A/N – Written from a prompt from reel_torchwood over on livejournal, which was Legally Blonde. I had planned to follow the plot line from Legally Blonde exactly, unfortunately the plot bunnies had other ideas. Starts off the same but then veers off (and I mean really veers off), although some of the plot ideas from Legally Blonde are in there.

Pairings – Jack/Ianto (main), Ianto/Lisa, Lisa/Gray, Owen/Tosh (hinted)

Warnings – Probably not the story for Lisa fans. OOC, also some license with the Cybermen and how to destroy them.

Disclaimer - Both Torchwood and Legally Blonde don't belong to me. If they did I'd be very rich - and I'm not. Just playing with the characters and the plot line for fun, no profit made!

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Chapter 1
The Breakup

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Ianto took a deep breath as he turned and looked at himself in the mirror. He straightened his tie, taking in the suit he was wearing, and gave himself a small smile. His father was a genius as a tailor. The suit was fitted perfectly and he was sure Lisa would be pleasantly surprised.

He hadn't ever worn a suit when he went out with her before, but tonight was different. He walked nervously over to his bedside table and opened the small velvet box sitting on it. The small diamond ring sparkled and reflected the light. It had taken him three years to save up for it. Three years working at the coffee house on campus and working with his father during the summer.

He'd finally saved up enough to buy the ring and now he simply had to ask Lisa the question. They had started dating in their first year at college. He had never thought she would look twice at him, her being from one of the wealthiest families on Earth and him, a scholarship recipient from a lower-class family.

But for some reason, unknown to him, she had agreed to the date when he had nervously asked. And they had been together ever since.

"You actually don't look half bad, Tea Boy," Owen said, walking into his room and flopping down on the bed. Ianto shut the velvet box and placed it into his suit pocket.

"So tonight's the big night, then?" Owen asked, sitting up on the bed and raising an eyebrow. Ianto nodded once, turning back to the mirror and nervously running a hand down his jacket.

"Looks like your lady love is here," Owen said, moving to the window. Ianto followed him and couldn't help but smile when he saw his girlfriend in her car, parked out front.

"Good luck, mate," Owen called, as he strode out of the room. Jogging down the steps, he got to the first floor just as Lisa entered, wearing a stunning purple dress.

"You look gorgeous," he said, walking over to kiss her. At the last moment she turned her head, his lips skating across her cheek, giving him a strained look as he looked at her with some confusion.

"We don't want to be late," Lisa said, voice cool, threading her arm through his and leading him outside. Something settled heavily in the pit of Ianto's stomach, which he tied to tell himself was nerves.

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Taking a deep gulp of his wine, Ianto watched Lisa as she finished eating her main course. He had set it up with the staff at the restaurant to have the box come with her desert and the waiting was killing him.

"Not hungry?" she asked, voice still threaded with that same cold tone as earlier. He shook his head and gave her a weak smile, glancing down at his still half full plate.

"I'm in the mood for something sweet," he said, voice steady. She grimaced and nodded, taking a sip of her wine, hands shaking a little. Did she know what he was going to ask already?

"Listen, Ianto, we need to talk," Lisa started, eyes meeting his for a moment, before flitting away again. "We've been dating for a long time now and it's been great. But you know my family, there are things expected, things I have to do and be."

Ianto nodded, a small smile gracing his face as he saw the waiters bringing their desert over.

"And well, you know how much I love you," she continued.

Ianto couldn't help the grin that crossed his face as he nodded, not really paying attention to what she was saying, too excited about what was going to happen.

"But my family expects certain things from me, and if I want to be taken seriously as a Time Agent, then I need someone who's going to know what that's like and be able to support me."

The waiter placed the two plates down, giving Ianto a wink, before walking off. Lisa was looking directly at him now and hadn't glanced down at the velvet box on her plate.

"Maybe you should eat some of your desert-"

"-I think we should break up."

Ianto froze, eyes drawn from the box to Lisa's.

Break up? "What?" he asked.

"I can't be who I'm supposed to be with you, I'm sorry."

Ianto looked down at the little velvet box and then back up at Lisa again. Lisa finally noticed his glance and looked down at her desert. She looked up at him with wide eyes and Ianto felt a blush spread across his cheeks.

How could he have been so stupid?

"Ianto," Lisa said, voice amazingly condescending with just that one word. Looking away, Ianto wondered how he could've gotten everything so wrong.

"I'm sorry," she said, standing up and walking around the table. "I'll settle the bill and then we'll leave."

"No," Ianto replied, surprised at how steady his voice sounded. "Just go."

She leaned down and placed a kiss on his cheek, before walking away from the table. Ianto smiled weakly at the waiter who came over, he barely glanced at the plate, simply leaving the bill next to Ianto's arm. Reaching across the table he picked up the box, shoving it into his pocket, he shoved the money with the bill and left the restaurant.

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"Alright, enough is enough, Tea Boy," Owen said, walking into Ianto's room and pulling the book he had been reading out of his hands. Ianto looked up at him in confusion.

"I'm sorry?" he asked, having no idea what Owen was going on about. Since the break-up with Lisa he had gone about his normal life, he still got top grades, still worked at the coffee house, still was in love with Lisa.

"You … being all … I don't know, but it's been weird, and I don't like it. So I've come up with a solution, cos that's just the awesome person I am," Owen replied, flopping onto his bed and throwing a magazine at him. Ianto raised his eyes to Owen when he realized it was for the Time Agency Academy.

"I'm not interested in being a Time Agent, Owen, that's your thing," Ianto said, tossing the brochure aside.

"First off, idiot, I want to be a medic, not a damn Time Agent, and secondly, that appears to be what your lady love's family wants," Owen replied, handing him the brochure. Ianto recognized the lady in the picture as Lisa's sister, he stood up and read the caption out loud.

"Third year Time Agency Student, Martha Hallet, pictured with her fiancee', Lieutenant Tom Milligan, Time Agent Graduate."

Owen grinned up at him, leaning over and stealing Ianto's coffee off his bedside table. Ianto rolled his eyes and walked over to the window.

"This is what Lisa wants," he murmured quietly, his heart aching, as it always did when he mentioned Lisa. Looking down at the magazine, he looked out at the rain drizzling down and smiled for the first time in two weeks.

He would become a Time Agent.

And he would win Lisa back.

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