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Discalimer: Unfortunately, I don't anything Torchwood... Oh, I wish I did...

Chapter 1

The little boy had taken out a small magic kit, with the help of the air hostess, and you could see the fascination and happiness in his eyes as he opened it and started taking things out of it, placing them in front of him on the table.

His sister looked up from her book, smiled slightly at her brother's actions and looked at her dad. Their father was still fast asleep, after the last night at her grand-parents' house, and all the fighting between her grandmother and him, it wasn't odd that he was tired. They didn't know she had heard them, but she had. Lily tried not to think about it though, she didn't know who was right; her grandmother who wanted the three of them to stay in the US, to be close to them, or her father who wanted the family to stay in Cardiff where her brother and she had always lived. She shook her head slightly and returned to reading the third Harry Potter-book for the umpteenth time. She was a good reader, especially for her age, and she loved reading. She especially loved the Harry Potter-books, and they were a good way to lose herself and escape her reality.

Ianto Jones was also reading a Harry Potter-book, but the fifth, when the little boy came up to him, about three hours into their flight.

"Hello! I'm James, would you like to see a magic trick?'

Ianto looked up at him and smiled.

"I'd love to, James. I'm Ianto."

The little boy shook the hand Ianto held out to him and smiled, before proceeding to show him not one but five magic tricks. Ianto applauded politely and genuinely after each one, but carefully so that he wouldn't wake Tosh, who was seated in front of him. She was exhausted after the last few days, she had been one of the key note-speakers at the course/convention on how to use multimedia and technology in education, and had had to take a much more active part than Ianto, who was merely the representative of their school.

After the fifth trick, James sat down, after promising to come back in a little while when he had prepared a few new tricks.

Ianto had just resumed reading when the James' sister came up to him.

"Excuse me sir, if my brother bothers you, just tell me and I'll make him stop."

"That's alright, he's good at magic, and it's a long flight, it's nice with some entertainment. My name's Ianto, what's yours?"

"I'm Lily, sir."

"It's very nice to meet you Lily! So, what do you think of the Prisoner of Azkaban?"

"Oh, it's fantastic," the little girl started to rave "but it's not the first time I'm reading it, so what's nice now is that I discover so many new details! Like…" and she gave him several examples, and Ianto smiled and nodded knowingly.

As she finished, he couldn't help but ask her.

"Lily, how old are you? You seem really good at reading, and you've apparently read these books as many times as I have, but it is a little surprising for a girl your age…"

"I just turned seven, I started reading them two years ago with my mum… I love to read; you learn and discover new things all the time! Like Harry Potter and the wizarding world…" she smiled.

James returned while they were talking, and showed them both a few more tricks.

"Ianto, would you read to us? I'm not quite as good at reading as Lily, but I really like Harry Potter! I mean, they're about magic!" James asked, and looked up at his new friend with his large blue eyes.

"Yeah, sure, I'd love to! So, should we continue where you are in your book, Lily? Do you know the story so far, James?" Ianto answered, not being able to say no, he was really looking forward to going back to work next week, he missed the children, and he had a lot of fun with these two, apparently very bright, and nice children.

Both children nodded and went to fetch the book and a sweater each, it was a bit chilly so high up, crossing the Atlantic.

Ianto put his own book in the small cabin-bag he had brought on the plane, and the children each took a seat on his armrests, as he started to read to them.

It was while Ianto read to Lily and James, that Jack woke up, he yawned and stretched and looked at his children's places, just to see that neither child was in its place. But before he could even start to worry, he heard a calm Welsh voice reading something very familiar, and he just knew. Before he turned and saw his children seated next to the young man, he knew that they were there. They could never resist Harry Potter.

He discreetly watched the three of them, completely wrapped up in the wizarding world, and was happy to see his children smiling. The young Welshman seemed really good with them, he read to them with different voices and with such imagination, and Jack couldn't help but smile. The young man was in his late twenties, dressed in grey suit-trousers, a purple shirt and a waist-coat in the same tone as the trousers. Jack found himself thinking about how good he looked. He listened some more, and he smiled as his eyes met those of the beautiful Asian woman sat next to him, in front of Ianto and the children. They smiled as they listened to the ending of a chapter of Harry Potter, and heard the disappointment of the children, as Ianto told them that he needed a little break. Ianto stood up and went to the bathroom, and the children settled in their own places again.

"Thanks for reading to them, they really enjoyed it!" Jack said to Ianto as he passed him on his way back.

Ianto smiled at him, and Jack thought that he could easily have lost himself in those beautiful blue eyes and sweet smile, and smiled back.

"It's been my pleasure, they're really great kids, Mr …."

"Harkness, but please, call me Jack. And you are?"

"Jones, Ianto Jones." Ianto found himself thinking about how gorgeous he thought the American was, and how infectious his smile was. But he wore a wedding-band, so must be married, probably a Welshwoman, if you listened to the children's accents… Ianto thought to himself. Well well, he had spent a nice flight with two great kids, and the fact that the dad was gorgeous was just a bonus. He now realised just how long he had been staring at Jack, he needed to divert attention from himself.

"And this is my lovely travelling companion Toshiko Sato." Ianto introduced his friend.

"Ah, great meeting you both!" Of course it was his girlfriend, typical Jack, it was just his luck, he hadn't met anyone worth thinking about since Estelle's death, and the first person he's attracted to, is straight. And now he had made the guy feel uncomfortable by staring at him, and he felt like he had to introduce his girlfriend. Stupid, stupid, stupid… He'd leave them alone for the rest of the flight. Oh well, at least his kids had had a nice trip, Ianto had obviously been really good with them, that was the important thing.

They didn't have any more time to talk, as the crew informed them that they would soon be landing, and they all settled in their own seats, thinking about nice but short encounters.

TBC