Gwen had been driving around for an hour when she finally decided to pull over and sort out what she was going to do. She felt so guilty about what she had said, but she knew that if she hadn't said it then Jack would have. He would never allow himself to have a relationship with her, even if he did want to. And she wasn't ready for another relationship, especially with someone who couldn't die and was seriously horny for his age. Nothing with Jack lasted. How could it? Last night was simply coincidental. Being so close to one another…that was all it was. Spur of the moment. She kept telling herself this over and over, trying to convince herself that it didn't mean more to her…that she didn't love him. She knew it would be easier to let him go now before things just got more complicated. He couldn't love her, surely he couldn't. He respected her, he even admired her on occasion though she couldn't see why. They were friends that was all. That was all they would ever be.

She tried to distract herself from her miserable thoughts, and looked around her for something to do. That was when she noticed it. Ianto's camera, sitting there on the dash. The battery was flat so she plugged it into the cigarette lighter to charge it and waited a few minutes before looking through it.

The first video she came across was from when they were all in the car, arguing about…well nothing at all really, though she remembered that it seemed important at the time. She didn't even realise that Ianto was filming them. She laughed as she watched herself slap Jack, and then felt sad again as she didn't know if they could ever have that kind of relationship again.

The next video was when Ianto had caught them at a…rather awkward moment. Jack was teasing her, which wasn't exactly unusual, but this time he had almost kissed her. When she had questioned why? He'd basically replied why not. He couldn't even give her a good reason, just that there was no reason why they shouldn't. He was probably referring to Rhys, she figured. And he wasn't with Ianto anymore, so really it was the first time that they were both single at the same time. She tried to think about what she would have done if Ianto hadn't interrupted them, but it would make no difference now.

And finally there was the last video, which she didn't recognise at first. She soon realised that the picture on the screen was of the back seat of the SUV. It was dark so she could barely make it out. At the position it was filming in, she soon realised that the camera was in the exact same position she had found it in, which meant that no one was filming. Why would anyone be filming the car though, she thought. Maybe it was just left on by accident. Suddenly the image on the screen change. Oh. How could she have been so naïve? Everything that was on the camera was of Jack and herself. Well it was Ianto's camera after all. Ianto! Oh she was so going to kill him for this. At least he hasn't seen it, she hoped. How did they not notice it? Regardless, she watched the video, searching for some kind of revelation. And eventually she got it. It had happened just after she had fallen asleep. Jack was still awake, holding her closely to him. She could barely hear him. She turned up the volume and pressed rewind, straining desperately to hear him. He was stroking her hair softly. Then he moved his mouth over her ear and whispered, "I love you so much Gwen Cooper."

How could he have done that to me!? She thought angrily. He knew that she was asleep. How could he make her think that…oh she felt so angry with herself for being so stupid! An even angrier with him for not telling her sooner or at least while she was conscious! She had thought, when he came over to her that morning and said "We need to talk" that he would have surely ended that sentence with something like "I'm sorry about last night, it shouldn't have happened." They had completely missed each other, and now she had gone and ran away.

With the answers she had so desperately needed, she started the car and drove back. Back to Jack.

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An hour later Gwen returned to camp, where Ianto was waiting for her. She clumsily pulled up the SUV and jumped out. "Where's Jack?" she asked Ianto immediately.

"You two have been missing each other a lot lately haven't you" he said.

"I made a mistake Ianto" she said honestly. "Please I need to find him."

"He said he was going to visit an old friend. Went that-a-way" he pointed behind her and upwards towards one of the hills that overlooked the valley.

"Thankyou, for everything Ianto, I mean it" she said, and hurried away towards the hill. "Oh and by the way…you are in so much trouble young man" she called back and started to run.

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It took Gwen forever to reach Jack. She had to walk across the entire valley, crawl under barbed wire fences and walk up the biggest 'hill' she had ever heard of, all the while reminding herself that he was worth it. Finally, after what seemed like hours later, she reached the top and spotted a shelter in the distance. Slowly she walked towards it with butterflies in her stomach. She could see Jack now, and soon enough he noticed her too. He stood up and started walking towards her, but there was still one more barrier between them. This one took the form of a fence. They continued walking towards each other, although Jack seemed more determined to get to the fence first and walked faster. However Gwen got there first and went to rest her hand on the wire when Jack suddenly shouted at her.

"Don't touch it!" he yelled. She did what he said.

"Why?" she asked confused. Jack met her at the fence.

"It's electric" he explained.

"Uhuh and how do you know?" she flirted.

"Because I touched it" he said and smiled.

Gwen laughed and bent down to crawl under it. Jack grabbed a stick and held it up for her. Once she was through he helped her up to her feet. She held onto his arms and looked up into his eyes.

"I need to-" they both said at exactly the same time, taking advantage of the silence and practically bursting with things they wanted to say to each other. They both laughed.

"Please I need to say this" Gwen begged trying to keep herself from smiling.

"Ok" said Jack amused.

"I'm really, really sorry" she started. "I didn't mean what I said before, I thought that's what you wanted me to say" she said quickly.

"Why'd you think that?" Jack asked.

"You said 'We need to talk'" she said. Jack looked confused so she went on. "In my experience, when someone says that it almost always ends badly" she explained.

Jack smiled at her.

"What?" she asked uncomfortably.

"You want to know how that sentence was gonna end?" he asked cheekily.

Gwen smiled encouragingly.

Jack bent down and whispered in her ear. "How come you never told me you were so flexible?" he said daringly.

"Jack!" Gwen whinged and pushed him away. "You know" she began changing the subject. "Ianto really is turning into Owen."

"So you found the…"

"Yep" she answered.

"Anything interesting?" he asked casually.

"Well…there was this one thing" she began. "Turns out you're not as brave as I thought you were" she teased.

"Well I could say the same to you" he retorted. "Didn't think you were the type to run away."

"And I didn't think you were the type to tell a woman you love her while she's unconscious" Gwen said to defend herself.

"I can tell you while you're awake" Jack replied.

"Oh yeah, prove it."

Jack smiled and went to kiss her but she pulled away.

"Jack" Gwen said warningly.

"Gwen" Jack said copying her tone and laughed. "I love you" he said suddenly with ease. "I love you" he repeated softly and gave her a look of complete innocence and vulnerability.

Gwen rested her hand against his cheek and looked into his eyes. "I love you too" she whispered.

It feels like this story is coming to an end but I made a few small promises in chapter two so I will continue it further, if you still want me to that is. It was suggested if I could put in some horse riding too, so if you would like to see a certain scene in this story then now is your last chance to let me know. xox