His head was pounding. In fact it was thumping. Jack could hear his heartbeat inside his ears and knew that this headache would be here for awhile. He looked around his office from where he sat perched on the edge of his desk. He had been sitting here just thinking. Everything that had occurred in the past year had nearly destroyed him. He had even tried to run but couldn't bear to leave Gwen to do this all on her own. Fair enough she had Rhys but let's face it Jack thought, it's not as if he couldn't die. Thinking about this made Jack think about his own immortality; he had died so many times and was starting to think his luck would finally run out one day.

He looked out into the main atrium of the hub; empty. A lot of things in jack's life had been empty since that day the 456 took everything away from him; his daughter, his grandson and his lover. Ianto had fought bravely but there was nothing he could do to save him. Jack reflected on what would have happened if he had of let the 456 take the children they wanted. He thought to himself, he had done it before, why not again and if it meant that he could still have Ianto with him, would it be so bad?

He was beginning to think that this was all a part of some master plan someone had for him. His life wouldn't have made any sense if it wasn't all a part of something bigger than him. His head was aching. All of the things he had been thinking about in the past couple of days were doing circles of his brain. He had thought of every possible outcome, what if and maybe he could think of. He sighed, it was pointless, he was stuck living through the rest of eternity and no one would be there with him.

As this thought crossed his mind, a very heavily pregnant Gwen walked up to the threshold to the door. She could see he was thinking; the cogs and wheels ticking over in his brain. He looked up at her, she was still here. 'I thought I sent you home?' Gwen smiled, she knew Jack would just sit here all on his own and think too much, so she had stayed to make sure he didn't end up murdering one of the weevils or himself. 'Yeah, but you know what, Rhys is out with the boys and I didn't really want to be at home alone.

Jack smiled; Home. He was standing in his. A hole in the floor of his office serving as a bed room and everything else he needed was here. 'Go home Gwen, please. I'm fine, I just need time to think.' Gwen knew what that meant; wallowing in his own self pity and trying to change this that have already happened and can't be undone. 'The last time you needed time to think you flew off into the stars jack, not something I'm prepared for right now.' Jack sighed she was right. She needed him now more than ever, she was pregnant and he couldn't just run off again.

Gwen saw a glimpse of sorrow flash across his face and in his blue eyes. 'Come on. Let's get out of here for a while. Go and have some fun. Hey I saw a nice high rise building we could check out.' She extended her hand towards him. He took it gratefully and thought, maybe everything would be ok. After all no aliens or monsters in the world could get past Gwen Cooper when she was determined. He smiled..