Birthday [Gathering]

[ffyddlon]

It had snuck up on them both, in a way, but when Gwen realises her birthday and Ianto's are only three days apart, they come to the joint decision that a party at the Hub would be just the thing to celebrate. There's a lot to celebrate, after all, not the least of which is the fact that Gwen's not fifteen any longer and she spends much of the day on Friday helping Ianto get the place ready for a party.

She doesn't know as many people on the island as she'd like but there's a few that she's really fond of and she hopes will show up.

She's even found a dress to wear for the occasion, deep red with a full skirt that swishes when she moves and for once, Gwen's honestly happy to be on the island.

Comments

[bennet_beauty]

"That is the loveliest thing that I can imagine," Jane confirmed, wishing to settle the rabbit down upon the ground. It was lying dormant, but with her young one kicking her constantly, she seemed to have action appearing from each angle. "How did you know Ianto back home?" she enquired.

[ffyddlon]

Gwen gestures toward the rabbit cage as she speaks, wanting to set it down so she doesn't have to hold it. "Can I put that down for you? And Ianto, he worked with me back home, with Torchwood?"

[bennet_beauty]

Jane smiled politely, not wishing to seem outwardly emotional. "Please," she exhaled, grateful for such a help. "I do believe he has mentioned it, upon occasion. He has been so wonderful, I imagine he was the perfect man of employ. I know my Papa would thrill to have a man like him in his books."

[ffyddlon]

"Ianto's a perfect employee anywhere," Gwen agrees, taking the cage from her and setting it down somewhere safe. "Can't say I'm as organized but I do my absolute best. So, is your Papa here, then?"

[bennet_beauty]

"In a manner of speaking," she responded, her smile turning to one of great love and joy. "In a manner of speaking, I have two. I feel I am a greatly lucky woman for such a fact. Both the Doctor and Jack O'Neill have been so gracious and wonderful and kind to me. I hardly know how I have been this lucky."

[ffyddlon]

The Doctor, at least, was familiar as a concept if not as an actual person and Gwen nods, grinning.

"Very lucky, then. So I guess you're close to Rob, then, if you know the Doctor?"

[bennet_beauty]

"I do know him, yes. We are not close, particularly," Jane spoke, but she did not think they were quite so distant. "We are good friends and we speak when we can, though I do think he is not sure what to make of me. The Doctor treats me as a daughter, but he and I are mostly the same age."

[ffyddlon]

"Ah, that can be tricky," Gwen says, nodding along. "I haven't gotten any father figures along the way but I guess if I do, I'll be as lucky as you are. Do you know Jack too, then?"

[bennet_beauty]

"Harkness?" she replied brightly, as she always seemed to do when the topic of Jack arrived. "Yes, of course! He has been so lovely and so kind. I do not think I have ever met a kinder man. He has been so good to me since I arrived, as well."