Jack was slowly raising his results in physics. He knew John was proud of him and it made him feel great. It was starting to get warmer outside. Spring was on its way and John wanted to swim in the lake but Jack had stopped him. It was still too cold outside and he didn't want the Doctor to get sick.
He watched John in the kitchen, as John sat at the table. It looked like John had a hard time sitting down. Spanking was something usual in their relationship. Jack was the boss at home. He decided whenever the Doctor deserved a spanking. Every time Jack thought the grownup man needed a beating, which was usually once a week but sometimes twice, he would just simply drag him to the office and place him over the desk. The Doctor would go and wait for Jack in the office if he thought he deserved a spanking himself, which had only happened one time.
They kept all the tools in the drawer. Jack didn't want a cane, caning the Doctor would just damage the man in an unnecessary way. But they had bought a riding crop for the rare occasion when he had done something really bad. It usually never happened but it had happened four times since he had brought it. The last time they had used the riding crop was three days ago. The Doctor had almost scared Jack to death when he saved a child from a car that was speeding down the road by pushing the child away from the danger but put himself in danger instead. The Doctor was lucky when he had enough time to move out of the way himself but it had been a close call. The car didn't even slow down a bit, it had just started honking when the driver saw John on the road.
The child's mother had hugged her son when the danger was over and thanked the Doctor for saving her child's life. John had been blushing but before he could say anything Jack had dragged him home and thrown the protesting man in the office.
"Take off your trousers and underwear and bend over the table," he sounded harsh but dangerously calm. John had only stared at the other man with a shocked face.
"But I saved the kid," he protested.
"Now." Jack had raised his voice which made the Doctor really scared and did as he was told. He didn't want more swats like the last time. John had been pale when Jack had chosen the riding crop. He immediately began to protest again.
"No! You can't! Please no I'm sorry." John had pleaded in a desperate attempt to stop the other man. That was the worst spanking he ever had received from Jack and he hoped he never would have to get it again.
John was sulking because Jack didn't let him swim in the lake.
"Are you asking for another spanking before school Doctor?" he threatened. John immediately became stiff.
"I'm sorry," he said in a low voice. It looked like he had stopped his sulking.
"Good, you can swim at the school bathhouse after school. Then I could pick you up for a movie," he suggested but the Doctor was looking grumpy again.
"It's not as fun," John complained.
"Doctor." He raised his voice again which made him jump in fear.
"I'm sorry!"
The day went by slow. Jack didn't have John this day which made him sad. He was starting to get the hang of the subject and starting to enjoy it more. He could see why John loved physics so much. The teacher had helped him to score better on the test by helping him study in the evenings. When the last lesson, which was English, finally was over he and his friends hurried out from the classroom.
"How about a pizza?" Jack suggested. He hadn't eaten pizza for a while, the Doctor cooked almost all his meals now a days. Owen and Ianto were nodding.
"I'll call Tosh, the usual place?" Jack nodded to Owen.
"Is John coming?" Ianto asked, his friend knew about their relationship and was happy for them. Jack shook his head.
"No, he's swimming in the school bathhouse, I don't want to disturb him. Besides he's our teacher, would be weird to have Pizza with the dude." Jack's argument was fool proof until Hart decided to share his feelings with the group.
"You're the one who's sleeping with him mate." Jack had nothing good to strike back with. "And I'm not coming, I have just some things to take care off." he continued. Jack knew he would never make Hart tell them what he had to do that evening so Jack just laid an arm around his friend.
"To bad. Won't be the same without you, we all love you," Jack said and kissed Hart's cheek.
"Fuck off," Hart replied leaving the laughing group.
The friends shared two big family pizzas and a big diet coke. They were all talking loud and messing around. Jack was telling them about John and his relationship to his TARDIS.
"Sometimes I just feel like the other wife," he told his friends with a fake sad look. Owen was smirking at him.
"So the big Harkness is the wife? Damn Ianto, looks like I owe you 20 bucks," he joked and handed Ianto some money. He really owed Ianto some money but he couldn't resist messing with his best friend. Jack just simply made a "W" with his hands in front of Owen's face.
There was just one slice of the pizza left and both Owen and Jack wanted it. They were glaring at each other in a hope that the other man would back off but before either of them could reach the slice, Tosh had already taken the slice and was eating it with a grin on her face. Owen just gave his girlfriend a death glare but Jack was wise enough to back down. He had dated enough girls to know that if a girl wanted the last slice, then you should let the girl have the last slice. He had learned the hard way. Owen soon gave up and let her have the slice by herself.
"How about going out for a drink tonight." Owen was mainly asking Jack, but he didn't mind Ianto tagging along. They were all pretty good friends in the group.
"Sorry man, I'm going to a movie with the Doctor tonight, maybe another time." Owen was grinning at him again.
"Don't tell me you're watching a chick flick." He received a soft slap on the arm from Tosh. Jack didn't know John's taste in movies but he knew he hated horror movies. They had watched the Ring together and it had taking the Doctor nearly two weeks to be by himself in a room with a TV. Jack could just imagine how he would react if they saw Paranormal Activity, or worse, The Grudge. Even Jack had some problems with The Grudge. He had nothing against chick flicks. He actually quite liked them. Jack would be lying if he said he didn't like The Notebook.
Jack walked home and picked up the car. They didn't live in the central of London so they would have to drive for a while to get the theaters. The car smelled a lot like sex. It would take a while before the smell would leave the car. Well if they did not sleep in it again. He parked the car at the parking lot. He could swear that he had seen John leaving the school but as he stepped outside the boy was gone and he could only hear the traffic in the distance. He quickly forgot about it and tried to call John's Phone. Jack sighed when the call went directly to voice mail. John forgot his phone at home almost every day and when he did remember the phone, then he would forget to charge it the day before. He didn't know why he even bothered to call him, he knew it would go to voice mail.
Jack stepped in the swimming hall and was preparing a scolding for leaving the phone home, again. He opened the doors and stepped inside the room prepared to see the Doctor swimming in the water. He always looked so beautiful in the water.
Jack immediately stopped and just stared at the water. He could feel his heart beating fast. In the pool floated John's lifeless body. His face was under the water. What scared Jack the most was the fact that John was surrounded by blood. He couldn't just stand there and watch as his lover drowned. He didn't know how long he had stood there and just watched. He knew if he didn't do something at that moment then everything would be over.
He took off his cape quickly and threw it on the ground, wasting precious seconds that could be vital. He dove down in the water and carefully warped an arm around John's thin waist as he was trying to pull him out of the water. He was nervous and didn't like when John didn't gasp for air, or move. Was it already to late?
Jack struggled to get the body over the edge, it took him two times but finally he managed to push it up. He was lying on the floor beside John and was panting for a while. He was tired but he knew he couldn't just lay there. Every second he wasted could be the difference if John survived or not. He raised and crawled to the Doctor's side. He searched for a pulse on his neck. Jack almost thought he had lost John when he finally felt a soft beating of life at his fingertips. It was vague and almost unnoticeable but it was still there. He tried to see if John was breathing but cursed when the answer was no.
Jack blacked out, Johns wasn't breathing and he didn't remember what he should be doing to save his life. He was starting to panic and shook the Doctor's body in desperation, in a hope that the older man would open his eyes. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down, he could do this. There was something about kissing, but it didn't sound right. He tried his hardest to remember what he should do. It all came back to him. First he needed to call for help. Then he needed to start to preform CPR.
Jack tried to breathe air in the other man's mouth after he had called for help. He understood that the Doctor's airways were blocked when his chest didn't rise. He cursed angrily at John and placed his hand over the other man's chest. He had never done this on a real person, just a very unattractive doll in the CPR lessons at school. He hated himself for never paying attention.
It was starting to hurt his hands as he pressed down John's chest but he couldn't give up now. He breathed air into the other man's mouth for the fifth time. He was too tired to curse. He stared to get too tired to continue the rescue. Jack almost considered throwing in the towel but decide to try again. He knew he would hate himself if he gave up on John now. He could feel how his tears began to fall down his cheeks.
"Please, don't leave me," Jack begged the lifeless body.
Jack was starting to get desperate when he once again breathed in the other man's mouth. He was relieved when John stared to cough up water from his lungs. John panted heavily but he didn't wake up. It was then he notice that the blood came from his head. Jack carefully put John's head on his knees. He was afraid of injuring the other man when he moved, so he tried his hardest to move as little as possible.
It felt like an eternity before the ambulance came. Jack had been afraid the whole time that the Doctor would suddenly stop breathing and died on him. Jack couldn't see his life without John, especially now when he planned to propose to John this evening on the pier by the lake.