Really, you've only got yourself to blame that I haven't uploaded in a-g-e-s...
Well, ok, partly my fault too. And also School's.
To make up for it though this chapter is longer than the others!
"Jack, there's someone here claiming to know you." Ianto said through inter-com.
Captain Jack frowned, as Gwen, Tosh and Owen all looked at him to explain. They hadn't expected anyone at all.
"Who is it?" Jack asked, crossing his arms and wearing a puzzled expression on his face.
"Says he's called the Doctor."
"Can you tell him to hurry up? I know what he's like; he'll try and make an entrance..." A voice drawled in the background, a voice Jack recognised.
"Doctor?" Jack said with a grin, and then added loudly. "You know I can't help that!" He then got off his seat and began running for the Hub entrance.
"Doctor? A doctor?" Owen said, watching Jack leave with a frown. "It had better not be another fucking Martha Jones!"
Gwen and Tosh just laughed quietly to themselves at him, knowing him better than he did himself. They both knew he'd actually appreciated Martha's help...
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Donna turned around to make a comment to the Doctor, but suddenly froze when she heard that voice.
"Doctor!" A happy American voice said, as footsteps entered the small pokey office.
"Jack! Good to see you!" The Doctor said cheerfully. "Donna, this is my good friend Captain Jack Harkness."
"Well I don't fail to disappoint... who's your friend?" The voice asked mischievously.
"Jack..." The Doctor warned, but the American ignored him.
Donna turned around slowly, and looked him up and down.
He was tall and well built, with muscular arms, and a cleft chin. The black hair on his head had been gelled up a bit, giving him a cheeky school boy look which fit his grin perfectly, and he had eyes in which Donna wanted to swim all the way to the bottom of its ocean blue.
To Donna's disappointment, the grin fell away as he stared at her, but as quickly as Donna's disappointment had appeared, it slipped away as she realised...
He was completely stunned.
Lost for words, they simply stared at each for a moment, but long enough that the Doctor and Ianto exchanged confused looks.
'What are they doing?' The Doctor mouthed to Ianto, who just shrugged, as bewildered as he was.
Donna recovered first, and stretched out a hand.
"I'm Donna, Donna Noble." She said, looking at Jack under her eyelashes.
Jack took her hand softly, and instantly Donna felt like she'd never held anyone else's. Her hand just simply fit in his, like it had never fit in the Doctor's.
Sure, she liked it when the Doctor held her hand while running from monsters; it gave her strength and courage when running for her life. But this was different.
Like all her life she'd been waiting for this moment, when he'd take her hand in his, and she'd know for sure she'd found the meaning of everything.
"Captain Jack Harkness." He said, waking her up from her thoughts, his boyish grin back where it belonged.
The Doctor and Ianto blinked. The Doctor had already introduced him.
"So what's a pretty thing like you doing in Cardiff?"
Normally a cheesy line like that would have put Donna off instantly, but she was completely lost for words.
"Oh, you know, just... seeing the sights..." She finally said, saying the first thing that came to her mind.
The Doctor at that moment quickly leaned across to Ianto.
"Ok, who is she and what has she done with Donna?"
Donna quickly pulled out of her dreamy state, and glared at the Doctor.
"Shut it space-man!" She snapped, making the Doctor wince while Jack just laughed. "You can shut it too Captain Hook!"
Donna then suddenly bit her lip, worried for a second she'd just ruined everything before it had even begun. If only she hadn't opened her big stupid mouth...
But fortunately for her, Jack only seemed to become more besotted with her. It seemed Jack liked a girl with a temper.
"I like her." Jack said to the Doctor, making Donna smile secretly with glee. "Where did you find her?" He added, His eyes looking her up and down, not escaping Donna's attention.
"Oy! Don't go thinking I'm easy Harkness." Donna warned.
Captain Jack just winked at her.
"I wouldn't dream of it."
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Donna and Jack got on from that moment like a house on fire. Fire being the operative word in the Doctor's thoughts, as he and Ianto quickly abandoned the obvious chemistry in the office to see the rest of the hub.
"Hello! I'm the Doctor!" The Doctor said cheerfully, offering a hand to a Japanese woman sat at a computer.
"Toshiko Sato." She said, smiling as she took his hand.
As he was introduced to everyone, a sudden thought popped into the back of his head.
Should he have warned Jack about Donna's slaps?
A sudden SMACK went through the air, making the Doctor wince, and the others jump.
"What was that?" Gwen asked, getting to her feet. "It sounded like it came from the office..."
"Yeah, I wouldn't worry about that..." The Doctor intervened. "If I know Jack, he's made some cheesy chat up line, and if I know Donna, she's given him one hell of a slap."
The Doctor then winced a second time as he realised.
"And seeing as I know them both so well, I'd say..."
Another SMACK could be heard, and the Doctor just smiled smugly.
"…well, that Jack would say something else and earn himself yet another slap..."
It was nice not to be on the receiving end on Donna's infamous slaps for once.
When the Doctor quickly went down to check up on them five minutes later (make sure Donna hadn't put Jack in a coma or anything) neither of them were there.
The Doctor didn't see her until the next day, when she walked into the TARDIS, all flushed and smiling.
The Doctor raised an eyebrow.
"Good night?"
"Yeah, it was actually." Donna said happily, not picking up on the Doctor's sarcasm.
The Doctor just grinned, shook his head at her, and pulled down on a lever, sending them both back into the vortex.
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That night had been fantastic.
She really thought she'd ruined everything when she decked him, but it had only succeeded in making him keener to impress her.
It had been amazing to find someone who had accepted her for what she was.
Lance had... well, Lance had never truly loved her, he'd only used her, but she'd had other boyfriends. Boyfriends who hadn't wanted to put up with her on realising her feistiness had less attractive features.
The only man, who had ever loved her, despite her happy-slappy ways, had always been her Dad, and he was gone.
So it was a shock to find Jack still interested, even though she'd practically assaulted him... twice!
He'd laughed when she had admitted this to him.
"You can assault me any time you want." He'd whispered huskily, making Donna giggle.
He'd been surprised when she slapped him, of course he had, but then he'd grinned and... Oh, Donna just felt like he'd understood her.
He'd mentioned a nice cafe along the road, and offered her his hand. She couldn't help but smile happily as she took his hand, before making some sarcastic remark that, even more shockingly, made him laugh again!
Her hand had felt so right in his, just so damn right.
They'd ended talking for hours on end. They told each other everything, Donna even knew about his brother Grey, and she'd told him about when her Dad had died.
It had been a relief to talk to someone about her Dad. Her Mum always broke down when she brought him up, and her Grandfather never knew what to say.
She wasn't sure even her best friend the Doctor would have known what to say if she'd brought it up, but with Jack, nothing needed saying.
Then someone had moved, Donna wasn't sure whether it had been her or him, and suddenly they had locked lips.
It was just like holding his hand, but so much more. He just tasted so good... It sparked a fire inside her that had been dormant for months.
Was it really any surprise she'd ended up in his bed that night?
He'd even walked her to the TARDIS door after she'd spent the night at his. She'd half expected it to be over, for it to have been just one more one night stand to add to their lists, but he'd held her hand, cooked her breakfast, whispered sweet nothings in her ear, and snogged her senseless outside the TARDIS.
Was it any wonder she'd bounded into the TARDIS with that stupid grin plastered on her face?
She'd been on top of the world. All her frustrations of landing in Cardiff had evaporated in one single night.
"Good night?" The Doctor asked.
"Yeah, it was actually." Donna said happily, remembering and reliving every detail of her night with relish.
But she hadn't been with a guy for months.
She hadn't expected to meet anyone travelling through time and space.
She hadn't taken anything to stop the inevitable.
And now she was pregnant.
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