Hi everyone I'm back again :) Sorry it's been a while Uni goes back for me next week and I've been busy with preparations and the like. This is a bit of a short chapter compared to some of the others and I'm sorry to disappoint but our Jack and Ianto don't make an appearance. This was a complete freak of nature and only happened because the next part of the story is all about them and very long. I was going to put a bit of it in this chapter but can't really break it up so I couldn't. However this chapter is centred around the girls and the rest of their swimsuit shopping, I do hope you enjoy it and don't worry the next chapter will be very Janto orientated.

Anyway sorry to all my reviewers who haven't received replies from me, I have been so busy and I hoped you'd forgive me if I sent out a new chapter Pretty please????? I did promise to be better and now that most of my uni stuff is worked out I'll try very hard promise.

Anyway here we go I hope you like it. Big thanks to Socalrose my wonderful Beta.

There is a reference to Sailor Moon in this story if you haven't seen the show it doesn't matter it just makes the scene funnier if you have.

Swimsuits and Sailor Scouts

"No."

"Yes."

"No!"

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Oh come on, sweetie you look hot."

"I feel naked."

"But you're not."

"That doesn't keep me from feeling like I am."

Angela glared at Temperance for a moment before saying. "You know, you're worse than Ianto was and he's a guy."

"And?" Temperance snarled back.

"And guys are supposed to hate shopping, girl's aren't," Angela replied.

"Says who?" Temperance demanded.

"Says everyone, watch the television sometime, sweetie," Angela replied causing Temperance to glare at her some more.

"Seriously, T, you look awesome," Morghan complimented.

"T?" Temperance asked.

"Yeah, T, I thought it would be a good nickname for you. Don't you like it?" Morghan asked.

Temperance seemed to mull over it for a moment before saying, "Actually I don't mind it."

"Shiny," Morghan replied with a grin, causing the others to look at her curiously. "It's my new word for great, cool, awesome, that sort of thing," she explained.

The others all nodded in understanding before Angela's eyes focused on Temperance again. "T really, you look so good, Seeley's going to love it," she assured her friend.

Temperance blushed and looked away instantly. "I don't care," she mumbled unconvincingly.

"Uh-huh, sure you don't," Angela replied sarcastically causing Temperance to glare at her some more.

"We all know you're into him, T, you may as well just admit it," Morghan suggested gently.

Temperance looked at the group for a moment before asking, "Is it that obvious?"

"Not to him but it is to us," Angela replied. "Just like it's obvious that he's totally into you. I've already told you this; you just refuse to believe me."

Temperance looked down again, her eyes studying the deep blue bikini Angela had her dressed in. "You really think he'll like this?" she asked barely loud enough for the others to hear.

"He'll love it, sweetie," Angela promised.

"Anyone with eyes will love it," Morghan added causing the others to giggle.

Temperance took a deep breath and looked down at herself once more before finally relenting. "Fine I'll get it."

"Wonderful," Angela exclaimed excitedly as Temperance disappeared back into the change room. "So, who's next?" she asked turning back to study the rest of the assembled group just as Katie and Elena came in to join them. "Oh you're back, is Owen sorted?" Angela asked them.

The pair nodded. "He's gone to find Jack and Ianto," Katie elaborated.

"Great, so . . . ooh, Elena, how about you?" Angela asked focusing her attention on the young Russian girl.

"How about I help Elena while you and Tosh go and have a look for yourselves. We only have a few more hours in here before everything shuts," Morghan suggested as much to save Elena from Angela as to have a chance to see Elena in swimmers.

Angela seemed to consider it for a moment before Tosh agreed for her and took her girlfriend's hand pulling her toward the racks full of swimwear.

"Ooh, does this mean you're going to try on something too, Tosh?" Angela asked hopefully as the other girl led her away.

Morghan watched them go with a grin before turning her attention to Elena. "Okay, let's find you something," she said leading the way over to the swimwear the others following close behind.

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Half an hour later all the girls had chosen a few suits to try on. Despite her own desires to see Elena run around in swimmers all day Morghan had been forced to admit that she was definitely better off wearing some board shorts and a sun shirt over any swimmers she chose to buy to protect her incredibly fair skin from the very hot Australian sun.

She'd helped the lovely Russian girl choose a few things as well as Ray and Katie and the other three had done the same for her. Finally they were back at the change rooms trying on their selections.

Morghan pulled her first outfit on and headed out of the change room to get the other's opinions. Ray exited her change room at the same moment and they appraised each other carefully.

"I like it," Morghan commented first.

Ray looked down at her outfit. "Actually I do too," she agreed sounding surprised with her discovery. She looked back up at Morghan then. "I like yours too," she complimented.

"Really?" Morghan asked looking down at her swimmers. "They're a bit more revealing than what I'd normally wear, but they're a lovely colour."

"I like them," Ray repeated. "I think they suit you … and apparently I'm not the only one."

Morghan looked at her curiously and Ray indicted with her head that Morghan should look behind her. Morghan turned around and found Elena standing outside her change room door, looking absolutely breathtaking in a dark purple one piece.

Morghan's breath caught as she saw how incredible Elena looked, stopping completely when she realized Elena's eyes were glued to her. They stared at each other entranced for a few moments before Katie came out of the change room between theirs breaking their line of sight.

She saw Morghan first and smiled. "Ooh, you look really good. You too," she added down to Ray before turning to look at Elena. "And you – wow!"

"Thank you," Ray answered first followed by the others who slowly recovered the use of their vocal cords.

"You look great too," Morghan commented back. "Both of you," she added before looking down at Elena again. "Really, really good."

"Thanks," Katie beamed at the compliment.

"Thank you," Elena replied blushing slightly.

"Well what do you say we try on the next ones and compare?" Ray asked.

"I agree," Katie replied.

"Me too," Morghan and Elena replied at the same time.

"All right then, next outfits," Ray announced heading back into the change room.

Morghan turned her attention back to Elena just as the young Russian's attention returned to her. "You really look great," Morghan complimented.

"Thanks so do you," Elena replied with a shy smile.

"Thanks," Morghan replied quietly before returning back to her change room

"Morghan!" Elena's voice stopped her and she turned back to face the gorgeous Russian.

"Yeah?"

Elena looked at her for a moment, the expression on her face leading Morghan to believe she was struggling to say something. After a few moments she seemed to change her mind and instead of speaking she moved forward until there was barely an inch between her body and Morghan's.

Morghan's heartbeat kicked up several notches as Elena's eyes studied her face, mapping every feature from her eyes to her lips. Her gaze stopped there and Morghan felt her breath catch once more as Elena moved closer, the Russian girl's hands moving up to gently cup Morghan's face.

"Hey are you guys in here?" Angela's voice broke through their moment seconds before she and Tosh rounded the corner and saw them. "Oooh hello, what's going on here?" she asked suggestively.

Elena immediately jumped away from Morghan putting as much distance between them as she could in the limited space. "Nothing," she replied immediately.

Angela raised an eyebrow at the young Russian who was now blushing profusely. "Is that so? It didn't look like nothing."

"I . . . I have to change," Elena replied all but running back into her change room.

When the door was shut behind her Angela turned her attention to Morghan. "So, what was going on here?" she asked.

"Like she said it was nothing," Morghan replied as evenly as she could before heading back into her own change room to escape their prying eyes. The cold, nasty feeling of rejection burned through her and she all but ripped the swimmers from her body before throwing her own clothes back on as quickly as possible. She wanted to get out of there, pay for her things and leave before anyone could ask what happened.

When she remerged fully dressed a few minutes later Katie, Tosh and Angela were the only ones out there swapping opinions on their current attire.

"What do you think, Morghan?" Katie asked motioning to herself as well as Angela and Tosh who were looking at her apologetically.

Morghan put on the best fake smile she could muster and said. "You all look great."

"See what did we tell you?" Katie asked happily, obviously oblivious as to what had happened for which Morghan was thankful. Hopefully the others would be too. "Weren't you going to try on something else?" Katie suddenly asked.

A movement behind Angela drew Morghan's attention to Elena who was just exiting her change room dressed in her normal clothes once more. She looked up and her eyes fell on Morghan who immediately looked away. She had to get out of here she couldn't be around Elena anymore.

"Yeah I was, but I just realized we only have another hour in here before we have to leave and there are a few things I need to pick up from another shop before we head home. Besides I really liked that pair and looking at the others again I can already tell they won't be as nice."

"Okay," Katie replied. "I can understand that they did look really good on you." She complimented.

Morghan managed another smile for the young Finnish girl, she really was lovely. "Thank you, you looked great in you first one too, and in this one, have you decided which one you like better?" she asked not wanting to appear rude.

Katie shook her head. "Still a few more to try yet, I'm sure I'll know soon."

Morghan nodded. "Okay I'm going down to pay for mine. I'll head over to pick up the other stuff I need and I'll meet you guys at the food court in an hour, Ray can show you the way okay."

Katie, Angela and Tosh nodded although it was obvious Tosh and Angela were concerned about her.

Morghan returned their nod and headed for the escalator, thankful that Ray was still in her change room and hadn't been able to insist on coming with her. Right now she just wanted to be alone.

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They got back to the school around 9:30 and bid each other goodnight before heading for their dorms. Morghan was the first through the door to their block and headed immediately for her room saying a quiet goodnight to Martha who was on the couch watching TV as she passed.

As soon as she disappeared through the door Martha turned questioning eyes on Ray and Elena. "Is everything all right?" she asked.

Elena just looked at the ground

"I'm sure she's fine," Ray replied reassuringly. "I'll go and talk to her. Goodnight guys."

Martha and Elena bid her goodnight and she headed into her room to put her stuff down before moving on through the bathroom to Morghan's door. She knocked quietly and Morghan immediately called for her to come in.

Ray opened the door and headed inside to find Morghan perched at her desk with her computer open in front of her checking her emails.

"Daisy and Mina want us to come visit them while we're on holidays," Morghan informed Ray without looking up.

"Have they got something planned?" Ray asked moving to stand behind Morghan's chair.

Morghan nodded. "They're having a party," she replied.

"That'll be fun," Ray replied with a nod.

They were silent for a moment before Morghan spoke. "I'm fine, Ray, don't worry about me."

"It's obvious you're not," Ray argued. "So why don't you just tell me what's wrong?"

Morghan sighed. "Because it's nothing; come tomorrow I'll be over it, just don't worry about me alright." She got up and headed into the bathroom closing the door behind her.

Ray glared at the door for a moment unsure to what to do. She knew something was wrong and she knew it had something to do with Elena from the way both girls had acted for the rest of the night. Morghan didn't want to discuss it but Ray was worried and she needed to make sure her friend was okay. Should she respect her friend's wishes and leave her until tomorrow when she would hopefully be ready to talk, or should she push now and make sure Morghan was okay before she went to bed?

She weighed up both options before reaching her conclusion. She didn't want to wait, she didn't do it well. Without another moment's thought she stalked through Morghan's cupboard and flung open the bathroom door completely unconcerned with the fact that her friend was already stripped down to her underwear. "Elena isn't going to disappear overnight, Morghan," she said simply.

Morghan froze in the process of undressing and turned back to look at her friend with a raised eyebrow. "You do know you're supposed to knock before you burst in on other people in the bathroom?" she questioned quietly.

"Right, like you care about that," Ray said sarcastically. "Besides you're just trying to avoid talking about Elena and I'm not letting you get out of it that easily."

Morghan shrugged. "You're right," she said simply.

"About which part?" Ray asked.

"About me not caring," Morghan replied, turning back to the shower and unfastening her bra before slipping her underwear off and throwing them both in the basket. She opened the shower door then and turned on the taps, but before she could climb in, Ray's hands were on her arms pulling her back and turning her around so they were face to face once more.

"And guess what? Five years around you and neither do I, so you're not getting rid of me that easily!" Ray snarled reaching past Morghan to turn the taps off. She then stood in front of the shower door so Morghan would have to go through her if she wanted to get in. "You are going to talk to me whether you want to or not," she stated simply. "And don't even bother pretending you don't care because I know you and there's no way in hell you'll go to sleep without a shower."

Morghan glared at Ray for a moment before crossing her arms and moving to sit on the side of the bathtub. Avoiding Ray's eyes she looked defiantly at the wall.

Ray sighed and moved to sit beside her. "There's no point sulking either you know how stubborn I am. Look I know your mood has something to do with Elena, just tell me what it is and I'll leave you alone," Ray promised.

"She doesn't want me that's what's wrong, now go away!" Morghan snapped.

"What are you talking about she doesn't want you? Didn't you see the look on her face while you were standing out there in a bikini?" Ray asked completely unable to comprehend what Morghan was talking about.

"Yeah she thought I looked nice and when we were alone she came over to me and I was sure she was going to kiss me," Morghan replied.

"That sounds like a good thing," Ray stated confused.

"I thought so, until Tosh and Angela came into the room and asked what was going on." Morghan shook her head, tears glimmering in her eyes. "The moment they walked in Elena jumped as far away from me as she could get, like the idea of someone catching her with me was the most horrible thing in the world, like I had some sort of disease! And when Angela asked what we were doing Elena said 'nothing', and not the way you say it if you're caught doing something like kissing someone you like, more like the way you'd say it if someone caught you making out with the most disgusting creature in the universe," Morghan explained sadly.

"She was probably just startled," Ray suggested but Morghan shook her head.

"She wasn't startled, Ray, she was horrified," she argued.

"You don't know that," Ray argued back. "You're not in her head. Like I said before, while you were in that bikini it was obvious that she wanted you, I could see it in her eyes."

"Well obviously it's not enough is it?" Morghan growled finally turning to look at Ray. "I'm not about to enter one of these relationships where we're all touchy feely and happy in private and then the minute we're with other people we pretend there's nothing going on. I'm not a toy to be used, Ray, and if that's what she wants then she can go and shove it!" Morghan snarled turning her face away from Ray's once more.

"I'm not saying you should, Morghan, I'm saying that you should talk to her properly before getting all upset about something that might not mean what you think it does," Ray argued.

"Look, I don't want to talk about this right now. You demanded that I tell you what's wrong with me and I have; now I just want to have a shower, go back to my room and write for a while before I go to bed and try and forget this night ever happened. I know she's not going to disappear overnight but at least when I've had some sleep I'll be able to process this rationally and if you're really my friend you'll either leave me alone or talk about something else. What's it going to be?" Morghan demanded her eyes glaring into Ray's.

"Sailor Mars is better than Sailor Neptune!" Ray yelled immediately.

"Oh please as if!!! Why, because she sits on her ass all day chanting nonsense to a fire?" Morghan argued back. "Sailor Neptune would kick Sailor Mars' ass in a fight any day!"

"Would not!"

"Would too!"

"Would not!"

Would too!"

"Says the girl sitting on a bathtub naked!" Ray sniped.

"Says the girl who walked in on me while I was naked and won't leave!" Morghan sniped back.

"Sailor Mars is better, just deal with it!" Ray snarled.

"If Sailor Mars is so much better how come Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus had to save the inner senshi so many times during the S series huh?" Morghan demanded.

"It was a new enemy and Uranus and Neptune knew how to fight them already, the inners didn't!" Ray argued.

"Oh sure, any excuse will do!" Morghan argued back.

"Didn't you want to have a shower?" Ray asked snarkily.

"Get out of my way and I will," Morghan replied with a victorious grin.

"This is not over!" Ray snarled stalking back into Morghan's room. She pulled the door shut behind her and headed over to sit on Morghan's bed. They'd had that argument so many times when they were kids and eventually come to realize they were never going to agree. It had been a serious argument back then, but when they'd grown up a little more it had become something they could argue about when they were frustrated with each other without fear of one of them getting hurt. She knew Morghan would have been perfectly aware of why Ray brought it up and she was sure the other girl had been grateful for her chosen change of topic. With a sigh she leant back against the bed head to wait for Morghan to finish in the shower.

Her mind wandered back to Elena then and everything Morghan had told her about what happened that night. She was sure Elena liked Morghan, in fact she'd bet her entire life's supply of olives on it, which was saying a lot. She wanted to find a way to fix things for her friend but what should she do? Maybe she should talk to Elena herself, or Owen even; he might be able to help.

She mulled over it until Morghan finished in the shower and walked back into the room dressed in her pajamas. She looked over at Ray with sad, red rimmed eyes and Ray knew her distraction hadn't worked as well as she'd hoped.

"Do you want to go another round?" Ray asked quietly.

Morghan shook her head making her way slowly over to the bed.

Ray hated seeing Morghan upset but she'd exhausted all of her options to help cheer the other girl up right now. So knowing there was nothing else she could do she held out her arms and Morghan climbed slowly up onto the bed and sank into them. She cuddled into Ray's side and Ray held her tightly, offering her friend silent support. They didn't speak, they didn't communicate at all, and in the end that's how they fell asleep.

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end of chapter 10

Ok so what did we think? Once again sorry for the lack of Janto but there will be a heap of it next chapter. Sorry gain for the lack of review replies will try to be better not Uni's all sorted. And if you didn't understand that Sailor Moon reference I hope you enjoyed the scene anyway.

See you soon

Kayla