Chapter Seven

Ianto's POV

Tosh's words were echoing in my mind 'talk to him' should I? I miss him so much, and it did seemed logical to have an adult conversation about the future of the relationship. But at the same time I don't want to engage with him right now, he keeps calling and texting me and I ignore them and decline them automatically. I was staring at my phone deciding what to do, when it rang, but it wasn't the special ringtone that I had for Jack, I focused on the caller ID 'Rhiannon'. I took a moment or two to composed myself and answered

"Where the fuck are you" my sister practically shouted on the other side of the line "I've sent you like a hundred texts"

"What are you talking about?" I asked confused.

"You were going to help me cook for tonight" she said and noticing my silence "mam's birthday dinner"

"Shit" I answer " Was that tonight? I thought it was next week, it's been a long week I lost my sense of time, be there in about an hour and a half"

"Hurry up for the love good" she said hanging up. Fuck I knew I was stuck there were expecting me to bring Jack, and I could not tell them the truth and ruin my mother's birthday, shit. I took some breaths to gather the courage and dialled.

"Yan" Jack's voice was rasp and I could tell he spent a good amount of time crying "Ianto is that you"

"Jack we have a problem" I said surprisingly keeping in together " right now we are supposed to be at my sister's helping to cook my mum's birthday dinner, so I'm begging you, could we put this shit aside for today and pretend to be the happy couple my family thinks we are?"

"I think I could managed that" he said clearing his throat trying to sound professional "I think I have a change of clean clothes at the hub I can shower here and I could meet you at home in half an hour"

"Thank you" I said and hang up walking to the bathroom to get ready.

Half an hour later, Jack knocked at the door, which was weird he has a key, but he gave me some bull shit about being respectful. The car ride to my sister was awkward, I didn't know what to say. I watched him open his mouth think and then close it again at least ten times. We stopped at Coop and got a bottle of wine and some stuff Rhiannon asked for, we kept driving in silence. When we got to Rhiannon's Jack's face change into a smile and rang the doorbell.

"Fucking finally" Rhi opened the door "where were you two?"

"I'm so sorry, we slept in" I lied as we came in

"Any way the roast is in the oven" she informed us" now we only have to make the cake" she said walking to the kitchen, we helped cook, Jack was charming. For anyone who did not know what had happened, we seemed ok, but i felt uncomfortable the whole time. Dinner was lovely, I was quieter than usual, Jack wasn't, he really fitted in with my family, I had always thought so. But now watching him laughing and chatting with my mam I felt sad, because I knew that it would be the last time. I made my decision.

"Jack we need to talk" i said as Jack parked at the car in the parking lot of the apartment.

"I know" Jack said turning of the motor" I just want to say that, I love you, and I want us to work though it, and work to fix us, but if you don't want to, I understand and I take full responsibility of it"

"Part of me wants to work and fix it, I don't want us to end" I said almost crying "but you broke my trust, and I don't think we are going to be the same, so I think the us that spent hours just talking, us who could catch a weevil with out saying a word to each other, is now a thing of the past"

"I love you" Jack said getting out of the car "it is all my fault". leaving ianto in the car.