Hi everyone, I'm sorry it took me so long to update this story but I have some big familly issues... I'm not sure I'll be able to write very often. However I'm not giving up this fic. I hope you will like this chapter. Please Read and Review.

A/N: In the story the bold parts are the texts that the characters are sending to each other.

Chapter 7 : A posh restaurant and some great news :

Jack checked his outfit one more time in the miror. He undid one more button on his white shirt. He ruffed his hair, messing it slightly. He didn't want to go. It had been a week now since Owen's party and the two men weren't talking to each other yet. Neither were Tosh and Owen. They were supposed to all have dinner in one of the most fancy restaurant, though. Gwen's treat. He knew that this little reunion would be awkward if not a complete disaster. But he had to go. Gwen obviously had something to tell them and he didn't want to disappoint her, nor to be seen as coward. He also new that if Tosh had to face Owen alone it would end in cries and yells and this wasn't a kind of publicity she would like.

He checked himself one last time before leaving his bedroom and dialling his driver's number. God he missed Ianto. They had spend most nights together on the phone or texting but even if the young man could be very inventive this wasn't quite enough. It scared him how much Ianto had become important to him. After all he didn't know him. He was a complete stranger and yet Jack felt he had known him for years. He was so comfortable around him. He was also such a different man with him. Like Ianto had lifted the mask off his face and seen him, the real him. A better man, a happier and affectionnate man who craved to be loved.

He sighed as he climbed in his car and checked his phone to see if Ianto had texted him. He hadn't. Jack knew that Ianto had a little show tonight so he shouldn't worry or be upstet if Ianto didn't text him but he wanted him to be with him, he wanted it so badly.

" I know you're busy tonight but if you have time, jut send me a text please. I hope everything is alright and that you're enjoying yourself. I miss you"

Jack hesitated a bit and then shrugged and pressed send anyway. It was the truth afterall. He missed Ianto and there wasn't anything wrong in saying so.

'God it's only been a week ! Look at you Jack, you're pathetic'

Great that mean voice again...

He let his gaze stroll out of the window, not really focusing on anything precise but the lights in the passing streets. His thoughts wandered once again towards the handsome Welshman. He remembered how good it had felt to fall alseep in his arms. People could find his thoughts sweet but for him they were so bloody confusing. He'd never felt like this before, well not since James actually. ' Don't go there Harkness' he growled ' Ianto is nothing like James'. This was not a time to think about him. The past must stay in the past. What mattered was his life now, his job, his friends and maybe Ianto if the younger man wanted to be in his life. Jack would soon turn thrirty now, maybe it was time for him to settle down. However he was cut of his thoughts as his car stopped in front of the restaurant. He sighed, putting his phone back in the front pocket of his jeans and got out of the car.

Tosh was already here, smoking, beside the entrance. She looked tensed and tired, as if she hadn't slept in days. He walked to her, buttoning his suit jacket.

"Hi" he said, pressing a kiss on her cheek.

"Hi Jack" she replied with a smile, it didn't reach her ears though.

"I thought you were supposed to stop" he said ponting a finger at her cigarette.

"I was"

"And yet you are smoking"

"Jack don't start there, I'm in no mood for a lecture" she replied annoyed, taking a deep drag.

"Hey, hey relax. I didn't want to upset you" he replied rasing his hands in surrender.

" Well I'm getting tired of people telling me how I should live my life. If I want to smoke then leave me alone for Christ's sake !" she snapped.

Silence fell between the to friends. Both looking at each other, eyes locked, but soon Tosh looked at the ground, ashamed.

" Jack I'm sorry I know you feel concerned... it's just... it's just..."

"Owen" Jack said simply.

" Yeah... Owen. You know I don't even understand why I'm so upset about this... He just... He was just being himself" She sighed.

"No he was a prat"

"He's always a prat"

"Yeah well he was worse that night. Don't worry he pissed me off too"

"Why ?" she asked pulling the butt in the ash-tray and taking another cigarette out of her packet, lighting it.

"Somethings he said about Ianto. He thinks I just wanted one more shag. Most of you must think so too but... I can't explain... He's just...different I guess... He mattered." Jack said looking away, lost in thoughts.

"I saw you're face that night when you two were talking and when he kissed you. You had that cheeky smile as always but there was something else in your eyes. You seemed happy. It's been so long since I last saw those tiny sparks in your eyes. Actually since James I..."

"Don't Tosh, don't bring up the past please" he cut her off.

"Sorry" she said, once again looking at the ground.

He put a finger under her chin, gently raising her head up.

"Hey it's alright" he said. " So, what did Owen do to make you smoke again ?" he continued.

" I'm just a bit stressed. He just said stupid things and now he's gonna try to apologise for it without actually knowing what he did wrong. He just doesn't understand. I don't even know why I'm in this state. Maybe I just miss Ianto. I've never realised how much I missed him until I saw him again. He always know what to do when I'm like this" she sighed.

" I miss him too" he replied "Oh don't give me that look"

"What look ?" she asked innocently. Tosh innocent ? Nah !

"The look that say 'You're so sweet'" he said mimicking quotes with his fingers, using a high pitched voice.

" I think you're cute" she smiled.

"I think I'm pathetic" he replied

"No you're not !"

'Tosh I don't even know him ! We spend what ? Two nights together, had one date, he lives in Cardiff, I live in London. It's hapenning too fast. I have no control on it. I'm... I'm completely lost."

"Don't you think that maybe it's a good thing ? That you have no control on it, that you don't have the time to think about it, freak out and back off" she said with a soft voice.

" No it's not. I let myself loose control with James and look what happened !" Jack replied.

" Who's the one dragging up the past now ? You can't what happened with James keeps you from finding someone else. What if you're missing something incredible ? Don't do that to yourself, Jack, please" she argued.

'You know that even if you wanted you couldn't walk away from him. Take a bloody grip on yourself Harkness' he thought angrily.

But before Jack could reply a car stopped in front of them and Gwen climbed out of it. She was wearing a blue dress made of silk and dark high hills. She was really beautiful. She walked to them and hugged them both.

"Owen said he was going to be late and before you two start it's not his fault. He'd been on set most of the day to finish the final of the third season of Walk out. He only finished filming an hour ago so give him some rest. I know you're angry with him but now is not a time for petty attitudes. I have something important to tell you. Now that everything is set straight we should go inside and have a drink while we wait for him." she said giving them a look that meant 'don't you dare arguing'

They walked inside, introduced themselves to the waiter who lead them to their table. He was tall, blond and had a dashing smile. He came back a few minutes later with their drink.

"Good evening, I'm Ben and I will be your waiter tonight, would you like to order now" he said smiling, his gaze not leaving Jack a second.

He was probably undressing him in his mind but Jack didn't seem to registrate. He was too caught up with his phone that he didn't realise that the waiter was eyeing him up.

"Not now, thank you. Can you please lead Harper to our table once he arrives " Gwen replied sending Jack a confued look.

A handsome and sexy man was trying to hit on him and he wasn't even reacting. That was so not Jack Harkness.

" Fine, Miss." Ben replied with a smile before walking away.

"Okay what's up with you two ? Jack, you've been ignoring Ben since we arrived and he is damn right sexy. And Tosh, you started smoking again and you're fidgeting, which makes me nervous. Plus neither of you had catched any of my attempts to start a conversation" Gwen said after fifteen minutes of talking to the walls.

" Nothing we're just a bit off, I suppose" Jack replied lifting his gaze from his phone, which rested on the table.

" A bit off ? You are completely out of character !" Gwen snapped drawing confused looks from the other people in the restaurant.

"Keep your voice down Gwen" Jack hissed quietly.

" Oh don't you dare Jack. You didn't mind snapping at Owen even if you were drawing attention."

"That's different !"

"How so ?"

"We weren't in the middle of one of the most posh restaurant in London ! It was only a party with friends" he growled.

" What a friend you made eh? Pissing him off at his own party" Gwen replied angrily.

" I'm sorry I need some fresh air" Tosh said quietly getting up.

She hadn't said a word since the beginning of the argument but couldn't take it anymore. Jack and Gwen watched her walk out of the restaurant without her coat.

Owen winced as he climbed out of his car. 45 minutes late. Great. One more thing Jack and Tosh would be upset about. He knew he had messed up. He should had been happy happy for Jack but he was a bit... well... jealous. Not that Ianto got Jack or anything like that but more like Jack finally got the person he wanted and not him.

He walked to the restaurant, burying his hands in his jacket's pockets. He had parked his car around the corner of the street for lack of a better implacement. Owen narrowed his eyes as he approached the restaurant's entrance. Tosh was standing outside without her coat and was smoking. He walked to her.

"I thought you had stopped." he said with a soft voice. She just glared at him.

"Can I have one ?" he asked carefully.

She looked at him with a suprise expression but handed him her packet.

"Lighter please ?"

Again she didn't say anything but handed him the lighter.

"Oh you still have it ?" he said amazed, looking fondly at the piece of metal in his hand.

It was the zippo he had offered her a year ago for her birthday, along with a silk scarf and a nice necklace he had brought back from a trip in France. The lighter was made of silver and had small paterns incraved in the precious metal. He carressed it gently with his thumb. She didn't look at him but smiled softly anyway.

"Lisen Tosh I'm sorry about the other night. I know I messed up with you and Jack and I want to apologise. I said some hurtful things about Ianto and I shouldn't have he is a nice guy. It's not because I suck at relationships that everybody is a prick like me. I don't know... say something please. Cry, snap, yell at me... slap me in the face if you want to but please don't give me the cold shoulder." he said.

"No it's alright" she sighed " I shouldn't have reacted that way. I'm so-"

" No don't you dare say you're sorry Tosh. It's my fault" he cut her off.

" It's alright"

" Are we okay ?" Owen asked shily. (Yes Owen can be shy).

" Yes... Yes we are okay" she replied after a few seconds.

Owen smiled and hugged her. Carefully holding the cigarette away from her body.

"You're shivering. Are you cold ? Here take this" he said putting the cigarette between his lips. He took off his jacket and covered Tosh's shoulders with it.

" Better ?" he asked rubbing her back with one hand, trying to warm her up.

"Thanks" she said quietly.

They stayed there, in silence, for a couple of minutes, finishing their cigarette before walking into the restaurant. Tosh blushed as she felt the warmth of Owen's hand on te small of her back. She tried to hide her reddening cheeks but he saw them anyway and smiled cheekily. 'Well done Harper' he thought playfully.

The whole time Jack and Gwen had stayed quiet. The brown man looked at the entrance as Tosh and Owen walked into the restaurant, he smiled as he saw where Owen's hand rested. He was still upset with him but he was happy for her. He knew Tosh had a big crush on him. Maybe things wre progressing in the right direction this time. Even if Owen was his best friend he would hunt him down and kill him if he ever hurt her though. He knew how much being betrayed by a loved one hurt. And he didn't want Tosh to suffer, he didn't want her to live what he had been through. He would never let that happen.

His friends walked towards the table and Jack groaned . The atmosphere was already tensed but now that Owen was here it would be even worse.

Tosh sat in her chair while Owen pressed a kiss to Gwen's cheek.

"Owen" Jack said dryly.

"Jack" Owen replied with the same tone.

They both knew they were being assholes but they were both to proud to act any ways different. Gwen was going to complain about their poor behavior but Ben apeared.

"Sorry to interupt you, ladies and gentlemen, would you like to order now that is here ?" he said politly. He send Jack a smile but again the older man didn't spare him a glance.

Owen looked at Jack with a frown on his face, 'He isn't flirting ? Why isn't he flirting ? That's not like him.' he thought.

They ordered but didn't relax, Jack's face was close and he only replied with one word sentences at the questions Gwen asked him. He was checking his phone every 30 seconds and Gwen was getting annoyed. She was about to lecture him when a huge and sweet smile broke off his tensed face. He took his phone, Ianto had finally replied.

" I'm sorry I didn't reply earlier. Tonight was awesome, it was nothing big but we had fun. I even got Marc to dance so I took this as a huge victory. And... I miss you too."

He typed a reply excitedly.

"Jack can you put your phone down, we're supposed to have dinner and you're awefully rude." Gwen hissed.

"Sorry, just a text" he muttered without looking up.

The smile on his face wasn't fading as his phone kept buzzing. After a few minutes Gwen lost her temper, she was utterly pissed off.

"Jack !" she snapped.

"What ?" he replied angrily.

"Put that down !"

"Why should I ?" he replied like an insolent teenager.

"We're supposed to have dinner and fun"

"Oh yes because this whole situation is a load of fun obviously" he replied sardonically.

"Jack you've been texting for 10 minutes and didn't even touch your plate. Can't you give it a rest ?!"

" I've been waiting for that text the whole evening"

" Then who is it ? Who is this important for ignoring your bestfriends ?"

" Ianto" he snapped " He had a show tonight and I just wanted to know if everything was okay. I miss him okay ? Now that I admitted that Jack Harkness has a fucking crush on a cutie can you leave me alone ?!"

Owen looked up at Jack when he said Ianto's name. He and Tosh had stared at their plate, not daring to interfer in the argument. Jack and Gwen were quite scary when they were angry. But what Jack had said had stunned him. Jack didn't have crushs, or at least didn't admitted that he did.

"Gwen leave him alone" he said looking at her with that look that dared her to argue. His tone was cold and firm shushing any complains she could have come up with.

Jack looked at him, confused but Owen was staring at Gwen in front of him. The Welshwoman sighed and turned towards Tosh talking about clothes and other girly things.

"Thanks Owen" Jack said quietly as the Londoner turned to him.

"You do care about him, don't you ?" Owen asked. Jack nodded looking down at his phone on his laps.

"Jack... Look I'm sorry. I was a prat I shouldn't have said those things" Owen said letting go of his pride.

The man before his eyes was his bestfriend after all. They had been through a lot together. Even if Jack was always smiling, flirting, a cheeky bastard he was actually quite broken. He was smiling far too much for being happy. And Owen knew that. He knew that shagging around, having sex without sentiments, without strings was only a way for Jack to protect himself. Owen had seen Jack heart broken and had had to pick up the pieces after James's disaster. And he wasn't ready to see nor do this ever again.

"It's alright Owen, I'm responsible too" Jack smied hugging him. Wich was a bit awkward as they were still sitting in their own chair.

"Just... be carefull" Owen said, mentaly cursing them for being so soppy.

Caught up with their little reunion they hadn't realised that Tosh and Gwen were looking at them with fondly smiles on their faces.

"Right now that you two are alright with each other, I think it's time we order some champaign" Gwen said waving at Ben. "I have some great news you're gonna love it" she continued with a broad smile on her face.

Once they all had a glass, she took her mysterious tone and started to speak, trying to build some suspense but her own excitment about those news spoiled her fun.

" Okay I give up. I talked with the assistant of the evil genius that is Fiona Vanstone. She has been writing a new TV show for a couple of months now. She had been impressed by your differents performance on TV, in movies and on stage and want you in." she laughed.

"What do you mean, Fiona Vanstone ? The Fiona Vanstone ?" Jack asked his eyes wide.

"Who else"

"God" Owen whispered, his jaw dropped on the floor.

"This is fucking awesome" Jack said with a huge smile barelly managing to stop himself from jumping up and down like a perfect fanboy.

"She wants to meet you all in a couple of months, she wants to finish her project first" Gwen chuckled.

"Gwen... This is awesome but I'm not an actress" Tosh said.

"Oh come on Tosh we all saw you on stage you were bloody awesome, I don't even know why you stopped" Owen blurted out.

" I'm sure the camera will love you" Jack said and Gwen nodded.

" Really ?" Tosh asked shyly.

" Yes I mean you are a great singer but you're such a great comedian" Owen continued. Again Jack and Gwen nodded in agreement.

"Well, to us" Tosh smiled holding her glass out to the other's.

"To us" Jack and Owen said doing the same.

"To the three of you" Gwen finally said clinging her glass to the other's.

TBC

This one is more a Towen Chapter but I had to put some Janto in it, bacause I'm in love with them ;)

So ? How was it ?