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"I talked her down" Jack said as he entered the bedroom to find Ianto already in the bed, PJs on and a face like a cat's arse. He sighed "Ianto. Come on. I can't control her all the time."

"Some of the time might be nice. I think the best thing is for me to start picking them up again, then this will not happen and your mother is not so busy since it tires her so much. At her age it must be hard, rushing around all the time" Ianto muttered.

"No. I said the same, even suggested getting a nanny instead and she blew the top of her head off with the ranting. No she wants to pick her boys up" Jack said, sitting on the bed.

"Jack…"

"Honey. I am so tired and tomorrow is the scene check. I need a clear head. Let's talk about that at the weekend, yeah?" Jack flopped back on the bed and Ianto closed his mouth, the cat's arse resuming as he sank into the bedding to glare at the ceiling.

Whatever.

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The next day he sent a text to her telling her he would pick them up along with a smiley face that he knew infuriated her as much as it did his own mother, who he had taken a moment out to text as well to thank her for the latest photo shoot where the article had no mention of him or the kids.

He reached the school to find his children gone already and the teacher telling him that their grandmother had arrived early and out of breath, snatching them out of class.

Ianto went home and seethed.

"Hey babe, where are they?" Jack asked with surprise as Ianto had told him he was picking them up today.

"How should I know. They are HER boys after all" Ianto snarled with open anger that had Jack stepping back with surprise. "Took them from class before the period was even over! The teacher was most put out."

"Mom?"

"Well, I don't know why I am even here. Maybe I should move out and she can move in, then you can all be happy together eh?" Ianto was starting to get really pissed off now and the claws were coming out "I need to call the doctor and apologize for missing the appointment but hey… mummsy can always reschedule when SHE wants to take HER children to their check-up eh?"

Jack looked at the calendar on the fridge that clearly showed the doctor's visit today.

By the time the kids were roaring into the house Ianto was already in the bathroom, in the bath with a glass of wine and a look of thunder. JD was the first to lean around the doorframe "Hey Taddy, what's for tea?"

"I don't know. Ask your mother" Ianto said sullenly, then sighed "sorry love. I don't mean to sound snotty. Go ask Daddy, tell him to get some takeaways or something."

"PIZZA!"

Jack entered the bathroom to stare at the man who had drained the glass and placed it by the tub before sinking below the bubbles. He sighed then left him to his stewing, calling the pizza delivery. His mother was aghast.

"Oh darling, that is so unhealthy. And with JD's problems" she gasped with horror.

"They do a gluten free veggie one he loves" Jack countered calmly "He would eat it every day if I let him, it's fine."

"What if I peel some..."

"MOM!" Jack barked "Don't you think you did enough? The doctor's appointment was important, you can't keep doing this."

"I just want to be a good granny to them, they need a mother in their loves and…"

Jack seized her arm and started to walk her to the door "Good, alright. Yes. Goodnight mom. Oh and mom… Ianto is picking them up tomorrow. The doctor could get them in again and that will not always happen."

Jack sighed as he closed the door on her, shaking his head.

Those two were never going to get along, were they.

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Jack felt confident that the day would be a great one. Woken with a blow job to die for by his handsome and attentive lover slash husband, then some rigorous sex before the alarm went off and Ianto's chuffed annoyance made Jack laugh.

The boys were eating breakfast as Jack swanked out of the bedroom to kiss their heads and beg them to please behave for Tad while he was away today and tonight might be a fish and chip night."

To his delight Ianto did not huff or frown, agreeing that it was a great day. Seems he had shaken off his funk as he stepped into Jack's arms for the goodbye kiss and whispers of frilly knickers. Oh my. As Jack drove to the airstrip he knew that this chopper ride to get some aerial shots of the terrain they would have to film in would be long and at times tedious but also, he did love flight. Should have been a real Captain, bet he could do that.

Douglas strapped in next to him with a wide grin as he told him Rhiannon and he were confident that this month would be the month the stick told them of a baby, their tries for a child now getting sad. Jack bit his tongue as he knew Rhiannon was still adamant that they could not tell that she was the egg donor of the twins, lest it upset Douglas who wanted some with her. He did not get the problem.

Hopefully she might fall pregnant and then they could tell, it was secretly killing Ianto to keep a secret like that. Ianto did not like that sort of thing and besides… it was also something Jack knew his mother threw at Ianto sometimes. Harkness Children, from Jack' sperm. If she knew they were also form Rhiannon and were biologically part of Ianto too, she might stop the nasty digs about paternity.

Still, time to worry about that sort of thing another day.

Jack was going flying!