Chapter Six
"Get some rest," Jack said as they returned to their makeshift home. "I have a feeling we're going to be busy tomorrow."
Gwen had slept very little, they might have had a roof but it was still bitterly cold. Still she had little to complain about Jack has lent her his coat to use as a blanket, it worked well and she had a feeling that hadn't been the first time it was used for that. They had found some moth eaten, thin blankets for the others. Still they had each other for warmth. She thought of Rhys, he'd be worried sick that he hadn't heard from her. She looked out of the window at the white town and shivered. She wondered if she'd see that woman again. Who was she?
Gwen found Jack and Ianto already awake when she went downstairs. They looked cold and she felt mean for hogging Jack's coat. As she fully entered the room she noticed a small pile of brown paper packages.
"Christmas is tomorrow," she said.
"Early present," Jack said handing her one.
"Oh exciting," she said unwrapping it "It's clothes… old clothes."
"Not technically. Currently they are new. Genuine Victorian."
"Oh lovely."
"Well you'll merge in better in them."
" It's lovely, thanks. Where's yours?"
"We were just about to put them on," Ianto said.
"And Tosh and Owen?"
"I think she's still trying to convince him to put the clothes on."
"Bet that takes more effort than convincing him to take them off," Gwen laughed.
"Do I feel my ears burning?" Owen said entering with Toshiko.
"Doesn't he look lovely?" Toshiko cooed "Just like something out of Dickens."
"What Bill Sykes?"
"No strangely I was thinking of nicer characters."
"You look very good, Owen very convincing."
"Well Tosh doesn't look too bad herself," Owen said "Very… Victorian."
"What an imaginative description. I suppose Ianto and I had better get changed then."
"Make sure that's all you're doing."
"I better change too." Gwen said looking at the outfit wondering how it worked.
"Right," Jack said straightening his new jacket "Let's see what Cardiff knows about its heavenly visitor."