Right, here's the second chapter! I don't know if you guys will think the dares any good, but I've chosen it for a reason!! Anyway... enjoy!

Chapter 2

"Ianto?" Jack looked at the others and Gwen who was nervously biting her nails and tried once again to get Ianto's attention "Ianto"

He leaned towards him and gently brushed Ianto's right cheek with his fingertips. Ianto jumped slightly at the contact, his eyes flew open and he stared at Jack, a mischievous glint in his eyes. Jack felt a familiar feeling of excitement start to build-up in his gut as Ianto turned his attention to Gwen.

"Gwen, do you want to know what your dare is?" he asked, his voice sweet and soft – much like the smile that graced his lips.

"Errmm.... yes Ianto" Gwen replied starting to get annoyed, she hated the building anticipation and apprehension that was inside her.

Looking at her with that same smile for a few more seconds Ianto whispered, his voice carrying itself around the room "Gwen Cooper, I dare you to go down to Owen's desk and lick it for 24 seconds."

For a moment or two, no-one made a sound. Ianto continued to smile at Gwen, his smile still soft and sweet but there was defiantly a dark look in his eyes. Tosh giggled quietly, breaking the silence and Owen joined her in her giggles. Jack finally collapsed in a fit of laughter whilst Ianto continued to smile at the dumbstruck Gwen.

After a few minutes Gwen snapped out of her shock and surprise at Ianto's dare and smiled at them "Alright then" she rose from her seat and set off across the Hub towards Owen's desk. The other's followed her, still laughing bar Ianto, and stood opposite her and Owen's desk as she leant down to it.

Just as her tongue hit the desktop she heard a sharp click! Echoing briefly around the Hub. Gwen glanced up at the others as she continued to lick the desk to see Ianto holding a brass stopwatch held in his right hand as he watched her, his eyes flickering briefly to the stopwatch and back at her.

TICK!

TICK!

TICK!

TICK!

Ianto glanced down at his stopwatch again and watched as the second hand ticked away... 20...21....22....23...

"Stop" Ianto said softly, knowing he didn't have to shout for Gwen to hear him. "How do you feel?" He asked her watching her stand up straight.

"Fine Ianto. I thought you'd have done better than that for a dare you know?" Gwen replied, smiling at him with her usual gap-toothed smile.

"Owen" Ianto looked at the laughing medic who stopped and looked at him "Do you know when I last cleaned your desk?"

"This morning, why?" Owen replied, confused about Ianto's question.

"When did you drop that alien liquid on your desk?" Ianto asked conversationally, as though he were asking about Owen's shoes.

Owen then realised how cruel Ianto could really be to a person "Errmm, just an hour before the lock-down. I wiped it off with a cloth"

"What does that-" Tosh began, looking quite confused whilst Jack fell apart with laughter, when Gwen cut her off with a scream of fury.

"IANTO!" She screamed at him, looking like a madwoman.

"Don't worry Gwen, there's no lasting side-effects. You just can't eat or drink a lot for a few hours because it'll burn like hell." Owen tried to sooth her, something so out of character that Tosh looked at him confused. He was watching her worriedly as she took a threatening step towards Ianto who didn't flinch or move. He looked quite relaxed, with his soft and sweet smile on his lips.

"IANTO JONES!! YOU ARE A DEAD MAN!" Gwen screamed at him as she threw herself at him. Ianto didn't run but he did move – one step to the right, removing himself from Gwen's path and danger.

"I'm afraid I'm not allowed to die yet Gwen, Jack might not be too happy if I do you see." Ianto replied, his voice level and calm but his eyes full of unrepentant mischief.

As Gwen swung back around to face him, readying herself again for another attempt to grab him, Ianto said the one word that instilled instant fear in all of them.

"Decaf"

Her anger and violent urge to cause him bodily harm instantly vanished. She forced herself to relax as the others continued to laugh like hyenas.

"Why do you think no-one ever asks me to give them dares Gwen?" Ianto said softly. Gwen looked at the others who all nodded at her, their eyes saying 'You brought this on yourself'. "It's because my dares are apparently pure evil."

"You got that right!" Gwen muttered glaring at Ianto. His only reply was a smile and a small chuckle.

"Come on, let's get on with the game!" Jack said, having finally gotten his laughter under control. "I'll spin the bottle next!" he set off back towards the conference room with Tosh following him closely.

"No cheating Harkness" Owen called after Jack who turned and grinned at him.

"I don't cheat Owen," He said.

"Yeah, and birds don't fly do they?" Owen muttered, smiling slightly as he headed back to the conference room.

Gwen, without a word, followed him quickly. Ianto lingered for a single moment to quickly tidy up some of the clutter on Owen's desk, before heading after them for round two.

Ianto's SO evil!! Yay! A bit of Gwen-bashing never did any harm did it? No, of course it didn't. LOL!

Next chapter – who should I dare next? Jack? Owen? Tosh? Or Ianto? Or maybe Gwen again? Can I be that cruel to her? Of course I can! LOLz!