"You alright?" Jack asked Rose curiously after a long day at work and they sat in his office, he had noticed she had been quiet lately, since finding out Jimmy was in the same city as her.

"Yeah, fine." She gave a faint smile and went back to her cup of tea she was drinking.

"Yeah, sure you are." He scoffed and drank his coffee.

"I am!"

"No you're not, I have noticed y'know," he smiled, "ever since that thing with Jimmy you've been, I dunno, weird."

"I'm sorry, finding out your psycho ex boyfriend who was a complete dick and made my life hell, was in the same city as me, kind of freaked me out to be honest." She ranted and sighed.

"He's got nothing on you now; he can't do anything to you."

"How do you know that though? He was in prison; he'd have learnt all sorts in there."

"He'll have to get past us first."

"Who?"

"Well, me, Owen."

"You can't be around me 24/7 Jack and you know it."

"It's good that your job is then," he smiled, "if he comes near you, just kill him, we can cover it up."

"Thanks Jack thanks, that really reassures me," she spat sarcastically, "Not!"

"Rose, you've grown up since then, you know how to fight your corner, I've seen you, you've grown up."

"Yeah," she sighed, and quickly finished her tea, "anyway, I'd better be off home, besides I don't think Jimmy will do anything, it's just the thought that he could that freaks me out."

"You sure?"

"Yes!"

"Alright then, but be careful, if it helps, ring me when you home alright?"

"Jack! Will you please stop?"

"I'm looking out for you."

"I know, and I am grateful, really, I am, but, you sound like my Mother." She sighed.

"Okay, point taken, I will now leave you alone, but ring me when you get home!"

"Thank you, I will ring you! Night." She smiled and briefly kissed him on the cheek before leaving in the frosty night air. "Oh my god, it's cold!" Rose shivered and hurried home as darkness filled the bay. She loved the way it looked at night, with the Plass lit up, it looked magical, but whenever walked here at night, she always felt as though someone was watching her, walking right behind her. And tonight she was right, there was someone, she couldn't see them though. Rose shivered and made a swift walk home, it was late and she was the only person on the bay. As soon as she arrived at her flat, she began to feel a lot better and calmed herself down, she was getting worked up over nothing, just like usual.

She opened the door, but as soon as opened it, someone slammed it just on her, so she couldn't get in.

"Hello Rosey Tyler." He smirked and Rose looked up, Jimmy Stone, just as she had predicted.

"What do you want?" she spat as he stood in her doorway, stopping her from getting in.

"Your little boyfriend paid me a visit, threatened me not to come near you, thing is, I never even knew you were here, now you've gone and told someone about me and you, about what happened between us, you've blabbed."

"Okay, one he is not my boyfriend," she spat, presuming she was talking about Owen when he paid Jimmy a visit, "And two, it was years ago, everyone back in London knows, you went down for it remember? Everyone saw you for what you were, a bloody monster, and you came here for a fresh new start where no-one knew the kind of things you got up to when you were younger, am I right?" she asked, standing up to him for once in her life.

"Ha!" Jimmy yelled and pinned Rose against the wall as she struggled against him, she always told herself, that time, if this happened again, she would fight back, but she found eherself motionless against his brute strength, she had forgotten how powerful he was. "Now, you are gonna come with me," he whispered in her ear, "and you are gonna pay for what you have done and you are gonna pay for blabbing to your handsome boyfriend." He hissed, and looked at her in the eye, "you got that?"

"Loud and clear." She spat back.

"Good, now come on!" he yelled and dragged her away, leaving her doorway open, she never did get to ring Jack.

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"Everythin' alright?" Owen asked as he noticed Jack wasn't being himself.

"Yeah, yeah fine," he paced up and down the Hub, "how long ago did Rose leave?"

"About half an hour ago, why?"

"She just said she would ring me when she got home, she was worried..." he began, "about something."

"And you think something's wrong with her?"

"Don't know," Jack whispered, "I'll give her five minutes, and if she doesn't ring, I'm gonna go see she's okay." Jack nodded to himself, "Probably nothing, I mean, you know what she's like, forgets something as soon as she hears it," Jack muttered to himself, trying to humour himself, "Oh screw five minutes! I can't last that long! I'm going to see her!" he yelled.

"Jack!" Owen yelled back and he turned on his heels to face Owen, "Hold on, I'm coming with you!"

"Right, 'cos that won't look like we're checking up on her, will it? Two of use going to see she's alright." Jack muttered as they left.

"Well, we don't say that we went to see she was alright, we go see that she's..."

"She's?"

"I don't know." Owen muttered.

"Exactly, she'll know we're checking up on her."

"Oh shut up, at least it shows we care."

"I guess so," Jack agreed, "But since when did you care?"

"What?"

"Since when have you cared about anyone else but yourself?"

"Since now," Owen muttered back, "now come on!"

To be continued...

A/N: I just realised, this was just before the beginning of the Owen/Rose relationship, so I thought I'd put a little something in the chapters Anyway, review, you know you want to.

Amy x