Ianto was still cooking by the time Gwen came back to camp. "Hey, where have you been?" he asked. "You know Jack's looking for you."

Gwen stormed past Ianto and over to the tent. When she was out of sight, she couldn't keep it in any longer. She put her hands over her mouth to smother her loud sobs so that Ianto couldn't hear her. She had to get out. After what she had done to Jack, she had no idea how she was going to face him, or Ianto in the state she was in. So she made a decision and left the tent.

Ianto noticed her distress immediately. "Hey what's wrong?" he asked gently and walked over to her. But she continued walking, determined, as she was.

Gwen hurried over to the SUV, turning her back on Ianto as she was afraid that he would try to stop her. "I'll be back in a couple of hours" she said as normally as she could, though of course he saw straight through it and started demanding her to tell him what was wrong. "Ianto please, just let me go. I promise I'll come back" she said desperately.

"And what would I tell Jack" he said.

"Tell him I'm sorry" she said, and got into the car.

"Gwen!" Ianto shouted, but there was no stopping her.

A minute or so later, Jack returned to camp.

"So" said Ianto. He was not pleased. "Care to explain?"

"Not now Ianto I need to find-"

"She's gone" Ianto cut in bluntly.

"What do you mean she's gone?" Jack asked unpleasantly. "And where the hell is the SUV?"

Ianto sighed. "Like I said." He watched Jack carefully. "You just missed her."

"Where did she go?" Jack asked quietly.

"Didn't say. Said that she'd be back in a few hours, and to tell you that she's sorry."

"Well was she alright?" Jack asked desperately.

"What do you think" Ianto said bluntly.

"You should have stopped her" said Jack.

"Well maybe if I knew what was wrong, I could have" Ianto retorted.

There was a short silence as they both sat down. Ianto waited patiently for an explanation.

"Jack, what happened?" he asked finally.

Jack sighed. "Um last night" he said quickly. "Gwen and I, we…we um…" he looked up at Ianto to see if he understood.

"What?" said Ianto.

Jack cleared his throat and looked down again. "We slept together" he said quietly.

Ianto's jaw dropped and he stared at Jack in disbelief even though he knew that he was telling the truth.

Jack waited anxiously to hear his reply and eventually looked up to see the stunned look on his face.

Ianto continued to stare at him.

"What?" Jack asked bluntly after he got bored with Ianto's reaction.

"How…how did I not know about this?" Ianto said aloud, although it was mainly to himself. "We share a tent?" he added.

"We…were in the car" Jack said slowly.

All of a sudden Ianto's mood changed from confused, to cunning and unusually content. He smiled widely at Jack and eventually started to laugh.

"Ok, what's so funny?" Jack asked annoyed.

Ianto smirked. "I had the SUV under surveillance" he said proudly.

"You knew!" Jack exclaimed.

"Not exactly. I just made an educated guess" he said calmly. "Plus I was snoring very loudly and rolled over onto the zipper of the sleeping bag so that Gwen couldn't get back in" he added quickly. "But you're forgetting that I know everything."

"Well I won't be making that mistake again" Jack said angrily. "Where is it?"

"What?"

"The camera."

"Oh it's um…" Ianto paused. "It's still in the car" he said slowly.

"With Gwen?" Jack asked angrily.

"It would seem so" he replied. "What's the big deal? So you slept with Gwen, I mean, it's about time!" Ianto said joyously trying to cheer him up.

"It was a mistake" Jack said quietly.

"What do you mean it was a mistake?" Ianto asked angrily.

"Not my words Ianto" he said sadly.

"And you believed her did you?" Ianto asked condescendingly. "So that's what all this was about this morning" he realised. "And you just let her go."

"She left Ianto, not me!" he yelled. "What was I suppose to do?"

"She needs reassurance Jack" said Ianto.

"Reassurance of what?" he asked bluntly.

"That you love her" Ianto said softly.

Jack laughed. "Haven't I already proven that enough to her? Everything I do is to show that woman I love her."

"Yes but have you told her?" Ianto asked.

Jack sighed. "No, I haven't" he said regretfully.

Ianto went and sat by him. "She's loves you Jack" he said reassuringly. "Just tell her."

"Thanks Ianto."