AN: This is for BrookeSCW who bribed me with mini-eggs until I decided I would write this.

Three years of partying and studying had now finished. The graduation ceremony had been done and dusted and the hangovers of Graduation Night were raging strongly. Imogene finished packing up her stuff and gave her room a last sweeping look. The past three years had been mental but it was time to be a proper adult now. Imogene picked up her two bags and walked out of her bedroom. Her two flatmates were half-awake, having been out until four in the morning. Imogene hugged both Laura and Grace before leaving the flat for the last time. The three of them had lived together since the end of their first year when they had to move out of Campus Accommodation. Laura had finished her nursing degree and Grace's degree was in musical theatre. Using her student discount pass for the last times, Imogene got to the station and sat on the 10:50 to Cardiff and left London behind to return to her hometown and the chaos that was her family once more.

The train pulled into the station at around one o'clock and as Imogene dragged her bags off, two small people bounded towards her and latched onto her legs. Imogene grinned and hugged the twins. Six years ago today they had been born. As they let go, Imogene hugged her brother Ianto and her brother in law Jack. As they walked through the train station Jack and Ianto apologised repeatedly for being unable to get to her graduation but the rift doesn't stop for anything. Imogene just shrugged and muttered that it was alright; she had more pressing matters on her mind. Jack and Ianto shared a look but didn't think anything of it. Imogene was probably just tired.

After three hours of hyperactive five and six year olds at their house celebrating the twin's birthday, Imogene was ready to slam her head off a wall. Imogene helped to tidy up the house before retreating into her room and shutting the door. She lay down on her bed and hugged herself. everything had changed and nothing would be the same again.

"Hey can I come in?" Ianto asked, holding a cup in his hands.

"Sure," Imogene replied sitting up.

"Is everything alright?" Ianto asked, handing over Imogene's tea which she sipped slowly.

"Yeah, it's probably the remnants of the hangover leaving me now. Having the little kids around all afternoon doesn't help." Imogene replied.

"Is there anything else? It's been a while since we had some time alone to talk." Ianto probed gently.

"Not a lot, I start full time at Torchwood tomorrow right?" Imogene asked. That had been the deal made when she finished her A Levels three years ago. She went away to university and when she came back home; there'd be a job in Torchwood waiting for her.

"If you want it to be. The others can't wait to see you again. Little Adeola's been waiting to see you again too." Ianto replied with a smile. Adeola was Mickey and Martha's two year old daughter. Ianto remembered the day Martha said she was pregnant and Adeola had been born on Mickey's birthday. They'd named her after Martha's cousin who'd died at Canary Wharf. Ianto had been emotional when he learnt what Martha and Mickey had called their child. Lisa and Adeola had been best friends before that day…

"Yeah, that'd be cool. I need to unpack my stuff." Imogene said, swallowing more of her tea and getting off her bed. Ianto noticed that she seemed to have put on a bit of weight but shrugged it off as he left Imogene alone. Every student lived off fast food during university; it was rare to be able to afford anything else. A bit of weight gain by the end of university was natural really.

When Ianto left, Imogene sat down on her bed again clutching her stomach. She didn't know how to tell him. She had wanted to as soon as she got home but she was scared at how they'd react. She was only twenty one. Imogene knew she wasn't ready for this. Aliens and monsters; bring it on but this… this was a whole other battlefield. Imogene could still remember Him. He was hard to forget really. How it felt when he kissed her, when his touch made her body feel like it was on fire. How he'd made her feel things that she'd never felt before.

It hadn't worked out between them. It could never have had. They were too different. She was a university student from twenty first century Cardiff with mind powers stronger than anyone else on earth and an unusual family and he…

Well…

He was Captain John Hart.

Imogene could still remember the day when she ended it.

It was seven in the morning and Imogene had woken up beside her on-off boyfriend John Hart. She had been thinking about it a lot recently and she knew it had to end. It wasn't like Ianto and Jack's relationship. John couldn't live life in 2015 and she knew even she couldn't make him stay. His life and love was found in jumping through centuries scamming and stealing and breaking every law he could. Her life and love and lady was found in her normal life here on Earth. She didn't want to leave and he didn't want to stay. It was better for both of them to remain friends.

Imogene shook John awake.

"What?" John asked; he wasn't a morning person.

"I don't think we can do this anymore. It can't work out, I'm sorry John." Imogene whispered and explained why it couldn't work between them. John nodded and understood. He climbed out of bed and got dressed. Then he gave her a last kiss goodbye and vanished with his Vortex Manipulator.

A week later she started getting sick in the mornings. It wasn't hard to work out what had happened. She was pregnant.

She was pregnant with John Hart's baby.

And she couldn't tell him.

She had no idea where he was or what time period. She didn't even know how he'd react. She didn't know how to react. Imogene had spent weeks in between lectures and working and coursework thinking about what she was going to do. She couldn't blame John, he'd forgotten to wear a condom and she'd forgotten her pill. This was her problem to deal with. It was too late for an abortion; she couldn't have done it anyway. The child had done nothing wrong; it was its parents who were at fault. She only had two options: have the baby adopted or keep it. Imogene hugged her stomach, grateful that her baggy hoodies were able to conceal her growing stomach. Imogene knew she couldn't hide from the truth forever.

"Ianto and Jack are going to kill me." Imogene whispered to herself.

She remembered what had happened when Ianto and Jack found out she was dating John. They'd left the café and Ianto and Jack had only just made it to her room before threatening to disembowel John if he ever done anything to hurt Imogene. Then they'd made her promise to be careful. The last thing the universe needed was another John Hart running around. Imogene began to cry. She was so scared, so bloody scared. The idea of becoming a mother; of some little baby relying on her to survive was terrifying. She just wanted it all to go away.

"Why couldn't I have had a normal life? Why?" Imogene wept and eventually cried herself to sleep.