A/N : Janto fans I apologise now. Whatever happens just remember I am a huge Janto fan.
The bell rang signalling the end of the school day. Tosh was worried. How do you tell someone who's been so good to you that you can't see them anymore? She hitched her bag on her shoulder as she walked out onto the field to where she said she would meet Mary.
"Tosh? What are you doing here?" Came a voice from behind her. She spun around and was greeted by a familiar grin.
"Oh Jack. I'm meeting Mary; we kind of need to talk. What are you doing here still?"
"Hockey club's on today. Me and Ianto need to talk." Jack's smiled disappeared.
"Don't tell me you two are having more problems."
Jack paused, "I should go find Ianto." The American boy walked off with his hands tucked firmly in his trouser pockets. Tosh watched him as he walked into the building.
Tosh felt a hand on her shoulder, just like the first time they met. Mary.
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Jack took a deep breathe in before he pulled open the door of the boys changing room and stepped inside. He spotted Ianto over the far side of the room. He was sat on one of the benches pulling up his socks. Jack strode over, taking in the sight of Ianto's bare chest.
"Ianto?"
"What do you want Jack?" Ianto said flatly as he pulled on his top.
"I think we need to talk."
"Cant it wait?" Jack shook his head slightly, "Gethin, can you tell Mr Richards I will be out in 10 minutes please?"
"Sure." The boy next to him replied.
"Thanks." Ianto said as he and Jack made their way out of the changing rooms.
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"What is it you wanted to talk about?"
"Look, Mary, I know you've been great to me but I don't think I can see you anymore." It came out as such a rush, Tosh doubted Mary had even understood what she had said, and the confused expression on the girls face didn't help.
"Why?"
"I do really like you, I just, I've known them for longer. And Owen said that he missed me, that they all do. He also told me Jack tried talking to you." Mary didn't say anything, "Why did you act like my friend anyway?"
"You know I care about you."
"I thought you did at first. Not anymore. You were trying to turn me against my friends." Anger could be heard in her voice now.
"There not really your friends!"
"What and you are?!" She shouted back, she sighed, and said more calmly, "What did you really want?"
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"So what do you think we need to talk about?" Ianto said bitterly as he pushed open the door of the boys' toilets and walked in with Jack close behind him.
"You know what Ianto."
"Oh, you mean about you kissing Gwen?"
"I was going to ask why you were being off with me today, but I think I just got my answer." Ianto scoffed, "Do you really think I kissed her?"
"It doesn't matter, but you didn't stop it did you?" Jack looked down, "See that's the problem, you let her kiss you."
"Ianto she was trying to comfort me, that's it! You have to believe that!"
"Do I?" Ianto said turning his back to the boy.
"Yeah. It's the truth. Please." Ianto could hear the desperation in his voice. Ianto felt Jack's hand on his shoulder, he shrugged it off. "Ianto?"
"Jack," he turned to face him again, "I don't think I can do this anymore."
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"I just wanted to be your friend, I still do."
"You though I was an easy target didn't you? You said you knew me. See I don't believe you just wanted a friend, you can make friends without making me lose everyone else." Tosh said, as she was trying to make sense of this herself. She was realising Mary had been acting weird recently, like she didn't care as much as she said she did.
"You're right ok? Happy? I didn't just want you as a friend. I want people to know what it was like for me."
"What?" Tosh was beginning to feel bad for the girl.
"I used to have friends. I used to be happy. They all left me. Do you know what it's like to be alone?"
"So you think hurting other people is going to make you feel better? I understand that you were hurt, but don't you think it would be better to try and make friends?"
"I'd just end up hurt again!"
"No you wouldn't. What you're doing is ridiculous! You're just using people to make yourself feel better after someone I don't even know upset you!"
"I'm sorry." Tosh was unsure whether it was a genuine apology.
"Show me. I don't want to see you anymore. I want you to stay away from me. Go find some real friends." Tosh turned and walked away leaving Mary standing still behind her.
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"Jack, so much keeps happening to keep us from being together, so maybe we shouldn't."
"What?" Jack was confused and hurt.
"I think we should just be friends." The Welsh boy said quickly
"Friends? Look how that turned out last time!"
"Jack please. We were friends for ages before, you know." Ianto began to shift his weight between his feet.
"Before I kissed you." Jack finished for him as he turned his head away from his former boyfriend. There was an awkward silence for a while, Ianto broke it.
"I-I got to go. We are still friends right?"
"Sure." Jack said quietly, not looking up. The second he heard the door close he turned and kicked one of the cubical doors, causing it to swing back and hit the wall with a very loud bang. "Shit."
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As Tosh made her way to the school gates, she saw a familiar figure standing there.
"Tosh? Are you ok?" Owen asked jogging over to her, he noticed the tears in her eyes.
"What are you doing here?" She wiped her eyes on her blazer sleeve.
"Jack text me. He told me you were going to speak to Mary, so I came back."
"I was a total bitch Owen." Tosh continued to tell him what had happened between her and Mary and what she had said.
"Tosh, it's ok. She used you, you shouldn't feel guilty."
"Thanks Owen." She said as she wrapped her arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly. Owen noticed Mary standing outside the main building watching them. He put his arms around Tosh's waist and closed his eyes. When he opened them Mary had gone.
A/N : Not sure what I think of this one. Please review.
