Jack and Ianto were sitting on a bench by the pond in the garden. It was the most peaceful part of the garden and it helped to calm Jack down about Linda.

"So what do you want to tell me about Sam?" Jack asked.

A smile spread across Ianto's face. "He's been spending quite a lot of time with Emma."

Jack looked confused. "So?"

Ianto sighed dramatically, "I think he likes her."

Jack suddenly realised what Ianto was trying to say. "Sam likes Emma?"

Ianto nodded.

"Does Emma like him?" Jack asked.

"I don't know." Ianto shrugged. "He doesn't even know. I told him that he should just talk to her, but he's convinced that it will end badly."

Jack thought about it for a moment. It was quite similar to the situation that he and Ianto had been in a few weeks ago.

"Why don't I talk to Emma?" Jack suggested.

Ianto nodded slowly as he considered the idea. "I suppose that could work. I mean, you are her cousin, and it'll be easier for you to talk to her...and it'll put Sam out of his misery."

"Exactly." Jack smiled.

Ianto frowned. "Are you going to talk to her now?"

"No, why?" Jack asked; he was completely perplexed by Ianto's sudden change in mood.

"I just..." Ianto trailed off.

"Come on Ianto, what is it?" Jack asked again.

"I just want to sit here with you for a little while longer." Ianto admitted.

Jack grinned as Ianto blushed. His cheeks went a cute shade of red when he was embarrassed and Jack loved it.

"It's alright; I wanted to stay here longer too." Jack reassured Ianto and wrapped a strong arm around his shoulders so he could hug Ianto closer.

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A little over an hour passed and Jack and Ianto still sat on the bench next to the pond.

Jack sighed as he felt the first few drops of rain land on his face. He didn't think too much of it to start with; he hoped it would blow over but it continued to get heavier.

"I think we should go back inside now, Jack." Ianto said and stood up.

Jack nodded and got up reluctantly.

"I'm actually quite hungry, what time is it?" Ianto asked as they made their way up to the house in the rain.

"It's 5:30pm. I'm hungry too." Jack answered after checking his pocket watch. "I think we've missed the afternoon meal."

"Yeah." Ianto agreed. "I could make us something."

"Are you sure?" Jack raised his eyebrow at Ianto.

"Yeah, I can cook. I used to have to cook the meals before I turned 18." Ianto informed him.

Jack nodded his head as he thought to himself. They eventually reached the house and hurried through the door and into the warm, dry hallway.

"I want to help." Jack said suddenly as he took his shoes off.

Ianto immediately burst out laughing. "Jack, have you ever even been in a kitchen before?"

"No but how hard could it be?" Jack replied. "You can't stop me from helping."

"I wasn't going to." Ianto smiled. "This is going to be fun..."

Ianto continued to laugh as he led Jack to the kitchen.

"Okay then, what do we do first?" Jack asked as he observed the kitchen.

"Well, what do you want to eat?" Ianto asked.

"I think you should choose." Jack replied.

"Fine, egg and chips?" Ianto said as he looked through the cupboards to see what utensils were available to him.

"Sure." Jack smiled and looked over Ianto's shoulder as he removed a frying pan from a cupboard.

Ianto began getting the eggs out of the fridge when he stopped suddenly. He turned to Jack. "Actually, why don't we bake a cake?"

"You know how to bake a cake?" Jack asked with an eyebrow raised.

Ianto blushed again. "Mary used to bake one with me and Sam every Sunday afternoon."

Jack smiled at Ianto's confession. Even though they had technically lived together for the past 13 years, Jack had no idea what Ianto looked like as a child but he had no problem imagining the scene of Ianto, Sam and his former head servant Mary baking a cake.

"My mother never did anything like that with me." Jack frowned as he tried to think back.

"That really doesn't surprise me." Ianto said. "Come on, we'll make a cake for Cassandra; sort of as a little thank you gift and then we'll have egg and chips."

Jack nodded and grinned like a child and Ianto chuckled. It really was going to be a fun evening.

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Ianto looked up from where he was cracking an egg into a bowl to check on Jack who had insisted on measuring the flour.

"Jack, what are you doing?" Ianto laughed.

"I'm measuring out the flour." Jack replied and continued to pour the flour onto the scales without the dish.

"Would you like this?" Ianto asked and held out the dish for the scales.

Jack looked from the pile of flour that was slowly flowing onto the bench to the bowl and back again.

"Yes please." He sighed and started scooping up the flour from the bench and spooning it back into the bag. He looked up at Ianto, defeated. "I can't do it."

"Neither could I when I first tried." Ianto admitted. "You should have seen me and Sam. We were a complete mess." Jack raised an eyebrow to signal that he wanted Ianto to expand on what he meant by 'mess'. "We had flour in our hair and we dropped multiple eggs on the floor before we managed to break one in the bowl. Even then it had loads of little bits of shell mixed in but that was expected because it was all new to us."

A smile spread across Jack's face and Ianto was instantly suspicious.

"What are you smiling at?" He said.

"You had flour in your hair?" Jack asked.

"Yes." Ianto replied slowly.

"Like this?" Jack asked and grabbed a handful of flour from the bag and threw it over Ianto.

Ianto shouted and tried to dodge the flour but failed. He stood spluttering and tried desperately to brush the flour out of his hair.

Jack's laugh boomed in the kitchen and was only interrupted by Ianto's complaints about how he would need another shower after they'd ate.

A distressed looking Carys rushed into the kitchen. "What's going on?"

The shock seeped from her face as she surveyed the scene before her. Ianto's usual brown hair had been turned white with flour and Jack's face was slightly blotchy from the tears of laughter and the kitchen was a complete mess.

"Actually, I don't think I want to know." Carys waved a hand to dismiss the scene, turned and left the room.

Jack's laughter was restarted by Carys' reaction and Ianto found himself joining in.

After five minutes, both men were clutching their sides as their laughter died down.

Jack watched intently as Ianto regained his usual posture. He was staring back and the look in his eyes told Jack that he loved him.

Ianto quickly closed the distance between them and wrapped his arms around Jack; he held him tight and let his head lie on Jack's should for a minute before he pulled away ever so slightly.

Jack looked directly into Ianto's eyes before he leaned forward and captured his love's lips in a sweet kiss. Ianto returned the kiss immediately and everything felt natural despite the fact that neither of them had done this very often.

Jack's arms enveloped Ianto as they deepened the kiss.

Ianto pulled away reluctantly to take a deep breath. He had never dared imagine himself kissing Jack that way in the kitchen where anybody could see them but he found that it didn't worry him as much as he had expected. He would definitely have felt differently if it had been in Linda Harkness' kitchen.

Ianto smiled at Jack and placed one more kiss on his lips before pulling away completely and turned back to the start of their cake.

"We better get going if we want to give this to Cassandra before bed." Ianto stated and began to read out the instructions to Jack once more.

Sorry this chapter took so long. But it's here now and I hope everyone enjoyed it :) Don't forget to review please! :)