Hellooo! Apologises this has taken so long to go up, and is somewhat short. Its quite descriptive about the house really, I just had a really vivid picture of the new place, so its mainly that. Story continuation coming up next chapter, promise :) Hope everyone had a good Christmas. Xoxo
It didn't take long for the four of them to load everything out of the study into the SUV. Jack sped across Cardiff through the lunchtime traffic down to the new Hub. It took a little longer for the two of them to unload but jack was quite determined that the boxes where merely being dropped off, no trying to unpack them. Though Ianto insisted they at least left them in a neat pile.
"Right next stop, number 24" Jack said as the engine burst into life.
"Number 24." Said Ianto smiling in agreement.
Houses flew past on their right, and the bay occupied most of the view out the passenger window. Then the SUV turned right and the bay was gone for view, they headed down a quiet terraced street where the houses sat up against the pavement, and turned left down another. This street had houses on one side; the other side had a wall with garage doors evenly spaced along its length. Jack parked the SUV between a pair of green garage doors.
"You ready?" he said turning to Ianto.
Ianto looked across the road to Number 24. A For Sale sign stood in the only front garden present along the entire length of the street. Set back from the road by a short stretch of gravel, Number 24 looked like a large ice cube, or possibly a slice of battenburg only less pink. The front face was split evenly into four squares, two pure glass, two just plain plastered white wall. There was no sign of a door, but then the stepping stones in the grass appeared to trail off down the side of the house, so perhaps the door was down there.
"It looks as out of place in real life as it did in the pictures." Ianto concluded.
"Shall we look inside?" Jack dangled the new set of key in off his right thumb.
"No time like the present." Ianto opened his door and slipped out.
Jack offered his arm as Ianto walked round the front of the bonnet. Ianto accepted, slipping his right arm though the gap and holding on to Jack's upper arm. They made their way down the side of the house, which appeared to be split into almost 8 squares, 4 along the ground floor and just 3 on the first floor. Again alternating white and glass, a door was placed in the 3rd square of the lower floor. Jack popped the key in the lock and turned it, he pushed the door open with a foot, and then much to Ianto's surprise scooped him up and carried him in over the threshold.
"Thanks" said Ianto slightly unsure and Jack placed on the floor.
"Well I'm not normally one for tradition, but even that made it to the 51st century." Jack closed the door.
"I think it's normally when newly weds move into their first home."
"Right," said Jack, "think that bit had got a bit stretch by the time I met it."
"Apparently." Said Ianto distractedly. His eyes were taking in the view all around him, his brain was trying to process both the incredible house and the fact that he'd just been 'scooped' up.
Jack watched Ianto as he stood frozen to the spot in the hall. They'd both liked this one best in the catalogue, and he was sure that was look of please disbelief rather than a frown that was spreading across the younger man's face. Looking around himself, he could see an expanse of laminate flooring and a mixture of white and glass walls. To his left was a dining table with 6 chairs, beyond that to the front of the house was a beautiful black marble kitchen, the rest of the downstairs was pretty much open plan apart from only room with 2 solid interior walls in the far rear of the property.
"Shall we?" Ianto was stood by the bottom of the staircase pointing towards the ceiling.
"Bedroom upstairs I believe." Said Jack with a cheeky smile occupying most of his face.
Ianto rolls his eyes, but started up the stair all the same; Jack took a couple of flying steps across the hall and jumped the stairs two at a time to catch Ianto as he reached the top of the flight. They stood on a square landing, the sun from outside streaming in the two glass panelled wall, with a door on each of the other two walls.
"Nice balcony" Ianto said looking out to the rear of the property.
"Guest room" Jack said with his head stuck in one door.
"This would be the master bedroom then." Ianto suggested holding the other door open for Jack
"Whooooooooo." Jack whistled as he stepped inside.
"Nice." Ianto said joining him in the long room. "Perhaps we should buy a bed for in here. I know you don't sleep much but should we get the chance to come home once in a while it would be nice to have somewhere comfy to come back to."
"Yeah," said Jack, "what sort of thing do you fancy?" he was all flirt as he ran his hands down Ianto's sides.
"I dunno," Ianto said trying to ignore the shivers running up his spine. "Something with 4 legs perhaps?"
Jack raised one eyebrow and just looked at him.
"What?" Ianto looked confused with a hit of indignant mixed in.
"4 legs? Is that the best you could come up with?"
"Its somewhat convential, sir."
"Well, how about you lose the sir, and I take you bed shopping for something a little," he paused, "special."
"I was serious about it having 4 legs."
"I'm sure you were, but that still leaves us quite a choice." Jack was already on the landing heading for the stairs. Ianto closed the bedroom door and followed him down, he had a feeling that shopping with Jack was going to be a little more hair raising than any other shopping experience to date.