Ianto began to lightly dig his fingers into Jack's shoulder, bending the veins, muscles, tissues, skin and bone. Slowly tightening his hand into a fist, he was anxious at Jack's last comment. He was scared towards the teammates at their reactions. Owen might make future fun of him, about being gay because he doesn't know the experience due to the fact that he is straight. Tosh will probably keep a secret stash of him and Jack having sex in the hub, it's hard to believe she would, but Ianto's caught her numerous of times. Finally Gwen, pc Gwen Cooper, or should she be called by pc Gwen Williams? The second attempt at her name isn't as catching as the first. She was going to be married in a couple of months to Rhys Williams, and it has been hectic in the hub with all the arrangements she has been making, soon it's going to be twice as hectic! Anyway what would she do? She would probably call the new couple lovingly nicknames, like 'love birds' and that horrible stuff. Ianto just hoped he was wrong about their reactions.

The silence was getting tense, and neither Jack nor Ianto wanted to break it, they now had to work together on this. This is one of the big things that are going to change their lives forever, with the baby coming as well. Just wait and see they will manage for sure!

"Maybe the breathalyzer is having a malfunction, Maybe Jack is drunk plus Ianto is as well, they can't be engaged, they just can't" Gwen sniffed, slowly collapsing onto the ground, her back pressed against the wall, tears forming in the corner of her eyes. Why was she crying? There not tears of joy, they can't be, her reaction doesn't lead to joy, she's acting as if she's upset and jealous.

"Gwen I can assure you we're not drunk" he turned towards Ianto, "show them the ring" his head nodded towards his left hand, a hand with Ianto's most valuable possession.

His hand rose, showing the silver ring; lines were engraved going around the length of the ring. One thing the team couldn't see was the engraved message which was written in 51st century language, only Jack and Ianto knew what it meant, and always will.

"It's beautiful, and congratulations" Tosh announced to both men who smiled gratefully back to her, 'at least one person has the right idea', Ianto thought.

"Thank you" Jack replied twitching his shoulder, and then glancing back up towards the accessory, it shone in the lights beam, sending a silver glow on Jack and Ianto.

"Yeah, well done, congratulations, what ever you say to people when there engaged, just don't start making bloody hectic plans like Gwen has been doing for months will you?" Owen asked, glancing towards Gwen seeing if she was affected by his comment but she didn't pay attention.

Her eyes were full of tears, her eyes were on Jack and Ianto, "But what about me?" she sniffed, rising to her feet and rushing out of the door, her sobs echoing the high hub walls.

"Gwen!" Jack called out to her, starting to sit up right to climb off the autopsy table but Ianto's hand stopped him, soon staring up to Ianto.

"Let me talk to her, she's upset about this for some strange reason but I think I should go and see her, I'll be back in the minute" Ianto promised, planting a soft kiss onto Jack's forehead and following in Gwen's direction out of the autopsy room.


Ianto soon found Gwen hiding in the archives, slumped up against a wall, hugging her knees and crying into them, her eyes were bloodshot and she had a couple of tissues laying on the ground all around her.

Was she only having a bad time because Jack and Ianto were getting married? This should be a cause of celebration! Instead Gwen is taking it the wrong way and is crying her eyes out because she still fancies Jack when she is engaged to Rhys, not to mention Jack is now also engaged and pregnant. But still, it must hurt inside knowing someone you really like and love even without knowing it is getting married to someone else, which must be hard.

"You okay?" Ianto asked, joining Gwen on the ground, allowing Gwen to rest her head on his shoulder.

"I don't know really, I guess I'm just upset that Jack is getting married. I love Rhys, really I do, but I also love Jack, and sometimes when I'm here at work working, or out on a field mission with Jack, or in the board room having a meeting. I seem to love him more than Rhys" Gwen hiccupped, wiping away a tear on her cheek, also wiping away the ruined mascara.

Ianto let out a soft sigh this wasn't going to be easy as he thought.

"I know Gwen but you have to let him go, he's in love with me and I don't think anything is going to change that. I love him and he loves me, like you love Rhys and he loves you. Our bonds with our soul mates are so strong that nothing can tear them apart. I'm going to marry him no mater what happens, like you are going to marry Rhys in a couple of months in the future. It's going to be your big day, the best day of your life yet to come" Ianto explained, reaching down towards his trouser pocket and pulling out his wallet. He flipped it open showing all his credit cards, receipts, money, finally showing in the centre of his wallet and picture of him and Jack.

That photo was taken on a rare occasion, Ianto didn't actually know how the photo was taken but it was there, a picture of them both smiling into the camera, Jack making the peace sign with his fingers acting like a child, but Ianto liked it.

Gwen's finger traced along the photo, mainly going over the picture of Jack, she didn't know how she was going to cope, thinking that Jack won't want her in the future.

"It's going to be so hard though Ianto, I can't stop loving him"

"You don't have to, you can still love him like a big brother, he will still be there for you, and he will still be there for all of us. Don't let this marriage get in the way with the friendship we all have together Gwen. And think about the child's sake, this baby is going to need Jack as a father and me also as a father more than anything in the world. Don't let your passion over Jack take that away from us" Ianto asked, Gwen slowly nodded.

"Okay, you two deserve each other anyway" Gwen smiled, she was beginning to cheer up, but not completely, it's going to take time for her.

"Thank you" Ianto smiled, "and maybe you could be the brides maid, well I don't know what you would call it if the same gender is getting married, oh well we'll just have to call Jack the bride because he's carrying the baby. But he did propose to me whom makes me the bride, oh I don't know" he chuckled at his attempt to figure out who was the bride, Gwen also giggled but she then realised what he just said.

"Me? Brides maid?" she asked

"Yeah if you want to" Ianto replied, Gwen's face suddenly lit up.

"Yes of course I would you daft sod!" Gwen smiled, bouncing on Ianto and pulling him into a fierce hug. Ianto's face soon began to turn red from his lungs missing oxygen.

"Gwen it would help if you didn't kill me of suffocation" Ianto gasped, she let go.

"Sorry! I was just excited, I'm now really happy for you two!" she apologized. Buzzing sounds soon echoed their ears, Ianto glanced up alarmed. It was the rift activity locator; the rift was active meaning one thing. Jack's going to want to go out on field and Ianto couldn't let that happen for the health of the baby!

Sorry I haven't updated in a while, I've had an awful lot of homework to do, finally I've finished and I can come back to writing my story!

Please review, -R