Chapter 1 – Surprises

Captain Jack Harkness looked at the computer screen again to make sure he'd seen right, yes that was Ianto Jones' car heading to the dock.

"TOSH!"

She looked up from her computer before coming to see what was wrong.

"Yes Jack, what is it?"

Jack stood up and gestured for her to sit down.

"I have to go out but I want you to do me a favour and keep an eye on that GPS and tell me if it moves. Also I want you to look up ferry departure times and…" he looked down at her and put a hand on her shoulder. "See if Ianto has bought a ticket." He grabbed his jacket and ran out of his office before she could reply. "I'll be on the comms" he yelled up before exiting the hub in a blurry of lights and alarms.

Tosh watched him leave before turning on her comm.

"Jack why are you following Ianto's car?"

"I'm not following it I'm… keeping an eye on what he's doing."

"That's following Jack"

"Look if you're not happy doing this then get Owen or Gwen to do it. Look I just want to know that he's not doing anything stupid that he will regret. Please Tosh"

Tosh sighed; this was getting ridiculous since Ianto had come back from his suspension after the Lisa incident Jack had been obsessed with knowing Ianto's every move so much so that he'd even had security cameras installed in the Archives and Tourist Office. Tosh wiped a hand over her face and closed her eyes for a few seconds; opening them with her decision made. She began frantically typing on her keyboard, if this would stop Jack being so obsessed and worried about Ianto then so be it. She found what she wanted but it wasn't going to please Jack.

"Jack."

"Yes Tosh, what have you got for me?"

"Nothing."

"Wait WHAT!"

"There's nothing Jack no ticket under his name or any of ours, no money has been taken out of his account, his car and apartment are still in his name and haven't been sold. There's nothing Jack, so please just come back."

"Oh" Jack sat in the car park and lowered his head into his hands. Ianto's car was in his line of sight but there was no sign of movement. "So what's he doing here?"

Tosh sighed again while she logged out of Jacks computer "I don't know Jack, maybe he's a fan of boats or he wanted the fresh air or maybe he's picking someone up."

Jacks head shot up "Say that again."
"He might be meeting someone…" Tosh trailed off when she realised what Jack must be thinking.

"Tosh when's the next boat in?"

"One second." she said as she quickly got back onto the internet.

"Tosh?"

"Five minutes, the next boat arrives in five minutes and is from… France."

"Ok, thanks Tosh I'll tell you what I find. See you when I get back." With that he was gone. Tosh sat back in the chair until Owen came up and leaned on the door frame.

"Where's Jack?" He asked, crossing his arms over his chest.

"He's gone out for a bit" Owen didn't need to know the reason, the fewer people who knew the less likely Ianto was to find out.

"Fine but when he comes back tell him I want to see him."

"Will do." Owen left and Tosh sank back into the chair for a minute to compose herself before going back down to work.

Jack jumped out of the SUV after turning off his comm and ran to where the arrivals would be coming out. He stopped and quickly got out of sight, there was Ianto sitting on a bench drinking Costa coffee. He looked so different. He'd obviously gone home and gotten changed because gone was the black suit, crisp white shirt and dark blue tie he had been wearing earlier instead he was wearing dark blue jeans and a black zip up jacket, the same one Jack noticed he had worn when they first met. Jack shook his head to get rid of those thoughts when an announcement stated that the passengers from the boat were coming ashore. Ianto stood putting his coffee cup in the bin and smoothing down his jacket, he ran a hand through his hair before standing with his hands in his pockets looking a little like an awkward teenager. But then people started coming through the double doors and Ianto strained to look for the unknown person, then he smiled and visibly relaxed, Jack followed his line of sight and saw a young girl younger than Ianto but not by much. She was about a head shorter than Ianto with dark brown hair tied back in a loose, messy bun, she wore grey skinny jeans and an open bright red checked shirt over a plain white t-shirt and a large gold locket. But it was her luggage that most interested Jack, there was a large, old, battered leather suitcase they kind people used before the modern ones with wheels, in her other hand she had a bulky white case with red edges, over her shoulder was a plain green bag which had seen better days. Jack couldn't work her out from her appearance she was just a modern girl but her luggage was old and well used.

The mystery girl stood a little away from the doors and put her luggage on the floor, only then did she look up and scan the room, she can't have seen Ianto because she checked her phone. Ianto walked towards her until he was only a few steps away then he stopped.

"Megan"

The girls head stot up and a wide grin spread over her face.

"IANTO"

With that she ran forward, leaving her luggage on the floor, and wrapped her arms around Ianto's neck before he suddenly picked her up and swung her round. Jack stood in his hidey-hole completely amazed because Ianto had never liked physical contact he always tensed up when Jack touched him, both before and after Lisa, so to see Ianto laughing with this girl was surreal and gave Jack an insight into what Ianto must have been like before Torchwood.

Ianto put Megan back on the floor and bent down to pick up her cases, waiting for a minute while she slung her bag back over her shoulder before walking towards the exit.

"Um… so…good trip?" Ianto asked.

"Yeh, just long but better than flying would have been." She replied taking the white case so she could hold his hand.

"Good"

"So where are we going for tea cos I'm starving?"

"What makes you think I haven't cooked something? I've had the whole afternoon off."

"Because knowing you, you got out of work late then after cleaning the flat, making sure my rooms tidy and getting changed doesn't leave much time for cooking."

She looked up at him. "Am I right?"

"Yeh" Ianto had been defeated and he knew it.

"So where are we going?"

"Nowhere we're getting takeaway. Then I thought we could go to the Old Sailor."

"Oh yay I love it there, I haven't been since… well since I left. Is it still the same?"

"Yep, very much so."

In this time they'd walked over to the car Ianto opened the boot and put the two cases inside before they both got in the car and drove away.

Jack came out of the shadow he'd been in and stood slightly shocked at what he'd seen, he got back into the SUV and drove back to the hub. The first person he saw when he got back was Tosh who was going to get coffee.

"So what did you find out?"

"Um… nothing."

"Really?" She clearly didn't believe him.

"Yeh. Oh er drinks tonight?"

"Sure where?"

"The Old Sailor. I heard some locals talking about it, thought we should give it a try."

"Ok. Oh Owen was looking for you."

"Thanks Tosh."