Title: Torchwood Academy
Rating: PG-13
Characters: Ianto Jones, Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Lisa Hallett, Gwen Cooper, Owen Harper, Rhys Williams, John Smith, John Hart, Rose Tyler....etc. :)

Summary: After being moved up a year, Ianto Jones is worried about whether he will be accepted.
(I'm rubbish at summaries...sorry :( )

This is unbeta-ed so forgive any mistakes. :)

Disclaimer: I don't own Torchwood, or any of the characters, but if I did, I would look after them better :)

Part One

Ianto Jones sat miserably in the passenger seat of this sister's car. He really hasn't looking forward to going back to school after eight weeks off. The thought of sitting at the back of every classroom with everyone ignoring him made him want to curl up in a ball and never get up.
The teenager didn't know why everyone hated him. It's not like he was different to anyone else at Torchwood Academy. The only one thing that he could think of that made him different was the fact that he was Welsh – but that didn't seem like a good reason for people to dislike him.

"Why do you always look so miserable when I drive you to school? I thought you loved it here." Ianto's sister, Rhiannon, said, looking down at her younger brother and giving him a stern look.
"It's too early..." Ianto said quickly. He didn't want his sister to know just how unhappy he was here. She and Ianto's mother had moved to London just so he could go to Torchwood Academy. It was a school for students with exceptional talents in literacy, numeracy, technology or medical science. Ianto had always thought that it was weird mix of subjects for a school to specialise in, but the level of achievement was so great, he didn't want to pass on the opportunity.

Rhiannon smiled at the younger man before saying "You've never been good at early mornings."

Ianto looked up at his sisters smiling face, and then turned back to look out of the window. The school was fast approaching and Ianto's mood dropped. He was a smart young man, and in the previous year, he had done exceptionally well, overtaking all the pupils in his year by a landslide. His achievements hadn't gone un-noticed by the head teacher – Doctor John Smith and the rest of his teachers. They had all decided that he was too smart to stay in the classes with the pupils in his year, so had come to a decision to move him into the year above, with the more able students.
The thought of moving up and year, with students he didn't know scared Ianto more than he thought it would. He knew that he would feel more alone because everyone was older than him.

Within a few minutes, the car pulled up at the gates of the school. Ianto said goodbye to his sister took a deep breath and pulled himself out of the car. He waved at his sister as she drove way, and when she was out of sight, he swung his bag onto his back, and walked towards the building.

Torchwood Academy was an extraordinarily large building, weird, as there were only 300 pupils – 150 girls and 150 boys. There were large while pillars outside of the school – making it look like a royal castle. Ianto had always thought the building was totally over exaggerated, and it made him chuckle at how grand it looked. The inside wasn't much better. The hallways were wide with glossy floors. Individual lockers lined the walls and pupils poems were used as decoration. The assembly hall had a large stage and seats lined the room. A large chandelier hung on the ceiling which shone in the sunlight. Torchwood academy was a six story building – each year having their own floor. The first floor was home to the assembly hall, canteen, reception and the teacher's offices. Floor two consisted of the pupils who were taking their GCSE's. Floors three, four and five had those pupils taking their 'A' levels and floor six had the fifty pupils doing their degrees.

If Ianto had not been moved up a year, he would currently be on the fifth floor, but as he had managed to complete his 'A' level courses in literacy, numeracy and technology in two years instead of three, he would now be on the sixth floor with the students doing their degrees.

He had gotten a letter through his door the previous week telling him to go to the head teachers' office as soon as he arrived at school, and he could be shown to a companion who would accompany him until he was fully settled. As Ianto walked towards the grand room at the end of the hallway, his heart beat so fast, he thought it would burst through his chest. He was hoping he would get someone nice, and not stuck up like Suzie Costello. Ianto took a deep breath as he knocked on the headmaster's door. A loud Come In, in a sing-song style told Ianto to walk into the room.
Relief washed over Ianto as he saw Toshiko Sato, Torchwood Academy's top technology student standing at the head of the head teacher's desk.

"Ahh, Mister Jones! Good to see you." Doctor John Smith said, standing from his seat and clutching Ianto's hand in his. Ianto said his hello's and smiled at the man standing in front of him.
"This is Toshiko Sato, and she will be your companion for the next few weeks."

Ianto looked at the teenager who was standing next to Doctor Smith and smiled as he saw her wide grin. "Hello Ianto."

Doctor Smith sat the two teenagers down on the seats opposite the desk and gave them information about their classes and how Toshiko would go about getting Ianto settled.
After fifteen minutes, Doctor Smith excused the two teenagers and sent them off to their first lesson of the school year; technology.

The awkward silence as the students walked through the empty corridors up the six staircases startled Ianto. He thought Doctor Smith may have slipped up a tiny bit pairing them two together, because they were both so shy and quiet. On the other hand, he was glad he was paired up with Toshiko, because Ianto knew that they would have a lot in common, because they were taking the same subjects.

Finally, the silence was broken. "So Ianto how was your summer?" Toshiko asked softly, giving a shy look to the younger man.
"Ahh. It was average. I went to Wales to see my grandparents, read some books, listened to music. What about you?"
The Japanese woman giggled gently and smiled at the boy in front of him. "That sounds like an interesting eight weeks. My mother brought me an old computer from a second hand shop and I spent most of my time fixing it up."

Ianto genuinely found Toshiko's talents amazing. If given the time and the money, she would probably be able to turn a typewriter into a high-tech LCD laptop.

The pair reached the study room where Toshiko had left her bags on the luxurious purple sofas with her friends. Ianto decided it was best to wait at the doors when the young woman went in to greet her friends. When Toshiko noticed that Ianto had held back, and turned around and smiled, symboling with her hands for him to come inside. "Don't be shy Ianto. They won't bite."

The young man blushed and took a step into the Study Room. Toshiko was standing in front of four other pupils.

Only one of them Ianto knew. Jack Harkness. The school heart-throb. Ianto's heart skipped a beat when Jack's eyes fell on him. The Welshman knew that he wasn't gay, but he wasn't completely sure about his sexuality. He had had a girlfriend two years ago – Annie Peters, but the relationship didn't work out. He had also had feelings for a boy he met on a holiday with his family to Spain. Nothing happened between them, but Ianto knew that there were definite feelings there. Unfortunately, they were the only experiences that he had had with love, and

at the age of nineteen, Ianto thought that was poor.

"Ianto, this is Gwen Cooper." Toshiko said, breaking Ianto from his thoughts. She was pointing at an attractive young woman with dark hair and big brown eyes. "You'll get on well with Gwen – She's Welsh." The grin that fell on both women's faces made Ianto smile.

The next person Ianto was introduced to was a scrawny looking man called Owen Harper. He was informed by the boy that he wanted to become a Doctor so was taking a degree in medical science. He was then introduced to a woman called Lisa. She was a dark skinned with short black hair, and Ianto was stunned, yet blown away by her beauty.
The last person who Ianto was introduced to was Jack Harkness. The moment Toshiko said his name; the older man was on his feet, clasping Ianto's hand and giving him a wide grin. The younger man tried his hardest not to blush profusely at the touch of the man's hand against his, but alas, he failed. The group around him laughed at the pinkness that was now colouring Ianto's cheeks.

"Awww, don't worry, he always does this. You'll get used to him." Tosh said, patting Ianto on the shoulder. The young man coughed nervously and pulled his hand away from Jack's and shoved it in his trouser pocket.

"Well, that's everyone. You have every single lesson with me, so you won't be alone. We have technology with Jack and Lisa, and literacy with Owen and Gwen. "
Ianto smiled and nodded.

"Talking of lessons, shouldn't we be heading off?" Gwen said, standing from her seat.

The other students agreed, and after a quick goodbye, Tosh, Ianto, Lisa and Jack headed to Technology.