Jack woke the next morning, rubbing the sleep from his eyes and wondering why Daisy hadn't already woken him up. Jack reached over to grab his wrist strap; instead he found a note.
'Dear Dad, Thanks for the wonderful party last night. Decided to repay you by fixing the leather band on your wrist strap; it was getting old and ratty looking. Afterwards, I'm going out with a couple of mates for dinner and a movie. I'll be home tonight. I love you, Daisy.'
Something didn't sit right with Jack about everything but he pushed the thought out of his head.He filled his day with mindless odds and ends to pass the time. He only started worrying about Daisy when nine o'clock rolled around and she still wasn't home. He tried her mobile but it rang right there in front of him; it was still sitting on the mantle where she had left it last night. He figured his next step would be to call Gwen.
The phone rang twice and Gwen picked up sounding rather out of breath. "What do you need Jack?" she asked without preamble. "I was in the middle of something." He could hear Rhys cursing in the background about her answering the phone.
"Have you seen Daisy today? She left me a note saying she was going out with some mates and would be home but she's still not back." Jack could almost see Gwen roll her eyes.
"Have you tried her mobile?" Gwen asked
"Would I be calling you if I hadn't? It's sitting here on the mantle." Jack could still hear Rhys protesting in the background.
"Let me see if Ianto knows anything." Jack waited as patiently as he could. He could hear Gwen asking her youngest son if he knew where Daisy was, and he heard Ianto tell his mother no. She told him that Daisy left a note saying she was going out with mates and asking if he knew which ones.
Jack continued to listen as Ianto told her he didn't know and then there was a long pause. Finally, Gwen came back on the line. "Jack, Ianto gave me a list of phone numbers for Daisy's friends. I'll call around to see which ones she's with and tell her to get her butt home."
Jack felt a little better. He knew that if Gwen told Daisy to do something, then Daisy would do it. "Thank you Gwen."
"You owe me one boy." She said hanging up.
Jack sat on the couch with a book he didn't even pretend to read, waiting for his errant daughter to come home. Within about five minutes his phone rang. He jumped up hoping it would be Daisy letting him know she was on her way, but it was Gwen.
"Jack, don't freak out but every one of Daisy's mates say they haven't seen her today. I'm sure she just out having fun and she's lost all track of time. You raised a good girl, Jack; she'll be home soon. Don't worry."
But that is exactly what Jack was doing, worrying. It wasn't like Daisy to lie to Jack. Gwen could hear Jack pacing. "Jack please don't worry; she's probably out with a mate that Ianto didn't know about." Jack thought about it for a moment; that actually made sense.
"Thanks Gwen," Jack said as he hung up the phone. Ianto and Daisy were close; there was very little they didn't share with each other. Jack knew that Ianto had a crush on Daisy and it occurred to him that she probably was out on a date and didn't want to hurt Ianto's feelings so she didn't tell him. Jack sat back down on the couch and was able to actually start reading. Within two hours, Jack had dozed off.
Daisy let out her breath. She was back standing in Jack's office again. She looked at the time. It had worked! She was fifteen hours ahead. Daisy pulled out the book in which she'd hidden her note and retrieved the piece of paper.It looked like no one had noticed she was gone.
Daisy headed back home. She had forgotten a picture she needed. She didn't know how she was going to explain to Jack where she had been. When she got to the house she noticed the living room light on. She figured she would wait till the light went off and then sneak in and get what she needed, but after about an hour of waiting, she realised it wasn't going off anytime soon. She took a deep breath and starting thinking of things she could say.
She had expected to hear her name being called the minute she opened the door but it was quiet. She walked into the living room and smiled, and then quicklyran up to her room where she grabbed the picture of her and Jack that had been taken last week at her graduation.
Daisy went back down to the living room and shut the light off, and then she pulled the blanket over Jack who was asleep on the couch. She thought it was kind of sweet that her dad still stayed up, or at least tried to, until she got home at night. It gave her a warm feeling to know that he still worried about her. She hoped tonight hadn't been too hard on him; given the late hour, she had a suspicion that he'd been worried sick. She stood there staring at the sleeping man for a while. She thought about what she was about to do. There were so many reasons why it was a bad idea. But, she had a plan and she was sticking to it.
Daisy checked her bag one last time to make sure she had all she needed. Daisy leaned down and kissed Jack's forehead lightly; he deserved all the happiness in the world for all that he had done for her. She tapped the wrist strap and teleported herself back. Jack was probably never going to forgive her for this. He had explained the risks of changing time lines and messing with people's lives but right now, she didn't care.
Daisy decided she really hated travelling in time; she had only done it twice butjudging by the way she felt, she guessed the further you went the harder it was on the body. She looked around; it was the middle of a sunny day. She walked over to the corner and looked at the newspaper, checking the date. She had done it! She was exactly when she was supposed to be. Now she hoped she was where she was supposed to be.
Cardiff didn't look that much different than it did in her day. She pulled out a piece of paper from her bag and checked theinformation again. She was at the right address. She quickly slipped inside the apartment building, heading straight up for number 3B. She knocked on the door but there was no answer. 'Good,' she thought. She looked left and right making sure no one was aroundthen quickly picked the lock and let herself in.
Everything was working in her favour. She shut and locked the door behind her. She had to keep everything the way it was if this was going to work. She started looking around the flat. It was very neat and tidy. She started forming a plan of how things would go down. She always planned everything out, easier not to make mistakes that way. She hoped she wouldn't have to wait very long. As she was looking around she found a picture in the bedroom. She silently laughed to herself picking up the picture.
She heard the door start to unlock. Quickly Daisy got into place. She could see the door from where she stood but whoever came in couldn't see her. She needed everything to be perfect for this to work. One tiny little hiccup and she would have to try another time. 'Yes!' she thought. So far everything was working perfectly; she wouldn't have to come back. It had to be a sign that this was meant to happen. Slowly she stepped out of her hiding place.