Gwen woke early the next morning and felt almost as bad as she had done the day before. Getting up she stretched and wandered over to the door to the Hub, hoping that if anyone was still around it was only Jack.

The Hub looked deserted as she walked towards the kitchen to make herself a drink. She got the shock of her life when she ran into Ianto coming out of said kitchen.

"Sorry," she said quietly.

"Coffee?" Ianto asked holding out a mug to her. "Jack wanted some and I was just about to come and see if you were awake."

"Yeah, thanks," Gwen took the mug and smiled slightly. "Are you ok now?"

"Yeah," Ianto said trying not to wince too much as he wandered towards Jack's office.

"Sorry, I must be cramping your style a bit," Gwen said apologetically. "I don't suppose you're used to having anyone but Jack in the Hub at this time."

"Gwen, its fine," Ianto assured her as he knocked on Jack's door.

"Come in," Jack's voice floated through.

"See you later," Gwen said as Ianto disappeared into Jack's office.

Gwen wandered over to her desk and frowned as she found the admin work had gone and in its place was a note. She didn't need to read it to know it was from Owen.

Gwen

I'm really sorry; I swear I had no idea what I was doing. Please fin it in your heart to forgive me. I don't know what I'm going to do if you won't. I know you're going for a scan later and you probably don't want me with you, but please let me know if the baby's ok?

Love you loads,

Owen xxx

Gwen sighed sadly. Owen sounded like he was being honest, but even if it wasn't his fault, how could she bring up a baby with the chance that it's father might try and hurt it?

She sat down at her desk and turned on her computer. Might as well distract herself until her hospital appointment. The minute she was logged on she got a message from Jack.

Want me to come with you to the hospital?

Gwen smiled slightly. Jack was being so kind to her, she needed someway to repay him one day.

Yes please. Thanks, Jack.

She spent the few hours until her appointment sorting out the files on her computer. She knew that she must be stressing when she realised that it had only taken her the morning to rearrange them into alphabetical order.

Toshiko and Owen didn't make an appearance and Gwen had the feeling Jack had told them to take the day off.

Finally Gwen wandered over to Jack's office and knocked. Opening it she smiled as she saw Jack looking back at her.

"I'm going…" she said quietly. "Are you still going to come?"

"Of course I am!" Jack said, taking her hand and squeezing it gently as they walked out the Hub towards the SUV.

Gwen felt slightly bad that Owen wasn't coming with her. They'd been planning to find out the gender of their child. Now she'd have to do it with a completely different man.

Jack pulled into the hospital car park and got out, Gwen following suite. He took her hand again as they crossed the car park. They had to wait what felt like years before the nurse finally called her name.

Gwen felt the knot in her stomach tighten as the nurse began the scan. She glanced over at the screen waiting for the familiar sound of a heartbeat. When it came she couldn't help but grin at Jack.

"Could you tell me what gender the baby is?" Gwen asked quietly.

"Yeah, sure," the nurse said. "Hang on a tic."

She frowned at the screen and Gwen wondered if she was finding it difficult to tell. Maybe the baby was in the wrong position to see what sex it was.

"I just need to fetch the doctor," the nurse said quietly, slipping out the room.

"Oh god," Gwen ran a hand through her hair. "They only get the doctor if something's really wrong."

"It's probably nothing," Jack said taking her hand again.

"Maybe," Gwen sighed sounding unconvinced.

The nurse returned a few minutes later with one of the doctors and they began talking to each other in low voices, staring at the screen.

"Is something wrong?" Gwen asked her voice slightly higher than normal. The doctor looked at her smiled and shook his head.

"No, just a dark patch," he said. "But it's nothing. You have a perfectly healthy baby girl Ms. Cooper."

Gwen grinned.

"Girl?" She asked just to be sure.

"Yup," the nurse nodded. "I'll just wipe this stuff off and you can go."

Gwen felt a lot better on the way home. Her scan showed the baby was fine, so Owen hadn't done her any harm. Maybe she should think about forgiving him. He'd want to know that his child was a girl at least.

Owen was waiting for her back at the Hub and smiled slightly as she walked in with Jack. He sidled up to her slowly.

"Hey," he said quietly.

"Hi," she replied.

"Baby ok?" He stuffed his hands in his pockets nervously.

"Yeah," Gwen couldn't stop herself from grinning. "It's a girl."