Sorry it took so long. This was going to be the last chapter but to make it up to you all I'm going to extend it a little further:)

"Hey Rose, you look lovely this morning" Jack said as he walked through the open doorway of the farmhouse.

"What do you want Jack" said Rosemary tiredly.

"What's up?" Jack asked concerned.

"A fence collapsed last night. Damn cows got out into the neighbours' paddock. I've just spent all morning rounding them up" she replied.

"You know you only had to ask if you needed help Rose. Is the fence fixed?"

"I'm just about to do it now" she said. "And it's not your place to help me Jack. I've been doing this on my own for quite some time now you know" she said defensively.

"I know that Rose" Jack said quickly. "But the least I can do is pay you back for letting us stay here. Not to mention everything else you've done for me. I wouldn't be offering to fix the fence for you if it weren't for you and Poley teaching me how" he said.

"Thanks Jack" said Rosemary.

"Oh and Rose…" Jack began.

"Yeah?"

"Actually I was wondering that…after I fix the fence….if I could take one of your horses out? I just wanted to give Gwen something to remember before we have to leave" he said, as if they hadn't enough to remember already.

I knew he wanted something. "Well I wish I could Jack, but you know I can't just go lending my horses out to campers. I am running a business here. No I'm sorry, there're too many risks" she said.

"You know I don't want to get you in trouble Rose, but you know me. I won't try anything dangerous, and you can give me the oldest horse you have if you want-"

"It's not that I don't trust you Jack. But what about the girl?" she said.

"You don't need to worry about Gwen. Let me do that" he said.

"Jack…"

"Please Rose" he said, unleashing the full force of his gaze onto her.

"Fine" she sighed. "BUT you fix the fence first you hear. I'd hoped you'd grown out of your phase of chasing after young woman, and men. You should settle down Jack" she said frustrated.

Jack walked up to her and gently held her arm. "You really think that I haven't changed" he asked, hurt evident in his voice.

"People don't change just cause people want them to Jack. They have to want it for themselves" she said wisely.

Jack thought on what she'd said. He wanted to be different for Gwen, he wanted to make her happy and he would do anything she asked. But when had he ever wanted anything for himself?

"I love Gwen, Rose" he said. "And if it's wrong that I should want to make her happy, then I'm happy to be wrong" he said forcefully. "Bye Rose, and thankyou" then he kissed her on the cheek and left.

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"Jack! Where are you taking me?" Gwen asked again, laughing as he dragged her along with him.

"Just wait Gwen" Jack said excitedly.

Eventually they reached an old stable. As soon as they were inside Jack lifted Gwen up and started kissing her feverishly until they both fell down onto a haystack laughing.

"Very romantic Jack" Gwen said sarcastically. "This some sort of fantasy of yours is it?"

"No, actually you distracted me" he said looking down at her and gently pulling the hay from her hair.

"And how did I do that?" Gwen flirted.

Smiling, Jack reached down and captured her lips with his once more. "Come on" he said helping her up. "We have to get ready."

"Ready for what?" she asked.

"I'm taking you out" he said.

For the first time Gwen looked around the inside of the barn. Apart from the odd pile of hay, there was a saddle rack in the corner and a half dozen stalls half full with horses. "We're going horse riding?" she asked nervously.

"Yes" said Jack obviously as he walked over to the saddle rack. "If I can just find my old…ah, here it is" he said lifting up the old leather saddle.

"How do you know it's yours?" Gwen asked, trying to be conversational.

"Because…" Jack began. "It's the only one made for two people" he said casually.

"Well there goes that defence" Gwen accidentally muttered out loud. No Jack, you go have fun, I'll only slow you down.

"Rose knew me in a completely different time" Jack said, seeming to not hear her statement. "I mean…I was different" he said and glanced at Gwen cautiously.

Gwen was barely paying attention. She looked at the large horses in the stalls and imagined being that high off the ground. Jack was staring at her, seeking conformation of something. So she smiled shyly at him and nodded.

Jack put the saddle back on the rack and walked over to her, circling his arms around her waist. "What's wrong?" he asked.

"Nothing" she said quickly, not wanting to spoil his good mood.

"Gwen" he said firmly.

She sighed, "I'm not too keen about this whole horse riding thing" she said weakly.

Jack laughed. "Oh, is that all" he said.

"I bet you didn't think of that did you?" she said uncomfortably. "The woman who's fearless when it comes to fighting aliens is nothing but a frightened little girl when it comes to swimming, horse riding…the real world…"

"Hey…" Jack said softly. "No I didn't mean it like that. It took a lot of courage for you to tell me and I shouldn't have laughed" he said. "Fear is what makes us human."

"But it's stupid, I know it is" she said.

"Then why don't you prove yourself wrong? Or prove me wrong if you'd prefer" he said teasingly. "But I don't think its stupid Gwen. Trust me, you can do this. I won't let anything happen to you."

"I know" she sighed. "There's no backing out is there?"

"Not unless you want to. But I'd be-"

"Very disappointed in me?" Gwen finished. "I'm sure you would, for about ten seconds, and then we'd be back on the haystack. But I don't want to spoil your day, you were very excited about this and it does sound romantic, and actually quite normal for you to suggest-" While her mouth was open Jack took advantage and kissed her deeply, obviously trying to shut her up. "Well…" she began slightly dazed. "That was rude."

"You're rambling" he whispered in her ear. "Should I take that as a yes?"

Gwen glared at him. "Which one are we riding then?" she asked sullenly.

"Which one would you like?" Jack asked.

"How about whichever one's the smallest?" she said frankly.

"Well Calypso is smaller but he's also younger" said Jack.

"What does that mean?" Gwen asked.

"Actually you might like him. He's feisty, unpredictable…"

"I guess that means you must really love him huh?" said Gwen.

"I can't argue with that" said Jack. "Now Milo, he's a lot like Owen. Or do I mean Ianto? He'll behave himself at first but-"

"Which one's Milo?" Gwen interrupted.

"That one" Jack said, pointing him out.

"Oh God no, he's huge!" Gwen yelled.

"Well I don't know about Owen, but you're right about- Ow!" Jack yelped as Gwen slapped him.

"What about the white one?" she asked.

"You mean the grey one? That's Eve" said Jack.

"But she's not grey she's white" Gwen argued.

"I know, but we still say that she's grey" said Jack.

"Well that's just silly" she said.

"It's a horse thing" said Jack.

"Who's she like?" Gwen wondered.

"When looking for qualities in a horse there's no one more loyal than Tosh" Jack replied. "Evie's more about making you feel comfortable than showing off. Eve's been here a while. She's calm and quite, a perfect choice for you I think."

"She's not exactly small…"

"Trust me Gwen. Here" he said handing her an apple.

"No thanks" she said politely.

"Not for you, for Evie" he said.

"Oh. What do I do?" she asked.

"I should really cut it up but she won't mind. Just hold your palm out flat."

"What if she bites me?" Gwen asked.

"She won't, trust me. Just make sure your palm is flat."

Gwen walked up to the white horse and held the apple out. As the horse moved its head closer, Gwen jumped and dropped the apple. "Sorry" she said. "Can't you do it?"

Jack bent down and picked up the apple. He placed it back in Gwen's hand and stood behind her, placing one hand beneath hers and resting the other at her waist. "Close your eyes" he whispered.

Gwen did as he said and Jack slowly raised their hands. She could feel the horses breathe on her hand, and she squeezed her eyes shut even tighter. A second later she was laughing as the horse licked the remaining apple from her palm.

"She likes you" said Jack. "And if you can feed a horse Gwen, you can do anything."

Gwen turned around smiling and captured Jack's eyes with her own while she wiped her hand on his shirt.

"Very mature Gwen" he said light-heartedly.

"Can we go riding now please?" she begged excitedly.

"Anything you want."

Sorry if I rambled on a bit. It was quite fun remembering my horse riding days. I use to go riding at this place called Orchard End with a friend. I use to ride Calypso (who was a colossal pain in the arse, but I loved him) and my friend use to ride Milo, who was actually one of the best horses there, but he was absolutely massive! Eve was my favourite (the name's just a coincidence;) and she was exactly like I described. And about the grey horse/white horse thing, I was remembering that was something my friend use to tell me, like there's no such thing as a white horse because they're all called grey horses. Anyway I'm still not entirely sure that it's true and I still think it's stupid;)

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