Rose and Jack walked up to the Hub, Jack's arm wrapped around Rose's shoulder for comfort, only to find no-one there, they could have sworn Owen was there.

"Where's Owen?" Rose asked as she looked around the Hub, not seeing him anywhere

"I dunno," Jack answered and also looked around "probably gone home," he sighed "been a long night, so why don't we go for a drink?" he smiled and Rose smiled back.

"Sure." She grinned and linked Jack's arm as he offered it and they went out for a drink.

X

Owen walked down the cold and frosty Cardiff streets until he eventually found the place he was looking for.

213 Patterson Road

"Bingo." Owen whispered as he watched a tall and bulky man walking out of the house "Jimmy Stone?" he called out, causing the man to turn around.

"Why? Who's askin'?"

"Doctor James Shipman." He lied, pulling out a fake ID.

"Well what d'ya want?"

"Just wanted a work with ya. That's all" He replied and walked up to Jimmy.

"Fine." Jimmy gave in as Owen walked up to him and was now only a metre away.

"How about we go for a walk?" Owen asked and Jimmy reluctantly agreed and they walked until they found a long, deserted alleyway and Owen came to a hault and pushed Jimmy in to it.

"What ya doin'?" Jimmy yelled as Owen pinned him against the wall.

"You get a kick outta knocking girls about do ya? Young girls? Young girls who can't fight back?" he muttered.

"I don't know what you mean." Jimmy stuttered, his breath showing in the cold night air.

"Don't mess with me Jimmy, I know what you did to her," Owen hissed, getting angrier and angrier "I'm sure you can remember her, Rose Tyler?" he asked "Ring any bells?" he asked and Jimmy stayed silent "I'll take that as a yes then! Well listen to me, I know her quite well, and if you ever go near her again, if you ever touch her again, I am warning you! Bloody stay away from 'er!" Owen warned and let Jimmy go from the wall, but didn't let him leave the alley "You ever go near, I will kill ya, believe me! I mean it." he threatened and Jimmy stood there, rubbing his neck.

"A-alright." Jimmy stuttered.

"You got the message?"

"Loud and clear." Jimmy muttered and swiftly made his exit.

"Yeah, you better." Owen whispered to himself as he walked Jimmy run away to wherever he was going before Owen got to him.

X

Rose and Jack came back to the Hub after their drink and this time, they found Owen sitting at his workstation.

"'Ello stranger," Rose called as they entered the Hub "where did you go earlier? We couldn't find ya?"

"I gave your old boyfriend a quick visit."

"What? How?"

"He lives in Cardiff now apparently, so I popped round to his, like I said, visited him."

"Why?" Rose demanded.

"I wanted to talk to him." Owen simply answered "scared the living day lights out of him."

"What did you say?" Rose sighed and sat down on the sofa.

"Just told him to stay away that's all."

"Why? He doesn't even know I'm in Cardiff! Well, I guess he does now."

"He would have found out eventually." Owen defended "Cardiff isn't exactly massive, it wouldn't have taken him long to find you!"

"You shouldn't have gone to see him." Rose sighed and got up and headed for the door.

"Where you going?" Jack called as she left

"Home!" she yelled back and made a swift exit and Jack turned to face Owen.

"What?" Owen asked as he got 'the look' from Jack.

"You shouldn't have hunted him down." He stated.

"Right, 'cos you're telling me that you didn't think about it?" Owen asked and Jack couldn't deny it.

"Alright, I was thinking about it," he admitted and a light smirk grew on Owen's face "but I didn't."

"You were going to." Owen pointed out.

"Yes I was, but it seems that you have got there first, and apparently you have now scared the living daylights out him!" Jack yelled "And, he now knows Rose is in Cardiff, like you said, it won't take him long to track her down! All you've done is made things worse! Now he's gonna come and try and find her!" Jack yelled, causing Owen to stay silent.

"Ah."

X

Rose arrived back at her flat and dumped her keys and bag on the stand as soon as she arrived and relaxed on to her sofa and let her mind wander.

Today she had lived the memories she had kept a secret for years, she never told anyone, she didn't want anyone to know, but she had to admit, she did feel slightly better for Jack and now Owen knowing, she felt closer to them, she didn't think she could be any closer to Jack, but she did feel it.

But she knew Jimmy was also in Cardiff, she felt slightly conscious, like he was going to be wherever she was, waiting for her, ready to pounce. Except this time, she could fight him, she fight him off, stand up for herself, luckily she knew self defence now, that's one thing Torchwood was good at. Training. Fight training to be precise. To be honest, if she met Jimmy in the street, she'd be happy to see him. Not because she had missed him, because she wasn't to stand up to him, tell him things she had never dared say when they were dating.

But also, she knew it was only a matter of time before they met again, Cardiff's a small city compared to London. One day, she was going to meet him again. And she would be ready to see him.