Haunted Chapter Three

Slow

A/N; The last chapter was abit short, mainly because it's Easter and I should be doing French homework but that can wait till Tuesday. And 990 words was a bit shameful. I usually aim for abit more if possible ;) While I wrote this I was playing 'The Kid Inside' by John Barrowman xD which is a catchy song ;D.. Torchwood is owned by the BBC :D

I will keep changing points of view just so you can get into everyones mind. And in case I didn't say, this story is set before they know of John Hart. So if I say John I mean the John Hart ;). Theres also some Ianto/Lily in this (:

Ianto's POV

Coffee making wasn't the best thing to do today. First of all I had already put too many sugar in, too lesser milk and than over-boiled the kettle. If that's even possible. I couldn't stop thinking about Lily, she put this strange feeling in me, comfort? She knew the pain I had been through. She understood Lisa and didn't think bad of her. In a state of confusion I ran straight into Owen with a batch of hot coffee. I braced myself ready for his shouting.

"TEA-BOY, DID. YOU. JUST. SPILL. HOT. COFFEE. OVER. ME?" He shouted. I went down to pick up the broken china on the floor but he stopped me. "ANSWER ME!" The commotion seemed to have got the attention of the others. Tosh looked confused and slightly scared. Jack stood just outside his office, eyebrows raised. Gwen shook her head and carried on working. Lily was no-where to be seen. I looked at Owen and nodded. His nostrils flared and if looks could kill I would be dead.

"Owen. Calm yourself man. It's only coffee. I bet you've had worse spilt down you. Put this on and shut the hell up!" Lily called out standing a little way behind Owen, throwing a black shirt at him. Once he had muttered something about needing a shower to get the stench of coffee out of him he walked off, getting a disapproving look from Lily, before she came over and started collecting the pieces of china and putting them onto the tray.

"Thanks." I muttered, lost for words.

"No problem, Owen's been bugging me, asking questions about me since I came back to help him."

"What do you mean"

"About my family, background, that kinda thing. It's not that he's pestering me. I would rather not tell him. But I don't trust him that much. He wouldn't understand if I told him."

"Who would?"

"My dad, errrm, Jack might, John already knows although you don't know him. You."

"Me?"

"Yeah, I knew you at Torchwood One. You told me about Lisa. I understood."

Moving into the kitchen I was even more confused. Was her story that confusing that only a few people would understand.

"But..."

Lily cut me off with a swift kiss on the corner of my mouth. I shut the door and locked the kitchen and wrapped my arms around her waist. She kissed me passionately, letting all her emotions flow into it. I gently pushed her back into the wall, her hands tangling in my hair. The last time I kissed a girl was before Lisa died. I felt like I was in ectasy. As I pulled back for air, Lily rested her head on my shoulder.

"Hang on, what about CCTV." She sounded panicked, I ran my fingers threw her short blonde hair.

"There is none in here."

"Good. We had better get back. Jack is probably wondering where we are. How long have we been in here?"

"About 5 minutes."

"About an average time then."

She smiled and went out into the hub. I started to make another batch of coffee, hoping I didn't spill it over anyone. It was now 10pm and Gwen had already left just after the Coffee-Spilling-Over-Owen incident. Owen had to stay to finish paperwork. Jack never left the hub. I had cleaning up to do, it looked like Lily wasn't going anywhere and Tosh was still working on her translation programme. When I went out with the tray of coffee Owen had the clean black shirt that Lily had given him on, Jack was obviously in his office and Lily and Tosh were talking about foreign languages. Once I had finished handing I went down to the archives to finish some of the work I had to complete. Mostly organizing the 'D' section.

When I heard the heavy footsteps of Jack I inwardly groaned. He had being trying to seduce me for a long time. I had shook him so many times without a real reason. Now I had one, Lily. Although I could never tell Jack that yet, I could never hurt Lily.

"Ianto. I thought you would've gone home by now."

"Not tired sir. Plus these archives need sorting."

"Ianto, for the last time, it's Jack. And anyway you could sort these out tomorrow, why rush."

"Sorry."

"No need to be sorry Ianto." He moved closer to me.

"Where's Lily?"

"Apparently she doesn't have to sleep. So she's wandering the hub. Getting used to it." He said slowly still moving closer. I took an involuntry step back.

"Right."

Jack, moving closer still. Leaned in and whispered in my ear;

"Leave her alone. I don't know what's going on with you two but if you want to be safe then leave her alone."

Then turned on his heel and walked out the door. Not even a minute later Lily walked in.

"He doesn't suspect anything." She stated before embracing me in a warm hug.

"Where do we from here?" I mumbled against her neck.

"Anywhere, but the others can't know. Not yet."

"You've only been here a couple of hours, it would look bad on your part anyway."

"Probably would. Oh by the way, Owen's still angry at you for spilling coffee down his shirt." She said with a wink.

"I'll sort it out tomorrow. What were you talking to Tosh about?"

"Nosey, are we Ianto?" She said with a laugh, "We were talking about translations and I said you don't need to carry that around with all the time as I know every language."

"You know every language?" I asked in disbelief.

"Yup. But it's complicated thing of space-y time-y stuff. I'll explain it all later."

A/N; Meh, not really happy with this one either. But Jack doesn't know anything by the way. And it will become clear how she knows John Hart. I'm not at all happy with the bit between Lily and Ianto. But then Ianto would want to take things kinda slow. But It's like 12 at night. :D