'Return' 7/7
Part 7
“Wow” Gwen was looking a bit red as Ianto finished the story
Jack laughed “So that is pretty much it. We talked about when I should come back and we agreed today was the best time for me as you were all guaranteed to be in the same place for more than five minutes. Don’t worry Gwen” He pulled a small envelope from his coat pocket “I got you and Rhys a present”
“How did you manage this?”
“Ianto helped me. He told me when he was taking you out so I could go round to your place and tell Rhys not to worry about your honeymoon as I would sort it all. That was why he didn’t say anything. One - he didn’t know what I was planning and two - He knew that if he ever said anything about this, it would mean telling you I was back. Don’t worry about us. We can go two weeks without you, so go and enjoy yourself.”
Gwen jumped up and hugged him when a small cough could be heard from the doorway.
“Hello again Jack.” Rhys stuck out his hand and Jack shook it before Rhys turned to Gwen “So where is he sending us then?”
Gwen showed him the tickets “Italy. Two First Class plane tickets and the keys to a private villa on the outskirts of Rome”
“Thank you so much for this. There was no way I could have done this for us. How could I even begin to thank you?”
Jack placed a hand on his shoulder “Don’t worry about it. All I want is for you to enjoy yourselves. After all, Gwen is the first one of us to get married so the occasion demanded something special.” Jack looked at his watch before continuing. “As much I would love to stand here all day, there is a wedding that we need to be getting back too.”
They all made to back in when Ianto held Jack back. “We’ll catch you up, Gwen”
“Don’t be to long, Jack owes me a dance” Gwen called back to them as she walked away.
Once they were out of earshot, Ianto looked at Jack. “Liar.”
“What?”
“Gwen wasn’t the first one to get married, was she?” He lifted his left hand to show his own platinum wedding ring. He was glad no-one had noticed when he has moved it from his right hand.
“Technically she was. In this time period we had a Civil Partnership.” He looked down at his own ring.
“What about your time? Would it be a wedding then?”
“Of course.”
“Then we will go by that then.” He wrapped his arms around Jack and kissed him with so much emotion it showed the whole world that they truly loved each other, even if they never said it again.
What they hadn’t realised at that moment was that Gwen, Owen and Tosh were standing just inside the hall and had seen everything, especially the wedding rings they now had.
Tosh and Owen smiled at Gwen before leaving her standing alone
“I guess it is official. Jack Harkness is back”.
What she didn’t hear was two voices say in perfect unison
“That’s Harkness-Jones, Mrs Cooper-Williams”