"Cant believe it's been a week since I joined this school!" Gwen said happily to her new friends, she was certainly more confident now than she had been walking into the class the week before.

"Good morning everyone," Mr Pryce said strolling into the room with his usual cheerfulness, "Oh, Gwen, how are you finding Torchwood? Made many friends?"

"I think it's great sir, and yes I have, thank you." She replied, moving to sit on her chair, as Mr Pryce did the same.

Jack, who was unsurprisingly still talking to Owen, whispered, "Have you noticed anything weird going on with Ianto at all?" Thinking about it, Jack was unsure why he asked Owen, him and Ianto weren't always exactly the best of friends.

"Cant say he's ever been that normal," Owen said laughing.

"Yeah," Jack said with a blatantly forced smile, but he knew Owen wouldn't pick up on that detail. It's not that Owen didn't care or was insensitive; he often just didn't think things through properly.

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Gwen had talked to Lisa and her friends more in her chemistry lesson, they were really nice. They talked about Gwen's old school and her boyfriend, Rhys. Also Lisa told them about her boyfriend, she didn't say who it was though, but explained they were keeping it quiet for now. Gwen really wanted to know who this boy was, even though she knew it was unlikely she'd even know him. However things weren't going that great for Jack in his biology class with Ianto, whose speech seemed to be limited to simple words and he seemed to lack the ability to actually look at Jack. Things weren't all that better for Tosh and Owen, Tosh just found it more awkward trying to talk to him now she had feelings for him, Owen, of course, still failed to notice.

Second lesson was slow and boring for everyone. Gwen, who had been happy before, had to spend an hour with a miserable Jack, which had made her mood drop right down. She had tried to ask what was wrong with him, but he was not forthcoming with an answer.

Break and double PE followed the same pattern as the rest of the morning had. The group of friends hardly talked, save for Gwen who tried to lighten the mood, but failed. Ianto tried to stay as far away from Jack as physically possible, which was hard seeing as they were playing basketball and they were on the same team.

When it finally got to lunch Jack made his way onto the field, where Tosh, Owen and Gwen were sat talking. No Ianto. He turned back around and went back into the building in search of Ianto, whatever his problem Jack knew they needed to talk.

He had been searching for about 5 minutes when he saw Rhian, another girl in their form group. "Hey, Rhian, have you seen Ianto about?"

"Yeah. I saw him go up there about 5 minutes ago," She pointed up the nearest staircase, "Why? What's wrong?"

"Nothing. It doesn't matter. Thanks." Jack said leaving Rhian confused, as he rushed up the stairs. He took a deep breath when he reached the top of the stairs to calm himself. He heard Ianto's voice coming from one of the rooms, with one he didn't recognize, it definitely wasn't a teacher. He slowly walked towards the first door on his left. Stopped outside. Put his hand on the door handle. He took another deep breath in. Opened the door and said, "Ianto I-" he stopped. His mouth wide open, and unable to move. Standing in front of him was a girl gripping to Ianto's blazer collar, while his hands were on her hips, and no more than an inch between them. They were both looking at Jack; their faces both matched his own.

"Jack. I-I can explain!" Ianto shouted as Jack ran from the door, "I'm sorry." He said to the girl as he ran out the room.

He got to the bottom of the stairs. Looked Right. No Jack. Looked Left. Jack. He was walking quickly down the corridor, Ianto ran to catch up with him. When he did Jack pushed through a door leading to a fairly empty area of the field. Ianto was right behind him.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Jack asked him calmly after a moments pause, still keeping his back to the other boy.

"You didn't ask." Was Ianto's chosen reply, which he regretted the second after saying it.

"I shouldn't have to!" Jack said louder than before. He turned sharply to face Ianto and looked him in the eye for a second before Ianto looked down; he couldn't bear to look at him, the anger was clear in his eyes.

"Like you care anyway," The bitterness was clear in his voice.

"Do you really think I don't care?" It was obvious Jack was shocked and slightly offended by Ianto's comment.

When Ianto looked up Jack had already gone.

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"What's wrong?" Gwen asked as she sat down next to Jack on a bench overlooking the field. Jack continued to look down at his feet as if they were the most interesting thing in the world. "Jack?"

"I found Ianto."

"So what's the problem?"

"He was with a girl." Jack finally looked up at Gwen, who then immediately understood what he meant.

"Aww babe," Gwen put her arm around Jack, "Are you mad at him?"

"No, not mad. Just hurt." Jack got up and walked away, leaving Gwen slightly confused as she watched him go.