Owen woke up that morning feeling the happiest he had ever felt since he had died... His evening out with Gwen for drinks last night went very well in his opinion, and hurried to get into work that morning. He was desperate to see her.

'Only a week until Christmas, babe!' Rhys' voice woke Gwen up. She was always grumpy when she was woken up, always had been.

'What?' she asked him, rubbing her eyes. Rhys looked so excited. He always was around Christmas. It was sweet, really.

'A week to Christmas! I hope you've been doing your Christmas shopping!' Rhys said, practically bouncing on the bed. Gwen couldn't help but laugh.

'No actually, I haven't', she confessed. Rhys pretended to look angry but then just laughed.

'Well, you'd better get a move on, girl. I'm expecting something good with all this money you're getting from 'Torchwood'' he said 'Torchwood' in a mimicky way as if it was some stupid posh drink.

'You'll have to wait and see' she smiled, and got out of bed.

Ianto was the first person in work - besides Jack - as usual, as he had to make everyone's breakfast and cups of tea for when they arrived, but Owen was in earlier than usual.

'Tea boy' Owen nodded to Ianto when he walked in.

'I wish you wouldn't keep calling me that. I've moved on from being just your tea boy ages ago' Ianto told him whilst frying some eggs. 'And you can't even drink tea anymore!'

Owen wasn't listening. 'Gwen not here yet?' Owen asked, looking around. Ianto looked up, suspiciously.

'It's not even 7 yet.. No one is here for about another fifteen minutes.. why are you here so early?'

'Well, you know.. it's not like I've got anything else to do. Weren't you wearing that suit yesterday?' Owen asked, suddenly paying attention to Ianto.

Ianto looked shifty, 'uhh, it's a suit. They all look the same..'

'I'm aware of that, but there's a stain on it that's been there since yesterday morning.. right there on the shoulder' Owen stated.

Just then Jack walked in, stopping the conversation and saving Ianto from making up some awful lie.

'Ah, Owen. You're here early, aren't you?' Jack asked, picking up a piece of toast and biting into it. Ianto couldn't keep his eyes off of Jack. He then snapped out of it and continued putting sugars in everyone's teas.

A few minutes later the doors burst open and Owen span straight around, realised it was Tosh and turned back around again.

Charming, Tosh thought.

She could walk again now, and had made a speedy recovery since her incident with a gun.

'Wow, who would have known what happened to you two weeks ago', Jack smiled at her. Tosh couldn't help staring at his beautiful face, and she could have sworn his teeth glinted as he smiled, like they do in cartoons.

'Thankyou, Jack. I feel great.' She walked through the kitchen and into the main part of the Hub, putting her jacket on her chair and started doing something on her computer.

Gwen entered shortly after, and Owen span round as soon as she did. 'Alright?' she said generally, and sat on a stool to start her breakfast. Ianto and Jack drank their tea and flirted quietly.

'So, Gwen, I had a really good time last night' Owen started. Gwen smiled and bit into her toast.

'Me too' she said whilst chewing.

Behind them, Ianto was feeding Jack a sausage.

'So, there's really no reason for anyone to be here today. Surprisingly, nothing out of the ordinary has grabbed attention. Haha, maybe the aliens celebrate Christmas, too', Jack chuckled.

Gwen had just noticed that the Hub was decorated with Christmas decorations. A Christmas tree was stood just off the centre of the Hub and tinsel was spun around the large pole that was stood in the middle.

'This is depressing.. I usually get pissed at Christmas. Now I can't..' Owen said.

'I love Christmas' Ianto said, smiling at Jack.

Tosh stood up 'maybe we should do secret Santa this year!'

'Oh, that reminds me! I need to do my Christmas shopping' Gwen remembered. 'As there's nothing to do here...' she began.

'I'll let you know if anything comes up' Jack told her as she finished her tea and got up quickly, heading for the doors. 'I'll see you later!' she shouted to everyone.

'Yeah, I've got stuff to do, too.. See you' Owen said, leaving.

'No one's prepared.. I did my Christmas shopping weeks ago' Tosh told Ianto and Jack. Jack shrugged.

Ianto finished his breakfast. 'Me too' Ianto said.

'What'cha yet me?' Jack asked, smiling at Ianto.

'It's not Christmas, yet, Jack. I can't tell you.' They both went into Jack's office, where Ianto realised there was mistletoe above them. Jack shut the door. He then held Ianto in a tight embrace and kissed him passionately.