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Author's Notes: First and foremost I'd like to apologize to any of my followers for my Shanghaied fic with Doctor Who and Firefly. I haven't forgotten about it, I've been having a bit of writers block lately due to this fan fiction here! I've had this idea in my head for some time now, so I figured I'd just write it out now before I go crazy waiting. Anyway, I've been wanting to write out a story of what might happen if the Doctor, River, and Rose would meet...and then I thought to myself, what would happen if Amy and Rory were along for the ride as well? :-D So sit tight and enjoy the ride as we venture back Through the Rift to join Rose Tyler in the parallel universe! I'm more of a Doctor/River fan, which is why this has been uploaded into the Doctor/River area! I also wanted to take a look into their developing relationship, and after LKH...who could resist? C-;


It'd been years since the Doctor and Rose had last seen each other. He'd given her a new planet. A new family. And a fresh start with the human version of himself. It took her some time before she finally accepted John Smith as her Doctor. She'd spent some time still trying to figure out a way to get back to "her" world, when she finally came to realize she loved the man she'd promised to spend the rest of her life with.

He was the same person, just with a human body. Though her heart still ached every now and then when she remembered back to the adventures she'd had with the real Doctor, she still knew she would never leave the man she was with. He loved her, and she loved him.

Though, that didn't stop her from wondering what the Time Lord she once new was doing in the world she'd left long ago.


"Doctor!" An alarming loud voice bellowed in the console room of the TARDIS. A very Scottish voice at that. "Doctor!"

"Kind of busy at the moment, Pond. Can it wait? It can? Oh wonderful!" The Doctor's voice replied from beneath the controls. He'd been rewiring a few items, just for fun, when he was so rudely interrupted by the fiery red head.

"Oy! Whatever it is you're doing, you just about gave Rory and me heart attacks! What's with changing the layout of our room, while we're in it! And back to bunk beds at that!" She stalked down to where he was, hands on her hips and ready to fight.

"Don't think I don't know what you two were up to, or about to be up to. No more Time Lord babies from you two. Not for a long while! One's enough, and I'm already having one hell of a time trying to keep up with her." He pointed an accusing finger at Amy.

"Well excuse me for being married!" She huffed. "I'll have you know we weren't even doing anything, Mr. Thinks-He-Knows-It-All."

"Oh really?" He raised an eyebrow.

"Yeah, really!" Amy pulled a face and crossed her arms. She was about to continue when a thought dawned on her and she smirked at the Doctor. "OH, I see what it is."

"What? See what?" He asked slightly taken aback. He knew when Amy had something up her sleeve, and he didn't like not knowing what it was.

"It's fine to admit you know. Nothing wrong, everyone goes through it at some point." She patted the Doctor on the shoulder before turning to go back up the stairs.

"What? Goes through what? I don't know what you're even talking about." The Doctor asked, somewhat nervous to hear her answer. He followed her quickly up the stairs, ready for whatever response she had waiting.

"You're just jealous." She stated flatly.

"Excuse me?" He asked baffled. "I am not jealous!" His voice cracked as he spoke.

"It's ok to admit, you know. You're simply jealous that Rory and I can do it whenever we'd like, while you and River haven't done anything yet other than kiss." The red head said triumphantly. She'd been first to catch on to how the Doctor acted around River. It reminded her of when she'd first met him back as a little girl. Back when she still called him her raggedy Doctor. She'd been head over heels for him, a school girl crush gone terribly awry. There was even a point in time when she had Rory dress up as him. She shook her head at the memory.

"Again, excuse me?" The Doctor's face flushed a bright red in a matter of seconds. He turned away to try and hide it, but it wasn't quick enough.

"Aha! I knew it! I was just bluffing at first you know, but now I have proof!" Amy began to laugh.

"What? NO! There's no sort of jealousy or, or, or sexual frustration between me and River. In fact there's nothing like that at all! We're just, uh, friends! Just friends! Nothing going on between us at all!" He tried to defend himself, failing more as he kept talking.

"I didn't say anything about sexual frustration, Doctor." The red head teased even more.

"Shut up, you know what I meant." He tried to compose himself some more, straightening his bow tie a bit.

"Uh huh, sure. And what about all that flirting you two do? And don't think I didn't notice you trying to cover up a very noticeable problem during Berlin, when she had you pinned up against that desk." Amy tried to contain herself, but barely concealed giggles made their way out.

"Oh god, don't tell me you two are talking about Berlin?" Rory interrupted the two as he entered the room. He'd been in the general vicinity when he heard the two bickering. "You know Doctor, just because she's older than us, doesn't make it in any way right at all for you to even think about doing anything with her. She's still our daughter." He turned to his wife to continue, "And you don't encourage it! Have some more decency than that will you? She's our daughter, and she was just a baby not that long ago!"

"Sorry, I just figured, you know, get him embarrassed enough to change our room back to something without bunk beds." She whispered to her husband.

"I'm telling you there's nothing going on between us!" The Doctor continued, paying no attention to the whispering. "No sexual frustration, no problem, nothing at all!" The Doctor was slowly starting to realize there was no winning in the situation. He was about to continue when there was a familiar materialization sound and bright light that caught everyone's attention.

"What did you say about sexual frustration?" The familiar voice of the woman they'd been talking about filled the room, and the Doctor couldn't help but blush more. Oh god, not now.. He thought to himself. With his face covered with one hand, he could feel a headache starting at the back of his head. It was not turning into a good day at all.

"Perfect timing as always I see." He groaned as he slumped against the controls using his arms to hold him up.

"Hello Sweetie." River laughed. She removed her vortex manipulator and made her way up to where everyone else was. "So, again, what's with said frustration?" She teased. She had a suspicion as to what they were talking about, she knew Amy liked to tease the Doctor in order to get her way.

"It's nothing. Nothing at all." The Doctor tried to convince everyone, including himself.

"Yeah I'll say." Amy muttered under her breath. Rory elbowed her. "Ow, what was that for?"

"Like I said, she's our daughter. And that's not something I want to hear." He gave an intense, 'don't you dare hurt my daughter' look to the Doctor before going over to give River a hug.

"Ah, I see. Finished Demons Run lately, have you?" River asked as she hugged her father back.

"And Berlin." The Doctor added, making sure to keep his back turned to everyone.

"Aha, explains the flustered look on your face then." She teased back. Although it wasn't her finest hours, what with killing him and all, she still admitted to having fun as she tortured him...in the more innuendo sort of way. During everything she wanted to finish her mission, what she'd been programmed for, but at the same time she enjoyed making him blush and causing...other sensations for him to endure. Once a tease, always a tease.

"Anyway, Ponds, go find your new room. Again. I just fixed it." He used his free hand to shoo them off.

"When did you do that?" They asked in unison.

"Just now." He whipped out his sonic screwdriver and held it in the air, the familiar whirring noise emanated from it. There was an electrical spark from below the console, then he put it back in his pocket. "Now, go." He sighed as he leaned forward against the console once more.

River chuckled to herself as she tried to conceal a smirk. "Oh, Doctor, stop fussing. It's all said and done with." She moved over to where he was and placed her hand over his to try and calm him down.

He merely looked down to where they were touching. The Doctor could feel his hearts starting to race as he thought of everything that had happened that day. His hands started to get a clammy feeling, and he couldn't help but recoil slightly from her touch, afraid she'd catch on too quickly.

The Doctor clapped his hands together and turned on his heels to face her, "Right, you're right! So down to more important matters. To who, or what, do I owe the pleasure of seeing you, Doctor Song?"

River's expression changed to one more serious as she spoke. "Don't get mad for crossing my own timeline, but I had to find you. You remember the crack from Amy's wall, yeah?"

"Of course I remember. I know you wouldn't cross your own timeline unless it was important. What's happened?" The Doctor's demeanor changed to one of more concern. He really hoped she wasn't about to say what he thought she would..

"I may be wrong, but I think it's opened again."