Jack awoke the next morning to find the Time Lord still asleep. He had never known the Doctor to sleep for so long. He found it a little concerning and decided he would have to ask the Doctor about it later. He looked at the time. As much as he would love to lay all day with the Doctor in his arms, he had work. He placed his hand on the Doctor's shoulder and gently started to rub his arm.

"Doctor," Jack cooed. "Doctor it's time to wake up. The Doctor groaned and turned his head so that his face was more buried in Jack's stomach. Jack chuckled as he rubbed the Doctor's shoulder harder trying to rouse him. "Come on now, wake up sleepyhead."

"No," The Doctor moaned. He reached down and pulled the blanket completely over his head. Jack pushed the blanket down again.

"I have to get ready for work. If you want to continue to sleep, that's fine, but you need to let me up."

"You're warm," The Doctor retaliated as he tried to pull the blanket up again.

"Come on sweetheart, you have to move." Jack tried again.

"Don't call me sweetheart." The Doctor tightened his grip as Jack tried to move him. Jack leaned down and kissed the top of the Doctor's head, The Doctor scowled but made no attempt to move still. Jack contemplated his next move and as he did so the Doctor fell back asleep. Jack sighed in defeat. He lay there letting the Doctor sleep, while communicating to the rest of his team via text messages. Another hour passed and the the Doctor began to whimper and twist in a nightmare. Jack tried to soothe him again, but when the Doctor began to lash out, Jack reluctantly woke him.

"All right, time to wake up." Jack scolded softly and this time the Doctor didn't fight him. Over the next few weeks, it wasn't unusual to enter the hub at night and find the Doctor sound asleep next to or near Jack. The only problem with it was, Jack didn't need to sleep most nights and refused to stay in bed. On more then one occasion, they were called in for a late night run for an artifact to find Jack sitting at the conference table with the Doctor curled up on the couch asleep.

Besides the short talk she had forced him into on the TARDIS, The Doctor refused to talk about his pregnancy to Martha. She was growing more concerned as he was all ready five months along and beginning to show it. It wasn't anything overly noticeable just a small bump on his usually skinny frame. He also refused to leave the hub. That one had been harder to notice. With the child he sidestepped the questions, after the first time she had cornered him, but with not leaving the hub it had been more subtle. Worried, Martha headed up to Jack's office to talk to them. The Doctor and Jack had retreated there awhile ago to catalog artifacts.

She knocked on the door and heard a soft, "Come in." Opening the door revealed Jack sitting behind his desk working on his computer. The Doctor was sitting next to him, but had his head rested on Jack's bicep, and he was sound asleep.

"I'll come back," Martha whispered.

"You won't wake him," Jack assured her continuing to keep his voice low. "What do you need?"

"I actually wanted to talk to him. I am worried about him since he won't leave the hub and is still not acknowledging the child." Martha explained as she took the seat across from Jack.

"He is though, just in his own way. The other day I walked into the TARDIS to hear him talking away. I thought he was talking to the TARDIS at first but then he paused and asked if it had developed ears yet." Jack chuckled.

"Has he discussed it with you?" Martha asked.

"No, but I am not going to force him too. He needs to deal with this in his own terms. If we force him to before he is ready, all he is going to do is run." Jack argued.

"Where, he hasn't left the hub in over a month." Martha countered.

"I've noticed, but he is comfortable here and I am not going to force him to leave when he doesn't want to." Jack's voice raised a little. He had to bite his tongue to keep from laughing as the Doctor made a gentle shushing noise and patted Jack's chest, without waking up.

"What about his sleeping next to you constantly? " Martha pointed out.

"We have actually discussed that. He has been having more nightmares lately and having me near helps keep them at bay. Also he knows I will wake him if the nightmare gets to bad." Jack calmly explained to her.

"Oh."

"We do talk Martha. Granted it is mainly about the artifacts and ways to improve Torchwood, but he does occasionally open up." Jack leaned his head on top of the Doctors. "He has been through hell, I am not going to force him to relive it."

"The fact that he gets out of bed and gets dressed everyday amazes me. But I would feel better if he would discuss his concerns and fears, rather then hiding them." Martha hissed. The Doctor opened one of his eyes and looked at her.

"Do you two normally discuss me while I sleep?" He asked sitting up and stretching.

"No," Martha answered quickly.

"Good." He stood up. Gently squeezing Jack shoulder he turned and headed to the other side of the room. He grabbed several notebooks and looked through them before settling on one. He handed the notebook to Martha and then sat back down.

Martha looked at the first page in shock. In it were all the measurements for the child, and when he expected the baby would be due. "May I?" She asked tipping the notebook towards him. He gestured at her to go on. She continued to flip through the notebook and saw notes and simple drawings. The notebook included detailed instructions on his and the child's care during the pregnancy, as well as what she could expect developmentally each month for a Gallifreyan child, for the first year. All of the notes were in English, she realized, which meant he had made the notebook for her and not himself.

"I don't recognize most of these medications," Martha stated as she got to a list of injections and pills, that could be used during pregnancy.

"I wouldn't expect you to recognize any of them. All of them have been placed in a separate cabinet in the medi-bay labeled with a blue strip. I have labeled them with correct doses and there is a book in the cabinet, from a 67th century pharmacy that describes there uses and whether or not they can be taken with other medications." The Doctor said as he picked up an artifact. He pulled out his sonic and began to work on the artifact without saying anything.

Martha opened and closed her mouth in amazement several times. She had thought the Doctor was ignoring the issue, when in fact he had put more thought into it then she had ever expected. She looked at Jack and he raised his eyebrows at her with a smug look on his face. Martha rolled her eyes and then stood.

"Can I keep this?" She asked not wanting to assume. He didn't answer, except to stick the tip of his tongue out the corner of his mouth and nod. Martha shook her head and started to leave.

"If you need any more information let me know," He said. She stopped and turned to look at him. He was still concentrating on the artifact.

"I will. Thank you, Doctor." As soon as the door closed behind her, the Doctor sat down the artifact and turned to look at Jack. Jack smirked at him.

"How long were you pretending to be asleep?" Jack asked slightly amused.

"Long enough," The Doctor replied. "I want a cup of tea. Do you want a coffee?"

"Coffee sounds great," Jack turned back to work on the computer but noticed the Doctor was hesitating. He turned to look back at him. "Is there a problem?"

The Doctor was bouncing slightly as though he was trying to make up his mind. He suddenly leaned forward and gave Jack a quick peck on the cheek before rushing out of the room. Jack sat there in shock. The Doctor had just kissed him, granted it was on the cheek, but it was still a kiss. The possibilities raced through Jack's mind and also the doubts. He wanted to go grab the Doctor and kiss him deeply, but was also terrified of scaring him off. A year ago, he wouldn't have cared, but with the Doctor still recovering from his ordeal on the Valiant, Jack shuddered.

He didn't know what he was feeling as the Doctor returned and handed him a cup of coffee. He took a small sip before setting the coffee down on his desk. When the Doctor sat down next to him, Jack leaned over and very softly returned the quick peck on the cheek. The Doctor smiled and picked up the artifact again. Jack turned to his work again but he couldn't concentrate. Things had just got interesting. He watched the Doctor out of the corner of his eye.

"That's distracting you know," The Doctor commented, lifting his eyes from his work.

"Sorry. You distracted me first." Jack accused him.

"Like this?" The Doctor leaned over and pecked him on the cheek again.

"Yes, like that." Jack answered and the Doctor smiled at him. One of the first things they had discussed when the Doctor came back, was his trusting Jack not to take advantage of him. Now he was kissing him, it was only on the cheek, but it was a start. Was it really taking advantage when the Doctor started it?

Before he changed his mind again, Jack turned back to the Doctor. He took the artifact out of his hand and carefully set it on the desk. He stood up and then pulled the Doctor to his feet. The Doctor watched with interest as Jack caressed the side of the Doctor's head, and then leaned in and slowly placed his lips on the Doctors. The Doctor closed his eyes and returned the kiss immediately. He opened his mouth slightly and Jack kissed him deeper. He kept his hand on the Doctor's head but moved his other hand to the Doctor's back as the Doctor wrapped both his arms around Jack. He finally broke the kiss when he needed to take a breath. The Doctor placed his head on Jack chest and Jack kissed the top of his head.

"Where does this leave us?" Jack asked him.

"Does it matter?" The Doctor questioned him back without looking up.

"No," Jack started to lie as he held the Doctor. "Actually, Doc, yes it does. I meant what I said that I will help you raise the child regardless, but do you want more?"

"I don't know Jack." The Doctor admitted.

"How would you like to go to dinner? Just the two of us." Jack asked. The Doctor looked up at him with a furrowed brow. Jack wondered if asking him on a date was pushing it too far but then the Doctor nodded.

"I'd like that." He said giving Jack another quick kiss, before picking up the artifact again and hurrying out of the office.