Note: Ok so I wasn't really pleased with this chapter before I edited it. I hadn't figured out a plot just yet but now I have one so I edited this so it would make more sense. Hopefully more people will like this now!
Disclaimer: I do not own Doctor who! If I did, it would all be madness! I might have some made up characters later though... no spoilers!
Everything was great in the universe. The Doctor was back, River was finally with the real Doctor, Amy and Rory were back at home on earth, and everything seemed calm. Back in the TARDIS, The Doctor was looking for something to do when River Song walked into the console room and started to pace.
"Sweetie, can I ask you something?" River Song asked quietly.
"No, we can not go make a problem in the universe and then save everything just for fun," Said The Doctor. He was to busy "fixing" the TARDIS to see River looked a down and upset about something.
River walked over to the chair on the second deck of the TARDIS and stood next to it. "That's not what I wanted to ask."
"Then what did you want to ask?" He still wasn't paying attention.
River started rubbing one of her arms in a nervous fashion, and held her head low. "When Amy was pregnant with me and she never told Rory, but she told you, what was the first thing that came to your mind?"
He took a deep breath. "That something bad was going to happen, and we would all be in grave danger, and I wouldn't know how to handle it."
River sat down in the chair she was standing by and hid her sad face in her hands. She shook from the sobs she had let escape. The Doctor looked up when he heard her choking on her tears. Since when did River Song ever cry!
"River...? Did I say something to upset you..." The Doctor squatted down next to the chair, and started rubbing River's back. "River, are you OK? River? River Song? Melody?" He then gently wrapped his hands around River's wrists and slowly, and gently pulled her hands away from her face and placed them in her lap.
River still held her head down low. "Please don't call me Melody... just not right now... " She just didn't want to think about her past, and what could happen to ... She shook the thoughts out of her head
The Doctor was getting a little crossed at this time and started to shout. "Well you wouldn't respond to me, River!" The doctor threw his hands in the air in frustration. His voice was rising in anger. "River, what the hell is going on? Please just tell me. I can't help if you don't tell me. Or I could at least try to help. I am a doctor but that doesn't mean I can fix every bodies problems. I also can't fix their problems if they don't tell me. Its all messed-"
"Doctor! SHUT UP!" River yelled. Then she just started crying again.
The Doctor was taken back by her sudden change in mood. He gently turned River's face towards his so she was staring into his eyes, but she only started to cry harder. The only thing The Doctor got out of her were a few mumbles and sobs that he couldn't understand.
"River I can't understand you. Calm down please and breath. I need you to relax. Don't yell at me and stop crying. Shesh, your so human." He scratched the side of his cheek. "First off, River Song does not cry, also whats with the drastic mood swings. You've been like this for the last two days since you've came back from the Byzantium. You are just so human. Just like your parents. Especialy Amy. She was just like this when she was pre-" The Doctor stopped speaking and his mouth made a perfect O. "River, why did you ask me about Amy... you don't mean... why were you asking me about when Amy was pregnant?"
River held out her hand and took a deep breath. "Let me see your hand, sweetie."
The Doctor stared at her for a moment then placed his hand in hers and talked in a quiet voice. "River, what are you doing?"
River pulled The Doctor's hand towards her until it was laying flat on her stomach. How could he have not seen this before. "Are you... um... going to... um have a baby?" The Doctor was quiet and didn't know what to do so he stood up and started to pace.
River nodded as a few more tears ran down her face and hit the floor. The Doctor then stopped pacing and picked up River so she was standing on the tip of her toes, and held her to his chest with all of his strength.
"Oh River, River, River, River... What have you done this time?"
"It's yours love." River's voice was wet and cracked from crying.
"Well thats good. Wait, what? But how did that happen?"
"I'm perfectly sure you know how that happened." River chuckled a little.
"I know how it happened, I just can't believe it... that your... well, you know... I'm going to be a dad!" The Doctor smiled; then frowned. Every child he has ever had, he has lost. How would he keep this one safe?
"Yes Love, that is what I was trying to say. That I'm pregnant, and I'm afraid very very afraid that we will lose her. I don't want anything to happen to her Sweetie, like what happened to me..."
The Doctor hugged her harder. "Nothing will happen River. I swear that I will keep both you and her safe, and if anything happens then its my fault and I will get her AND you back! How do you know its a girl?"
River pushed back a little staying in the enclosed circle of The Doctor's arms and looked up at him through wet eyes.
"I don't know if it's a girl yet, but I hope it is, and if it is, I want her name to be Alice or Elizabeth, or both."
The Doctor looked down at River with a smile on his face. "Why those names, and what if its a boy River?"
She smiled back. "Look the meanings of the names up and I haven't thought of any boy names yet..."
"I know what they mean River. How long did you known, and why haven't you told me before?" Now The Doctor was getting back to the point.
"Not long. Only about a month and a half, and I didn't know how to tell you sweetie." She laid her head on his chest listening to his two hearts beat. Oh how she loved that sound. "I knew that it would be hard for me to tell you so I had to come up with a plan to where I wouldn't run when trying to tell you, so I asked what happened when Amy told you. I was curious and scared. Now I am even more scared than ever..." At this she started to cry again even harder than ever, and buried her face into The Doctor's chest, making his shirt wet from her tears.
As softly as he could the Doctor kissed the top of Rivers head; resting his head on top of it speaking at a fast pace. "Nothing, NOTHING, will happen to you and our baby River..." He took River's face in his hands and kissed her softly, and placed his forehead on hers and smiled, staring into her eyes. "Well then lets break the news to Amy and Rory that they are going to be grandparents, shall we?"
The Doctor and River arrived at the Pond house and knocked on the blue door as rain poured hard, thunder cracked, and lightning lit up the door making itself noticed in the dark shadows. Behind the door they could hear locks being turned and someone sigh loudly in exasperation. The door opened a little due to a chain linked to the door and the wall. A red headed lady gave a loud gasp and closed the door. The next second the door flew open and a cheerful Amy stood in the door way.
"River! Doctor! Rory we have company!" She flung herself at her daughter and son-in-law; pulling them into hugs.
"Who is it?" Rory said coming around the corner carrying a spatula. "Hey its my one and only daughter and the Doctor! Please come in. Its raining and no-one shall be getting sick, not is this house any way."
River walked in squeezing The Doctor's hand as hard as she could, with a forced smile spread out across her face. Well dad... River thought. She felt like she was going to throw up. From nervousness, and the baby. "Hi mum, hi dad... How are you two?"
"We are good and your just in time in time for dinner that your father is so kindly burning..." Said Amy looking over her shoulder at Rory. "Well, come on into the living room dinner is almost done."
Amy walked down the hall and too the right, towards the kitchen, and disappeared. River looked up at The Doctor and whispered "I cant do it. I want to leave now, please..."
"OK please loosen your death grip on my hand a little, and we haven't even been here for ten minutes. You, no, WE need to tell them much sooner than later. And when I say sooner I mean now, and later means never." He smiled down at River, kissed her forehead, and pulled her down the hall through the kitchen past Rory, through the dinning room, to the living room and sat on the couch with her their hands still entwined together.
During dinner everyone sat around the table in pure silence. Every now and then, only small talk broke the speechless family dinner.
The Doctor was the first to break the silence. "So how long has it been this time Amy?"
Amy swallowed a bite of food, then looked up at The Doctor. "Last time we saw you two was Just after Christmas about half a year ago. So not to long ago we saw you two run off together on another adventure. You looked so happy that day it made me cry! I can't wait till you two really get married, and go on every imaginable adventure. I remember my wedding day-"
"OUR wedding day," Rory cut in.
"OK mister correction," Amy said while rolling her eyes. "I remember that one object that was borrowed and blue, I think called the TARDIS with a very handsome man in it crashing the wedding, but it was no big deal."
The table grew silent again for quite awhile and no one exactly knew what to start a conversation on. For the longest time River just pushed her food around her plate not really remembering where she was until Amy called her name and asked if she was OK.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just not very hungry, and lasagna isn't really my favorite."
"Well we have plenty of left overs in the fridge. I always cook to much, and your mum says its a waste of food. Which it is, but I take some to the hospital all the time." Rory smiled.
"I'm fine, thank you though."
"Are you sure darling?" Amy asked.
"Yes mum, I'm sure I am fine! I just don't fell good!"
Amy and Rory looked at River in amaze. They had never seen her act like that before during dinner. The Doctor shoved a piece of food in his mouth and acted like nothing happened. River sat back in her chair, arms crossed and stared into space. She relaxed a little when she felt the Doctor put a hand on her knee to comfort her.
Rory put down his fork and stared at River through thin eyes. "Are you two OK? You haven't talked much and I feel like neither of you are in a happy mood. River you haven't taken one bite, and Doctor you scarfed yours down like you have never eaten."
Amy saw a few tears fall down her daughters face. "River?" She scooted her chair back to get up.
The Doctor started talking with his mouth full of food and not even caring. "Well there is a perfectly explanation for this. See River is upset because we ran into a very good friend and he just die-"
"I'M PREGNANT!" River got up and walked right out the front door.
Doctor stood and said "excuse me" and walked out to follow River to the TARDIS. And just like that Amy and Rory were left stranded with so many questions.
"River, open up the door!" He pounded on the door of her old bedroom. "River!" He also had his sonic at hand but didn't dare use it unless he really had to. A war was not what he wanted. "River So-!"
River threw the door open as hard as she could and stood there with tears of frustration running down her face. She started to bark back with her cracked and wet voice, not really caring what happened. "What do you want from me right now? Cant you see that I am not in the mood to talk! Im emotional and don't want to see anyone right now!"
"River, their worried! Amy and Rory! You know your PARENTS who CARE and LOVE YOU! They would do anything for you, but you just got up and walked away! They are scared!" Doctor was out of breath and only stood there staring at River until she walked to her bed and sat there.
River sat there on the bottom bunk for a few minutes in pure silence; thinking to her self what she had done. The next thing she knew, and last thing she could remember, was The Doctor holding her to him and rocking her slowly as she cried. Listening to the soft four rhythm drum of his hearts.
River woke up wrapped in the warm blankets on her bed and realized she had fallen asleep while crying in The Doctors arms. And sure enough The Doctor had an arm wrapped around her still. There goes the idea of the bunk beds again, she thought. She closed her eyes and sighed. So this is what it its like being a normal mother and wife. Not to long after that, The Doctor woke up to River turning in the bed to face him.
"Well then. There goes the idea of having bunk beds," said The Doctor in a tired voice. "I cant even remember how long it has been since I last slept."
"You don't sleep?"
"Do you honestly think I could without thinking I would wake up screaming from a nightmare? Yeah that's what I thought."
River shifted her gaze so she wasn't looking in The Doctors eyes. "I'm sorry for the way I acted last night. I just wish that it wouldn't be as hard as it was."
"You should really apologize to Amy and Rory. And now is better than never."
River sat up and climbed out of the bed while the Doctor sprawled out across it, and closed his eyes. River grabbed he stomach with one hand and her mouth with the other, and kneeled over with her eyes closed. The Doctor opened his eyes, got up, and leaded River to the bathroom.
"I'm fine. It was just a false alarm." She sat on top of the toilet seat. "I want to go see Amy and Rory though so I may apologize for what I did." River looked in the mirror and saw The Doctor rub a hand through his hair and straighten his bow tie.
"I need to talk to you first though. And maybe do a medical scan..." He smiled weary at her. He knew she hated medical scans.
"Ok lets talk first. Medical scan after Amy and Rorys." She wrapped her arms around her torso. She was going to miss being small and curvy.
"Ok, first off, have you been having anything strange happen that you think might not be from being pregnant?" The Doctor started to pace.
River now had her hands on her stomach seeing if she could find a bump. And she did. "Yes. I have been having nightmares almost every night."
"About what?"
"Lots of things." She stood up and pulled the Doctor into a hug.
He kissed the top of her forehead. "Well. I guess we just wait and see what happens."
River knocked on her parents front door and when it opened to a very Tired looking Amy. She couldn't help but cry. Amy stepped out the front door and hugged River and whispered to her that everything would be OK. When Rory came to the door he asked everyone to come inside and sit in the living room while he got tea. When he came back with the tea River closed her eyes and sighed.
"Mum, dad, I wanted to say that I was sorry for the way I acted last night. I'm just worried something might happen... To mine and The Doctor's baby."
Amy set down her cup of tea and set her gaze on River. "I understand darling, and I know its hard. That's why Rory and I have decided to see if you guys needed help with anything. Like maybe a place to stay." She smiled hopefully.
Rory didn't like that idea at all. He would love to Have River stay, but River and the Doctor in their house... and then add Amy to that mess... PLUS River would be pregnant...
The Doctor put his arm around River and said, "We would love to stick around for awhile, but we have plans. Things to do, places to see, don't we River?"
"Yes, I was hoping we could travel a bit. Maybe we could see the Singing Towers of Darillium." River said coolly.
The Doctor frowned at the thought. "We will someday River."
With that, River and The Doctor were saying good bye and heading out the door.
Amy ran out after them remembering something important; in a panting voice she asked the only question that could start a hell of a nightmare. "Well if your Timelord Doctor, and River is both Timelord and human, can't that have a defect on the baby?"
River and Doctor looked at each other with wide eyes and didn't know what to say; this meant another chapter of there lives was started.
Extra note: This started out as a story just between me and my friend, so sorry if its a bit rough or not what you usually read.