A/N- Enjoy, I think after this one or two more chapters. But more than likely one. I have an official finished product of the soundtrack. I've taken more songs off. So when I get the chance I shall finish uploading those to youtube and if you want the songs e-mail me and I'll get you links as soon as I can. Ooh and the Torchwood Series Three Story thing title has been released! Children of Earth, or something like that. Check out jackgwen.proboards85 for full information. Make sure you put dot com after the 85. I can't put the whole link because fanfic is dumb and erases the links. Anywhos, read, review, and enjoy Rhys the asshole….lol
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Chapter 9
Stop I Don't Love You Anymore
Jack glanced over some papers and picked things up around his office. He then noticed Gwen's black leather bag in the corner. She must have left it there that day. He picked it up and left the office, walking down the hall to the bedroom they shared whenever she stayed the night at the Hub.
Rhys looked up and noticed the bag in Jack's hands. He recognized it as Gwen's and went up the stairs.
"Oi, Harkness!" he called.
Jack turned around just as he was about to walk into the room, "What?"
"What are you doing with Gwen's bag?" Rhys asked, trying to find any way to pick a fight.
"I'm putting it away," Jack answered before turning back to put it into the room.
"Yeah well you can give it to me. Because once Gwen is up and walking again I'm taking her home and we're leaving Cardiff. I'm getting her as far away from Torchwood and from you as possible," Rhys said.
Jack raised his eyebrows, "Oh? And you think Gwen is going to go for that plan?"
"Yes because she still loves me. I know she does," he replied simply.
"Alright then, I'm still putting her bag in here," Jack then turned and opened the door of the room. He set the bag down and closed the door behind him. He turned and saw Rhys still standing there.
"Can I help you Mr Williams?" Jack asked, irritable.
"Give me the bag!" Rhys ordered.
"I'm not taking orders from you Rhys," Jack said before attempting to walk past Rhys.
Rhys then brought his hand around and punched Jack in the face. This caught Jack off guard and he fell to the ground, clutching his nose.
"Son of a bitch," he whispered as he looked at the blood in his hand. It wasn't that big of a deal, it would heal within a few minutes anyways, but it was still throbbing. He stood up and pushed Rhys out of the way before attempting to head back to the infirmary.
"What's the matter Harkness? Too scared to fight?"
Jack sighed, "No I just know that Gwen would be disappointed if I did fight you. So I'm not going to," he answered before attempting to keep walking.
Rhys then pulled him back and threw him to the ground, before Jack could get up; Rhys kicked him hard in the side.
Jack groaned in pain and then attempted to stand up, but just as he did, Rhys knocked him down again.
"What is the matter with you?!" Jack managed to say.
"It's for stealing my wife, and for fucking her the last three months!" Rhys yelled.
"Well I didn't exactly force her! Nor did she tell me to stop!" Jack cried.
This just infuriated Rhys farther, and he continued his assault on Jack. He only stopped when Martha came running over a moment later and managed to get Rhys away from Jack.
She then dropped to Jack's side and looked him over, "You alright?" she asked.
Jack nodded as he wiped blood off of his face, "I'm immortal, the wounds will heal soon enough," he muttered.
"Well she's awake, she's asking for you," Martha said softly.
Jack stood up quickly and you'd never know he had just had a rib or two broken. He went tearing down the stairs and to the infirmary.
Gwen's eyes went wide when she saw Jack's bloodied and bruised face.
"Jack what the hell happened?!" she cried.
"Your husband," Jack said simply before sitting down in the chair next to the bed.
"Rhys did that to you?!" Gwen exclaimed.
Jack nodded, "Yeah, but it's nothing I can't handle," he said with a slight laugh.
Gwen hit him on the arm, "Jack it's not funny!"
"Well…normally it would probably be the other way around, he'd be bloodied…but he's not. I didn't fight back, that is the only reason why I look like shit right now."
"What do you mean you didn't fight back? Why didn't you?"
"Because I didn't want you to wake up and find us both bloodied and have you get pissed off at the both of us," Jack said simply.
"I can't believe you didn't fight him," Gwen said.
Jack grinned and then stood up, he sat down on the side of the bed and pulled Gwen into a hug, "You scared me," he whispered.
"I was scared myself," she admitted.
For a few moments they sat there. Just then Martha came in, followed closely by Rhys.
He stood in the doorway and looked at Jack and Gwen and almost burst through the door.
Jack glanced towards the doorway and sighed at the sight of Rhys. He then pulled away and Martha came over.
Gwen glanced at Rhys then looked at Jack, "Let me talk to him," she said.
"Alright…if you need anything just call," Jack said, he kissed Gwen's hand gently and then pushed past Rhys, followed by Martha.
Rhys looked at Gwen who looked down at her hands.
"Will you look at me?" Rhys asked.
Gwen looked at him, tears in her eyes, "It wasn't supposed to happen…and you were definitely not supposed to find out like that," she said softly.
"What the fuck were you thinking Gwen?!" he almost screamed.
"I don't know! I…you did this okay?!"
"How the hell did I cause this?"
Gwen let out a sigh, "The night I came home, the first night I slept with Jack…I was in so much pain! I had a hundred different emotions running through my head! Just three days before I had witnessed one of my best friends die in Jack's arms! In this very room! Then we saw a video Tosh had made before she died and it just sent me over the edge. I went home, looking for solace, for comfort. What did I get?! You were screaming at me! That's all you did three months ago, was find a reason to scream at me and cuss me out. Then I went to Jack that night, and when I came home the next morning I felt so incredibly guilty for that entire week. You didn't even notice anything was even wrong with me! You just went about telling me about mindless shit, not noticing all the inner turmoil. Then I don't hear one little thing and you got pissed off at me again. So I left, you can get angry with me all you want, but you sent me right into Jack's arms. Because at least he was someone I could talk to. He understood the pain I was feeling, and together we worked through our emotions. Then for some unknown reason we fell for each other. The love and respect had been there since day one anyway. But we finally faced the facts and realized that we loved each other," Gwen finished and looked back down at her hands as tears poured out of her eyes.
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"Jack we really should get your face washed off," Martha commented as she studied Jack who was organizing papers on his desk.
Jack was about to answer when he heard Rhys scream something about what Gwen was thinking, he sighed, "Martha I'm fine."
"Well I'm sure Gwen likes seeing you bloodied up."
Jack sighed and sat down; he looked over at Martha, "Thank you."
"For what?" Martha inquired.
"Saving her life, when Gwen fell in my arms I had fear almost overcome me. I've been having nightmares about this all happening the last few weeks. Something would happen to Gwen, and then when she woke up she chose Rhys over me. Right now I'm somehow managing to not fall apart with fear and emotion," he admitted quietly.
Martha sighed, "Jack she loves you. I know she does, and I can't believe that Gwen is going to leave you and Torchwood because of some ultimatum that Rhys is going to give her. She loves Torchwood and God knows she loves you. I saw it in her eyes when I first arrived the other day. She brightens up whenever you walk in the room, and the friendly teasing had strong flirting overtones in it. So I knew, and I know that she isn't going to leave you. Right now though you need to stay strong, because deep down she still loves Rhys and this is the hardest thing she's ever had to do. Choose her lover and boss over her husband."
"Well that's comforting…I'm putting her through hell right now? Is that what you're saying?!" Jack snapped.
Martha flinched, realizing how that sounded, "Okay that came out not the way I meant for it to…she is going to get over it, alright? But she needs you there by her side, and she needs you to be strong. That's the last I'm saying about it."
Jack ran his hands over his face and through his hair, "I know what you mean Martha, I shouldn't have snapped like that. I'm sorry."
Martha smiled, "It's alright, now can I go get a rag and wash that dried blood off of your face? It's not really a look that suits you."
Jack laughed, "Fine."
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Rhys was silent for a moment, "I can't believe you even have the nerve to blame me for this," he said finally.
"Rhys…I really am sorry…but you need to face the facts…you did this. You sent me to Jack…and I can't regret it. Because Jack has spent these last three months, making me the happiest I've ever been. I am so incredibly grateful for that," she said.
"Gwen I am willing to look past all this and take you back, but you have to admit that this wasn't my fault, and you have to quit this job, and let us leave Cardiff so we can go far away from Torchwood and raise a family."
"You can't possibly ask me to leave! I love it here, and I love Torchwood. I'm not leaving, and there is no way I'm just going to leave and break Jack's heart like that. Because that is just going to kill him, and I refuse to do that to him."
"So you are just going to break up our marriage and destroy our relationship over Torchwood?! Bloody Torchwood?!" Rhys screamed.
"This is exactly my point! All you do is scream!" Gwen snapped.
"I have to scream, because you never hear me!"
"And there it is again! You still hold a grudge for me not hearing you when you got the promotion, don't you?!" she cried.
Rhys paused, "No…" he said slowly.
"Oh dear God Rhys! I apologized!"
"But it still didn't matter to you! What did you do?! You went off and fucked Jack Harkness!" he screamed.
Gwen looked down at her hands once more, "Get out of here," she said softly.
"Why?! I love you and I'm not leaving without you! I can't believe I even just admitted that, especially after the way I've been treated!" he cried.
"Well I don't love you anymore! Now leave me the fuck alone!"
Rhys walked over to her, "Get away from me…right now," she said in a menacing voice.
"Or what? What are you going to do? Get Jack down here? I've already kicked his arse once today, I don't mind doing it again," he said.
"Who the fuck are you Rhys? You aren't the man I married…far from it. Now can you just leave me alone?"
Rhys was silent and then turned around to leave, by the time he was going up on the lift Ianto was returning with Kana's body. He glanced at Rhys briefly and then went down to the morgue.
Gwen leaned back in the bed and sighed as she looked up at the ceiling. Just then she heard footsteps on the cement stairs. It was Jack. She smiled up at him and he came over to her.
Jack sat down next to her and took her in his arms, "I told you, you had nothing to worry about," she said softly.
"So you did," Jack replied…
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