more.