The Bare Bones
Disclaimer: All these Characters belong to the BBC, I just use them for my own silly purposes.
Synopsis: Ianto and Jack struggle to keep their secrets safe. The twins struggle to do the same
"What happened?" Jack asked as Ianto slumped onto the sofa next to him
"He's asking again" Ianto answered leaning his head on the arm of the chair.
"What did you tell him?" Jack again questioned. The light from the television lighting his face in the otherwise darkened room
"To stop asking." He answered bluntly, a crease appearing inbetween his eyebrows
"You think telling any teenage, especially one as intelligent as Geth to stop asking will make them stop asking?" asked Jack
incredulously, with a short laugh.
"I don't know what else to do Jack, they're not ready to know yet." Ianto answered, looking lost.
"Come to bed." Jack said, his eyes softening.
"I need to sleep" Ianto said, yawning to empathise his point
"That's what I meant, you look washed out." frowned Jack, standing and offering Ianto his hand.
"Just a stomach bug." He answered, taking the older mans hand and allowing Jack to pull his to his feet.
Bethan heard her fathers bedroom door close before quietly slipping out and tapping lightly on Gethans door.
"Come in." A grouchy voice came.
"What happened." Asked Bethan, sticking her head around the door.
"What part."
"All of it." She said as she flopped on the bed next to her twin
"That was... Adrian." Whispered Gethan gently.
"I know that Idiot," she said, pushing his shoulder slightly "you're not as secretive as you think you know."
Gethan groaned and rolled over onto his side to face her, a pained expression on his face
"Tad and Dad know too you know" She said delightedly, watching with pleasure, her twin fall once again face first into the pillow, in the way only a teenager embarrassed by his parents can. Her face then fell to one of more concern "Did he break up with you?"
"Yeah" Gethan answered after a few seconds.
"What did Tad say when he came up?" She asked, patting his back soothingly
"Tried to be nice." Gethan spat.
"You can't expect him to be any different Geth, You know they love us." Bethan soothed, still rubbing circles on her Brothers back. Gethan sat up suddenly to face her, an intense look on his face
"Like their own..?"
"Of course like their own." Bethan answered, looking confused.
"That's because we are their own Beth." He said intensely.
"Are you saying...." Beth stuttered.
"Yes!" He answered, exasperatedly.
"We're not related..? I'm Dads and your Tads..?" Bethan asked confusedly, tears starting to well in her eyes, she had always known that her parents weren't her own, but to not be related to her own twin was hard for her to cope with.
"What..?" Gethan started, looking for a moment as confused as Bethan "No!" He finally answered, realising.
"Then what do you mean?" Bethan asked, still confused.
"We both belong to both of them." Gethan said, getting up and taking a USB stick from around his neck and plugging it into his computer.
"That's impossible." Bethan said, still sitting on her bed and watching her brother furiously typing
"Look" He said, turning the screen around to face her.
A picture of Ianto, heavily pregnant, and Jack helping him across the street
"That's... It can't be." Said Bethan "He's never been that fat."
"He told me to stop asking." Gethan said grimly.
"Tad would only hide something from us for our own good." Stuttered Bethan
"We have to find out." Urged Gethan
"I don't know Geth... I'm sure they'll tell us in their own time..." She said, starting to stand up and make her way to the door.
"Things are a little more urgent than that." Gethan said, biting his lip.
Please R+R
