River's POV

"Oh no. Not here." The Doctor says, face looking terrified. I push him out of the way and look for myself. "It's just Mum and Dad! I mean, dad may attempt to castrate you, but they're still my parents." I say, amused at how scared he looks.

"I told him I wasn't going to get you pregnant!" He responds, giving me his dear-God-please-no look. I roll my eyes at him. "It was my fault. Well, sort of my fault. Those people said that it would work, and I believed them. And apparently it didn't. Not that I'll stick up for you with Dad." I say, giving him a wicked grin.

He shakes his head and runs to the console. "Absolutely not. We are leaving, right now." Yeah, right. The TARDIS brought us here on purpose, and until we've done what she wants, we aren't leaving.

The Doctor groans when the TARDIS doesn't move. "Please!" I laugh and pull him out the door. "You are going to have to eventually talk to them, you know."

He shakes his head, and doesn't move toward the house. "Not now, I don't." I shove him in the direction of the door.

"Yes, you do."

He sighs and hangs his head down in defeat. "Fine. But you can't let your dad kill me."

Amy's POV

"Rory! They came for Christmas! Pour them a glass as well!" I tell at my husband when I hear the TARDIS brakes. "Alright!"

I get the turkey out of the oven. "At least you can cook. I don't know what I'd do without you, Mr.Pond." He gets down a couple more glasses from the cabinet. "Probably be eating take out."

The front door finally bursts open. "River! No, please let's just... Oh. Hello." The Doctor finishes when he sees us.

I give him a suspicious look. "What's wrong?" He glances over at River nervously. "Nothing. But before we do anything else, why don't we all go and visit a public place. Maybe a park. Where people can witness each other."

She rolls her eyes and punches his shoulder. "No, you tell them now." Rory walks up beside me. 'Tell us what?"

The Doctor gulps. "River is sort of, erm, well, she's...." He says, rubbing his hands together. "She's what?" I demand.

"pgnst." he mumbles quickly. River hits him again. "Pregnant! She's pregnant!" he says as fast as possible.

I just stare. A baby. A real baby. I'm going to be a grandmother at 29. Wow. This is sudden. I look over at Rory. His eyes are closed, and his fists are clenched. He's calming himself down. I can tell.

River steps forward. "Well, Merry Christmas!" I look down at her belly. "How long?"

She smiles. "Almost two weeks. There's even a little bump, because Time Lord pregnancies only take about 3 months." I think it over. "Can you carry his child? It is his, right?"

She laughs. "Of course it's his!" I frown. Avoiding the question by answering a different one. "River. Will it be ok?" I ask her carefully. She swallows forcefully. I know this sign. She did it as Mels. It's when she's scared, and won't admit to it.

She looks away. "Dad, anything?" I sigh. Still won't answer me. Rory opens his eyes to look at her. "I.... I don't know."

The Doctor remains sort of hiding behind River. Rory shakes his head. "River, I'm very happy for you. This is nice. It's great, really. So don't take this the wrong way." He leans over and gets the turkey knife off the counter.

The Doctor immediately runs. I sigh and start to process it. I'm getting a granddaughter from my daughter, who's older than me and married to an alien. Ok.

River starts humming and sits down on the couch with a communicator. I go sit down beside her. "Please answer me. Will the baby make it?" I ask her, scared.

She shrugs and swallows again. "The baby's 68% Time Lord. I'm only about 25% Time Lord. And I haven't even been preparing my body for this." She says, finally answering me. I pull her into a hug. "We're happy for you. And you know we'll be here whenever you need us."

She nods. "So, Christmas dinner, then?" She asks cheerfully, changing the subject. "Yeah. Rory's cooking most of it, so it may be edible."

She laughs. "We need to go get the knife from Rory. I'm hungry."

The Doctor's POV

"Ah!" I run to other side of the couch. "I didn't mean to! I didn't think it could happen!" I say, trying to stay on the opposite side.

He stops suddenly. "Does she want this?"

I scratch my hair. "Who?" He glares at me. "River. Does she want a baby?" I look anywhere except his face. "She thinks it's too dangerous."

"That wasn't the question."

"Yes. I think so, yes."

He sighs and sits on the couch. "So, what is this going to be now? What sort of family are we supposed to be?"

I laugh and sit beside him. "A mad one, to be sure." He groans and rubs his forehead. "So you're going to be a dad." "Probably."

He snaps his head over toward me. "Probably? What do you mean, -" He gets cut off by Amy and River laughing as they enter the room.

"Oi! You two! You've got to help set the table!" Amy calls over, continuing with River to the dining room. I stand up and follow them quickly, avoiding Rory's question. Because it's not a 'probably' that I'm going to be a dad. It's a 'maybe'. But I can't tell him that.

"Here. Put these down." Amy says, handing me a stack of plates. "Alright." I start carefully walking to the table. "So, it's good then? With the Doctor?" I hear her say to River on the other side of the room. "It always is." River reassures her mother.

I gently set the plates down on the table and lay them out. "I was just making sure. I know how dangerous it is. Fun, but dangerous."

"Yeah, right. He won't let me go anywhere other than the university, and even then he's in every single one of my classes. Do you have any idea how crazy it is when he's so brilliant, and he knows it, and he just absent mindlessly corrects something I say? Doesn't even mean to. He does that to my students, too. They all think he's way too clever to be in my class." She says quietly. I know she knows I can hear them. Amy might not, but she does. She's telling me this.

I do smile smugly at the 'brilliant' part. Can't help it. I set the last plate down on the table and go grab the plate of pie. "Honey, grab some napkins while you're at it!" River calls over. "Yes, dear." I get some off the counter and carry them over to the table.

"Do we have some wine?" Rory calls. "Yes, it's in the cooler." Amy says back, getting the turkey.

River's POV

I go and sit down next to everyone at the table once I've got everything. Rory gets a slice of turkey. "So, Christmas Eve. Finally decide to come." The Doctor takes a sip of his kool-aid. "Yes. Speaking of which, how long has it been for you?"

Amy shrugs. "A few weeks. Not too long." I take a bite of the food. Delicious. As usual with Rory. Surprisingly, he's a good cook.

We eat the rest of the meal fairly quickly, just chatting about things. Amy and Rory's parents are all out of town, and will be coming back for dinner tomorrow night, apparently.

Once the table is cleared, Amy drags us to the lounge. "River, sit on the couch." She directs, getting me some pillows. "I'm fine, seriously. You don't have to do anything." I tell her, slightly annoyed that I'm already being fussed over. She rolls her eyes. "It's my job to over-do it. Now hush, and let's open presents!"

The Doctor grins. "One second, Ponds! Let me go get your presents from the TARDIS!" He says, then bounds off quickly.

He comes back within the same minute with a couple of huge bags, that are stuffed with gift boxes and other bags. "Ok. These are Amy and Rory's. River, I'll go get some of yours. I won't get all of them, because I want you to have some surprises tomorrow." He says, sitting them down.

He then runs off again. Rory looks them over. "He really enjoys showing off." He says, but he's smiling. I laugh. "Rory, I'd expect that you'd figure that out the second you met him!"

Amy smiles. "Well, it's nice all the same. To have you two here at Christmas." The Doctor comes back in. "Ok, River!" He sets down a bag slightly larger than my parents. "Like I said, more in the TARDIS for you later."

I groan, though affectionately. "Can we just do these, please?" He smiles. "Yes! Here's one for you, here's one for you, and here's one for you." He says, giving us each a gift. Amy reaches behind her underneath the tree and pulls out a small box. "And for you."

He takes it, smiling. "Oh. Thank you. That's nice. Getting a gift." We all open the gifts at the same time, per the Doctor's instruction. Amy examines her gift quizzically. "A.... is this a future iPhone or something?"

"Ah! A bow-tie! With the TARDIS on it! I love it! Where'd you get this?" The Doctor exclaims, looking over his own present. Amy shrugged. "I showed a picture of it to these people, and they embroidered it. Thanks for the phone."

Rory rips off the last piece of tape and slides the lid off. "A new Roman soldier outfit. Gee, thanks." He says, amused. The Doctor gives him a hug. "You're welcome, Pond! River, which one did you open?"

I hold my 'gift' up, hardly being able to wait to see the look on his face. It's a nightie. A very revealing nightie. He blushes. "Oh, erm, that must be the wrong bag.... that one was supposed to stay on the TARDIS. Let me go switch them out."

I hand it over to him, grinning. "Yes, you do that."

We open all the presents that night after he brings back the right bag. Amy is fairly happy with most of her gifts, since I got a lot of them. Rory is definitely excited about the new car. I get several things, all of which I liked, with the exception of the fez.

Doctor's POV

The fire's going steady, and we sit up and just talk for a long while.

Because even though our family isn't a normal one, we do have all the elements needed. We all love each other, and would literally rip apart the universe for one another. Even if we want to tear someone's head off violently at times.

River lays her head on my shoulder gently. We may be insanely mad and weird, but we're a family. I've got a family. I wrap my arm around River and press a kiss to her hair.

"Merry Christmas, Ponds."

[A/N So, here's some Christmas fluff to get us in the Christmas mood! I couldn't resist it. I just thought it would be so sweet! So, how was it? I tried to make Rory react the correct way to River being pregnant. Not sure how well I did. Anyway, Merry Christmas Eve Eve! Have a great Christmas everyone, travel safely, have fun!]