Alright people, I do apologize for not updating this recently but I have had WAY TOO much coursework!! I do hope you enjoy this chapter even if it's not as long as the others because Macbeth is calling – and he just won't leave a voice-mail!! lol
Anywho...
Enjoy!
Chapter 14
Owen made his way over to the kitchenette determined to make a good cup of coffee and something edible... by his standards at least! Sometimes he really hated Ianto for being a coffee-king.
He busied himself with making some instant coffee – mainly because he liked his balls where they were and didn't want Ianto cutting them off! - and toast. So he wasn't the worlds best cook...
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Jack sat down gently beside Ianto and entwined his hand in Ianto's imploring him, silently, to look at Jack instead of the ground.
Ianto gave him a sad and baleful, soul-filled look that melted Jack's heart so completely it became like liquid love and compassion. Quietly, with no true understanding of what he was saying, Ianto whispered, "I only, go down there... when I'm angry... I need to remember, what... happens, when... I'm angry... I'm so... so sorry... so sorry..."
"Shhhh, Ianto, shhh now..." Jack wrapped an arm around Ianto as he saw how truly lost and upset Ianto was...'God! This is all my fault!'"Shh...shhh..."
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"Hey! Grubb's up!" Owen shouted, his tinny, London accent echoing off the grey concrete walls of the Hub.
"About time Owen!" Gwen called out as she made her way into the kitchenette to help him carry the plates up to the conference room.
"Well sor-ry! I'm not the world's best cook!" Owen snipped as he followed Gwen up to the conference room carrying a tray of coffee and a plate of toast – Gwen herself was carrying the other two plates of toast and.
"Never would've figured that one Owen, honestly, the toast never gave it away!" Gwen scoffed as she shouldered the door open to see Tosh sitting down in her seat – how she managed to get up there quicker than her and Owen, Gwen couldn't figure, 'her and Ianto have a lot in common... both a pair of bloody cats sometimes!'
"Where's Harkness and Teaboy?" Owen questioned as he placed the plate and tray down and passed Tosh her cup of – semi-decent – coffee.
"They'll be up in a minute. Jack said he needed to talk to Ianto about something." Tosh answered not looking at either Gwen or Owen, 'please.. please don't ask what they're talking about please...'
"Oh. Okay then. We'll just have to save them some food." Gwen said sitting down and grabbing a slice of toast.
Owen looked at Tosh intently, scrutinizing her for a moment, before saying, "Yeah... Ianto will love my instant coffee, won't he?"
"Definitely." Tosh answered, smirking slightly, 'if Ianto likes Owen's coffee then I'm a slitheen!'
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"Ianto..." Jack said softly when he felt Ianto's painfully tight grip on his hand loosen.
"Yes Jack." Ianto answered, his voice barely above a whisper.
"You okay?" Jack asked as Ianto sat up properly, but didn't relinquish Jack's numbish hand.
"Not really, but I'm better than I was five minutes ago." Ianto answered truthfully giving Jack a gentle smile before saying, "We'd better get something to eat, Owen's cooking is spectacular."
Jack grinned and laughed, "Alright then... but really... Owen's cooking... spectacular!?"
They both laughed before standing and heading towards the conference room, Ianto's hand still clasped in Jack's...
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"Soo... Ianto?" Owen ventured cautiously grabbing a slice of toast.
"Yes Owen." Ianto looked over at Owen with a single raised eyebrow as he braved drinking Owen's coffee, 'could've been worse though... could've been Gwen's coffee!'
"Are you going to accept your dare?" Owen said turning his chair slightly towards the door – encase he needed a quick exit.
Immediately there were death glares from Jack, Tosh and even Gwen for bringing the issue up and just as Jack as starting to tell him to shut up someone shut them all up.
"Yes."
Silence... lots of silence.
"Wh-what?" Jack asked incredulously... he was absolutely shocked to the bone that Ianto was agreeing to be dared!
"I said 'yes'. I'm going to accept my dare but... Tosh is going to dare me." Ianto said simply, smiling at Tosh with a glint in his eyes that told her that he knew what dare she'd been considering for him... for quite a while.
"Oh-kay.." Jack said slowly, "It's you choice I suppose..."
"But-" Gwen began but was cut off by Tosh.
"No Gwen! I'm daring him so live with it!" Tosh glared at Gwen before turning to look at Ianto with a sweet smile and evil glint in her eyes that contended with Ianto's own, 'this is going to end in tears... his or mine I don't know... but, it'll end in tears'
"Ianto." Tosh said, in Japanese, drawing an annoyed look from Owen that he couldn't understand the dare, "I dare you..."
Ianto tilted his head to the side slightly, giving his sweet smile an almost manic-edge to it, 'Oh god! He'd have been good in a horror movie!'
"I dare you, to wear short, shorts, flip flops and a sleeveless shirt." she finished loving how Ianto's manic smile turned to a terrified and shocked 'O'.
"What did you dare him Tosh?" Owen asked noticing how Ianto went from confident to terrified in seconds flat, 'I so need to find out what she said to him to do that!'
"None of you business Owen. None at all. You'll find out when he does the dare... tomorrow afternoon." Tosh said, her voice chirpy and sweet. "Right Ianto?"
"Tosh..." Ianto said, his voice a quiet, soft and shocked whisper, "I'm going to kill you for this."
"WHAT DID YOU DARE HIM TO DO TOSH!!??" Jack shouted, his restraint gone... 'WHY didn't I learn Japanese? Damn it!'
"Like Tosh said Jack. You'll find out t-tomorrow." Ianto said softly before getting up and leaving, 'I'm never agreeing to a dare EVER AGAIN!'
TBC...
My apologies people... I've been giving far too much attention to my other fics and stuff and not this one – sacrilige!! But, I'm going to try and finish this one off by the end of this month since I have a week off... then halloween... then my birthday ^^... then tests... NOOOOOO!! NOT TESTS!!
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As you all know, I like reviews they make me happy and since I'll soon be paying taxes [:(] I need all the happy-boosters I can get. Lol
NOW!!
TUNE IN NEXT TIME TO FIND OUT "WHAT EXACTLY IS OWEN'S DARE?" "WILL IANTO ACTUALLY BE DARED?" WILL THE TRUTH ABOUT IANTO'S BROTHER BE TOLD?" YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT TILL NEXT TIME FOLKS...
Evil ain't I? ;P