Chapter 8

Pulse

About twenty minutes later, as Ianto and Lily were cleaning up the Tourist Shoppe- the door opened, bringing Jack, Suzie, Tosh and Owen in.

"Are you two alright?" Jack asked as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Yeah, a bit shaken up but were fine," Lily answered.

"Jack you should go sit down. You banged your head up pretty well," Owen said.

"Look I'm fine, alright? It hurts a little but other then that I really am fine," Jack answered the medic.

"What did you do?" Lily asked.

"I lost my balance during the Earth Quake and fell," Jack answered.

"You fell and hit your head on a large rock! You should have"

"Oh my goodness, does he have a concussion?" Lily asked.

Everyone looked at her, "My gran was a nurse during the First World War and I was training to help with the war effort, you know…because of Jonathan." A slight look of sadness passed across Lily's face.

"Well if you'd like I could pick up where the training left off in my free time," Owen said.

"That'd be really lovely. I did find it all rather fascinating," she replied.

Jack seemed to take this distraction and began to head for the Hub.

Though she showed no emotion while discussing her education with Owen, Lily did notice Jack leave.

Suzie then excused herself while she pulled out her phone and went outside.

"I'll go and make a fresh pot of coffee," Ianto suggested as he then walked up the hall to the Hub.

Lily then looked back at the computer, "These things are beyond me," she said with a point at it.

"Oh their not so hard once you've got it. I'd say it took me about a day or so to get a good hand at it," Tosh said.

Lily sighed, "Well Ianto mentioned getting me a laptop if I want. Then I can work at it more at home."

"Maybe, I mean…if he thinks you need one," Tosh said slowly.

"Oh well that's the thing, I think I might. He was telling me all of the uses for the internet, facebook and stuff…but he said I can look up recipes. Which is cheaper then going out and buying a recipe book," Lily explained.

"The internet is great for that, that's for sure," Tosh said.

"Excuse me," Owen said.

The girls watched as he then headed up the hall.

Then Suzie came back in, she looked like she had been crying, "Where's Owen?"

Lily and Tosh pointed up the hall and Suzie disappeared up it.

"That was weird," Tosh then said.

"I wonder what's wrong," Lily commented.

"You wanna know something odd?" Tosh asked, turning to Lily.

The girl shrugged, "Sure I suppose."

"When Jack fell and hurt his head, we looked him over and he had no pulse. There was a nasty gash on the back of his head, and then all of a sudden he was breathing again. Owen tried to bandage up his head but Jack wouldn't let him!" Tosh said.

"That's weird, about his head and all…but I mean…no pulse? I know you're the experts and all, but maybe you just didn't check it right?" Lily suggested.

"We checked and double checked! No pulse, Jack was dead," Tosh replied.

"Did you talk to him about it?" Lily inquired next.

"Well yeah! We told him and he brushed it off. Like he didn't want to talk about it," Tosh answered.

"Well maybe I should go and talk to him. He might tell me," Lily said slowly.

"I dunno," Tosh replied.

Lily smirked, closed the laptop and headed for Jack's office.

She was sure of herself and sure that he would tell her the truth. But just as he had done to the team, Jack brushed it off and said it was nothing.

By the time Lily had finished nagging about it; she was quite tired and wanted to leave the Hub.

"Would you mind taking me to the store? Suzie took me last week and now I've nothing at…" she paused, calling the house she lived in now home was still hard, "home that I can ear," she muttered.

"Yeah sure, I don't mind," Jack said, glad for the subject to be changed.

With a flourish he threw on his coat and walked out of the office with her.

"Were going to Somerfield! Someone tell Suzie and Owen when they decide to stop mucking about in the supply closet," Jack said.

Lily's eyes went wide when he said that. They went to the Tourist Shop where she put on her coat and told Ianto where they were going.

From there Jack and Lily went on to the store…

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