AN: Hi guys! Please don't kill me. Reunited at Last was not forgotten. I transferred schools and so much stuff started happening in my life. I promise to update it soon. I moved into a house out of my crummy apartment, so all my notebooks with my fics are in a box somewhere. Sorry! Hope you enjoy this story though. Let me know what you think!
-Angel
Through Jackie's Eyes
Rory and Amy walked down the roads of London discussing their most recent adventure that they'd had with the Doctor. As they walked back to the TARDIS they noticed a woman who looked to be in her mid 40's yelling at the Doctor whose face was red.
"I'm serious! You don't tell me how long it's been for you, my daughter is no where in sight, and your face has changed! For all I know she could be dead and you escaped because you, what did Rose call it, regenerated!" the woman hollered.
The Doctor looked at her in offense before shouting back at her, "Jackie I would have told you if she died! I love her and would have told you immediately if something had happened. It's been 60 years for me!" he shouted.
Rory and Amy shared a look of shock at the Doctor's tone. Never had he shouted like that and sounded sorry at the same time, normally if he was mad he used a low voice which scared anyone who was sane. This woman however must not have been because she didn't even flinch at the Doctor's tone. She looked at him and pulled him into a hug as the tears began fall from his face.
"Doctor?" Amy asked as she and Rory walked up to the pair. The Doctor wiped off his face and turned to them with a false smile, "Hello Ponds!" he said in false cheer. Amy stared at him for a moment before looking at the older woman behind him questioningly.
"Jackie this is Amy Pond and her husband Rory Williams, but I call them the Ponds. Ponds this is Jackie Tyler!" the Doctor said and gave Jackie a small smile. Jackie smiled and shook their hands.
"Doctor you and your friends should come back to the flat with me to have tea." Jackie suggested. The Doctor nodded in agreement, "TARDIS?" he questioned. Jackie sighed, but nodded in agreement as she walked inside the box. Amy and Rory followed the two inside 9 confusion of what was going on.
"Powell Estate here we come!" the Doctor smiled before flipping a switch and moving around the console.
As the Doctor and Jackie walked out of the TARDIS she began telling him about the last thing she'd heard from Rose and their Doctor.
"Last she told me they had met a woman named Sarah Jane who had traveled with you, mind you Rose wasn't very happy about you not telling her about the fact you travelled with other people. They have Mickey with them now and Rose said that yourself is avoiding her." Jackie told him as he nodded, knowing that they'd be meeting Madame de Pompadour soon.
"Doctor where exactly are we?" Rory asked as they stopped on what must have been Jackie's floor. The Doctor stopped and turned to him with a smile, "The Powell Estates." he replied before turning back towards Jackie who was a bit ahead.
"Doctor why are we here? Can't we just have tea in the TARDIS?"Amy asked as the followed behind. The Doctor looked up and saw Jackie at the door to the flat and nodded telling her they'd be in, in a minute.
"This place is very important to me. I had a companion named Rose and this is where she grew up before she travelled with me, this also became sort of a second home for me, after the TARDIS of course. We aren't having tea on the TARDIS because I've missed this place." the Doctor said before crossing the hallway and walking through the door Jackie went through.
Amy and Rory shared a glance before shrugging and following after him, a bit too curious about the Doctor's past to question anything else. As they walked through the door the Doctor was shrugging off his jacket and noticed a leather one on the rack. The two heard him mutter something about him knowing that he'd left it somewhere, but shrugged it off and continued into the small flat behind him. The Doctor walked through a door into what was obviously the kitchen, and come back out with a small jar.
"Doctor you put that back right now. Come help me with this tray." Jackie called from the kitchen. The Doctor pouted as he walked back into the kitchen before coming out with tray of cups and sugar cubes. Rory and Amy watched the scene in amazement. The Doctor had never listened to them when he had been told to put some food item awy. Even River couldn't get him to listen to her. Jackie walked out of the kitchen as they waited for the water to boil and arched an eyebrow.
"How did you do that?" Amy asked in wonder. Jackie raised her eyebrow higher and looked to Rory for an explanation. "Amy and I were wondering how you got the Doctor to listen to you. He never listens to us, especially when it comes to putting back food." he explained.
Jackie snorted and looked at the Doctor as if to say 'Really?' to which he shrugged. "He knows to listen to his mother-in-law. That's for sure." Jackie answered with a laugh. The Doctor ducked his head as his face grew red with embarrassment.
"Mother-in-law?" Amy ground out between clenched teeth. The Doctor nodded with a happy smile and his eyes were distant as if replaying a memory.
"Oh yes, Rose and I got married a few times on some different planets. About 25 if I remember correctly of course only a few of those were on accident, not that I'd tell her that." The Doctor rambled.
"Doctor what about River?" Rory asked. The Doctor grew pale and froze in mid-sentence. His eyes snapped to Rory's as if pleading him to not broach the subject, but Jackie had heard and the Doctor knew it wouldn't be dropped.
"Whose River?" Jackie asked curiously. Amy looked at Jackie while the Doctor gave Rory a look as if saying that he no trusted the man. Amy looked all too pleased with the question.
"She mine and Rory's daughter and the Doctor's wife." Amy said angrily as she glared at the Doctor. Slap! Rory looked over at the Doctor who was holding his, now red, face. Rory was in shock at this the only person that had ever slapped the Doctor had been River and it was only because of what his future self did. Rory had expected the Doctor to be angry with Jackie, but he only looked at her in shock.
"I had no choice, she was holding the universe hostage. She refused to let what needed to happen, happen." The Doctor shouted. The person above stomped at their floor to try and get Jackie and the Doctor to be quiet, but the two merely shouted at them to shut up. The Doctor looked at Jackie with guilty eyes, as if pleading for her to understand. Amy however was livid. \
"How could you do that to her. To River, my daughter!" Amy shouted. The Doctor's face grew cold and he turned to her with a harsh glare that Jackie was sure could have knocked the girl dead if looks could kill.
"To River? I hadn't even known River yet! When I had to marry her, I was betraying Rose. Do you have any idea what that felt like to me. Knowingly betraying my wife! I was betraying Rose by marrying River, not the other way around!" he shouted. Jackie slowly put a hand on his shoulder and as he turned to her they all waited with baited breath for him to yell at her as well. Instead he merely crumpled to the ground and sobbed.
"I lost her Jackie! I lost her and it hurts! I don't know what to do." Jackie hugged him and a few tears rolled down her cheek as she weeped with him. As soon as the sobs had subsided the Doctor stood up and faced Amy and Rory with red eyes.
"Ponds please go back to the TARDIS. I need to speak with Jackie." he said before going to the kitchen with the tray. Rory nodded to Jackie and pulled Amy out of the flat with him.
Jackie turned to the kitchen door where the Doctor was coming out with a piece of paper and a pen and scribbled something onto the piece of paper. "Doctor, what happened?" Jackie asked as she walked over to the Doctor.
The Doctor stood up and handed her the piece of paper and the pen. "Give this to him next time you see them. Give it to him as he's leaving." the Doctor said softly before turning and walking out the door. Jackie looked down at the piece of paper and carefully unfolded it. The door clicked shut announcing that he was gone.
On the piece of paper in swirling handwriting it read, ' Tell her how you feel time is almost up. ~11'. As Jackie set the piece of paper on the table the phone rang and she walked over to the kitchen to answer it.
