Ianto spent a fun day with his sister, shopping and puttering around the city. By the time she left in the afternoon, he had loaded her up with enough gifts for the kids to keep them busy for weeks. He loaded up her car for her, gave her a kiss and promised to let her know when he finally did decide to bring Jack home for dinner. She wanted to be there for that event.
As she drove off he grinned and shook his head. Glancing at his watch, he saw he had a only a couple of hours until he met up with Jack. He figured he might as well go to work since he had nothing better to do.
When he entered the Hub, it was to see Jack standing at Gwen's computer console and looking over her shoulder at something.
"Hey birthday boy," Jack said over his shoulder as Ianto walked over to where they were standing. "What are you doing here?"
"Rhi just headed home so I thought I'd come in and see what was going on," Ianto said as he leaned on the back of an empty stool. "Hi Gwen."
"Happy birthday, Ianto." Gwen smiled at him before leaning over and digging into her bag. She pulled out a small, wrapped gift. "This is for you."
"Oh, you didn't have to do that," Ianto said. He accepted the gift and opened the small box. It was a gift certificate for Gilby's at the Bay which was attached to the Millennium Centre. As close as it was, they had never been there for some reason. "Ooh, this will come in handy." Jack looked over and nodded.
"Rhys suggested the place and said you had to get the rock oysters," Gwen said. Ianto and Jack shared a look behind her back.
"Oh, definitely," Jack said with a grin. "That will be a fun visit."
"I'm sure," Ianto said as he put the box to one side. "Thank you," he said as he wrapped his arms around Gwen from behind and gave her a hug. She leaned back and gave him a kiss on the cheek. Jack turned back to the monitor. "Speaking of dinner, we have to find a time for you to come over and have dinner at my mother's."
"Why Ianto, isn't this a bit sudden?" Jack said, smiling as Gwen stopped what she was doing and turned around to look at Ianto in shock. Ianto got up and went to make them some coffee. Curious, Jack followed him, Gwen trailing behind. "How did this come about?"
"I might have mentioned that we were seeing one another," Ianto said with a sly look as he went into the kitchenette and starting making them espressos. "And Rhi might have let slip the fact that she walked in on us this morning."
"Oops. Heh, knew she was a talker," Jack said. Gwen was going to hurt herself if she kept on swinging her head back and forth between them like that. "And how did your mother take that little tidbit?"
Ianto handed Jack his mug before responding. "She was more concerned that I'm dating my boss than that my sister walked in on us in our altogether." Gwen giggled as she accepted her mug from Ianto.
"Oh no!" She exclaimed. "You are having a rather interesting day, aren't you?"
"Uh huh," Ianto said with a grin as he took a sip from his own cup. "My mother also thinks I was avoiding her recently because of us, rather than because of that job I can't really tell her about. So we're going to have to make some time or she'll think I'm avoiding her again and it will be worse for you once we do finally get hogtied by my sister and dragged up there." He took a deep breath after letting out the mouthful and sighed. Jack leaned on the divider and laughed.
"Well, judging by your sister, I'm sure I'll find your mother just as alluring," he quipped. Ianto chuckled. "Maybe this weekend, or perhaps next then. I'll take a look at the predictor and see what we have coming up."
"If the timing works, that will be good. Otherwise she'll show up on my doorstep!" Ianto said. He grinned at Gwen. "So what's going on today?"
"Nothing too interesting," Gwen said. "We were just hacking into the SAS system for kicks."
"Gwen," Ianto said with an admiring tone in his voice. "I'm so impressed. We've corrupted you so well!" Gwen laughed and shrugged.
"Okay, I admit it. It's fun," she said. "And yes, I've loosened up over the years. I can admit it." She went back to her desk and left them alone to chat.
"So," Ianto said as he toyed with his mug. "Dancing?"
"She really can't keep things to herself, can she?" Jack said with a grin. Ianto shook his head. "If you want, yes." Ianto shrugged. "It's your birthday; whatever you want to do is on the agenda."
"I'm easy," Ianto said.
"Yes, you are." Jack said with a grin. "That's what I like about you." Ianto laughed softly.
"Ah, but only for you, Jack." Ianto leaned over the divider and met Jack halfway for a kiss. "Mmmmm." He pulled back and looked at Jack for a moment. "How fancy do we need to be tonight?"
Jack looked him up and down. "That should be fine. Less to undress later," he said with a grin. "But I will just have to suffer."
"What a shame," Ianto said. "So?"
"So," Jack said as he leaned against the divider. "We have reservations at Bellini's this evening. How's that?"
"Oh, that sounds good," Ianto said. "And the dancing?"
"That, you'll have to wait and see for yourself," Jack said. He walked away at that point, leaving Ianto wondering. With the shrug Ianto decided to let it be. He'd find out soon enough. He joined them back at Gwen's desk where they fooled around with the records until it was time for them to leave.
"Have fun, boys," Gwen said with a grin. She gave them each a kiss before heading home to see Rhys.
"Bye, Gwen," Ianto said. Jack went to get his coat and returned after a few minutes. "All set?"
"Yup, let's get going." Jack led the way above ground using the lift, and soon they were on their way to dinner. He had reserved a table on the veranda, and had paid extra so that they could get some privacy away from other diners. It felt like they were the only ones there as the sun went down and they each enjoyed a glass of wine as they looked over the bay.
