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Happy Birthday, Dr. House

Jun 12, 2007 18:53

After being in New York, except not, there was no way Jack was going to let House's birthday go by without some kind of recognition. He woke up early and baked a cake. Okay, so it was one layer and kind of lopsided, but it tasted okay. It was the thought that counted, not the food, anyway. He'd promised Crowley future favors in return for some wine ( Read more... )

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toshiko_san June 13 2007, 00:10:25 UTC

Tosh wasn't really in the modd for a party, but this was Jack's partner. That made it important. Grabbing a juice of some sort, she lingered at the edges, smiling a bit at people who went by.

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 00:30:00 UTC

Ace paused when she saw Tosh, who at this moment looked to her like salvation. "Hey! I- Er. How're you?"

There was nothing that could be so awkward as Ace trying to talk to House, so Tosh was an angel in comparison.

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 00:32:53 UTC

Tosh's smile grew when she saw Ace. Someone she knew, and liked. "I'm okay. Been better, but alright. How are you?"

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 00:36:03 UTC

Ace hesitated, and then nodded. "Pretty much the same." She bit her lower lip, and looked back over her shoulder at House.

"I... kind of figured that coming was the right thing to do. You know."

To say that she was rubbish in social situations was an understatement.

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 00:41:37 UTC

Tosh could sympathise with that completely, and her expression reflected that. "Yes, well, he is Jack's partner. Besides, its nice, to be here." Even though she really didn't want to be tonight.

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 00:46:09 UTC

"It's not terribly nice, I don't think." The words escaped before Ace could stop them, and she turned red. ".... Er. Not- Not that I don't mean to be here, or- Bollocks." She liked Parties that weren't for anything, they just WERE.

"So, what's new?"

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 00:51:12 UTC

"It's Alright Ace. I'm having a bit of a long week myself, and I really didn't feel up to a party tonight."

Unfortunately she was taking a sip of her drink when Ace asked her what was up, and she coughed, choking on it, her cheeks brightening. "Nothing. really, it's nothing. Just... No, never mind."

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 01:02:46 UTC

Ace really wasn't going to press. "Well, alright then." She looked at Tosh worriedly, and then craned her head to the side. "Want to walk back home?" Seemed a good plan, and Ace could walk back to the treehouse from there.

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 01:06:07 UTC

Tosh nodded with relief. She'd had enough of the party truly. She'd talked to everyone she needed to, and having some company on the way home... "That'd be nice. Thank you."

"Were you asleep? This past weekend?" Tosh wished she'd thought to look for more names on the list, but she hadn't.

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 01:10:23 UTC

Ace stared at her fingers.

"I went home." She looked back at Tosh, and she looked almost... haunted. "Went back to my TARDIS. Told him I didn't want to go with him anymore." She shrugged, her voice rough.

"That's all there is to it, isn't there? And it was a dream."

The fact that she'd told him to go to Torchwood, to leave her there and she'd worked-

That was irrelevent, because it wasn't true.

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 01:20:01 UTC

"Of course." Tosh cursed herself for asking. It wasn't considerate, among other things, and Ace really didn't seem like the person to want to share things.

"I'm pregnant." She blurted it out, before she could stop herself.

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 01:27:20 UTC

Ace turned, and stared at her, eyes wide. "Are you okay?" Her first reaction was that Tosh should be sitting down, or something, and she swallowed, trying to figure out what to say, and-

"I had the Doctor take me back to Cardiff in 1989. To work for Torchwood." It was a rush of words just to fill the space as Ace watched her with wide eyes.

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 01:38:42 UTC

"I'm fine, reall..." Her words were cut off by the next thing Ace said. "To Torchwood? My Torchwood?" Before her time of course, but...

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 01:42:55 UTC

"Yes?" It was a squeak of a word. "I- I didn't know where else to go, and- Shouldn't you sit down, or something?" She looked vaugely ill, and she kept opening her mouth and closing it, like she couldn't figure out what to say. "You're sure you're alright?"

toshiko_san June 13 2007, 01:52:24 UTC

"No, it's okay, just... What was it like? Was Jack there?" She looked slightly confused at Ace's insistence, and shook her head, "Sit down? Oh. No, it's okay Ace. It's not that far along."

pawnoffenric June 13 2007, 02:51:35 UTC

Ace looked at Tosh worriedly, then nodded once. "Mm. Well." She cleared her throat, and exhaled slowly. "Yeah. Not... Not the Jack from here. Torchwood Jack."

She shrugged, and looked down at the grass around them.

"It was... interesting?"

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