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Chapter Forty Four

Ianto looked at his partner doubtfully "are you sure?" he asked.

"Yes!" insisted Jack "I'm pregnant not useless!"

"I'm not saying that you're useless Jack, but you're nearly eight months you should be resting when we get days off."

Jack rolled his eyes "come on Ianto, I'm fine I promise that if I begin to feel tired I will stop. I won't climb any ladders or lift anything heavy."

"You'll take regular breaks."

"And I'll take regular breaks" sighed Jack. "Come on Yan, let me help, you decorated the nursery in the hub all by yourself, let me help you."

"Owen helped me paint and Tosh-"

"I know they helped" interrupted Jack "just let me do something for our little girl."

Jack gave his best pleading look and grinned as Ianto sighed "fine. But, you need to be careful, this is the first day off that we've all taken in ages and Owen won't be pleased if I call him from whatever he is doing because you feel dizzy okay?"

"Okay" nodded Jack before reaching for a paintbrush "are you sure yellow is the right colour?"

Ianto looked at him pointedly "it better be seeing as it is the same shade of yellow that I used in the nursery in the hub."

"I know, it's what I mean though shouldn't we do it a different colour?"

"It's a nice colour" said Ianto "we agreed on this, she'll feel safe in familiar surroundings."

"Yeah, you're right" said Jack and slapped some paint on in middle of the wall. Ianto rolled his eyes and resisted the urge to teach his partner how to paint properly; he only wanted to help after all.

The two men spent the next couple of hours painting, laughing and joking, enjoying their time spent together outside of Torchwood. Ianto insisted that Jack had regular breaks and Jack didn't complain once he realised that he could sit and watch Ianto climbing the ladder in his jeans. Ianto could feel Jack's gaze on him, when they had first started seeing each other this used to make Ianto feel self-conscious but now he revelled in it and began to bend and stretch a little more than necessary.

"Tease" Jack murmured whilst peeling an orange.

Ianto looked over his shoulder and grinned, his smile softening as he saw his partner. Jack looked adorable; he had somehow managed to get a sprinkling of paint in his hair and a smear of it on his cheek.

"There" Ianto said wiping his hands on his jeans "all done. All we need to do is move all the furniture and a couple more bits and then it will be perfect."

"It looks good" smiled Jack standing up and moving towards Ianto.

"I was thinking that we could have a nice photograph of us and the baby done when she's born and hang it here" said Ianto, turning to speak to Jack and stopping as he saw that Jack was a lot closer than he thought.

"Nice idea" murmured Jack, invading Ianto's personal space. "I have another."

"Yeah?" murmured Ianto huskily before pulling Jack into a kiss, he groaned as he tasted the tangy fruit that Jack had been eating as their tongues entwined. They broke apart with a gasp for air and Ianto took Jack's hand, gently kissing and licking the fingertips, cleaning his fingers from the juice left from his orange.

"Let's get cleaned up" whispered Ianto gently nipping at the skin of Jack's fingers.

Jack's eyes had gone dark with lust "okay" he whispered back hoarsely.

The two men slowly made it to their bathroom and stripped each other, hands caressing skin and kissing softly. Ianto switched on the shower and as they waited for the water to warm up the two men continued to kiss and stroke each other to hardness. Jack stepped carefully into the shower and hissed quietly as he pressed against the cool tiles, making room for Ianto. The warm spray of water was almost ignored by the two men; they both had a bit of a shower kink and were determined to enjoy themselves. Ianto loved how Jack's hair would flop into his eyes and would watch the tiny rivulets of water cascade down his chest before licking them. Jack would love how the combination of steam and water would make Ianto's hair curl slightly and enjoyed the feel of Ianto's bristly chest hair wet against his skin.

Ianto pressed as closely to Jack as possible and grasped both their cocks with one hand; Jack groaned and leant his forehead against Ianto's shoulder. He loved Ianto's hands; he had long, thin fingers that were meant for playing an instrument or painting, not that he was complaining with how Ianto chose to use his hands as Ianto twisted his wrist making both men gasp.

Ianto began to stroke them faster and Jack moved his own hand down, joining it with Ianto's and adding to the friction. Jack caught Ianto's lips in a fiery kiss and soon they were gasping into each other's mouths, panting their pleasure.

"God Ianto" gasped Jack, drawing Ianto in closer with his other arm as his orgasm took over.

Ianto bit down on Jack's shoulder as Jack's orgasm triggered his own and he came suddenly.

The two men continued to kiss lazily under the hot stream, the water washing away any evidence of their intimacy. Eventually Ianto reached for the shampoo and began to wash Jack's hair; Jack enjoyed the feeling of those strong hands massaging his scalp and felt completely relaxed. Once both men were clean and free from paint Ianto helped Jack out of the shower and began to rub him dry with a soft towel.

Soon both men were dry and redressing but their peace was shattered by the sound of the home phone ringing. "Couldn't last eh?" said Jack ruefully, walking to the phone.

Ianto smiled and said "it might be Rhiannon; she said that she'd call to see how the surrogate is doing."

Jack grinned and quickly said "well the person carrying your baby feels pretty good at the moment." He answered the phone "hello?"

"Jack? Hi, sorry you weren't answering your mobile..."

"Martha Jones! Voice of a nightingale, yeah sorry I was er... in the shower."

"Jack there's something I need to tell you..."

Ianto frowned as he saw his partner's expression go from pleased to concerned. "What's wrong Martha?"

"Oh Jack I'm sorry... I was trying to do you a favour but... well the thing is I called the Doctor."

"Oh?" said Jack "Ooh" he quickly cottoned on to what Martha was saying "you told him that I'm pregnant"

"I'm sorry Jack, I thought that you would have told him! I called because me and Owen were talking yesterday about the birth... I figured that the Doctor would have some information about the procedure... I just wanted to help Jack! To make things safer for you."

"Hey" said Jack calmly "calm down nightingale, its fine I'm sure he was disappointed that I hadn't called but it doesn't matter I know you were only trying to help us."

For a second Jack wondered why he hadn't called the Doctor; he supposed that he thought that the Time Lord didn't need to hear about his everyday life, he hadn't called when he had moved in with Ianto it just didn't occur to him that the Doctor would even care that he was having a family.

"No Jack you don't understand, I came to warn you... he didn't sound disappointed Jack, he sounded annoyed... angry even. He said that he's coming to Cardiff!"