Summary: Not really in the mood to bore you with details from my life so I thought I just let you jump right into the second chapter. It's not like you mind, do you because if you do I'd be happy to discuss them. Nah, you don't care. Anyways enough talking and onward to the disclaimer:

Disclaimer: If I owned this show do you think it would have ended the way it did. I don't think so. Go on to chapter two.

Chapter 2

The first thing he noticed was the pain in his head that traveled all the way down his body. He fluttered his eyelids only to find that they hurt too but he still could open them. His vision was blurry at first but he was able to see white tiles and that was all.

Confusion clouded his mind as he opened his mouth to speak but found his mouth to be very dry.

"Hey there, you're awake."

Ianto turned over to see a strange man standing by his side pressing the button on a remote. He then looked down to see himself lying in a bed making him come to the realization that he was in the hospital.

"Wa…ter."

"Oh right." the man laughed as he moved over the other side of the bed and came back with a pitcher of water and a glass. He filled the glass with a small amount of water and brought it to Ianto's lips.

Ianto graciously took the water, pleased that it appeared to be working; his mouth no longer feeling as dry as it was before. He moved his head out of the way to signal the man that he was done drinking and was happy that the man seemed to understand.

"What happened?" he finally found himself asking the strange man standing beside him. The man did nothing but continue to smile, happiness radiating from his face.

"Well it appears that you were in a car accident."

"A what?"

"Car accident and I just so happened to be the one that saved you."

"Car accident…I was in a car accident."

"Yep and did I forget to mention that I saved you."

"I don't understand."

"Don't worry, I'll page the doctor for you."

Ianto didn't ask anything else as he continued to watch the stranger smile at him again before pressing a button on the remote. As he watched he couldn't help the sudden warm feeling that started to fill his stomach every time the man smiled at him.

"Must be the medication." he thought to himself as his mind still tried to wrap around the fact that he was in an car accident and apparently saved by the man standing in front of him. A man that he'd never met before, yet he had been there waiting for him to wake up while Lisa was no where to be found.

His mind immediately went to thoughts of Lisa. Where was she and why wasn't she the one in the room with him when he woke up instead of this stranger. He opened his mouth to say something when a man briskly entered the room wearing a white lab coat. Ianto automatically knew that the man was his doctor.

"Ah, good to see you're finally awake."

"What do you mean finally?" Ianto struggled to ask the doctor.

"Well you've been unconscious for four days." the doctor smirked as he walked over to the bed and began checking Ianto's vital signs. "Honestly didn't think that you were ever going to wake up."

"Four days…what, I mean-"

"Unidentified victim of a hit and run accident, brought to the A&E Wednesday night. Suffered from only three broken ribs, some of them bruised, some lacerations on the face from the broken glass, and some head trauma. Can't say how much head trauma though because you weren't awake to tell me anything."

"Doctor can you please slow down at bit." Ianto finally replied as he tried to wrap his mind around all the doctor was saying. He had been in a car accident four days ago. "I was in a car accident."

"That's what I said didn't I" the doctor replied, seemingly annoyed by Ianto's question. "Now can you please tell me your name."

"Ianto Jones."

"Alright Mr. Jones, can you tell me anything that you remember."

"Um…no I don't think I can. The last thing I remember was going to work Wednesday morning and nothing else."

"So you're telling me that can't remember anything that happened after Wednesday morning."

"Yes that's what I'm telling you."

"Okay then are you in any pain."

"Um not really but my chest hurts a little."

"That's from the broken ribs but I'll have you know that it's healing nicely. I'll just up the meds." The doctor replied, softly touching Ianto's chest trying to examine it. "I'll also have you know that you were very lucky. Your friend Jack told me that the accident looked pretty bad.

"So his name is Jack then is it."

"Yeah it is, I take it he hasn't told you yet but you should be thankful that he stopped and pulled you out of the car."

"I very grateful indeed." Ianto smiled as he looked back up at the doctor. He couldn't believe that man, Jack had come to his rescue to save him, even though they didn't know each other.

"Well then, I'm done for now but I'll be back later to run some more test to see how you're really doing." the doctor smiled as he moved away from Ianto's bed and towards the door. "Oh and by the way, the name's Dr. Harper."

Ianto didn't say anything as he watched Dr. Harper leave the room and at the same time he left, Jack choose that moment to re-enter the room with a cup of coffee in his hand. He was surprised because he hadn't even realized that Jack had left the room.

"So what did the doctor say, are you going to be alright."

"He say's that I'm going to be fine but he wants to do some more tests on me."

"Well that's great." Jack smiled as he sat down in the chair at the foot of Ianto's bed, sipping from his coffee. "I'm happy."

"The name's Ianto Jones by the way."

"Jack Harkness. Welsh are you?"

"Yes I am" Ianto blushed, "How could you tell?"

"I'd recognize those beautiful Welsh vowels anywhere."

Ianto blushed again as he reached over and grabbed Jack's hand, immediately feeling that warm feeling again. "I want to thank you for what you did."

"It's was nothing, really."

"You saved my life, I don't think that counts as nothing."

"It's not as if the car was about to blow up or anything." Jack shrugged as he continued to drink from his cup. "All I did was yank open the door, slice open the airbag, and pulled you out. No big deal."

"Well it's a big deal to me and I want to thank you."

"Okay then, you're welcome. I would kindly do it again."

"Let's hope nothing like this every happens again." Ianto grinned as he tried to sit up but regretted once a sharp pain radiated through his chest.

Jack sensed that Ianto was hurt and put his coffee down as he rushed to Ianto's side and forced him to lay back down. "I don't think you're ready to sit up yet."

"I didn't know you were a doctor."

"Well I'm not but I could be if you really wanted me too." Jack winked as his hand moved from Ianto's chest and trailed down his arm until he reached his hand. He inhaled sharply at the feel of the man's skin against his again and marveled at how soft it felt even after all the man had gone through.

Chills soared through Ianto's body as soon as Jack's hand landed on his. He couldn't explain it but it was a feeling that he'd never felt before. Even Lisa never made him feel the way that he felt in this particular moment.

"I should go." Jack suddenly said, the warm feeling ending as soon as Jack let go of his hand and made his way towards the door.

"Why did you save me?"

"What?" Jack asked, turning around before he had a chance to leave the room. He really wasn't prepared to answer the question.

"I said why did you save me?" Ianto asked again, this time looking up and staring directly in Jack's eyes. "You didn't have to. You could have called for help and then left but you didn't. You pulled me out of that car, rode in the ambulance with me, and stayed by my side for four days when you didn't even know my name. Why?"

"I don't know" Jack shrugged, "When I saw you in trouble I knew I had to help you and even after help arrived I couldn't leave you. I don't know, it was just something about you that captivated me and I couldn't let it go until I knew that you would be okay."

Ianto opened his mouth to respond but found he couldn't say anything. The more he spent time in Jack's presence the more he was intrigued by him. He still couldn't shake the feeling that Jack gave him when they touched" Thank you Jack"

"No problem. Look maybe you should get some sleep, you are probably tired after all this stimulation."

"But I've been asleep for four days."

"Still, I think you need to rest." Jack replied again as walked back to the bed and placed a kiss on Ianto's forehead. "Please Yan, do it for me."

Hearing Jack call him the name he despised didn't make him upset at all. In fact the feeling of warmth radiating through his entire body this time and he couldn't stop it. It was then that he realized that he really didn't want too.

"Will you be here when I wake up?" Ianto finally asked weakly. He could feel the medicine that Dr. Harper had given him flowing through his body. Maybe Jack was right, he needed to sleep.

"Don't worry, I'll be here when you wake up."

"Promise."

"I promise."

"Okay"

Ianto closed his eyes and the sounds of Jack leaving the room was the last thing he heard before he drifted off to sleep again.

A few hours later Ianto woke again and found that he was not alone in the room but someone was there holding his hand. He opened his eyes and hoped that it was Jack in the room like he promised he would be but instead he found that it was in fact Lisa holding his hand.

"Ianto thank God."

"Lisa-"

"I was so worried about you Ianto." she cried as she jumped up and wrapped her arms around him. "I couldn't believe what happened."

"I see you finally came to see me."

"Of course I came to see you, why wouldn't I"

"You weren't here when I woke up."

"I just got here about ten minutes ago." Lisa explained, releasing her hold on Ianto. "Dr. Harper called me after you woke up the first time. I'm still your emergency contact, remember."

"Of course I remember that but-"

"But what?"

"How come you weren't here when I woke up, where were you."

"Ianto-"

"The doctor said the accident was four days ago and I was unconscious only to wake up and find a strange man in my room and you not here." Ianto seethed at this fiancée, angry that she wasn't the first person he saw when he woke up. "In fact you just got here so I ask where were you?"

"I was in London" she finally answered, moving away from Ianto and towards the other side of the room. "I was in London staying with my parents."

"And why pre tell were in London?"

"Ianto how much do you remember about the night of the accident."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

"Please just tell me."

"Nothing." Ianto admitted, "I don't remember anything about that night. The last thing I remember is getting ready for work that morning."

"So you don't remember anything from that night."

"That what I said didn't I so can you please tell me why you were in London when I needed you."

"Because…because we had an argument and I left. Well actually you left before I did but I still left the flat."

"Why were we fighting?"

"Because-"

"Because what." Ianto asked, "Please, you have to tell me."

"Because I called off the engagement." she replied getting up from her chair and walking towards the window.

"I'm not doing this to hurt you I'm doing this to save you."

"You said you were trying to save me." Ianto whispered as the words sunk in, chunks of the night started to play in his head. He still couldn't remember the entire night but he was remembering some of it.

"What?"

"You thought your leaving would save me instead of hurt me."

"Yes I did say that. Are you remembering what happened that night."

"No, just a little but you left; you left me and now I want you to leave."

"Ianto-"

"What you told me, everything you said needs to be sorted properly and to do that I need you to leave."

"Yan please you have to understand-" she tried to plead with him only to be interrupted.

"I told you not to call me that." he snapped at her, sitting up even though it pained him to do so, "And I told you to leave; you had no problem with doing that before."

"Fine, I'll leave but we need to talk."

"And we will, eventually but not today."

"I brought you some clothes and personal items for later." Lisa whispered, "Thought they might be useful."

"Thank-you."

Lisa said nothing else as she grabbed her purse from the chair and grabbed the handle of the door, stopping briefly to give Ianto a apologetic look. When he said nothing, she opened the door and left the injured man alone. It wasn't long after Lisa left when Jack came back into the room this time empty handed but with an apologetic look on his face.

"You weren't here like I promised." Ianto immediately said before Jack even had a chance to sit down. "You said you'd be here and you weren't."

"I was here but then your fiancée Lisa came so I thought I'd leave you two alone."

"Ex."

"I'm sorry, what?

"Ex, Lisa is my ex-fiancée now. Apparently we broke up the night of the accident."

"Do you know why?"

"I don't remember anything from that night and she didn't tell me why so I still have no idea."

"Hopefully it will come to you."

"Maybe it will, maybe it won't." Ianto sighed as he rested his head on his pillow once more. "I don't think I want it to though."

"You say that now but you will want to remember it eventually."

"I'm so tired."

"Then go back to sleep Yan-"

"What did you call me."

"Yan." Jack repeated as he got up from the foot of the bed. "Thought I shorten it up a bit but if you don't like it-"

"No, I mean I usually hate it when people call me that but not with you. I kind of like it when you call me that."

"Anything I can do to make you smile is all my pleasure." Jack grinned as he leaned over and placed a small kiss on Ianto's lips. He didn't know why he did it but he couldn't help himself, he needed to be closer to younger man.

"Jack-"

"Yes."

"Thank-you." Ianto smiled as he closed his eyes and felt himself drifting back to sleep; this time with thoughts of Jack on his mind instead of Lisa.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter and I've never been in a car accident before but I know who I would want to save me if I were in one. Is that appropriate to say. Whatever dudes, until next time: Peace.