Jack's eyes widened at the tone of the girl's voice when she said his young lover's name. Ianto?! It was so happy and disbelieving, as though she'd waited her entire life to find him. Ianto shot a nervous glace towards the mirror he was standing behind, and Jack felt a sudden absurd pang of jealousy. Who was she? Friend? Ex-girlfriend? Current girlfriend?

"I'm sorry, have we met?" Ianto asked nervously.

The grin froze slightly on her face, and she looked slightly confused. "Yan? Ianto, it's me!"

"Strangely, that doesn't actually help."

"Ianto Jones? Torchwood, yeah?"

"How did you…?"

"You lived with me for nearly 3 months, how can you not remember?"

What?! They lived together?? Why the hell hadn't Ianto ever mentioned? Jack had always just sort of assumed that Lisa was his first serious relationship… hold on. Ianto had told him that he was with Lisa for 5 years. And Ianto had only been 23 when she died. That meant he would have been living with this girl when he was 17! Or maybe after Lisa, when he was supposed to be with Jack…

"Ianto is Jack here?" he heard the young girl ask. All the jealous thoughts instantly evaporated from his mind. She knew him?

"How do you know Jack? Or Ianto?" Gwen asked, desperately trying to keep up with what was going on. The girl frowned at her, and then laughed. "Gwen! Oh my God, it's Gwen Cooper, isn't it? Fantastic!"

Much as people tended to like her, Gwen had never gotten that reaction before, and it unnerved her. "Do you know me?"

"Nope!" she grinned happily, and Gwen shot Ianto nervous look. Jack felt this would be a good time to make an entrance.

"Miss…?"

"Jack! It's me, it's Kitty!"

Jack exchanged a confused look with Ianto, which did not go unnoticed by Kitty. Her mouth dropped open in a sudden 'O' of understanding.

"You really don't remember, do you? Any of it? What happened, was it something to do with Torchwood?"

"How do you know about Torchwood?"

"Please, I know all of this. I know about you three, and Torchwood, and the Doctor, and aliens. All of it."

Jack was seriously alarmed now. "Who are you?"

"Kitty Hadley. You both stayed with me when you ended up in my world. When you fell through the Rift."

Jack felt strangely apprehensive as he led Kitty through the tourist office and into the Hub. Ideally, he would have liked her to be unconscious, but he didn't want to hurt her; she was only 20.

When the cog door rolled back and they stepped through, Jack glanced over at her face to see her reaction. He had seen all sorts; surprise, fear, shock, denial…what he had never seen anyone do, however, was look around at everything and give a small, excited laugh.

"Oh, it's just the same! Where's Myfanway? Can I see her?"

"Um…no."

They led her into the boardroom and shut the door, leaving Gwen looking in at them curiously. Ianto sat down opposite Kitty, and Jack stood at the head of the table.

"You claim you know us? We stayed with you?"

"Yeah. You were in my world for nearly 3 months…"

"We were only gone 24 hours."

"Well I don't know how it works, do I? What about Jonah, he was gone 7 months but he'd aged about 40 years."

"How do you know about him?"

She sighed. "Do I have to keep going over this? Look, guys, this is gonna come as shock to you. Again. In my world Torchwood is…um…well, its fiction. You're all portrayed by actors in a TV show."

"A TV show. And this would be called…?"

"Torchwood! Duh!"

Ianto frowned suddenly, as though he had a headache.

"Right, so we're on TV. And we knew this?"

"Yeah, when you came you were halfway through series 2. I…"

She broke off as the boardroom door swung open and Toshiko stepped in. "Sorry to interrupt, Jack, but we've got a new piece of alien tech and I really don't know what I should do with it…"

"Can it not wait five minutes, Tosh?!"

"Sorry. I just wondered…never mind." Toshiko left, a small blush rising up her cheeks.

Kitty stared after her, open mouthed. "Tosh? As in Toshiko Sato?!"

Jack and Ianto stared in surprise at the young girl. "Yes…"

"But…but she…she's alive!"

"Well noticed."

"No, but…but she isn't supposed to…you saved her!"

Jack blinked, shocked. Toshiko had told him how he'd shot Gray in order to prevent him from shooting her, but how the hell did Kitty know that? "Yes, but how did you…?"

"From the TV show! You must remember, you came through, and then me and my boyfriend…"

"James?" said Ianto suddenly.

Kitty and Jack both stared at him. She grinned. "Yes! Yes, James! Do you remember anything else?!"

"Ianto?" Ianto looked at Jack to see him gazing at him, curiously. "Ianto, is she telling the truth? Do you remember something?"

Ianto frowned. "I remember…James. And…people. People who looked like us… umm, 'Exit wounds'? Is that a thing?"

"Yes!" Kitty looked excited now. "Yes! That's one of the episodes, the last one, with Gray in it!" suddenly she slapped her forehead. "God, I'm such a bloody blonde sometimes. Pass me my bag." Ianto obliged. Kitty rummaged around for a while, pulling out a wallet. She selected a photograph and handed it to Ianto. It showed Kitty, Ianto, Jack, and some tall guy with messy hair – James, Ianto supposed – standing grinning together outside a scummy looking flat. Only, in the picture Ianto was wearing…

He glanced instinctively down at his left hand, as if he could be wearing an engagement ring without noticing. He walked round the table to stand by Kitty, making sure Jack didn't see the picture. "What's with that?" he asked, pointing to the gold band just visible on his finger.

"Oh! You don't remember that either? How depressing! He asked you. The day before you stepped into the Rift. You joked that you thought maybe you should get a sex change to keep me happy, I kept trying to buy you one for a woman…" she smiled at the memory. And suddenly, in a burst of understanding that made him gasp in pain, Ianto remembered everything.

Jack loved him.

He and Jack had planned to get married.

They had saved that man from the night travellers.

They had saved Toshiko.

And Owen…Owen…oh God, Owen was their fault…

He looked up at Kitty, tears in his eyes. "We didn't save Owen." He said, anguished, tears forming in his eyes. Kitty gasped, putting her hand on his in an attempt to comfort him.

Jack looked startled. "Owen? How could we have saved him, don't be stupid Ianto…"

"But we knew, Jack! We knew what would happen! We knew exactly how and when Owen would die, and we didn't save him…!"

It was only then, a fraction too late, that Ianto realised Toshiko had entered the room again, and was standing right behind him, listening to every word.

Go on; press that little button down in the corner. Y'all know you want to… ;)

Also, I can't remember if I gave Kitty a surname in my last fic. If I did, I've probably just given her another one, so, sorry if I have! Lol.