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Thanks everyone for your reviews. I know the spacing is shockingly bad, but it's the proper form for a story. I've put spaces in this one for you though.

With this chapter I didn't want to re-write the entire episode because I thought it was done really well. I did think about doing a grieving scene with Jack and Gwen for own but I might put it in later.

Anywho hope you like it!

Sash

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Chapter 6 – Reset the Day

Gwen sat tapping away on her keyboard viciously. The others had gone home hours ago but she was too wrapped up in her own thoughts to follow them. Besides in this mood Rhys would just annoy her more than she already was. As she continued tapping she growled at the keyboard as though it had done her family a grave injury.

Martha Jones….who was this woman? Impeccably beautiful, very intelligent by the way she talked about Medicine…proving Owen wrong more than once and of course she knew Jack. Thinking about it Martha probably knew Jack better than the rest of them. God damn U.N.I.T worker.

Growling again she finally pushed herself away from her desk. What was this woman doing here? Why had Jack called her? It just wasn't fair! If she wasn't feeling abandoned enough by Jack, he had to go and bring in another woman, a woman who was better than her in every aspect. Was Jack trying to make her jealous or was he just trying to hurt her?

The deep angry feeling in her stomach twisted and turned into a stab of pain replaced quickly by a flash of jealousy. Her emotions went through the entire spectrum before it finally settled on disappointment. Jack had moved on, so why did that hurt her so much.

Sighing loudly she grabbed her jacket from the back of the chair and ragged it on. As she was trying to find her keys a loud cough echoed from behind her. Spinning around she caught her elbow on the table and swore loudly.

"Language" Jack laughed. "It doesn't suit you Gwen"

"Oh Shut up" she scowled at him. "What are you doing here anywhere? I thought you'd be with that woman"

"Who? Martha?" he asked cheerfully. "No, no she's staying in a hotel somewhere. She has her own work to do without keeping me company"

"Why do you need company?" Gwen asked, she couldn't keep the hope out of her voice and mentally slapped herself for her stupidity. When was she ever going to learn? Mind you Jack did something to everyone who met him, he just made you want to sit with him and have a good time.

"No" he smirked.

"Oh"

"Why do you sound so disappointed Gwen?" he chuckled and walked towards her. Standing a few centimetres away from her he stared deep into her eyes. Gwen gulped and just knew if he kept staring, then she would melt into a pile of mushy goo.

"I do not" she giggled. "Besides I have Rhys, I have to make…umn…wedding plans"

"Oh really?" he asked softly, he was getting closer now.

"Yes"

"Really, really?"

"Yes"

"Such a shame" Jack sighed moving away quickly. Sitting on the edge of her desk he shifted through her paperwork before his eyes found hers again. "I was going to order pizza"

"Well you'll just have to eat it on your own" Gwen arched a brow sarcastically. Ianto would probably be visiting later on in the night. "Or Martha"

"What was that?" Jack asked.

Gwen blinked. Surely she hadn't said that out loud? Obviously she had because Jack was staring at her as though he couldn't believe what he'd heard. A humorous look passed over his face and anger rippled through Gwen before she could even think about what had happened.

"What is she doing here anyway? We don't bring outsiders into TORCHWOOD we never have. What are you playing at Jack?"

"Your jealous!" he laughed loudly.

"Just tell me what she's doing here. We have a medical officer, why is she doing Owen's job? If she carries on there's going to be mutiny where Owen's concerned. You know he loves his job" Gwen said harshly to him.

"She's here as a favour" Jack shrugged. "And Martha Jones is more important than you think Gwen. I've travelled with her. I know her strengths and I know what she's capable of. We go back a long way"

"Oh really?" Gwen crossed her arms. "Is this another one of your secrets that you won't let any of us know?"

"You know my secrets" Jack frowned

"No we don't. Like where we're you last year? You disappeared and you wont tell us where. You just said you found 'your Doctor' who the hell is this guy Jack?" she asked shaking her head. Why wouldn't he tell her anything to do with his past? Was he ashamed? Had he been a criminal?

"It doesn't matter"

"It does!" she yelled now. "Come on Jack, just spill it. You can fool the others but you can't fool me"

"So a few kisses mean I have to tell you everything about me?" he asked angrily.

"Yes…no…I. I t was more than a few kisses so don't throw that at me" she pointed a finger viciously at him. This was starting to be a habit between the two of them. Kissing, arguments, making up, kissing and more arguments. "What the hell is wrong with you lately?"

"Nothing" Jack spat. "Just leave Martha alone, she's gone through enough without any of my team harassing her all the time"

"We're not harassing her" Gwen laughed. "We're just trying to find out who she is. Come on Jack she's a secretive as you are"

"Go home Gwen" he barked. "You're talking about things you know nothing about"

"Because you wont tell me!" she pleaded with him. "Just tell me how you know her and who she is, that's all any of us want to know"

"We were imprisoned together okay?" Jack turned on her. Facing her angrily he took a deep breath and put his hands on his waist. "We travelled together with a man named The Doctor. He's a Time Lord, the last of his kind. When he travels he's always accompanied by a companion. This Doctor travelled with Martha"

"What do you mean this Doctor?" she asked confused.

"The Doctor regenerates when he dies; he changes his entire body structure so he looks like someone else. The Doctor I met travelled with a girl named Rose, but we were separated. I've been living in Cardiff hoping to find him again. When I did he'd changed, he'd regenerated and he was travelling with Martha"

Gwen stilled and remained silent. Lowering herself onto the edge of her desk she allowed him a couple of moments to fall silent before she gestured for him to continue. Sighing, Jack sat down next to her on the desk. His voice had grown soft now and it was heavy, filled with something akin to regret.

"The world was taken over by Mr. Saxon he brought aliens to Earth and they began killing people. Now we'd gone to stop him on a ship called The Valiant. It's an airship that U.N.I.T own. When we got there we were captured." Jack shook his head and looked at the floor.

"And?" Gwen asked timidly.

"And" he said softly. "They tortured us…well most of us. It lasted a year, an entire year the imprisonment. The Doctor had given Martha instructions to travel the world, telling them of him. By this point Mr. Saxon was looking for her everywhere but she did it. She travelled the world on her own telling people of The Doctor. Saxon finally caught her as you can imagine but by then everyone on Earth knew of the Doctor. They all believed in him. It broke the spell Saxon had over him and The Doctor helped save the planet"

"What do you mean help?" Gwen asked. "And why can't we remember any of this?"

"Because The Doctor reset time. He changed what had happened; only those aboard The Valiant really knew what happened. Martha had saved the world, she had been through more dangers than you could possibly imagine"

"Well" Gwen said jokingly. "She is good"

"You think?"

"I'm sorry Jack. I didn't know" Gwen touched his arm gently. Here she was again, poking her nose into things that didn't concern her. "But, what about this Rose woman?"

"I don't want to talk about it" Jack said honestly. "Seriously Gwen it's too difficult for me. I can barely say her name"

"Is she dead?"

"No" Jack shook his head. "She's not"

"oh" Gwen bit her lip as they fell silent. Well aware her hand was still on his arm she glanced at him once. His featured were set into one of grief. It was heartbreaking to see, he had gone through so much and she was nagging at him every few minutes.

"I am sorry Jack"

"Its okay" he smiled at her. "No harm done"

Sliding off the desk Jack stuck his hands into his pockets. "So how come your so jealous of her anyway?"

"I'm not" Gwen tried. Jack gave her a look and she smiled. "Well, not much"

"Can't stand anyone else near me huh?" he chuckled and helped her up off the desk.

They stared at each other for a couple of seconds before Jack read the answer in her eyes. The engagement ring was cold underneath his hand, he hadn't realised he had even taken hold of her left hand but he could feel the ring. It was burning icily into his hand.

Gwen gulped once and lowered her gaze to the floor. Placing a finger gently underneath her chin he forced her to look at him. Sparks flew between their eyes and suddenly they were kissing. Kissing with a furious passion without even knowing who initiated it.

Paperwork went flying as he forced her onto the desk. Gwen's hands ran up his shirt flipping open the buttons and forcing the shirt off his shoulders and onto the floor. Jack's hands were doing a similar motion. Gwen's coat and t-shirt joined his within minutes.

Well aware they were now half naked in the middle of the hub, Gwen blushed a little, causing Jack to chuckle once more. He rained kisses down her neck, nipping slightly at her collarbones. Gwen was breathing heavily and thrusting her pelvis up to meet his. Jack was going crazy with excitement, why did Gwen make him feel so alive? Why did she drive him to complete and utter ecstasy with one simple look?

"Jack" she breathed softly.

"Gwen" he replied huskily.

"jack" she repeated in a sort of whimper. Clutching his shoulder she pushed him up and away from her. The cold air rushed between them in an icy gust. Both of them were breathing heavily and blinking rapidly to remove the lusty haze from their vision.

"What is it what's wrong?" he asked. Had he hurt her or something? The way Gwen was looking at him made his stomach suddenly drop. Whatever she was going to say he wasn't going to like it.

"I…Rhys…we're getting" she said hesitantly. "The wedding…we're"

Jack let his face drop into a neutral look. An angry beast was growling somewhere within him and he just wanted to rip Rhys apart at that very moment. Crawling off her he got to his feet with a soft whistle.

"I know" he said bending down to retrieve his shirt. Picking up hers he threw it to her with a small smile.

Gwen couldn't look at him, she couldn't even meet his eyes. Jumping back into her clothes she glanced once at him but didn't say anything. Jack turned away from her as he buttoned up his shirt. Gwen was going to marry Rhys and there was nothing he could do about it.

Suddenly arms wrapped around his waist and a face dropped onto his back. He could feel her rapid heartbeat through his back and he clenched his hands and took several deep gulps of air before he span around and pushed her back onto the desk.

"I'm sorry Jack" Gwen said quietly. Jack knew she was genuinely sorry, yet that just made it worse. Jack knew she loved him. He had left himself a note, from the two missing days that told him so.

"Me too. Let's just forget about it and reset the day"

"I wouldn't want to" she said honestly. "I wouldn't want to reset any of these moments Jack"

"So why are you still marrying him?" Jack turned to glared at her. "why?"

"Like I said. No-one else will have me"

Jack remained quite. He knew he should have said something in that moment but he didn't. Instead he just let her walk away. The cog door slid closed behind him and he shook his head. Sometimes he really was an idiot.