A/N - Well, the next chapter is here!!! All the usual stuff I don't own Torchwood and all that.

To all my fellow Janto fans - I'm truly, truly sorry.

Enjoy!

He didn't care anymore. He had given up. Yes he knew he was being a hypocrite but no one can be strong the whole time.

Jack had given everyone the day off and the rift was quiet, he sat, wrapped in his duvet watching a stupid movie feeling like the world had ended. But it wasn't to last long – the film, because a police alert interrupted his wallowing.

He saw it wasn't important but as he had gotten up to look he found there was no point in watching more, so he got dressed. Not with his usual care, he just pulled on an old pair of jeans and he couldn't be bothered to even style his hair.

It was then that he noticed the display on his phone, which was lying on the bedside table.

2 missed calls: Ianto mobile
3 text messages: Ianto mobile

Oh dear. All were from around one in the morning and, for once, Jack had been asleep. He had several huge UNIT meetings in a few days and he figured he needed to be at his best, so he went to bed early.

The messages all contained pleas for Jack to wake up, saying that he needed to know something before he heard it from Owen. Owen? Oh dear.

Jack hastily tapped out a reply saying how he was asleep and asking what had happened and what the hell did Owen have to do with it?

No reply came for ages so Jack decided to clean out Myfanwy's cage as it needed doing and perhaps it would be calming.

Every little thing made him cry. He dropped the brush, he cried. Myfanwy did a poo, he cried.

At one point, Tosh made an appearance saying she needed to collect some files to work on at home, she found Jack bawling his eyes out because he'd dropped a cup. They'd had a short cuddle on the sofa before Jack sent Tosh away, he wasn't in the mood to talk.

It was then that his phone went off.

'I've told Owen some of it and I wanted to say that I'd got a girlfriend because I was mad at you.' Jack read aloud from the small screen. He was crying again, harder than ever, and this time, there was no one to talk to about it. Not that he wanted to talk actually. He wanted to write in his diary.

31st January

He's got a girlfriend!

I told him that was alright though and I suppose it is if he is going out with her because he likes her. I'm not especially sure that is the case however. I think he is doing this to get back at me, I was horrible and he deservers someone better than me. I just don't want him to get hurt. Maybe I've meddled enough, it's his life, and I'll let him get on with it. There's no point, to anything. I should be concentrating on this important UNIT conference thing but all I can think about is Ianto and how crap both our lives are because of me. If I muck up these meetings, Torchwood could be disbanded. My whole future, all the teams' jobs would be gone. They could move on pretty quickly, they're all smart, all have qualifications. Where would I go though?

What worries me more is what exactly Ianto told Owen. Owen was the one person we swore we would never tell. He can be such a homophobic bastard and he would tell everyone. He is such a gossip and for both mine and especially Iantos sake, I don't want this information getting out. Oh, weevil alert, back in a minute.

Jack went out and soon returned with a caught weevil which he put in the cell next to Janet. Maybe they can bond, he thought, no one deserves to be alone. He went back up to finish his diary entry.

Well I caught the weevil. I got a text while tracking it as well, you can probably guess who from. Good news first, Ianto only told Owen that we'd had an argument so that's alright. Down side (of the good news) is that Owen is going to come after me most likely. He's been very protective of Ianto recently and if he thinks I have somehow upset Ianto he won't even let me explain myself. Not that there is anything to explain anyway, it is my fault – I'd just rather live with my face intact.

So, bad news. He said that he didn't think it was serious. He could only have been going out with her for two days maximum! Even Ianto and I weren't serious after two days it just doesn't happen. I hope he's not deluding himself – expecting too much.

He said that this girl was quite a bit younger than him so it sounds like he's trying to get at me. I'm not actually that bothered, if he's happy. I hope she knows what she's letting herself in for though. Ianto said himself that he's not ready for a relationship so I hope he knows what he's doing.

Writing made Jack feel so much better. The rest of his free day past without much fuss, as the rift was quiet and Ianto had stopped texting.

There was a small moment, at around midnight, when Jack kept getting emails from one of Iantos old girlfriends. Christ! He'd thought he'd gotten rid of her ages ago. She kept asking if Ianto was with another girl and saying she would kill her if she hurt him. Thing was, Nicole didn't know Jack and Ianto had been together (Jack would be dead by now if she did) and her and Ianto had become really, really good friends. Jack suspected that Ianto was more friends with Nicole and Owen than with him. But that was alright, as long as he was happy. Deep down Jack didn't mind if Ianto was happy with him, Nicole or even this new Martina person. At least, Jack thought that was what Ianto had called her.

Ianto had come online at one point. They had spent quite a while both blaming themselves for everything that had happened though neither blamed the other. Ianto had owned up to the fact that he had only gotten into this 'relationship' with Martina because he was trying to get back at Jack. Then, strangely, Ianto had signed off leaving the departing message – I'll be back in a couple of hours.

Fuck that, thought Jack, a couple of hours? I only came on because he asked me to. It's one O'clock in the morning and I have a life changing meeting in two days. I'm going to bed.

A/N - Hope that chapter was as good as you say all the others are lovely reviewers, please don't forsake the review button now.