Hi everyone. The Rift and Rose had become such a favorite and so many have asked me to continue on it. SO here is the continuation and I hope you like it.

Chapter 1

Gwen came out of the bathroom. She was pale and Jack knew immediately that something was wrong. She hugged her arms around herself and grinned at him, but it didn't reach her eyes.

"What's wrong?" he asked softly.

"Nothing," she lied.

She didn't want to lie, but how would she explain after only a few nights of sleeping together she was suddenly pregnant. They had been using protection, so it was a mystery as to how this could have happened. All she knew was she couldn't tell Jack, at least not yet.

"Gwen, if there's something bothering you-"

"I might be coming down with something is all and I've…just been thinking a lot lately" her tone was calm.

He walked over to her and took her hand in his. He looked at her with his blue eyes, but she couldn't look straight into his without flinching.

"What were you thinking about," his voice was low.

"I…I'm just wondering where this is all going? We've been spending a lot of time together lately and I just want to know what this…thing for lack of a better word is that we have?"

"What do you think it is?" he countered.

"Well I really don't know do I. Jack we both know you don't do domestic, you don't do fidelity, you flirt with anyone and everyone. I'm not trying to hold you to anything because I know that's not how you work, but I just want to know that this thing, is it a onetime thing?

"You're not a onetime thing. How can you even think that?" he looked at her puzzled and a bit angry for her even thinking such a thing, but could he blame her? He squeezed her hand more tightly and pulled her closer. He looked straight into her eyes trying to make her understand what he was about to tell her, "Gwen, I saw my life without you in it and I hated it more than anything. For the first time in a long time I wanted to die for real just so I couldn't feel any more pain. And what constantly hounded me was the idea that I would never have this chance. To never be able to see you, to hold you, to kiss you, but here we are and I don't want to trade it for anything. I'm always going to be here with you whether I'm your friend, your confider or your lover. But understand this and this is something I have had to come to terms with for a long time," he took a deep breath, "I…I love you."

He smiled at her breathing heavy. Words he never thought he'd hear himself say came flooding from his lips and just seemed to linger in the air.

Her eyes were watery, but she wasn't about to cry in front of him. She kissed him softly and whispered, "I love you too."

He beamed at her. The desire to hold her was too much. Ever since they had started this relationship every second without her was almost torturous. He kissed her deeply basking in the happiness of all this. Maybe there was hope for him after. He had always longed for what Gwen had, a normal life, but lately he found himself wanting not only to have a normal life, but to have a normal life with her.

It seemed almost too good to be true…

Owen sat at his desk staring at Tosh who was doing her best not to stare back. Ianto was texting on his cell phone not bothering to pay attention to either.

Jack sat in his office looking at the pictures in his old box of memories when he came across one that caught his attention.

"Hey, what are you looking at," Gwen came up behind him kissing him on the head and looking over his shoulder.

"This is my home," he told her, "Boeshane Peninsula."

Gwen gently took the picture from his hand and gazed at it. There was so much life in the picture, so much peace and happiness. The skies were clear and the ocean setting was breathtaking.

"It's beautiful," she told him.

He smiled as thoughts of the happy memories of his home rushed through him. And then there were also those not so good memories. Jack's thoughts were interrupted as the alarm rang throughout the Hub.

"Alien activity," Tosh called immediately tapping keys on the computer.

"Already?" Owen questioned.

"Apparently so," Ianto answered.

Gwen and Jack climbed down the steps to Tosh's computer where Owen and Ianto were already huddled.

"There's a lot of light energy emerging. They're right on top of us. Take a look," Tosh said bring up CCTV.

In the night sky, there were shimmering lights of rainbow cascading over the Millennium Centre. It sparkled with a feeling of calm and peace and looked completely harmless. Jack knew better however and recognized them immediately. He grabbed his great coat and made for the door.

"Jack, where are you going?" Tosh asked.

"I'm going to have a chat with our visitors. Nobody follow me especially you, Gwen," he said in all seriousness.

Gwen looked at the others who only shrugged while Jack made his way to his favorite rooftop where he liked to think. If only he were heading there for that reason. He knew what these aliens were and he couldn't understand why they were here now. He opened the door to the rooftop and emerged with his gun raised.

He walked slowly crossing the ground with ease as he looked around. He walked out onto the edge overlooking the city. All those small minds that had no idea, but now was not the time to contemplate that. He looked up to where the waves of rainbow light lit up the sky. Jack waited as a female teleported behind him.

"Jack Harkness," she said in all calmness.

"Sabelle," he answered turning to her.

She was an old, wise woman with flowing white hair and wrinkled skin. She wore a light purple robe and she had the symbol of the three stars engraved upon on her forehead. She was from a planet, Jipsies, which had long been isolated from any others, especially earth. She was their leader. A leader of a planet of only women. They believed men to be evil and conniving and from Jack's last visit he only proved that statement true considering he was a conman at the time.

Jack remembered his last encounter with them. He actually smiled at the thought of it. Good times, he reminiscent to himself.

"What are you doing here?" he finally asked, "I'm pretty sure you didn't come all this way just because you missed me."

"Jack Harkness, you are considered dead on our planet. You have disgraced the sisters of the Gerapamataya and the Jipsis kind. Do not think for one second I would be consorting with you for if it were not important."

"Oh yeah, how are the sisters?" he flirted only making Sabelle glare at him even more, "What do you want? Your kind went into seclusion more than three hundred years ago."

"It appears one of your kind has caught our interest."

"Oh, really. You who look down upon human kind, this planet, this life have found interest in one of the humans? Now this I have to hear," he answered folding his arms.

"She will be of great use to the universe and she must be brought to Jipsies as soon as possible. It is imperative."

"And who may I ask has caught the attention of such an honorable species," he said sarcastically.

"Gwen Cooper."