MY SKIN
"You're beautiful!" The words tumbled out of his mouth before he could stop them. Tosh blushed brightly and Nana had an irritating knowing smile on her face as she held up her camera and took a photo of Owen standing on the stairs looking gobsmacked. Tosh stood there in his landing wearing a simple white dress with white wings and white and silver glitter mask that covered the top half of her face. She truly was an angel though he couldn't help wonder how much mocking she got as she made her way here. He would have gone and picked her up himself but her mother was out and Nana wanted photos... "Stand next to her and wrap an arm round her shoulders, yes that's it, smile and say cheese" Nana instructed without even waiting for the word cheese she quickly snapped several pictures causing Tosh to continually blink as she recovered from the blue white flashes. "Oh yes you two are a pretty couple, I'm swooning at the sight of my little Owen looking like a proper gentleman. You take care of him dear and make sure he doesn't drink too much and you Owen make sure this little angel gets home safely, I've been hearing all horrid things about the streets these days" "Don't worry Nana, we'll be fine" Owen said leaning down to kiss his grandmother's cheek before opening the door for Tosh. "I'll be back very late so don't wait up for me" TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW As Owen and Tosh entered the hotel social room a chubby girl in a full pale blue mask with glitter butterflies ran up to them. Not allowing them a second to even take in the decorated room or see who was there or not. "Owen, I like your mask very Phantom of the Opera" the girl said in a simpering voice as she played with the skirt of her blue puffy dress. "And Toshiko I love your wings, where ever did you find them?" "Err...thank you...Gwen helped me" Tosh murmured shyly as she stepped back to hide behind Owen. "Oh Gwen, she looks very beautiful tonight too. Have you seen her and Jack? They're like a matching pair of romance!" Owen raised an eyebrow at this girl's awful descriptions and annoying simpering voice. "I'm sorry but who are you?" he asked in a cold voice. The girl took her mask off and Owen leaped back in horror. "God Damnit Janet! Put that mask back on before you make someone cry!" Janet let out a wail before running away in tears. Gwen and Jack then appeared in a dark red matching outfit. Gwen wore a strapless red gown with a puffy skirt and Jack wore a normal tuxedo with red velvet jacket both had matching red and black masks on. "Owen you useless twat" Gwen said scornfully. "Learn some tact why don't you? Janet had only managed to gain some confidence this year!" "I can't help it! My mouth just opens up and insults come out whenever I'm around her" Owen exclaimed. "That's probably because she stalked you for three years straight since Year Eight" Jack said sympathetically. "She did?" Owen looked horrified. "What you didn't notice? Owen there was a reason why I called you the King of the Weevils back then. Janet Weevil and her brothers used to follow you in puppy adoration" "They did?" Gwen smacked her forehead. "I'm surrounded by idiots. Come on then, Andy and Ianto are already here and we all got a table together – with no teachers I might add" "Brilliant, I don't need to hear a teacher lecturing me about one of my many pranks as they get drunk" Owen muttered. "I doubt they would even want to think about you when they're out on a piss" Gwen said rolling her eyes. "Oh trust me Gwen, we once crashed a teacher's Christmas party and they were all bitching about Owen in their drunken states. It was hilarious" Jack said snickering. "Didn't you get off with the Teacher Assistant?" Owen said scrunching his forehead up in concentration as he tried to remember the party. He too may have gotten a little to drunk at the time. "Yeah and she got fired because of it" Jack said sighing sadly. "Oh well at least I got gorgeous Gwen who is a far better kisser" Gwen smiled and Owen gagged while Tosh bit her lip to smother a giggle. Just then Andy and Ianto magically appeared at their side. "Whoa Tosh baby you look gorgeous, hey Owen wanna swap dates?" Andy joked causing Ianto to sigh and Owen to scowl. "No" he said grabbing hold of Tosh's hand. "Stick to your own date before he finds something better" "You wound me" Andy said flatly, he then turned to Gwen. "Have you seen the menus? It's so posh; I don't even know how to eat lobster!" "Then choose something else" Gwen said with another eye roll before smiling at Jack who held her chair out for her. Owen did the same for Tosh and the lads just sat down peering at the menus while muttering darkly under their breaths and causing Gwen to snigger at them and Tosh to smile. None of them were aware of the eyes watching them with disgust. TWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTWTW Dinner was fun. They had teased one another mercilessly and gotten tipsy on the free wine, when the lights dimmed and a DJ started playing music Jack led Gwen out onto the dance floor and has yet to let her sit down for a break. But she didn't mind, having Jack's strong arms around her and breathing in his gorgeous spicy scent while occasionally feeling his lips press against the back of her neck, Gwen honestly thought this was heaven and seeing Tosh's wings from the corner of her eye helped fuel this believe. Tosh and Owen had started off dancing with a distance between them and their arms stiffly around one another both uncertain and nervous. After several more drinks of the spiked punch though the couple were all wrapped round one another, Tosh buried her head into Owen's shoulders and he was breathing in her hair with a content smile. Gwen thought it was one of the most adorable sights she'd seen since Alice. Alice. The thought sobered her a little. The thought of the little girl who should have seen them off with pouts and demands to go dancing with them but instead was lying on a hospital bed with wires sticking out of her made Gwen burn with fury. If she meets the person who did that to Alice she shall kill them with her bare hands. Jack whirled her round and now she had full view of Andy and Ianto who both sat there chatting while occasionally sipping their drinks. Neither had gone up to dance yet and while Gwen knew that Ianto was a bit shy about dancing it gave Andy no excuse to ask him and drag Ianto onto the dance floor. "Let's play matchmaker" she whispered in Jack's ear causing him to shudder slightly. "What do you have in mind?" he asked in a husky voice that caused goose bumps. Whispering her plan they shared an evil smirk. "I take Andy so we can avoid jealousy issues" he said letting go of Gwen and heading towards the two boys while Gwen followed with a cheerful smile. "Come on Yan, you're dancing with me" she said firmly grabbing hold of Ianto's hand and pulling him up. "I can't Gwen" Ianto muttered looking embarrassed. "Don't give me that shit! You can and will and you'll have fun. No one should be sitting around at their prom it's a night of fun with your classmates before you leave and become someone very superior to them and shame them all at your reunion" Ianto's lips twitched and he allowed Gwen to pull him onto the dance floor with an eye roll. The pair danced for a while before Gwen asked him to spin her, dutifully doing so Gwen vanished and Andy replaced her. "Ah" "Yeah" Andy said awkwardly. "Jack and Gwen's fault" "Evil matchmakers" Ianto said nodding understandingly. "Yeah, Jack said I should ask you to dance" "I thought we already are" "So we are" Jack and Gwen watched from the sidelines with satisfied smiles on their faces. Gwen swallowed and licked her lips. "I'm parched" she said turning to Jack. "You stay here while I'll get some drinks" "All right then love, but don't make me wait too long" Jack said kissing her lips quickly before letting her go. "I won't" Gwen promised. They were bored. The dinner was boring as they were stuck on a table with some pathetic no-life teachers and some of the even more pathetic students. Their conversations were polite and seemly interesting but no once can hold their interest like Gwen can. After the boring dinner they were angry, burning hatred with the fierce urge to punch Jack Harkness as he groped Gwen all over on the dance floor. They snorted at the stupidness of Ianto Jones and Andy whathisname. The blonde wasn't even worth the remembrance of a second name he was that insignificant. Those two homosexual idiots had to be encouraged by Gwen to get their act together just for a stupid dance. Though they had to thank them, because of them it gave them an opening to get to Gwen as she left the git Jack to get something to drink. "Hello Gwen" they said quietly. She looked up and smiled with that cute toothy grin showing her little gap. "Hello, are you ok?" she asked worriedly as she noticed their body language, how tense they were and shaky. All due to the mix of excitement and fear. "I need to talk to you. It's about something important and I don't trust anyone but you" they whispered sounding so pathetically desperate that it made them want to puke. But it was the truth, they did need to speak to Gwen Cooper so very much and she was the only they trusted. "Please Gwen..." Her expression was soft and sweet. "Of course, I believe Janet had arranged a room here in case someone got ill. I'll ask a teacher for a key and we'll talk up there" They held back a sneer at the mention of the idiotic Head Girl who for some irritating reason saw Owen Harper as a godsend. The man had insulted the poor girl since day one and hasn't stopped yet. Instead they merely nodded and murmured a thank you. "Wait here" Gwen said squeezing their hand tightly before rushing into the crowds. Within a few minutes she was back holding a key card. "Come on then, let's go" The walk was a quiet and quick one. No one saw them since they were all in the social room getting themselves stupidly drunk and making fools out of themselves. Gwen opened up the room and switched the lights on. It was rather plain in colour but was obviously supposed to be modern expensive design. "Would you like a cuppa?" Gwen asked picking up the kettle from the side. They shook their head. "No thank you, Gwen" She put the kettle back down and sat on the bed. "Ok then, what can I do for you Suzie?"
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