Chapter 7

The next morning, I entered the hub, having gotten dressed and ready for the upcoming day. Owen sat at a chair by a computer, and stared at the monitor. When he looked up, he quirked an eyebrow at me.

I gave him a questioning look, and he nodded over to the couch. I started over to it to see what he was referring to. On the couch lay a sleeping Jack. He was actually only half on the couch as if he had barely made it there.

"What did you do to him?" The London accent sarcastically asked.

I remembered how after Jack had told me about Alice, I wasn't tired anymore, and was wide awake. He took me too the shooting range. We spent three hours down there before I got too tired. The captain must have had to practically carry me up to my room, because I don't remember anything after that.

I just shrugged my shoulders at Owen. "Are you going to wake him up?"

"Yeah, probably should." I was slightly worried by the grin that he showed.

While I walked to the small kitchen in search of something to eat, the doctor approached his boss with a bucket. Ianto walked into the hub right as the bucket of ice water was dumped on Jack.

"AHHHH!" Jack screamed as woke up in a panic. He growled at the doctor, and sat up to clear the ice from his shirt.

Ianto had practically doubled over with laughter as he watched his captain awake in such a panicked state. The immortal man growled at him as well, causing him to laugh even harder.

I wasn't sure what to make of the relationship between these two men. I knew there had to be something more to it than strictly work, but it was difficult to tell. Ianto was always so reserved. Even when it was past work hours, he occasionally kept the title sir when referring to his captain.

However it could be described, I enjoyed being with them when they were together. They made me feel less awkward, and were always funny.

As if reading my mind, Ianto spoke up. "Jessica, Jack and I are going to take you out to dinner tonight. A nice place, so you'll have to dress up a bit."

Both men mirrored my big smile as I made an excited noise. Not only was I excited to go somewhere else, (I liked it here, but I didn't get to spend much time in public) I also have wanted to go to a nice place. Takeout food was starting to all taste the same to me now.

"Why does she get to go out?" Owen whined in an almost child-like tone.

Jack raised an eyebrow at Owen as if saying, "Really?" before throwing a chunk of ice at him.

The young Welshman grabbed something from a drawer and tossed it to Jack. It was a fresh shirt. Peeling the wet one off in front of everyone, Jack replaced it with the new one.

Ianto also handed him some pants. "Go somewhere else to change your trousers, please." His voice held a tinge of sarcasm that was different than usual. He smiled when saying that.

Jack stuck his tongue out at his employee before exiting the room. Ianto walked to his beloved coffee machine where he brewed five cups, as well as a hot chocolate for me. I loved his hot chocolate. It tasted AMAZING!

Drinking the hot liquid from a purple mug, I turned to Tosh, who had come in and sat next to me. "Jack and Ianto are taking me out tonight. What should I wear?'

She grinned, and we went to my room. "So what is Jack like? Outside of work." Toshiko asked me as she looked through my clothes, pulling out a maroon dress and holding it up against me.

"He is really nice. He cares about me a lot. He is kind of my best friend, I guess." I tried to explain. Jack was my best friend in some ways. He cared about me a lot, and over the past three and a half months, it felt good to have someone who acted as a friend, rather than just an adult and guardian.

"He always seems like he wouldn't be a good father, but he is actually very good with children." Tosh and I had agreed on the sparkly maroon dress.

"Have you met Alice?" I asked quietly.

Tosh lifted an eyebrow. "Who is Alice?"

I realized that if Jack had not mentioned her, he probably did not want them to know about her. He spoke so fondly of her. "Never mind." I tried to nonchalantly pass it off, but I still saw the question in her eyes.

TWTWTWTWTW

When I walked into the hub, I found myself greeted by the surprised faces of three men. Jack and Ianto were sitting on the couch. Jack wore his usual outfit, but his blue pants and shirt were replaced with black. Ianto wore a crisp black suit with a deep red shirt beneath it. His tie was streaked with red and black accents.

They looked at me, and told me I looked beautiful. Toshiko handed me my black sweater, which put over my shoulders.

"You don't look too bad yourselves," I teased playfully.

Each took one of my elbows as they escorted me to the invisible lift. We then proceeded to the car port and hopped into the black SUV.

It took all of about twenty minutes to reach fancy restaurant. The ride was filled with mostly comfortable silence. Once and a while we talked, but other than that, we just enjoyed getting away for a while.

The restaurant was large, but not overcrowded. There was plenty of room.

"Welcome. Do you have a reservation sir?" The woman behind the marble counter asked Jack.

"No. Captain Jack Harkness. Torchwood." Jack smiled his signature smile.

The hostess nearly dropped her reservation pad as she grabbed menus in a hurry. "Right this way please." The woman nervously smoothed the white table cloth out as she placed the menus in our places. "Is this alright?"

"Perfect, thank you." Ianto sent her a reassuring smile as she walked away.

"Does Torchwood give you access to anywhere?" I laughed.

"Yes." The two had chanted the word at the exact same moment.

Ianto pulled out my chair for me and I thanked him. Jack then did the same with Ianto's chair.

"Thank you, sir." Ianto grinned.

"Lose the sir." Jack growled when he said this.

Ianto tried to keep from cackling. "Sorry Jack."

Everything in this moment seemed so perfect. We were having a great night so far. Everything was just a little too perfect.

Just as Jack went to sit down, three gun shots went off. Two to Jack, and one to Ianto.

Chapter 7 done! R&R PLEASE! PLEASE REVIEW! I want to know what you guys think for how I should continue this story. BYE ~Lexi~