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Author's Note: This is something I've thrown together to advance her friendships with the team and get her a bit more used to Torchwood - not sure if it works that well, but here we are.

Chapter Four

That night, the rest of the team went home, and when they were gone, Lily smiled. She was left all alone with the man she loved and she couldn't think of anything better - they'd defeated everything in their way, and now they were together.

She said goodbye to Ianto, who left last, promising to lock up the tourist office on his way. The moment he was out of the door and Lily realised she had Jack all to herself, she crossed the hub - still amazed by the entire place - and stopped outside the office, where she knew he was.

She smiled and then knocked on the door.

" Lily? " he called, " is that you? "

She pushed open the door and then smiled at him a little. He was sitting behind his desk, which was scattered with books and paper, leaning back in his chair with his feet up on the desk.

" Hi," she said, " everyone's gone home. "

" You don't have to knock, you know," Jack told her as she walked forwards, " you can come in whenever you want. What's mine is yours and all that ... and since our bedroom's right under here ... "

She shrugged, " Thought I'd better knock, 'cause you could be doing anything in here .... though it doesn't look like there's much work being done. " She eyed the way he was sitting back in his chair, not looking like he'd been working much.

" Yeah well, first day back," he said, taking his feet from the desk and setting them on the ground, " there's more important things to be doing."

" Such as? " she asked, smiling at him.

" Spending time with my gorgeous girlfriend," he replied, standing up slowly, and moving towards her.

" You're such a charmer," she muttered as he came to stand right in front of her. He grinned at her and put his hands on her waist lightly. She was a little cautious, still scared from the Year That Never Was, but she knew Jack was perfect for her and she'd never have to suffer again when she had Jack.

He leaned in and told her, " I'm hoping flattery will get me everywhere. "

She also leaned in towards him, eyes on his lips, feeling so happy to be here and to be with him, " Maybe it will," she told him, as he nuzzled his nose against hers. She giggled as the cold tip of his nose met hers and his breath tickled her. Then he moved one hand from her waist to under her chin and tilted it upwards as he brought his lips down on hers.

He kissed her lightly and she smiled into it, kissing back. It felt brilliant and she wanted to go further, but wasn't sure. Jack took matters into his own hands, his tounge reaching her lips, and making her part them for him. She ran a hand through Jack's hair as his tounge explored her mouth, but suddenly she remembered the Master.

Then Jack's tounge seemed to be too much, and his lips against hers seemed smothering. She laid her hands on his chest and pulled away from him. He looked down at her, questioningly, and she shook her head at him, feeling regretful.

" I'm sorry," she told him, " it just got a bit ... I mean, I started thinking about ... God, I'm sorry, Jack. "

" Hey," he said softly, putting his hands on her arms, " don't worry about it. "

" No," she said, dropping her hands from him and leaving them at her side, " you're so lovely and understanding, but then I'm getting all freaked out, and - "

Jack cut her off by drawing her into a hug, " I told you, it doesn't matter. You've had it rough, and I'm going to stand by you and support you through it. And soon, everything will go away, and you'll feel much better. "

" God, you're so lovely and supportive," she sighed, hugging him back, " I love you. "

" I love you," he said, as they broke apart. He looked at her for a moment and then smiled at her a little. He then turned away and walked to the middle of the room, where there was a manhole cover on the ground.

Lily watched with anticipation, telling herself to get over her fears, and get on with it. Everything would be alright soon, she knew it - with Jack at her side, how could it not be?

She watched as he knelt down on the floor and looked down at the manhole cover. He grabbed a handle on the cover and pulled it up sharply, revealing a hole. He put the cover down at the side of the hole and then turned around, ready to climb down it.

He looked at Lily with a grin, " Going down," he said.

She watched him with her own silly little smile as he swung his legs down there, and started to descend down a ladder. When he was out of sight, she stepped closer to the manhole, excited about seeing her new bedroom - their new home.

" Are you coming? " Jack called from the bottom.

She got to her knees and knelt over the hole, looking down at him. He stood with his hands on her hips, looking up at her. She smiled and decided to go for it. She turned around and put her foot to the top rung of the ladder.

She climbed down the short ladder slowly, and eager to spend her time with Jack, she jumped off, missing out the bottom few rungs.

When she landed, she looked around to see that they were in a small room, and there was nothing in it other than the door on the left.

Jack was standing in front of the door and she grinned, stepping towards him, determined that this would be their time to be happy." Well," she said, " this is the bedroom then? Not up to much, is it? "

He laughed and nodded towards the door.

" There," he said," the bedroom. After you. "

She smiled and moved closer to the door. Jack stepped out of the way and allowed her to get to the door, and open it first. Lily swung the door opened and took a step into the room.

She nodded to herself, looking around. It wasn't a very big room, but wasn't a small room - just about the right size. The walls were a plain cream colour and had little decoration on them. There was a large bed pushed up against one wall, with a chest of drawers next to it, a lamp and alarm clock sitting ontop of it.

A small desk littered with papers sat at one end of the room, and against one wall was a wardrobe and a bookcase with all sorts scattered on it. Beside the desk was another door.

Lily looked around the room and nodded, " Yeah, this is alright," she said, looking over her shoulder at Jack, " your taste in interior design is a little iffy, and we're going to need to give this place a woman's touch, but I like it. "

" Glad you like it," Jack said.

She shrugged, " It's not bad, as bedrooms go. Could be worse. "

She looked back at Jack and then crossed the room to the other door. She pulled it open and looked inside at the bathroom, which was also a decent size, though nothing too grand. It had a white porcelain sink, toilet, a large corner bath and a shower in the other corner.

She closed the door and turned back to Jack.

" So this is our home? " she asked him.

He nodded, " This, and the rest of the hub. There's a kitchen up there, and a sort of recreational, living room thing. Plus the office, and the med bay, the archives and the cells - not that we'll be going in those much, I wouldn't have thought. "

" No," she said, " I think when we're not working, down here will suffice. "

He was standing there and she smiled, moving forwards and hugging him. He smiled warmly as he hugged her back and they stayed like that for a long moment, happy together.

When their long hug was over, Jack looked at her, " How about we get into bed? " he said, " I just to be able to go to sleep with you by my side - in my arms. Just ... there. "

" That sounds .... nice," she nodded, " though I've got no other clothes, since I stupidly decided to leave everything on the TARDIS. "

" I'm sure I'll find you something," Jack said.

She smiled and stepped away from him, going to sit on the bed. She brought her legs up and sat cross-legged as she watched Jack open the wardrobe and search for something to give her to wear. She smiled - a year ago, she had no Jack, and she was basically miserable. Now, she was living with him, would be working with him, and wearing his clothes.

Soon, they were lying in the bed, completely absorbed in each other. Lily was lying on her side, propped up on one elbow, wearing one of Jack's button down blue shirts which fell to halfway down her thighs. Jack was lying on his side too, facing her, wearing only a pair of boxer shorts.

They lay there, facing each other, talking about anything and everything.

" How do you think they'll feel when they know I'm an alien, Jack? " Lily asked, when tey were in the middle of a discussion about the Torchwood team.

Jack replied, " They're used to working with aliens. Although they're used to aliens being the enemy, so it might be a little odd, but they know you're not a threat ... or at least, they will do when they've worked with you a little longer. "

" Do you think I should just tell them what I am? " she asked, " they're all already curious, from some of the things I say. I bet they won't rest until they know. "

" Tell them whatever you want," Jack told her, " it's all down to you, what you want them to know. But whatever you tell them, they'll be alright with it. "

She smiled at the way he had an anwer for everything and simply nodded.

" I'll ask you one thing though," he said to her, " You already know that the team don't know anything about my life, other than that I cannot die, Jack Harkness isn't my real name, and I was a Time Agent. Just don't ... well, you can tell them some suff, I suppose, but don't go tell them every little thing about my life, right? "

She smiled, rolling her eyes, " Oh please," she scoffed, " I'm hardly going to go spilling all your little secrets. "

He laughed and she rolled over onto her back, shifting towards him. He also rolled onto his back and when she got to his side, she nestled up against his bare chest. He laughed and wrapped one arm around her shoulders, pulling her closer and planting a kiss in her hair.

Lily sighed contently but then a thought entered her head. She bit her lip, wondering if the subject would be too difficult for Jack to talk about, but after considering it, she said gently, " Jack, what did John mean about Grey? "

At the mention of the name, Jack seemed to stiffen, but after a pause he said, " I don't know, baby. I ... I don't know. "

" Do you think he really has found him? " Lily asked, thinking how nice it might be for Jack to have his brother back.

" I don't know," Jack said.

There was a pause during which Lily half-wished she hadn't brought it up, since it had killed the conversation. Then Jack started playing with her hair with one hand as he held her to him.

" I don't want to think about it," Jack said quietly, " I want to think about something else because it's so ... difficult. "

" I'm sorry," Lily muttered, " I just - "

" Don't be sorry," he said, " you just thought I might want to talk about it. But I want you to take my mind off it - tell me something else. " He sighed and then said, " how about you tell me a story to take my mind off it? Tell me about something amazing you did. "

She nodded, " How about the time I became human? "

***

When Lily woke up the next morning, she was in the bed on her own. She looked around, a little confused and then sat up. She saw that Jack wasn't in the bedroom, and when she called out his name, there was no answer.

It looked like he hadn't been in his side of the bed for a couple of hours.

She got out of the bed, standing in the middle of the room wearing her underwear and one of Jack's shirts, her hair all messed up from tossing and turning in the night.

Confused and wanting to know where Jack was, she left the bedroom and went for the ladder. She stopped at the bottom of it and looked up to see the manhole cover was closed. She laid a hand on one of the rungs and started climbing the ladders. When she was near the top she kept hold with one hand, and with the other, grabbed the handle on the underneath and pushed it up with as much force as she could.

It moved out of her way and she shoved it aside, climbing the last few rungs and stopping at the top, staying on the ladder and poking her head out, resting her arms on the floor of Jack's office.

" So this is where you are," she said, looking at where Jack sat behind his desk, reading over a piece of paper.

" No rest for the wicked," he said, lowering the paper and looking at her. " Sorry to leave you, but I had to make an early start on this - I need to catch up on the reports from while I was away. "

" Is everyone else already in? " she asked him.

Jack got up from his desk and came to stand near her. He looked down at her and then got down on his knees beside the manhole cover. " I should hope so," he said, " since it's 9AM. If they weren't in, they'd be very late. "

" Why did you let me sleep in? " she asked him with a pout, " I should be up and working too, if everyone else is. I'm part of the team too, right? You can't be giving me special priviledges "

He shrugged, " I'm sorry, but you looked so peaceful just lying there, and I didn't want to wake you up. "

She laughed and he leaned down to kiss her. They shared a brief but fantastic kiss, and then Jack drew himself away and stood up, grinning down at her.

" I suppose I'd better get dressed," she said, getting ready to go back down the ladder.

" Oh, I don't know," Jack said, " I think you look fine in that shirt of mine. "

" Really? " she asked him, " shall I just go out there like this, then? In fact, shall I go wandering around Cardiff in this? "

" Fine," he said, " go get changed and then get back up here so I can see your lovely face again. "

When Lily was dressed (in the one outfit she had with her) she joined Jack in his office and when he'd signed off one of the pieces of paperwork, he offered to show her around the hub properly. It took them most of the morning to look around and to look at everything.

Lily was amazed by everything she saw, and once she knew where everything was archived, she made a mental note to read some of it when she had the time - she knew some of her own adventures on Earth might be written there, as well as what her dad did before she was born.

It was around mid-day when they were done, and they stopped at a workstation that was free. Jack told her this could be hers from now on. As they stood by the desk, which was closest to Tosh's, though Gwen's wasn't far away, nor was the med bay or Jack's office, Jack told her,

" I'm sure there'll be plenty of work for you after a while," he said, " and I was hoping you wouldn't mind if I delegated some of my paperwork to you - you'll understand it as well as I do, some of it more, probably. You can look through some of it for me. And when it comes to dealing with UNIT, they can be a pain, I was hoping you'd - "

" Deal with them so you don't have to? " Lily finished, smiling at him.

He nodded.

She rolled her eyes, " I suppose I will, since they know me - know my dad better. But don't go thinking you're dumping all of your paperwork on me! I'll take some of it. "

" Oi! " Owen said, as he approached the pair of them, catching the attention of both of them. When they looked at him, he continued, " sorry to break your conversation up, but I need a blood sample from Lily. "

" You do? " Lily asked, looking at him.

He nodded, " Torchwood has a blood sample for all of its employees, so if you're planning on sticking around, I need to take yours. Shouldn't take long. "

" And what do you do with this blood sample? " Lily asked Owen, suspicious. He knew - as did the others - that there was something odd about her, and she suspected he'd probably try and do some tests on it or something.

" Just keep it and store it," Owen said.

Lily looked at Jack, who had nothing to say on the matter, and then nodded, " Yeah," she said, " yeah, alright. "

The blood sample didn't take long, since Owen was a quick and efficent worker even if his manners left a lot to be desired. Lily was sitting on the big slab in the medical table, holding a bit of cotton wool to stem the light bleeding, while Owen stood a short way off, holding a vial of her blood and attaching a label to it.

" Surname? " he asked her.

She shrugged, " I don't really have one. "

He just looked at her and shook his head, " You must have a surname. "

She shrugged again, " No. If you must know, Lily's not even my real name, but my name's too long and doesn't shorten prettily, so it became Lily somewhere along the way. But if you insist on writing a surname, just put Harkness. "

Owen didn't look at her as he wrote on the label, " You and Jack aren't married though? "

" Nah," she said.

He cleared his throat, " Did you ... have you ever been married or anything? Or has it always been Jack? "

She laughed, throwing the cotton wool in the nearby bin and swinging her legs as she sat on the slab, " Yeah, I got married once. It didn't last, but it was a hell of a lot of fun. We lived in a little place in the country. He was really into his writing, you know? I think his best work was .... Romeo and Juliet, though his Hamlet was fantastic. "

Owen looked up at her as she slid off the block and stood up.

" You've got more stories than Jack," he said, " do you have any that are actually true? "

She shrugged, beginning to walk away, " Who says that ones not? Is it so unreasonable to believe I married Shakespeare? "

" Yes! " Owen called after her, " It is! "

She just laughed as she headed back for Jack's office, finding it quite funny that she'd managed to confuse Owen so much, and she knew she could have a lot of fun with the team, even if it wasn't particularly nice.

She crossed back through the hub, passing Tosh, who smiled at her and who she smiled at in return, and Gwen who didn't even look up from her paperwork. Jack was still standing by Lily's new workstation.

" Everything alright? " he asked her.

She nodded, " It was just a blood sample," she said, " though I get the feeling that he isn't the type to let anything go. No doubt he'll be running all sorts of tests on it. " She shrugged, " just let him. It's no big deal to me when they find out I'm an alien. Ianto already knows. "

" Yeah, but he's not the type to gossip, and he doesn't know much , does he? " Jack asked her.

She shrugged, " Nah, not really. I told him I was the Doctor's Daughter, back at Canary Wharf, and he knew who the Doctor was - thought I was a legend or something. "

Jack laughed, just looking at her. He always thought she was just amazing.

There was a brief pause before she looked at him, looked away and looked back at him, " Listen," she said, " I know this is a bit cheeky since I've just started working here, but I thought since I don't have much to do, and it's quiet around here, I could .... "

" Anything you want," Jack said as she trailed off.

" Would you mind if I nipped to the shops? " she asked him, " only, I've the one outfit, and I'm gonna need some more clothes. I won't be long. "

" Course you can," Jack said.

Lily smiled and reached for her jacket.

Jack frowned and then said, " Hey listen, this is your home now, and I don't want to be giving you orders all the time. You're so clever and independant that you don't deserve to be following my orders constantly - if you want to go out, provided the world isn't ending and we desperately need you, then you just go, yeah? "

She smiled, and then reached up to kiss his cheek, before turning away and heading for the door.

" Hey! " Jack called after her, making her turn around from across the hub and look at him.

" Yeah? "

" How are you going to buy anything? " he asked her, smirking a little, " I'll bet you don't have any money on you, do you? "

She searched her pockets and then frowned, " Oh ... yeah. " She walked back towards him, Tosh and Gwen watching the conversation with interest. Lily pulled out a couple of silver coins and showed them to Jack hopefully.

" You'll have to remind me," she said, " these aren't worth much, in 21st century British Earth money, are they? "

Tosh and Gwen now had the same completely confused looks at "Earth money."

Jack shook his head at her, " That won't get you very far," he told her as she shoved the money back into her pocket. He reached into his own pockets and pulled out a few notes, pushing them into her hand, " Here. Buy yourself a few new things. "

" Jack, I can't take money from you," she said, " I don't want your money. "

Jack rolled his eyes, amused, " Lily," he said, trying to get through to her, " you've got one outfit, and you've no money for around here. If you're that bothered, when you get your first wage, you can give me the money back ... not that I'll accept it. "

Lily smiled at him, " I won't need much," she said, smiling at him and then turning towards the doors again.

As she left, she heard Gwen demand to Jack, " Why does she get to go swanning off shopping when there's work to be done Jack? You should be treating us all as equals! "

Lily stopped in the doorway, and considered turning back to argue with Gwen, but she decided it wasn't worth it and kept on walking, not even bothering to listen to Jack's answer.

***

When Lily came back into the hub a few hours later, she came through the tourist office entrance to find that Ianto wasn't in there. She let herself in and as she walked into the hub carrying a few bags from the shops, she saw Ianto, Gwen, Tosh and Owen gathered around Gwen and Tosh's workstation.

They all turned to look at Lily when she walked through the doors, in a way that made her feel certain they'd all been talking about her. They looked at her, and she gave them a smile, though they all continued to watch her as she walked to her desk.

" Did you get what you wanted? " Gwen called over.

Lily smiled back, though the smile was strained, " Yeah, thanks. "

Picking up the bags, she decided to go talk to Jack, and made her way over to his office, fully aware of everyone else's eyes on her back, knowing they'd continue talking when she was gone.

She entered the office without knocking to see Jack leant over his desk scribbling away.

He looked up when he heard the door open, and he put his pen down when he saw Lily standing there.

" Hey baby," he said with a grin.

" Hi," she said, approaching him. She put her bags down on the chair opposite Jack's desk, and then started to pull things out, " want to see what I got? " she asked, without giving him the chance to answer.

She'd bought two pair of jeans and a selection of cheap brightly coloured t-shirts, and a pair of black boots from a cheap shop she'd found called Primark or something. She bought a selection on new underwear (which Jack was very interested in.)

" Did you get me anything? " Jack asked her with a grin, still slightly dazed from the underwear.

She reached into another bag and looked up at him with a grin, " I thought I'd buy us a few things so we could have a good night. " When she saw the grin on his face, she shook her head, " Mind of the gutter, Harkness. "

Reaching into the bag, she carefully pulled out a chocolate cake, then a can of whipped cream, and then a bottle of champagne. Jack laughed and nodded with appreciation, " I like the way you think. "

Lily grinned, " Brilliant. I'm going to leave everything in here because I can't be bothered going down the ladder and back up. I'm going to go get a drink, shall I get you one? "

Jack shook his head at her, " No, I need to make a call to someone - it's important and needs ot be dealt with, so you go out there for a bit, and talk to the others or something. "

She nodded and turned towards the door.

" Oh! " Jack called after her," I'll tell you one thing though, if you're having a drink, get Ianto to make the coffee. He makes the best coffee you'll ever taste - I mean it. You remember how we said we'd find someone who could make a decent coffee - "

" Because neither of us can make it," she finished with a smile, closing the door on her way out.

Once again, the rest of the team were looking at her, and stopped talking when they saw her. She rolled her eyes and decided to tackle it.

" Hi," she said, wandering over to them, " what're we talking about? "

There was an awkward pause, before Ianto clapped his hands together, " Right then," he said, clearly changing the subject, " how about I make everyone a drink? "

Everyone agreed.

" Lily? " Ianto asked her, " how do you like it? "

She shrugged, " Milky, no sugar. Can't wait to try it, by the way - Jack reckons it's brilliant. "

Lily was suprised when she saw Ianto blush a little, and then he said a little awkwardly, " Yes ... well ... Jack's always been very fond of my coffee. " He sighed and then cleared his throat, moving towards the kitchen, " I'll get on with the drinks. "

" We'll all be in the rec room," Gwen said as he walked away

" Will we? " Lily asked, a little suprised.

Tosh, Owen and Gwen exchanged looks and Lily wondered what they'd been talking about - no doubt they were demanding to know more about her, and were piecing together what they knew.

" Look," Owen said, " you said yesterday, that'd you tell us about you, at some point. There's something really odd about you, so it's time to explain. No time like the present, is there? "

She shrugged, " If you insist. "

The four of them headed for the recreation room which was a small room next to the kitchen. All that was in this room was a sofa, an armchair, a large footstool, a bookcase and a coffee table with a television on it.

Lily sat in the armchair, while Owen sat down on the footstool, Gwen and Tosh and the sofa. They were sat in an awkward silence until Ianto entered carrying a tray. He handed out mugs of coffee to everyone before sitting down between Gwen and Tosh.

Lily took a sip of the coffee and then closed her eyes, " Oh God," she muttered, licking her lips, " this is .... mmmm, this is the best .... oh God, and I thought Jack was exaggerating. "

" Thank you," Ianto said with a smile.

Lily took another sip and then nodded, " I can't make a decent coffee, you know, and neither can Jack, so we always said we'd have to find someone who could make a decent one. "

" Glad to be of service," Ianto muttered.

They all had a drink, and Lily was just waiting for them to start demanding to know more about her. She wanted to fit in with them, but she wanted to be completely honest with them.

" So," Owen said, putting his mug down on the table behind him, " interesting thing happened earlier, Lily. I took that blood sample, and then I got a little curious. Now, it's a lot like human ble, true, but it's not human, is it? "

Lily rolled her eyes, " I knew you'd do some tests on it. "

" You're not human," Owen said, " but you look human, you sound human, and everything about you seems human. I couldn't determine what you are from the blood, so you tell us. What are you? "

" I'm an alien," she said simply.

" You're an alien? " Gwen asked, raising her eyebrows, " what kind of alien? Does Jack know? "

Lily nodded, " Yeah, of course Jack knows, he's not an idiot. And before any of you get any ideas, I'm not an alien here to destroy the world. I've spent years travelling around saving planets - especailly this one - from certain doom. "

" But what are you? " Owen asked.

Lily shrugged, " I'm a Time Lord. "

" A what? " Tosh asked.

Lily sighed, seeing blank looks on Gwen and Owen's faces too, though Ianto knew, " Oh, come on! " she said, " you haven't heard the old legends? No? Haven't any of you read up about Torchwood's history? "

Owen shrugged, " The archives are boring. "

Lily shook her head at Owen, " They won't be boring - there'll be all sorts in there. "

" But what's a time lord? " Gwen asked, " what do they do? Where are they from? "

Lily sighed as she thought about it - it was all going to take a lot to explain, and they were probably going to be confused. " Once upon a time," she said with a little grin as the others listened carefully, including Ianto, who knew very few details, " there was this big planet called Gallifrey, and if was full of Time Lords and Time Ladies. Apparently it was magnificent. Big empire of Time Lords. " She sighed, " and then it all went wrong. There was a war, and it ended in them all dying. There was me and my Dad - the Doctor - left at the end of it. I was just a kid, don't really remember it. "

" But what does a time lord do? " asked Gwen.

Lily took a moment to answer the question, trying not to think about the ones that had died, and how there was just she and her dad left. " It's not set in stone," she said, " but after the war, my dad and I travelled. My dad's the cleverest man you'll ever meet - knows everything about all the planets and races out there, and the entire history of the universe. He's ... he's the most amazing man you'd ever meet. So me and Dad travelled around in the TARDIS. "

" TARDIS? " asked Owen.

Lily nodded, the others all completely fixed on her, " Stands for time and relative dimensions in space. Basically, it's a spaceship. It can travel anywhere in the entire universe, and the best bit is, it travels in time. "

This was met by a silence until Tosh broke it, " No way. "

" Yes way," Lily said with a grin, " basically, I've spent my life travelling anywhere in time and space with my dad, sightseeing and learning about other planets and people, and having to stop other aliens causing mayhem. Oh, and there's usally a lot of running. "

" This is ... unbelieveable," Gwen muttered, " we're working with an alien ... and the alien's on our side, for once. "

" Not only that," Ianto added, " this alien is why Torchwood was founded in the first place. "

The others all turned to look at him. " What? " Owen demanded, " you knew what she was and you didn't tell us? We've all been dying to know! "

Ianto shrugged a little, " It wasn't up to me to say. I only really know from looking through the archives. "

Lily got the feeling that the team were still in shock, as they had very little to say to her. Since no-one else was talking, she continued, " Torchwood was founded in 1869 by Queen Victoria, yes. My Dad, our friend Rose, and I met Queen Victoria at Torchwood House, in Scotland. Something happened and there was a werewolf there. When it was all over - cause it all got sorted soon enough - Vicky was appalled by the kind of threats things like the werewolf posed to the empire. She knighted the three of us, and then banished us. She said we were dangerous because of how we acted around it. She was worried about what could happen in the future, so she set up Torchwood. "

The rest of the team didn't quite know what to saw until Tosh said quietly, " So, Torchwood was founded to protect against people like you and your dad, and now you're working for us? "

" Yeah," Lily said.

" But ... then you're a threat? " Gwen asked.

Lily was beginning to become quite annoyed by Gwen, even if she couldn't quite figure out why - there was just something so anonying about her. Why did she think she was in charge?

Lily laughed," I'm not a threat. Jack loves me but he wouldn't have brought me back here if I was going to be a threat to you lot. He cares a lot about you. "

They fell into a little silence until Owen leaned forwards eagerly and asked her," So you're a Time Lord, but Time Lords look just like humans. Are there any differences? "

" A few," Lily nodded, " including a heightened eyesight, hearing, smell, taste - sometimes I can tell where I am by sniffing the air, or how old something is by licking it. Oh, I've got an extra set of ribs. I have two hearts. I we can live for a very, very long time. I'm about 200, to 210. My Dad's about 900. "

This revelation shocked them all, " Are you serious? " Owen asked, " two hearts? And you can live for that long? How does that even work? "

" What kind of people have you met, if you can go anywhere? " Tosh asked.

" Where did you meet Jack? " Ianto asked, " Jack would never tell me any details, even if he mentioned you a little. "

Gwen nodded, " And there was something really odd you said yesterday - you and Jack got seperated, but you said it was longer for you than it was for him. And you said Jack had just been gone for a year to him, but it was only a couple of months for us. How does that work? "

Lily smiled at all the interest, and didn't know exactly how to answer them all, but she was looking forward to trying to tell them everything - so far they were accepting her easily enough, and she hoped they'd continue to have an open mind.

The door opened and Jack was in the doorway.

" I thought I'd find you all in here," he said, " what is it, story time? "

Lily nodded, " Yeah, wanna join us? "

Jack shook his head , " Sorry to break this up, but Owen, you need to finish the report on the blowfish. Tosh, rift technology needs updating, and Lily, UNIT are on the phone and I've had just about enough of the smarmy get in charge of them so I mentioned your name and the Doctor's, so he said he'd talk to you. "

Lily looked around at everyone, " Sorry, looks like story time will have to resume another day. "

" No problem spacegirl," Owen shrugged, causing Jack to grin a little.

When Lily got to the door, she smiled at Jack, " What's up with this UNIT guy then? Does he remind you too much of you? "

" Cheeky," he muttered as she brushed past him.

She turned around and stuchk her tounge out at him.

***

That night, Jack and Lily were sitting up in bed with a piece of chocolate cake on a plate and a glass of champagne each. Lily cuddled up against Jack as they did so, feeling so content.

" Today wasn't a bad day then," she said, " didn't have to do much work. "

He laughed, " Don't expect many more days like that. "

She shrugged, "And the team didn't even seem to mind about me being an alien. "

Jack smirked, " Must be one of the perks of sleeping with the boss. "

Lily turned to look at him and she swatted his arm playfully, " No-one's sleeping with anyone if you carry on like that," she said, " you can go sleep on the sofa. "

He pouted.

She laughed at him and took a sip of her drink.

***

Author's Note: That wasn't going to be as long, but hopefully it worked
Let me know what you thought, and if you've got any ideas for the future