THE SWAN SONG

So I will know you're back you're here again
For a while
Oh let us share
The memories that only we can share
Together

Tell me about
The days before I was born
How we were as children

You touch my hand
These colours come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

We breath the air
Do you remember how you used to touch my hair?
You're not aware
Your hands keep still
You just don't know that I am here

It hurts too much
I pray now that soon you're released
To where you belong

You touch my hand
These colours come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

Please say my name
Remember who i am
You will find me in the world of yesterday
You drift away again
Too far from where I am
When you ask me who I am

Say my name
These colours come alive
In your heart and in your mind
I cross the borders of time
Leaving today behind to be with you again

Say my name

Say My Name – Within Temptation


Jasmine Scented Dreams

The last day Ianto Jones saw Alex Rose Tyler they had an argument.

It was one of the rarest things to happen between the pair of them, Alex Rose who was blunt, rash and temperamental usually softened and was shyer round Ianto. Ianto was always easy going and allowed Alex Rose to come as she please, whether she wanted to spend six months travelling round the world or to go between Cardiff and London at random moments. Nothing Alex Rose does have ever pissed Ianto off whether it was being bitchy or almost burning his flat down. Until that day when she turned round and demanded to meet his sister.

"Why not? Why can't I meet her?" she shouted in frustration. "It's not like we're a brand new couple, we've been dating practically two years now, and I live with you!"

"For now" Ianto pointed out calmly.

"Is that why? Because I have a habit of running off once in awhile? I am trying Ianto, you know I am" Alex Rose said pleadingly, trying to get him to understand.

"It's not that"

"Is it because of my age? Goddamnit Ianto, my family had no problem with you being older than me why should your family have problems with me being younger?"

It was true to say that no one in Alex Rose's family had a problem with the age difference, even though Ianto had thought the seven year age gap was too much for people's liking. Alex's mother Rose had laughed and informed him that Alex's father is a nine hundred year old alien so how could she say no to Alex Rose dating a man only seven years older. Donna chimed in with a similar statement about Jack and Jack merely shrugged pointing out that when he was Alex Rose's age he was doing worse things. Tosh merely smiled while JJ and Owen threatened if he broke Alex Rose's heart they break his neck.

"Is it because of my visions and the fact I'm alien? Am I too weird for your family? Or is-"

"It's a lot of things!" Ianto shouted. "It's because I rarely stayed in contact and I hide my life from my sister. It's because you're so young and you're going to age slowly so how can we pretend that we're a normal happy couple considering marriage and families? It's because any day I could die because of our work, it's because your visions can go out of control and you could hurt yourself or someone around you causing my sister to freak. It's because I don't know if you're going to stay for long"

Alex Rose stared up at him with empty eyes. He had seen her stare at people with those eyes before and it had often made him ill. She was putting a mask on to hide her hurt feelings.

"Right..." she said. "Guess I'll leave then"

She walked into the bedroom and grabbed her rucksack shoving random clothes in.

"Where are you going?" Ianto asked trailing after her worriedly. Despite his worries, fears and doubts he loved her and he didn't want her to leave. "The Hub? JJ and Gwen's? Tosh's?"

Alex Rose let out a bark like laughter. "We all know that Tosh would rather die than even look at me right now" she said. "I'm going to my Mum's and then maybe to Japan or China or something afterwards"

"Alex..."

"We'll talk later, when I get back...when you're ready" she stopped at the front door. "I and Dad are alike in many ways...but unlike him I don't have any problems with domestics"

She then left.

Two days later her sister crash-landed in Cardiff. Earth was stolen, Jack and JJ left with JJ's little sister to help save the universe from the daleks and return the Earth to its rightful place. They came back looking pale, tired and grieved, Jack had a firm hand on JJ's shoulder, his arm wrapped round the boy holding him as if he was afraid the boy would disappear.

JJ looked half dead, half empty, completely destroyed.

"I'm sorry Ianto" Jack said softly. "But she's gone forever"

"What? You mean Jenny?" Ianto asked frowning.

"No...Alex...she...she got caught up in the crossfire, it was killing her and...There was nothing we could do..."

Ianto broke down.

DWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDWDW

He smelled her before he felt her.

She had always smelled of jasmines, rich musky scent that clung to their bedding no matter how many washes he gave it. She had plonked herself carelessly on his hips, straddling him. She leaned down; her hair tickling his forehead as she gently pressed her lips against his, her skin cooler than his as always. Her hand moved to stroke his hair.

His eyes fluttered open to see not a young woman with crazy hair and amber gold eyes but a blonde woman with brown eyes, an almost replica of JJ's face but feminine. Even though she didn't look it, he knew this was Alex Rose.

"You're so beautiful" she whispered. "I missed you so much; it's been so long since I've seen you"

"You...regenerated?" he guessed remembering the Time Lord Biology lecture Alex Rose had given him long ago.

"Yeah...but it went a bit funny, you see I'm all muddled up when I wake up I won't remember this. I won't remember being Alex Rose Tyler, I won't remember aliens and Torchwood and you and my twin" she sighed heavily. "I'll be poor confused Carly Wicks all over again; it's destroying me, literally"

"What do you mean?" Ianto asked concerned, sitting up as his arms wrapped round Alex Rose's waist.

She rested her head against his shoulder. "It hurts...so much...my head is burning, it's like its one fire and I'm...I'm waking up..."

He tightened his grip on her. "No, please don't leave me, I'm sorry, I need you Alex Rose come back and I'll introduce you to my sister and-"

"Ianto wake up"

He froze, Alex Rose's voice had changed to a softer, higher pitched voice. One that was so familiar because he had sat through all of its lectures.

"Ianto wake up, it's time for work, Ianto"

The bedroom melted away and Ianto let out a groan as he woke up. He lifted his head up from the reception desk and looked up to see Tosh standing there, her black silky hair done up in a bun and her clothes incredibly neat, she looked worried.

"Did you stay here all night again? Look at you you're a mess"

He could see his reflection in the dirty mirror across the information booth that's used as a disguise for the Hub's opening. He had several days worth of stubble, his hair was all over the place and his suit was crumpled, he was sure that he smelt horrible but it was hard to tell because the smell of jasmines was strong.

Tosh sniffed. "Smells lovely in here though" she took another sniff. "I'm sure I smelled this from somewhere before...didn't your flat always smell like this"

Ianto's eyes widened and he suddenly ran down into the Hun.

"IANTO?"

High heels were clackering behind him, telling him that Tosh was following, he dashed passed the workstations, jumped down the stairs and ran into the changing room; he almost tore of Alex Rose's locker door open. He knew her stuff was still in there, no one had the courage to empty it yet, he pulled out a jumper that was lying on the top and took a deep sniff.

Jasmines.

Tosh stumbled in, panting slightly. "What's wrong, Ianto what happened?" she asked.

Ianto held up the jumper to Tosh. "Smell"

She did, taking in a deep breath. "Jasmines" she sighed.

"I dreamt about Alex Rose and I woke up with the room smelling of her" Ianto said excitedly. "Jack and JJ were wrong, she's not gone completely. She's coming back"

It was then when Jack, JJ, Martha and Gwen came in the room.

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