The date itself was fine, in fact it had been amazing. Owen had been sure that he would have been either more nervous or concerned about the fact that he had chaperones, but Lurch wasn't much of a talker and Andy seemed to be lost in his own little world for the most part. He and Wednesday had had a good time, he got to know more about her and more about what she wanted from life other than him. While it had been weird to sit and watch people eat again he hadn't minded as much as he did when he was in the hub. They ate, but it was much more social than just eating, they spoke and joked and made fun of others, whereas in the hub they ate, sometimes spoke about work or they just ate and listened to Gwen, not really an enjoyable experience.

They had sat and spoken for hours until it began to grow dark at which point they stood packed up the picnic things and went for a walk through graveyard arm in arm. Andy and Lurch trailing silently behind them, close enough to still chaperone them, but not close enough to hear their conversation. When they got back to the car they drove first to the manor as was proper to return the Lady back to her home first before dropping off the chaperones. Lurch and Wednesday had gone into the manor, but not before Owen had made arrangement for him and Wednesday to meet up again the following Friday. He then retreated back to the car where Andy was now seated in the front passenger seat, driving him back to his flat before returning to the hub to take the nightshift.

They spent the following week conversing through emails and the occasional phone call as Owen was much busier with work, with them being one person down. Not that Gwen really was much use in many things, but an extra body in the field was always handy, even if it was one that was forever putting other members of the team in danger. Owen by time Friday rolled around couldn't wait for his date, he was a bit disappointed that it was also the day that Gwen returned, but he wasn't going to allow her to dampen his mood. The rest of the team had been really happy for him and were rather encouraging of his relationship, something that meant a lot to him. Gwen on the other hand, well Owen could sense her dislike for Wednesday a mile off and he wasn't going to allow her to ruin anything for him.

Their second date was more mainstream than their last date and Owen hoped that Wednesday still had a good time. He had intended to plan something out extra special, but with work he really hadn't had the time so he had to fall back on what he classed as his back up plan. One of the smaller independent cinemas were doing a month of horror movies, with two or three different film screenings a night. Owen was hoping that Wednesday wouldn't mind such a run of the mill date and that the films would amuse her.

Owen picked up Wednesday and her parents who were chaperoning this time, driving them all to the cinema. More nervous about this date than their first, as he had that as a standard and this wasn't really the ideal second date than he imagined, he wanted to make sure that everything ran smoothly. He had made small talk with both Wednesday and her parents in the car, talking over the normal sort of everyday things, the weather, gruesome murders reported in the paper and a little bit about his day.

He had opened the car door for Wednesday before escorting her into the cinema and to a seat after paying for their tickets. He was surprised to note that Morticia and Gomez did not sit with them, but rather sat a good few rows behind them. When he mentioned this to Wednesday she just smirked at him.

"Mother and Father know that if I wished to inflict pleasured pain on you that I would do it, chaperone or not. They trust me, they are only here to keep up appearances, after all you requested chaperones." Wednesday said in a monotone voice.

Owen just gaped, he wasn't sure what it was about this family, but they all seemed to be able to keep him off kilter, something that he wasn't exactly used to. Instead of pushing the conversation further he settled down to watch the film, commenting about the lack of plot, the flatness of the characters and the lack of horror. His comments were all well received and Wednesday seemed happy enough with how the date seemed to be going.

It wasn't until the film ended that the young woman sat next to him startled him more than he had been shocked in a while. She had turned to him and if he wasn't already dead he was sure that his heart would have stopped at her words. "I believe that we should end our courtship Owen."

When he started to protest, or at least ask for an explanation she put her hand over his mouth, "This has gone on too long already. I shall inform Grandmamma that you will be at the manor tomorrow to meet with her. After all it is with her that you will need to negotiate with for my hand in marriage. She will expect you for 2pm."

She did not allow him to speak, standing once she finished speaking and making her way to where her parents were sat she indicated that they should follow her and she swept out of the cinema. He followed them out, but the three of them were nowhere to be seen. Making his way back to his car he was startled out of his thoughts when his phone rang. Answering it without looking at the caller he was surprised to hear Ianto's voice on the other end of the phone.

"You have a meeting with Grandmamma at two o'clock Owen, don't mess it up or Wednesday will kill you properly." His friend spoke before he hung up, leaving Owen to stare at his phone in shock.