The Doctor stood in front of the monitor displaying the Pond's details , he typed quickly and as quietly as he could , glancing over his shoulder every few minutes in case Amy or Rory should walk into the control room. He didn't used to worry like this , not about anyone. But since the business with Amy and the flesh he found himself compulsively running health checks , he supposed there was no harm in it – in fact really it showed he cared about them but even so he didn't want to find out how Amy might react to his checks.
So listening carefully for footsteps on the steps leading to the control room he began with Rory's health scan … he scrolled through the results. Nothing of interest , Rory would probably have a bruise on his left shin for a few days (a result of a particularly dodgy TARDIS landing) but apart from that he was fine.
Yawning and eager to finish up and get to bed the Doctor began on Amy's scan.
"Cut on upper arm" he mumbled to himself as the results came in. "scar on knee ..."
Then he stopped . Something was wrong , Amy's heartbeat was displayed in the top right of his screen but when he looked closely he could see something strange , it was another heartbeat – a smaller, faster, weaker beat but undoubtedly a second , coexisting heart.
"Run secondary tests" he said aloud to the TARDIS and soon a series of low beeps started as results from test after test came back negative. The Doctor stared intently at the screen , sighing with relief every time an illness was disproved by the machine.
Then a high pitched beep followed the rest – and the sounds were silenced , a positive result .
Panic rising the Doctor read the information on the screen and the colour drained from his face , this was a game changer , a life changer. He could think of only think of one thing to do – he needed to talk to River Song.
…...
A strange noise echoed through River's dreams , a familiar whooshing , whirring noise that caused her eyelids to flicker open hours before her alarm clock woke her. Then she realised that the noise wasn't in her dreams , it didn't just echo through her sleeping hours , it echoed through Stormcage !
"Doctor ?" she whispered as she leapt out of bed and stepped tentatively out into the corridor.
A few seconds later a cautious whisper replied "River ?"
The Doctor appeared round the corner of the corridor and within moments River was in his arms .
"Well , you took your time sweetie …" River said once she'd disentangled herself from his hug. "three months since I last saw you"
"I know River , I'm sorry, but I really need to talk to you . Now"
The worry was obvious on his face and River didn't protest.
"Go on" she said nervously
The Doctor took a deep breath before proceeding . "I thought you should be the first to know , it's Amy ," he began "she's … erm … she's pregnant"
"God you scared me then Doctor , why on earth do you look so worried ? I bet Amy and Rory are thrilled" she laughed at him as he looked ashamedly at the floor and then stopped suddenly as a thought occurred to her.
"Hold on , Doctor , When you said i'm the first to know , do you mean ..."
The Doctor continued to drill a hole in the concrete floor with his guilty look – that was enough of an answer for River.
" You mean even Amy doesn't know ?" she shouted as she beat him back towards the TARDIS
"River – ow – I -ah - I was just about to ..."
"Save it !" She said pushing him through the blue door and following him in "You tell them right this second !"
