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Eleven had just dropped Amy and Rory back home. They had just been to Mikadox VII and decided they needed a rest from the running, so the Doctor had dropped them home. He was flying the TARDIS when there was a crashing bang and two bursts of light. "What? Where the hell am I?" Rose Tyler spluttered. "Rose" Eleven breathed "Doctor, you've regenerated." Rose was upset. She hoped to find a way back to the Doctor before he regenerated again. "Hello am I invisible or something?" Ten asked breaking the moment. "Sorry me." Eleven laughed "Ha ha you're young me." "Yeah wonderful. What are we doing here?" Ten asked "I don't actually know. The TARDIS just started to go funny and you were here." Eleven beamed.
"How is the TARDIS sustaining the paradox of two Doctors at once?" Ten wondered "Ah I have a very good friend who prepared the TARDIS for this exact situation." Elevens eyes glistened at the thought of his 'very good friend'. "Who?" Rose said "Long story." Eleven replied "What's with the bow tie?" Rose giggled "Bow ties are cool." Eleven defended his fashion choice "And that chin!" Rose carried on having digs "My chin is fine. How did thinks go with you and John?" Eleven asked changing the subject. "Erm, not so well. He just wasn't you, Donna changed him too much. It didn't work out. Actually that kiss on the beach was our first and last kiss." Rose sighed "Ah don't worry Miss Tyler I'm sure you'll find someone one day." Eleven comforted her and decided not to push the issue. "What about you Doctor? Not traveling with anybody at the moment?" Rose asked trying to get the focus off her.
"Yes actually, Amy and Rory Pond. They were full time companions but now they have a house and an ordinary life and just pop by for a visit sometimes, just dropped them off actually." Eleven said "Yes I have them and then I have the amazing River Song. Who just sort of turns up occasionally." Eleven noticed the look of sadness on Tens face at the memory "She really was your future?" Ten whispered "You don't know the half of it. But trust me when I say that all the pain your feeling for her right now. It's so worth it." Eleven smiled but with sadness in his eyes. Of course Ten would find out everything about River Song sooner then he thought. He just didn't know that at the time. Rose noticed the looks on the Doctors faces "What have I missed?" She asked. "Nothing" Both Doctors said in unison. They both knew how jealous Rose could get and the thought of someone being closer to the Doctor then her could result in a rather heated argument. Rose knew they were lying but decided not to say anything.
"Where are you in your time stream?" Eleven asked Ten. "It's been about a month since Donna left." Ten tried to hide the upset in his voice but Eleven noticed it straight away. "It gets better. It doesn't seem like it now but it does. Your next meeting with River should be soon and she starts to make you realise you are not alone. You feel like it but that woman will be there for us through everything and still loves us at the end of it. She makes us believe in ourselves again and in the end she saves us. Not just by doing what she did, but by being there when we call and sometimes when we don't even realise we need help. And she makes us a good man again, just so we can feel worthy of her love, but I don't think anybody is worthy of the love of River Song. Certainly not us but she doesn't care and she never will. She changes everything for the better." Elevens voice was so happy as he spoke, he meant every word.
Rose saved him but never like River did and he loved her so much. Rose picked up on the words 'still love us at the end of it', 'we can feel worthy of her love' and 'she changes everything for the better'. Rose thought the Doctor was in love with her, but what if he had moved on? No he couldn't have, she was Rose Tyler, the Doctors only love. She was about to ask about who River Song was when suddenly there was another flash of light and somebody else was in the console room. Only this time they were laying on the floor unconscious.
"Urgh" The woman on the floor groaned and coughed as she came to. Rose stared at her wondering who she was. She had big blond curls and a gun holstered to her side. "Talk of the Devil." Eleven ran over to her. "River," He shouted "River, wake up." The woman's eyes shot open. "Mm, hello sweetie" she smiled.
Eleven offered his hand out and the woman graciously accepted it. "What happened?" He asked her as she stood up. "I was hoping you could tell me that" she was about to elaborate when she noticed the other people in he control room. "Oh, hello" she started "your tenth incarnation and Rose Tyler if I'm not mistaken. Two of you, oh sweetie I can't tell you what I'm thinking right now." Eleven rolled her eyes "Typical you River" "Oh sweetie don't act you weren't expecting it."
She held out her hand for Ten to shake. "River Song" he had a glint in his eye "pleasure to see you again" "You've met me before?" He nodded "Looking forward to it." She held her hand out for Rose to shake "Who are you?" Rose asked warily "Doctor River Song" River replied as she lowered her hand "I've heard a lot about you Miss Tyler." "You have?" Rose was sceptical, after Sarah Jane she didn't think the Doctor would tell his future companions about her. To be honest deep down she didn't want him to have any future companions, she was the only one he needed. "Now then introductions out the way," Eleven interrupted "River what are you doing here?" "I have absolutely no idea." She gleamed.
"What do you mean" Eleven asked "I was aiming for earth and my vortex manipulator just brought me here. Why are you not pleased to see me anyway?" River flirted "Oh I'm always pleased to see you dear." Eleven remarked before sweeping her up for a kiss. When it didn't look like they were going to stop anytime soon, Rose decided to clear her throat and break them up. "Sorry" Eleven apologised coming up for air "I guess you have a lot of questions." "One or two" Rose remarked.
"River is my wife" Eleven said simply putting an arm round her waist. Rose felt like she had been slapped. "What?" She snapped "You got married?" "Yes I did" he smiled not noticing the anger in Rose's voice. "Right then" River was not in the mood for her husband and his ex to start arguing "shall we do diaries?" She pulled out a weathered little book that was decorated to look like the TARDIS. Eleven did the same. "Have we done our ninth honeymoon yet?" River asked "Oh that was wonderful wasn't it?" Eleven sighed "Apart from the fact we got chased by an angry bunch of Slitheens. Yes it was." River replied with her hand on her hip. "Oh well, I knew my vinegar gun would come in handy sometime." Eleven smiled. River just laughed at her husband "It would have helped if you didn't break the ruby they were trying to sell." "Hey how was I supposed to know that it was the ruby of Queen Klafterbox the third." Eleven fought his corner. "They were Slitheen, you didn't need to go near them in the first place. Honestly it's like you go looking for trouble." River sighed with a smile on her face. "Oi you knew what you were getting into when you married me." "Yes I did. And I wouldn't have it any other way." River pulled Eleven in for a kiss.
"What's that?" Rose gestured to the book in Rivers hand. "Her diary" Ten explained "Her diary" Rose repeated. River pulled away from Eleven "We don't met in the right order, so we use special diaries to keep track of where we are." River explained "He gave this to me the day I regenerated into this form." "Sorry. Did you just say regenerated?" Rose asked "Yes I did" "But that's impossible. I'm the last Time Lord left." Ten spoke quickly "Not anymore. I'm part Time Lord part Human because I was conceived in the time vortex." Ten couldn't speak. He was too shocked. "Right, now that's settled, that trip really hurt."
"Well I do keep telling you that a Vortex Manipulator is a rubbish way to travel." Eleven laughed "Well if I wasn't banged up for a certain somebody's murder and my husband could fly his time machine properly, I wouldn't need it. I'm going to the pool to take the weight off for a while." "Great idea River" Eleven exclaimed "let's all go swimming. Your rooms will be the same and the stuff you left will still be in the draws. Get your bathers on and we'll all meet at the pool in fifteen minutes." Ten and Rose just nodded still shocked by the fact that the Doctor was married and then walked off in search of their rooms. "And you Mrs Song" the Doctor said once the others were gone "I have a surprise for you." He grabbed her hand and practically dragged her to their room.
Ten and Rose walked to where their bedrooms used to be. "Did you ever actually love me?" She asked "Yes" he said very sure of himself "but I suppose if I held onto every person I loved and didn't move on, I would probably die under the weight of it all." Rose didn't have an answer for that so they walked in silence. Rose found her room exactly where it was before and found her swimming costume in the top draw where she had left it all those years ago. While she was getting changed she was thinking about nothing but the Doctor and River, mainly she was wondering how had River been able to manipulate the Doctor into thinking he was in love with her, when Rose knew he couldn't be. He was her Doctor and hers alone. Then she thought the swimming was a great idea. A revealing swimming costume and some flirting and she was sure he would be putty in her hands.
When Rose was ready she ran to the pool and realised she was the first one there. She slid into the pool and relaxed. She was wearing a shocking red bikini and had her hair pulled up into a stylish ponytail. Ten was next in, closely followed by Eleven and River, arm in arm laughing their heads off. "What's so funny?" Rose mocked "Nothing dear." River replied with a smile. She pecked Eleven on the cheek and walked over to the diving boards.
River was wearing a black bikini and Eleven was ogling her so much Rose thought his eyes were going to fall out of his head. River had climbed the ladder to the highest diving board and jumped off the top. She did an impressive flip and landed in the water with a large splash. When she resurfaced she swam over to Eleven who was now talking to Ten and Rose in the water.
"Hey" he called when he noticed her again. They kissed in the water and Rose was close to throwing up. "If your quite finished" Rose said almost disgusted at their behaviour. River noticed the upset and anger in her voice "My love I think Rose and you need to talk. Come on Ten, let's give these two some space to talk." She smiled at Eleven before swimming off and getting out the pool. Ten followed her.
Eleven opened his mouth to speak but Rose cut him off. "Why her? Why her and not me?" "Why what?" He asked "Why did you marry her?" "Because I love her. It's as simple as that." "You never loved me did you?" "Of course I did. You saved me Rose Tyler. It's just. . ." He trailed off trying to find the right words. "Just what?" Rose demanded. "With River it's different. She's different." "How?" "She's. . . she's just everything."
Rose felt her heart break. "Why not me?" "I don't know. I don't know what else to say. I loved you I know that for sure." "Loved?" She almost whispered. "Rose, there was a time when I probably would have married you, but my hearts belong to River now. I can't change that. And what's more I don't want to." All the sadness Rose felt was replaced with white hot anger at what he was saying. He doesn't love River. How can he? He loves me and only me. They were the only thoughts swimming through her head.
"No you don't." She blurted out "You don't love River. You love me." "Rose" was the only word Eleven could say before he was interrupted. "I'm gonna prove it to you. I'm going to make you realise that I'm the only one for you, and then you can leave River, and we can get married. Like it should be." With those words Rose got out of the pool, grabbed a towel and left. Oh no, Eleven thought. This was not going to end well.
River and Ten were coming back to the main pool now and River immediately noticed the stress in Elevens face. "What's wrong?" She asked. "Tell you later" he smiled. Oh he was not looking forward to that conversation.