Disclaimer: I still don't own Torchwood. Why not? Because Mr Davies got the idea first.
Pairings: Gwen/Owen, Jack/Ianto, Tosh/ OC
Summary: We find out if Owen and Gwen get married, but then there's another unexpected surprise.
Rated: T for some language, sexual references and scenes that may upset some people.
A/N: AU, Not Beta'd, reviews appreciated. And it's not a very happy chapter I must warn... You're probably all gonna hate me! Fourth part may take a while…I have writer's block! Thanks to Ladydalek, StarGirl995 and Ithilian for their lovely reviews.
Gwen opened her eyes to find Owen standing over her. He was wearing a smart suit which looked like a grooms outfit, actually. "Who was getting married then?" she thought. He was smiling pleasantly but with a worried look on his face. She wondered why that was. Suddenly she felt a jarring pain in the back of her head; and put her hand to it and sat up. She felt a huge bump and brought her hand back to the front of her face to see if there was any blood. Luckily there wasn't. She looked down at herself. She was wearing a long white wedding gown. Shit. She was getting married. She stood up quickly, feeling slightly better, due to the adrenaline rush.
Owen put a comforting hand on her shoulder; "Are you OK?"
"I'm fine, I'm….what happened to Rhys?" She asked, now fully remembering the events.
"Well Jack um, escorted him out, the police were called and they've literally just turned up. He's outside now I think." replied Owen.
Without another word being said, Gwen ran down the aisle, ignoring Owen's shouts behind her, and went outside the church. There was Rhys trying to be cajoled into a police car by 2 police officers.
"Andy?!" asked Gwen, stunned to see her ex-workmate and friend at her wedding, which he couldn't make due to work commitments.
"Gwen! How lovely to see you! I was so upset that I couldn't make it today but, well, here I am!" he laughed heartily.
Then, Rhys spotted Gwen, and the police officers gave up their futile attempt when he ran up to her.
"I'm shooo shorry!" he cried before hiccupping and then continuing, "I never meant to hurt you Gwen! I jusht love ya that's all!" he smiled weakly. Rhys' mum came up beside Gwen. She was at the wedding as it happened, and was also quietly crying.
"He's been drinking himself into oblivion for weeks. He needs help Gwen- he's ill" she said with a pat on the shoulder and then walking away.
"Sorry for ruining your day" Rhys said in almost a whisper. A silent tear rolled down Gwen's cheek.
"Just promise me you'll get help Rhys."
"I promise." He said with a solemn look at his feet.
"No one is worth this, no one!" Gwen said, a bit angrier.
"You are." He said blankly before getting in the police car and speeding away.
Rhys' mum ushered them both inside, whilst whispering her own apology to Gwen. She smiled fondly back and walked up to Owen. She smiled broadly at him and he smiled broadly back. He was so handsome. And talented. And she deserved a good man, she did.
"Shall we continue?" asked the vicar, reverently. Owen and Gwen looked at each other, then back at the vicar and both nodded.
The rest of the ceremony went without a glitch and she and her lovely new husband were off on a sunny cruise. They spent 2 weeks sunbathing, sipping cocktails, exploring beaches and having lots of post-marital sex. Gwen enjoyed herself so much that she completely forgot about Rhys.
He, however, was not having such a great time. He was stuck in rehab for alcoholism, he'd lost his job and he still loved Gwen. Life couldn't really get any worse. But he promised Gwen that he would get help, and maybe one day she would forgive him for ruining her wedding. Of course, things would never go back to the way they were before she had the affair, but at least he had the hope of friendship.
Owen felt completely miserable about having to go back to work. Gwen was lightly shaking him to wake him up whilst telling him to "get up you lazy bugger" or something of the sort. He opened his eyes, rolled over and saw Gwen heading for the bathroom.
He grabbed her thigh and spun her round. "5 more minutes?" he pleaded with a devilish grin on his face. She stooped down and gave him a kiss.
"No! We'll be late" she said before sauntering off into the bathroom.
In the end, they had sex in the shower (twice). They literally broke all speed limits to get to work, but it was all OK, because Jack, being the ever-understanding boss he was, was also a little bit busy with a certain Mr Jones.
"They've been at it like rabbits" announced Tosh as the Harpers strode in to the Hub.
"I know, it's disgusting isn't it" laughed Owen sarcastically before embracing Tosh.
Gwen lightly slapped him on the shoulder before also hugging Toshiko.
Tosh spun around in her chair to face the couple. They looked happy. Happy and tanned she thought. This then made her happy in turn. Confusing world wasn't it? She laughed out loud to this thought and Mr and Mrs Harper gave her a weird look, but before they could say anything, Jack and Ianto came striding down the stairs. Ianto was slightly pink either from embarrassment, physical activity or a bit of both. He wandered off, presumably to make coffee.
Jack looked at his watch and mock tutted. "Nice holiday was it?" he asked, smiling at his wedded team members.
Gwen took Jack by the arm and led him away to ramble on about the honeymoon. "It was gorgeous Jack! We went to this one beach…" said Gwen trailing off as she walked away.
"How're things with you and Jenni then?" asked Owen casually leaning on Tosh's desk.
"Good actually" Tosh smiled.
"Well, I'm pleased to hear it, she seemed like a lovely girl when I met her at the wedding." he patted her shoulder and walked over to his desk, before grimacing at the pile of work he had to do. Ianto brought his coffee over, a quick conversation about the honeymoon ensued and then he got on with work.
Gwen walked out of the bathroom and slammed the door behind her.
"Shit" she said, biting her nails.
Owen was out having a drink with some non-work mates, which was lucky for her, as she wanted to do this on her own. Well, in the end, she decided she couldn't do it alone and had called Tosh over for the evening. Gwen walked into the living room, a silent tear running down her cheek.
"Well?" asked Tosh apprehensively looking at Gwen.
Gwen nodded and Tosh smiled and ran over to her friend. "That's good news isn't it?" Gwen burst into tears, tears of joy.
"Yeah, I think it is!" laughed Gwen, hugging her friend. "I just hope Owen sees it that way."
Owen came back to the flat at about 11:30; he didn't like not going to bed at the same time as Gwen. He came through the door and saw Toshiko sitting on the sofa talking with Gwen.
"Oh Hi Tosh" he said.
She got up hastily, grabbing her coat, giving Gwen a hug and a wink and then walking to the door.
"I was just leaving" she announced. "Good luck" and with that she was gone.
"Good luck?" asked Owen. Now he was worried. "What does she mean good luck?"
"Owen, sit down, there's something I want to tell you." He sat down warily.
"Are you ok Gwen?"
"I'm fine. Honest. But I do have some news." She paused and looked at Owen before continuing. "I'm pregnant. We're having a baby."
Owen sat motionless for a second, before tilting his head in a "are you sure?" kind of way.
"I just did the test, that's why Tosh was here. But I wanted to know for certain before I told you."
Owen surprisingly launched himself on Gwen, embracing her in the biggest hug ever. He was crying uninhibitedly, muttering incoherently. He then kissed his beautiful wife, and after they broke apart they smiled at each other.
Gwen and Owen decided not to tell anyone else about the pregnancy until they were certain that things were going to go smoothly. Gwen's first scan was due at 12 weeks and from what she could tell she was about 7 weeks. Already she was starting to feel slightly sick in the mornings but she had not thrown up as of yet. Owen was trying to be overprotective of her but she instructed him to act "normal" at work, so that no-one would guess, although Tosh already knew.
The time for Gwen's scan came about quickly and as it was on a Saturday, no work complications would come up. Gwen and Owen were in a waiting room at the Hospital, holding hands.
"If everything is OK, do you think we should tell Jack?"
"I suppose. I mean, I'd like him to know. And as our boss, he kind of deserves to know."
"Yeah, you're right. And it's gonna start being noticeable too" she said affectionately patting her stomach. Owen put his hand over Gwen's and kissed her on the cheek.
Gwen and Owen found they had a healthy 11-week old foetus. They both came out the hospital with beaming smiles upon their faces.
On Monday morning Gwen and Owen were in Jack's office telling him about Gwen being pregnant. Ianto came to Tosh's desk handing her a cup of coffee. "I wonder what it's all about" he said, nodding his head in the direction of Jack's office.
"Mmmm" replied Tosh, trying not to give anything away.
"You know what it's about don't you?!"
Tosh swivelled round in her chair. "How did you know?!"
"Because you're a crap liar!" he replied, laughing. "So are you gonna tell me?"
"I really couldn't…"
"Oh go on…"
"I'm sure you'll find out soon enough"
"Then just tell me!"
"No! It's not my place."
"Fine" Ianto said mock storming away.
He wasn't really angry, Ianto just wasn't like that. He laughed to himself and made guesses about what it could be. "Maybe they're quitting or Jack's firing them. Nah, what for? Maybe they did something wrong. Oh my God! I bet they had sex somewhere in the Hub….and Jack caught it on CCTV….." Ianto's line of thought wandered off track for a while.
Ianto soon found out what it was though. He was very pleased for both Gwen and Owen. The looks on their faces told them that they were happy too. Gwen handed around the printed out sonogram picture. Ianto took it and looked at the fuzzy black and white lump in the picture.
"Was it planned?" he asked. Tosh and Jack looked almost shocked; the question was a little bit impertinent. But Gwen and Owen seemed happy to answer.
"Nah, but it's the best surprise ever." smiled Owen.
"Did you not use protection?" asked Ianto brazenly.
"Oi! You cheeky bugger it's none of your business!" said Gwen in between laughs.
"That's a no then, you horny bastards…" said Ianto handing back the picture and wandering off.
Tosh rolled up a file she was holding and whacked Ianto lightly around the head and he strode off laughing, Jack soon hurrying in his wake.
Just a week later Gwen was suffering with terrible morning sickness, throwing up every 15 minutes between the times of 7:00am-10:00am. Yet, she refused to take time off work, however much the rest of the team insisted. So here she was, running around a disused factory searching for a weevil on the loose.
The team had been alerted to the Weevil by a police constable via phone call. They had successfully cordoned off the surrounding area when Torchwood turned up. When they got to the entrance they spilt into 3 groups; Gwen and Owen, Jack and Ianto and Toshiko by herself. They all had their earpieces connected; incase any of them found it or got into any trouble. Gwen and Owen had taken the stairs up to the abandoned office, Jack and Ianto went straight ahead into the main work area and Toshiko had taken the surrounding grounds. Gwen and Owen stepped into the room.
"Oh my God it stinks!" cried Gwen, retching.
"Shh, loud noises may scare it, which can cause it to attack."
They carried on down a long corridor, kicking doors open along the way.
Toshiko spoke into their earphones; "No sign outside, I'll head back inside and double check incase we passed it."
All of the team replied, to let her know they were OK and had received the message.
Suddenly they came to a door on their right hand side that was hanging on its hinges. Gwen and Owen looked at each other nervously and then they heard a loud bang from inside. They stepped into the room cautiously, shining their torches around. Their lights found the Weevil running around the room, destroying tables and anything else that got in its way. It was obviously angry or distressed and started to become agitated by the light. Gwen and Owen shone their lights downwards and stepped slowly out of the room.
"Jack, we found it." said Owen into the headset. "It's on the 1st floor and the end of the long corridor."
"Roger that" replied Jack. "We're on our way"
"Me too" said Tosh.
Suddenly, before either Gwen or Owen could say anything more, they heard the Weevil heading for the door. Gwen could feel its stinking breath upon her cheek; she grabbed Owen's hand, panicking now. Slowly, they started to back away and then, without looking back, started running down the corridor. But the Weevil was having none of this and started to chase after them. Along the way they bumped into the other 3, who copied them and started running too. The Weevil was gaining speed and they wouldn't be able to run away from it any more.
"I'm gonna try and hold it back, but keep running!" shouted Jack, pulling out the spray that could knock out some Weevils. Ianto stopped and looked at his boss and lover. "It's not like I can die, now RUN!"
The 4 of them were pelting down the corridor and eventually they came to the stairs. Ianto headed the group running down quickly, followed by Toshiko.
Gwen felt sick, it was dark and dusty and her eyes felt itchy. Her back was hurting a little bit, her feet were sore and she was panting from the running. She saw Ianto and Toshiko disappear out of sight due to the dust, smog and darkness, but she carried on running ahead. She realised too late that there was staircase in front of her. One foot tripped over a stair and the other one followed it. Next her head smacked to the ground and then it all went black.
Owen was stood motionless, apart from screaming, at the top of the stairs. He had just seen his pregnant wife fall down a flight of stairs, hitting every step on the way. She now lay unmoving at the bottom. He sprang into action, remembering the pursuing weevil, and ran down and picked her up before exiting the building. Toshiko was crying, running along beside him.
"Will she be ok? Will the baby be ok? Oh my god!"
"I don't know Tosh, I just don't know!" Owen too burst into tears as his limp wife was taken out of his hands by Ianto.
Jack came out, smiling triumphantly, having knocked out the Weevil.
"I'm going to need you guys to help me lift the …" he trailed off as he spotted Ianto putting Gwen into the recovery position.
He stood, open mouthed, watching Owen sobbing like a child, Tosh's arms snaked around him offering comfort and holding him back. Ianto too was crying silently. Jack fell to his knees beside Owen and Tosh as the ambulance pulled up to the roadside.