Gwen was on edge for the rest of the morning. Who was she going to let down? She could see it now – Owen's disappointed pout, Jack's look that looked remarkably like a kicked puppy. Rhys' anger of being let down and Ianto's inner despair but cool exterior.

What was she going to do?

Then something clicked in her mind. She grabbed the box of retcon. She had a plan, to erase their memories of this night so none of them would remember being stood up. The only difficulty was how to get them all to take the retcon. Luckily for her a situation arose and she took her chance.

Owen, Ianto and Jack came back from a weevil hunt exhausted and injured. Gwen rushed off on their arrival for 'painkillers'. They took it, none of them in their exhausted state realised that Gwen had spiked them with retcon.

Later that evening

After slipping Rhys the retcon in a cup of coffee she had 'bought' him (it had actually been made by Ianto) Gwen went home. She put a pizza in the microwave, then sat down in front of the TV. She wondered what the four men were doing now...

Owen was at home getting ready for Gwen. He had set up a romantic candlelit dinner for himself and Gwen. He had put a lot of effort into it and he hoped that she would appreciate it. Of course she would! When she got here of course. He kept glancing at his watch, where was she??

Rhys was sitting in Gwen's favourite restaurant. He had ordered Gwen a coffee, which was getting cold. He really hoped that she turned up soon, he was feeling rather tired. So much for that coffee earlier waking him up! He kept glancing at his watch, where was she??

Jack had finished packing for the weekend away and was waiting for Gwen to meet him in the main hub. She was now late and Jack was beginning to worry. He turned on the CCTV and saw that Ianto was still there in the tourist office with a bunch of roses. Jack felt a pang of, was that jealousy? He thought he had got over Ianto. Where was Gwen? He kept glancing at his watch, where was she??

Ianto was waiting for Gwen at the tourist office. He was waiting for her with a bunch of roses. He was really looking forward to tonight, he had spent most of the day planning it. He kept glancing at his watch, where was she??

Three hours later

Owen started to clear up. He had clearly been stood-up. He was tired and upset and just wanted to sleep. He blew out the candles and put them back in the draw, half-melted and useless. He sat himself down with a lot of alcohol in front of the TV feeling alone and sorry for himself.

Rhys had finally left the restaurant. He was fed up with all the stares of the other diners that he was sitting alone and all the sympathetic looks that the waiters kept giving him for being stood up. He walked through the streets of Cardiff. He knew that he wouldn't be able to keep angry at Gwen for long, she just needed to put on her 'sorry' face and he turned to mush. As soon as he got home he went straight to the fridge and downed a lot of alcohol and sat down on the couch.

Jack had given up hope. Maybe Gwen thought that he was pushing her too much with going away. Maybe it was too early to do that? He would have to look up on the internet about 21st century dating 'rules'. He turned on his computer and saw Ianto still there in the tourist office. They had both been stood up. Jack got up, Ianto looked upset, and the roses were in the bin. Maybe he could offer some comfort and company.

Ianto was devastated. For once he didn't bother to keep his feelings hidden. He had given up Jack for Gwen and was now slightly regretting it. Gwen never wanted to show love towards him in front of the others, she always insisted on keeping it 'secret'. He hadn't minded, if that was what she wanted then he would do it.

He was woken up from his thoughts of doom by Jack.

"Been stood up?"

Ianto nodded and sighed. Jack sat down on the edge of the desk and said "me too".

Ianto looked up. "Someone stood YOU up? Goodness me they must be mad I would never stand you up!"

"You know" Jack said. "That was exactly what I was going to say to you."

"Really?" Ianto breathed, Jack's face was mere inches from his own.

"Yeah" Jack replied. "Whoever they are, they are a fool. They obviously don't know what they are missing."

Jack crossed over to the bin and took out the roses. He gaped at the name on the card.

"Ianto" he said. "Why were you giving roses to Gwen?"

Ianto looked up surprised. "She's my girlfriend"

"What?" Jack yelped. "Gwen is MY girlfriend! She was meant to be going away with me this weekend!"

Ianto looked up. "Yeah this is really funny Jack!"

"It's no joke Ianto"

Ianto looked into his eyes. "Blimey it is true. I can always tell when you are lying."

"So Gwen was cheating on us, with each other!"

"You don't think that she was with Owen as well do you? He said that he had a date tonight."

"Let's ring him" said Jack.