Chapter 13

River's POV

I open my eyes slowly. The Doctor is still laying down beside me, presumably asleep. I stand up and start walking to the bathroom when-

Yowzah. I feel him think.

The little Dalek's awake. The telepathic connection we had from last night is still on. I turn around to glare at him. He gives a slight grin, and I cut off the connection.

"You know, I'm not quite as bad as a Dalek." He says, sitting up. I shake my head and walk in the bathroom.

"I'm taking you to 2015 today." he calls from the bedroom. "Good. Smith and Wesson made a very nice pistol that year. I've always wanted one." I say, turning the shower on.

He pokes his head in the doorway. "Are you taking a shower?" "No. I'm rebuilding a star-liner engine." I say sarcastically.

"Sarcasm doesn't suit you, dear." He tells me, pulling me into a hug. "I need to shower." I say. "Well, I want to hug."

"Too bad." I push him off of me and climb in. "River! I was enjoying our hug!"

"Sorry. Go get some clothes on, and we can go to 2015. I just want to take a quick shower. I'll probably have to take another by the time the day is done, anyway." I tell him.

He sighs and walks out. I jump in the shower and take around ten minutes before I get out and go to the control room.

"Oh, good. You're done. Now listen, I sort of picked up a few rift disturbances around a quarter of a mile away. Which,-" he starts to say after he sees the look on my face, "-which shouldn't take that long. So no bringing guns or anything. We won't be there long, so there won't be any need. Well, there may be-" He's interrupted by knocking on the door.

He looks at me curiously. "Didn't you put the TARDIS on a perception filter....?" I nod. What could be able to notice the TARDIS with a perception filter on?

I walk towards the door. "River, come on, we have to fix the perception filter." He says, starting to go under the console. "I just want to see who knocked." I say, getting closer. THUD THUD THUD THUD. "Four times." he murmurs.

I get my gun out and stick my head out the door. "Who the hell are you?" A voice demands. I take the woman in. Blond, blue leather jacket, slightly sassy. Too much attitude for my taste. Needless to say, my gun's pointed at her head.

"Professor River Song. And you?" I ask. "River! Who are you talking to? Come help me fix the- oh." my husband says, gazing out the door. "Where's the Doctor?" the girl demands.

"Rose Tyler! River, gun down." He says with a smile. She looks at him curiously. "Is that you?" She asks quietly. He grins. "Oh yes. What do you think of this one?" he asks, making faces. She immediately runs into his arms and hugs him. Well, what I thought was going to be a hug ended up with her kissing him. He doesn't cooperate and pushes her away gently. He looks at me nervously. I just raise my eyebrow. It makes him nervous.

"You're Rose Tyler?" I ask, lowering my gun. "Yes. Who are you?" The Doctor has mentioned her before. I could tell how much losing her affected him. I could also tell he cared for her. Not in the same way as he did me, but definitely more than friend. But I could also tell from what he said was that she would definitely be jealous he got married. Was I jealous of her? Slightly. I knew others would fall in love with him. It's hard not to.

"Sweetie, introduce us properly." I say, giving him a look. Rose raises her eyebrows at 'sweetie', but doesn't mention it. He claps his hands together. "Right then. River, this is Rose Tyler. Used to travel with me, as you know. Rose, this is, well,-" he pauses. "this is my wife, Professor River Song."

Rose just stares at him for a moment. "You got married." She says quietly. Not a question, a statement. He nods. "Yes, yes I did."

From the glare she's now giving me, I can tell she's a little more than jealous. The Doctor, unaware of the tension, just continues jabbering. "How are you and tentoo doing?"

"Good. He's working at Torchwood. Almost has a TARDIS built, actually." She responds quietly, not taking her gaze off me. "Another good question would be how you got to this universe. We aren't in the parallel universe."

"Can we go inside? I need to sit down, if you don't mind." She asks him, finally stopping her stare down with me. "Yes! Of course!" He says, stepping back and gently tugging me inside.

She looks around. "You changed it." She says. "Yes I did. What do you think?" He asks excitedly. "It's different."

What do you think of the girl? I ask the TARDIS. She makes my thief happy. Not as happy as you, child, but happy. She cared for him after he was broken. I nod. I am grateful for that. He should never be alone.

River. The Doctor nudges my mind gently. I snap my head up to look at him. Are you alright? He asks, trying to get a telepathic link. I nod. Just a little tired. Didn't get much sleep last night. I respond, throwing him a wink.

His face reddens, and he sends me a playful glare. River! We have company! What do you think, by the way?

I let him in my mind. I trust him. He looks through my thoughts gently. Look. He tells me, letting me inside his own mind and showing two doors. I go inside them. One is my door, the other hers. Hers is full of the girl smiling, laughing, and sometimes kissing. He loves her. I feel a slight twinge of jealousy. Now look in yours. I do. Compared to her section, mine is huge. And the fact that he loves me is much more obvious. And mine has many more naughty thoughts. I shoot him a smirk. Yes River, your father would probably chase after me with a sword. Now, I care for her. But never as much as you.

"Hello! Doctor! What's going on?" Rose snaps her fingers in front of his face. I cut off most of the connection, leaving some where we can communicate, but not enough so he can go through my mind. I realize Rose has been shouting at him for a while.

"Oh! Sorry! Got a bit distracted. Now, where exactly is TenToo?" He finally responds. "On his way. I texted him." She responds.

"Good! I love seeing myself. Feels good knowing there's another genius in the room." He says with a stupid grin. I shoot him a good-god-you-have-a-huge-ego look. "male. Male genius." He corrects himself.

We stand in silence a moment. "So, perception filter! Let's fix it!" He finally says. "River, you go under the console and look through the wires. See if somehow she got cut. Rose, you just stay here. And I am going to go get us all some tea and jammy dodgers!" He says happily, going towards the kitchen. I head down the stairs.

Thanks a lot, dear. I think to him. get to know each other! It'll be fine! I roll my eyes. "That man." I murmur.

Rose comes down the stairs after me. "So. You married him? You're not wearing a ring." She says, sitting down on the last step.

"It's complicated."

"He loves you." Another statement, not a question.

"I certainly hope so." I respond, gently looking through all the wires. What's happened, girl? I ask the TARDIS.

She hums back. "How can you not know? It's your problem!" I say, not seeing anything wrong with the wires.

Rose raises an eyebrow. "Excuse me?" I shake my head. "I was talking to the TARDIS." I dismiss her. After I've gone through all the wires, I go sit beside her. Have to talk to her some time.

"Look, I know he loved you too. I've seen his mind. There's absolutely no reason to be jealous of me. You have your own him that can live with you and age with you. Consider yourself lucky." I tell her. She nods. I notice her hand draped across her stomach.

Oh. Oh. That would be the reason for the tension and jealousy. She's pregnant, probably with his clone's child. We sit quietly for a moment. "Have you told him? His clone, I mean?" I ask her.

"I don't know what you're talking about." She denies, standing up. Get back here. Now. I think to my husband.

"What's wrong?" The Doctor finally appears in the room. Rose looks at him, confused. "Why would something be wrong?" Your clone got her pregnant. She hasn't told him yet. This is too much for her to be taking in, especially with the hormones.

His eyes widen. "No reason. I thought I heard a noise." he lies skillfully. What do we do? He thinks frantically.

Rose's POV

I don't know how this River woman found out I was pregnant, and I certainly don't know why he and the Doctor keep looking at each other randomly.

At one point I saw him blush, and her smirk at him. What am I missing? I look at them for a moment, still shooting each other glances and random things.

"Am I missing something here?" I ask them. The Doctor replies "No." at the same time River replies "Yes". They look at each other. "You really don't want to know." The Doctor tells me.

I cross my arms over my chest. "Yeah, I think I do." The TARDIS doors swing open.

"Hey!" Tentoo says, pointing at the Doctor. They rush into a hug. "I like this regeneration. The bow tie is a nice touch." Tentoo says, twiddling the bow tie. All of the sudden, the Doctor blushes deeply. "Stop it, River!" He says, looking over at her. She sends him another one of her smirks.

Tentoo looks over at her as well. I see a flash of pain in his eyes. "Professor Song." He says quietly. The Doctor shoots Tentoo a look. "Hello." She says. "I take it you've met me in your tenth?"she asks. "Yes. A couple of times." He says softly. "Good."

We stand around for a moment. "So, how'd you get here?" The Doctor finally asks Tentoo. he shrugs. "A while back, we found cracks in the universe. We were able to get through."

The Doctor nods. "ahh. I made those. Snapped them shut, though." Tentoo nods. "Yes, we noticed that a while back. I went to sleep the night they shut- these stupid bodies need sleep-and the next morning I had a headache and the cracks were shut." The Doctor nods. "Let me show you what happened. Ready?" Tentoo nods.

"Here goes-" he bangs their heads together. "Ow!" they both yell and stagger backwards. "What did you do?" I ask. River answers. "Just sent him a few memories of what happened. Now he knows all about the reboot."

"Oooh... you may have sent me some others by accident." Tentoo says, looking at River. "Here, I'll take them back." He says, putting his fingers on Tentoo's temples. "She's mine." I hear him whisper quietly.

He must have given memories about River. After a moment, he takes his fingers away. "There. Are they gone?" The Doctor asks Tentoo. Tentoo looks at River. "No."

"Let me try again." he says, and repositions his hands on his clone's head. After a moment, he opens his eyes. How about now?" Tentoo shakes his head again. "They're still there."

"Listen to me. You have to be willing to give them to me. I know you're not. Try to give them back." The Doctor says, closing his eyes again.

After a moment, he steps back. "Alright. Done." I go give Tentoo a hug. "What'd he give you?" I ask him. "I don't remember. He took them." He replies, giving my hand a gentle squeeze.

"Doctor? What memories did you accidentally give him?" I ask him, sitting down on a stair. "Can't say." He replies, looking at the scanner. He and River share a worried look, and then they turn back to Tentoo and I.

"Listen, I was sort of taking River to a date... our reservation is soon. It was really nice seeing you both. I'll come back and see you now that I know where you are, yeah?" The Doctor says.

I nod. He'll come back. But I want to tell him first. "Doctor? Can I talk to you in private a moment?"

He nods. "Sure! Come in this way. There should be a living room." He says, walking towards a door. He opens it, and we go inside. I sit down on a sofa. "Doctor.... I'm pregnant." I tell him, tears threatening to fall. Instead of a shocked expression, I get a nod. "River told me."

I give him a look. "Liar. I listened to your conversations and she never said a thing about it. How did you know?" he looks around nervously. "She told me. It's complicated." he says. "And I think you should tell the other me. I'll be happy." he adds with a gentle smile.

I look him square in the eye. "Doctor, I'm happy for you. Really. Now, you need to go bring her on that date." He smiles.

"Hug?" He asks. I laugh. "This version sure does act like a child." I say before complying.

[ok, so this is slightly random. I really just have fun seeing how Rose would react to him being married. I tried my best not to bash either character. Except for the he-loves-River-more part with the doors in his head. Sorry, I just like River more as a character. As usual, please give feedback! Press vote or comment. I appreciate both. Thanks!]

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