AN: Thanks to JonesIantoJones for betaing this for me. Please review xx

After Mary part 2

When Jack and Ianto arrived at the Hub the following morning Tosh was already in and working on the list that Unit wanted.

"Morning Tosh. Coffee?" Ianto asked moving away from Jack and up to the coffee machine.

"Morning Jack, Ianto. Please." She answered.

Jack looked at her and frowned "Hey. How long have you been here?"

Tosh looked at the time. "About three hours. Couldn't sleep." She added by way of an explaination.

Ianto returned with the coffees and placed them on Tosh's desk; Jack immediately picked his up and wandered up to his office. Ianto took a sip of his. "Mmm delicious even if I did make it myself. So how are you doing after yesterday Tosh?" He asked sincerely.

Tosh looked up wearily, then sighed. "I've been better."

Just then the door alarm went off signalling the arrival of Owen and Gwen, who Ianto noted arrived together. Tosh ducked her head down to look at her computer avoiding having to look at them. Ianto noticed the move and he bent down to quietly ask. "How about lunch? Just you and me."

Tosh was startled by the question but nodded her head in acceptance.

******TORCHWOOD******

Lunchtime arrived with no rift activity. Everyone had been getting on with the backlog of work that accumulated when they were busy. It was mostly paperwork and filing so they were all relieved when Ianto said he had ordered lunch. Tosh was surprised she thought she was going to lunch with Ianto "Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick as usual." She thought. Ianto saw her confusion and went over to her.

"I haven't forgotton I'm taking you to lunch. I've only ordered for those three. When it arrives you and I are going out."

Ten minutes later saw Ianto taking pizza and coffee up to the boardroom where Jack was waiting for it.

"Thanks Ianto I'm starving." Jack said grabbing one of the boxes and opening it to get at the pizza. "Mmmm just what I needed."

Ianto put the rest down on the table along with the coffee. "Jack is it still ok for Tosh and I to go for lunch?"

Jack just nodded his head, as his mouth was full.

"Right if you need us we'll have our comms on." Ianto then left calling. "Owen and Gwen if you want pizza get up there now before Jack eats them all. C'mon Tosh let's go." He grabbed Tosh's coat and handed it to her as they walked to the door much to the astonishment of Gwen and Owen who just stared after them.

They found a small coffee shop and ordered Paninis and lattes before finding somewhere comfortable to sit.

"So you drew the short straw then?" Tosh noted.

Ianto sighed. "Not exactly. Jack thought I was the best person. He thought that you would find it easier to talk to me because I've been where you are. And I agreed with him. So here we are. If you want to talk about Mary we can if you don't we can talk about something else. It's entirely up to you. What I will say is that I am your friend and I care about you. I don't want you to end up in the same state as I did after.....after Lisa." He finished sincerely.

Tosh dipped her head down and blushed. "Thanks Ianto that means a lot to me."

They continued to eat in comfortable silence until they both spoke at once. "So how did.." Ianto started while Tosh began. "I really am..."

That broke the quiet as they both laughed. "You first." Ianto encouraged.

Tosh fiddled with her mug. "I'm sorry for listening to your thoughts. It was an invasion of your privacy and I truly am sorry."

Ianto picked up her other hand in his."Hey it's ok apology accepted. So how did you meet Mary?"

Tosh was startled by the question, then she smiled. "She came on to me at the pub. I'd had a particulary shitty day at work, she was being hit upon by some guy, and came over and started talking. It was a bit freaky really as she knew everything about me, but I guess she would as I was her means to get into the Hub for her transporter. How could I have been so naive? Someone shows an interest in me and I don't even question it. Pathetic."

"Hey you are not pathetic or naive. You thought she liked you for you. You weren't to know that she was an alien." Ianto said vehemently.

"I know. But I should've been more cautious, especially with what we do. I shouldn't have taken her at face value. Should've waited before sleeping with her. God am I that sad?" Tosh whispered the last bit.

Ianto placed a finger under her chin and lifted it up. "Look Tosh, we've all done the one night stand bit. We don't always know everything about the person we sleep with, but that doesn't mean to say we're sad."

"I know but I thought - you know - that maybe she liked me for being me that maybe she was the one. But no she only liked me for what she could get out of me. I'm never going to put myself in that position again." Tosh said sadly.

"There is someone out there for you Tosh - don't give up. You never know where you might find them. And if you ever want to go out to the cinema or to eat or you just want someone to bitch about work to I'm here for you. I know how things can spiral out of control and you think no one cares, but let me tell you Tosh - I care, so does Jack and in their own way Gwen and Owen do too." Ianto softly told her.

Tosh looked at him with tears in her eyes. She squeezed his hand. "Thank you Ianto."

Ianto squeezed her hand back. "That's what friends are for. Ok?"

"Ok." Tosh smiled.

"I think it's time to head back. The others are going to go mad soon if they don't get their caffeine fix within," Ianto looked at his watch, "the next half hour."

Tosh laughed as she pushed her chair to stand up. "Well we can't have that can we?"

"No we can't. It's not a pretty sight." Agreed Ianto.

As they left the coffee shop Tosh looped her hand around Ianto's arm. They walked back to the Hub in silence just enjoying the sun that had come out. When they got to the Tourist Information Centre Ianto opened the door and let Tosh through. Before they headed down Tosh stopped him and placed a small kiss to his cheek."Thanks again Ianto. And if you need to talk I'm here for you too."

They then carried on down to get on with the rest of the day both knowing they would be there for each other no matter what.