Chapter 2: Phone Call
After a while, Amy finally succumbed to sleep, gently breathing, tangled in the brilliant white sheets. Her strawberry hair glowed as sunlight streamed through the gap in the also white curtains.
Once Rory had decided she was in deep enough sleep, he carefully escaped her embraced. For a second, he watched her as she peacefully slept, and deeply sighed. Seeing her sleep this way made it look like everything was fine but he knew the truth. Unlike Amy he didn't disregard the situation, he didn't hide away from the fact that things were very wrong. He knew he had to do something. Now.
Making his way downstairs he roughly grabbed the land line phone, clutching it as if it was a weapon. He walked outside, now standing in the back garden.
Amy always had him on speed dial. Rory pressed and held the button 'T'. 'D' had already been taken by Rory's father, so Amy had suggested they use 'R' for Raggedy Man but later realised why what wouldn't work. The phone rang. It rang again. No answer. Rory began to grow frustrated and after three more rings was about to hang up when the line finally had connected.
For a second there was silence.
"Doctor?" Rory called his voice monotone with the hint of anger. Silence continued.
"Doctor?" Rory called again this time louder, with more anger and now a hint of agitation.
"Rory!" came a booming reply. "Rory the Roman", "Not often I get call from you? "How are the Ponds?" the Doctor asked his voice excited.
"How are the Ponds?" Rory repeated monotone and angry.
"Is that it?" "Is that what you decide to say?" Rory interrogated getting angrier by the minute.
"Have you heard her messages?", "Have you even bothered to listen to them?", "Do you have any idea how she is?" Rory now shouted down the phone.
"Yes." The Doctor replied, his voice now serious, concerned.
"Just listen." He carried on.
"No. No. Don't you tell me to listen" Rory yelled.
"Rory I..." The Doctor attempted to explain.
"No. You Listen. You Listen." Rory roared.
"It's been four months. Four months." Rory barked.
The sound of the TARDIS blared from the land line phone.
"Doctor!" Rory bellowed.
A range of sounds now flew out of the phone, a blaring sheep, neighing horse, chimes and beeps followed by crying.
"Doctor!" Stop whatever you're doing and stop that horrendous noise!" Rory screeched.
"Rory ." The Doctor answered. "The noise it's crying just sounds louder and higher pitched down the TARDIS phone line, you know, I am calling from the actually first ever star..."
"Shut up. Just shut up! Do you really think I care where you're calling from?" Rory questioned angrily.
"No. No. Rory. But I do think you'd care where the CRYING is coming from? The Doctor whispered loudly.
Rory for the first time took a second to decipher the sounds. He listened.
"Crying." Rory spoke.
"Doctor is that?" "Actual crying?" An actual baby crying...?" he softly asked his voice starting to brim with emotion.
"Yes" The Doctor replied gently.
"Is that?", "Is that her?" Rory asked the urgency increasing in his voice. "Is that Melody, is that our daughter? He asked again stifling the urge to cry himself.
"Yes" The Doctor replied. "I was just about to call you...I'm"
"I'm sorry." Rory sighed.
"And I too Mr Pond" The Doctor laughed down the phone. "She fine by the way, more than fine, she's absolutely amazing, and the noise was just a bit too much for her. Amy's right you know, she doesn't like the TARDIS noise"
The phone cackled, becoming static,
"Doctor?" Rory called, worry in his voice.
"Rory!" The Doctor bellowed back, "Phone calls disconnecting, there seems to be an issue with...ah ...there you are...listen Rory, I'll get to you as soon as I can, I'm coming..."
The phone went dead.