Amy couldn't believe it. He had promised her that she would return in the morning, and he had been right about that but it was the morning after she wanted to return. She had missed it. She had missed her own wedding—although her wedding didn't take place and she didn't want it to. After all her adventures with the Doctor, all the things she had seen she couldn't settle down and have a 'normal' life. She knew that she could never replace a certain former companion in the Doctor's heart but she didn't want that either. She was content to be his friend, though she was suddenly worried that that would end as well.
"You're getting married?" he asked for what felt like the thousandth time.
"I was," Amy replied for what felt like the thousandth time. "I was, past tense."
"And that's why you asked me if you could return home hours after we left."
She nodded. "That's right."
"Why didn't you just tell me?"
"I couldn't tell you!" she exclaimed, glad in some way that the conversation was moving forward.
"And why not?"
"Because I was afraid."
The Doctor was stunned. "Afraid?" he asked. "Afraid of what?"
"I was afraid that you wouldn't let me come with you," she answered, her voice breaking with emotion. "After a life time of waiting and watching the skies, dreaming of what it would be like to travel with you, I thought that if I told you that I was to be engaged you wouldn't let me come with you."
"Oh Amelia—"
"Amy."
"Amelia," he continued not listening to her at all. "It doesn't matter that you were going to get married. I don't care about that. It wouldn't have stopped me from asking you to come with me."
"No?"
He shook his head. "No. I just wish that you would have told me."
Amy smiled apologetically. "I know, and I'm sorry."
"Well enough of being sorry," the Doctor continued with a huge grin on his face. "Everything is taken care of now and it's time to be shoving off…are you coming?"
Amy, formerly known as Amelia Pond nodded enthusiastically. "You bet. Nothing can stop me from coming with you. Nothing in the whole world."
And with that, Amy took the Doctor's hand and allowed him to lead her back into the TARDIS where the whole of space and time was at their fingertips.