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The Doctor kicked the control panel stand so brutally that he thought his foot was going to drop off. "How could I have been that stupid to let myself get carried away with Clara when I have my beautiful, intelligent, most enigmatic River Song, my own bloody wife?" The doctor screamed pacing around the room. The Doctor was so angry that he kicked the control panel stand with such force that he thought his foot was going to drop off.

The Doctor remembered the look in River's eye; the look of sheer pain that made his hearts want to crumple up inside of him. He replayed the events in his head over and over again from Clara pinning him up against the wall to him freezing after River making her presence known. He mentally slapped himself as he imagined that will be the first thing he receives from his wife next time he sees her; 'if she will let him see her ever again he sadly thought.'

The Doctor knew three things:

1.) He had to sort out the whole of this mess.

2.) He had to give River space to calm down.

3.) He had to take Clara back to her home for a while until everything blew over.


"Clara, Clara, where are you?" The Doctor called out as he searched for his missing companion. He walked along endless corridors until he finally found her bedroom. The Doctor hesitated for a moment before knocking politely. A shaky voice whispered quietly, barely audible "Come in."

Clara was sat in the middle of her double bed cross-legged with a fist full of tissues. Her eyes were red and puffy from where she had obviously been crying and her normally beautiful mousy brown hair was in a tangle and tied up in a messy pony tail. The Doctor sat down next to her however before he could say anything or tell her how sorry he was for not telling her he was married she beat him to it. "Doctor, I feel so stupid, I am truly for what I did and if you want I will go and talk to that woman and tell her what she saw was a mistake." Clara said in a complete rush that only a time lord like the Doctor could follow and make sense of what she just said.

The doctor sat there for a minute completely stunned by what she said before he looked her squarely in the eyes, "Clara, you have absolutely nothing at all to apologise for. Yes you kissed me but it was just a simple mistake, granted it could have ended better if my wife hadn't had..." Clara cut the Doctor off in midstream, "Hang on your wife? How come you never mentioned having a wife? Why doesn't your wife live on the TARDIS with you? How long have you had a wife?" Clara bombarded the Doctor with questions.

"Ah, yes, well, in answer to your questions, yes my wife, because last time I saw her we both suffered losses and we both decided we needed some space for a while, she doesn't live here because she wanted space to grieve after the losses being her parents and my best friends so she has an apartment back on earth in your time and well, that last question really is tough from my point of view about a year and a half give or take a couple!" the Doctor finished in a rush but always kept his voice soft and even.

"Wow!" was all Clara could say after hearing what the deal was with the Doctor and that woman.

"So, aren't you going to tell me her name then?" Clara asked smugly.

The Doctor chuckled and smiled at her, "which name do you want? This is why she and I are so perfectly matched- she has many names too!" the Doctor grinned thinking about his wife and all the names she had accumulated over the years. "She was Born Melody Pond, she then changed it to just Mels, she did live in Manhattan for a while and went by the name of Melody Malone but now goes by the name of River Song; yeah it's complicated!" the Doctor laughed once again remembering the time Winston Churchill asked if she was attractive and he had simply replied 'Hell in high heels!'

"Okay then, so if I ever get the privilege of meeting her again, hopefully without the gun pointed at my head this time I will call her River then yes?" Clara asked nervously not really understanding the Doctor's relationship to this woman.

"Yes Clara." The Doctor nodded his head in agreement.

"Doctor, what did you mean by that last question when you answered from your point of view?" Clara asked curiously now facing the Doctor on her bed and edging him on with her big brown eyes.

The Doctor took a moment to reply mainly from not knowing where to begin or how to begin, 'they could be here for a while' the Doctor thought quietly.

"Well, it's complicated you see, because we are both time-travellers are time lines are out of sync which means we always meet out of order. As she puts it were travelling in opposite directions for example every time we meet from her point of view she knows me more but I know her less and vice-versa for my point of view." The Doctor said as he held back his tears for the next bit, "When I first met River song I was a different person, literally, I didn't have a clue who she was but she knew everything about me because she was from my future." The Doctor in tears now said, "She gave her life to save me and told me it wasn't over for me. That woman is always one step in front of everyone, you see because if I had died I wouldn't have met her parents and they wouldn't have gotten together meaning they would have never had shenanigans on the TARDIS on their wedding night which would have meant she would never have been born!" The Doctor spoke fast finally pausing for breath he looked at Clara who looked gobsmacked, "Still following all this?"

"Ermm, yeah I think so." Clara trailed off as she lay down on her bed listening to the Doctor tell her everything.

"from this you can tell that my Firsts are her lasts and because we never really know where we are with each other in our timelines we have to keep journals so we know exactly what we have done with each other," The Doctor smiled "Spoilers is her favourite word" the Doctor's smile faded slightly "that's the truth behind it all though, Spoilers, we're always having to keep secrets from one another to prevent paradoxes," The Doctor thought for a moment before his smile returned as he quietly said "I wouldn't change her for the universe though!"

This made Clara smile and giggle, "She seems lovely, your wife, And I totally understand if you would like me to go home for a while, you know until things blow over with the missus?" Clara grinned nudging the Doctor in the ribs.

The Doctor sighed looking down at her, "You always know exactly what to say don't you?" the Doctor nudged her lightly back, "Thank you but do you mind if I drop you off now I really think I need to go and explain things to River and also think it would be better if, no offence, you weren't around, just for the time being, I mean maybe when the two of you get to know each other you will be great friends!" The Doctor rambled on until Clara shut him up by getting up suddenly, packing her bag and heading towards the control room.

"Doctor I told you its fine! I understand ok now just pick me up next Wednesday and good luck!" Clara winked at the Doctor and walked out of the TARDIS and back into her old home.

The Doctor's eyes lingered on the door for a moment before he quickly whizzed around the controls pulling levers and pressing buttons until the TARDIS landed in River's front room.

The Doctor stepped out of through the doors walking straight into River greeting him with a hard slap around his face.