A/N: To answer a question posed to me... No, Jack did not tell Ianto about Gwen. Jack doesn't need to tell Ianto, because Ianto knows everything. Ianto could probably tell you the exact date and time Gwen conceived! Why? Because he's Ianto, and Ianto knows everything. Keep this in mind...

Chapter 4: "Hang in there."

Blowing lightly on her tea, Gwen looked across the Hub to where Tosh sat. Glasses perched on her nose, Tosh's fingers flew rapidly over the keyboard. Finally she pulled her eyes away from the monitor to see Gwen watching her. She typed something on her keyboard without looking away, and a small box popped up on Gwen's monitor.

"Hang in there, and be honest with him." The chat box said. Gwen read it and looked back at Tosh. The other woman smiled slightly, then she turned back to the screen, and her fingers flew again. Owen looked around him, in a very confused state.

"Would someone like to tell me what is going here?" He questioned, his perturbed expression going from Ianto, who turned to his coffee machine to hide a smile, Tosh who refused to look up from her computer, and Jack who merely stood with his hands in his pockets, smiling benignly. He settled his look on Gwen who was studiously avoiding his gaze, and went to sit next to her in the chair that Tosh had recently vacated.

"So what'll it be love? You gonna tell me what I missed?" He asked her. Gwen looked up to meet Jack's gaze. He seemed to be encouraging her, and nodded once before turning to walk over to Ianto. Gwen followed him with her eyes for a few moments, watching as he conversed quietly with the other man, and how Ianto's cheeks were stained with a slight blush. Gwen hurriedly looked away. Unfortunately for her, this brought her face to face with Owen, who was still expectantly waiting for an answer. Gathering up her courage, she took Tosh's advice.

"I'm pregnant." The sound of glass breaking behind her brought their attention to where Ianto and Jack were. Jack was looking decidedly innocent, but Ianto's face was bright red. Gwen turned back to Owen, who had not moved an inch. He looked like she had hit him. Under further consideration, Gwen could see how it would be very much like she had physically struck him, rather than just saying a couple life-altering words. Owen shook his head in disbelief.

"I'm sorry, I think I heard you wrong. Say that again."

"Owen," Gwen licked her lips, "I'm pregnant."

"How?" was all he could say. Gwen smiled a little.

"It's a fairly simple process really. You see, when a man and a woman-" he cut her off with his hand slicing through the air.

"No, I know how it happens, what I mean is how did it happen?" Gwen looked down at her hands, which were clasped tightly in her lap. The sounds of clicking keys and mutterings behind her reminded Gwen that she had the rest of the team's support, but only she could tell him the truth.

"I don't know for a fact. But you know as well as I do that birth control measures aren't completely failsafe." She looked at Owen. He blew out a deep breath. She pressed on, needing to get the rest of what she needed to say out before her courage failed her as well as her birth control.

"Owen, I need you to run a paternity test for me." His eyes shot up to hers, and he could read the uncertainty and the pain in her look.

A paternity test? Something inside him rebelled at the thought of her being intimate with anyone else. Sure they were just carrying on, and Owen knew full well that Gwen's boyfriend Rhys was still in the picture, but there was something that would not sit still when he thought of this beautiful, passionate woman with someone who could never make her reach the same levels of glorious release that he had.

Gwen couldn't determine what thoughts were running behind Owen's face, but at the last moment something gleamed in his eyes, and Gwen could tell he was thinking about her in a sexual way. She looked away, and saw that the rest of the staff was watching them intently. She looked back to Owen, who seemed to have mastered a part of himself.

"A paternity test? That won't take long to do. The longest part will be waiting for the computer to determine the results. Are you ready for this now?" His tone sounded professional, as if he didn't trust himself to be anything but that. Gwen nodded silently. She had said her peace, and now it would be up to the test to decide where she would go from there.