In the moment

The bubble

Jack goes to bed that night with a heavy heart. Kevan called him around 8pm letting him know that Sara was stable, he also wanted filling in with what happened for her to make such a decision and how he knew she needed help. In conclusion he told jack not to blame himself completely but what he did also wasn't great and advised him to tell Soph before anything else came to light.

But as he laid there Soph resting on his chest he couldn't break anyone else's heart or he could at least delay it for now. He couldn't risk that kind of heart break for her. She was not far of given birth and he didn't want to risk hers or the babies health either.

Soph was a lot brighter after her nap, she helped jack put mae to bed, they sat in the dimmed light reading her a bedtime story as she fell asleep in sophs arms.

Her and jack finally had tea together alone the first time in ages where they discussed the house move and arrangements for Christmas. Soph hadn't seen her mum since their engagement, but she also wasnt up for travelling so they'd agreed to invite her mum to come stay with them if she wished. Jacks family were going to travel up Christmas Day and stay for the Boxing Day match which thankfully was a home match.

It took jacks mind of everything for a while, until he laid in bed, Soph snuggled into his chest. He loved her with his whole heart, he made one mistake, one that he'll regret for the rest of his life.
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The next morning he was fresh out the shower after mae had covered him in scrambled egg, he walks into the bedroom completely naked rubbing his hair with his towel.

'Well there's a wake up call if I ever needed one!' Soph mumbles from the bed.

He climbs on top of her rubbing his wet hair on her face 'I could wake ya up alright!'

Soph pushes his hair back off his face 'it's getting long now'

His head now nestled in her neck 'are you still talking about my hair?'

She swipes his shoulder 'behave will ya! You'll be late for training'

'Rain check?'

She grabs his face with both and before kissing his wildly 'absolutely' she whispers as her lips are against his.

He kisses the top of her head before slipping his briefs on. 'Soph?' He asks her while shotting her cheeky smile

'No we can't have a quicky jack' she laughs as she sits on the edge of the bed sliding her slippers on.

He kneels down in front of her swinging his bobble round his finger. 'Well actually I was gonna ask ya for a braid, but now you mention it' he smirks at her

'Spin round for me' he kisses her knee before turning and resting his head back on her bump as her finger start intertwining in his hair.

Jack feels the baby thump against the back of his head 'sorry mate, my head just invaiding your space?' Soph laughs kissing the top of his head as she finished the plait. She loved the way he always spoke to the bump when he felt movement, one of the little ways he tried to bond with the baby during pregnancy.

It wasn't long before jack was off to training kissing Soph and mae as he left. 'He's worried about you ya know' Ada nods her head at Soph as she watches him pull off the drive

'I know, we've both got a lot going on i suppose.' She says as she kisses mae and hands over before heading out for work herself.
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Soph was only working half a day today and she was home by 1. Ada had taken mae out for a walk so the house was empty. She took herself up stairs and sat on the end of the bed contemplating a nap but she felt restless, like everything around her needing doing. She stands up and starts tidying jacks clothes up off the floor, sniffing his T-shirt in the process.

She stands there in a haze from his scent before walking out to the landing with the wash basket. As she heads to the stairs she notices the nursery door a jar, she places the basket down and pushes it open. She couldn't believe what she was seeing, it was fully decorated!

She looked around running her hand along the cot edge as she went past. It was gorgeous, all neutrals with dark accents and the odd monkey thrown in for good measure. She placed herself in the big nursing chair in the corner and rocked in it slowly her hand caressing her bump.
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Soph woke up to her hair being stroked 'Ello sleepy head' she opens her eyes to his huge grin 'ya like it?' He looks around at the room proudly.

'It's .. it's gorgeous!' She says tears filling her eyes 'but when..'

'When we were in Birmingham. I read that paint fumes and that aren't good for you anyway, so I thought it would be best to do it when you were out the house and well surprise ya.'

He moves around the room and picks up the little knitted football boot of the shelf that his mum sent when Soph was in her first trimester. 'It's like she knew' she says standing behind him running her hands round to his torso. 'A mini jack'

He puts his hand on the dresser where she notices he'd laid out the Man City baby grows she gave him when she told him about the pregnancy. 'It's still hard to think there should be two' he turns around to face her kneeling down to her bump resting his forehead against it 'but you're a fighter aren't you, just like your mom, stronger than anyone I know' he kisses it before standing up and kisses the top of sophs head the same way.

She nestles her face into his jaw, his beard rough against her face as they stand in the middle of the room holding one another. That imaginary bubble surrounding them both for the first in what felt like forever.