Doctor POV

I watched as both Wilf and Geoff greeted Donna, pleased by how happy they looked. Wilf came to give me a quick hug, saying it had been a while and I agreed, winking at him. We all sat down in the front room with a cup of tea and Donna started talking about Italy, she was coming up with a very believable cover story and even I was starting to think she must have been there to know this much about the country.

"So, you and our Donna ey?" Geoff asked, and I nodded enthusiastically before squeezing Donna's hand affectionately. "You gonna make an honest woman of her then?" Donna almost choked on her tea, telling her Dad that wasn't the kind of thing he should be saying but I just laughed and leaned over to Geoff.

"Ah, you see I would but I don't think I've quite persuaded her to have me yet. She's stubborn as a mule, but cute as a button." I looked back at her and she was already deep in conversation with her Mum again.

"I think you might have bowled her over, I haven't seen her look at a bloke that way since...well ever." I'd been worried about appearing as Donna's 'boyfriend' in front of her family but they all seemed to welcome the idea gladly.

After everyone else had finished their tea they left the room, only me and Donna were still sat there. We'd kept out hands held almost all the time we'd been there, only briefly letting go so we could greet the men. At first I thought it was because she needed reassurance but now it just felt comfortable, like we were supposed to keep hold forever.

"Sorry about all of this, it's just I knew Mum would calm down a little if she thought we were...you know...'dating'" She even did the air quotes around the word dating, she moved up so there was no gap between us and smiled. "It's just a Mum thing, if I've got myself a man then there's nothing wrong with whatever else I do."

"It's okay Donna, I don't care how people see us, if you want I'll tell her we're engaged! The only thing I care about is how we see each other." I gave her a quick peck on the cheek before shifting so that I was facing her, so I could see when she replied.

"And how do we see each other Doctor?" Donna asked me, looking at our intertwined hands rather than at my face.

"Well I don't know about you but I see the beautiful red-haired fiesty woman who turned up on my TARDIS in her wedding dress, the woman I've been helplessly falling in love with ever since." She looked up and met my gaze before rolling her eyes doubtfully.

"Well I see the wonderful man who kidnapped me on my wedding day then took me on adventures with him, the man I fell in love with the first time he saved my life." I grinned at her, wondering what she was going through that excellent mind of hers and I leaned in - just an inch or so - towards her lips.

She willingly closed the gap and pressed her lips against mine, a slight curve on her lips as we kissed. It was filled with meaning and honesty, rather than angst-ridden passion - it meant love, and loyalty, and friendship.

Donna POV

Me and Gramps sat at the top of the hill, The Doctor was still inside talking with Dad about something and Mum was on the phone to Suzette.

"So sweet'art, now you can tell me what you've really been up to, ey?" He asked and I nodded, the Doctor had said I could tell him as much as I wanted so I started from the beginning.

"Well, you know there was all that business with that hospital on the moon? Yeah, we were there and then..." I went on explaining all our travels to him in detail, pausing to explain to him the time travel which I'd missed out last time.

"This all sounds a bit dangerous Donna, are you sure you're safe? Is he looking after you properly?" His eye was still squinting at a far off star through his telescope, but he pulled away to look at me.

"Oh Gramps, it's all just so amazing! He's amazing! I love him to bits and he's shown me so much, I don't think I could ever go back to the way my life was before." I was talking honestly to him for the first time in what seemed like ages, before I left I'd always tell him I was doing something with Nerys when really I wasn't doing anything - I became a spectator, watching the world go by while I just existed.

"So that wasn't just something you said to make your Mum happy, you really are together?" He sounded slightly surprised but I just nodded, looking back down towards the house where the Doctor was.

After an hour or so, we headed back to the house for a cup of tea with everyone else. The Doctor had been helping Mum with cooking dinner, she seemed to be in a relatively good mood. Our family would have looked vaguely normal to an outsider, but they would never know that the newest family member is an alien. He looked up when I walked in then smiled before continuing with the vegetables he was preparing.

"Why are you so happy? I thought you didn't want to come home." He teased, whispering in my ear as he placed down a serving dish on the table, I rolled my eyes and went on thinking about dinner. When he sat down I leant over to him and said it was because this felt like family, he smirked and then went about serving himself dinner.

This really was what family felt like.