A/N. Well, this is it, the last chapter of New Beginnings. I was going to do an epilouge, but i've combined it into this chapter so part way down there is a jump in time. This chapter ties up a few things that were hinted at in the wedding chapters and then, as i said goes a little into the future. I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has read this story, to those who have reviewed, alerted and favourited, i appreicate it a lot. The end is pretty fluffy, so i hope you all enjoy it. Please review. Kat xx
Chapter 54.
'Tell me again why we're doing all the heavy lifting?' said Gwen as she helped Ianto drag the unconscious weevils down into the cells.
'Because this is like tidying up and since when have you ever seen Jack tidy anything up. He likes to go in get a job done and leave the cleaning for someone that's not him,' replied Ianto. They got the weevil into the cells and headed back up to the main Hub. Jamie was down in the autopsy bay dissecting a dead alien that had fallen through the Rift and washed up on the beach earlier that morning.
'Get them in the cells ok?' asked Jack, as Gwen and Ianto appeared from the direction of the cells.
'Yeah, no thanks to you,' grumbled Gwen.
Ianto headed off into the kitchen to make them all a drink when the cog door rolled back and Molly stormed in throwing her bag down on her desk before sitting down in her chair with a huge sigh. She had been out for the past few hours to meet with her uncle and the others sensed that this hadn't gone particularly well. Jamie ventured up from where he had been working and stood near his wife.
'I take it things didn't go well.'
Molly rolled her eyes, 'That's a understatement. I mean I don't see him in years and then he starts trying to tell me how to run my life. He's damn lucky we were in a public place as I might of shot him.' Molly stood back up. 'Sorry he just makes me mad, although I doubt I'm going to see him again.'
'Was it really that big of an argument?' asked Gwen.
'Yeah, the problem is we're as stubborn as each other, and him being the big UNIT General thinks that he is always right, which he isn't. He doesn't like it when I tell him what I think.'
Ianto had come back up from the kitchen while Molly had been talking and handed out drinks to everyone. As he did he said, 'Ah yes, I bet he's used to everyone asking how high when he tells them to jump.'
Molly smiled, 'Sounds about right.'
'So what exactly was his problem?' asked Jamie.
'Mainly the fact I worked for Torchwood. He was all, it's dangerous, you're going to get yourself killed, do you really think you're parents would want you doing this.'
'He didn't.' gasped Gwen.
'Yeah, I just told him my parents would want me to be happy.'
'This is why I don't like most UNIT Generals, they think they're so much better than everyone else.' said Jack.
'Well, you should have heard what he said about you, he must have ranted for twenty minutes about you. Seriously I don't know what you did to piss him off so much.'
'It was a long time ago, I'm surprised he even remembers,' said Jack, although the smirk on his face showed he was not at all sorry for what ever it was he did.
'He definitely does, most of what he said boiled down to you would get me killed, and you probably only hired me so that you could sleep with me.'
'Hey, now that I resent, my intentions towards you have always been completely above board.'
''Yeah, that's what I told him, not sure he believed me, but still. He then quizzed me on Jamie, which seemed to be one thing he didn't complain about. He did bring up Alex though, couldn't quite believe he was now in solitary back at base. Always thought he was "such a nice boy". Personally I think he's just embarrassed he was so taken in by him.'
'He wasn't the only one though was he.'
'No, anyway can we talk about something else. Anything showing up on the Rift predictor?'
'No not until tomorrow morning, although the weevils seem lively today, we've already been out twice already.' replied Gwen.
'Ok, I'm going to get to working on getting the kinks out the encryption programme I wrote.' Molly went to walk over to her desk again, but stopped with a slightly pained look on her face.
'Molly?' asked Jamie concerned.
'It's ok, just feeling nauseous, see my uncle stressed me out.'
Jamie closed the gap between them and gently rubbed her stomach, 'It'll be ok, I'll get you something for it.'
Gwen had been watching the interaction between the two and there was something that for a moment she couldn't quite put her finger on. Then she gasped as she realised what it was, Jamie's protective stance and the way he was gently looking after Molly. She all but squealed, 'Oh my god!' Then pulled Molly into a big hug, leaving the others looking at her like she had gone mad. When she pulled away she said, 'When were you going to tell us?'
'Tell you what,' replied Molly, although she knew Gwen had already worked it out.
'You're pregnant.' Molly couldn't see them, but she heard Jack and Ianto's intake of breath at the revelation.
'How do you know I haven't just eaten something funny.'
'Come on, I've been through it, the look on your face when you said you felt nauseous, the protective way Jamie was with you. I should have seen it before.
'Is it true?' asked Ianto.
Molly nodded, 'Jamie wanted to announce it at the wedding, but I wanted to keep it to ourselves until after, I was planning on telling you, but Gwen's too perceptive.'
'How long have you known?'
'The night before the wedding, which is why I never told you straight away. I'd been feeling off for a while, but with everything going on with the sirens and the wedding I didn't say anything. I'm about six weeks gone.'
'Congratulations,' said Ianto and he hugged Molly, before shaking Jamie's hand. Jack did the same. When they have finished Gwen took Molly's hand and pulled her away from the men.
'Come on, we have much to talk about.'
'You thought Gwen was bad when it came to weddings, I can only imagine what she's like when it comes to baby talk.' said Jack, 'I don't envy Molly right now.'
The Rift alarm then decided to interrupt the moment and Ianto sat down at the nearest terminal and pulled up the details. 'Something's about to come through just outside Penarth. Looks like an small object though, about the size of a brick.'
'Ok, lets leave the girls here to co ordinate and we'll go and pick it up.' The men then left the Hub and headed to the SUV.
X
Three years later.
'Jack, you have to let me get to the wardrobe.'
'Why, I think you look fine dressed as you are.'
'I'm wearing a towel.'
'I still don't see the problem,' said Jack grinning as his eyes took in the sight before him. Ianto had just got out of the shower and walked into their bedroom, a towel slung around his waist and his hair still damp.
'Because Molly and Jamie will be here in about five minutes so that we can baby-sit, and I am not doing that in a towel.' Jack still refused to move. Ianto sighed, 'Sometimes I think you're a bigger child than Sam and he's not three yet.'
'Yeah, but you love me.'
'For my sins. If you don't move out of the way in the next minute though, no sex for a week.'
Jack expression took on a horrified look, 'You wouldn't?'
'Wouldn't I?' Ianto replied raising an eyebrow. Jack hurriedly moved out of the way knowing that Ianto wouldn't joke about something like that. He had once threatened to switch Jack to decaf when he wouldn't get on with his paperwork, and Jack had thought he was kidding. He learnt the hard way that Ianto wasn't joking, and there was no way he was going to test him on this.
There was a knock at the door and Jack went to answer, while Ianto got dressed. When Sam had been born Molly had asked both Jack and Ianto to be his godfathers, which they had been honoured to accept. They looked after him on occasion, so that Molly and Jamie could have a night out on their own. It was another way that they were trying to get some normality into the craziness of Torchwood. One of the other big changes was that there were two others now working with them. Not long after Molly had announced her pregnancy, Gwen discovered she was too. The three men would all agree that sometimes working with two hormonal pregnant women was worse than any alien you could name. It also became apparent that they would need more staff to cover them when they were on leave, so Katie and Bobby were hired. This also meant that it was possible for people to have some time off. Gwen was currently having a weekend away with Rhys, Mary and Grace. Katie and Bobby were manning the Hub, so that Jack and Ianto could look after Sam.
Jack opened the door and was immediately met with a small boy reaching up to him shouting 'Uncle Jack!'
'How ya doing kiddo,' he said as he picked Sam up and ruffled his hair.
'Where Uncle Ianto?'
'He'll be here in a minute.' Jack stepped away from the door and let Molly and Jamie in. 'Hey.'
'Hi Jack, thanks for this.'
'No problem you know we love having him over.' As they walked down the hallway Ianto came out of the bedroom and said his hellos to them, ruffling Sam's hair just as Jack had. 'What do you want to do Sam?'
'I want Uncle Jack to tell me story,' he said looking up at Jack with big brown eyes.
'Ok, lets go in the other room.' Jack took Sam and settled him on the sofa sitting next to him. Ianto took in the wary look on Jamie's face and said.
'Don't worry, I've vetted all his stories and taken out anything inappropriate.'
'So there short stories,' joked Molly.
'It's when Sam's older I'll worry about what Jack might tell him,' said Jamie, causing the others to chuckle.
'Come we have reservations to get too. We'll pick Sam up first thing ok?' said Molly.
Ianto nodded and Molly gave him a brief hug before turning in the direction of where her son was and called, 'Night Sam, be good.' All she got in return was a small hand waving at her, he was already engrossed in what Jack was telling him. Molly and Jamie left leaving Ianto with Sam's bag. He took it into the guest room which had been converted into a room that Sam could use when he stayed over. Ianto then went into the kitchen making coffee for himself and Jack, and getting some milk for Sam. He then settled down on the other side of Sam and listened to what Jack was saying and couldn't help but smile at the look of wonder of Sam's face. Sam thought Jack was a great storyteller, little did he know most of what he was being told was true. Ianto loved these moments, he loved his job, they all did, but once in a while it was nice to be normal.
