Chapter One; It's A Girl!

As promised here is (finally) the third part to my Doctor Who series as promised. There will be two more after this one until the end of it.

Rose held Michael and his little brother JP (Jack Peter) by the hand as they walked through the mall together. Despite their age difference they almost looked identical to each other except JP had lighter hair than his five year old brother. The doctor and Johnathan walked behind them. Johnathan had just turned thirteen years old, and he wished that he had something else to do besides being stuck going to see Santa Claus along with his brothers.

"Dad?" he began feeling his voice starting to change. "Yeah son?" he questioned as he turned his head and looked back at him. "Can I go down to the arcade?" he asked. "Yeah, sure, we'll meet you in the food court." He answered. "Don't you want to see your brothers sit on Santa's lap?" Rose asked him. "No thanks Mom. I'll catch up with you guys later." He said before he turned around and walked away. The doctor heaved a heavy sigh as he watched him. "Rose I'm really worried about Johnathan." The doctor began as they got in the back of the line.

"Why? What's wrong with him?" she asked. "Well, since the boys have been born we haven't really had much time to spend together. And now with the baby coming_" he began. "What baby?" Michael asked as Rose gave him a concerned glance and shook her head. "Oops." He said. "Oh well, might as well tell them now." He said as Rose looked down at them. "Boys, Mommy is going to have another baby." She told them. "Does that mean that I'm going to be a big brother!?" JP asked her eagerly.

"Yes but the rest of the family doesn't know about it yet." She explained. "Don't worry Mommy." Michael began. "JP and I can keep a secret right?" he questioned his brother who simply just nodded at her. "You see Rose, the boys won't say anything." The doctor reassured her with certainty with a wave of his hand brushing away the thought. "Besides, you're already starting to show and I'd be very much surprised if they didn't think something was up."

He pointed out as she heaved a heavy sad sigh. "I just feel bad for Sarah. This is the third time that I've been pregnant. I mean I know she's happy for me, but her and Jack desperately want to have their own children and I can't say I blame them." She said. "I know, that poor woman has been through five miscarriages." The doctor said with a shake of his head when suddenly Rose started to think about the baby sister that she had lost although she had been born to begin with. She loved her little brother (Tony) with all her heart, but she still loved Lilly and thought of her often.

"Rose," her husband began. "sweetheart are you alright?" he questioned with concern as he looked at her and noticed how distant she was and that she was spacing out. "Yeah I'm fine. Can you watch the boys for a minute? I need to find the loo." She said before she walked away. "Daddy, is Mummy alright?" Michael asked him as he lifted both of the boys up inside his arms and hoisted them up to his hips. "Yes don't worry lad, she'll be alright." He told him as he placed a tender kiss on his cheek. He didn't have the heart to tell him what had really been bothering their mother.

Later on that afternoon the doctor and his wife went to their doctor appointment. "Well the good news that your baby is looking really healthy, but she is rather small." She said as she smiled back at them for she knew that they had been eager to find out the gender for quite some time now. "Oh my God," Rose began with disbelief as her face lit up with excitement. "Did you just say she?" she asked as the doctor nodded at her. "Yep, it looks like those three young boys of yours will have to get ready for their new little sister." She answered.

Rose looked up at her husband who had been sitting beside her and holding onto her hand. "I can't believe it, we're finally having a girl." She said as her husband grinned down at her and rubbed his thumb on the back of her before bending over and kissing her forehead. Even though they loved their sons very much it was quite an excitement to be having their first little girl in the family. "Well I know that she's going to be one lucky little girl to have such a loving family." The doctor said. "And wear tons of dresses." Rose added with a nod of certainty as her husband laughed.

"So, have you guys picked out a name yet?" the doctor asked and Rose started thinking about her lost baby sister again. "We have some ideas." She simply said. "Alright, well that should be all for now." The doctor began as she turned off the ultrasound. "As always be sure to drink plenty of fluids Rose and stay off your feet as much as possible and if you have any questions don't be afraid to give me a call." She said.

"Alright, thanks." Rose said as she stood up and pulled her shirt down before walking out of the room. "Is she alright?" the doctor asked. "No, I'm afraid not. A few years ago she lost her baby sister. And even though she tries to tell me that it doesn't bother her, I know it does." The other doctor responded. "Oh I'm so sorry, you never can really get over something like that." She said before the other doctor stood up and shook her hand. "Thank you." He told her before he left the room.

He slowly walked up to Rose and sat down next to her on the bench out in front of the building. "Are you alright?" he asked her as he looked at her. "No." she answered inside a muffled sob as she shook her head. "I mean don't get me wrong, I'm really excited about the baby. But_" she began as the doctor wrapped his arm around her and pulled her inside his chest. "Shh,.." he whispered as he kissed the top of her head. "everything's going to be alright I promise." He told her as he rubbed her shoulder soothingly. "No it isn't," she sobbed as streams of tears ran down her cheeks.

"Michael and JP are very smart boys. They know something has been wrong with me, but I can't tell them about it. I don't want to scare them. But I don't know what else to do Doctor, one day our daughter's going to want to know too. I just wish that_" she began with a sniff shaking her head inside his chest and hearing the sound of his hearts beating. "Shh,.." he whispered again continuing to rub her shoulders softly. "I know how you feel Rose." He began. "But honey there is no easy answer here." He told her.

"Oh Doctor what are we going to do?" Rose asked as she lifted her head and looked at him. She gave another sniff as she felt her hot tears stinging her eyes. "First of all," he began as he placed a tender hand to her cheek and gazed into her eyes while wiping away her tears with his thumb. "you're going to calm down. Being so stressed out isn't good for the baby, nor is it for you." He told her with a shake of his head. "Second of all I think we should tell the boys in a way that they can understand." He said. "But what if they can't handle it?" she asked him. "I'm sure that they will, and even if they don't at least they'll know the truth and we can talk to them about it. I don't believe in keeping anything from our children though Rose." He told her.

"Me neither." She began. "It's just that it's so hard and I'm so scared, hurt, and confused. Why does it have to be this way!?" she exclaimed bursting into tears again. "I don't know," he began as he continued to wipe her tears away. "I wish I knew. But at least we have each other and the rest of our family. The family that we started Rose. Always remember it was the love that we had for each other that made it in the first place and made it grow. And it's that exact same love that will help us keep it together." He told her as he took her inside his arms again and kissed her forehead.