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Other than a few rough weevils nothing really exciting happen over the next few days, the team was just waiting for Jack to return as boredom was setting in.
"We could re-decorate." Suggested Miles as they mused over what they could do.
"I'm going to trawl through the archive to look for spare parts." Louise said getting up.
"I'll help." Ianto had got used to helping Louise scavenge things for her TARDIS.
"Well what are we going to do?" Miles moaned.
"Clean up your workstation it's a tip." Ianto said as he walked out the room. Gwen laughed. "I'll say the same to you Mrs. Cooper!" Miles smirked at her and she threw a pencil at him.
"So what are we looking for?"
"A new set of co-ordinate regulators." Louise sat down at the computer.
"Right and they look like what exactly?" she pulled a blueprint out of her pocket and Ianto looked down at the image,
"You need 2 of those?"
"Yeh."
"We've definitely got one." She looked at him, "Really? If you do I might have the components to build one." Ianto took the mouse off of her scrolling through the archives; he pulled up a file from 2000.
"There you go." She looked at the photograph.
"Where is its stored?"
"I'll go get it!" he hopped up. "Back in a tick!" she watched him disappear down the stairs. She pulled out her phone and sent Jack a text. She knew the others didn't like spying on Jack when he was a way but she'd long since tracked his phone and worked out he was in Scotland at Torchwood 2. If Torchwood 3 had what she needed then maybe Archie had a second. She knew a lot of the items scavenged from Torchwood 1 had been sent off to Archie after Jack had taken all the useful stuff or even what he deemed to be useful. She put the phone back in her pocket as Ianto returned carrying what she needed.
"I knew there was a reason I loved you." She jumped up giving him a kiss on the cheek and taking the component from him. Her phone buzzed and she picked it up.
"Hello."
"Hi Lieutenant, how's it going with my favourite team?"
"Well thanks."
"There's been no major miss-haps." Ianto looked at her and mouthed, "Jack?" At her, she nodded.
"What exactly is it you want?"
"It's a co-ordinate regulator, they normally come in pairs, and well you have one in you archives and I wondered if Archie had another."
"I'll ask him, I'll be home late tonight."
"Alright thanks Jack." He hung up. Ianto looked at her.
"You knew where he was?"
"Yeh, he's been up at Torchwood 2."
"Ok any sign of him returning?"
"Yeh late tonight," She added, "you want to come help me install this?" she waved the component at him. He smiled.
"Sure why not." He shrugged. They walked towards the TARDIS he put his hand into hers and she laughed. "When Jack gets back I'm not got to get to do that very often!"
TWTWTW
"Hey Kids I'm home." Jack called as her walked in the Hub at 10pm that night. Inside the TARDIS an alarm went off, Ianto sighed.
"Dad's home." He said sarcastically. Sitting up on the bed and doing up his own shirt.
"Shame I was just starting to enjoy myself." Louise pulled her tee down and did up her shirt tucking it in, Ianto had been running his fingers over her tattoo it had felt nice. It had just been warming up to what seemed to be a promising evening, when Jack had returned. They both stood up and straightened their clothes. Then Ianto suddenly grabbed her and kissed her.
"Thanks." She laughed. She headed out into the main entrance of the TARDIS, Ianto walked straight passed her and out the door. She pulled on her coat and followed Ianto out.
"Jack thought you'd never come back." She smiled.
"Ha you all wish."
"If you keep wishing sometimes things come true." Ianto appeared to have slipped past Jack to the coffee machine and was now coming up to them with 3 coffees.
"Thanks Ianto I really appreciate that."
"No problem boss." Jack looked at him taking his coffee. Ianto handed the other to Louise.
"So nothing went wrong whilst I was away?"
"No, we caught a few weevils..." Louise started.
"And a giant mechanical bug." Ianto added.
"Yes Thank you Ianto, I can brief Jack from here."
"Don't miss anything out." He added and walked off into the Hub.
"What's he on about?"
"He's in a bad mood because I made him stay late."
"That's not like him, I wonder why he's being so off." Louise shrugged and carried on.
"Anyway everyone fine and we're better for having you back it's been so quiet that I think Gwen was about to hurt Miles just to have something to do!" Jack laughed.
"Well Archie's got everything back under control and here." He fished around in his pockets and pulled out a second co-ordinator regulator. He passed it to her.
"Have fun! Archie say hi he'd love to meet you and now you owe him a favour as well!"
"Thanks Jack." She turned and walked away with it
"I'll send Ianto home." he called after her. She didn't reply.
TWTWTW
Jack was sat in his office he'd told Ianto to go home and Ianto had told him he would as soon as he'd finished up. He was finished and wasn't going home. He went back to the TARDIS he knocked and entered.
"Louise?"
"I'm down here." She called up for under the central column of the ship.
"What are you doing?"
"Archie had a second co-ordinate regulator; I'm just finishing off now." As she said it the central column rose up and down slightly. She gave a cry of exaltation.
"You've fixed it?"
"Well enough for it to fly again I still need one more piece to replace what the doctor jammed but it will give me my one flight a year!" she climbed out the under neither of the ship and replaced the metal maintenance hatch.
"Well done." He said trying not to sound disappointed.
"Hey don't worry I'm not going anywhere! But it's fixed just in case of emergencies!"
"Did you tell Jack you died again?" he sounded serious.
"No Ianto I didn't."
"Louise you have to tell him you can only die 4 more times before that's it."
"I know." He turned on his heel before leaving her turned to look at her.
"I'm going to tell him ok?"
"Fine." He walked out and back up into the Hub.
"I thought I told you to go home." Jack shouted from him office Ianto smiled walking up the stairs to his office.
"Yes you did Sir but I had to clear a few things up before I left."
"So are you off now?" Ianto shrugged.
"I just thought I'd tell you Louise lost another life." Jack groaned.
"How?"
"It was an accident the giant bug stung her through the shoulder and pushed her off the cliff."
"She's got to be more careful."
"I know I told her to be, don't get mad at her it was an accident none of use saw it coming."
"Yeh you can't really account for that sort of thing." Jack fell silent and as Ianto was just about to leave. "Are you alright Ianto?"
"Yes sir I'm fine."
"Did anything else happen whilst I was away?"
"No sir." Jack stood up and walked over to Ianto hugging him, still holding him Jack took a deep breath then whispered in Ianto's ear.
"You smell different Ianto, trying out a new aftershave?" Ianto didn't know how to reply.
"Something like that." he smiled.
"It suits you." He said letting go of Ianto.
"Thank you." Ianto turned and left the room. Jack looked out the window in his office. Louise had come out of her TARDIS and was now in conversation with Ianto her left hand across her body as if she was nervous; she was biting her right hands fingernails. Jack knew that smell that been on Ianto, it was her smell. The musky Time Lord smell, it was so incredible on her and on Ianto it smelt just as divine.
Ianto left for the night, Jack came down into the Hub to look at what Louise was working on.
"I'm sorry you died again." He said and he meant it there was no point getting cross he knew it was an accident these things happen.
"Thanks Jack, I'm just glad it was me and not one of the others." He saw her point.
"Yeh but are you sure you are ok?"
"Yes but Ianto took it a little harder than I thought, I think he thought you'd be cross."
"Is that why he was so off with you earlier?"
"I guess so."
"Couldn't be any other reason?"
"Reason for what?"
"Why he took it so hard?" Louise bit her lip.
"Jack." She started.
"Don't." His suspicions confirmed, "Should have seen it coming."
"I'm sorry."
"When did it start?"
"What?"
"When did he start becoming your partner?"
"It was when he fell in love with me." Jack looked at her.
"What?"
"It's not the same as a usual Time Lord bond. It's been building up."
"Have you sealed the bond?" he asked. She could hear the sadness in his voice.
"No, I won't Jack. I can't."
"You should." He looked at her. She could tell her meant it.
"I don't want to." He looked at her.
"Don't you feel the same way?" he was getting cross.
"I do Jack, I love him which is why I won't condemn him to the life I have."
"You have to seal that bond Louise." His voice was slightly raised.
"No I don't Jack and it's not your choice it's mine and Ianto's."
"He wouldn't understand." That was it.
"He understands a hell of a lot more than you think, Jack you should give him a little credit."
"I do."
"Not nearly enough."
"And you do?" she didn't reply. "Exactly." He said sharply. They glared at each other for a moment. "I hope you know what you're doing Louise because if you hurt him." Jack started.
"Don't you even dare," She breathed venomously, "don't you bloody well dare Harkness, you can't preach to me. I won't make the same mistakes you did."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"I will actually let him love me." She turned on her heel and started to walk towards the lift.
"Where are you going?" he yelled.
"Out and away from you." She said as the lift started to ascend. She stepped off of the lift heading in the direction of Iantos place. She didn't see the man dressed in black behind her. Nor did she expect that just as she stepped out of the plass she would be hit around the back of the head repeatedly. Then dragged into a black van and driven away.
Quite long I know and alot of speach kinda need to be done! Reviews please xx
