Chap 13

Walter was grizzly, following Ianto around with heavy eyes.

Ianto had woken to find his son this way and he was at the end of his tether, he had tried everything short of money to please the boy. The pounding headache didn't help either.

Finally he had settled in the sofa pillows with him, watching Milo & Otis with a bowl of ice cream and Myfanwy at their feet. Jack arrived home with the ear thermometer he had gone to purchase and they checked their son.

"A bit high, Owen said this was a pretty safe range though" Jack muttered as he fiddled with the child proof cap on the Child's Pamol.

Owen and Tosh came around after Owen's shift finished and he checked Walter over.

"Chicken Pox, I reckon!" Owen sighed and Ianto squeaked.

"But there's no spots!" Jack said and Owen nodded.

"Not yet. There is an outbreak at the moment and he is showing all the signs." Owen replied and he turned to Ianto. "You've had them, right?"

"What?" Ianto gasped, "I don't know!"

"Ianto, you need to find out. I can't let you near Noah if you are contagious." Owen frowned and Ianto went into overdrive.

Without thinking, he picked up the phone and called Rhia. When it picked up he started speaking.

"Hey Rhia, its Ianto. Do you remember me ever having Chicken Pox?" Ianto asked and the phone was silent.

"Rhia is busy right now. I'll get her to call you back" Gray finally said, "If she can find the time with you bailing on her like this."

Ianto placed the phone down and looked at his feet. That had been a mistake, giving Gray the upper hand like that. Calm down. Think.

Ianto called his parents and his Taddy answered, "Hello, that you Teddy Bear?"

"Hello Taddy." Ianto smiled as the sun came out again with the sound of his Tadda's smile.

"What's up snuggle bum?"

"Did I ever have Chicken Pox Taddy Dear?" Ianto grinned.

"Ah. Well …" the scuffling sound told Ianto his Taddy was searching for his father, "Jamie? Has our Teddy Bear ever had the Chicken Pox?"

"Um, measles, mumps, I think … no. No hon, our boy hasn't. Why are you wearing that? I told you I'm wearing blue! God, where did you get that horrible thing."

"You bought it for me!""

"God! Must have been mentally insane that day, get it off right this minute!"

"Did you hear that Teddy Bear? No Pox, on both our houses." Taddy said and Ianto swore.

"Oh dear, Walter-bum has them?"

"Yeah, and if this headache is anything to go by, so do I" Ianto whined.