"Breathe, River." He does his best to calm me down, even though he's panicking more than I am.

"I am!"

Another wave of pain goes through me and I let out a string of Galifreyan curses. Loudly.

Everyone near us turns to stare, and I grit my teeth.

"Um, okay. Okay, okay, okay. You've got to- Rory! Yes, Ponds, and then hospital, and then we-"

He's cut off  by me punching him on the arm. "Ow!"

"TARDIS. Now."

Everyone's still staring at us, and I do my best to tolerate the pain.

He helps me up, and I slap down the first currency I find in pocket on the table. We get to the door, and a waiter finally asks if we're alright.

"Yeah." I make out. "Just going into labor."

His eyes widen. "Do you want me to call an ambulance?"

"No!" The Doctor says, still guiding me to the door. "Actually, we're good, because we have to get her parents, and then he can help with the nursing stuff, and then he can tell me that everything is going to be okay, because I'm terrible with women giving birth, and-"

I give a yelp, and he shuts up and turns his attention to me. "The food was delicious!" He calls out over his shoulder as we walk into the parking lot.

He manages to stay quiet until we get into the TARDIS, who immediately materializes a stretcher in the console room and takes off without us piloting.

He starts rambling in Galifreyan as he helps me on the stretcher. The language may be beautiful and fluid and musical, but when he's talking about my anatomy and different techniques for giving birth, I start shooting curses in the language back at him. Mainly because his baby is starting to hit me. Hard.

Then I hear the TARDIS land, and my parents bust in, immediately running to me and firing questions at the Doctor. It's hard to hear even that, because my water's breaking, and I feel a gush of fluid.

"When did it start?"

"How far apart are her contractions?"

"Has her water broke?"

"How long does it take for a Galifreyan to be born?"

I can't make anything out after that. Apparently the whole going-into-labor is a lot more painful than humans, because I'm screaming and yelling during this contraction, and I may have broken my husband's finger at some point. In any case, I can tell that we're going somewhere.

They wheel me out of the TARDIS, and then I see bright white light. I can tell it's a hospital from the smell, and soon enough they've got me in a room.

I take a moment to breathe after one contraction is over, and release my husband's hand.

"You should have told me that this would be extremely painful and the first thing I would feel would be contractions!"

He bites his lip and squeezes my hand. "I'm sorry. I didn't know. I wasn't allowed to be in the same room as a mother giving birth on Galifrey. One, because it was so rare and only the top scientists were allowed to see and two, because I have a tendency to panic."

"Really now?" I ask sarcastically.

He frowns. "Well, it's kind of scary. Besides, Rory's got this. Right?"  He turns to my dad, who I hadn't noticed.

Rory's face is confused. "Um, I just recognized my name.... you're not talking in English."

I realize we've been conversing in Galifreyan, and the Doctor repeats the question in English. Rory's face reddens. "Um, no. I don't know how to give birth! We're in the Sisters of the Infinite Schism, and they'll do it anyway."

Another wave rolls over me and I grip hard into his hand, closing my eyes tightly.

I think it's shorter this time, but I can't tell exactly, because the pain is a little more intense and I'm pretty sure I start yelling again.

Then it's over and I take a deep breath. "Husband. I need to know now how long this is going to take. And I need to know now why the hell you didn't tell me this information before!"

"Um, I don't know. I think your water breaks at some point soon, but I don't know, because like I said, I wasn't exactly allowed in the room when Time Lords were born!" At my glare he continues, "I think it doesn't last as long as humans, if that's any help."

I feel something else, and this time I'm pretty sure it's my daughter kicking me. Even so, it's painful, and I now need to pee.

"I've got to go to the bathroom." I inform everyone, grunting and trying to stand.

"No, no, no." Mum says, and gently pushing my shoulder back. "You're going to need to pee every five seconds now. Besides, you're already all hooked up."

I look down and see that she's correct. There's an IV and some other needle in my wrist and I'm in a hospital gown. My parents and husband are in scrubs as well.

 "Well, this isn't really big on dignity, is-"

Then I'm shouting again as pain moves from my lower back to abdomen again.

Eventually, it's over, and I realize that I've dug my nails so hard into the Doctor's hand that it's bleeding.

"That was 25 seconds." A cat nurse I hadn't noticed before says.

"Oh my God." Rory's saying.

I let out another string of curses, and tell them my baby's not going to wait much longer. The Doctor seems to be the only one that starts panicking, and so I have to repeat myself in English. Apparently I resort to Galifreyan when I'm in pain or angry. Or both. There's are nurses between my legs at this point, and I'm breathing the best I can.

I want out!

I'm close to growling when I hear my daughter talking to me telepathically. Then there's a sharp kick-or maybe a punch- delivered to my uterus.

 "Stop punching me!" I yell.

Everyone stops bustling around for a moment, and Amy squeezes my hand.

"Melody, the baby won't listen. Just focus on breathing, alright?"

"She will listen." I say, and then I'm finding the baby in my mind and telling her to stop.

I want out! Let me out!

Hit mummy again and I'll never let you out! I shoot back.

And then there's another contraction.

This one is so much more painful than the last that I almost laugh at myself for screaming, except my mouth is already occupied with doing just that.

It's a wave again, rolling from my back to the front.

It feels like a year before this one's over.

"23 seconds."

I almost start yelling at the nurse, because that was not 23 seconds, but I can't focus on anything other than breathing right now. 

My mum is holding my hand and saying something, and my husband is too, except he looks jumpy and is probably still panicking. I can't tell, though. I'm getting too many emotions and too many thoughts are going through my head.

The nurse is talking, too. I don't know what she's saying either.

My dad looks scared. Terrified, even. He's sitting beside me as well, and is skillfully averting his eyes to my face.

It's another contraction then, and yet again I find it hard to believe that I ever thought the contractions before were hard.

"It's time to push now, sweetheart." Mum says, and I give an exasperated sigh. "I'm tired."

The nurses are gathered by my feet, and it takes a lot of my willpower not to kick something.

"River, come on." My husband says, and when I look at him, I see my own terror reflected in his eyes. "I'm sorry it hurts, but you can do it."

I nod, and my dad gives me a somewhat-reassuring nod. Then the baby's doing some crazy thing, which I'm pretty sure is her trying to break herself out.

"Come on, sweetheart." The Doctor says, and I grunt and start the strenuous process of giving birth to his daughter.

[A/N.  Hehehehe. I'm making you wait for the baby. Suckers. Well, actually, not really suckers, since I actually updated so quickly. (That's only because of all the begging I got.) I know this wasn't completely right, but this is a Time Lady being born, people! I made it different on purpose. (Mostly.) Did you like that bit with the baby telling River to let her out? I think she's smart enough for that...

PLEASE READ THIS SUPER IMPORTANT: Anyways, we're close to the end. I'm actually surprised about that, because I have problems actually finishing anything I write. Bad habit. But yeah, it's almost over. First, I want to thank everyone for their support. Seriously, I'm really grateful for it. Y'all are super awesome, and it's hard for me to believe that it's ending. Second, I think I'm going to write a sequel. But I don't know what to call it. So, not only tell me what you think in the comments and vote, it'd also be super awesome if you'd tell me any idea you have for the title of the sequel.

ALSO: Dedicated to riversong4ever because she's been reading my work and giving me constructive criticism from the beginning. Thank you!]