Chapter 4
The weeks gradually turned into months and Torchwood's business carried on as usual, with stray aliens, new technology and a small disaster every now and again. Arianna had begun to give up hope of finding her father but she was starting to feel more of the 'Torchwood family', Gwen had even asked her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding. Of course at the time Arianna had no idea what a bridesmaid was, once Gwen had explained she was soon delighted that Gwen had asked her.
Ianto had made it his official job to educate Arianna about humans, which she quite enjoyed, it was all interesting and foreign but thrilling too. Instead of teaching Arianna, Tosh was in fact learning from her, they spent most of their time discussing alien artefacts they found and they enjoyed trying to solve the mystery of new equipment together. Owen on the other hand wasn't interested in teaching or learning anything, his contribution to helping Arianna fit in, was to take her out every Monday and Tuesday, get a takeaway of some sort and watch a movie. Obviously he wasn't careless enough to show her inappropriate movies, in that respect he treated her like a child still, so they watched 'family-friendly' movies. Gwen was ever caring and liked to spend quality time with Arianna, she often stayed round Gwen's house and they'd have a girlie night together, to Arianna it was sort of like having a fantastic big sister. Rhys didn't mind either, he quite liked Arianna and was pleased when Gwen made her a bridesmaid, of all the people at Torchwood, Rhys definitely got on best with Arianna.
And then there was Jack. Or Uncle Jack as he preferred to be called, he and Arianna spent the most time together, probably because they stayed at the hub all the time together, and they had become quite close, almost as if Jack was really her Uncle. It was easier for them to bond, after all the things they new about aliens. It was also the one time Arianna could talk about her Dad, and hear stories about him. Jack always had plenty of stories.
But that all passed quickly, until it was the morning of Gwen's wedding.
Arianna woke up at about 6:00, she was very excited, she'd never been to a human wedding before and was thrilled to be a part of it. She looked at her deep red dress that was hanging on the door, and grinned.
As she ran down the kitchen area, Ianto stood there making a cup of tea. She sat on one of the stools, still grinning.
"Well, good morning," Ianto said smiling.
"Morning," Arianna replied.
"You're up early," Jack commented as he strolled in the room.
"You're up earlier," Arianna said.
"Well, we all know its Gwen's big day and we want everything to run smoothly so I thought I'd get up earlier." Jack said.
"He's lying," Ianto added, "Gwen got bitten by an alien that reproduces using an exo-biological insemination."
"Is she alright?" Arianna asked.
"See, I told you not to tell her, she's going to be really worried now," Jack moaned to Ianto.
"Thought it was best that she knew," Ianto replied.
"Well, is she?" Arianna asked again, staring at the two of them.
"I don't know, just going to check on her now, with Owen," Jack replied before walking off, "be good for Ianto while I'm gone!" He called out.
"'Course you will," Ianto smiled, "Right, what do you want for breakfast then?"
After breakfast was finished Arianna got dressed and ready and waited for news of Gwen, Tosh had carefully put her dress in a box for her, so that if the wedding was going to go ahead she'd be ready. Tosh was going to the wedding too, but she hadn't changed yet either, they were all waiting to see if Gwen was alright.
A few hours later Arianna wandered down to the centre of the hub to find Tosh at her workstation talking to Owen, Jack and Ianto.
"Is Gwen alright?" She asked.
"So far, she's still going ahead with the wedding," Owen said.
"Which is fine, as long as she doesn't go into labour at the altar. Rhys might forgive her going down the aisle pregnant, but not giving birth to a razor-toothed monster that eats half his family." Jack said.
"Could that happen?" Ianto asked.
Owen looked sceptical, "Well, look, the pregnancy's advanced and we're not familiar with the species."
"Which is why you, Owen, need to open up the guy with the teeth and make sure
there's no surprises." Jack said.
"I'm on it," Owen called, as he strode out the room to his medical station.
"Tosh, you've got an early pass to the wedding." Jack said, and Tosh smiled. "So you might as well take Arianna with you, and keep an eye on Gwen," he added.
Tosh nodded and took Arianna's hand as they went up to her room.
"I'm just going to get changed," Tosh said to Arianna, "You can change when you get there, we have plenty of time, I'll come and get you in a few minutes."
Arianna sat on her bed and looked at the box next to her, it contained her bridesmaid's dress that she had been looking forward to wearing for weeks. She had been looking forward to the wedding for week but despite this she would rather it was cancelled in exchange for the assurance of Gwen's safety. But she knew how much this all meant to Gwen and Gwen would never cancel the wedding, even though she had to cover up the fact she had an alien in her tummy.
20 minutes later Tosh walked back into Arianna's room, she looked stunning, she had her hair nicely tied up with a few strands flowing down and she was wearing an amazing dress.
Arianna smiled and put down the book she was reading.
"You look beautiful," Arianna complimented.
"Thanks honey, now let's get going shall we?" Tosh smiled and picked up Arianna's box with one hand. She rested her bag on the box and put another box underneath that presumably had Gwen's new wedding dress in it and took Arianna's hand with her spare hand.
They walked out the hub together and made their way to Tosh's car. Tosh placed the boxes carefully in the back of the car and then went to check that Arianna was strapped in and ready before they headed off.
Arianna had been on Earth for a while now but she still hadn't gotten used to the idea of sitting in cars she found it quite bizarre that they used this belt to hold them in. She also found it bizarre at how slow it was. She had been on trips with her Dad to Galaxies the other side of the Universe and it only took a few seconds or minutes at the most. Yet here she was sitting in a car, it took them an hour to get to the venue since there had been so many traffic jams and restricted speed zones. Not that they were in any hurry, they had arrived quite early, just enough time to get everything sorted.
Tosh carried the boxes again and took Arianna's hand as they entered the building. It was beautiful, made of stone with plants growing around the windows, it looked reasonably old but still beautiful. The inside was done-up well and it all looked rather formal and delicate.
As soon as the two had walked in the room a man came over to them.
"Woah. All right, love? You've got a couple of big boxes. Do you want a hand with
that?" He asked Tosh.
"Uh. No, thank you. I'm fine." Tosh replied, she gave a brief fake smile and headed to the reception desk pulling Arianna who was a bit bemused by the strange man.
"Are you going to the wedding?" The man asked Tosh.
"Yes, I'm a friend of Gwen's," Tosh replied trying to ignore him.
"And the little girl?" He asked indicating to Arianna who gave a frown.
"She's a bridesmaid," Tosh replied.
"Oh, must be Arianna, the only bridesmaid I haven't met," He said almost as if he was proud of his involvement in the wedding preparations, "So you all excited then? How exactly do you know Gwen and Rhys by the way?" The man asked Arianna.
Arianna just stared at him and then turned to Tosh with questioning eyes.
"Arianna is Gwen's bosses' niece," Tosh filled in and gave Arianna a separate look that said 'just forget him'.
"Right, not really the sort of person you have as your bridesmaid though, weird, bosses' niece, I'm surprised Rhys agreed to that." The man jabbered on.
Arianna frowned again and this time turned away from the man to stand close to Tosh who put the boxes on the desk.
"Well, I'm Banana. I suppose you can tell why." The man/Banana said.
"You come up in spots and go soft quickly?" Tosh replied completely unimpressed by this man.
"I'm actually the best man." Banana replied.
"Evolution is full of surprises." Tosh sighed looking down at Arianna who let out a small giggle.
"I get to check everything personally, right. Uh, the disco, cake, flowers, seating." Banana declared.
Tosh ignored him and asked the receptionist, "Bridal suite?"
The person behind the front desk replied, "First floor, on your left," whilst gesturing up the flight of stairs. Tosh nodded a thank you before grabbing the boxes again, she looked behind her briefly to check Arianna was following, which she was so Tosh carried on and began to ascend the stairs.
"So do you fancy a little drink later?" Banana asked Tosh.
"Sorry, I'm intolerant to vasoactive amines." Tosh called down without looking behind her at Banana who was stood at the bottom of the stairs looking up.
"Huh?" He asked.
"She meant banana's make her vomit," Arianna called out.
Tosh smiled at the girl beside her and they exchanged a pleased expression. They carried on up the stairs till they found Gwen's room. Tosh knocked on the door.
"Hi," Tosh said.
"Hi," Gwen replied, "How's my little bridesmaid?"
Arianna smiled, "I'm good, how are you?"
"I've been better," Gwen sighed.
"Jack sent me over with this." Tosh said indicating to the larger box.
"Come on in," Gwen said to the both of them, she let them in and then shut the door behind them.
Tosh placed the boxes carefully on the floor one next to each other, she opened the left one that contained Arianna's dress and pulled the dress out and handed it to Arianna.
"Go and put it on honey," Tosh said, Arianna smiled.
"Let us know if you need any help," Gwen smiled, "Bathroom's through there," she pointed to a half open door.
Arianna smiled and walked into the bathroom and closed the door behind herself before changing into the beautiful dress. Meanwhile Gwen opened her box and pulled out the white dress.
"It's beautiful." Gwen gasped.
"And, I don't blame you for telling Jack and Owen to stick a postponement.
I think it's wonderful you're getting married, whatever." Tosh said.
"Tosh, thank you" Gwen said sincerely.
"Very lucky."
"Yes," Gwen agreed. She looked over to see Tosh who now had her eyes lowered and was looking a little sad.
"You know, Tosh, it'll happen for you, one day. There's always Owen..." Gwen said hopefully.
"I don't think so. 'In sickness and in health, till death do us part'? That's going to sound like a bad joke, isn't it?" Tosh sighed.
Just then Arianna walked out the bathroom in her dress. Both ladies gasped and then smiled.
"You look wonderful," Gwen said and Tosh nodded. "Everyone's going to be looking at you not me," Gwen joked playfully.
"Don't say that," Arianna sat next to Gwen and gave her a hug, "I think you're beautiful,"
Gwen smiled and pulled her into a hug as well, "Thank you."
"Um, I'll let you get on. If you need me, I'll be downstairs. Good luck." Tosh said, "Do you want me to look after Arianna?"
"No, no, she can stay here for a bit, then she can meet the other bridesmaid's. Thanks Tosh," Gwen said.
Tosh nodded and walked out the room.
"Right let's do your hair," Gwen laughed happily.
Arianna shook her head, "No you don't need to, my hair's fine, I want to help you get ready."
"Aw, thank you honey, but I have plenty of time to get ready, and as lovely as your hair is I'm going to style it anyway." Gwen giggled.
They both smiled at each other and Gwen began busying away at Arianna's long straight black hair. By the time she had finished Arianna had stunning waves throughout her hair and a cute clip pinned in the side to hold back some of the front.
Just as they finished there was a knock at the door. Gwen opened it to find her two other bridesmaids and best friends.
"My God! It's true!" One of them exclaimed.
Gwen sighed and ushered them in. They then saw Arianna sitting on the floor gazing up at them innocently.
"Isn't she cute," The other one said.
Gwen laughed as Arianna pulled a face, "Girls, this is Arianna, Arianna this is Trina and Carrie, together you are my three bridesmaids."
"So this is the mysterious Arianna," Carrie said.
"How come we've never met her before Gwen?" Trina asked.
"She stays with her Uncle a lot, a busy little bee aren't you," Gwen smiled as Arianna came and stood next to her and held her hand. Arianna peered up at Gwen's face.
"What does that mean?" She asked.
"What does what mean?" Gwen said confused.
"You called me a busy little bee," Arianna's brow furrowed.
"You've never heard that before?" Trina said shocked.
Arianna shook her head nervously.
"It's alright, it's just a saying people use, it just means you're busy honey, nothing bad, don't worry," Gwen reassured her.
"Oh."
Carrie and Trina gave each other a look saying, 'how dumb is this girl?'
"Can you too look after her for a while? I need to have a few minutes and I can't leave her on her own." Gwen asked them.
Arianna looked up at Gwen and pleading with her eyes not to leave her with them, but Gwen sighed and squeezed her hand.
"Um, sure, aren't her parent's coming, or Uncle or whatever?" Trina asked.
"No, at least not for a while, and because you're bridesmaid's too, I'm asking you, please?" Gwen asked.
"Sure," Carrie said, "I looked after my niece for a whole week, I think the two of us can manage a few hours,"
Gwen smiled to say thanks and turned to Arianna who looked rather scared.
"All the fightening things you've seen and you're scared of leaving me for a few hours," Gwen whispered.
Arianna smiled briefly but clung to Gwen. "It's alright," Gwen tried to reassure her, "They'll take good care of you,"
"Let's go and have a look at the gardens, shall we?" Carrie said in a sweet voice and held out her hand for Arianna to take. Gwen urged her forward and Arianna took Carrie's hand cautiously.
"Come on," Trina said, she opened the door for them. "See you later Gwen," she added with a wink.
Gwen smiled and watched them walk out, she hoped Arianna would be alright with them, they weren't the greatest role models, but they were nice enough. The two older bridesmaids took Arianna down to the gardens, they mainly talked to each other rather than Arianna but she didn't mind, in fact she preferred it that way.
"Oh, it's nearly time already, come on, let's go, we don't want Gwen to walk down the isle without us," Trina said snapping Arianna out of a little trance she'd made for herself so she didn't have to hear their constant wittering.
They hurried to the door where Gwen and her father were just arriving, Gwen smiled nervously and Arianna smiled back, Gwen looked amazing despite having a huge lump on her front. Gwen and her father went in first with Carrie and Trina behind and Arianna behind that, a beautiful formation. The ceremony began smoothly and Arianna took a seat next to Gwen's mother to watch as Rhys and Gwen stood beside each other. It was all perfect.
"Rhys and Gwen have chosen to solemnize their commitment before you..." The Priest announced.
"But first the law requires me to ask of you all, if there is anyone here..." He continued as Gwen and Rhys held each other's hands.
"...who knows of any reason why these two may not marry?"
The room went silent as expected and Gwen and Rhys looked at each other adoringly, Arianna looked around at this bizarre set up but just as she was thinking about how weird humans were the large doors swung open and in came Jack, Ianto and Owen.
"STOP!" Yelled Jack.
Everyone turned around to find the three men panting at the back of the room.
"STOP IT!"
Jack ran up the isle.
"Stop the wedding!" He shouted.
"Hold on!" He panted as he made his way to Gwen.
"Jack?" She asked not impressed at all by their entrance.
"Gwen, believe me, I'm sorry. But this has to stop now." Jack apologised.
Arianna looked on the situation nervously, something was wrong, Jack wouldn't stop the wedding if something wasn't seriously wrong.
"I just knew that baby wasn't Rhys's!" A woman stood up and yelled.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Rhys whispered to Jack furiously.
"Jack, I've told you, I am marrying Rhys!" Gwen said defiantly.
"Not now. You can't." Jack said solemnly.
"Butt out, Jack! You've screwed things up enough between me and Gwen. You are
not going to mess up our wedding!" Rhys said sternly.
"Listen, I am trying to save Gwen's life. Yours, too." Jack replied.
"What's going on, Jack?" Gwen asked.
"Can we do this somewhere else?" He asked.
This time Rhys was the first to react, he pulled Gwen and they began walking back down the isle, Jack quickly followed. Arianna wasn't staying in here with all these humans by herself, so she ran after them and quickly caught up with Jack who was heading to Gwen's bridal suite.
"What's happening?" Arianna asked nervously.
"Owen found something nasty," Jack replied, then he looked down at Arianna and smiled, "But don't worry, we'll sort it," He added with a grin.
Owen and Ianto had gone to find Tosh whilst Arianna followed Jack into Gwen's room, once they entered Rhys looked menacingly at Jack and Gwen looked a bit frustrated.
"This better be worth it," Rhys growled.
"Just listen," Jack insisted after closing the door. "The mother of the alien-baby is here, looking for Gwen,"
"There's two of them?" Gwen exclaimed.
"Ma and Pa Nostrovite. They hunt in pairs. But childbirth is more of a ...
three-way. He finds and impregnates a host. She then comes in like the midwife from hell, hanging around, watching, waiting, until the time is right. Then it gets messy." Jack explained.
"So you think she's near?" Rhys asked.
"She's a shape-shifter, Rhys. She could be out there making small talk with
your mom and dad." Jack said.
Gwen sighed and sat on the bed, Arianna sat next to her and Jack stood close. Rhys decided to stand by the door in case anyone came in, but he could still hear their conversation.
"We're not stopping the wedding." Gwen told Jack.
"Gwen, there isn't a choice here." Jack said.
"Ever since I've met you, Jack, all Rhys has had to put up with, with me, is
crap. The lies. The danger. The complications. But he's stood by me. Who else would do that?" Gwen stood up. "Who else would marry me knowing that I am carrying some kind of monster inside me? I love him, and I'm going to marry him, today."
Rhys stepped in, "Thanks. But it is my wedding, too. Don't I get a say?"
Suddenly a woman screamed, and Jack ran out the room. Arianna's instinct told her to follow Jack and she got up to leave but Gwen held her hand, "No sweetie, it might be dangerous, stay with me,"
They got up together and Rhys ran ahead, Arianna walked slowly beside Gwen who was doing her best to waddle to where the scream could be heard. Just as they went into a room Carrie ran out screaming and ran down the corridor. They went into the room to find a mangled body on the floor and Tosh, Ianto and Owen were there with the man they had seen earlier, Banana.
"Ianto, after the girl. I need this contained." Jack yelled and immediately Ianto chased after the girl.
As soon as Rhys caught sight of the remains he panicked, "Oh, God! I want Gwen out of here now, Jack!"
Arianna felt tears come to her eyes when she saw that poor man on the floor, or what was left of the man. It must have been so painful for him.
"Jack, I've seen the shape-shifter. It's a woman. She's in black." Tosh said.
Jack nodded trying to think of what to do next. Then he heard Ianto's voice over the comm. System, 'Jack, I'm afraid the situation is uncontained.'
"Okay, Ianto, get to the SUV, jam the phone lines. The last thing we need is someone calling the police." Jack told him, he then looked at Arianna and decided it was best she stayed with him, "Arianna, stay close to me unless I tell you other wise, okay?"
Arianna nodded and Jack gave her an appreciative pat on the head before he turned to Tosh, "Tosh, you're with me. We'll find that woman in black. Gwen, Owen needs to operate, now."
Rhys looked disturbed by this, "I want Gwen safe Jack, now!"
Jack looked furiously stressed and glared at Rhys, "I want her safe, too, Rhys. So we do what I say!"
Gwen tried to mediate between them and calm the situation, "Rhys, Jack knows what he's doing, darling, okay?"
Rhys huffed but didn't say anything, he just waited for Jack to come up with some sort of reasonable plan.
"Look, if we run, the Nostrovite will be waiting for us. And we're running out
of time." Jack informed them.
"What's the plan, Jack?" Gwen prompted him.
Owen held up his backpack and said, "I've got an idea."
"Then I'm staying here, okay?" Rhys demanded.
"Fine! Tosh with me. Arianna." Jack called as he stormed out the door. Tosh grabbed Arianna's hand and they ran after him.
"Move!" Jack yelled as he ran into the main room where all the guests were waiting. Tosh and Arianna ran in after him, all the guests stared at them as they entered.
"I need everyone to stay calm and do exactly as I tell you." Jack said calmly but very loudly so everyone was aware of what was going on.
"And who the hell are you?" A man who Arianna knew to be Rhys' father, asked.
"Torchwood" was all Jack replied.
"Gwen's Torchwood? You mean you're real?" Gwen's father exclaimed in disbelief.
Tosh suddenly spotted the woman and grabbed her gun and aimed it at a brown haired woman wearing black.
"Jack! There she is!" Tosh yelled.
"Everybody down!" Jack shouted as he too raised his gun at the woman.
The female Nostrovite stood up and turned to face them, her eyes glowed a deadly red and she displayed a row of teeth that looked deadly sharp.
"Nasty." Arianna whispered to no-one in particular.
As soon as the guests caught sight of her face they started screaming and panicking, they ran about the room trying to get out the way. Jack and Tosh began to fire at the female Nostrovite but she turned, ran and jumped out the window, Tosh, Jack and Arianna ran over to see what happened, but the female Nostrovite just kept running across the lawn.
"Arianna stay here!" Jack yelled back as he began to chase the Nostrovite.
"But…" Arianna began to argue but Tosh cut her off, "We'll be back soon, keep safe."
Arianna was about to run after Tosh anyway when Trina caught her hand, "You'll be alright here darling," she said thinking that Arianna was just as horrified and shocked about seeing this alien as she was, when in truth Arianna was just scared for Gwen.
Arianna sat next to Trina as they waited for any news on what was happening, all the guests were rushing around but none of them could make any contact with either the police or anyone else for that matter, Arianna smiled to herself, good old Ianto.
About an hour later the team made their way into the room again, but in front of them walked Gwen and Rhys, who looked a little messy but very happy.
"Well then, let's finish the service shall we?" Jack called out.
Everyone was too shocked to say anything and instead they made their way to there seats, Gwen and Rhys meanwhile, made their way to the front again. Arianna smiled and ran up to Jack who was now grinning. He hoisted her up and gave her a big hug.
"Told you we'd sort it didn't I," He grinned.
Arianna laughed and put her arms around his neck, he sat down with Arianna on his lap and Ianto, Tosh and Owen soon followed suit by sitting down too. In fact everyone was now sat down and the wedding began again.
"I call upon these persons here present to witness that I, ahem... Gwen..." Gwen paused and glanced back at Jack, Arianna, Owen, Tosh and Ianto before turning to Rhys again and finishing, "Elizabeth... Cooper..."
"Do take thee, Rhys Alun Williams, to be my lawful wedded husband." The priest prompted Gwen.
Gwen giggled before continuing, "Do take thee, Rhys Alun Williams, to be my lawful wedded husband."
Gwen put the ring on Rhys' finger before she whispered to him, "Come here,"
They kissed and the audience started clapping and cheering happily. Arianna looked confused and turned to Jack with one eyebrow raised. "Just go with it," he replied with a smirk and began clapping too.
Gwen an Rhys turned round holding each other's hands to see everyone clapping them, they turned to each other before they made their way out of the room. Once they were out of sight the guests gradually followed.
"Where are we going?" Arianna asked.
"To have fun," Jack replied picking her up again, they made their way out the room to where everyone had now congregated in a different room full of round tables and food.
They had a lovely meal and people were happy and excited, most were starting to get a little drunk, but that's when the dancing began, music started playing and people gradually made their way to the dance floor.
Owen turned to Tosh, "Ah, you ready to see that dead man dance, Tosh?" He held out his hand for her, "come on,"
Tosh smiled and took his hand as they made their way to the dance floor to join all the other couple that were now dancing. Ianto turned to Arianna who was looking slightly bored, this was obviously not her scene, she looked more interested studying bits of wiring than she did here. So he sighed and asked her, "Want another drink?"
She smiled and nodded, so he picked her up and took her over to get another orange juice, she seemed to love that stuff. Arianna was enjoying being with Ianto but she noticed he was slightly pre-occupied. She watched him as he gazed at Jack dancing with Gwen.
"Can I get down?" Arianna asked, as Ianto was still holding her.
"Oh, sure," He smiled and placed her gently on the ground, he then looked up only to focus his eyes on Jack again.
"Go on then," Arianna said, giving Ianto a little push to the dance floor. She may not understand humans much, but it was obvious who Ianto wanted to be with right now. Ianto turned to her and smiled, he ruffled her hair lightly before strolling onto the dance floor.
After a few hours the party had started to die down, Gwen sat next to Rhys on one of the tables and observed as their parents had both fallen asleep. Within a few minutes more and more people started to fall asleep. Then some feedback screeched through the microphone before all sounds went dead. Gwen looked around she noticed that all her guests had now fallen asleep, apart from herself, Rhys and all Torchwood.
"O-okay, Jack, what's going on?" Gwen said a little amused.
"Strange thing, when you mix Level Six retcon with champagne - really makes
the party go with a schwing, then you fall asleep." Jack said sounding rather pleased with himself.
"You retconned our families?" Gwen asked.
Jack mocked gasped before smiling. Arianna came and stood next to him, he picked her up and placed her on his lap and gave her a friendly hug.
"It's probably for the best. I don't want my mum remembering what happened to
her today." Gwen agreed.
Rhys stared at Jack unsure of what was happening now.
Jack pushed two Champaign glasses towards Gwen and Rhys with his free hand.
"Maybe the happy couple shouldn't either?" Jack said.
"No, thank you. There'll be no secrets in this marriage." Gwen said, and Rhys just smiled.
"Time for bed, I think." Owen said.
"We'll see you after the honeymoon. Stay out of trouble." Rhys said.
The newly-weds stood up and so did all the Torchwood team around the table, Gwen slowly said good-bye to each one and kissed each of them on the cheek. When Gwen got to Ianto she smiled, "Thank you for the dress. It was beautiful."
Ianto nodded, "Take care,"
Gwen smiled and then bent down to give Arianna a big hug, Arianna hugged her back tightly. "I'm going to miss you," she said.
Gwen looked up, "Me too," but then she noticed Arianna had tears in her eyes, Gwen raised her eyebrows, "I'm coming back, sweetie,"
"Promise?" Arianna asked tearfully.
"Promise," Gwen smiled, she kissed Arianna on the cheek and gave her a final squeeze good-bye.
"Bye-bye everyone," Gwen said.
Both Gwen and Rhys then walked out of the room, Jack waved them good-bye.
Tosh sighed, "Something tells me our bed time is a long way off,"
"That's right, guys, it's been a busy day, but we are not finished yet. We've
got a lot to do. We've got a major mop-up operation. And I want your best work. Remember, it's Gwen's wedding." Jack said.
They all began moving about and doing work except Arianna who just sat down and watched them.
Ianto smiled at Arianna, "That's what I love about Torchwood. By day you're chasing the scum of the universe. Come midnight, you're the Wedding Fairy."
She just giggled.