A/N: Sorry for the long wait and short chapter. I've been busy with life, unfortunately. As always, this is unbeta'd. Enjoy!

Chapter 6

When Ianto woke the next morning, her knew that something was wrong. He took a few minutes to try to remember what he had apparently forgotten, but in the end just dropped it. His head was starting to ache and all he wanted was something to help him to forget the nightmares that had awoken him in the first place. Sighing, he got out of bed and headed for the kitchen.

"Here." Rhi growled as she placed a plate of eggs and toast in front of him. He could tell she hadn't had enough coffee in her system yet. "Eat this and take your meds."

"Not hungry." He said, pushing the plate away. He did take the meds with the cup of orange juice she had also placed on the table.

Rhi frowned. "You need to eat, love. You haven't eaten since lunch yesterday. And even then you didn't eat very much."

"I'm not hungry, Rhi. Just leave it, okay?"

She frowned. She had already figured out that he hadn't been taking his meds consistently over the last few days. His pill container showed that he seemed to only be taking them infrequently, when at all. That wasn't good, but adding in loss of appetite made it worse. This just made her resolve to stay and help him even more stronger.

"I called Johnnie last night."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. I told him that I was going to stay and help you out for a few days. Said that you lost your girlfriend to an accident and that I was staying until your grief died down a bit."

"You don't have to stay. I can look after myself. You can go back to Johnnie and the kids." He refused to look at her.

"I'm staying, Ianto. I'm going to help you get on with your life and to get back on schedule with your medications and to start eating properly again. You need someone to watch over you."

"I don't want to get on with my life. I don't need someone to look after me like I'm some child. All I want is Lisa. All I need is Lisa!" Ianto got up a practically ran back to his room, slamming the door after him.

When Rhiannon went to check on him a few minutes later, she heard him sobbing.

It was growing dark by the time Ianto finally came out of his room. He found Rhiannon in the living room, sprawled out on his couch, asleep. Gabbing a blanket, he covered her and kissed her check. "I'm sorry, Rhi. And your right." He whispered.

He went into the kitchen to get something to eat, but detoured when he saw his pill container laying in the counter. Beside it was a note.

Ianto,

If you wake before I, please remember to take your medicine and eat something. I'm starting to get worried that your not eating again. Please don't go back down that road. I worry enough about you as it is.

Also, your boss Jack called. I told him that you were asleep and that I could wake you, but he said no. He would like you to call him when you wake back up. He seems to be worried about you, second night in a row that you weren't awake when he came over. I told him that I would have you call him when you woke.

You know that I love you, right? You're my brother and I would do anything for you. Please remember that.

~Rhi

Ianto grinned as he read the note. Good old, Rhi. Trying to take care of him the best way she knew how. He glanced back over to where she was resting. He loved the fact that she was willing to help him, willing to believe him. She had saved his life more often than he could count.

He got down some bread and made some toast to eat with his meds. He wasn't hungry, not really, but he knew that if he ate, he had a better chance of keeping his meds down and not throw them back up. Grabbing his phone at the same time, he took everything over the the table.

Looking at Rhi's note one more time, he dialed Jack's mobile. 'Second night in a row, damn it,' Ianto thought. He didn't like the thought of what would happen to him if he didn't live up to his end of the suspension.

As he was waiting for Jack to pick up, though, one line in his sister's note seemed to scream out to him: 'second night in a row you weren't awake when he came by'.

'Oh, shit', he thought. 'Please don't let that mean what I think that means.'