Halcyon

Don't Panic

Jack is currently at a crime scene with Thomas when his personal phone starts to ring, he ignores it as he is busy and lets it call out until it finishes. He steps across a few of the metal tiles and looks across at Thomas who is busy taking notes on the body, Thomas looks up at Jack "Do you need to answer that?" Thomas questions.

He shakes his head at his boss's comment and continues to take photos and notes of the scene for the case. Once again Jack's personal phone begins to ring and he looks across at Thomas, "Go answer it!" Thomas says and Jack nods before walking out of the crime scene and taking his hood down, he pulls his phone from his pocket and looks down at the caller ID 'Wicked Witch of the West', he smirks and answers the call.

"...Nikki?" He speaks waiting for a reply.
"Jack thank god, I've been trying to get hold of you for an hour... Clarissa told me you were busy" Nikki speaks.
"Why did you ring Clarissa, is everything okay?" He quizzes.
"I rang the Lyell and the switchboard put me through to Clarissa, Look, don't panic but I'm in the Royal London Hospital's Accident and Emergency" She replies and Jack instantly panics

"What! Why!" He replies almost instantaneously.
"Poppy has broken her wrist... well we're waiting to be seen but I know she has."

Jack thinks for a moment before replying, "Look I can come and stop with her, I shall tell Thomas I need to leave" Jack replies.
"No Jack, don't leave early, I've got this underhand, Anyway it's busy here and that is just the children's A&E..." Nikki explains.
"Right but I want you to call me if you need me to come down, and I mean it Nikki, the first sign of either of our girls getting distressed you call me" Jack smiles.
Nikki sighs down the phone and replies, "I love you, you know that right?"
"I love you too, look I'm going to have to go now, I'm at a scene" He replies and they both say their goodbyes before ending the call.

Jack puts his phone back in his pocket and heads back over to Thomas who is finishing up. "Who was that?" Thomas asks in passing conversation as they begin to pack up and prepare for the body to be sent onto the Lyell.

"Nikki, she's taken Poppy to Accident and Emergency, think she's broken her wrist" Jack replies.
"Oh god, poor mite... why don't you go to the hospital and finish early" Thomas questions.

Jack chuckles and rolls his eyes, "Nikki won't allow me to finish early" He begins and Thomas raises an eyebrow at him, "Personally I think she's worried about money, with me being the only one properly working at the moment" Jack begins and Thomas laughs and shakes his head.

"Strange... she is still on more money than you on her Maternity leave... she shouldn't worry, anyway isn't she due back in January?" Thomas replies and Jack nods before helping Thomas to zip up the body bag.

They soon clear up entirely and leave the rest to the police before heading back to the Lyell where Clarissa is awaiting her workload of DNA lifts and other things. Jack and Thomas enter the labs around half-hour after leaving the crime scene and are greeted by Clarissa. "Thomas spreadsheets you asked for are on your desk, toxicology is back for the Hamilton Whittaker case. Jack your DNA samples are ready and the police got the reports you required too... oh also Nikki called and left a message" Clarissa speaks following Jack across the labs to their desks.

"Oh by any chance is about her being in A&E?" Jack questions and Clarissa nods.
"Something about Poppy at the playground?" Clarissa questions.
Jack nods and sits down at his desk and logs onto his computer, "Yeah, broken wrist... tripped up I believe. That child is ever so clumsy, swear she isn't mine nor Nikki's child... mix up at the hospital" Jack chuckles and rolls his eyes as the thought of how clumsy Poppy can be.

She smirks before replying, "Why don't you go and be with Nikki, she's got both Poppy and Maddison, right? I think she may need help."
Jack shakes his head and smiles, "No, No, it's fine, Nikki said she's coping and will call me if she can't" Jack replies.
"Jack... this is Nikki we're talking about, she never tells anyone when she is struggling" She admits and all Jack does it chuckle as she knows it's very true that Nikki won't admit when she is struggling with anything.