Hi everybody I'm back did you miss me??? This is a story I started writing a while back while I was finishing Fallen Angel (and while I was supposed to be studying for exams, you didn't hear that). It's a school aged story crossing over Torchwood and Bones and adding a few extra characters. I know crossovers can be a little wierd but since my characters aren't out working in their jobs like they are on the shows I don't think it will be too odd.

Janto is the main theme in this story the other characters are constant but a little more in the background. Also I will warn you now Gwen is one of the bad guys in this story so if that bothers you don't read. Also this takes place in my home country so if there are things mentioned that you haven't heard of that's why. If you get confused at all send me a message and I'll explain.

That's all I think. Please review!!!!!!!!!!!!! I really want to know what you think.

Thanks for reading

Kayla

Exchange Program

The day Ianto Jones got accepted into the exchange program was possibly one of the happiest days of his life. He'd wanted to go to Australia for years and at last he was going to get his chance. His parents had been about as thrilled as they'd ever been with something he'd accomplished and his friends had been completely overjoyed for him too.

Someone was not so thrilled about him going away; Justin. When he'd received the news about his acceptance Justin had been away at university and had already planned to go away with friends for the holidays; meaning there would only be a small window of time where they would both be in the same area at the same time. Ianto had managed to convince his parents that he should spend that week with his grandparents seeing as it would be quite a while before he would see them again. Truth be told he hated his grandparents but it was a good excuse to avoid seeing Justin.

Everything had gone smoothly after that. Justin had gone away on his holidays and Ianto had come back home to prepare everything for his trip. The night before he left his parents had surprised him with a massive going away party. They'd invited his friends, his family and basically everybody he'd ever known. It was an unforgettable night for him in a lot of different ways and unfortunately not all of them good.

Ianto had been outside waving goodbye to his last few guests when Justin had shown up unexpectedly. There was no way to escape, nobody to hide behind, Justin had dragged him to the shed at the back end of his parents property where nobody could hear them and Ianto spent the rest of his last night at home in agony.

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The day Jack was accepted into the exchange program was just as thrilling for him as it had been for Ianto. His parents however, were on the other side of the world dealing with his father's business and when he called to tell them about it, they were too busy to do more than say 'yes, Jack.'

Jack didn't care all that much though, at least that's what he kept telling himself anyway. They'd always been like that and personally he was thrilled to be getting away from them and their snooty, stuck up, self absorbed natures. They weren't nice people, the only reason they cared for him at all was because he was their heir and he knew it. As long as they had someone to hand the business over to when they were too old to run it, they didn't care about anything else, and they'd never been any different.

He organised all his things with the help of his nanny, threw himself the biggest going away party in history and spent his last night at home in bed with Katrina, Kelly and Kevin; just because he was in a K mood that night and they were his three favourite bed mates.

That night as he slept, he had the same dream he'd been having since he first got the letter informing him of his acceptance into the exchange program; about a gorgeous young man with dark hair, lovely blue eyes and a beautiful accent, smiling warmly at Jack and telling him that he loved him. Jack had never heard those words from anyone before. His parents had definitely never said them and his lovers were just that, lovers. They slept with him and that was all, there were no feelings there, just a mutual desire for sexual gratification.

He'd never really wanted anything else, but there was something about the beautiful man in his dreams that made Jack want to be with him, to love him. He didn't know what it meant but he was a firm believer in fate, and these dreams had started just after he got that letter so they must mean something. Jack hoped they did anyway. Deep down, he really wanted to know what it felt like to love someone and to have them truly love him back. Maybe in Australia he'd find out.

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It was early in the morning when Ianto arrived at the airport to catch his flight. Even though the sun wasn't even up yet, the airport was buzzing with activity. This would be Ianto's first international flight and he was more than a little nervous. Couple that with all the pain he was in after last night and it didn't make for a great mixture. Still, he was finally going to Australia and nothing was going to dampen his spirits about this trip, nothing at all.

Years of practice had taught him how to act like everything was perfectly normal; even when the bruises were darker than the navy blue shirt he was wearing and his insides felt like they'd been sliced open by a razor. He was very thankful for that at the moment since Justin had been particularly brutal with him last night and even walking was a challenge. It helped that the other boy was smart enough never to hurt him somewhere that he couldn't hide from his parents, even in his angriest of moods.

Ianto was the perfect picture of a normal, excited, teenage boy on the outside, which was good because if he looked like there might be even the slightest thing wrong with him his stepmother wouldn't let him get on the plane.

Finally they arrived at the gates and he turned to bid his parents goodbye. They both hugged him tightly and it took everything in him not to cry out in pain. They let him go and he waved one last time before heading down the air bridge.

He took his seat in the plane and moved around trying to get comfortable thankful his flight was so early in the morning – Justin was never up at this time.

Twenty five hours later the plane touched down in Brisbane. Ianto made his way over to collect his luggage and then headed to the rendezvous area according to the information package directions. After speaking to the middle aged man who appeared to be in charge and confirming he was in the right place, he made his way over to a group of chairs where a few other exchange students were seated. Ianto scanned quickly over the group before he took a seat in a section that nobody had occupied yet.

There were two young Asian girls sitting together, one had her head in a book, the other appeared to be drawing on a notepad in her hands. Two Asian boys sitting just a few chairs away from them, were whispering to each other and openly ogling the girls.

Another girl a few seats further over with pale skin and blonde hair appeared to be texting someone on her phone. A young boy of Indian descent sat one chair away, eyeing her just as obviously as the two Asian boys were doing with the two young Asian girls.

Sitting in a chair opposite the others was a young boy with pale skin and dark hair, talking on his phone in what Ianto thought was possibly Russian, while a young girl with pale skin and dark hair sat silently beside him filing her nails.

Ianto sat down and pulled out his phone to text his stepmother and tell her that he had arrived safely. She responded almost immediately, telling him that she was glad he had gotten there okay before adding that Justin had called looking for him a few hours after the flight had left and had been rather upset about not being able to see him off. Yeah, Ianto would bet he was.

He smiled as he thought about the fact that Justin was now miles and miles away, and it didn't matter how mad he was anymore, Ianto didn't have to care – what a happy thought.

Several loud voices drew Ianto's attention to some new arrivals and as soon as his eyes fell on them he groaned quietly in annoyance. He recognised this group from the flight over. They were the rest of the students from the UK and they'd been loud and annoying the entire flight. He'd been extraordinarily pleased to be getting off the plane and away from them, but now it seemed he was going to be stuck with them for a whole year. Oh joy!

They sat down next to the Indian boy and the blonde girl, both of whom looked none too thrilled with the volume of their new company. Ianto felt sorry for them, but was immensely glad the loudmouths weren't sitting with him.

Slowly more and more people started to trickle in; students from France, Germany, Switzerland, Egypt, Italy, Greece and Spain just to name a few. The only group they were waiting on now was the party from America and Canada.

Ianto was reading the orientation booklet they'd all been sent when a quiet voice drew his attention.

"Excuse me."

He looked up to find the young blonde girl looking down at him along with the two Asian girls and the two students he assumed were from Russia standing behind her.

"Can I help you?" he asked politely.

"We know you're reading and we're sorry to interrupt but may we sit over here with you? It's a little loud for our liking over there." She had a lovely accent and Ianto was trying to place it as he politely invited them all to join him.

The group gave him an appreciative smile and sat down in the vacant seats around him.

"I'm Katie," the lovely quiet blonde introduced herself. "I'm from Finland." She held out her hand to shake.

Ah, that's where the accent was from. "Ianto Jones," he replied and shook her hand. "From Wales."

"It's nice to meet you," she said with a friendly smile.

"It's lovely to make your acquaintance also," he replied returning her smile.

"I'm Angela Montenegro," the taller of the two Asian girls said introducing herself. "And this is Toshiko Sato. I'm from China she's from Japan."

Ianto shook Angela's hand first, surprised at the way she was doing all the talking for the pair. As he looked at Toshiko properly however, he suddenly understood perfectly. She shook his hand but she barely looked up at him. Probably shy he thought to himself.

"I'm Elena Harper and this is my brother Owen." The Russian girl introduced the pair and Ianto shook their hands also.

"It's really nice to meet you all, I'm glad I'm not the only one that likes a bit of peace and quiet," Ianto said with a pointed look at the rest of the group, most of who were conversing together, very loudly.

"Hey, don't get me wrong I love to party, just not with jerks," Angela replied.

"I have to agree with that," Elena said nodding in agreement.

Looking over at the other group Ianto was forced to agree with the girls' assessment. He didn't like to judge, but listening to the conversations going on around him at the moment, they all sounded like stuck up, spoilt rich kids.

"Oh look, here come the Americans." Ianto heard one of the loudmouths announce suddenly.

"Oh great, loud, obnoxious, ugly Americans," he heard one of the other loudmouths comment and had to bite back the urge to laugh at the boy who'd said it. What exactly did he think he sounded like? The boy wasn't in any position to be pointing out anyone else for being loud and obnoxious.

Ianto turned his attention to the approaching American/Canadian group.

"Oh, wow!" he head Angela exclaim and had to bite his tongue to keep from saying the same thing.

There were two guys and a girl. The girl had auburn hair and pale skin. She was dressed rather simply in jeans and a tank top, but a chunky necklace in a Native American design and a wide leather belt with a rather large buckle on the front added unexpected flair to the outfit.

Both of the guys were tall and well muscled with dark brown hair. The first had dark eyes and his hair cut short and spiky at the top. He was dressed in a pair of jeans and a T-shirt with a leather belt that had 'cocky' written in large bold letters across the buckle. He was without a doubt incredibly gorgeous, but it was the second guy that had Ianto transfixed.

He had vivid blue/grey eyes and his hair was cut short and spiky save for his fringe which hung over his forehead in a slightly crazy manner. He was wearing dark blue jeans, a black T-shirt and a leather Jacket that seemed completely insane considering they were about to walk out into an Australian Summer but made him look like a rock star. He wasn't just gorgeous, he was breathtaking.

The two guys had taken to walking on opposite sides of the young woman, who, for her part, seemed completely oblivious to exactly how gorgeous her two escorts were.

"Oh I so want to be her right now," Angela commented dreamily.

Ianto couldn't help but agree with her.

The group reached the rest of the gathered students and were about to introduce themselves when another voice rang out.

"Oh, you're all here at last, wonderful." The owner of the voice was a middle-aged man in a suit and tie approaching the group from the side. "Okay, so now that we've all arrived let's get you all on the bus so we can get moving." He motioned toward the door and the waiting bus before turning and striding out.

The group followed behind him eager to get out of the airport. They got their gear loaded on and piled into the bus.

Ianto ended up sitting with Katie which he was quite happy about. He really hadn't wanted to end up sitting with one of the obnoxious group, although sitting with the lovely, blue/grey eyed American/Canadian wouldn't have been bad either.

As it turned out, the American/Canadian group was the last on the bus and ended up sitting in the chairs just in front of Ianto anyway so he got a full view of the beautiful boy. Yay!!

The middle-aged man who had lead them out of the airport stood up in the front of the bus talking most of the way to the school so Ianto didn't get to introduce himself to the object of his affection, not that he'd know what to say if he did get the chance. He'd never seen anyone that gorgeous, it was really doing a number on his brain.

'And it's not like he could possibly be interested in you anyway' Ianto heard his mental voice sneer in his head. Well, if he was being honest, it wasn't his voice it was Justin's and that annoyed him. He'd heard those kinds of words from the other boy for a long time. Ianto had promised himself when he arrived in Australia he would free himself from Justin's influence. He could only hope it wouldn't take the whole year.

Finally they arrived at the school and just as he'd expected, the obnoxious bunch made their way to the front en-masse, blocking everyone else off. Once the walkway was clear, the two American/Canadian boys allowed the young girl to go first and followed her off the bus, probably to protect her from the obnoxious bunch, Ianto decided.

They were led into a large hall where the principle greeted them all and welcomed them to the school. They were all handed an envelope containing their room allotments, keys, timetables and all the other things they would need while they were at the school and then dismissed to get settled in.

Ianto lost sight of the gorgeous American/Canadian (he really needed to find out which he was) in the crowd so he didn't see where he went which annoyed Ianto slightly. He was pulled out of his annoyance by Owen asking him which room allotment he'd been given.

He looked down at his key and told the young Russian boy that he was in room 1k.

Owen looked relieved. "I'm in 3k," he explained. "Thank god I'm close to at least someone sane."

Ianto chuckled. "I will agree with that assessment," he replied.

The female students were housed separately from the males so they bid the girls farewell and agreed to meet up with them at the girls' dorm when lunchtime came around. The girls smiled and waved and headed off toward their dorm. Ianto turned to Owen and asked, "So, shall we go?"

Owen agreed and they headed off.

"So, if you're 3k and I'm 1k, I wonder who we'll be sharing our block with," Ianto wondered.

The dorm rooms were split up into blocks. Each block had a small common room, two bath rooms and four bedrooms, which meant they'd have at least two other people sharing their block with them. Ianto really hoped it wasn't any of the obnoxious bunch; there was no way he'd be able to sleep if his neighbours were noisy and irritating.

Owen shrugged. "Let's just hope it's someone tolerable."

"Fingers crossed," Ianto replied as the pair crossed the threshold and entered the dormitories.

They finally found their block and after one last hopeful look at each other they opened the outer door and entered the common room. Their roommates were nowhere to be seen so they headed over to their allotted doors.

Ianto couldn't help admiring the set up. The common room was long and wide with a window at the far end offering a lovely view of the school grounds. A small kitchenette was set up beneath it, complete with a small fridge, a toaster, a kettle, and a selection of crockery and silver-wear.

At the other end of the room, on the wall next to the door was an entertainment unit, complete with a flat screen TV, DVD player, stereo system and surround sound. A large four-seater, an average sized two-seater and a single-seater couch; all in a black, leather finish were set up in front of the entertainment system along with a thick, soft looking rug in a native Aboriginal design and colour scheme. There were three doors off to either side of the room. The doors in the middle led to the bathrooms and the bedroom doors were those on either side. Ianto found his door at the far end of the common room and unlocked it. When he'd been reading the brochure about the school he'd been pleased to discover that not only did the room's outer door lock, but so did all the individual bedroom doors. At least that meant if he really hated his roommates they couldn't get into his room to bother him.

Inside the room were a double bed, a desk, one bedside table and a door which led to a walk-in wardrobe with another door at the far end opening in to the bathroom. Ianto smiled, this was a nice set up.

All their heavy luggage had been delivered to their rooms for them already, so Ianto put his carry bag down and got to work unpacking. He had his clothes in his closet and was about to make the bed when he heard voices out in the common room.

"Ianto!" he heard Owen call out. "Our roommates are here!"

Ianto took a deep breath to prepare himself and headed out to see who they were. He was more than a little shocked when he found himself face to face with the two American/Canadian boys. His heart raced as he came forward to introduce himself, silently willing himself not to stutter.

"Hi," he greeted with a friendly smile. "I'm Ianto Jones, from Wales." He held out his hand to the closest guy who also happened to be the breathtakingly beautiful one.

The guy smiled back and Ianto suddenly found it very difficult to breathe. If Ianto had found him breathtaking before, he had to be somewhere near the realm of purely angelic now. That smile was so far beyond amazing it wasn't funny.

"Jack Harkness, from Canada," the guy replied shaking Ianto's hand. "It's an absolute joy to meet you, Ianto Jones."

"And you, Mr. Harkness," Ianto managed to reply.

"Oh please, call me Jack," the beautiful man replied.

"All right, Jack."

They smiled at each other for a moment before Ianto realized that his hand was still firmly grasped in Jack's and he gently extricated it from the gorgeous man's grasp.

Jack looked slightly surprised himself by the discovery and gave Ianto an apologetic smile.

Ianto gave him a friendly smile in return before turning to face the other guy who held his hand out and smiled in greeting.

"Seeley Booth, from America," he introduced himself.

"Lovely to meet you, Mr. Booth, Ianto Jones," Ianto said.

"Pleased to meet you too and Seeley works just fine for me," the American replied.

"Very well, Seeley. I assume you've both met Owen over here?" he asked the pair who nodded. "I have to say I'm really glad it's you two rooming with us for the year, we were both rather concerned that we might end up with some of the other students from the program. I'm sure they're all decent people, they're just a little loud for our taste."

"And obnoxious," Owen added causing the two new arrivals to grin.

"Yeah we kinda got that vibe when we first reached the group and on the bus ride over here," Seeley replied. The other three chuckled slightly. "We figured you two were the more pleasant of the group that's why all the girls were sitting over with you."

Ianto nodded in response. "Yes, the girls are all lovely and we bonded over our mutual dislike of obnoxious jerks."

Jack and Seeley laughed.

"So anyway I was thinking, since we're all going to be living together in this small space we might sit down and have a proper chat after we've settled in," Ianto suggested. "You know just get to know each other a little and discuss any issues we think might arise so we all continue to get along."

Jack, Seeley and Owen nodded in agreement. "I think that sounds like a good idea," Jack agreed.

"Alright then I guess we should get back to unpacking. We'll meet back out here when we're all done." Ianto announced and the group headed back into their rooms to continue unpacking. Ianto reached the door to his room and paused. He'd forgotten to ask who was in room 2k and therefore sharing a bathroom with him. He really should have asked that.

"Oh, Ianto," Jack's voice drew his attention back down the common room to the other bedroom door on the same wall as his own. "Looks like we're neighbours you and me." The Canadian announced with a grin. "Don't worry I don't snore."

Ianto grinned back. "Thank god for that! Don't worry; neither do I."

They grinned at each other for a moment before disappearing back into their rooms. As soon as he was alone Ianto allowed himself to grin even wider. Jack was only a room away from him; that was definitely something to smile about. He quashed the negative thoughts that immediately flew into his head about how Jack would never be interested in him and went back to making the bed.

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end of chapter 1

So what do we think so far??? Who do we think Justin is any theories???? If anyone's wondering I made Jack Canadian rather than American because from what I've heard Canadians are more open minded when it comes to sexuality and I thought that would suit him better. Once again please review and let me know what you think, if there are any criticisms please make them constructive.

Love you all

Kayla