Disclaimer: sorry to disappoint, but neither Stationary Love or I own Doctor Who or Queer As Folk. I would be fantastic if we did though.

A/N: sorry it took so long to update, but we were having issues. here's ch 3, written by the amazing Stationary Love!

Chapter Three:

Brian, Justin, Michael, Ted, and Emmett stood leaning against the bar, the strobe lights of Babylon flashing about them.

"I'm just saying," Michael was shouting over the music to anyone who would listen, intending to talk to Brian but really only being heard by Ted and Emmett. "That this new techno stuff is okay, but I miss the older stuff. What do you think, Brian?" Ted and Emmett rolled their eyes as Justin bounced in time with the music, not even trying to hide the fact that all he was there for was Brian.

"Sure," Brian replied noncommittally, scouting the club for potential tricks. His eyes honed in on a group of three people, two of them tall men with dark brown hair and the other a much shorter girl with bleached blonde hair. The girl was wearing a tank top with a Union Jack on it, one of the men was wearing a brown pinstriped suit (To Babylon? Brian thought), the other man wearing slacks and a fading blue greatcoat (Why is the girl the only one dressed appropriately for the gay club?) The man in the greatcoat turned around, and suddenly Brian knew exactly what, or who, as the case may be, he was going to be doing that night.

The other men immediately recognized the look and turned to follow Brian's gaze.

"Oh, my God!" Justin called.

"What?" Emmett asked.

"I think that's my teacher!"

"What?!" Brian asked, accidentally mimicking Emmett as his head snapped to look at Justin.

"The man in the suit. I'm pretty sure he's the long term sub for European history. And that man in the long coat came into our class and kissed him today. And…." Justin drifted off as he squinted to get a better look at the blonde girl. "I think she's the new cafeteria lady."

"He kissed him? In your school?" Ted asked skeptically.

"Mhmm," Justin replied, nodding. "It was kind of odd. They didn't really seem to be expecting each other. That man, Jack I think, walked into the room, started talking until he realized who was teaching. Then he called the sub 'Doctor'."

"Well, that's weird," Michael said, stating the obvious.

"First you and Daphne, now these three. St. James Academy is slowly overtaking Babylon," Ted said with a fake shudder, causing Emmett and Michael to laugh.

xxx

Rose was not amused. She thought coming to Babylon would be a fun time: hot men to look at, no weirdoes hitting on her, and watching Jack flirt with all of the men while a disapproving Doctor attempted to tell him off. What she hadn't counted on were the other men hitting on the Doctor. Not only that, but the Doctor was in one of his totally oblivious moods and didn't even realize that he was being flirted with. He was just chatting away with the men that came up to him. Usually they gave up after a couple of minutes, realizing that he wasn't going to dance and just wanted to talk. The man that was currently speaking to him, though, was particularly persistent; he had been engaging the Doctor in conversation for the last ten minutes. Rose could feel an emotion that she refused to think of as jealousy rising up in her.

I'm just being protective. I don't want him to get hurt. He doesn't know how people in clubs can get.

Whatever it was, it caused Rose to glare at the man the Doctor was conversing with as Jack flirted up a storm with some other guy. The man the Doctor was speaking to looked around absently and accidentally met Roses eyes, seeing the look she was giving him.

"Uh, it was, um, nice talking to you. I, um, have to go," the man hurriedly bluffed and got away as quickly as he could, given the crowd of the club.

"I wonder why he went away so suddenly. He seemed nice," the Doctor said, turning to face Rose.

Rose quickly made the most innocent smile she could muster. "Not a clue. What a shame."

The Doctor shrugged and turned to face Jack as he introduced himself to yet another man.

"Captain Jack Harkness," Jack said.

"Todd," the mother man replied with a smirk.

"Jack," the Doctor started.

"What?" Jack asked. "We're in a night club. I'm allowed to flirt here!"

Rose held back a laugh as the Doctor grumbled to himself.

xxx

"Well I don't know about you guys, but I've just made my plans for tonight," Brian said as he pushed himself off the bar toward the trio.

"Oh, please tell me you're not going after the kid's teacher," Michael pleaded, practically whining, as he followed behind Brian.

Brian turned around and put his hand on Michael's chest to stop him in his path. "No, I'm not going for the teacher. The man in the coat, that Jack guy."

Michael looked back toward the man and then nodded in approval. He stepped back toward their friends, understanding what the hand on his chest meant. "Enjoy," Michael said in parting.

"Oh, believe me," Brian said, "I will." He then made his way across the dance floor to where the man who had caught his attention that night stood.

Jack's eyes lit up as he realized a very attractive man was headed his way. He had just finished dancing with Todd and now went to stand near the Doctor and Rose again, to make it more obvious that he was no longer occupied.

"How are you not boiling in that coat?" Rose asked, fanning herself slightly after having just danced, herself. She saw no need to have a dance partner, especially considering where she was.

The Doctor nodded. "Indeed, under these circumstances one would expect your body temperature to have risen significantly, even without the coat."

"I'm perfectly fine. If anything, it's about to get much hotter."

"Why would that be - ?" the Doctor started asking, but stopped when Rose, who had just then seen the exact reason behind Jack's logic, put a hand on the Doctor's shoulder.

At that moment Brian sauntered over to Jack and spoke into his ear. Try as the might, and they were definitely trying, they could not hear the private comment over the thumpa-thumpa of Babylon. Jack nodded and smiled, heading onto the dance floor again.

"Always flirting," the Doctor sighed loudly, so as to be heard over the music.

"To be fair," Rose replied, "That other man started it. And I don't blame him for flirting back."

The Doctor rolled his eyes and turned to face Rose. He did a little mock-bow and then, looking up, asked, "May I have this dance?" As the Doctor straightened, Rose mock-curtsied. "You may."

The Doctor and Rose walked onto the dance floor together, and, despite their previously faux-formal manner, danced in the same way as everyone else.

Jack was greatly amused with Brian's dancing. The man was unable to keep the beat, but on him it was an attractive trait. "Oh," Jack said. "I haven't introduced myself yet. How rude. I'm Captain Jack Harkness."

Brian snorted. "Not that it really matters, although I do love a man in uniform. Explains the coat, too. God only knows why you've still got it on."

Jack gave Brian one of his patented smiles. "I think it adds to my charm, and the heat doesn't bother me, so I saw no reason to remove it."

Brian chuckled. "Fair enough." He then leaned into Jack's ear and asked, "So, Captain Jack Harkness, how do you feel about coming back to my place?"

"I feel pretty good about it, but I don't believe I got your name."

"Brian Kinney."

"Well, Brian Kinney, I'd like to go home with you, but I am starving. How about dinner first, then dessert?"

A/N: what will happen next?! well sorry but you might have to wait to find out, I'm writing the next ch and have been beset by writer's block. oh noes! still review though, reviews are wonderful for writer's block. :)