Man, I am a piece of crap. I posted the first part to this episode and had every intention of getting the rest of it up in the coming few days but due to personal factors plus my own lack of muse here we are god only knows how long later. To those who have been waiting on my lazy arse, I apologise. I didn't want to get this up until i had the next part ready too just so I didn't end up dragging it on longer so both parts will be going up simultaneously. You'll be seeing some real progression in Rose and Jack's relationship from here on so let me know what you think, anything you'd like to see in upcoming chapters just let me know.

Thanks!

Chapter 23

Greeks Bearing Gifts Part 2

Rose was sitting at her desk watching the scene unfold in front of her in mild amusement, she was used to seeing Owen act like a child but was surprised by Gwen who usually came across quite serious. The pair were currently arguing about Owen's ability or rather inability according to Gwen to play sports, it was all in good nature so Rose decided to sit back and leave them to it. That was until he offered to show her, Rose's amusement quickly turned to mild alarm when she passed him a football lying around nearby.

"You sure that's a good idea?" Rose asked, leaning back in her chair and looking over at them with a frown.

"Don't be the fun police Rose." He shot back and she rolled her eyes, not missing the small smirk that crossed Gwen's face.

They really were like a pair of kids sometimes and she couldn't help but think Owen was playing up his antics as a way of impressing Gwen.

"Fine, but don't come moaning to me when you break something." She told him with a shrug before turning back to her computer.

"As I was saying." He started, giving Gwen a wink as he prepared to show her his 'moves'.

It wasn't long before a crash was heard and Rose wasn't surprised in the slightest, looking over in the direction the sound had come from she sighed.

"Don't start." Owen called out before she had a chance to say anything.

"I wasn't going to say anything." She told him innocently, but couldn't hide her smug 'i told you so' smirk.

He had been trying to show Gwen his football skills, there wasn't exactly a lot of spare room for him to have a proper kick about so he had decided to try and impress her with kick ups. Unfortunately he had underestimated the force and had ended up kicking the ball across the general area and into Tosh's desk. The force had knocked the power cable out of her computer, ceasing any current programs or projects she was working on before she had headed out to grab some lunch.

"Might wanna get it fixed before she gets back though." She added and Owen shot her a glare.

"Yeah, thanks for that." He shot back.

He and Gwen made their way over to Tosh's desk to assess the damage they had caused, neither were exactly whizz's when it came to computers so what may have been an easy fix looked way more complicated to them. Rose considered offering them a hand but it appeared they were having more fun with just the two of them, attempting to fix the computer quickly turned to them goofing off with random items they found under Tosh's desk. The two had seemed to grow close since the events in the countryside, Rose knew that Gwen had a boyfriend but she also knew what it was like to not be able to share something with loved ones, it had taken its toll on her and she could only imagine what it was doing to Gwen. It was clear that she was confiding in Owen with things she couldn't tell her boyfriend and Rose would be a hypocrite to judge her when she had done the exact same thing when she had first started travelling with The Doctor.

They were still attempting to fix the computer by the time Tosh arrived back at the hub, Rose had gone back to her task but upon hearing Tosh enter the hub she glanced up from her work and waited for the situation to unfold.

Owen and Gwen had about as much subtly as two bulls in a china shop as they got up and stepped away from Tosh's desk when they saw her approaching.

"Sorry but I think your computer might be dead." Owen told her as she made her way over.

"You're joking, what happened?" Tosh questioned, walking over to her desk and trying to activate the many monitors to no avail.

"So, she said I was no good at sport, I mean hello? So I said throw something to me.." He started, gesturing to Gwen who looked back at Tosh with a guilty half smile.

"I meant what happened to the computer!" Tosh snapped.

Rose had never seen Tosh angry before and as she watched the exchange between her and the others she made a mental note to never get on her bad side.

"Oh, I sort of kicked the plug out." He explained.

"I was running a translation program id written, id collated every scrap of alien language we've got and broken it down into binary threads to see if there was a common derivation." She told them, her voice raised and full of frustration as she turned all of her monitors back on.

"That's a bit of a mouthful." He mumbled, glancing over at Gwen who sniggered before noticing Tosh's glare and sobering up.

"Sorry, private joke, er stupid joke." She said, looking away awkwardly before creating some distance between herself and Owen.

"We're supposed to be professionals, we have a job to do!" Tosh snapped again, looking between the pair with a frown.

"You're right, I'm sorry Tosh." Gwen told her colleague, suddenly feeling very small under the intense glare of the older woman. She looked over at Owen and even glanced at Rose before she wondered off without another word.

Rose remained silent throughout the exchange, she knew Tosh was angry and couldn't blame the woman but she also couldn't help but think some of her anger was stemmed from jealously of the pair and not fully because of her computer. She had seen the way Tosh looked at Owen sometimes, something that went unnoticed by him and she felt sorry for the woman. She also felt a bit sorry for Gwen who as a result got the brunt of Tosh's frustrations.

Owen watched Gwen leave before taking a step forward, looking at Tosh with a frown.

"Y'know what Tosh, sometimes I think even that stick up your arse, has a stick up its arse." He told her before following after Gwen.

Rose resisted the urge to look over and tried to concentrate back on her work, she could feel Tosh's gaze burning into the back of her head and she willed her not to mention anything, she got on with all of the team most of the time and she really didn't want to get involved in drama that didn't concern her.

The rest of the day went by fairly smoothly, Gwen and Owen did their best to avoid Tosh after the football incident whilst she spent the remaining few hours trying to recover what had been lost when they had kicked out the power plug. Everyone was finished by a reasonable hour and Rose was hardly surprised when Gwen and Owen left together, Tosh had been in a sour mood since the incident and made her quiet exit shortly after the pair. It was just Jack, Rose and Ianto left in the hub, Jack was in his office, Rose was finishing up a report and Ianto was doing his rounds clearing up any mess accumulated throughout the day. Rose finished her job for the day and shut down her computer, she stood from her desk and headed over to Jacks office, offering Ianto a smile as she passed by.

"Hey." She called out as she leaned against the door frame of Jack's office.

Jack looked up from the folder he had been flipping through and gave Rose a smile when he saw her watching him, closing the folder he leaned back in his chair.

"Everyone gone home?" He asked and she shook her head.

"Ianto's still here." She told him with a smile, walking into the office she perched herself on the edge of his desk.

He nodded and reached out to take one of her hands.

"Have you noticed a difference in Gwen and Owen lately?" She asked rather out of the blue.

"Different how?" He questioned with a frown.

"They just seem to be a lot closer recently." She said with a shrug.

"Can't say I pay enough attention to my employees to notice." He told her before adding.

"Most of my employees anyway." He said with a wink and she rolled her eyes.

"Isn't there some rule against employer employee relationships?" She asked with a smirk and he chuckled.

"Never have been good at following the rules." He told her simply, tugging on her hand she stood from her perch and glanced back at the door before letting him pull her in his lap.

"Ianto could walk in any minute." She told him, though made no attempt to get back up as he slipped an arm around her waist.

He brought his other hand to her cheek and she pressed a gentle kiss to his lips before pulling away with a smile.

"I know me ending up here wasn't the plan, but I'm really glad things turned out the way they did." She said after a beat and he couldn't stop the goofy smile crossing his lips.

"Me too, Rosie." He told her, leaning forward he captured her lips in another kiss. He knew what she had given up by deciding to stick around instead of trying to fix her machine, up until that point he had always felt like a consolation prize despite their closeness and he had never blamed her for that. He felt like the luckiest man in the world, and would never take for granted the gift he had been given in the form of Rose Tyler.

Tosh arrived at the hub the next day with her new gift, she slipped on the pendant as she stepped through the entrance and her mind was instantly filled with the thoughts of her colleagues.

What the hell would produce such a perfect circular puncture, maybe some kind of wooden stake?

Owen wondered up from the med bay and offered Tosh a nod of acknowledgement as he passed.

She better not go on about the stupid computer again.

"Morning Tosh." He called out as he sat down at his desk.

Sergeant giving it all 'Oh Gwennie has deigned to call her old mates' should put a weevil in his bathroom.

"Morning!" She called out to Tosh with a smile.

"I've got something to show you." Tosh told them.

"What've you got Tosh?" Rose called out as she appeared from the direction of Jack's office, she offered the woman a smile as she made her way over to the group.

I wonder if I can convince Jack to send everyone off early tonight, or maybe I can get him to come down to the vault..

Rose's smile fell and was replaced with a frown, she felt something prodding at her mind, like something or someone was trying to get into her head. She hadn't felt anything like it since her run in with Cassandra in New New York. She glanced around at the others and met Tosh's gaze as the woman was looking back at her with an expression similar to her own, offering her friend a quick smile she tried to brush off the feeling as coincidence.

"You alright?" She asked and after a moment Tosh nodded, offering her a smile in return.

"Yeah, I er, I found this thing." She began but paused when more thoughts filled her mind.

What she talking about? She can be dead weird sometimes, wonder what she'd be like in bed, Catholic but grateful I bet.

"Ok.. I don't know if this falls under actually technology but," Another pause.

I can smell Owen, I can smell him on me after that shag in his car this morning, that's twice now, it shouldn't have happened but I just can't help it, the things he can do with those hands, I just..

When she did that thing, when she ran her tongue across my teeth, I should have worn different jeans, I'm gonna have to sit down until this subsides a bit.

Tosh pulled the pendant from around her neck, glancing around at the others she found them waiting for her to elaborate on what it was she had brought in to show them. She wished there was some way to erase what she had just heard, she shook her head in disgust at herself for hearing it and offered them a shrug before sighing.

"I just found an article, i'll bring it in tomorrow." She told them after another moment.

"Right, thanks." Owen muttered before getting back to his original task.

"You sure you're alright Tosh?" Rose asked, giving her a curious glance and she simply nodded before heading off to her desk without another word.

Well, that was.. weird.

Great, thanks for that rambling trip to nowhere Tosh.