AN: I was going to ask some rhetorical questions before you read the chapter but if you read the review somebody beat me to it and it's extremely short. ;-) Sorry it's late, I've been extremely busy with assignments, work and some very bad news the other day.

Chapter 2: Reaction!

"Pregnant?" Was all the Doctor managed to say.

"Yes." Martha was starting to become worried. She hadn't seen him react like this before.

"Are you sure?" He asked reluctantly.

"I'm positive. I've had the tests done." Martha said quietly. "What am I going to do? It wouldn't be a good idea to travel with you while I'm pregnant."

"I understand that part...I don't want you to go." He finally said. The news was just starting to sink in.

"Doctor, that's not the only thing I have to tell you." Martha was trying hard to contain the tears but couldn't. "I don't know who the father is. I don't remember."

"Well…uh…I can answer that one." The Doctor said reluctantly. "I'm the father."

"You? When did this happen?" Martha loved the Doctor but she couldn't quite believe that she had had sex with him.

"Back in 1969, we sort of had been invited out to this party and well you know the rest." The Doctor said slowly.

"I can't have a baby. It wouldn't be a good life, always travelling, always in danger." The Doctor moved closer to Martha and brought her into an embrace.

"We don't have to travel all the time. We can just, you know, take a break." He tried to make those sentences sound reassuring.

Martha couldn't help but laugh through the sniffles. She knew he couldn't stay still for more than a second.

"I can stay in one place." The Doctor said trying to defending himself playfully. "We'll work this out."

"No you can't! What is my family going to say about this?" Martha responded.

From past experiences the Doctor had hard times with families. Especially the mothers!

"We'll have to tell them soon anyway." The Doctor replied. "I should mention, a time lord develops slower than a human. So you could be caring a baby for more than the unual human nine months."

"How much slower?" Martha forgot the minor fact that the Doctor wasn't human, it had completely slipped her mind.

"Hmm...a bit longer than a year." He said after a while of thinking.

"Can you put up with mood swings and cravings for a bit longer than a year?" Martha was starting to feel a little better now. She had feared that she would have to go because of the pregnancy.

"Of course I can!" He replied joyfully.

The Doctor is going to be a father again.

AN: Anyway there it is. I think Martha might have the baby/ies next chapter. Though choosing the gender and name/s is going to be difficult. If you've got any ideas feel free to write them down! :)