Suits and suspenders - janto teacher au

The bay

Ianto opened his eyes blearily with a groan. He glanced at where the midday sun was glaring through his blinds... wait... midday? HE HAD WORK! He stumbled out of bed and glanced at his side. There was a note. He swiped the note off the side and downed the two
Paracetamols on top of it. His head was killing him. He read the note from jack out loud and instantly relaxed with a smile. He didn't have to go into work today then. He stumbled to the kitchen and opened up his fridge... damn... no milk. He sighed, he would have to go to the shop if he wanted to eat cereal. He took his coffee black and made his way to the bathroom to shower.

He was only popping down to the corner shop so he threw on a pair of black jeans and a black T-shirt before he strode from his flat. His hangover seemed to be subsiding... so that was something. Suddenly his phone rang. "Uh? Hello?" he asked down the phone. The voice of the school secretary, Donna noble, crackled through the phone line "Ianto... where the hell are you" she barked. He ran a hand down his face "didnt Uh didn't jack tell you why i'm not in?". "No... he isn't in either is he with you..." she asked. Ianto frowned "w-what why would he be with me?". "Well" Donna chattered "we always thought you were... Yanno... cause if Lisa and all that but apparently, according to owen you two left the bar together and now you're both not in" she said suggestively. Ianto sighed "well he's not with me and I'm ill so.." he explained irritably, hanging up the phone. He made his way into the shop and located the milk before making his way to the counter. The shop owner, a chatty lady named Mandy, bagged his shopping up and began to gossip just as she usually did. "Hello ianto love, shouldn't your be at work? Oh no matter, no need to explain I'm sure you have your reasons. Oh you know that weak barrier!" She exclaimed. Ianto nodded as he swiped his card, he knew that barrier all too well... it was the barrier to the bay that had killed Lisa when her car skidded off course. "Well..." Mandy carried on dramatically "supposedly a car swerved down there last night ... they're pulling it out today... terrible isn't it?" She informed him in a hushed voice. He nodded distractedly as he made his way out of the shop.

As he walked past the bay, they were pulling the car out of the water. Ianto didn't normally look, he respected the privacy of whoever had been involved in the accident... but something caught his eye. "No...." he breathed. A black SUV was being dragged from the water, it's tires covered in mud and ... whatever else is at the bottom of the bay. He dropped his shopping as he stared, his head suddenly spinning as he remembered. He remembered screaming and thrashing against the police man as they dragged Lisa's white Audi from the water. He remembered sobbing and swearing as they dragged her soaked body from the drivers seat. His breathing became laboured as he came back to himself. "Are you alright love?" A kindly police woman asked him, he looked up at her suddenly realising he had sunk to the pavement with his shopping. "Oh uh... y yeah sorry". He stood... there must me lots of those cars ... right? Immediately he was proven wrong, his legs nearly buckling as a familiar dark haired man was pulled from the divers seat. Ianto let out a small yelp as he stumbled towards the police tape... "that's jack's ... that's his .... oh god... that's him..." he breathed with dread". The police officer chased after him "I'm sorry sir ... do you know him? You can't go through there" she reached out an arm. Ianto shook her off "GET OFF ME" he bellowed. "Please... I'm ... I'm his friend ... he's my friend" he pleaded, tears in his eyes. "Oi mate you can't.... you can't go through here...do you know him... we can't make out the ID it's waterlogged... who is he? And does he have any family we need to inform" A male voice said. Ianto spun towards him "who are you" he mumbled tearfully. "Oh sorry" the blonde haired police officer reached for his ID "PC Andy Davidson... you work with Gwen cooper... don't you?". Ianto nodded "yeah yeah I do I'm ianto" he breathed distractedly "Uhm ... he's ... he's jack harkness... American... moved from America to uh ... to England to wales ... I don't think he has any family over here". Andy looked at ianto's face. Curiously "how long have you known him?" He asked. Ianto turned to him "only about a week or so but ... he's nice ... Uhm is he..." his voice broke "dead?" He questioned. Andy shook his head "no ... no... not as of yet ...but we can't be sure how he is until we get him to the hospital... can we get your phone number... so we can inform you how he is". Ianto gave the police officer his number and could do nothing else. Ianto was forced to trail home, retrieving his shopping from the pavement as he went.

Ianto couldn't concentrate on anything. He tried to watch tv but he couldn't concentrate. He tried to make a coffee but the smell made him feel sick. He attempted to read a book but the words jiggled up and down on the page. He resorted to staring at his mobile phone in silence, just waiting for it to ring. He had no idea how long he sat there. His eyelids began to droop when suddenly... his phone began to ring. He jumped, grabbing at the phone and answering it in one motion. "Hello?" He greeted quickly and anxiously. A voice came through the phone, "hello? Mr jones... ianto jones it's me Andy Davidson we spoke earlier... I think you'd best come to the hospital".