Owen looked around the graveyard, studying it, trying to find the best place. Never before would he have imagined that he would be scoping out graveyards for the perfect place for a date, for an alien hiding place sure, but not for a spot for a date. That was before though, now he was courting an Addams which meant playing by a whole different set of rules.

Wednesday was back the next day from visiting her cousin, and it wouldn't be long after that they would have their first date. There would be another couple of days of letters before a week of gifts. At the end of that week Wednesday would have the choice of whether or not to continue with the courtship. Owen knew that it was also the last point at which Wednesday's guardians could end the courtship, unless he did something unwarranted at a later date.

Even so it was better that he worked out his plans in advance. At least if he knew where he was taking her he could plan her date box. Owen wanted everything to be perfect, he didn't want to give the Addams family any cause to reject his courtship, and had even enlisted Rhys' help in his plans. He had bumped into the man completely by accident one night not long after Ianto and Wednesday had left for Scotland with the other members of their family, and had actually had a good time with the other man.

Rhys was rather a lot like a cross between Ianto and himself and now knowing what he knew about Rhys and his family that didn't surprise him. What really surprised him was that he was with Gwen, or rather that his family hadn't done something to separate them. Owen was under no delusions, he knew that he had to have the family as a wholes approval for his courtship or Wednesday, and for that reason he wondered how Gwen and Rhys' wedding had gone ahead. Gwen was nothing like the rest of the Addams family, in fact she seemed to be the exact opposite of them, something that he had no doubt the family had already noticed.

Rhys had been a great help though, he had told him quite a lot about Wednesday that he hadn't learnt either from her letters or from the time that they had spent together. He knew from Gwen about Kitty Cat, and he was rather weary about that meeting, he had never thought he would have to stare down a lion for approval, but it was clear to him that Kitty Cat's opinion would be considered when he was being discussed by the family. Owen had been assured by Rhys that there would be a family meeting at some point and everyone would get their say, lion included.

The other man had been an invaluable resource to him in the same way that Ianto would have been drafted to help him if he hadn't been in another country. He had talked to him a bit about the family and their expectations, but mostly about Wednesday and the type of things she liked. Owen had even managed to get the man to agree to helping him with the food for the picnic. His next day off, and he was putting in a formal request for one, was going to be spent in Rhys' kitchen, learning from the other man how to prepare Wednesdays' favourite foods.

Owen wandered around the graveyard for a while, lost in his own thoughts before he noticed it, the perfect place to bring Wednesday, how he would describe it in her date box he had no idea, but that was why he had started looking so early, so that he had time to work that out. He snapped a quick picture of the place with his phone intending to ask both Rhys' and Ianto's opinion on the location. He wanted the date to be perfect, he had to show that this was what he wanted and that he wasn't just being led by Wednesday, because he wasn't really. He still felt weird about wanting a sixteen year old, but she was of legal age, and she had had her family's blessing for her to court him. Owen courting her couldn't be too much of a taboo in those circumstances.

Owen headed back to the hub, texting Rhys as he went to find out when he was free for the lesson he had said he would give him, before making his way straight to Jack's office. He was sure that the man would be willing to give him time off, barring the apocalypse of course, as the other man was definitely trying to gain favour with the Addams family at the moment, even if he wasn't showing it. It was obvious to Owen that Jack wanted to be accepted by the family, the family could make or break his relationship with Ianto, and unlike Gwen Jack seemed to recognise the power the family had over their members.

"Jack, can I have Sunday off, it's important." Owen asked, knowing that the other man was unlikely to say no. Owen didn't really ask for time off that often now that he was dead, he didn't really have that much that he could still do that he enjoyed doing so he spent most of his time at the hub working.

Jack looked up from his paperwork, obviously happy for the distraction from the evil papers that he was having to do in Ianto's absence. "What for?" Jack asked the curiosity in his tone apparent, the other man hoping for something interesting to either take his mind off the paperwork or the fact that Ianto was still in Scotland.

"Rhys is going to teach me how to cook some of Wednesday's favourite dishes before our date." Owen spoke quietly, not sure why he was really admitting this to Jack.

He supposed it was because despite being his boss the man was also his friend and had been there for him through a lot. The fact that this was the most serious he had felt for anyone in a long time, probably since Katie may also have had something to do with it.

"Sure." Jack nodded, looking back down at his paperwork before putting his pen down and looking straight at Owen. "Are you okay with everything?" He asked, no mocking or sarcasm in his voice, just pure honest concern. It was nice to hear the man treating him like a friend again, rather than a subordinate.

Owen nodded, then shook his head before finally shrugging his shoulders. "I don't know to be honest. Everything has gone kind of fast, and I don't know what's going to happen in the future, but I am happy at the moment, even like this." He indicated his sorry state, his hand still not completely healed despite what Wednesday had done to it.

Jack nodded seeming to understand exactly what he was saying, "Well, you know where I am if you need to talk."

Owen just nodded at him before leaving the office and going down to his desk. He had the perfect location, Rhys was going to help him with the food, he just had a few more things to sort out then he could start to piece together the date. First though he had to send his daily letter, or rather email to Wednesday. He opened up his email account and began to type, hopefully he could coerce her into a conversation.