The sound of engines whirling made tears finally pour onto her cheeks. Overwhelmed and confused, she let them fall for a few moments before her brain kicked into gear.

She turned toward a dark corner of the cell as a door creaked the oh-so familiar sound.

Don't let him see the damage.

"Hey honey I'm home!" he was in a joyful mood, dancing from the step off the TARDIS to her cell, he promptly and gladly whipped out his sonic to undo the lock.

"Come along Song before the guards catch up. Parents are home for the weekend – we've got an…all…clear…" It wasn't until then he noticed that his wife wasn't only not returning their favorite banter…she simply wasn't acknowledging him at all.

"River?" he let the barred door swing open. "River are you dead? You can't be dead I I I'm pretty sure you're not dead. Hm? Mad then? Ok. Not likely though. When you're mad it's usually cause I did something stupid and when I do something stupid you, well you usually just hit me. So what…"

Her whimper she had tried so hard to control echoed off of the cement walls.

"Oh. Sad then."

The Doctor wasn't exactly swift with comforting but he knew a bit of what to do. He sauntered slowly to his wife and began to snake his arms around her waist while kissing a place in her bushy hair. "River what's wro…" but he stopped himself when he noticed something…off…

River was holding something. A tiny mass of blankets sat in her arms. The Doctor ran his fingers across the cotton as River stood motionless and silent, biting her lips to hold back her tears and racked breaths. The Doctor's fingers met the thing wrapped in the blankets. He slowly and breathlessly walked around until he could see the small bundle in his wife's arms.

"River…" his one word held so much confused, afraid, joyful, angry…confused, subtext. "Is there something you want…er…to…"

"This is…this is…Lily." she mumbled softly through a throat clogged with tears, not yet looking him in the eyes.

The Doctor took her by the shoulders and backed her up a few steps so he could see them in the light and she reluctantly went along with his studies.

She watched as his face turned from a jumble of thoughts to simple happiness. A brighter shade then she'd ever seen him, just glowing in the dark room. His eyes watered and his lips twitched into a blinding grin. His cheeks flushed with warm joy and he slowly reached forward and fondled the baby's tiny fingers in his own. He was simply in such wonder and pleasure that he was struck speechless.

River couldn't take it. It hurt her too much inside. She couldn't hold it back any longer. She parted her lips and her heart broke, her hope broke, her regret broke, and her voice broke.

"She's not yours."

Hello again readers new and old! Some of you might recognize this from Something Else, and I'm happy to say that it's a full on story now! Anyway, I'll do my best to update weekly and I hope everyone sticks around!

Of course we've got these two, River and Eleven, but later on we get to see some more companions and (AH JEESE) TWELVE! So I do hope you'll come back :)

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