Title: Journey Begins Again
Author: Femvamp
Fandom: Doctor Who
Disclaimer: Doctor Who not mine.
Spoilers: Journey's End.
Note: Once again...Not British.
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He could never make himself go back to see her again. He knew if he did both his hearts would break into tiny little pieces so he stayed away. He was a Timelord and could go forward and backward in time as much as he wanted and yet he could never will himself anywhere near where Donna Noble was.
He stayed away from Earth when possible or at least Donna Noble earth as he called it. Anywhere where he just might run into her accidentally or accidentally on purpose. He just couldn't risk it. His hearts couldn't bear it.
Then it happened. He had found out through Jack of all people. Donna Noble had died in her sleep. The Doctor and Jack had gotten drunk together as Jack told him about Donna's life. Donna had eventually married had lived a simple but happy life with her husband. Jack and the people of Torchwood had kept her safe after her grandfather and mother had died. She was family after all.
The Doctor wasn't sure why he went to her grave. He had already said goodbye to her years before. There was nothing more he could do. If he really wanted he could go back a few days, a few weeks and see Donna again but he wasn't sure that was a good thing for either of them. Maybe this was for the best.
So he found himself just standing at her gravestone. He wasn't sure how long he had been standing there when she came. He almost had to do a double take when he saw her. The young woman looked so much like Donna Noble that she had to have been her daughter.
"Did you know my mother?" The young woman asked.
"Yes, I did." The doctor said simply, "John Smith by the way."
The woman smiled and at that moment the Doctor's hearts started to beat again.