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Chapter 4

'Ah, here we are. Fish and Chips.' The Doctor proclaimed, stopping in front of a fish and chip shop.

Gwen raised her eyebrows, 'hold on, you made us dress up for fish and chips?' She asked, glancing down at the knee-length red dress she'd put on.

Jack grinned. 'Yes, we did. You look nice Gwen, very nice.'

She rolled her eyes and turned back to The Doctor. 'Seriously?'

'Yep! Now, who wants what?' The Doctor asked, looking from Gwen, to Alice, to Jack and finally lingering on Rose in her coral blue dress.

Rose sighed. 'Small cod and chips please, but next time, I'm wearing jeans.'

'Gwen?'

'I'll have the same, but I swear, I will kill you Jack Harkness.' Gwen replied, narrowing her eyes at Jack.

He chuckled, 'that'll take some doing.'

Gwen couldn't help but laugh.

Alice frowned, confused. 'What's funny?'

Rose smiled at her new found friend. 'Jack can't die. Freaky, I know.'

Alice nodded and looked at Jack. 'Must be nice, living forever.' She remarked.

Jack suddenly looked very distant, his eyes not focusing on any of them. 'Sometimes...' He glanced over at Gwen and then went back to staring into space again. 'But sometimes you meet someone, someone that makes you wish you could die and grow old, just so you could stay with them. Someone special.' He told them.

Alice glanced at Gwen, who was pretending to be reading various posters advertising special offers. Now, she might be from 1944 and not know much about time-travel, but she knew people. And she knew that there was more than met the eye to Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. However, though she didn't miss that, she did miss the sad, longing look The Doctor had given Rose following Jack's remark.

Rose broke the silence. 'Alice, what you having?'

Alice snapped from her musings. 'Oh, erm...same as you and Gwen.'

The Doctor nodded. 'Right, three small Cod and chips, I'll have a haddock and chips and...Jack?'

Jack rubbed his hands together, 'I'll have scampi and chips, with curry sauce.'

'Trust you to pick the most expensive.' Gwen muttered as The Doctor disappeared inside the shop to get the fish and chips, Rose going with him while Alice stayed outside with Gwen and Jack.

Jack shrugged. 'Got to have quality, why settle for second best?' He said with that self-important grin that was just so him.

Alice ignored him for the minute and turned to Gwen. 'You married?' She asked curiously.

Gwen frowned. 'No, why?'

'Oh, I was just wondering. You have a ring.' Alice explained, pointing to her left hand.

Gwen jumped and looked at her hand. 'Oh, that. It's not a wedding band...don't know why I'm still wearing...' She trailed off, realising she had said too much and looked away.

This didn't escape Jack's attention, what was she talking about? That ring was a promise ring given to her by Rhys a few months ago. So what did she mean about not wearing it?

He turned to Alice. 'Do you want to go help The Doctor and Rose? There must be a lot to carry.'

Alice frowned, but did as he said, leaving him and Gwen stood alone in the Cardiff breeze.

Jack walked over to her and took her upper arms, searching her eyes intently, Gwen dipped her head. 'Gwen, what's wrong? That's the promise ring Rhys gave you, what do you mean about not wearing it? Has something happened?'

Gwen looked up at him. 'Why do you care? You never cared about me and Rhys before, why now?'

Jack sighed, 'Gwen, just tell me what's wrong.'

'No.' She said, shaking him off and walking away, Jack followed her.

'Gwen, please.'

She turned to look at him again, trying to hold back the tears building up behind her eyes. 'Rhys...Rhys broke up with me. Happy now?' She choked out, raising a hand to wipe away a tear that had escaped.

Jack sighed and reached out his arms to comfort her, but she pushed him away again. 'Leave it Jack! Keep your bloody nose out of my personal life, you think you can fix it all, but you can't. Just, leave it.' She told him, walking back over to the shop.

But before Jack could attempt to put things right The Doctor, Rose and Alice emerged with the fish and chips, handing their portions to them.

Rose went over t Gwen. 'You alright?'

Gwen nodded and wiped her eyes again just to check. 'Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry, I'm just being...silly.' She said, shoving a chip into her mouth.

'Ok, are you coming?' She said, gesturing to where the others were sat on a bench.

Gwen looked over at them, refusing to look at Jack. 'Yeah, sorry.'

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They'd all just finished their fish and chips when The Doctor suddenly jumped in surprise.

'What is it?' Alice asked, startled by the sudden movement.

The Doctor whipped out his sonic-screwdriver, which had begun beeping profusely. 'It's The Voradon. They're moving.' He said, as he looked up at them all.

Jack jumped to his feet, navy military coat swinging behind him. 'Let's go.' He said, going into 'time to save the world' mode.

'Where are they going?' Gwen asked as she stood up along with Rose and Alice.

The Doctor frowned at the small display on the screwdriver and looked back up, swallowing. 'They're moving towards the bay.'

Jack's eyes widened and he grabbed Gwen's hand instinctively. 'They're headed for the hub, no time to lose!'

The Doctor nodded and took Rose's hand, (as usual) and Rose reached out for Alice's. She didn't want her to get lost running behind them.

So they ran like that to Cardiff bay, Jack holding Gwen's hand, The Doctor holding Rose's and Rose pulling Alice behind her. They skidded to a stop outside the water tower, looking around.

Jack turned to The Doctor, for some reason he hadn't let go of Gwen's hand, but she didn't seem to mind. In fact, in spite of what she had said, Jack did make her feel better, her hand in his large, warm one made her feel...safe.

'Sorry Doctor, but you didn't actually say where The Voradon would be hiding.'

The Doctor's mouth formed a small 'o' and he let go of Rose's hand, her having already released Alice's.

He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. 'Oh...well, about that...'

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